Thursday, April 25, 2024

Rod Gilmour

The Hockey Paper's Editor. First covered international hockey at the 2010 Commonwealth Games - no better than a full house watching India play England - and has reported on the sport for the Daily Telegraph and other major newspapers ever since. Co-founded THP in 2016.

EuroHockey 2023: England men outdone by Belgium firepower

Monchengladbach — On a day when Barry Middleton was honoured into the EuroHockey hall of fame and Belgium’s John-John Dohmen became the leading international...

EuroHockey 2023: How Wales men believe in world top 10 ranking

Wales call it ‘Project Top 10’. In the same vein in which Adam Peaty cracked ‘Project 56’ seconds in the individual breaststroke arena, with...

EuroHockey 2023: Ireland women turn on style to end Scotland hopes

Monchengladbach — Ireland women put their EuroHockey bid firmly back on track thanks to a sizzling 5-0 win over Scotland on Saturday night. Captain...

EuroHockey 2023: Wales men produce famous draw to deny Germany

Monchengladbach — Germany on the attack, two minutes from time? Not this time, as buoyant Wales carved out, thrillingly, one of their finest results...

‘Never felt more comfortable’: Tess Howard revels as England leave Ireland short

Monchengladbach — Perusing some of the comments The Hockey Paper received on social media, following columnist Lily Owsley’s piece on England becoming the first...

EuroHockey 2023: England carve open Ireland to start in style

Monchengladbach -- England women opened their bid to win a first EuroHockey medal for six years with a coasting 3-0 victory over Ireland. The...

EuroHockey 2023: Hosts Germany aim to add gloss to growing reach

There’s always an intimate buzz around any EuroHockey Championships. Ten days of hockey-fuelled razzmatazz and, as we’ve seen in Belgium and the Netherlands in...

‘World’s first dry hockey turf’ sets path to waterless pitches

Amsterdam unveiled the world’s first hockey pitch that doesn’t need water last month -- the inaugural FIH certified dry turf -- as the sport...