Graham Wilson (photo credit, Dil Bahra)

It is with great sadness that we report the passing of Graham Wilson on Saturday 20 February.

Graham, the Chairman of the Hockey Writers’ Club, had a life-long involvement in hockey as journalist, player (for Havering HC), supporter and father of two hockey playing children.

Writing for the Daily Express for nearly three decades, Graham made a major contribution to boosting the profile of hockey and had the distinction of writing for the last remaining national newspaper regularly covering the sport.

In December Graham and his wife Lisa lost their son Tom after a freak training accident at his hockey club and they have since worked tirelessly to publicise the national organ donation scheme, which Tom had signed up to and which enabled his organs to be donated to several people in need.

Our thoughts are with his family and friends at this extremely sad time.

The funeral for Graham Wilson will be on Friday 11 March at St Andrew’s Church, 222 High Street, Hornchurch RM12 6QP, at 2pm followed by the wake at Havering Hockey Club, Harrow Lodge Park, Hornchurch, RM11 1ET, at 3pm.

Mike Haymonds, 22 February 2016