Advisory Committee

Jack Childs is the founder and Director of Hockey for Hockey Mentors CIC. Jack founded the community interest company in 2021 to give talent from all backgrounds a chance to reach their potential in the sport based on merit. In his coaching experiences he felt this wasn’t the case and that English hockey was not fully maximising the potential of all talent in the sport. Since 2021 he has built Hockey Mentors from the ground up leading on the programme structure, marketing, partnerships, finances, relationship management and business development.

Over the last decade Jack has coached 100+ junior international players. He has coached at 10 junior national finals (1 gold/4 silvers), coached University of Exeter Men’s/Women’s 1s and Cambridge Uni W1s in National League and won the TA Festival twice as Surbiton TA Girls Head Coach. He has led Hockey Mentors teams in international fixtures against USA, Wales, Scotland, Ulster, and top European club teams, winning the U16 Girls Reyes tournament and U14 girls Holland Elite Cup. Jack also has extensive indoor hockey coaching experience, which includes coaching at 5 junior indoor national finals and overseeing HM winning 62 medals at Indoor Hockey UK events in the last four years.

Jack holds a 1st class degree in Exercise and Sports Science from the University of Exeter and was the youngest ever L3 coach qualified in any sport in England when he got his L3 qualification aged 20. He is also a qualified meditation teacher and is working towards his L3 in athlete personal development.

Tracy Lynn is an entrepreneur, business leader and lifelong hockey player, bringing more than 25 years of experience across events, experiential marketing, sponsorship, regeneration and sport.

Throughout her career, Tracy has worked with some of the world’s biggest brands, delivering major events and sponsorship activations across Formula 1, Premier League football and international sport. An entrepreneur at heart, she is now Founder and Director of three growing businesses spanning creative experiences, placemaking, modular development and sport. In 2025, Tracy was named in f’s #iAlso100, recognising 100 inspirational female entrepreneurs from across the UK. She and her business, Spark Creatives, were also named Hospitality Industry Winner at the 2025 Enterprise Vision Awards (EVAS).

Hockey has been a constant throughout Tracy’s life. She started playing at the age of 12 and still plays today for Chester Hockey Club, where she has held a number of leadership and voluntary roles. She is currently Vice-Chair of the club and manages Chester’s Tier 1 U16 Boys. Tracy also experiences the player pathway as a parent, with her son currently part of the Hockey Mentors programme and talent academy. She is a passionate advocate for Hockey Mentors and its ambition to ensure that a young player’s opportunity to progress is driven by talent and potential, not background or circumstance.

As a member of the Hockey Mentors Advisory Committee, Tracy brings her commercial and entrepreneurial experience to help develop partnerships, sponsorship and opportunities that can support the organisation’s long-term impact and growth.

Bob Narwal is an entrepreneur and lifelong hockey participant who has been involved in hockey for over 40 years, both as a player and a coach.

Bob played at the highest level of the English domestic game, representing Old Loughtonians HC in National Prem and winning the title with them. He also has extensive coaching experience at multiple clubs and in the player pathway, as well as experience as a parent navigating the player pathway with his son a member of a talent academy. His hockey knowledge also spans building hockey businesses where he is the founder of the global Flash Hockey brand, which is used by multiple Indian senior internationals and distributes a wide range of hockey kit internationally.

Bob has been part of Hockey Mentors since its beginning in 2021. He is passionate about supporting player development and making sure talent from all backgrounds can thrive. He brings wide ranging experience to the Hockey Mentors advisory committee, spanning player/coach development and expertise in developing partnerships/sponsorships to build impactful hockey brands.

Natalie Singh is a Partner in the Banking & Finance team at international law firm Trowers & Hamlins LLP, where she leads the firm’s Banking & Finance practice in Birmingham and the firms affordable housing finance practice.

She is widely recognised as a leading adviser in affordable housing finance, with extensive experience supporting housing providers, registered providers and social impact organisations on funding, treasury and strategic growth matters. Natalie is passionate about using finance as an enabler of positive social outcomes, particularly in increasing the supply of affordable housing and supporting sustainable communities. In addition to her legal practice, she has served as a Non-Executive Director of Habitare Homes, a for-profit registered provider focused on delivering affordable homes with positive social impact across the UK.

Natalie has been involved as team manager on multiple HM tours. Both her daughters have played at talent academy level in the England hockey system and for Warwickshire County Cricket Club academy, giving her strong experience of both talent pathways