After winning the Super Sixes title for the second year in a row, goalkeeper George Pinner has revealed that this season is to be his last.
Continue readingPinner determined to enjoy his last hurrah with Old Georgians.
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The Dutch win the gold again, but that’s not the full story.
The winners of the Paris 2024 women’s hockey gold medal are the Netherlands. Most people expected that, no one will be especially surprised. The manner in which it was won may come as a surprise, but also doesn’t even scratch the surface of a fascinating final.
Here are a few immediate thoughts.
Dutch delight as Netherlands are crowned Olympic champions
And just like that, we have our Olympic champions. After trading blows with Germany in the final, it was the Netherlands who held their nerve to win the shootout and to take their first men’s Olympic hockey gold medal in 24 years.
Here are a few thoughts and observations from the final day of the men’s competition.
Brilliant Orange and German efficiency – a look at the Men’s Hockey Semi-Finals.
The men’s semi finals are done and dusted and we now know the final will be Netherlands vs Germany – a repeat of the London 2012 Olympic final, whilst India and Spain will have to pick themselves up and fight for bronze. Here’s a little about how we got here.
Continue readingDeja vu, a genius at work and the orange machine rolls on – thoughts on the women’s quarter finals
The women’s hockey competition is hotting up now we’ve reached the knockout stages. Here’s a quick look back at the quarter finals where we had some shocks, some non-surprises and a few other things, too.
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