Welcome to the England Hockey men’s team blog.

I’m a forward and one of two accountants in the team, but don’t let that put you off!

Nick Caitlin, for example, the youngest member of the team from the World Cup, is studying history at

Jason has been coaching both GB and England since taking over a few months before the 2004 Athens Olympics

Forward Jonty Clarke represented Britain at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing and has been capped 28 times by GB

When I last blogged we, the Great Britain men’s volleyball team, had just taken our leave from

The team took the hint and came out of the starting blocks on fire.

The first match against Spain on Friday night could not have started any worse for Team GB.

I’m not sure I’ve seen Team GB that disgusted and angry. Ever.

Add Spain to the ever-growing list of countries that have fallen at the hands of Team GB!

By Tom Degun June 18 - Britain will stage a record number of world class disability events this year, a major boost to the country's top Paralympic athletes as they prepare for the London 2012 Games.

"It is a really exciting prospect for the GB men’s wheelchair basketball team playing at home

rsquo;t wait to take on the other leading teams in the world with a home crowd advantage, it gives the team

June 18 - Northern Ireland firm Ulster Weavers Home Fashions have been appointed to produce official London 2012 kitchen textiles, including aprons and tea cossies, it was announced today.

  In 2011, this will be followed by official Team GB and ParalympicsGB supporter product across

"Ulster Weavers join a growing team of licensees and we’re thrilled to have them on board.

player is the opportunity to travel the world - even if that does mean getting up at 2.45am to board the team

Quite a challenge for most people, let alone a team of female athletes who had to stay hydrated for the

We weren’t disheartened: we’d just proved we could compete against this team.

Despite the progress we’ve made as a team since the beginning of the GB programme in 2007, recent

Support Team GB! Lynne Beattie, 25, is the captain of Britain's volleyball team.

We are watching the GB men’s volleyball team turn into something special.

could not quite manoeuver their big guns  into attacking positions to inflict real damage to the GB

" The team learns quickly. It has to.

What he didn’t know was that our GB team was even younger.

  GB Captain Ben Pipes said: "I’m obviously delighted, it was a big turnaround

June 13 - Japan's women's volleyball team, who have twice won the Olympic gold medal, have visited Sheffield

They spent a week training at the English Institute of Sport (EIS) alongside Britain's team, who

Kenny Barton, the GB Volleyball Performance Programme Manager, said: "The visit from the Japanese

women’s team has been a great opportunity for the GB women’s volleyball squad to train with

"Serbia will be the next high ranking team to visit Ponds Forge to play GB Women in a televised

"We have been working closely with GB Volleyball to help attract international teams to the city

June 12 - Britain men’s handball team have secured their first international victory on home soil

Larsson top-scored with 13 goals for GB, launching powerful shot after powerful shot past the Bulgarian

supporters means so much, and I’m so happy to have done this, for the fans just as much as for the team

He said: "I'm very proud of the team, because we’ve started to believe in ourselves.

June 11 - Britain's boccia team, including Paralympic champion Nigel Murray (pictured),  won three

Britain, who are the top-ranked team in the world, sailed through the round-robin stages and beat the

Netherlands convincingly 8-2 in the BC1/2 team event, but lost out to a surprisingly strong Thailand

GB Boccia Performance Manager Matt Hammond was nevertheless pleased with the team’s performance

"These results however, show that the British team is competitive at world level across the classes

and will act as a springboard for the GB squad over the next two years as we focus on preparing the

By Tom Degun June 7 - Jim Davidson, British Boxing's Head of Development, has announced his retirement from international amateur boxing following a career during which he has worked with Olympic medallists  Amir Khan (pictured), James DeGale, Tony Jeffries and David Price.

The 69-year-old has spent 10 years as a full-time coach with Britain's team and also played a pivotal

GB Boxing’s Performance Director, Rob McCracken said: "In the last 10 years, amateur boxing

  His last assignment with Britain's team was at the AIBA World Championships in Azerbaijan earlier

June 2 - Matt Skelhon (pictured) again led the way as Britain's disability shooters won nine medals, including three gold, at the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) World Cup in Eurostand in Volmerange, France.

The British team of Callingham, James Bevis and Adam Fontain won silver in the team contest of the same

  Coates (pictured) added to her team gold, with individual silver and team bronze in the

nbsp;said: "The standard of this competition was very high and this was the best performance of a GB

programme and DTSGB (Disability Target Shooting Great Britain)  in securing this success for the GB

team.

By Duncan MackayBritish Sports Internet Writer of the YearJune 1 - Sarah Winckless (pictured), the former two-time world rowing champion, has been appointed as the inaugural chair of the newly-created British Olympic Association (BOA) Athletes' Commission, it was announced today.

been set-up to provide the voice and perspective of athletes in advising the BOA Board and management team

skills to organise a highly successful athlete conference, which helped to prepare over 100 potential team

She was elected Athlete Representative by fellow GB rowing team members following the Sydney 2000 Olympics

The aim is to have a mix of male and female athletes, team sports and individual sports, with up to eight

the vital contributions and perspective that Sarah, on behalf of the Commission, will bring to our team

By Tom Degun in Manchester May 30 - Britain's men’s wheelchair basketball team claimed the prestigious

"It was a real team effort and the crowd here was absolutely superb.

" In stark contrast to the men’s team, Britain’s women ended their miserable

"Italy are a great team and so it’s good to get a win over them.

"I think us, GB and the USA will be favorites which will be added pressure but we’re happy

medallists May 2010: Head coach warns there is nothing to celebrate after opening day victory May 2010: GB

By Tom Degun in Manchester May 29 - Britain men’s wheelchair basketball team today reached the

" The team will now meet Canada in tomorrow's final after they overcame the stubborn resistance

The team will, however, have a chance to redeem themselves when they meet again tomorrow in the bronze

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By Tom Degun in Manchester May 28 - Britain men’s wheelchair basketball team put on a master

The defeat was their second in two days after they went down to Canada yesterday which means the team

May 2010: Head coach warns there is nothing to celebrate after opening day victory May 2010: GB

women’s wheelchair basketball team excited by return to BT Paralympic World Cup March 2010: World's