of my shifts I worked orange which was team transport and here I helped send off the "perky" Dutch hockey

This was followed up by getting the chance to watch them play some sublime hockey from the front row.

By David GoldSeptember 28 - Canada's Paralympics are set to celebrate the country's sports day, with gold medal winning swimmers Summer Mortimer and Stephanie Dixon among the athletes involved in promoting disability sport.

Street Hockey Championship in Niagara Falls, Ontario."

By David GoldSeptember 27 - The Special Olympics has received its largest ever donation this week from Paychex chairman Tom Golisano, former United States President Bill Clinton revealed at the 2012 Clinton Global Initiative.

Healthy Communities.It is a hugely significant contribution from the former owner of the Buffalo Sabres hockey

250I was walking into the London 2012 Olympic Park after watching the hockey games.

While volunteering as a Games Maker at the Riverbank Arena for the London 2012 Olympic hockey, I was

MackaySeptember 26 - Rene Fasel was re-elected by acclamation as the President of the International Ice Hockey

the likes of athletics, swimming and cycling stormed to the fore and sports like archery, fencing, hockey

By Russ SwanThe phrase "a level playing field" has entered the English language as a metaphor for fairness in any competitive situation, whether giving schoolchildren an equal chance of scoring a good exam result, or making sure that elections to political office do not unfairly favour one candidate.

In hockey, the adoption of artificial turf came a little later and has seen rapid growth as the real

benefits of the system became apparent.The first synthetic hockey pitch in an Olympics was in 1976, at

slide, tackle and fall on more safely.For the first time ever at the Olympic Games, the London 2012 hockey

The London hockey turf made by Dow and installed by STI brings the components together in a system that

Nevertheless, a point worth remembering is that water-based hockey pitches only require watering before

By Duncan MackaySeptember 25 - Sochi 2014 today marked 500 days until the start of the Winter Olympics by unveiling their official slogan, which is "Hot. Cool. Yours."

part in flash mob to mark the 500-days before Sochi 2014 in MoscowIn Moscow, in an imitation of ice hockey

, participants completed the relay in hockey helmets on roller blades; the challenge was to avoid obstacles

while they were skating, keeping possession of the ball with a hockey stick and taking their shots at

The 2012 supremo, who is expected to succeed Lord Moynihan despite a possible challenge from British Hockey

he gave the day after the Olympics to announce he was stepping down.Interestingly Leman, a British hockey

By David GoldSeptember 22 - South Korea has offered officials involved in the 2013 World Ice Sledge Hockey

Gwang-woon University Ice Rink in Seoul.The seminar was aimed at helping develop officiating of ice sledge hockey

head of technical control and officiating for the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Ice Sledge Hockey

the two major events, including watching national games and taking part in on-ice sessions.Ice sledge hockey

this story at [email protected] storiesMay 2012: Goyang to host 2013 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey

By David GoldSeptember 20 - Britain has announced a 16-strong ice sledge hockey squad for the 2012-2013

Britain qualified for at Turin 2006.Caroline Bonner, the captain of the European women's ice sledge hockey

also be a notable inclusion in the squad.She could be among the first women to compete in ice sledge hockey

The development of the GB Sledge Hockey programme has been amazing and we aim to demonstrate that Paralympic

at the 2013 World Championships in South Korea.John Neville, a board member of Britain's ice sledge hockey

By David GoldSeptember 20 - David Faulkner, the performance director of England Hockey and Great Britain

Hockey, is leaving his post after overseeing the sport in the build up to and during this summer's Olympic

Faulkner (pictured top), part of the team which won Britain's last hockey gold at Seoul 1988, took on

teams reached the bronze medal match with the women defeating New Zealand to claim Britain's first hockey

bronze medalSally Munday, England Hockey chief executive, said: "We are very disappointed to be losing

Faulkner also served as an executive director on the England Hockey Board, overseeing the hosting of

," England Hockey executive chairman Philip Kimberley added."

By Duncan MackaySeptember 17 - Havas Sports & Entertainment (HS&E) has opened an office in Russia in preparation for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics and Paralympics and the 2018 FIFA World Cup, which offer unprecedented marketing opportunities in the country.

Championships in Moscow next year, the FINA World Aquatics Championships in Kazan in 2015 and the World Ice Hockey

By David GoldSeptember 14 - More than 300 representatives from Sochi 2014, including members of the Organising Committee and volunteers, have completed learning programmes based around London 2012.

International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge, René Fasel, the President of the International Ice Hockey