Western Australia

Far From Pitch Perfect

Ask any Indian Hockey fan why there was 41 years between their hockey team winning an Olympic medal and the chances are most will tell you that the switch from a grass pitch to an artificial surface was a huge

What Is Best For The Sport Must Be The Number One Priority.

We have all seen the scene in Hollywood movies, where the protagonist walks into the distance leaving explosions and chaos behind them. Following the comment from the outgoing President of Hockey Australia, Melanie Woosnam that the High Performance program will

Is Location Really The Issue?

There is an old saying that if you run away from a problem, you will not solve the problem, you will simply change the location of it. The Kookaburras returned to Australia with a silver medal from the hockey at

A Cry For Help, For ‘My Club’ and More Like It

The County Ground and Swindon Town may not hold happy memories for the mercurial genius Eric Cantona. The reason being that on the 22ndMarch 1994 the EPL Champions Manchester United came to Wiltshire, and were expected to stroll to three

Should the Hockey Sisters Be Doin’ It For Themselves?

At the start of last week it came as no surprise to any involved in Hockey in Australia that dual Olympic Gold medallist Katrina Powell was appointed coach of the Hockeyroos until the end of the Tokyo Olympic Games. It