Tuesday, May 7, 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.

Roger Lomas installed a defibrillator at the squash club – 10 years later it saved him on the hockey pitch

Seven years ago this weekend, Roger Lomas was playing hockey at Abbeydale Sports Ground when he keeled over at half-time and suffered a cardiac...

No priority and packed calendar: The tale of England Hockey’s indoor season

COPPER BOX -- Another year, another round of players enjoying a brief indoor stint while continuing to advocate for lengthening the domestic season in...

Women’s Super 6s: East Grinstead hold nerve to book ticket to Europe over rising Repton

COPPER BOX ARENA -- When, with five minutes remaining, Chloe Brown carved a delicious backhand midway up the net for a 4-1 lead and...

Rampant Wimbledon race to first national title at England Hockey Super 6s

COPPER BOX ARENA -- Talk about fine lines in indoor hockey. With 90 seconds left of the men’s Super 6s semi-final, the season’s top...

Hollie Pearne-Webb: ‘I’m so pleased Mark Hager’s journey ended on a high’

The Hockey Paper speaks to GB and England captain Hollie Pearne-Webb as she looks back on Tokyo bronze and ahead to another action-packed year...

Super 6s indoor hockey: East Grinstead double up for finals’ day

East Grinstead will be the only club with both men's and women's sides at the Super 6s Championships finals later this month. But after...

Alyson Annan quits as Netherlands women’s hockey coach

Australian Alyson Annan sensationally quit as coach of Oranje women, the Olympic champions, on Wednesday, thus ending one of the most successful recent tenures...

Hockey Ireland lands sponsorship coup with SoftCo gender parity deal

Hockey Ireland has landed a groundbreaking deal with SoftCo, inking a fresh sponsorship with the Irish men and adding to its support of the...