Loughborough Students' Hockey Club

Loughborough Students' Hockey Club is the field hockey club of Loughborough University. [1][2]

Loughborough Students' Hockey Club
Home groundLoughborough University
ManagerStewart Miller (Men's), Bob McBlaine (Women's)
CoachJerome Goudie (Men's), James Ross (Women's)
LeagueMen's England Hockey League
Women's England Hockey League
Midland Regional Hockey Association
BUCS League
Websiteloughboroughsport.com

Recent history

The men's 1st XI compete in the Men's England Hockey League and were 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 Women's England Hockey League, 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

Notable players

Men's internationals
 England/ Great Britain
 Great Britain
 England
  • Clyde Camburn
  • Adam Harper
  • Steve Long
  • David Whitaker
  • Duncan Woods
 Ireland
 Scotland
 Wales
  • James Davies-Yandle
  • Matt Grace
  • Zak Jones
 Canada
Others

Source: [8]

Women's internationals
 England/ Great Britain
 Wales
  • Emma Batten
  • Sarah Jones
  • Phoebe Richards
 Scotland
  • Robyn Collins

Honours

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.
  8. "Men's Hockey – Past Students – Loughborough Sport". loughboroughsport-test.lboro.ac.uk. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
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