by The Hockey Museum | Jan 3, 2023
Tochi Panesar has been very passionate about hockey for as long as he can remember. His family can vouch for this as, over the years, hockey may have taken priority over the odd family engagement! Tochi was born in the Indian state of Punjab. At the age of five he and...
by The Hockey Museum | Jan 3, 2023
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...
by The Hockey Museum | Dec 13, 2022
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...
by The Hockey Museum | Dec 13, 2022
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...
by The Hockey Museum | Oct 18, 2021
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 50 years, also taking on...
