Loughborough Students' Hockey Club

Loughborough Students' Hockey Club
Home ground Loughborough University, Loughborough
Manager Stewart Miller (Men's), Bob McBlaine (Women's)
Head coach Jerome Goudie (Men's), James Ross (Women's)
Captain Daniel Faulkner (Men's) Beth Bingham (Women's)
League BUCS League
England Hockey League
Midlands League
Official Website loughboroughsport.com

Loughborough Students' Hockey Club is a field hockey club based in Loughborough, England. The home ground is at Loughborough University Campus.[1] The club is the country’s leading student hockey club and has produced a number of international players.[2]

Major National Honours

Recent history

The men's 1st XI compete in the England Hockey League Conference North and are winners of the BUCS championships for eight of the past thirteen years.[3][4] They have also won the National Indoor Championships four times since 2003, as well as gold (2004) and bronze (2005) at the European Indoor Challenge, and were quarter-finalists in the Euro Hockey League in 2008. The other men's teams compete in the Midlands League.

The club currently run four teams and compete in the following competitions;

  • 1st XI – National Conference North, BUCS Premier North League, BUCS KO Championship
  • 2nd XI – 2nd XI Midlands Premier League, BUCS League Midlands 1A, BUCS Trophy KO Cup
  • 3rd XI – 3rd XI Midlands Premier League, BUCS League Midlands 1A, BUCS Trophy KO Cup
  • 4th XI – Central League – Midlands Premier Division, BUCS League Midlands 2A, BUCS Conference KO Cup

The Women's 1st XI team competes in the England Hockey League Conference North, BUCS Northern Premier Division and the Midlands Indoor Prem. The team has had great success in BUCS having previously won the Hockey Championship for eleven years straight and most recently in 2008.[5]

The women's club currently run five teams and compete in the following competitions;

  • 1st XI - National Conference North, England Hockey KO Cup, BUCS Premier North League, BUCS KO Championship
  • 2nd XI - Midlands Division 1, BUCS League Midlands 1A, BUCS Trophy KO Cup
  • 3rd XI - Leicestershire Women's League Premier Division, BUCS League Midlands 2B, BUCS Conference KO Cup
  • 4th XI - Leicestershire Women's League Premier Division, BUCS League Midlands 2B, BUCS Conference KO Cup
  • 5th XI - Leicestershire Women's League Division 1, BUCS League Midlands 4B, BUCS Conference KO Cup

Current squad

Internationals past and present

Men

Women

  • Giselle Ansley - England & Great Britain
  • Emma Batten - Wales
  • Robyn Collins - Scotland
  • Jennie Bimson - England & Great Britain
  • Fiona Greenham - England & Great Britain
  • Beckie Herbert - England & Great Britain
  • Maddie Hinch - England & Great Britain
  • Sarah Jones - Wales
  • Katie Long - England & Great Britain
  • Hannah Macleod - England & Great Britain
  • Mary Nevill - England & Great Britain
  • Phoebe Richards - Wales
  • Laura Unsworth - England & Great Britain
  • Nicola White - England & Great Britain
  • Kerry Williams - England & Great Britain

References

  1. ↑ "Loughborough Students". Retrieved 2015-01-29.
  2. ↑ "How world hockey forged innovative partnership with Loughborough University - Telegraph". Telegraph. 2014-10-30. Retrieved 2015-01-29.
  3. ↑ "Loughborough Students - FixturesLive". Fixtureslive.com. Retrieved 2015-01-29.
  4. ↑ "EHL Men's league tables". England Hockey. Archived from the original on 2014-10-11. Retrieved 2015-01-29.
  5. ↑ "EHL Women's league tables". England Hockey. Retrieved 2015-01-29.
  6. ↑ "EHL Players - Men". England Hockey. Retrieved 2015-02-04.
  7. ↑ "EHL Players - Women". England Hockey. Retrieved 2015-02-04.
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