The Royal City is once again represented on the men’s national field hockey team as they get ready for the 2016 Azlan Shah Cup in Malaysia next month.
New Westminster native Brenden Bisset joins 13 other players from the Lower Mainland that make up the 18-man team that will travel overseas for the annual tournament. The 10-day tournament is considered a warm-up to the Olympics, which open Aug. 5 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with four of the seven teams competing in Malaysia headed to Brazil, including Australia, India and New Zealand.
The men’s field hockey team, currently ranked 14th in the world, officially qualified for the Olympics at last summer’s Pan American Games in Toronto where Bisset, a forward, and the team earned a silver medal.
Canada opens the Azlan Shah Cup on April 6 against Pakistan.
