The Top of the D has already told you a bit about the first nine players who will represent Great Britain at this year’s Olympic Games, here are the other nine:
Beth Storry. Club: Reading. Age: 32.
With Argentina’s Belen Succi missing the Olympics due to falling pregnant, Storry can justifiably claim to be the best 
goalkeeper in the competition. Continue reading
This morning, having seen the team open the London Stock Exchange at 8am, the 16 athletes, plus the two reserves, tasked with capturing Olympic Gold in the women’s hockey competition were announced.
Having begun their centralised training programme back in 2009, Head Coach, Danny Kerry called the selection process “the most thorough and exhaustive ever.” Continue reading
Regular readers of these pages will know that The Top of the D loves a good goalkeeper. Well, there are few better than Rachael Lynch. A Commonwealth Games gold medallist and Australian international, the 25-year-old Victorian has impressed all over the world since making her international debut at the 2006 Champions Trophy. The Top of the D fired some questions at her:
The Top of the D: What made you decide to start playing in goal?
Rachael Lynch: When I was 12 I tried out for the state team as both a goalkeeper and an outfield player. Continue reading
The Top of the D has already outlined the delicate balancing act performed by teams with a large number of GB internationals in this article. Reading Ladies find themselves in a similar position, boasting as they do seven Great Britain players. This doesn’t seem to have hindered them too much in their pursuit of domestic honours, however: With Becky Halle, Liana Smith and Wiz Hunt coming in and supplying the goals and Chantal De Bruijn supplying the experience there is plenty of stre
ngth in depth at Sonning Lane. Their second choice ‘keeper isn’t too shabby either. Continue reading
For most people involved with a hockey club, things just happen. Often, players will not give much thought to anything outside of their role on the pitch and what the coach has asked them to do. In many ways, that is how it should be. But how does it all fall into place? Continue reading
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