Update On GMS Ahead Of The 2023/24 Season

With the season fast approaching we wanted to update you on current progress with GMS and what to expect over the coming weeks.  

England Hockey are busy preparing the platform, testing processes, and taking as much positive action as they can to cope with the significant traffic and demand that will be placed on GMS in the first few weeks of the season. They’ve been making improvements all summer but have now paused any new developments to focus on season readiness and try to offer some consistency from the end of last season.  

The adult fixtures have been loaded onto GMS – and are now ready for club/competition administrators to make edits/amendments/appointments. These fixtures will also be appearing on our website, offering visibility to your players and officials.  

A number of improvements you will see in the coming weeks include a more intuitive fixture and results ticker on South Central Area website, head-to-head comparisons based on previous fixtures. England Hockey are continuing to work on the addition of match sheets with scorer and appearance data and these will be phased in throughout the season and feature on the South Central Website. 

For GDPR purposes, individuals will have to consent for this to happen – which they will be able to do through their GMS profile. England Hockey will soon be emailing you and your players/officials to let you know how and when to do this. 

On top of these developments, the GMS platform and websites will be closely monitored through all peak times. Every effort will be made to keep GMS working effectively and ensure that results are fed to the South Central website as quickly as possible. If volume of traffic starts to impact performance, we’ll do everything we can to resolve in a timely manner. In the event of any significant issues or scenarios – they will be communicated immediately and brought back up to usual working order as quickly as possible.  

Any communications required during game days will go to club and competition administrators directly, and messages will also appear on the website, GMS and social media. 

As we keep you up-to-date with progress, we ask for your support and look to kick-off what will be an exciting and enjoyable 2023/24 season. If you have any issues, please email gms.support@englandhockey.co.uk