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The Duchess of Cambridge shootsHockey received a publicity shot in the arm when Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge, an Olympic ambassador, visited the Great Britain squads training at the Riverside Stadium, Olympic Park. 

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Young Guns Susannah Townsend and Georgie Twigg. Copyright Tom CooperThey are the shape of England’s post-2012 midfield with 21-year-old Georgie Twigg already having a Commonwealth Games, World Cup and European championships behind her, while 22-year-old Susannah Townsend made her major tournament debut at the 2011 Europeans. Push caught up with them both at London’s Olympic Park.

SUSANNAH

It was only just over a year ago you came into the senior squad, now you are standing on the Olympic pitch talking to such a prestigious magazine like PUSH – is it all a bit unexpected?

My goal was to get into the central programme and to start training with the squad.

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The bid partners of the EuroHockey Championships 2015

Hockey will be the first major post-Olympic championship event on Olympic Park with the EuroHockey Nations Championships to be held at the Lee Valley Hockey Centre in August, 2015.

The hockey centre will be built, post-Games, on the Eton Manor site which will host Paralympic tennis and temporary training pools during the Olympic Games. 

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PUSH 37 cover

HOOKED - a lighter look at hockey. 
Our famous injury pictures.
PUSH news.
COUNTDOWN TO 2012 - Olympic interviews and features. 
2015 Euros at the Legacy site.
Mo Furste tells us about Germany's preparation.
GB youngsters, Twigg & Townsend, talk exclusively to PUSH. 
All the pics from the Royal visit. 
Beth Storry and Brad Friedel chat.
Lauren Penny on fast track selection for South Africa. 
SIDELINES - Views from hockey's straight talkers. 
Savage Talk - when will our game become professional.
Drugs and Twitter with James Stock. 
Poor clubs vs country by Gaynor Nash. 
View from the East has the post season blues.
PLANET HOCKEY - The game across the universe and closer to home. 
England U21's win Gold. 
Euro Hockey League KO16 round-up. 
Championship titles.
IMPROVE - Skills, fitness, coaching. 
How to hit a ball properly - an in-depth article on the art of hitting. 
The Mental Game - how to cope.
CONSUME. 
The Stik has a sneak preview of next season's gear. 
Kit Monkey goes ape about base layers.
ROOTS - Grass roots news. 
School hockey. 

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Moritz Furste for GermanyHe’s a playmaker with a real eye for goal, and one of the most complete players in the modern game - indoors and out. Push caught up with Olympic gold medalist Moritz FÜrste to find out how Germany’s campaign to retain their Olympic title is shaping up.

So how are the preparations for London 2012 going?

Quite well. We are currently in our fourth camp of this season. We have to fit preparations in with the Bundesliga commitments of the players. We are together Monday to Thursday this week, then next week we play the pre-Olympic tournament in London.

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If you are struggling to hit those New Year exercise targets (you did set them didn't you?), how about a bit of music? There is evidence around that listening to music during exercise helps. And it certainly can dull the monotony a bit. But what to play?

We have just implemented a trial version of the PUSH website optimised for mobile devices. You shouldn't need to do anything different, just connect to www.pushhockey.co.uk with a mobile device and the site should detect you and output the content in a mobile-friendly format.

The main features are: