England: Talent Academy Applications Open for 2024-25 Season
England Hockey are delighted to share more information about the application process and timeline for new organisations aspiring to host an England Hockey recognised Talent Academy from September 2024. This will be year 3 of Talent Academy delivery with 19 club hosted Talent Academies currently delivering provision during the 2023-24 cycle. As a result of […]
England: England Hockey League 2023/24 Premier Division Weekend 10 Review
The final Top 6 placings went down to the wire on an enthralling final weekend in Phase 1 before the winter break in the Vitality Women’s Premier Division. University of Nottingham and Bowdon squeezed into the Top 6 on a nerve-jangling afternoon as they joined Surbiton, Reading, East Grinstead and Hampstead & Westminster. University of […]
England: England Hockey League 2023/24: Weekend 8 Review
Surbiton 2s march on in Division One South, maintaining the only 100% record in the league, thanks to a 2-1 win at Harleston Magpies. Magpies Felicity Williams had cancelled out Charlotte Calnan’s opener but Hanah Denison kept Surbiton’s run going with the winner six minutes from time. Barnes and Holcombe, who trailed Surbiton by three […]
England: England Hockey League 2023/24 Premier Division Weekend 10 Preview
The 10th weekend of the Vitality Women’s Premier Division will see five clubs keeping an eye on results come Saturday tea-time as they chase the final ticket on offer in the Top 6 after the winter break. University of Nottingham, Bowdon, Wimbledon, Clifton Robinsons and University of Birmingham are still in the mix, while East […]
England: Update On The First Year Of The England Hockey ED&I Framework
In Spring 2022, England Hockey launched its Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Framework 2022 – 2024 which sets out the long-term strategy designed to ensure that hockey is a sport accessible for everyone. At the time of launch, England Hockey committed to providing regular updates on progress being made throughout the sport from within the National […]
England: In-form University Of Nottingham Women Aim For Double Tops
The university side coached by Matt Taylor are one positive result away from a breakthrough Top 6 place, reports Rod Gilmour of The Hockey Paper It was during one lunchtime break on the pitch when a coach spotted Mila Welch doing some cartwheels and splits and her hockey career blossomed. “I was just messing around […]
England: How Oxford Hawks aim to build hockey culture in the county
Rod Gilmour of The Hockey Paper speaks to a club wanting to put Oxfordshire hockey on the map Twenty one years after joining the club as a junior and working his way up to the Men’s 1st XI, Drew Blackburn is now not only M1’s coach at Oxford Hawks but is also passionate about driving […]
England: England Hockey League 2023/24 Premier Division Weekend 9 Review
The Vitality Women’s Premier Division top four all won at the weekend while there will be an exciting final day fight to secure a Top 6 place. Alia Jacques opened the scoring for Bowdon to end Surbiton’s three successive clean sheets before the league leaders ran through the gears to win 7-1. Jacques scored in […]
England: England Hockey’s Commonwealth Games Legacy Projects Making Positive Impact On Local Communities
As medals were won at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, the first shoots of England Hockey’s legacy project started to grow. The project has three broad outcomes: to deliver the new England Hockey strategy with a particular focus on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and young people; to use the Games to profile hockey in a more diverse way, and […]
England: England Hockey League 2023/24 Premier Division Weekend 9 Preview
Southgate can secure the final spot in the Top 6 in the standout match of the weekend in the Men’s Premier Division when they host East Grinstead (6pm). The only founder members from 1988-89 currently in the Premier Division take on each other, with Southgate needing one win from their final two matches to take […]
