The Half Court Press Podcast

The latest season of the Half Court Press Podcast takes a look at several players who have been entertaining us at this summers tournaments and elsewhere. In Hockey Player Profiles, Tao MacLeod talks to a variety of international players, within the sport of hockey, about their lives, careers and backgrounds.

In episode two we hear from Chilean player Francisca Tala, who plays as a forward for the Las Diablas. This summer we saw her and team entertain us at the recent World Cup, where she famously scored against the Dutch. In this interview she talks to us about the story behind that goal, her career as a doctor, outside of hockey, and what we should know about the sport in her country.

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The latest season of the Half Court Press Podcast takes a look at several players who have been entertaining us at this summers tournaments and elsewhere. In Hockey Player Profiles, Tao MacLeod talks to a variety of international players, within the sport of hockey, about their lives, careers and backgrounds.

In episode one we hear from the Canadian goalkeeper, Rowan Harris. The 26 year old is from the city of Vancouver, in the region of British Colombia, and is from a strong hockey family in Canada. It has been a busy few months for Harris. Recently, she has represented her National Team at both the World Cup and the hockey tournament of the Commonwealth Games.

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The EuroHockey Qualifier D, Men's event is happening at Uddingston Hockey Club (Scotland), between Wednesday 24th August and Saturday 27th August 2022. Wales, Switzerland, Scotland and Gibraltar play a round robin format tournament in order to qualify for the EuroHockey Championships.  

Jorgen Haveland is one of the more experienced players in a very young Gibraltarian squad at the tournament. Here, in this interview, he gives us his thoughts on the match against Wales. He also gives us a little insight into what's happening with Gibraltarian hockey...

Toby Reynolds-Cotterill is the goalkeeper for the Welsh National Hockey Team. Here are his post match thoughts after the third and final match of the qualifying event, against Gibraltar. The seven nil win secured Welsh qualification to the A Grade EuroHockey Championships in 2023. Toby Reynolds-Cotterill also discusses what's upcoming for Hockey Wales.  

Wales 7 - 0 Gibraltar 

27.08.2022  

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The EuroHockey Qualifier D, Men's event is happening at Uddingston Hockey Club (Scotland), between Wednesday 24th August and Saturday 27th August 2022. Wales, Switzerland, Scotland and Gibraltar play a round robin format tournament in order to qualify for the EuroHockey Championships.

Toby Reynolds Cotterill is the goalkeeper for the Welsh National Hockey Team. In their second match of this tournament Wales beat their British rivals, Scotland to put themselves into a strong position to qualify for the A Grade EuroHockey Championships...

Rupert Shipperley is a player for the Welsh National Hockey Team and Great Britain. In this interview he gives his post match thoughts on the one nil win against Scotland, as Wales looks to qualify for the A Grade EuroHockey Championships.

Scotland 0 - 1 Wales 

25.08.2022

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The EuroHockey Qualifier D, Men's event is happening at Uddingston Hockey Club (Scotland), between Wednesday 24th August and Saturday 27th August 2022. Wales, Switzerland, Scotland and Gibraltar play a round robin format tournament in order to qualify for the EuroHockey Championships.  

Patrick Krüsi (who speaks with an Australian accent) and Elias Brönniamann both play hockey for the Swiss National Team. Both players got themselves on the score sheet today, with Elias Brönniamann bagging four of them in a nine goal game against Gibraltar.  

Eric Abudarham is one of the more experienced players in a very young Gibraltarian squad at the tournament. Here, in this interview, he gives us his thoughts on the match against Switzerland.

Switzerland 7 - 2 Gibraltar 

25.08.2022  

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The EuroHockey Qualifier D, Men's event is happening at Uddingston Hockey Club (Scotland), between Wednesday 24th August and Saturday 27th August 2022. Wales, Switzerland, Scotland and Gibraltar play a round robin format tournament in order to qualify for the EuroHockey Championships.

Alan Forsyth is the captain of the Scottish Hockey Men's National Team. As a forward, he is also one of the main goal scoring threats.   

Tommy Alexander is the goalkeeper for the Scottish Men's national team. In this interview he gives his immediate feedback on his side's nine nil win against Gibraltar.

Struan Walker is a player for the Scottish National Team. He scored a hat trick against Gibraltar in the host nation's opening game in the EuroHockey Qualifying tournament.

Scotland 9 - 0 Gibraltar 

24.08.2022

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The EuroHockey Qualifier D, Men's event is happening at Uddingston Hockey Club (Scotland), between Wednesday 24th August and Saturday 27th August 2022. Wales, Switzerland, Scotland and Gibraltar play a round robin format tournament in order to qualify for the EuroHockey Championships.  

Daniel Newcombe is the Head coach of the Hockey Wales Men's National Team. In this interview he gives his opinion on the opening match of the qualification tournament.  

Gareth Furlong is a set piece specialist for Hockey Wales. He is a defender for the Welsh National Team, who can also add a goal to the score line from a short corner.

Wales 9 - 0 Switzerland 

24.08.2022  

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Three Games of Hockey is the sixteenth season of the Half Court Press Podcast. In this series, Tao MacLeod, talks to a variety of hockey players, coaches, journalists and personalities about three matches that have been particularly important to them in their lives and careers.

In episode six we hear from Ross Stott of East Grinstead and formerly the Scottish Hockey National Men’s Team. Ross gained in excess of 120 caps for his country, has been to two Commonwealth Games (Delhi 2010 and Glasgow 2014), several European Championships and has even won a bronze medal at the Youth Olympics with a Great Britain Under 21 side. After starting out with Dundee Wanderers, in his native Tayside, he had successful stints for several other teams north of Hadrian’s Wall, before moving to play for East Grinstead. Here he has won eight English Indoor titles, as well as a bag full of outdoor trophies. In this episode, Ross Stott describes his favourite game of hockey as a club player, as an international player and as a hockey fan.

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Three Games of Hockey is the sixteenth season of the Half Court Press Podcast. In this series, Tao MacLeod, talks to a variety of hockey players, coaches, journalists and personalities about three matches that have been particularly important to them in their lives and careers.

In episode five we hear from Kareena ‘Kaz’ Cuthbert (née Marshall) is the Vice-President of Scottish Hockey, which is the national governing body for the sport in Northern Britain. As an international standard player, she went to two Commonwealth Games (Delhi 2010 and Gold Coast 2018) and several continental tournaments, captaining her side to victory in the 2019 EuroHockey Championships II Division. Currently, she is the player/coach at Western Wildcats in the Scottish Premiership, and has recently lead her club to their first ever national title. In this episode, Kareena describes her favourite game of hockey as a player, as a coach and as a hockey fan.

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Three Games of Hockey is the sixteenth season of the Half Court Press Podcast. In this series, Tao MacLeod, talks to a variety of hockey players, coaches, journalists and personalities about three matches that have been particularly important to them in their lives and careers.

In episode four we hear from hockey journalist, John Lee, who plays his club hockey for Fremantle Cockburn H.C. John is famous for being one of the co-hosts of The Reverse Stick; Global Hockey Podcast. In addition to this, he has been been involved with the Push Pass Pundits Podcast, which celebrates all things to do with Indian hockey, Not the Footy Show, with Ashley Morrison, as well as being one of the contributors for the Hockey World News Magazine. In this episode, John Lee gives his favourite game of hockey as a school team player, a club player and a veterans player

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