Tag: opinion
State School hockey issue needs us all to be working together
In our current world, the rise to public prominence of Marcus Rashford and Barnard Castle - respectively, the highly impressive footballer...
Hockey debate: There are state school facilities for entire communities to...
A speculative approach resulted in a Lancashire hockey club finally returning to its hometown after 24 years and a high school being able to...
Umpire’s voice in danger of losing out to player-centric hockey
Hockey is in danger of having an overly player-centric sport, writes our umpire columnist Andy Mair
I was fortunate enough to be working with the umpires...
Hockey World Cups, dodgy Olympic qualifiers and nightclub exploits
Claire Middleton looks back at four hockey controversies down the years
Call me a naïve Corinthian but I reckon sport should be a good thing;...
Racism in hockey: It’s time to open the dialogue and fix...
Opinion | By Stephen Williams
Racism in hockey is nuanced. It’s not always abusive, although, as Tendo Kimuli explained in The Hockey Paper last week,...
‘Never give up. If you are good at something, follow your...
Rising star Maddie Goodman speaks to THP on her early setbacks and future hockey hopes
Here’s a disparity. Maddie Goodman, one of Bowdon Hightown’s young...
England Hockey needs to stop star gazing and rectify club game
Published in print before lockdown, columnist Todd Williams says narrowing of top domestic clubs is detrimental to the game
So, let’s get straight to the...
Volunteering: the life blood of hockey
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...
Fit for Future is ensuring hockey clubs are life and soul...
Two years ago I questioned the wisdom of top level hockey administrators bending under the pressure to modify our game into a slicker and...
Taking next hockey umpiring step doesn’t have to be daunting
By David Ellcock
In a recent Hockey Paper piece, I suggested that people should just try umpiring and that this might lead to their getting...