Sunday, June 22, 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.

Australia’s Kieran Govers looks to hockey World Cup after exile ends

Kieran Govers has admitted that an "open and honest" dialogue between the exiled Kookabuurra and coaching staff propelled him back to the Australia squad...

Georgie Twigg relishing club hockey life at Surbiton after international pressures

Georgie Twigg last stepped inside Bisham Abbey two years ago as Great Britain women were putting the final touches to their soon-to-be golden sojourn...

EuroHockey Club Cup: Time to do ourselves justice in Europe, says Surbiton Ladies coach Brett Garrard

Next year, Brett Garrard will mark 10 years at the helm of - and let's not hold back here - one of the biggest...

Bobby Crutchley quits England Hockey men’s coaching role

Bobby Crutchley surprisingly quit his post as Great Britain and England men's coach on Tuesday night after five years in the role. With just over...

Alan Forsyth, the Scot who continues to top English hockey’s goal charts

Surbiton coach Mark Pearn has praised Alan Forsyth’s “complete desire” to find the net as a key attribute for the Scot finishing as top...

Belgium hockey will be world, Olympic champions by 2024, claims president

Marc Coudron, president of the Royal Belgian Hockey Association, has boldly predicted that the Red Lions will become European, world and Olympic champions by...

Hockeyroos treated with ‘bewildering contempt’ by Commonwealth TV chiefs

Gold Coast - Television scheduling always provides a moot point for general sports fans wanting to watch their undervalued favourite sport on the global...

Shoot-out sees New Zealand beat England to reach 2018 Commonwealth hockey final

Gold Coast - England were denied a fourth shot at Commonwealth gold by New Zealand - but were still outdone by an Australian on...