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British hockey needs innovation to tackle 3G pitch issue, says MP

Rod Gilmour -
The chair of the parliamentary group for hockey in the UK says that there are signs the sport could move towards having “fewer, larger clubs” due to the 3G issue, while also highlighting that there could be more unlocking...
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England Hockey season kick off: 4 things on domestic club scene

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With the English domestic season about to get into full swing, we look at four areas which need addressing The ‘major 3G issue’ We are here to promote the game but also delve into issues affecting it. And we can’t hide...
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The 3G curse: ‘We don’t know how we are going to continue to facilitate hockey’

Rod Gilmour -
We hear from four more clubs across England under the cosh from 3G and the widespread lack of hockey provision Correspondence to The Hockey Paper continues to grow - and there is no sign of stopping as clubs get word...
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Broken hockey goals, waterlogged pitch and changing to 3G. What’s the future?

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Jo Swarbrick, of Brookfield HC in North West England, says that even forward planning has scuppered buoyant club's hopes in face of 3G Since 2011, when we got kicked off the Lancashire Football Association astro pitch, our club in Bamber...
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Revealed: 3G pitches overtake hockey in stark 20-year decline

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Exclusive: Data from Sport England’s facility database shows that hockey is rapidly disappearing pitch by pitch across the country, as well as from less affluent parts The rise of 3G astroturf over the last 20 years is dwarfing the amount...
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Scottish women’s club denied grass pitch after football u-turn

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A Scottish women's club has seen a decision for them to return to their grass pitch reversed by league chiefs. North Ayrshire's Irvine HC, founded in 1945, had managed to successfully convince their local sports club to turn their football...
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The 3G pitch threat: Causes, effects and possible treatments for hockey

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HANNAH MADDEN says hockey can overcome the 3G issue affecting hockey in the UK if we can openly confront the problem In June, this publication covered the collapse of Clacton Hockey Club in England. In this paper’s own words, “missed...
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Hockey ‘killed off’ in Cumbrian borough over 3G pitch installation

Lucas Ball -
Western Lakes Hockey Club believe that hockey in their Cumbrian borough has effectively been ‘killed off’ by the installation of a 3G pitch at their home. WLHC’s chairman admitted in a letter to Copeland’s Mayor Mike Starkie that their pitch...
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Bury HC caught in ‘perfect storm’ of academy schools and 3G pitches

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Bury Hockey Club could be “on the verge of dying out” in the next year if no suitable pitch can be found to play matches and believe they are in the “perfect storm” of the ‘academisation’ of local high...
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‘Pipe dream’: Hockey’s objectives will suffer over lack of inner city London pitches

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3G CRISIS: With inner city pitches fast disappearing, growing hockey and inclusivity in the sport is likely to become a pipe dream if no one has access to a pitch, says Chris Baker Being a truly central London hockey club...
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