Loughborough Students' Hockey Club

Loughborough Students' Hockey Club
Head Coach Jerome Goudie (Men's), James Ross (Women's)
Manager Stewart Miller (Men's), Bob McBlaine (Women's)
Captain Daniel Faulkner (Men's) Beth Bingham (Women's)
Home ground Loughborough University, Loughborough
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]

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;

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;

Current squad

Men

  • Murray Collins – Scotland U21
  • Ross Davies – Scotland U18
  • Dan Faulkner – England U21
  • Ed Greaves – Scotland U21
  • Jonty Griffiths – England U21
  • George Lilley U21
  • Ed Horler – England U21
  • Jack McAllister – Scotland U21
  • Elliot Smith – England U18
  • Luke Taylor – England U21

[6]

Women

  • Beth Bingham – Wales Senior, GB Development
  • Lauren Grundy – England U18
  • Jenna Holmes (GK) – Ireland U21
  • Kim Leiper – England U21, GB Development
  • Megan Lewis-Williams – Wales U18
  • Laura Myers (GK) – England U21, GB Development
  • Maddy Newlyn – England U18
  • Hannah Pike – England U18
  • Ffion Thompson - England U21
  • Fran Taylor (GK) - England U18
  • Ellie Tait – England U18

[7]

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. 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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