“I went to an East training camp and someone said: “The England goalkeeper’s here to work with us.” and I said “What, David Seaman?” “No. Simon Mason.” I was a bit disappointed to be honest!” Continue reading
January 2011. In front of a packed house at Wembley Arena, a young goalkeeper is carried on the shoulders of her Bowdon Hightown team mates. Amy Tennant, then aged just 16, is the hero of the hour. Her save from Reading’s Emma Thomas in a dramatic 9-8 penalty shootout win hands the Seahorses the Super Sixes title. Continue reading
An international career which began way back in October 2001 has come to an end: Alex Danson-Bennett has announced her retirement from hockey.
The 34-year-old, who has won 306 caps, has spent the last 18 months battling a long-term concussion injury. She returned to the Great Britain training programme in January but with the Tokyo Olympics just months away she has decided the “risk is too high” for her to continue with her hockey career. Continue reading
25 October – 3 November. Ten days that will make or break the Olympic dreams of a number of hockey athletes around the world.
With the FIH making the draw for the all-important Olympic qualifying ties earlier on today, we now know the matches which will decide who makes it through to the Olympic Games, Tokyo 2020. Continue reading
England collected the three points they needed to book their place in the EuroHockey Championships semi-finals but their performance against Belarus was far from convincing. Continue reading
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