The Ripple Effect?
Sunday 22nd January 2023 may well go down in hockey as Black Sunday. For it was on this day that New Zealand’s Black Sticks who finished third in their World Cup pool with only one victory, came from behind against
Is Success not Being Predictable?
How does one measure the success of a sport in the modern era? The answer invariably is it depends upon who you talk to. Is it based on the attendance figures at live games? Is it based on the viewing
Destiny Rules
Hot on the heels of a year in which there seemed to be a World Cup every month, 2023 will open the new year with the FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup, being hosted by India. This will be the 15th
Is There a Place for Old Values in the New Age?
If the world is confusing for the millennials just consider how confusing it is for those of us born before 1990. In 2022 I realized that most of what I had been taught in my formative years was now irrelevant
Election Learnings
A week ago the International Hockey Federation held its Congress where it elected a new President and new Executive Board members. The election for President of the world body was expected to be a close run thing, after Europe’s Marc
