Jamie Oxley, of Old Loughtonians, assesses England Hockey’s ‘Structure Fit for the Future’ changes ahead of new season
It has been a bumpy road and it won’t be what some people want to hear. But I am fully behind it.
I asked Sally Munday [former England Hockey chief executive] six years ago when we were going to have one central website. Now, I’m sure it will be a better road for the sport and we will look back in a few years time and wonder why we didn’t do this 10 years ago.
At a regional level over the years under the old structure, I was involved in conversations listening to a range of individuals worrying about a change of colours or its name. There were too many people who held too much power in various corners of England.
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