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Euroluc (Ronchin) Tournament 2025
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Latest News from WGMA
HC Klein Zwitserland Festival tournament June 2024
HC Klein Zwitserland, the popular hosts of the highly successful WGMA World Cup in 2014 hosted another major event from 24-30 June 2024.
For tournament report 
Final standings
Tournament party
WGMA Open Evening
Yeovil & Sherborne Hockey Club
After a very successful inaugural tournament last year the Yeovil & Sherborne 7-a-side (Grand) Masters Tournament is now a fixture in the Masters summer programme of not to be missed events. This year (2024) it took place Friday 7th-Sunday 9th June on the Astro pitch at Yeovil Recreation Centre, Chilton Grove, Yeovil, Somerset BA21 4AW, England.
For tournament report
Photos
Germany joins the O80s
Over 80 international hockey continues to grow. For the past few years it has been just
Netherlands against England but at Goslar, Germany in September 2024 Germany played
their first international against Netherlands at Over 80. 
LX Ladies HC
LX Ladies HC is holding a Grandmasters 7-a-side tournament in memory of Jacky Murray over the weekend Saturday 6th- Sunday 7th April 2024 at Wrenn School, Wellingborough, NN8 2DQ.
For tournament report
Netherlands take the spoils at Canterbury and record their first win over England at Over 80 – April 2024
The waiting was over for the over 80s England – Nederlands game.The historic city of Canterbury was the venue for this year’s annual Over 80 clash between England and Netherlands, played at Polo Farm Sports Cub on Thursday 17th April.
For our report
video of the event
Tribute to Mike McInally
WGMA is very saddened to learn of the loss of one of the great characters of the masters hockey world, Mike McInally. Promoting and and encouraging masters hockey in Scotland and worldwide, Mike was President of Scottish Thistles Masters HC and a driving force in setting up the club for both men and women. He instigated and organised an excellent Thistles hockey festival held in Dundee in August 2021 and continued to run it annually till he had to withdraw in 2024 due to illness. He played for, and was a keen supporter, of Alliance before becoming a member of Thistles. We send our deepest sympathy to his family and friends.
Tilburg continues for a 7th year
The popular International Super Veterans Tournament will take place on 26th, 27th and 28th April 2024. Described by the organisers as ‘social hockey with a competitive twist’ this tournament has become a permanent fixture in the Grand Masters calendar.
For tournament report
LX Club 30th Anniversary Festival 2025
From June 29 to 6 July 2025 in Nottingham another major WGMA supported Grand Masters festival will take place. Expressions of interest welcome.
What is WGMA?
The World Grand Masters Association was formed in 2002 as a result of a fast-growing interest in Grand Masters (60+) hockey. The Association was recognised in 2006 by the International Hockey Federation (FIH) as the governing body responsible for the management and regulation of international Grand Masters hockey worldwide. When FIH decided that there should be a single organisation to govern both Masters and Grand Masters hockey WGMA supported and was instrumental in the formation of World Masters Hockey (WMH) which was launched in 2019. WGMA now continues as a members’ club for all individuals and organisations involved in promoting and managing Grand Masters hockey worldwide for both men and women.
Mission Statement
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WGMA will continue to promote the concept of Grand Masters hockey which it has so successfully developed over the last 20 years.
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WGMA recognizes the fact that players Over 60 need competitive hockey among people of their own age combined with social interaction off the field.
A Short History of WGMA
Since 2020 WGMA has been active in supporting the annual tournaments at Lille, Tilburg and Brussels and had a leading role in helping to organise the tournament in Barcelona in 2022 which celebrated both the 125th anniversary of Real Club de Polo and the contribution to Grand Masters hockey of former WGMA President Wim van Noortwijk. WGMA continues to build a network of individuals and organisations worldwide to ensure that there will always be plenty of hockey for all men and women who still enjoy playing beyond the age of 60.
