Angie Skirving

Angie Skirving
Personal information
Birth name Angela Skirving
Born 1 February 1981 (1981-02) (age 35)
Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia

Angela ("Angie") Lambert (née Skirving) (born 1 February 1981, in Toowoomba) is an Australian Women's Field Hockey player. She captained the under21 Australian women's field hockey squad before entering the Hockeyroos in 1998. Apart from playing in the Hockeyroos she plays for the AHL Queensland Scorchers.

The youngest of the local Australian Representatives, Skirving began playing hockey at the age of 12 and was selected in the Queensland no.1 Rep. team when 13. Skirving is married to Australian Kookaburras goalie Stephen Lambert (field hockey). The pair have been described as Australia's Golden Couple of Hockey and were married in December 2006.

Skirving currently teaches P.E at Brisbane Girls Grammar School.

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Awards
Preceded by
Incumbent
WorldHockey Young Player of the Year
2001
Succeeded by
Argentina Agustina García
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