Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Hockey Paper staff

Latest breaking news, previews and match reports written by Hockey Paper staff

Field hockey core strength: The side plank

The push-up exercise we covered in the previous issue will strengthen your core muscles. You can extend this even further by incorporating the side...

Hockey’s torchbearer for the Gulf: Oman

Oman may not be well-known to European hockey fans, but the Gulf nation has the longest and deepest affiliation with the sport of any...

Maddie Hinch perfect start: England’s new custodian on her blooming career

Back in 2013, we asked whether a goalkeeper has ever taken to international hockey as quickly as Maddie Hinch? In her first season as...

The National Hockey Museum: two years old and going strong

The National Hockey Museum has passed its second birthday in its home in Woking. Why Woking you may ask? Well, if you are homeless...

Gaynor Nash; Is the Reading habit good for you?

The most successful club of the modern era has to be Reading. Not only does it have a very strong men’s team, a regular...

Maddie Hinch: Goalkeeping – genes, culture or just lucky?

So, England has a new hero, or, rather, another new hero. George Pinner, keeper of the tournament at the World League Finals in January,...

The Top of the D commends one England star’s ‘bouncebackability’

When the Hockey Writers’ Club announced their men’s and women’s players of the year, unsurprisingly, after an incredible year for club and country, Maddie...

Scotland to play South Africa in Champions Challenge quarter-final

Scotland produced one of their best hockey results in recent years to secure a 2-2 draw against Korea in the Champions Challenge in Glasgow this...