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Keely's Bio
Keely Dunn is an alumnus of the Henry Wise Wood high school field hockey program, winning the Most Improved Player award in 1989.
She also played 13 seasons representing Alberta from the U16 to Senior age levels. Keely played for the University of Calgary Dinos between 1991-1996 and spent several seasons coaching at Henry Wise Wood and Western Canada as well as volunteering time with junior programs in the city. She’s played for the Phoenix Black club team for the past 20 years and on various teams in Calgary’s men’s league, most recently with the Calgary Cougars FHC.
In 2000, Keely retired from elite-level hockey as a player to pick up the whistle and quickly made a name for herself as one of Canada’s top umpires, being appointed to the Senior National Championships in her very first season. Shortly thereafter came an opportunity to go abroad which allowed her to earn her FIH badge in 2003. She was promoted to the Promising List in 2006 and achieved her Grade 1 rating in 2010. She has spent a good part of the past 5 seasons umpiring in England’s prestigious National League, working her way up to the women’s Premier Panel and the men’s B Panel as well as umpiring dozens of British University league matches and the women’s BUCS final twice. She has over 90 international matches to her credit (75 senior caps), of which highlights include twice going to the Junior World Cup and umpiring an Olympic Qualifier in Kazan. She also made history by being the first umpire to control a Penalty Shoot-Out Competition at an FIH Tournament at the Champions Challenge II in Vienna in April 2011. Back home, she contributes to the umpiring community in Canada through clinics, umpire coaching and mentorship.
Keely is also a prolific writer on umpiring, hockey and other topics as a prominent poster on the Field Hockey Forum, webmaster for FHumpires and on her own blog. Keely lives the majority of the year in Calgary with her partner Greg and stepson Quinn, and crashes for several weeks at a time at her aunt Val’s place in Yarm in the northeast of England.
