by The Hockey Museum | Jun 4, 2021 | Quizzes & Games
Image courtesy of Dil Bahra and SikhsinHockey.com. This delightfully retro bus was the Kenya hockey team’s transport for the Melbourne Olympic Games in 1956. Kenya earned a creditable 1-1 draw in the group stages against eventual Group B winners...
by The Hockey Museum | Jun 2, 2021 | Diaspora Hockey, Hockey Worldwide, International Hockey, Men's Hockey
By Dil Bahra. I was delighted and honoured to be invited as one of the Guests of Honour at a virtual conference for Kenyan hockey Olympians on Sunday 30 May 2021. The invitation was extended by Hilary Fernandes, Kenya’s triple Olympian, and Raphael Fernandes, a Kenyan...
by The Hockey Museum | Jun 2, 2021 | Obituaries
19.09.1957 – 30.05.2021 Parminder (Kake) Singh Saini who represented Kenya the Los Angeles 1984 and Seoul 1988 Olympic Games died in Kisumu on 30 May – a Covid-19 victim, aged 63. Parminder died on the same day he was due to join other Kenyan...
by The Hockey Museum | May 21, 2021 | 2021 News Items
Bridget Cannell’s daughter, Tracy French, and son, Mike Cannell, received their mother’s honours cap from former Great Britain internationals Jan Burrows (former England captain, second left) and Mary Eckersall (former England & GB captain, far...
by The Hockey Museum | May 20, 2021 | Hockey in Popular Culture, Mixed Hockey, Women's Hockey
Cartoon from the Punch Almanack, 1903. The caption reads:”We had a scratch game with the ‘Black and Blue’ Club yesterday, but had an awful job to get any men. Enid’s brother and a friend of his turned up at the last moment; but they...
