Angie Skirving

Angela ("Angie") Lambert (née Skirving) (born 1 February 1981, in Toowoomba) was an Australian Women's Field Hockey player. She captained the under 21 Australian women's field hockey squad before entering the Hockeyroos in 1998 and in 2000 won gold at the Sydney Olympics.[1] Apart from playing in the Hockeyroos she played for the AHL Queensland Scorchers.

Angie Skirving

Personal information
Birth name	Angela Skirving
Born	1 February 1981 (1981-02) (age 39) Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
Medal record Women's Field Hockey Representing  Australia Olympic Games 2000 Sydney Team Competition World Cup 2006 Madrid Team Competition Champions Trophy 2003 Sydney Team Competition 2005 Canberra Team Competition 2000 Amstelveen Team Competition 2001 Amstelveen Team Competition Commonwealth Games 2006 Melbourne Team Competition 2002 Manchester Team Competition

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. She debuted for the Hockeyroos at 17.[2] Skirving married Australian Kookaburras goalie Stephen Lambert (field hockey) in December 2006.[3] The pair have been described as Australia's Golden Couple of Hockey.

In 2015 Lambert was named in the Queensland Scorchers Team of the Decade (2005-2015).[4]

Skirving is the hockey co-ordinator at Brisbane Girls Grammar School, where she also worked as a teacher.[5]