{"id":3879,"date":"2026-08-27T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fieldhockeyzone.com\/?p=3879"},"modified":"2026-10-19T11:34:42","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T09:34:42","slug":"memorial-klemensa-maciaszczyka-w-rogowie-juz-w-ten-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fieldhockeyzone.com\/en\/memorial-klemensa-maciaszczyka-w-rogowie-juz-w-ten-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Klemens Maciaszczyk Memorial in Rogowo this weekend \u2013 59th edition of Poland's oldest tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Archived announcement of an event held on 29\u201330 August 2026.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This coming weekend, 29\u201330 August, the LKS Rogowo pitch hosts the 59th Klemens Maciaszczyk Memorial \u2013 a tournament which, according to the Polish Field Hockey Association, is the oldest regularly held team-sport tournament in Poland (<a href=\"https:\/\/pzht.pl\/2026\/08\/29\/przed-nami-memorial-klemensa-maciaszczyka\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tournament preview on the PZHT website<\/a>). For the field hockey community it is more than a competition: it is the annual celebration of the sport, drawing players, coaches, families and fans from all over the country to Rogowo in the Pa\u0142uki region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who was Klemens Maciaszczyk?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The tournament's patron, Klemens Maciaszczyk (1922\u20131967), came from Gniezno and left a lasting mark on sport in Rogowo. He founded LKS Rogowo in 1947 and served for many years as the club\u2019s president, coach and official. Hockey ran in the family at the very highest level \u2013 Klemens's brother, Narcyz Maciaszczyk, represented Poland at two Olympic Games (<a href=\"https:\/\/olimpijski.pl\/olimpijczycy\/narcyz-maciaszczyk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">profile on the Polish Olympic Committee website<\/a>). The memorial held every year is a tribute to the man who started field hockey in Rogowo in the first place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who is playing this year?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Five teams take part in the 59th edition:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>LKS Rogowo<\/strong> \u2013 the host club<\/li><li><strong>HKS Siemianowiczanka<\/strong> (Siemianowice \u015al\u0105skie)<\/li><li><strong>HK Pomorzanin Toru\u0144<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>KS AZS AWF Pozna\u0144<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Braunschweiger THC<\/strong> \u2013 guests from Germany who give the tournament its international flavour.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Matches will be played on both days of the weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">We will be there with you!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For us this weekend is doubly special. <strong>Field Hockey Zone makes its debut at the Memorial with its own stand<\/strong> \u2013 on both days of the tournament you will find us right next to the pitch. We are bringing equipment to Rogowo that you can pick up and try out, we will gladly talk you through choosing a stick for your age, height and playing style, and for the youngest visitors we have prepared skills contests with prizes. We will reveal the full programme of activities at the stand tomorrow \u2013 follow our blog!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And if you cannot make it to Rogowo in person \u2013 from Friday we are available online: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fieldhockeyzone.com\/en\/sklep\/\">the Field Hockey Zone shop is opening<\/a><\/strong> and you can already find <a href=\"https:\/\/fieldhockeyzone.com\/en\/sklep\/kije\/\">sticks<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fieldhockeyzone.com\/en\/sklep\/sprzet-bramkarski\/\">goalkeeping equipment<\/a>, <a href=\"\/en\/sklep\/ochraniacze\/\">protection<\/a>, <a href=\"\/en\/sklep\/torby-i-plecaki\/\">bags<\/a> and accessories for field and indoor hockey. The range is being expanded step by step as new deliveries arrive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>See you in Rogowo!<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>59th Klemens Maciaszczyk Memorial in Rogowo, 29\u201330 August 2026: Poland's oldest regular tournament (per PZHT), five teams, German guests, our first stand.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3889,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wydarzenia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fieldhockeyzone.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fieldhockeyzone.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fieldhockeyzone.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fieldhockeyzone.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fieldhockeyzone.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3879"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fieldhockeyzone.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3879\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32377,"href":"https:\/\/fieldhockeyzone.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3879\/revisions\/32377"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fieldhockeyzone.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fieldhockeyzone.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fieldhockeyzone.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fieldhockeyzone.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}