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
The Resignation The Sport Had To Have
In November of 1990 with Australia in a recession the former Prime Minister of Australia, who was at that time the Treasurer, Paul Keating, uttered the famous line “this is a recession that Australia had to have.” On Monday of
Paying A Price For The Past?
There is nothing sadder than witnessing a once great team unravel. The Australian Women’s Hockey team were the cream of the crop for a long time. Denied the opportunity to play at the 1980 Olympic Games the first in which
Is It Time For More Golden Moments?
Is modern day sport about the contest, or is it purely about entertainment? Ask the television executives who are now the ones predominantly funding sport, and they will tell you that is all about entertainment. Ask the average fan and
Hockey, One step in the Right Direction
“The more things change the more they stay the same” is an oft used epigram from French Novelist Jean- Baptiste Karr, and Hockey fans in Australia are hoping that this will not be the case with their sport. A year
