Dr Heather Dichter

Dr Heather Dichter

Dr Heather Dichter is associate professor of sport management and sport history in the International Centre for Sports History and Culture at De Montfort University (DMU) in Leicester. She is the programme leader for DMU’s Sport Management MSc and also teaches on the...
Mike Joyce

Mike Joyce

Mike Joyce graduated from the University of Leicester in 1997 with a degree in Sport Science and Mathematics. Born to a hockey family of Anglo-Indian decent, Mike is passionate about the sport. He has been a player, coach, umpire, club official and volunteer all his...
Imogen Gibbon

Imogen Gibbon

Imogen Gibbon graduated from the University of St Andrews with an MA (Hons) in Art History, subsequently gained an MSc in Archive Administration from Aberystwyth University. From 1997 until 2002 she was Curator of Historic Photographs and Ship Plans at the National...
Mike Smith

Mike Smith

Mike Smith is a ‘Baby Boomer’ who learned his hockey from the cradle thanks to his hockey enthusiast father who learned his hockey at school in India. He played his first club match at the age of 12 and continued for over fifty years, also taking on...
Mike Barford

Mike Barford

Mike Barford graduated from Cambridge University in 1971 with a degree in Mathematics. After 3 years teaching at Christ’s Hospital (CH), he trained as a Chartered Accountant becoming a partner in Deloitte in 1985. At Deloitte, Mike co-founded the Forensic...