Peter Geoffrey Noel (born 28 March 1963), known as the Guru, is a former field hockey player from Australia, who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics for his native country.[1] He was a member of the Australia men's national field hockey team, best known as the Kookaburras.

Personal

Noel lives in Adelaide, South Australia.

Field hockey

Club hockey

Noel played club hockey for Campbeltown Hockey Club in South Australia – now North East Hockey Club. He now plays for Adelaide Hockey Club, for their Metro Competition M5 Men's division.

State hockey

Noel played in the Southern Hotshots team in the National Hockey League (now Australian Hockey League) in 1994, 1995 and 1996. [2]

International hockey

He made his Olympic Games debut where he was a Goal Keeper in 1988 in Seoul where the Kookaburras finished fourth.[3][4][5] He played in the same team as Ric Charlesworth and Graham Reid (sportsman) who would go on to coach the national teams themselves.

References

  1. ↑ "Hockey SA About Us - South Australian Olympians". Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  2. ↑ "State Representatives". North East Hockey Club. Archived from the original on 11 March 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "Australian Athletes in Hockey". Australian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 14 September 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  4. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Peter Noel". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  5. ↑ "History – Olympians". Hockey SA. Archived from the original on 19 June 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
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