Bruce and his wife Marilyn are currently in Hong Kong where Bruce is training with the Australian team to play in the International Masters Hockey Tournament.

Bruce will play in five or six games against teams from Korea, Hong Kong and England.

He’s pushing 60, but age is no barrier and his love of hockey is still as strong as when he first started the sport when he was 13. Originally from the Gloucester region, Snape grew up playing hockey in the Gloucester and Taree district competition before moving to Kempsey in 1974.

He had a hand in forming the Macleay’s first men’s hockey competition in the late 1970s and remembers well the glory days of the sport in the early 1980s.

Snape has remained a passionate hockey supporter and soon after he turned 40 he joined the veterans circuit.

He played in the national over 55s hockey championships in Darwin where his NSW side claimed the Aussie title in a dominant display.

The win in Darwin was made even more satisfying with selection in the men’s over 55s national team, to tour Hong Kong.

“We had a great team up at Darwin and didn’t lose a game,” he said.

“In nine games we scored 44 goals and only four against and we beat WA 4-1 in the final.”

There is no stopping Snape, before he flew out to Hong Kong he competed in the Australian Championships in Melbourne. He was selected in the Australian team to play in the World Grand Masters Association World Cup in Cape Town, South Africa in 2010.