18th April 2024 Home » News » The last games in this season`s Premiership and loose ends still to tidy up All is in place in the Women`s Premiership. Watsonians have won the title, and they along with Edinburgh University, Clydesdale Western and Western Wildcats will take part in the European play-offs. At the other end Gordonians are relegated and Hillhead will take on the runners-up from the second tier. The Men`s Premiership is not so clear cut. Grange only need to win at home against Uddingston to retain the Premiership title; they lead second placed Edinburgh University by a ..read more

Old Georgians have had a busy week on the transfer front in the wake of their third successive English title success. England and GB international Phil Roper will join the club from Holcombe for next season following previous spells with Wimbledon and Oranje-Rood. “I’m proud to be joining this great family club as well as the English league champions and European medalists,” Roper said of the move. “I hope I can add to the legacy already created and continue to enjoy the successful journey this team is on” He will provide a strong replacement for the departing Lee Morton who lit up the EHL FI ..read more

Royal Léopold and Gantoise will look to build momentum ahead of the Ion Finals weekend in Belgium having already wrapped up an EHL spot for next season. Gantoise have long been assured of top spot in the Belgian women’s league which they now lead by 15 points with two rounds of the competition to go. With Belgium earning two spots at next season’s expanded EHL Women’s 12-team event, it means they will be involved next Easter. But there is no time to rest on their laurels as another national championship win would see them earn a place in the FINAL8. If they make the Belgian final in May, the ..read more

SCHC stormed to the Gold Cup title on Thursday evening as they swept aside AH&BC Amsterdam 5-1 at the Wagener Stadium to earn the first trophy of the Dutch domestic season. A pair of Yibbi Jansen penalty corners set the tone as they built a 2-0 lead in the first 21 minutes and they never looked back. In the third quarter, Ginella Zerbo robbed the ball in the Amsterdam circle and slapped home the chance for the third goal. The 4-0 came via Laurien Leurink’s simple baseline assist for Pien Dicke to finish off a chance and then were five clear with five minutes to go. Trijntje Beljaars had a ..read more

Back As we hit the milestone of 100 days until the Olympic Games Paris 2024, the excitement within the global hockey community is reaching new heights! With all teams knowing their pools and schedules, athletes fine-tuning their skills and fans rallying behind their teams, the anticipation for what promises to be a spectacular showcase of top-tier hockey talent is palpable. Paris 2024 is set to be a revolutionary event in the history of the Olympic Games. Not only will it emphasize sustainable practices and complete gender equality, but it will also bring hockey on the grand stage of Stade Yv ..read more

~The 1st Phase of the National Women’s Hockey League will take place from 30th April to 9th May 2024 in Ranchi~ New Delhi, 18th April, 2024: Hailing Hockey India’s yet another ground-breaking initiative, National Women’s Hockey League 2024-2025, former Indian Skipper Pritam Rani Siwach championed its significance for aspiring players who are looking to reach the national team set-up. Lauding the initiative, Pritam, who along with her husband runs the Pritam Siwach Hockey Academy, said, “It is an excellent initiative started by Hockey India. The National Women’s Hockey League will provide ..read more

One of the greatest ever Black Sticks, Olivia Merry, is today calling time on her international career. Spanning nearly 12 years after debuting in 2012 against India, Merry has gone on to earn 284 international caps scoring 128 goals in the process – the second and first all time, respectively, for New Zealand women. Merry also retires as the 5th all time leading goal scorer in women’s hockey. It was obvious from her debut that Merry would go on to be a goal-scoring threat when she put 2 goals away in a 7-2 victory over India in Napier. She became feared in the circle and for the first four s ..read more

Danique Visser (24 years old) was one of the greatest goalkeeper talents in the Netherlands a few years ago. As a potential she was allowed to smell the Orange. But she wasn’t happy in recent years. Last winter, Visser was the first goalkeeper to retire from Bloemendaal. That felt like a liberation. ‘I was no longer myself during the training sessions.’ ‘I was in a trough for the past two years. Sometimes I had an upturn. But often I struggled. Was I doing what I liked? Did I want all this? Or did I mainly do what was logical? What did those around me expect?’ She takes a sip of her beer in ..read more

Fotocredits: Worldsportpics / Frank Uijlenbroek Portrait: Men’s national coach André Henning “In the end, the players decide 100 percent directly about the game.” 10. April 2024 André Henning – national coach of the German men’s national hockey team. He is the youngest head coach of a Bundesliga hockey team ever. The 39-year-old led his team to the World Cup title in India at the beginning of 2023 – in his first major tournament as national coach of the A squad. At the EuroHockey Championships 2023 in his own country, Henning and his team took fourth place. The Olympic Games ..read more

There’s a hot topic bouncing around in the world of hockey right now, and it’s all about whether it’s time to start moving the England Hockey League finals around a bit. You see, Surbiton has been hosting—and shining—at these finals for the past two years. It’s sparked a bit of a debate: are they getting a bit of a home turf advantage? Leah Wilkinson of Surbiton celebrates after scoring with team mate Amy Costello in the England Hockey women’s Premier League final. Picture by Graeme Wilcockson/gmwsport.com Let’s face it, everyone loves cheering for their team on their own soil. It’s cozy, fami ..read more