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.

World hockey open to grass tournaments; water-based pitches stripped for Olympics

World hockey chiefs are open to the idea of international tournaments being played on grass, initially with lower-ranking events. At the FIH Congress on...

Hollie Pearne-Webb to captain as Great Britain set out Olympic defence

It is now regarded as a quiz question by right, albeit a slightly tricky one still for those hockey newbies who watched from one...

English hockey’s Pendle Forest hit 80 matches unbeaten

Northern England record breakers Pendle Forest don't venture into their pre-match huddle and go "right, let's make it 81 victories." This isn't the Lancashire team's...

University hockey clubs’ initiation games still rife for ‘vulnerable’ students

University hockey clubs are one of the "worst offenders" still organising humiliating initiation ceremonies - despite a clamp down by student authorities. A Sunday Times...

I admired Sean Kerly but I had to let him go, admits fashion guru

The Hockey Paper speaks to the fashion guru who may well have played a part in Great Britain's 1988 Olympic triumph Sean Kerly's employment status...

Jeroen Hertzberger recalled for Holland’s World Cup squad

Dutch coach Max Caldas cut a confident figure on Friday as he selected his 18-strong squad for next month's men's Hockey World Cup. Dutch forwards...

FIH to capitalise on Hockey 5s format

The International Hockey Federation (FIH) believes it can capitalise on the success of Hockey 5s at the Youth Olympics. Argentina women and Malaysia men took...

Ireland men can dream big at Hockey World Cup – just like the women

Ireland's new coach Alexander Cox says the Green Machine can dream as big as the women's side as they prepare for their first global...