Duncan Ruzzak will forever remember the day where he was first sent off as a player and then, after a swift change of kit, ordered a player off as an umpire on the same afternoon, writes Richard Bright.
As a...
The first female player to reach 100 international Great Britain hockey caps, Alison Ramsay talks about her career
My inspirationI was inspired, and not just on a sporting level, by Martina Navratilova. Her physical and mental toughness and determination to...
Luxembourg's only hockey side scored its first goal on the European stage in 2019. Now, they have fanciful aspirations of making it to the Olympics after the club's "momentous year". Richard Bright reports
Casting minds back to a time when...
A Hockey Paper reader believes that he has found the oldest women's hockey league in the UK still in existence. Scott Evans is conducting research into women's league hockey - which was fervent in the north of England 100...
The 2021 European Championships finished with a Dutch double at the Wagener Stadium, a tournament which will be remembered for some crazy matches, surprise results and, more importantly, for the event to be staged at all amid the pandemic....
When lockdown hit, national league side London Edwardians locked heads and used the time to support those within its community as part of the club's digital initiative.
The club, which plays at Battersea Park, created Lockdown Stories. Tom Johnston, of...
In June 2014, Australia handed out a hockey drubbing to England at the 2014 World Cup in The Hague, which included a special goal from Australian Kieran Govers. Here, The Hockey Paper speaks to the main protagonists (as well...
“We are not here to make up numbers, we are here on a journey and if we want to be competitive we know we have the ability to compete against them.” So said Jen Wilson, Scotland’s South African coach,...
A few months before the pandemic set in, there were no shortage of congratulatory messages and images pinging through Scotland's WhatsApp groups after a stellar year for the Blue Sticks; the squad winning the Scottish Women in Sport award,...
Brian Woolcott was "running like a greyhound" in the final of the European Championships over-75s in 2019. England were finishing the better side, a late goal seeing the sides locked at 2-2 with a Grand Masters shoot-out in the...
