Sunday, July 20, 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.

Hollie Pearne-Webb retires as an England and GB hockey great

There was the spin and the scoop inside the post. Then the high fist pump before the moment dawned and Hollie Pearne-Webb let loose...

England Hockey Finals: Reading women and Surbiton men land surprise titles

Surbiton ended Old Georgians' three-year stronghold in English men's domestic hockey while Reading women won their first trophy since 2013 in the Premier Division...

Biba Mills: Meet the 16-year-old rising star of English club hockey

Tess Howard came off the pitch earlier this month and a smile quickly rose across the GB star’s face. That she was talking about...

Farce and intrigue: The sorry decline of Pakistan hockey

The Big Read The Hockey Paper charts the decline and political shenanigans of Pakistan hockey and asks if the once great nation can return to...

‘Constant pressure’: Durham University hail historic England Hockey top tier status

With Beeston breathing down their necks all season and the club well aware of the hundreds of alumni refreshing GMS for final day results,...

Barnes women taste title success and Premier Division promotion

Barnes women recorded a major milestone as they confirmed their passage to the England Hockey Premier Division for the first time in the club’s...

How club players will help England Hockey free-to-air TV vision

England Hockey says its vision for free-to-air hockey left the national governing body to take the decision to pay for Pro League production costs. As...

England Hockey aim to push through player membership price hike

England Hockey (EH) is hoping to push through “significant changes” to its player membership model when it goes to a vote at Tuesday’s AGM. The...