tokyo olympic games

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

Is It Time to Grow Up?

Occasionally we all get flummoxed by an unexpected question. The question often more revealing than the answer. This happened to this writer at the recent Olympic Games in Tokyo. Someone whom I had only met a few times previously, but

Is Location Really The Issue?

There is an old saying that if you run away from a problem, you will not solve the problem, you will simply change the location of it. The Kookaburras returned to Australia with a silver medal from the hockey at

Some Rules Are Made To Be Broken

The Tokyo Olympic Games will be an Olympic Games unlike any that has gone before. Not only will the covid restrictions make life interesting for the athletes, the judges, umpires, official timekeepers and all of those involved in the media,

Should the Hockey Sisters Be Doin’ It For Themselves?

At the start of last week it came as no surprise to any involved in Hockey in Australia that dual Olympic Gold medallist Katrina Powell was appointed coach of the Hockeyroos until the end of the Tokyo Olympic Games. It