Today I am delighted to announce that for the duration of the Rabo EuroHockey Championships in Amsterdam, The Top of the D will be making a return.

After a break of the best part of three years, the pull of my two great loves; hockey and writing, has proved to be too much and I will be making the trip to Amsterdam to follow and document the fortunes of the two England teams.

In a piece of even more exciting news, I am delighted to announce that I will be working in partnership with Galvanised Media who will be putting their considerable talents to fantastic use and helping me to provide some video content alongside my usual written work.

Photo courtesy of Ady Kerry

My main focus will be to bring you all the best news and views from the two England camps as well as a few familiar faces from other teams as and when time allows.

I will of course be active on Instagram and Twitter throughout the tournament as well, so be sure to follow @TheTopoftheD and if you see me out in the Netherlands please come and say hello!

My thanks to Siobhan Madeley at the EHF for allowing me accreditation and to Tom Herring at Galvanised for agreeing to help me bring my work into the digital age.

It’s great to be back!