by Hockey Admin | Nov 22, 2024 | Grassroots and Club Hockey, Women's Hockey
Can you help to identify the women in this photograph? The All England Women’s Hockey Association (AEWHA) had been the ruling body of women’s hockey since 1895 but in the early part of the twentieth century the emergence of women’s hockey leagues, mainly in the north...
by Hockey Admin | Nov 22, 2024 | School, College and University Hockey
Although ‘stick and ball’ games are known to have been played across the world for many centuries, the first recognised mention of a stick and ball game being known as ‘hockey’ was in England in 1773. From that time, games in England that involved a stick hitting a...
by Hockey Admin | Oct 24, 2024 | 2024 News Items, Hockey and Religion, Hockey Worldwide
EuroHockey President, Marcos Hoffman presents the book Hockey in Catalonia to Mike Smith, President and Honorary Curator of The Hockey Museum. In early October we were very honoured to receive a visit from Marcos Hofmann, the President of EuroHockey, formerly...
by Hockey Admin | Oct 24, 2024 | Kit, Clothing and Equipment, Officiating and Rules
Prior to 1912 keeping goal in hockey was considered dangerous, and many sides could not get a goalkeeper (GK), even referring to trying to obtain a player “willing to be an Aunt Sally in goal” (Eric H Green, Text Book of Hockey, 1909). As a result, many teams played...
by Hockey Admin | Oct 24, 2024 | Grassroots and Club Hockey, International Hockey, Women's Hockey
A recent discovery by the Scottish Hockey Heritage Group (SHHG) led to one of our volunteers, Mark Evans, attending the British Society of Sports History Conference in Chichester in August 2024 and presenting a paper on a series of hockey matches that took place...
