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60 Years after the First Battle: Curtain Raiser to the Olympic Hockey
Qualifier
Every sport has traditional national rivalries. In hockey, a mention of rivalry between India and
Great Britain will surprise many but on further investigation it can be seen that it was perhaps the first real rivalry in
this sport ... read more
Published in the March 2008 issue of PUSH, the only independent print magazine on hockey in UK
Hayer’s hat-trick gets promoted Khalsa off to fine Midlands
Premier start
Promoted Khalsa got their Midlands Premier Division campaign off to a flying start at St Nicholas’
Park on Saturday against the side that came up with them ... read more
My report of Khalsa Hockey Club’s first game of 2008-9 as published in Leamington Courier on 26/9/08
Pakistan artistry helps fuel football success
While
speculation earlier this year linked German hockey coach Bernhard Peters to a post in football, the connection between the
sports dates back almost 20 years when Argentina’s football manager Cesar Luis Menotti became intrigued by Pakistan’s
sublime technical skills ... read more
Published in World Hockey Online Issue 32, 2006
Hockey Sapling Firmly Planted in the Qatari Desert
A country without a national hockey body before 2009 had a dream year of hockey in 2012. In one single year Qatar achieved
a number of milestones. They played their first ever international game, tasted the maiden international victory (over a nation
ranked much above them) and staged not one but two international tournaments ... read more
Feature on Qatar Hockey published in the February 2013 Issue No: 41 of PUSH
Hockey's Near Death ExperienceIn early 2000s, the IOC decided to cap the number of sports in the Summer
Olympics at 28. At the same time, many sports aspire to join the Olympic family. After every Olympics, the OIC considers
the relative merits of the contenders and the disciplines which are part of the Olympics at that moment of the time- who
to include and who to drop. This scenario means Olympic sports disciplines would live with a sword of Damocles hanging over
their heads ... read more
Published in the April 2013 issue of PUSH (the only independent
print hockey magazine in the UK)
Sean Kerly
We were continually
on the up: bronze in the ‘84 Olympics, silver (as England) in the World Cup ‘86 as well as at the European Nations
Championships ‘87. We were not the best set of individuals but were really good as a team ... read more
My interview of Olympic gold medallist Sean Kerly published in Kentish Gazette of the Kent Messenger Group on 31
July 2008
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