Colin Batch
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Colin Batch (born 27 March 1958 in Melbourne, Victoria) is a former international field hockey player from Australia. Batch is currently a professional hockey coach based in Belgium where he is the head coach of the Belgium national hockey team the Red Lions. He was also the Australian assistant Men's coach from 2001-2008. PlayerBatch competed in 175 international matches for Australia between 1979 and 1990. Playing AchievementsAustralia: 1979–90 - Australian Team Representative (1987–1988 Vice Captain) World Cup: Gold: 1986, Bronze: 1982, 1990 Olympic Games: 4th place: 1984, 1988, Boycott: 1980 Champions Trophy: Gold: 1983, 1984, 1985, 1989, Silver: 1981, 1982, 1986, Bronze: 1980, 1987, 1988 Batch held the record for the fastest hat-trick in Champions Trophy history from 1980-2009 with an 8 minute hat-trick against the Netherlands in a 7-3 win during the 1980 tournament. The record was beaten in 2009 when Nam Hyun-Woo scored a 7 minute hat-trick to secure Korea a 4-3 win over Spain.[1] Other 1977–92 - Victorian State Team (National Hockey League, Australia) (1985, 88, 92 Champion) (1985–1992 Captain) CoachBatch has been the head coach of the Belgium national hockey team the Red Lions since 2010. From 2001-2008 he was the Assistant Coach of the Australian Men's national team the Kookaburras. QualificationsFIH Coach (High Performance) 1999 Level 3 Hockey Coach Coaching AchievementsAustralian Men's National Assistant Coach - KookaburrasOlympic Games: Gold: 2004, Bronze: 2008 World Cup: Silver: 2002, 2006 Champions Trophy: Gold: 2005, 2008, Silver: 2001, 2003, 2007 Commonwealth Games: Gold: 2002, 2006 Belgian Men's National Coach - Red LionsTournament History - Red Lions
Olympic Games: 5th 2012 European Championships: 4th: 2011 Champions Challenge: Gold: 2011 All Star Team: 2011 Batch guided the Red Lions to the 2012 London Olympics through qualification at the 2011 European Championships. In a tournament where the top 4 ranked teams qualified for London, Belgium defied their world ranking to finish 4th in the tournament. Belgium beat 5th world ranked nation Spain in their Pool A match 3-2 which was virtually the decider allowing them to finish second in their pool and set up a semi-final showdown against neighbors Holland. Belgium went down to Holland 4-2 before taking on England in the 3v4 playoff. Belgium lost the bronze medal match in Golden goal extra-time to England 2-1. Beating the 2008 Olympic Silver Medalists in Spain came as no surprise to the Belgian team who are fast improving as they push to become a top ranked nation.[2] KO08: 2010-11 (KHC Dragons, Belgium) KHC Dragons experienced remarkable success in their first appearance in the EHL. The Dragons went through Round 1.1 undefeated beating German powerhouse and 2x EHL champions UHC Hamburg 4-2 to finish 1st in Pool E and take them into the KO16. Developing a reputation in the EHL for beating the big clubs of European hockey continued in the KO16 when the Dragons defeated the 2009-10 German champions Rot-Weiss Köln 3-2. KHC Dragons faced Reading HC in their KO8 encounter losing the battle in a shoot-out 2-2 (1-2). The Dragons are well and truly a big in Europe! [3] Honour Division Men (Belgium) Kampioen: 2009-10, 2010-11 (KHC Dragons) The Dragons formidable record in the Honour Division continued throughout the 2010-11 season with the team from Brasschaat never moving away from the top position of the ladder. With 19 wins, 1 draw, and 2 losses from 22 matches, Dragons went into the finals favorites to retain their title. Dragons won their semi-final series against Watducks ahead of the finals playoff with Racing. Dragons won game one of the three game playoff 3-2 before losing game two 2-4. In game three Dragons defeated Racing 3-3 (4-3 Penalties) to win back-to-back championships. National Hockey League (Australia) Champions: 1994 (Queensland), 1995 (Townsville), 1998 (Melbourne)
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