Thursday, November 7, 2024

Tom Harle

Tom Harle is Sportsbeat's Olympics editor

‘Our motto was to wake up the GB Hockey giant – that needs to continue’

Heading into the LA 2028 cycle, GB Hockey is at a crossroads with the roles of Performance Director lying vacant and Zak Jones taking...

‘I don’t like wasting time as a hockey coach – it’s a selfless element’

To the widespread shock of the hockey community, Paul Revington resigned as head coach of GB and England this month. Revington led GB to second...

Paul Revington: ‘Within GB Hockey, the Olympics becomes a beast of its own’

After two years of rapid progress under Paul Revington, Team GB were knocked out at the quarter-final stage of the Paris Olympics.  Their campaign came...

Olympics Hockey: Team GB’s Nick Park aims for more state school provision

Nick Park wants more state school kids like him to be given the chance to dream of playing at the Olympics, writes Tom Harle. Unlike...

‘Women’s sport is on the up – but in hockey? We can’t be left behind’

Team GB’s most decorated hockey player, Laura Roper, believes the sport has a fight on its hands to avoid losing its top talent, reports...

‘When I got the Paris Olympics nod, I looked and realised my kids don’t care!’

Dad-of-two says fatherhood has transformed his outlook on hockey ahead of Paris 2024. Tom Harle reports Phil Roper’s first daughter Indie-Rae was born six months...

Olympics Hockey: We feel pain of omitted players, says GB coach Revington

Men's coach Paul Revington emphasised that ‘balance’ was uppermost in his mind when he was selecting the Team GB squad for the Paris Olympics,...

GB men hoping ‘Bazball’ outlook can pave way to Paris hockey gold

The heavy metal chords of ‘Bazball’ continue to reverberate around British sport and now Team GB’s men’s hockey team hope the philosophy can catapult...