The Holy Grail of Hockey History has been Found: The Ken Howells Collection
Many of our followers will be aware of how The Hockey Museum (THM) has developed by collecting heritage material from many corners of the hockey family. In the 12 years of our existence in Woking we have received 1,369 collections of many different sizes and varieties. Despite the amazing collections...
Heritage project collaboration with Hockey Wales
The Hockey Museum (THM) is pleased to share that it is working with Hockey Wales to support their National Lottery-funded heritage project to research, digitise and celebrate Welsh hockey heritage. When the International Hockey Federation (FIH) became involved in supporting our fledgling museum financially back in 2015, we committed...
Collaborative PhD Examining the Evolution of Hockey Clothing
The Hockey Museum (THM) has been awarded a Midlands 4 Cities (M4C) Collaborative Doctoral Award with De Montfort University (DMU). This funded PhD project, Dressed for the Field: Gender, Bodies, and Society through the Material Culture of Field Hockey, 1880 to the Present, will delve into THM's extensive textile...
GB Honours Cap Presentations Rachet Up a Gear with the Arrival of Summer
The last few months have seen plenty of Great Britain (GB) honours caps presented in varied locations as we edge towards the target of 581 players who represented GB up to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Some 20 presentation events have taken place this year with over 50 caps...
The Alan Walker Collection: We Need Your Help!
Earlier this year The Hockey Museum (THM) acquired the collection of the late Royal Navy hockey historian Lt Commander Alan Walker. It is a vast collection of memorabilia items and paper archives, which includes unique Royal Navy Hockey material dating back to the 1890s as well as spanning Alan’s life...
Cambridge City Hockey Club’s GB cap presentation covers six Olympics!
This year (2023), there will be over 30 Great Britain honours cap presentation events, not just around the country but around the world. Amazingly, the project has now passed 350 caps produced and presented (out of 581 GB men and women) and we will be beyond 400 by the year...
The Times omits hockey from its Wembley Stadium centenary review
On Friday 21 May 2023, The Times newspaper featured an article on the centenary of Wembley Stadium in London. Frustratingly, they made no mention of the annual women’s hockey international matches which ran from 1951-1991. Under a photograph of the England women’s football team (the ‘Lionesses’) celebrating their European Championship success...
The Cayman Compass points to West
The Hockey Museum (THM) continues its rewarding programme of Great Britain (GB) honour cap presentations, tracking down past GB players in all four corners of the world. The most recent presentation took place in the British Overseas Territory of the Cayman Islands on Friday 21 April 2023: Andrew West (GB...
A ‘moving’ event at the Skegness Easter Hockey Festival
One of the longest-established touring teams still playing are the Horseshoes Hockey Club, founded in 1970 as a team for current and former pupils of Oakham School that went to the Blackpool Festival each Easter. The Hockey Museum (THM) volunteer Steve LeMottee took over as the organiser in 1974, and...
An Ace Away Day for The Hockey Museum's Volunteers
Volunteers and staff from The Hockey Museum pose for a photograph in the Media Centre of the All England Lawn Tennis Club. On Thursday 13 April a group of volunteers from The Hockey Museum (THM) enjoyed the privilege of visiting the All England Lawn Tennis Club at Wimbledon...
Get Wild About Surrey: The Wild Escape
Click for the full size poster. This Easter holiday, The Hockey Museum (THM) has partnered with Woking Library on an animal trail and craft activity as part of the nationwide initiative The Wild Escape. Between 1 & 15 April children aged 7-11 can find four animals that have 'escaped'...
Havant certainly have style: First GB honours cap presentations at a club
Great Britain honours cap recipients on the steps of Havant Hockey Club. James Midgley (on behalf of Roger Midgley), David Whittle, Don Williams, Chris Pickett, Brian Purdy, Val Lewis (on behalf of Jimi Lewis), David Faulkner, Calum Giles, Sean Rowlands and Rob Hill with their GB international honours caps....
Halow Project visits The Hockey Museum
Last month The Hockey Museum (THM) hosted a group visit by Halow Project. They are a local charity which supports young people (16+) with a learning disability on their journey into and through adult life. Halow project - nurturing independence Photographs from the Halow...
Recognising recent donations: the National Hockey Foundation, Tramps HC and the John Laing Charitable Trust
The Hockey Museum (THM) is indebted to have received recent donations from the National Hockey Foundation, Tramps Hockey Club (both of which came from their residual funds prior to winding up) and the John Laing Charitable Trust. These donations are really helping us towards bridging our annual deficit for 2023....
Joan Wall and Bill Felton: in memoriam
The Hockey Museum (THM) is saddened to convey news of the recent passing of two notable members of the hockey family whose involvement and successes within hockey had a positive and lasting impact on many. Joan Wall, 1933-2023 Joan was a former England international player and an accomplished county-level...
Scottish GB honours caps awarded at Indoor Finals
On 28 January, the third Great Britain (GB) honours caps presentation in Scotland was held at the Scottish Indoor Finals at Bell’s Sports Centre, Perth. Dennis Hay, the only Scot to be both a player and a coach for GB at the Olympic Games (1972 Munich and 1992 Barcelona, bronze...
Torbay Easter Hockey Festival 2023 and its history
The Torbay Easter Hockey Festival returns to the English Riviera for the 71st time this April, following a very successful post-pandemic event in 2022 (note the witty festival pennant). Along with the festivals taking place in Blackpool, Canterbury, Folkestone and Skegness, Torbay is maintaining the historic tradition of an Easter...
The Alan Walker Archive Acquired by The Hockey Museum
Many of our supporters will fondly remember Alan Walker who passed away nearly five years ago. Alan was a great devotee of The Hockey Museum (THM) and one of hockey’s great historians. Thankfully his very considerable collection (approximately 100 boxes) was collected by THM from his house last Saturday. At...
Monica Pickersgill presented with an England Hockey Lifetime Achievement Award
Monica Pickersgill is presented with her Lifetime Achievement Award by England Hockey President Mike Stoddard. On 29 December 2022, former All England Women’s Hockey Association (AEWHA) and English Hockey Association President Monica (Mon) Pickersgill was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by England Hockey (EH). In a surprise...
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