Nick Park wants more state school kids like him to be given the chance to dream of playing at the Olympics, writes Tom Harle.
Unlike the majority of his peers, the 25-year-old barely knew what field hockey was when growing up in Caversham Park, bred on a traditional diet of football, rugby and cricket.
Hockey wasn’t a sport offered at Highdown School, who didn’t have an astroturf pitch when Park was a pupil, so it was only by chance that he picked up a stick after his sister attended a hockey trial.
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Good player, always looking to get forward. Would have been helpful to know the state of his injury and whether he’s going to be able to play tomorrow v India.