by The Hockey Museum | Aug 19, 2021 | 2021 News Items
The Hockey Museum’s hockey festivals study is progressing very well. We have compiled a list of all known festivals which includes the only three still held at Easter: Torbay, Skegness and Blackpool. All three will feature in a book on the history, development...
by The Hockey Museum | Aug 13, 2021 | 2021 News Items
The Hockey Museum (THM) has acquired four framed pieces of artificial Poligras turf from hockey pitch manufacturers Polytan. Each originates from a different Olympic Games: Sydney 2000 Beijing 2008 London 2012 Rio 2016 Can you work out which is which? Answers are...
by The Hockey Museum | Jul 30, 2021 | 2021 News Items
This July we have thrown the collective weight of our wonderful volunteer team at an Olympic research project in support of Great Britain Hockey. Across 35 days, 22 volunteers and staff researched and collated historical match statistics, photographs and anecdotal...
by The Hockey Museum | Jul 30, 2021 | Obituaries
11.11.1941 – 30.06.2021 We are sad to announce the passing of John Handley Grimmer. John was a 1st XI player for Hounslow Hockey Club and Middlesex County Hockey in the 1960s and 1970s. He went on to coach both sides to great success. John played for...
by The Hockey Museum | Jul 29, 2021 | International Hockey, Men's Hockey, Officiating and Rules
As we approach the quarterfinals (QF) of the Tokyo 2020 hockey tournament, we reflect on a momentous QF back in 1960: Kenya vs Great Britain (GB) at the Rome Olympic Games. On 5 September 1960, the QF match in Rome became the longest match in the Olympic history...
