Tag: hockey
Which team will quality for the men’s Hockey World Cup 2018?
(Photo: Action Images via Reuters)
The next Hockey World Cup is due to commence in India November 2018. Lasting through December, this event will be...
My Life In Hockey: Hannah Macleod
Former GB and England midfielder Hannah Macleod talks us through her hockey life...
I was stuck on three international caps for three years before the centralised...
Derby HC ‘keeper Murphy opens up about depression ahead of marathon
By Rod Gilmour
When the weekend comes, stepping over the white line onto the hockey pitch is usually “a great escape” for Will Murphy. In...
Middleton column: National Hockey League needs a Bowdon
Last weekend’s league results confirm that Bowdon Hightown will have to fight for their place in the Investec Women’s Premier League via the relegation...
Beckie Middleton column: Is Hockey a big player in the world...
IT’S megabucks for HIL players, while international teams made up of full-time athletes gain increasing media exposure in mainstream sports coverage. But is hockey...
Kate Richardson-Walsh column: And so it begins, the next four-year cycle…
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...
Rising star Erica Sanders can be next Alex Danson, says Phil...
By Rod Gilmour
University of Birmingham coach Phil Gooderham believes that rising star Erica Sanders has a "tremendous" future ahead of her and can replicate...
Lion Harte David won’t ever forget proud roots
Crowned the world’s best goalkeeper for a second year running, David Harte says it is an achievement he “had never imagined possible”.
Part of that...
Nick Irvine: “Are HIL eligibility rules fair to all?”
It was interesting and puzzling in equal measure to read that English league rules apparently prevented Ashley Jackson and Barry Middleton playing for East...
Simon Mason column: What makes the perfect hockey stick?
As Todd Williams correctly pointed out in a previous article in The Hockey Paper, when it comes to buying a stick there are an...
