With the pool stages complete and with the latter stages already getting underway, here are a few things that caught my eye at the Hockey World Cup, since the opening weekend. Some good, some quirky and some attempt at “analysis.” So here we go.
Continue readingWith the first weekend of the Hockey World Cup all done and dusted, I’ve picked a few bits and pieces that caught my eye, piqued my interest or things you could’ve missed at the time.
This is not meant to be especially analytical or telling the story of the tournament, more just things that made me stop and take note. Enjoy.
Tournaments in men’s hockey don’t come much more competitive than the EuroHockey Championships. All of the top five ranked nations in world hockey are set to compete in the competition which gets going in Germany next weekend.
Continue readingLily Owsley knows what it feels like to taste success at the EuroHockey Championships. In 2015 in only her second Euros, she scored in the final as England saw off the Netherlands in a shootout to pick up a glorious gold medal in front of a partisan home crowd in London.
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David Ralph’s side made it two wins from two this weekend as the Pro League in London came to life with maximum points for Great Britain’s women.
Victories over the USA on Saturday and India on Sunday (both 3-2) gave us plenty of food for thought. Here are a few things I noticed or that piqued my interest.
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