Graham Reid

Is A Prediction Coming True? Is a Sport Under Threat From Its Own Governance?

Basketball starts with a tip off, Australian Rules Football starts with a centre bounce, both very unique ways in which to commence a sporting contest. Hockey used to have its own unique way of starting a game with a Bully-off.

Not A Country For Old Men?

“You can tell that the Olympics are coming up because Hockey is in the news,” was a comment made by a friend in the past month in Australia. Sadly their words were correct, as every four years on the eve

Oi – Were you Watching?

“Oi” appropriately is an exclamation, rather than a word to attract someone’s attention, and the Oi Hockey Stadium certainly managed to attract people’s attention at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. After a few minor hiccups in the lead up to

The Club v Country Conundrum.

They say if you wait long enough everything changes. It was back in the early 2000’s that a meeting took place between the then coach of the Socceroos Frank Farina and coach of the Kookaburras Barry Dancer to look at