rob moore
he’s one of only four survivors from great britain’s 2004 athen’s olympiCs team. so push deCided to CatCh up With rob moore to talk about the CountdoWn to london 2012, indoor hoCkey and muCh more.
Was it a surprise to be selected for the indoor World Cup? (Poznan, Poland February 8-13 2011.) It certainly was. I’ve not played a huge amount of indoor hockey through my career, and so it was a very nice surprise being selected. It was also a bit of a surprise to be picked to go to Leipzig [England fielded a team as ‘London’ in the Messestadt Cup in January] and to get that exposure. I obviously did enough to then make the cut for the World Cup.
So was it a bit of a baptism of fire situation in Leipzig? Well it was a little. I have played in a
few indoor tournaments over the last couple of years. But the standard of opposition at the Messestadt Cup was a step up from any I had played before. So that was good – to be thrown in at the deep end as it were, against some really good opposition. It was good fun!
Taking it back a bit. How did you begin playing hockey? I started out at prep school, Twyford near Winchester, when I was about ten. I also started at Trojans Hockey Club at around the same time. I just played every sport when I was at school, just like a lot of kids do, and that is where it all started. I played quite a few sports
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