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Memories of Edinburgh 1975: 50 years on from the IFWHA World Championship
In a recent article (link below), we posed the question of whether the International Federation of Women’s Hockey Associations (IFWHA) World Championships in 1975 and...
Capturing a Corinthian Spirit: The Hockey Museum Acquires the PJ Wilson Collection
The Hockey Museum (THM) recently acquired the collection of eminent late Wales and Great Britain international hockey player Peter Wilson (1942-2024), known...
Olympic pins for Kenyan hockey athletes
On 2 August 2025 The Hockey Museum (THM) trustee Tochi Panesar attended a ceremony in London, England where special pins were presented to Kenyan hockey Olympians...
Reunited at Peffermill: Honouring the Scottish women behind the 1975 World Championship
On a sunny Saturday in July, contributors to the success of the eleventh International Federation of Women’s Hockey Associations (IFWHA) Conference and World...
Great Britain Men Honours Caps Appeal
The Hockey Museum is making an appeal to trace the families and descendants of male international Great Britain (GB) hockey players from years prior to 1957 – we have a...
Preserving a family legacy: The George Eric Marthins scrapbook finds a new home
The Hockey Museum (THM) is delighted to share that it has acquired a scrapbook of extraordinary cultural value which relates to India’s Olympic hockey success at their...
The suffrage roots of women’s sport in the ‘Garden of England’: the hidden histories of Great Comp
In recent years, The Hockey Museum (THM) has run several stories featuring connections between hockey and a wonderful country manor house and gardens in Kent that goes...
Parading progress: how the 1938 Lord Mayor’s Show captured hockey’s fashion evolution
As part of Sporting Heritage’s Sport and Fashion month (June 2025), we have been celebrating stories and milestones in hockey’s clothing history. From woollen skirts to...
100 years of women’s hockey in Bishop’s Stortford
A centenary of women’s hockey in Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire was celebrated by members of Bishop’s Stortford Hockey Club (BSHC) with a dinner on 26 April 2025....
Comyn up trumps: posthumous cap presentation for Robert Comyn, member of the second ever Great Britain team
On 28 April 2025, the daughters of international hockey player Robert Comyn visited The Hockey Museum (THM) to receive their father’s Great Britain (GB) honours cap....
The Hockey Museum’s inaugural City Lunch, a huge success!
The Hockey Museum (THM) held its inaugural City Lunch last month (21 March 2025) at an impressive London hotel. The Lunch came about when Tochi Panesar, one of The...
Youkoso! (welcome) – Museum shares love of hockey with visitors from Japan
The Hockey Museum had the absolute pleasure of welcoming two special visitors recently — Ippei Fujimoto and his wife Natsuko Yoshiki who travelled from London to see...
Barnes Hockey Club success but a forgotten history
At the end of last month (March 2025), Barnes Hockey Club’s Women’s First Team confirmed their promotion to the England Hockey Premier Division with a thumping 5-2...
The Hockey Museum seeks Fundraising Trustee
Are you an experienced professional looking for an opportunity to actively contribute to the development of a young, vibrant and rapidly expanding museum? Who we...
Super mums: celebrating hockey mothers who returned to elite sport
Joanne Pinner (née Hunter), known as Jo, was recently re-selected by England for the International Hockey Federation (FIH) Pro League fixtures currently taking place in...
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