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Let’s throw our minds back to the Champions Trophy 2009 in Melbourne. Relaxed?  Thinking about the nice warm Australian summer creeping in. Now think about the Final of that event. Australia v Germany. One move. One player did the amazing. One goal to capture the Trophy. Fergus Kavanagh was the player who did the amazing. To get you in the ... Read More »

We are midweek now and it’s time to start ti profile some of the World Champion and current Champions Trophy Holders Kookaburras, which is well represented by Gryphon guns. Firstly in the group that is over in Germany, Graeme Begbie is an old hat. As in, well, he’s been there and done that in barely a year. Coming from Western ... Read More »

Day two in the countdown to the CT10 and time for the next wallpaper download. Up now is the cover model from Hockey.NL, Wouter Jolie. In this photo by Frank Uijenbroek, Wouter shows us the emotion and passion that he’s know for in club or country.  Look out for Jolie’s runs from the back line with incredible speed and his ... Read More »

Countdown till the Champions Trophy 2010 Men is now in it’s final days.  Time for us to get some downloads up for to get into.  Up until the start of the event we’ll be placing a heap of posters up online here for you to get stuck into from players who will be representing their countries and Gryphon. We’ve got ... Read More »

As with the wallpapers of Walsh, Rebecchi, Schubert and Brown, these photos have been taken by DC and then adapted into the new wallpapers and posters that will make their way to tournaments around the globe this year. In Part 2 of the Kookaburras that are taking a break at home away from the Champions Trophy in Germany, we find ... Read More »

With the Womens Champions Trophy well under way in Nottingham currently getting the attention of the hockey world, there’s another tournament gearing up.  Barely weeks after, Germany will hold the Mens version of this event. As the teams are announced it becomes interesting to see the makeup and intentions of the coaches and countries involved. In the case of Australia, ... Read More »

It’s not long now until Nottingham and the 2010 Women’s Champions Trophy. Not far off that is the Mens turn at Munchengladbach in Germany. As we have for previous Champions Trophies, Gryphon will be making some posters that’ll be available at these events. Pop into the Gryphon tents and grab a free poster then go and get them signed. Something ... Read More »

Just before the Champions Trophy in 2009, we brought you DC’s Art Series Player Wallpapers. Some of these have were made into printed posters and handed out at that event. These were all hand-drawn and are truly art and not photoshopped. That said, photos still look brilliant, so before we get into a busy year of World Cups and Champions ... Read More »

Over the past year or two, DC’s been popping some time aside to create some wallpapers for us to all download and use on the old computer. Here’s a collection of the current designs (not player specific) that are open for you download and rotate through. Until DC can come up with something else, think you can do better? If ... Read More »