Tag: Wales
Wales’ Rupert Shipperley passes off rugby for GB hockey dream
Teak-tough geography teacher Rupert Shipperley hopes to rack up the air miles on the return road to Tokyo 2020 next year.
The Hampstead & Westminster...
Young Welsh star Olivia Forey goes viral with hockey skills videos
Wales' Liv Forey has been posting backyard skills videos since lockdown, with her latest 'computer game' effort going internet viral. THP finds out more...
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Wales’ Rhodri Furlong on challenges working on NHS frontline
By Richard Bright
Welsh hockey player Rhodri Furlong has spoken about the challenges working on the frontline during the pandemic.
Furlong is a vascular scientist but...
Welsh hockey fans continue history research in landmark month
By Richard Bright
Challenges come in all shapes and sizes - and in the case of two hockey enthusiasts we have one which will be...
Wales tell Euro hockey story with passion and determination
Luke Hawker admitted that Wales’ product of play on the pitch “told the story” of their superb - but nervy - EuroHockey Championships as...
Wales can be EuroHockey threat, says Dan Kyriakides
By Rod Gilmour
Wales men will play their first elite EuroHockey Championships for 20 years with the belief they can follow the Welsh footballers' exploits...
Wales goalkeeper David Kettle announces international hockey retirement
David Kettle, Wales’ most capped goalkeeper, has announced his retirement from international hockey after a distinguished career between the posts.
'Dragon' Kettle, who first represented...
Welsh Masters goalkeeper, 77, picked for over-60s hockey World Cup
By The Hockey Paper
"I haven't got another keeper in the Welsh squad to pick over 70 - so I picked myself."
So said an ever-smiling...
England’s Sam Ward bags timely hat-trick to seal Commonwealth final four...
Gold Coast - Sam Ward was dissecting his hockey future four years ago. Can you believe that this morning, on a garage forecourt somewhere...
Commonwealth Games Hockey: England roll through gears to see off Wales
Gold Coast - England successfully negotiated a potentially tricky pool encounter before rampaging through the gears to cast aside Wales 5-1 on Friday.
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