As the men’s and women’s England squads return from their respective South Africa trips, I am reminded that the immediate period post-Olympics is always an interesting one. Squads disband and are reformed, staff members move on to other roles...
We are coming towards the end of what has obviously been a momentous year for Great Britain hockey but it is time now to look forward to 2017 and start to get excited about what the future holds.
I have been...
Life since Rio has been something of a whirlwind. We had planned methodically and done everything we could do to be ready physically and tactically. Internally every one of the squad of 31 thought we could win gold, we had...
Apart from the GB women and Argentina’s men, every team left Rio with some level of disappointment. On the men’s side, Australia’s quarter-final exit and Great Britain failing to get that far has caused much concern for those inside...
Rod Gilmour talks to GB star Ashley Jackson about Rio Olympics and beyond...
Ashley Jackson has dreaded hearing the well-meaning sentence one more time: “How was your Olympics, didn’t the girls do well?”
It is a question Jackson has shunned since...