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Commonwealth Games: The 1998 brawl that gave field hockey icy introduction

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'Hey Canada, This Isn’t Ice Hockey' screamed the front page of Malaysia’s leading national newspaper. At the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur - the first time hockey had been played at the quadrennial Games - things got more than...
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‘Oldest hockey club in world’ Teddington to hold 150th anniversary Victorian match

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Teddington, who claim to be the oldest hockey club in the world alongside Blackheath, will hold a commemorative match in the spirit of 1871 to mark the club's 150th anniversary. Olympians and greats of the game will play on the...
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Features

The Hockey Museum: bringing the past to life

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We took a peak at the incredible collection of hockey history on show in Woking Delving into sporting history was supposed to be one of the legacies of the London 2012 Olympics. But where other plans were scrapped – including...
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International

Kate and Helen Richardson-Walsh top career longevity table

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Kate Richardson-Walsh has pipped wife Helen by one day after being revealed as having the longest career of any Great Britain hockey athlete. The research was conducted by The Hockey Museum, which set about a GB hockey statistics project five...
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Features

The changing face of Easter hockey festivals

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The years when dozens of hockey clubs from across the length and breadth of England would stage traditional and memorable end-of-season Easter festivals are sadly long gone. There were just two held in the resorts of Torbay in Devon...
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Torbay and Blackpool Easter hockey festivals buck the trend

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A touring hockey side, The Oddfellows, which has ventured to 70 runnings of Torbay Easter Festivals, will continue their tradition this year. The long-running festival returns to the Torbay area between April 15-18 as it celebrates its 70th year. Easter...
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The story behind Hampstead & Westminster hockey club’s blazer

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The Hampstead & Westminster HC annual dinner of 1991 was noteworthy for the first appearance of the 'Veterans’ Touring Blazer', writes Ian Smith. This was another initiative pursued by Chris Elliott and facilitated by Hugh Smith in conjunction with A...
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Club

Maidstone goalscoring machine, 68, scores 1,000th goal for Kent club

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A landmark goal was scored in Kent at the weekend when a Maidstone Hockey Club member scored his 1,000th for the club. Nigel Swaffer, who is also Maidstone's chairman, racked up his milestone goal in his 50th season at the...
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Hockey history on the high seas

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Whilst researching a story for an exhibition about a very eminent lady hockey player of the early 20th century, The Hockey Museum discovered that she had travelled on the very first voyage of the liner Queen Mary. That, of course,...
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Features

Hockey stick development through the ages: 1980s and finding strength

Rupert Barker -
We take a look at how the stick has developed over the last four decades to cater for the way we now play the game Hockey has changed a great deal over the last 40 years with changes in pitches,...
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‘I worried if I’d be the same hockey player’: How positives can be found in tough situations

TILLY BUTERWORTH is playing at the Junior Hockey World Cup with England women. Here, she writes an honest assessment...
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