Abant İzzet Baysal University SK (women's hockey)


The Abant İzzet Baysal University Women's Hockey, aka AIBU HighWay Outlet Women's Hockey Team (Turkish: AİBÜ HighWay Outlet Bayan Hokey Takımı) is a Turkish women's field hockey side of the Abant İzzet Baysal University's sport club in Abant, Bolu Province, Turkey. The team is currently sponsored by "Bolu Dağı" company's shopping mall "HighWay Outlet AVM",[1] and coached by Yasin Yükseler, who founded the team in 2007.[2][3]

Abant İzzet Baysal University SK
Full nameAIBU HighWay Outlet Women's Hockey
Founded2007; 17 years ago (2007)
Personnel
CaptainAyla Esen
ManagerYasin Yükseler

The team participated at the 2013 Eurohockey Women's Indoor Club Challenge I held on February 22–24, 2013 in Lisbon, Portugal[2] and became undefeated champion.[4][5] Team member Perihan Küçükkoç was named the Most Valuable Player of the tournament while Nurhan Çınar became the Top Scorer.[3]

The women's team competes in the newly established Turkish Intercollegiate Hockey Championship (Turkish: Türkiye Üniversiteler Arası Hokey Şampiyonası).[6] They won the 2012-13 Championship held on April 4–7, 2013 at the Abant İzzet Baysal University.[7][8]

Squad

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Burcu Öztekin, Kübra Güzelal, Ceren Başer, Özge Çalayır, Burcu Ertan, Dilek Aksoy, Serap Yörükoğlu, Perihan Küçükkoç, Nurhan Çınar, Ayla Esen (captain),[9] Çağla Sungu, Ümran Akın.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Hokeye bakış açısı değişti". Memleketim Bolu (in Turkish). 2013-05-18. Archived from the original on 2013-06-29. Retrieved 2013-05-27.
  2. ^ a b c Odabaş, Nusret (2013-02-18). "İzzet Baysal Avrupa'yı titretmeye gidiyor". Haber 7 (in Turkish). Retrieved 2013-05-27.
  3. ^ a b "Yokluklar içinde şampiyon oldular". Spor Aktif (in Turkish). 2013-02-26. Archived from the original on 2014-02-03. Retrieved 2013-05-27.
  4. ^ "EuroHockey Indoor Club Challenge (W) 2013". EuroHockey. Retrieved 2013-05-27.
  5. ^ "01 Ocak - 31 Aralık 2013 Dönemi Faaliyet Programı" (in Turkish). Türkiye Hockey Federasyonu. Archived from the original on 2013-08-14. Retrieved 2013-05-27.
  6. ^ "Üniversiteler Arası Hokey Şampiyonası AİBÜ'de Başladı" (in Turkish). Abant İzzet Baysal Üniversitesi. Archived from the original on 2013-04-13. Retrieved 2013-05-27.
  7. ^ "Üniversiteler Arası Hokey Şampiyonası Boluda Yapıldı" (in Turkish). Türkiye Hokey Federasyonu. 2013-04-26. Archived from the original on 2013-08-15. Retrieved 2013-05-27.
  8. ^ "AİBÜ, Salon Hokeyinde Şampiyon Oldu". Beyaz Gazete (in Turkish). 2013-04-08. Retrieved 2013-05-27.
  9. ^ "Bayan hokeycilere coşkulu karşılama". Rize Son Dakika (in Turkish). 2013-02-26. Archived from the original on 2013-06-30. Retrieved 2013-05-27.