Friday, March 28, 2025

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.

Hockey India League: Bengal Tigers edge Hyderabad as 10-year plan starts

Rourkela -- Fans had begun to drift out before the second-half of the men’s Hockey India League (HIL) men’s final after Bollywood actress Sara...

How to be a top Hockey India League franchise? Hyderabad Toofans on auction near mishaps, science and finance

Rourkela -- Siddarth Pandey, the commentator turned Hyderabad Toofans team director, is reliving the heart-pounding moment as they attempted to outbid their Hockey India...

‘I think of Tasmanian hockey great Craig Keegan every time I score’

Rourkela -- Hayden Beltz was never coached by Craig Keegan, the late GB assistant coach, but his memory is etched into the Tasmanian’s stick. “It’s...

Hockey India League diary: Lucky parents and six sixes link

The Hockey Paper has taken in the inaugural women's HIL before travelling to Rourkela for the men's finale Lilly lands lakhs with parents watching Lilly Stoffelsma...

Women’s Hockey India League: Odisha Warriors take first title amid Yibbi Jansen bounty

Ranchi -- Familiar as she is in the orange colours of Odisha as she is the Oranje of the Dutch team with her trademark...

At the Hockey India League, business titans and novices mix in first women’s finale

Ranchi -- This may be the home city of MS Dhoni, the showman of Indian cricket, but it’s also regarded as the cradle of...

‘I was bullied at school but I genuinely look at hockey as saving my life’

England and GB's former record scorer on becoming renowned corner specialist, feared flicker and being diagnosed with ADHD Calum Giles was on the hockey pitch...

Barry Davies on Where were the Germans?: ‘You don’t think about it at the time, you say what you think’

Legendary TV commentator Barry Davies recalls being behind the mic at the Seoul men's hockey final in 1988 'Nigel wasn't desperately happy about it when...