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Title: THE HISTORY MAKERS
HOW TEAM GB STORMED TO A FIRST EVER GOLD IN WOMEN'S HOCKEY
By: Sarah Juggins, Richard Stainthorpe
Format: Hardback

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ISBN 10: 1785313304
ISBN 13: 9781785313301
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Publisher: PITCH PUBLISHING LTD
Pub. date: 1 September, 2017
Pages: 208
Description: This story starts with Great Britain women's hockey team's dismal failure to qualify for the 2004 Olympics and culminates in a gripping match in Rio 12 years later. The stunning gold medal victory at the 2016 Olympics was described as "the moment of the Games" and History Makers charts the turbulent journey of a team that rewrote its own destiny.
Synopsis: When Great Britain failed to qualify for the women's hockey competition at the 2004 Athens Olympics, the sport was at its lowest point. Sliding down the world rankings, in-fighting and discord within the squad, no funding and very little prospect of a bright future. Three players - Crista Cullen, Helen Richardson and Kate Walsh - were junior members of that team, and would have been forgiven for walking away at that point. Fast forward 12 years and the same three players were at the heart of the greatest moment in Great Britain women's hockey, standing on the podium in Rio de Janeiro with Olympic gold medals proudly hanging around their necks. During those intervening years, the team had undergone a transformation. It was no easy journey, but a rollercoaster ride of highs and lows, triumphs and disasters - with casualties along the way. The History Makers is more than an account of a famous victory. It is the story of how a team changed its culture and its attitude and transformed a sport barely worth a mention in the press into the provider of an Olympic moment that gripped the nation.
Illustrations: Includes colour images throughout
Publication: UK
Imprint: Pitch Publishing Ltd
Returns: Returnable
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