Friday, December 1, 2023

Schools Hockey

Mother, daughter link up to secure win for Scottish club

A mother has praised her daughter after the pair teamed up to help Perthshire Hockey Club continue their fine start to the season. Karen Thomson, 53, and 17-year-old daughter Riley Thomson were both playing for Perthshire HC women’s 1s last...

Why we should banish ‘junior’ and replace with ‘youth’ hockey

Reader John Hendy says there should be a title to reflect the communication needs in the modern world When are we going to stop calling the younger members of our playing community ‘Junior’ and begin to refer, with appropriate respect,...

Is junior hockey in England fundamentally flawed?

TOM KIPLING assesses the state of play of youth hockey in England and asks whether talent academy format needs a rethink There are three outlets for playing hockey as an under-18 junior. This is through school, club, and the England...

Top hockey school Repton buoyed by former GB stars

Repton School's junior talent will be boosted by two former GB players after Mikey Hoare was revealed as their new head of performance hockey. Hoare will relocate to Derbyshire in September alongside the school's new director of hockey and previous...

Will hockey in England always be an ‘independent school’ sport?

Addressing imbalance in state and private school player selection is an England Hockey priority, reports ELIZABETH CONWAY A few months ago, England Hockey announced the names of the talented players selected to be part of the England U16 Age Group...

Adam Dixon goes all in for hockey at Repton

Repton School has secured the services of former England and GB captain Adam Dixon as director of hockey, while he will also take on a player coaching role at Repton HC. With 49 national hockey titles, Repton continues to...

How Spalding hockey bucked trend with primary school sport success

Fred Morris, of Spalding Hockey Club, on how it built its primary school tournaments, with the help of teenage umpires and club willpower We could not help but smile when we read that Guildford HC had been provided with three pitches...

Brett Garrard joins Epsom College as director of hockey

GB Olympian and Surbiton coach Brett Garrard will join Epsom College in September as the school's new director of hockey. Garrard's appointment, the school said, signals Epsom’s 'continued sporting strength' with the Briton having coached Surbiton to a record eight...

Girls School finals: Repton take under-16 title

Rosie Bowman scored a six-minute hat-trick as Repton won the under-16 Notts Sport Girls Schools Hockey Championship Tier 1 final at Lee Valley on Wednesday. Millfield had taken a 2-0 lead through Maya Corbin and captain Samantha Digby-Duell inside 16...

From Isle of Man to Newcastle, young talent recognised at Hockey Writers’ Awards

Four new rising talents of the game were recognised in the Hockey Writers' Club youth and junior awards 2022 after presentations were made at the annual awards lunch on Wednesday at Royal Thames Yacht Club, Knightsbridge, London. The judging panel...
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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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