Historical Hockey Stories
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Medals from the First Olympic Hockey Tournament
In the first ever Olympic Hockey Tournament at the London Olympic Games of 1908, The Home Nations...
Have You Heard Of The English Cup?
The Hockey Museum (THM) had received a request from Alan Lancaster relating to the English Cup....
Easter Hockey Festivals: A Prophecy
The end of season and mid-summer editions of both the women's and men's magazines had a great deal...
The Varsity Hockey Matches
Hockey played at both Cambridge and Oxford Universities has a long and distinguished history; and...
Sikh Hockey
Kisumu Sikhs Hockey Club, Kenya 1941. The contribution of Sikhs to the sport of hockey...
The Influence of PE Colleges on the Development of Women’s Hockey
Girls’ hockey is reported to have been played at a number of renowned schools in the late 19th...
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