by Hockey Admin | Feb 19, 2026 | Diaspora Hockey, Grassroots and Club Hockey, Men's Hockey
Written by Ernie Vickery in March 2022 (abridged). Ernie is a former Civil Service player, Civil Service Representative Team Manager and President. The earliest tangible record we have of the Civil Service Hockey Association’s (CSHA) existence is in the form of...
by Hockey Admin | Feb 19, 2026 | 2026 News Items
The Hockey Museum’s (THM) research into England men’s and women’s international statistical records has cranked up a notch in recent months with the Working Group moving into a new phase to digitise England match and player data, and our researchers visiting the...
by Hockey Admin | Feb 19, 2026 | Indoor Hockey, International Hockey, Women's Hockey
In late January 1996, England women pulled off an incredible victory to snatch gold from the Germans at the European Nations Indoor Championships. Until then, Germany had a clean sweep of every European indoor crown. As the unofficial kings and queens of indoor...
by Hockey Admin | Feb 18, 2026 | Obituaries
09.08.1926 – 28.01.2026 It is with sadness that we learned of the passing of Joyce Cole at the end of January. Joyce was born in 1926 and started her hockey playing career whilst evacuated from Chiswick to Blackpool. She had not played hockey before but the school she...
by Hockey Admin | Feb 14, 2026 | Grassroots and Club Hockey, Men's Hockey
The Hockey Museum is celebrating Valentine’s Day with the humorous story of Nick Green whose enthusiastic passion for the game back in 1980 found him on the wrong side of an overzealous umpire. It earned him the title of the first hockey player on record in England to...
