by Hockey Admin | Mar 24, 2024 | 2024 News Items
Norman Hughes collecting his GB honours cap. Although it is now some four decades since the Great Britain (GB) teams won medals in the 1980s at the Los Angeles and Seoul Olympic Games, amazingly there were still nine of the players who had not received their GB...
by Hockey Admin | Mar 20, 2024 | Grassroots and Club Hockey, Kit, Clothing and Equipment, Women's Hockey
A Ladies’ Hockey Club at Play, c.1894. Engraving after an artwork by Lucien Davis. 100 years ago, an article was published in Hockey Field and Lacrosse magazine that discussed women’s hockey 25 years prior. This takes us back to hockey in 1899, to Victorian...
by Hockey Admin | Mar 20, 2024 | Obituaries
11.03.1940 – 01.06.2023 Hockey played an important role in the life of David Jones, but he met far greater success in athletics as a sprinter. Athletics Career David won an Olympic bronze medal in the 4x100m relay at the 1960 Games in Rome, having...
by Hockey Admin | Feb 26, 2024 | From the Collection, International Hockey, Men's Hockey
Photo: Welsh teammates William Richard Edwards (left) wearing a light blazer and scarf andMaurice Turnbull (right) sporting a sweater and dark blazer, at Abergavenny in 1929. We previously featured a profile on Wales hockey international, England Test...
by Hockey Admin | Feb 26, 2024 | Obituaries
13.10.1925 – 23.06.2023 By Di Giles, friend and Gloucester hockey. The loss of Shelagh Davson in October 2023 at age 98 was mourned by many who had had the benefit of working with her, been coached by her, or just considered her a friend. People from as far afield as...
