Queensland Blades
The Blades are a men's Australian field hockey team, representing Queensland in the Australian Hockey League.
The Blades have been the most successful team to play in recent years. Their home ground is the State Hockey Centre at Colmslie in Brisbane, Queensland.
They have also competed under the name Brisbane Baldes. And between the years 1993-2000, Queensland also provided a second team in the National Competition, the North Queensland Barras.
The team were champions in the 2007 AHL final played in Perth, Western Australia on 1 April 2007, beating the WA Thundersticks.
In 2010 the Queensland Blades defeated the New South Wales Waratahs in the AHL final to win the championship.
Read more about Queensland Blades: 2011 Season, Season Standings, Current Squad
Famous quotes containing the word blades:
“By the flow of the inland river,
Whence the fleets of iron have fled,
Where the blades of the grave-grass quiver,
Asleep are the ranks of the dead:—”
—Francis Miles Finch (1827–1907)