2016

Goalkeepers Left Out in The Cold.

Congratulations to all the Winners at the FIH Hockey Stars 2016 Awards announced at a gala dinner in India in the past few days. It was great to see Hockey have an actual awards ceremony to recognise the international players

Patience, and Faith in Youth Can Deliver a Dream

Patience is a real virtue in modern-day sport, but sadly very few club owners, administrators or even national associations seem to possess this virtue. In 2005 the Junior Hockey World Cup was played in Rotterdam. In the final Argentina defeated

Kate Richardson-Walsh The Key to GB Gold

How many people would have predicted a Belgium v Argentina final in the Olympic Men’s Hockey tournament in Rio? How many people would have predicted Argentina to win gold? Congratulations to Argentina and their coach Carlos Retegui on what has

More than a Numbers Game

Pakistan has never been a powerhouse Olympic nation. It has won just ten Olympic medals since first competing at the 1948 Games in London. Pakistan’s first medal came in field hockey at the Melbourne Olympic Games in 1956 when it

Equality – Easier Said than Done

The excitement surrounding the Olympics is beginning to gain momentum. The weekend before last the Premier of Western Australia, Colin Barnett hosted a black-tie farewell dinner for all the athletes based in WA heading to Rio. Sadly though as was