Graeme Begbie

Graeme Begbie (born January 1986 in Perth) is an Australian field hockey player. He plays club hockey for YMCC Coastal City Hockey Club. In state competitions, he plays for the WA Thundersticks in the Australian Hockey League. In 2010 he was part of the Kookaburras World Cup winning team in Delhi, India and in the same year was named joint Kookaburra of the Year alongside Jamie Dwyer. In December 2011, he was named as one of twenty-eight players to be on the Kookaburras 2012 Olympics squad. This squad will be narrowed in June 2012 to determine who will compete at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Personal Begbie was born in January 1986 in Perth, Western Australia. He worked for SGS Australia Pty. Ltd. in Perth, Western Australia in 2010 where he was an occupational health and safety officer.

Field hockey In 2009, Begbie had a field hockey scholarship with the Western Australian Institute of Sport. He was a member of the team that won 5 premierships in 7 years in 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015. In 2008, his team won the league's minor premiership. In 2010, he won a gold medal at the World Cup. In December 2011, he was named as one of twenty-eight players to be on the 2012 Summer Olympics Australian men's national training squad. This squad will be narrowed in June 2012. He trained with the team from 18 January to mid-March in Perth, Western Australia. In February during the training camp, he played in a four nations test series with the teams being the Kookaburras, Australia A Squad, the Netherlands and Argentina.