Sunday, May 5, 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.

Hockey is the ‘crown jewels’ of East Grinstead, they have The Faithful – now for the fans

The Hockey Paper speaks to the founders of Premier Division club's terrace-style club of fans who hope to change face of supporting club hockey No...

‘Why can’t we go into the unknown?’: players back 2026 men’s Hockey World Cup bid

Big and bold. This is England Hockey’s stance as it visualises filling Tottenham Hotspur Stadium with 60,000 hockey fans after further outlining its ambitious...

Could Ashley Jackson return to England and Great Britain hockey fold?

England men’s coach Paul Revington has left the door ajar for Ashley Jackson to return to the international fold. Jackson announced his international retirement...

Hockey at schools: ‘Our pitch has been set on fire – now we could fold in two years’

Opposition have taken to calling the rented Academy pitch where Urmston HC play as "mud-baths”. Players base their monikering on account of the flooding,...

Sophie Hamilton can be future world hockey star, says England’s Shona McCallin

Olympian Shona McCallin has heaped praise on young star Sophie Hamilton after the 21-year-old’s meteoric rise to Commonwealth Games glory this month. Hamilton, the Surbiton...

Masters Hockey World Cup: England land clean sweep of golds

England's Masters teams landed all four World Cup titles on a memorable day for the host nation to cap a superb 10 days of...

Australia men demolish India to win seventh Commonwealth Games hockey gold in a row

Birmingham -- Australia cantered to their seventh successive Commonwealth Games men’s title with a ruthless display to beat India 7-0. Five goals in 18...

‘Ruthless Revs’: captain Zach Wallace revels in England men’s bronze

Birmingham -- A “demotivated” group after Tokyo, a Commonwealth Games year with no head coach until only a few weeks out from the tournament,...