by Hockey Admin | Nov 22, 2024 | 2024 News Items
A small group of volunteers in Scotland have been working to locate, preserve and share their nation’s rich hockey heritage. Some of this amazing work is now available online for the wider hockey family to follow and support. Scottish Hockey Heritage Group officially...
by Hockey Admin | Nov 22, 2024 | 2024 News Items
Since 2023, The Hockey Museum (THM) has been supporting Hoci Cymru (formerly known as Hockey Wales) with its heritage project in an advisory capacity – see the links below for more information. However, two weeks ago the relatively hands-off nature of our support...
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...
