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The England Hockey Men’s and Women’s Finals weekend. East Grinstead, Hamsptead and Westminster, Surbiton and Wimbledon battle it out for the women’s title.

Surbiton aiming to wrestle the title back from East Grinstead after their eight year dominance was interrupted last season.





Surbiton, Hampstead and Westminster, Wimbledon and Old Georgians going for the men’s title, with OGs aiming for a third title in a row.



Who’s going to win it? Well, you probably know the answer already, but this was recorded as things unfolded in real time. So enjoy all the details, reaction and post match interviews from the domestic league finals.

I went along to Derby to see who'd become the men's and women's Super 6s Champions.



For England Hockey's Big Day the semi-finals were East Grinstead vs Slough and Surbiton vs Buckingham in the women's competition and Old Georgians vs Hampstead and Westminster and Sevenoaks vs Wimbledon in the men's.



I was there all day to bring you all the updates and all the interviews.

Au revoir doubt, pressure and fear, bonjour Olympic Games!



Both Great Britain men's and women's sides have sealed their qualification for the Paris Olympics and in this episode, I reflect on the ups and downs of the qualifying tournaments with a little help from Sarah Jones and Sam Ward, who both bagged vital goals for Great Britain.



Thanks for listening!

It's been a very long time since The Top of the D podcast put out a new episode but with the teams now drinking in the last chance saloon to book their tickets to the greatest show on earth - the Olympic Games, I decided now would be the perfect time to record an episode once more.



Great Britain Coach David Ralph, Anna Toman and men's captain David Ames all join me as we assess their chances of punching that all important ticket to the biggest tournament in hockey.

This week I'm lucky enough to be joined by England and Great Britain star Brendan Creed. 
Brendan is a European and Commonwealth Games bronze medalist and is one of the real characters of the team. A joker on and off the pitch but as I found out, there's plenty more to him than that.

We talk injury rehab, Olympics, social media trolls, playing abroad and plenty more besides. Enjoy. 

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This week I’m lucky enough to be joined by one of Scottish Hockey’s finest, Nikki Alexander-Lloyd. She won 130 international caps (and counting?) and played in two Commonwealth Games. She tells me all about her international career, her 9-5, her aspirations for the future and her refusal to leave the Scotland WhatsApp group. So listen in and find out all about one of the biggest hockey badgers there is.