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NEW NEWSLETTER
Friday, February 17th, 2012

 

Newsletter number 80 has been published and is now available as a pdf.

 

Email the editor, Bill Colwill at

bcolwill@aol.com

and he will forward a pdf to you.

There are a few paper copies available. Bill will send you one.

Also still available in pdf form are Newsletter numbers 78 and 79. An email to Bill will bring one to you.

 

TOURNAMENT FORMAT CRITICISED
Tuesday, February 14th, 2012
Women's Champions Trophy in Argentina
GOOD TOURNAMENT UNDER HOT SUN
By Eric Weil
The Women's Champions Trophy in Rosario, Argentina, from January 28 to February 5, was played at the wrong time in the midsummer heat with temperatures bordering on to 40 degrees C.
40-Year HISTORY
Friday, February 10th, 2012

40-YEAR HISTORY

For the occasion of the Club's 40th Anniversary we produced a booklet on the main points of our first 40 years. A copy was supplied to each guest at the recent Annual Awards Luncheon.

We can now make this available to visitors to our site by download. It is a pdf document and is available simply by clicking on the 'download' button.

 


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HOCKEY ARCHIVES MUSEUM LAUNCHED
Sunday, January 22nd, 2012

Hockey has its own archive museum at Butts Road in Woking, Surrey.

The Museum has come about through the energy and initiative of enthusiasts: Mike Smith and David Wareham, on one hand, and Patrick Rowley and Dil Bahra, on the other, with the  objective of  preserving hockey’s rich heritage. The group was  expanded to include Katie Dodd, the former England international, and Ian Wilson, Treasurer of England Hockey.

Enormous progress has been made. You can see the progress on

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HIGGINS GROUP PLC WINNERS
Wednesday, January 18th, 2012

The Higgins Group plc Youth and Junior Awards were presented at the Hockey Writers’ Club Awards function yesterday, 17 January 2012, with Joanna Leigh taking the Youth (18-and-under) Girls’ Award and Joseph Sharp the Boys’ Award.

Martha Baker took the Girls’ Junior (16-and-under) Award and James Albery the Boys’ Junior Award.

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HWC PLAYERS OF THE YEAR UNVEILED
Wednesday, January 18th, 2012

Olympic prospects win 2011 Hockey Awards

Hockey Writers' Club members Peter Savage (right) and Tom Cooper at the official unveiling of the Olympic Hockey Centre pitch on October 27, 2011
Olympic hockey will be played on a blue pitch with a yellow ball
Locog press release
Friday, October 28th, 2011
The London 2012 Organising Committee (LOCOG) has unveiled the Olympic Hockey Centre’s fi
HWC AWARDS - MONCHENGLADBACH
Sunday, August 28th, 2011

England Hockey Board President Simon Mason presented this year's Pollard and Moore Awards at the end of the Gant European Nations Cup tournament in Monchengladbach.

Marjorie Pollard Award          Helen Richardson

Chris Moore Award               Barry Middleton

The Awards were made to the best UK player in the two European events.

Both England teams were defeated in their semi-finals but won out in their bronze medal play-off matches.

 

ENGLAND WOMEN

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MASTER SPORTSMAN
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011

 


 

As a schoolboy, I watched Norman Borrett, the first Great Britain hockey captain play three times in the 1948 London Olympics including the final at Wembley where disappointingly he did not add to the 9 goals he had scored earlier against the USA (5) and Afghanistan (4).

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INAUGURAL LONDON CUP
Peter Luck
Tuesday, July 19th, 2011

 

The University of Westminster Sports Ground, known to many as the Quentin Hogg Memorial Ground, was home for this inaugural London Cup competition, from 12-16 July 2011. Temporary stands for more than 4,000 were close to full for most of the games.

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HIGGINS FORMER WINNERS SPARKLE IN CHAMPIONS TROPHY
Thursday, June 30th, 2011
Rebecca Herbert (2004) and Maddy Hinch (2006), past winners of the Higgins Group UK Youth Awards, were dominant in England's 2-2 draw with Korea in the recent elite Women's Champions Trophy tournament in Amstelveen.  Herbert scored both England's goals whilst Hinch, making her second England appearance, gave an outstanding display in goal.
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