Sunday, December 3, 2023

Obituaries

Tributes paid to Geoff Poole: Neston, GB and Wales hockey international

Tributes have been paid to Geoff Poole, who played for Great Britain and was an integral part of Neston HC in Cheshire, after the club announced he had passed away. Poole was a past president of The Neston Club and...

‘A lasting legacy’: Tributes paid to well-loved hockey coach

Tributes have been paid to "beloved friend" and hockey coach Ben Dudley after he passed away last week after a long battle with illness. At his final game with University of Bristol men at Canterbury earlier this month, Ben had...

‘Hockey icon’: Brian Glencross, Australia Olympian and Hockeyroos coach, dies at 81

Brian Glencross, the Western Australian great who is credited with revolutionising the women’s game, has died at the age of 81. A triple Olympian, Glencross represented Australia as a full-back in 85 consecutive international matches between 1964 and 1972. He...

Tributes paid to England hockey player Hilda Moore, aged 100

Tributes have been paid to Hilda Moore, the former England women’s player, who died this week. Moore celebrated her 100th birthday in May and was also thought to be the oldest living recipient to have received an honorary degree. “Hilda was...

Peter Woodward, Essex hockey stalwart, passes away

Peter Woodward, known to the world as Woody, has passed away peacefully at the age of 80, writes Andy Woodward.   A fixture of the Essex hockey scene for most of his life, he both managed the Essex County Hockey team...

Hockey Writers’ Club secretary Ken Wilson passes away at 65

Hockey Writers' Club (HWC) secretary Ken Wilson, a BBC radio producer who became a leading light as a hockey volunteer in recent years, has sadly passed away, aged 65. Ken died peacefully in hospital after a short fight with...

Tributes paid to Hockeyroo Sandy Pisani

Tributes have been paid to Olympic hockey champion Sandy Pisani who dies last month, aged 63. Pisani, who earned 105 caps, was in the Hockeyroos side that won Australia's first Olympic gold medal in hockey at Seoul 1988. She had also...

Mike Ward: a truly remarkable hockey icon 

Hockey goalkeeper, umpire, umpire developer, administrator extraordinaire, strong amateur tennis player, renowned public speaker, battlefield historian and quiz star. Richard Macer, Hon. Secretary Southern Counties H.A, pays tribute to the late Mike Ward Mike Ward was a war baby born in...

George Black, father of Scottish Masters hockey, passes away at 95

Scottish Hockey has paid tribute to its oldest member who passed away late last month, aged 95. George Black represented Scotland 48 times, was capped in three games by Great Britain three times. He was a fervent player in...

‘Trailblazer’ Val Robinson, England Hockey great, passes away at 80

Valerie Robinson, regarded as one of English hockey’s greatest female players and the first ‘working class girl' capped by her country, who was also recognised as a dual sporting talent after winning two BBC Superstars shows, has died after...
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EHTV+ hopes to muscle in on competitive club video market

“It’s a competitive market these days,” says EuroHockey chief executive Angus Kirkland of the rising adoption of video installments...
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