Hockey Australia

Whose Idea Was It?

On May 3rd Hockey fans in Australia were in the main relieved to hear that the Australian Hockey League will remain an eleven-a-side competition, at least for another year. However the sixth paragraph in the press release is still a

Less Will Not Mean More in New Hockey Nine’s Format

Imagine waking up to find that all the rules of the road had been scrapped over night. You could drive on either side of the road at whatever speed you liked. Chaos would rule. The reason we have rules and

Podcast #49 – Boxing with Brian Tink, While Cricket and Hockey Go Under the Microscope

Not the Footy Show Podcast

As usual there is plenty to talk about in the World of Sport. With the Commonwealth Games just around the corner on this show we catch up with Dubbo’s only Olympian Brian Tink. Brian won a Bronze medal at the

Can You Put A Price on History?

Sport has always been a place for differences of opinion on and off the pitch. In the modern era we are constantly seeing management and administrators making changes to what has been the norm. Sometimes those changes are for the

No Conspiracy Behind the Home and Away League

Ever since the introduction of artificial turf at the 1976 Olympic Games the hockey nations from the sub-continent have claimed that this was a deliberate move by powers within the game of hockey to halt their success. The reason given