The history makers : how Team GB stormed to a first ever gold in women's hockey /
by Juggins, Sarah; Stainthorpe, Richard.
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BookPublisher: Durrington : Pitch, 2017Description: 208 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 29 cm.ISBN: 9781785313301 (hbk.) :; 1785313304 (hbk.) :.Classification number: 796.355 JUGSubject(s): Field hockey for women -- Great Britain | Women field hockey players -- Great Britain | Women Olympic athletes -- Great Britain | Sport | SportSummary: When Great Britain failed to qualify for the women's hockey competition at the 2004 Athens Olympics, the sport was at its lowest point. Sliding down the world rankings and in-fighting within the squad, no funding and little prospect of a bright future. Three players - Crista Cullen, Helen Richardson and Kate Walsh - were junior members of that team, and would have been forgiven for walking away at that point. Fast forward 12 years and the same three players were at the heart of the greatest moment in Great Britain women's hockey, standing on the podium in Rio de Janeiro with Olympic gold medals proudly hanging around their necks. During those intervening years, the team had undergone a transformation. This book is the story of how a team changed its culture and its attitude and transformed a sport barely worth a mention in the press into the provider of an Olympic moment that gripped the nation.
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When Great Britain failed to qualify for the women's hockey competition at the 2004 Athens Olympics, the sport was at its lowest point. Sliding down the world rankings and in-fighting within the squad, no funding and little prospect of a bright future. Three players - Crista Cullen, Helen Richardson and Kate Walsh - were junior members of that team, and would have been forgiven for walking away at that point. Fast forward 12 years and the same three players were at the heart of the greatest moment in Great Britain women's hockey, standing on the podium in Rio de Janeiro with Olympic gold medals proudly hanging around their necks. During those intervening years, the team had undergone a transformation. This book is the story of how a team changed its culture and its attitude and transformed a sport barely worth a mention in the press into the provider of an Olympic moment that gripped the nation.
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