Anna’s Accolade

Congratulations to Australia’s Anna Flanagan who last night was voted the FIH World Young Player of the year. Flanagan was voted ahead of Erica Coppey (Belgium), Cheon Eun Bi (Korea), Florencia Habif (Argentina) and Stacey Michelsen (New Zealand). The FIH World

Brazil Here We Come

It was a great achievement for Pim Verbeek to get an ageing team to the World Cup Finals four years ago, which makes Holger Osciek’s achievement even more remarkable. Congratulations to him, the players and all of the team in

Can We Have the Bill Please?

Having grown up in Britain in the Margaret Thatcher era this writer  was never a fan of the Iron Lady. I was however interested to read a supplement compiled by the Independent newspaper correcting many of the myths that surrounded

Paralympics Continue to Inspire

The legacy of the London Olympic Games was supposed to be more young people becoming involved in sport, and Britain becoming a healthy place for children to grow up. Sadly the honeymoon is over and reports state that there has

Time To Find Common Ground

‘Its not what you do it’s the way that you do it, and that’s what gets results’ is how the song goes, and it would appear to be true of the ANZ Netball Championship. Last night the West Coast Fever