The 2010 Women’s All Star Team was recently announced by FIH and includes two of Gryphon’s most decorated female players, Soledad Garcia and Carla Rebecchi. Both women are superstar’s in world hockey and their home country of Argentina. Photo: Caral Rebecchi, World All Star (Image Disclaimer: “Gryphon-Life is not a sponsor of the National Hockey Federation featured in these images ... Read More »
Hi! My name’s Kate Walsh and I am the current England and Great Britain hockey captain. Having just recovered from winning a bronze medal at the Champion’s Trophy in Nottingham, England women’s highest ever finish, I am getting ready for the team’s final preparation phase before the World Cup. The Great Britain team have all re-located to the Marlow area, ... Read More »
English captain and Gryphon ambassador Kate Walsh on her teams 3rd place finish and their 2-1 win over Germany. Image Disclaimer: “Gryphon-Life is not a sponsor of the National Hockey Federation featured in these images or affiliated with adidas and claims no ownership rights to the hockey event” Read More »
Argentina defeated The Netherlands 4-2 in Nottingham to win the Samsung FIH Champions Trophy for the third year in succession, and it was the Gryphon Girls of Carla Rebecchi, Soledad Garcia, Alejendra Gulla and Marine Russo who dominated proceedings on the day of days. Between these 4 Las Leonas stars, they make up for 769 international caps of experience and ... Read More »
As we walked through the gates with the sun shining (well sort of shining), everything was looking up for a great day of hockey. Both the Womens Champions Trophy and the Mens 4 Nations were played today, and the games certainly didn’t disappoint. Game 1 had Germany up against the Netherlands. Wasted opportunities for both teams up front early were ... Read More »
Todays action was always going to be worth watching with a number of teams playing for positions ahead of the weekends action in the Womens CT. Game 1 saw Germany face up against New Zealand. And while the NZ girls have been looking good for periods of the tournament, this match was certainly one of two halves. Germany looked the ... Read More »
Hey All, While the Girls rested the weary legs the Mens 4 Nations tournament continued today. Everything was in place for a sensational game 1 with Germany facing Great Britain. As we waited for the crowds to come through the turnstiles for the game, it didn’t take long to realise that this would not be happening. So as the match ... Read More »
Hi Crew, Okay folks, so I can now safely say the two days of sunshine at the beginning of this tournament was officially the extent of summer in England. We have now gone back to drizzle and grey. This has had a significant effect on the crowds at the tournament so far with even the hosts in England not having ... Read More »
After two glorious days of sunshine in Nottingham the start of the Mens Four Nations tournament was met with wind / rain and a serious lack of people! The tournament which is being contested between Great Britain, Germany, New Zealand and Japan is being played on the rest days of the Womens Champions Trophy. Germany and NZ met first in ... Read More »
Well the glorious sunny weather England is renowned for has greeted us once again at the Womens Champions Trophy for day 2 of competition. After a fairly modest crowd on the opening day the weather has brought a few more punters through the gates today after England’s fantastic start to the tournament. Day 2 action at Nottingham see’s China bounce ... Read More »
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