COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – July 28, 2015 – A time of sun, surf and field hockey, the 2015 Summer Bash at the Beach, presented by 4U Sports, was a blast for all who attended in the inaugural year.

Competition play got underway on Friday, July 24 as seven U-12 Co-Ed teams and fourteen U-14 teams battled it out on the newly laid water based AstroTurf fields at the Virginia Beach Training Center in Virginia Beach, Va. for the right to win the sought after medals.

USA Field Hockey would like to thank all club teams, athletes, coaches and parents for participating and taking part in the 2015 Summer Bash at the Beach.

Congratulations to the following teams for winning:

U-12
Bronze – Potomac Rapids Beach (Broadlands, Va.)
Silver – M. Malik Stars (Owings Mills, Md.)
Gold – Team Chesapeake (Chester, Md.)

U-14
Bronze – East End Black (Miller Place, N.Y.)
Silver – M. Malik Stars (Owings Mills, Md.)
Gold – Pinnacle Blue (Ann Arbor, Mich.)

Also in conjunction with the inaugural Summer Bash at the Beach was an umpire clinic and training. Thank you to all in cooperating with this training and allowing USA Field Hockey to grow the game in every aspect.

The dates have been set for the 2016 Summer Bash at the Beach. Taking place at the Virginia Beach Training Center in Virginia Beach, Va. next year’s tournament will be the weekend of July 22-24, 2016. Continue to follow usafieldhockey.com for more updates.

“The Summer Bash is a celebration of fun field hockey," said Simon Hoskins, USA Field Hockey Chief Operating Officer. "We are committed to giving a national experience for young field hockey athletes and there is no better place to do this in the summer than at the ‘beach’ and on the immaculate watered turf. After getting underway with the concept in 2015 we would like to open it up to U-12 and U-14 athletes and clubs from across the country for 2016. Next year we will be looking to add further unique and fun extra events around the field hockey."