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hockey is another growing sport on the island
of Malta with several senior sides in place and
also youth section competitions.
Hockey tours to Malta are becoming more popular
with senior, females and school tours.
Female hockey has not been that popular and it
has sparkles only a few years away with the encouragement
from female touring teams from the UK and other
countries in Europe. The Hockey Association of
Malta has been working hard in introducing this
game to the local females by working on schools
in order to attract girls to the sport. Within
the coming years we should be seeing the results
of all the effort, resulting in the introduction
of youth competition for girls.
All female hockey touring sides were always accommodated
with fixtures and we usually pair them up in fixtures
against younger male sides which works out really
well.
The Hockey Association of Malta has also undertaken
a great step by upgrading their facilities and
installing astro-turf on their field. This has
taken local field hockey to another level and
more upgrades are to follow.
The local leagues run between October and May
and this in fact would be the best time for Hockey
touring sides to visit.
There is also another advantage to tour in this
period being that this is the low / medium season
for tourism on the islands so very competitive
prices can be secured.
In any case hockey tours have also organised
during the summer months and we have been able
to accommodate them with the required fixtures.
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