Colin Batch

Colin Batch

National team
1979-1990	Kookaburras	175 (100)
Honours Medal record Men's Field Hockey Competitor for  Australia Playing Career Olympic Games 4th 1984 Los Angeles Team 4th 1988 Seoul Team World Cup Gold 1986 London Team Bronze 1990 Lahore Team Bronze 1982 Mumbai Team Champions Trophy Gold 1989 Berlin Team Gold 1985 Perth Team Gold 1984 Karachi Team Gold 1983 Karachi Team Coaching Career Australian Men's National Assistant Coach Olympic Games Gold 2004 Athens Team Bronze 2008 Beijing Team World Cup Silver 2006 Mönchengladbach Team Silver 2002 Kuala Lumpur Team Commonwealth Games Gold 2006 Melbourne Team Gold 2002 Manchester Team Champions Trophy Gold 2008 Rotterdam Team Gold 2005 Chennai Team Silver 2007 Kuala Lumpur Team Silver 2001 Rotterdam Team Competitor for  Belgium Coaching Career Belgian Men's National Coach

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.

Player

Batch competed in 175 international matches for Australia between 1979 and 1990.

Playing Achievements

Australia:

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

Other

1977–92 - Victorian State Team (National Hockey League, Australia) (1985, 88, 92 Champion) (1985–1992 Captain)

Coach

Batch 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.

Qualifications

FIH Coach (High Performance) 1999

Level 3 Hockey Coach

Coaching Achievements

Australian Men's National Assistant Coach - Kookaburras

Olympic Games: Gold: 2004, Bronze: 2008

World Cup: Silver: 2002, 2006

Champions Trophy: Gold: 2005, 2008, Silver: 2001, 2007

Commonwealth Games: Gold: 2002, 2006

Belgian Men's National Coach - Red Lions

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. ^[1]

Euro Hockey League

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! ^[2]

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)

Awards
Preceded by N/A	Australian Sports Medal 2000	Succeeded by N/A
Preceded by N/A	Australian Hockey Association Award of Merit 1991	Succeeded by N/A

External links

• Profile on Australian Institute of Sport

References

1. ^ "2011 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship". Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Men%27s_EuroHockey_Nations_Championship. Retrieved 2011-08-10. 
2. ^ "The Dragons Are Well And Truly a Big In Europe!". HockeyBelgium. http://www.hockeybelgium.be/?p=4451. Retrieved 2011-06-08. 

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Name	Batch, Colin
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Date of birth	27 March 1958
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