Tyla Flexman is a field hockey player from Canada and plays midfield for the Canadian Women's National Field Hockey Team

Canada women's national field hockey team

The Canada women's national field hockey team represents Canada in international field hockey competitions. The women's team made its first international appearance at the 1978 Women's Hockey World Cup in Madrid, Spain, finishing in fifth place....

. She started playing field hockey in grade 8 at Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School (Vancouver)

Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School (Vancouver)

Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School is named after the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Winston Churchill.Churchill Secondary is one of two International Baccalaureate schools and one of three French Immersion secondary schools in Vancouver.Churchill is fed by the surrounding...

 and played for the Junior Women's National Field Hockey Team from 2004–2005, competing in the Junior Pan Am Cup and Junior World Cup in 2005. In 2008 she played her 5th and final year with the University of British Columbia

University of British Columbia

The University of British Columbia is a public research university. UBC’s two main campuses are situated in Vancouver and in Kelowna in the Okanagan Valley...

 and was selected as the National Gail Wilson Award winner as well as Canada West Player of the Year while completing her degree in Human Kinetics.

International Competitions

• 2010 Commonwealth Games
  Canada at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
  Canada competed in the 2010 Commonwealth Games which were held in Delhi from October 3–14, 2010. Canada competed in 15 out of 17 sports with the exceptions being netball and tennis . Canada's team consisted of 251 athletes, which was a decrease of 3 from the 2006 games...
  
  , India (6th)
• 2010 Ata Holding World Cup Qualifier, San Diego, California
• 2009 FIH Champions Challenge II
  Hockey Champions Challenge II
  The Hockey Champions Challenge II is an international field hockey competition introduced by the International Hockey Federation in 2009. The tournament is held in an uneven year, and contested by eight teams based on the qualification criteria set by the federation that usually not competing in...
  
  , Russia (6th)
• 2009 Pan American Cup
  Pan American Cup
  The Pan American Cup is an international men's and women's field hockey competition organised by Pan American Hockey Federation . The tournament is started in 2000 for men's competition and women's competition started year later...
  
  , Bermuda (5th)
• 2007 CAN – AM Challenge, Virginia Beach
• 2005 Junior Pan Am Cup, Puerto Rico
• 2005 Junior World Cup, Chile