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PUSH is a magazine dedicated to national hockey, released six times annually. Each issue features over 60 pages, organized into the following sections.

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Ikram strengthens grip at world hockey helm

1 week ago | thehockeypaper.co.uk | Rod Gilmour

President Tayyab Ikram has seemingly strengthened his grip at the helm of world hockey after the FIH appointed several positions without a new CEO in place. The FIH has been without a CEO since Thierry Weil left Lausanne in November 2023 and Ikram admitting to THP last year that the world governing body was in no rush to seek a replacement. Last week, the FIH appointed Mike Joyce as its new director general, having headed the FIH’s education and development department for the last seven years.
From 'Crystal Maze' to hockey staying at the Palace? Time will tell

1 week ago | thehockeypaper.co.uk | Rod Gilmour

Crystal Palace’s hockey pitch was once an ‘impossibly’ slick surface as the advent of astro came to fruition. According to players at the time, lower division players found it hard to weight passes while goalkeepers wore little more than cricket pads. Yet, the midweek floodlight leagues attracted London’s top sides while it became an attractive property indoors and on TV. Spool forward two decades and Usain Bolt and athletics stars once used the sandy pitch as a warm-up track. Continue reading...
England men Hockey Pro League hopes stutter ahead of 'Dutch duels'

1 week ago | thehockeypaper.co.uk | Rod Gilmour

Lee Valley — Wimbledon’s Jack Turner admitted to a “very different feeling” from the last time he faced Germany in an England shirt. It came eight years ago “in front of about 10 people” during his senior debut in a tri series in South Africa. On Sunday, he lined up as England attempted to make further inroads on Pro League leaders the Netherlands.
Hockey Pro League: England women endure double Argentina defeat

1 week ago | thehockeypaper.co.uk | Rod Gilmour

Lee Valley — Two of English hockey’s greats were on the pitch at half-time as Laura Roper was presented with a photo collage by her former captain Hollie Pearne-Webb here on Sunday. “If you put in hard work it will get you a long way,” said Roper, when asked to impart some wisdom to aspiring players.
Hockey Pro Leage: England women endure double Argentina defeat

1 week ago | thehockeypaper.co.uk | Rod Gilmour

Lee Valley — Two of English hockey’s greats were on the pitch at half-time as Laura Roper was presented with a photo collage by her former captain Hollie Pearne-Webb here on Sunday. “If you put in hard work it will get you a long way,” said Roper, when asked to impart some wisdom to aspiring players.
FIH Hockey Pro League: England teams face up to title hopes and relegation

2 weeks ago | thehockeypaper.co.uk | Rod Gilmour

Basement side England women face eight matches to stave off the threat of Hockey Pro League relegation for the first time, while England men will be chasing a first global league title and automatic World Cup berth. Demotion from the global league to the Nations Cup would be a low ebb for England women and mean facing teams outside the world top 10 and limited opportunity to play Test sides for world ranking points.
Is England Hockey set up as a 'graduates programme'?

2 weeks ago | thehockeypaper.co.uk | Rod Gilmour

Do we expect senior players to keep playing for their country after an arduous Olympic cycle? Welcome time off centralised programmes is commonplace after a four-year stretch. It is one reason why England women competed in the opening two mini legs of this year’s Pro League with a near 18-strong squad’s worth of fresh, largely young debutants.
Tess Howard as England Hockey captain? She's the perfect players' voice

3 weeks ago | thehockeypaper.co.uk | Rod Gilmour

England and GB’s long-term captaincy since London 2012 is an illustrious one: Kate Richardson-Walsh, Alex Danson and Hollie Pearne-Webb. These are big shoes to fill as the side sets itself up towards the Los Angeles Olympics. Who’s next? Defender, forward, defender…Over five years ago, I tweeted that Tess Howard, then 21, was a future captain in the making for her sheer grit and never-say-die attitude on the field. She has since emerged as a leader for inclusivity off it.
'We need to reinvigorate it': Harborne claim England Hockey cup glory after 122 years

1 month ago | thehockeypaper.co.uk | Rod Gilmour

On the same day when the English FA Cup final was being played, Harborne HC started early in the build-up to their biggest day in hockey — like the cup days of old when BBC and ITV used to start coverage in the morning. On X, Harborne had posted images of past players and a slice of yesteryear before live tweeting a match which, it transpired, was their first ever senior cup final of any description in the club’s 122-year history.
Surbiton respond to England Hockey Cup withdrawals

1 month ago | thehockeypaper.co.uk | Rod Gilmour

A final failed to be played for the first time in the near 50-year history of the English women’s knockout cup after Surbiton withdrew from the competition. Surbiton were due to play Beeston on Saturday at Nottingham Hockey Centre in the EH T1 Championship women’s final, but only the men’s cup ‘showpiece’ went ahead.