Saturday, May 4, 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.

Commonwealth Games Hockey: England men rout brave Ghana 6-0

Birmingham -- As England raced through the gears, so the ‘home’ crowd bayed for just one Ghana goal. It was that kind of evening....

Commonwealth Games Hockey: South African-born Heather McEwan revels in Scotland victory

Birmingham -- Heather McEwan knows all about resilience. After all, her mother played basketball in Zimbabwe as a 5ft 2in student. “My parents showed...

Commonwealth Games hockey: Australia’s Jake Harvie aims to follow Olympian grandfather

His guitar never far from away from his side, Jake Harvie, 24, has strung together a series of impressive performances for Australia as he...

Commonwealth Games 2022: ‘There’s a new lease of life with Scottish Hockey’

“As a women’s squad, we have a group with players who have a lot of caps for Scotland,” says captain Sarah Robertson. “We know...

State of the Game: ‘We need to put fun back into England Hockey Cup’

Beeston's jubilant Women's Cup coach James Sordillo says the sport is "crying out" for a revamp to England Hockey's top tier domestic knock out. Beeston...

‘Most unique ever’: Mulders endorses Belgium and Netherlands joint Hockey World Cup bid

Jamilon Mulders, the outgoing Netherlands women’s coach, believes that the joint bid by Belgium and the Dutch to host the combined 2026 Hockey World...

Why the FIH must look at joint men and women Hockey World Cup bid for 2026

Terrassa -- You can gauge the mood of the city with a simple question to the local cabbie. “Muerta, nada,” was the response when...

Women’s Hockey World Cup: Netherlands magic proves too hot for Argentina

Terrassa -- One of the great goals in Women’s World Cup history, finished with counter-attacking brilliance by Felice Albers, was witnessed on Sunday night...