Great Britain: GB women lose quarter final to the Dutch
Great Britain 1 (1) French (20’, PC) Netherlands 3 (2) de Waard (1’, FG); Fokke (30’, PC; 46’, FG) Another hot day in Paris with pitch-side temperatures well above thirty degrees, was what met Great Britain and the Netherlands in the third women’s quarter final. The Dutch caught GB asleep in the first minute to […]
Great Britain: A message from GB Hockey’s COO Nick Pink
Over the past ten days we’ve seen both the highs and lows that sport can offer. Both the men’s and women’s teams battled hard at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games and GB Hockey is very proud of their achievements in both reaching the quarter finals. They both came up against top quality sides but unfortunately […]
Great Britain: GB men exit after shoot-out loss to India
Great Britain 1 (1) Morton (27’, FG) India 1 (1) Singh H (22’, PC) India win the penalty shoot-out 4-2 In a repeat of the Tokyo quarter-final, Great Britain and India faced each other again to see who would make it through to the Olympic hockey semi-finals. It was another highly contested encounter, which ended […]
Great Britain: Defeat to Argentina for GB’s women
Great Britain 0 (0) Argentina 3 (0) Raposo (34’, FG); Albertarrio (35’, FG); Diaz (55’, FG) Great Britain and Argentina came into this game both looking to improve their position in the pool ahead of the quarter finals. The match also saw two milestones with Sarah Robertson winning her 100th cap for Great Britain and […]
Great Britain: GB men lose 2-1 to Germany
Great Britain 1 (0) Furlong (49’, PC) Germany 2 (2) Rühr (19’, FG; 25’, PS) In their final pool B game, Great Britain took on World Champions Germany to see who could get maximum points and top the table going into the quarter finals. Germany took a two goal lead in the second quarter with […]
Great Britain: Sorsby and Nurse added to Team GB Olympic Hockey team
Tom Sorsby and Tim Nurse has been added to the Team GB Hockey squad after David Goodfield and Nick Park sustained an injury. Sorsby, who was selected as a travelling reserve, has been brought into the team under the late athlete replacement policy and will be available to play against the Netherlands on Tuesday 30 July. […]
Great Britain: GB women beat South Africa
Great Britain 2 (1) Costello (19’, PC); French (42’, FG) South Africa 1 (1) de Waal (6’, PC) On another warm day at the Yves-du-Manoir stadium, Great Britain and South Africa met, both looking for maximum points in Pool B to kick-start their Olympic campaigns. It was South Africa who went ahead from a de […]
Great Britain: GB women beat South Africa
Great Britain 2 (1) Costello (19’, PC); French (42’, FG) South Africa 1 (1) de Waal (6’, PC) On another warm day at the Yves-du-Manoir stadium, Great Britain and South Africa met, both looking for maximum points in Pool B to kick-start their Olympic campaigns. It was South Africa who went ahead from a de […]
Great Britain: GB men confirm quarter final place with win over France
Great Britain 2 (0) Wallace (41’, PS); Albery (54’, FG) France 1 (1) Clement (30’, FG) Great Britain secured a quarter final place with a hard-fought win over the hosts France in Pool A. With temperatures again in the high 30’s pitch side, and a noisy home crowd, GB came from a goal down to […]
Great Britain: GB women’s victory over USA secures quarter final spot
Great Britain 5 (3) Hamilton (4’, FG); Howard (19’, FG; 25’, PC); French (35’, FG); Jones (39’, FG) USA 2 (2) Tamer (8’, PC; 29’ FG) With both teams needing all the points from this pool B game, it was Great Britain who prevailed in this high scoring encounter, with a 5-2 win and confirming […]
