At the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Team England’s men and women’s hockey teams will compete against the best in the Commonwealth for a gold medal.
At the 2018 Commonwealth Games Team England women will contain many of the players who famously won Olympic gold in Rio in 2016 including captain, Alex Danson. England have never won a Commonwealth gold medal in hockey.
Teams will be drawn into two pools of five teams each with the top two in each group going head to head in the semi-finals for a chance to play in the gold medal match
Each win is worth three points; a draw is worth one point whilst there are no points for a defeat. Teams that are level on points are separated by the highest number of wins, goal difference and then goals scored
Hockey is played between two squads of 18 players on a water based pitch
Teams attempts to score goals in their opponent’s net and the team with the most goals at the end of the hour long game is declared the winner
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Dr Ed Barney joined England Hockey in 2013 as the Head of Talent Development at Great Britain Hockey and has played a key role in the evolution of the nation’s hockey talent pathway. Before joining England Hockey Dr Barney was a Talent Identification Scientist for the England and Wales Cricket Board and, prior to this he was a world class sailing athlete who moved into coaching and worked as a Royal Yachting Association national sailing coach.
Dr Barney has a cutting-edge PHD in Talent Identification and Development, with an MSC in Sport Science attained at Loughborough University and a First Class Honours degree from Exeter University.
He is the performance director at England and Great Britain Hockey.
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