Cal Cup: An International Field Hockey Tournament in California!

Executive Team

The Cal Cup tournament is run by a team of motivated individuals. Each of the members are volunteers.

To contact any of the members, please view the contact page.

Billie Ahluwalia, Chair

Tom Harris, Founder

After playing hockey for only two years, Tom Harris began the California Cup in 1972 with one German team, two Canadian squads and three local men’s teams. He has been active on the Coordinating Committee ever since and is the only person to play in all these tournaments.

Tom taught engineering and drafting at Moorpark College from 1967 until his retirement in 1995.

Tom still plays at least twice a week and is involved in coaching and umpiring where needed.

All his hockey activities are made possible because of the support of his wife, Karen. They travel extensively to support the U.S. National Teams.

Simon Walshaw, Sponsorship Director

When Simon first moved to the Conejo Valley in 1996, he wanted to find a sport that was both social and competitive. With that goal in mind, he joined the FHF as a Division II player. His passion for the sport inspired him to get further involved in the field hockey community by coaching children, serving as manager of the Bulldog’s team, and volunteering for the annual Cal Cup tournament. This year, Simon is in charge of sponsorships for Cal Cup bringing his 20+ years of corporate experience to the position. Professionally, he has worked for international entertainment companies including Britain’s ITV Studios, DIC Animation, Gold Circle Films and most recently, independent studio, Indomina Group. He has passed on his love of field hockey to his three children, Maxwell, Spencer, and Colette, who all play, as well as to his wife, Margery, who is happy to be a spectator.

Ravi Kanwal, Tournament Director

Ravi learned to play field hockey in his early teens at the famous Nav Bharat Club in HK and went on to play for their premier A team in Division I as well as represent Hong Kong. He also umpired in Hong Kong as well as coach in the Womens League. He was the Secretary of the HKHA Coaching Board before he moved to the US in late 80’s . Since then he has served on Field Hockey Associations in NorCal & SoCal in different capacities. He lives in Orange County, CA and drives 95 miles each way every Sunday to Moorpark to play & umpire field hockey in the FHF League at Moorpark, CA. He umpired in the California Cup Super Division for a few years as well as the USA v India and USA v Chile series a few years ago. He was the Chief Umpire for the FHF for 15+ years until 2011 and has been the Tournament Director for Calcup since 2003. He is a businessman and his wife Sonia volunteers as the Parking Manager at Calcup as well.

Silvia Scally, Marketing & PR Director

Silvia has served as Chair for the Tournament for 10 years, from 1998 to 2008. During these years the tournament grew in local and international participation and is the major hockey event in USA for women and men and children. Silvia is the VP, Strategic Corporate Relations for Agnew Multilingual Translation Services in Westlake Village, CA and is the contact for the corporations major clients. Past references include her work for seven years for the Board and top management of S.C. Johnson & Son in Argentina.

Elina Lorenzo, Administration Director

Elina Lorenzo played her first hockey match in Argentina at age 10 in the only youth division available by and lost 0-16. Her team barely passed the half line just twice. Undeterred, she kept playing and at age14 she was playing in Division I at the San Martin Club in Buenos Aires and at the same time a member of her high school varsity team that became regional inter-school champions in 1962. She has played all field positions including goalie when she was not allowed to run due to the whooping cough, and continued while at college. After moving to the US she discovered field hockey at Moorpark and joined the local Bulldogs club. Her team was just this year's Div III Fall League champions! Elina enjoys the sport and will play as long as she can tie her shoelaces. No matter what happens during the week, her league match on Sundays are the highlights of each week.