Barry Middleton has finally been able to look back on his memorable hockey career, he tells Rod Gilmour
There would be times interviewing Barry Middleton over the years where you would find him, or will him even, to be in...
Published before lockdown, columnist Todd Williams says narrowing of top domestic clubs is detrimental to the game
So, let’s get straight to the point: Premier League hockey in England is broken. It is failing clubs, players and coaches all around...
Mark Hager, the Australian coach of the GB women's team, could easily have been living in solitude during the coronavirus pandemic, with no family, cats or dogs for company in the small Berkshire village where he is currently renting.
Luckily,...
Dave Miller is retiring after 45 years of volunteering. He tells The Hockey Paper why we shouldn't take volunteers for granted
Hockey, like so many amateur based sports, has been and always will be reliant on the volunteer.
Sure, the sport...
Great Britain goalkeeper has three stoic principles for living through unpredictable times
Three months ago, none of us saw this coming.
We were all going about our business, revelling in our new year's resolutions, preparing for the year ahead as usual....
Claire Middleton recalls missing out on England Hockey's last major trophy a decade ago
The 2009 EuroHockey Championships left me seriously peed off.
A decade or more covering England and Great Britain, with their high hopes and false dawns, and as...
By The History Museum's Mike Haymonds
Many London area hockey people will remember with affection the home that Hampstead & Westminster HC created for themselves in an old pub adjacent to their playing pitches in Paddington. It came as a...
Marlow HC’s Kate Porter on success of club’s young leader programme
Having coached young people in club and school hockey for the last 20 years, I have always believed that involving teenagers in developing younger players has real benefits for...
You’ve got a brilliant game lined up at training, an even number of players and then suddenly another player turns up, or even worse, someone gets injured. What do you do? asks Todd Williams.
Add purpose
Well, of course you can play...
Five years ago, Cannock HC launched its #2020vision, a long term plan to become one of Europe’s leading, sustainable clubs.
As 2020 came into vision, Cannock, around 115 years old, faced an uncertain future after being locked out of its...
