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Everything you need to know about what’s out there.
Featuring product reviews, news and features.
REVIEW OF 2008
2008 will forever be known as The
Olympic Year, the Credit Crunch Year
and the Year Grays put holes in their
sticks. Here’s our review of the best,
the worst and the bizarre…
NOVEL HOCKEY
england Hockey is often accused
of making things up but this time
hockey really is the subject of a piece
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of ﬁ ction. a novel, “Lean on Me”, by
Richard arden was launched at the
Olympics with a number of gB players
returning home with their copies.
Mainly because it is a raunchy hockey
tale with a splash a humour. available
online at www.hockeyOK.net for £6.99.
50p from each sale goes to junior
hockey.
O-LORDY!
grays, the bastion of traditional hockey,
can ﬁ nally be ﬁ led under ‘radical’ with
their O-Tech stick (£195). Based on
a theory developed with their tennis
racquets, the sticks ‘speed ports’ (i.e.
holes) allow for a quicker swing, and on
making contact with the ball the holes
provide an excellent shock absorbing greater power for the penalty
cushion which allows it to be hit more corner striker. There’s a new
sweetly. generation of handle which allows
for a softer touch without sacriﬁ cing
LOADSAMONEY hitting power, increased handle
The gryphon Tour is the most diameter for better control and a
progressive stick gryphon have longer handle section that carries lower
designed – and at £300 the most into the shaft to allow for a smoother
expensive. Together with the transition through the right hand for
ultra-premium composition quicker skills. They have also shaved
and layup they have thrown down the overall head thickness to
23mm of curve into a lower 23mm which makes those all important
than normal position, lifts that much easier
250mm from the .
base of the stick, MAGIC TOUCH
to help generate adidas continued their progess into
the hockey world by signing up a raft
of more high proﬁ le international stars
to play with their sticks. One of the
most interesting was the Jamie Dwyer
Signature (£100) stick because its 17mm
curve is designed for the more upright
player. The stick has good ball control
and a light touch and feel.
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