USA Field Hockey News

Cran Barry, Inc. Named Official Sponsor of USA Field Hockey National Championships

Colorado Springs, Colo. – USA Field Hockey has signed Cran Barry Inc. of Lynn, Mass. as the official sponsor of the USA Field Hockey National Championships.

“We are extremely pleased to continue our partnership with USA Field Hockey,” said John Vinton, president of Cran Barry. “We see a bright future for field hockey in the United States and hope that Cran Barry’s support of USA Field Hockey programs and activities will help, in a variety of ways, to advance the sport’s development and growth at all levels. As America’s oldest and leading marketer of field hockey equipment, we clearly have a vested interest in seeing that this happens.”

USA Field Hockey’s National Championship is the crowning event of the Association’s Elite Performance Training Center program. Designed to identify and train potential National Team athletes, the program provides college-age and older athletes with regionalized, elite training opportunities from some of the nation’s top coaches. Teams from the regional centers are then selected to compete in the National Championships.

“The National Championships are a vital step in developing our National Team athletes and we are extremely pleased to welcome Cran Barry as the official sponsor of this prestigious event,” said USA Field Hockey Executive Director Sheila Walker. “Cran Barry is well known for its support of the game and its players, and we are very grateful they have joined us in extending that support to the college-aged athletes.”

Located in just north of Boston, Cran Barry was established in 1947 and has been supplying the U.S. field hockey market for almost 60 years. Cran Barry currently markets equipment, accessories and apparel under the Cran Barry name, as well as offering an extensive line of products from Grays and OBO, two of the top brand names in field hockey, world wide.

USA Field Hockey is the National Governing Body for the sport of field hockey in the United States as recognized by the United States Olympic Committee, the International Hockey Federation (FIH) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC). As such, USA Field Hockey is responsible for the training and selection of athletes for international competition as well as the promotion and development of the game of field hockey in the United States.

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