Curly O’Hallaron was keen to play hockey, but it was an adjustment after playing hurling before. Two girls Doreen and Roberta plot to get rid of Curly from the school team.
Joanne French is the new games mistress at the Harold Plackett School. The Headmistress, Miss Crossley, is against games and has challenged Joanne to get the hockey team into the finals of a local tournament or have games cut from the syllabus. But the team does well, and the Head arranges an accident—to keep Joanne off the sports field.
Helped by Janet Lee, a visiting games teacher, the girls of Gaunt Street slum school form a hockey team. Kate Craddock turns out to be their star player, able to hit a hockey ball harder than any other girl. Now the Education Committee are threatening to build on their pitch. The girls draw up a petition, collect signatures, and go to the town hall to present it to the Mayor.
Kate and the team return in Cannonball Kate and the Magpies. The Magpies Hockey Club are touring the canals in a traditional narrowboat, they become involved in a match against a team of Amazons led by the Honourable Hortense Frobisher, who’s one aim is to win – no matter what.
Jean Greig a newcomer at Hartfield, Secondary Modern School, Mancaster, has helped the school to win a prized hockey trophy for the first time. It is games mistress Avis Hunter’s burning ambition to win more cups and trophies,and she makes the girls practise whenever possible. To get a break fromhockey, the girls also take up other activities.
The Pot Hunter – Judy: #372 (25 February 1967) – #388 (17 June 1967)
The adventures of a schoolgirl , Hannah and her hockey stick. Sometimes her stick caused troubles other times it was very useful.
The Honourable Honoria Ingotsby joins Mersham Grammer School in order to turn their hockey team in to the best team with her wealth, rigorous training programme and herself as a star player.
Hockey has been re-discovered after nearly 600 years. Led by Rylla Blake, of Rosewood Centre of Education, the girls now have pitches, specially-adapted clothes, boots, sticks and, most important, a chief inspector on their side. He is trying to encourage hockey in all educational centres and has organised an instructors’ course, where Rylla ands her friends are demonstrating.
Ann Adams, captain of junior hockey at Highcroft Comprehensive School, had made friends with an unusual new girl; Wendy Layne. Wendy played hockey in startling bursts of energy that made her unstoppable! The energy came on when Wendy combed her long hair.
