MITELIA PAUL A goal scoring machine:

 

 

   Mitelia Paul (left) with fellow hockey star Bertha Fernandes, meeting in Sydney after more than 50 years.

I started playing competitive hockey in 1959 in school and ended in 1968 in Kenya; I continued playing in Canada and the U.S.A. from 1968 to 1986 (I became a 24/7 work/sports mom; retiring from teaching (2015) after 50 years in an international teaching career - Kenya/Canada/U.S.A.)

FIELD HOCKEY CAREER

1959 - 1968 -  Nairobi - School Level - Dr Ribeiro Goan School 1st IX ( Kenya Inter-school League/Tournaments ) played against" Kenya High School"," Loreto Msongari", "Loreto Valley Road", "St. Teresa's School", "Duchess of Gloucester School")

Player/vice-captain/captain

1959 - 1968 - Kenya -  Club Level - "Ragtimers", "Railway Institute", "Goan Institute", "Caltex" -started at  age 13 - (player)

1959 - 1962 - Kenya 2nd IX - started at age 13 (player/vice-captain/captain)

1962 - 1968 Kenya 1st IX - started at age 16 (player/vice-captain)

1963 - 1968 - East Africa IX - started at age 16 (player)

1968 - 1986 - moved to Canada - age 21+

Played for "Eagles", "Goan Overseas Association" Ontario Provincial Team, Ontario/Canadian Masters' Teams (player/vice-captain/captain/umpire)

Played at club/representative level in Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Bermuda, New Jersey, New York, Florida, California, Washington D.C., Massachusetts

1968 -  1970 - recruited for Canadian National Team trials and recruited for academic/sports scholarships to multiple U.S.A. Universities

(had to decline because of future individual/family plans in my  adopted country, Canada)

1959 (age 13) to 1986 (age 40) Player/Umpire - F.Hockey at school/club/representative level  in Kenya, East Africa, Canada, U.S.A., Bermuda

Goals scored Kenya/East Africa - 30 goals

Goals scored Ontario Provincial/Masters; Canadian Masters - 33

Goals scored at School/Club level- 245

Total: 308 goals scored in 27 years

Badminton - Ontario, Canada

1968 - 1970 - played at club level; attained Ontario Provincial level in Singles/Doubles Tournaments

Only made possible by her late mother and father who kept every clipping they could find or made a note of the matches Mitelia played.