by Hockey Admin | Apr 23, 2025 | School, College and University Hockey, Women's Hockey
Foreword The expansion of women’s hockey into a sport played by millions around the world is a story led by the All England Women’s Hockey Association (AEWHA) – the governing body for women’s hockey in England for 101 years. It was founded by a group of independently...
by Hockey Admin | Apr 23, 2025 | 2025 News Items, From the Collection
The Hockey Museum had the absolute pleasure of welcoming two special visitors recently — Ippei Fujimoto and his wife Natsuko Yoshiki who travelled from London to see us, but whose journey began much further afield in Japan. Ippei and Natsuko are no strangers to the...
by Hockey Admin | Apr 23, 2025 | Hockey in Popular Culture
On Sunday 1 April 1934, hockey player Edith Warwick of Peterborough was touring Scotland with three teammates from the East Angles hockey team and Kathleen ‘Rosie’ Doman, their captain and an England hockey international player. The team had been touring the north of...
by Hockey Admin | Apr 23, 2025 | 2025 News Items, Grassroots and Club Hockey, Women's Hockey
At the end of last month (March 2025), Barnes Hockey Club’s Women’s First Team confirmed their promotion to the England Hockey Premier Division with a thumping 5-2 victory over Surbiton Hockey Club. The Hockey Paper ran a main feature stating that next season they...
by Hockey Admin | Mar 19, 2025 | Hockey and Religion
Today’s global, modern game of hockey is commonly held to have its origins as an organised sport in mid-18th-century England, but there are many instances of men and boys playing with ‘hockey-like’ sticks going back centuries – good examples are games such a bandy and...
