Andy Western

Andy Western

Personal information
Born	1956 Surrey
Senior career
Years	Team
1976–1977	Cambridge University
1978–1988	Southgate
National team
Years	Team	Caps	Goals
	Wales
	Great Britain
Medal record Field hockey Representing   Great Britain Champions Trophy 1978 Lahore Team

Andy Western (born 1956) is a former hockey international player, who represented Wales and Great Britain.

Biography

Western studied at St Catharine's College, Cambridge and was already a Welsh international by the time he entered the University of Cambridge. ^[1]

After University, Western played club hockey for Southgate Hockey Club and was part of the Southgate team that won the EuroHockey Club Champions Cup in 1978, which was the club's third successive victory . ^{[2] [3]}

Western was part of the bronze medal winning Great Britain team that competed at the inaugural 1978 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy, in Lahore, Pakistan. ^[4] He was a surprise exclusion from the initial 22-strong squad for the Great Britain team for the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, ^[5] which subsequently did not feature a British hockey team due to the boycott.

Still at Southgate, he helped the team win the Hockey Association Cup during the 1986–87 season and the league title during the 1987–88 season and represented Wales at the 1987 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship. ^[6]

References

1. "Back to the drawing board" . Cambridge Daily News. 14 October 1976. Retrieved 31 July 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
2. "Europes's other champions chase a hat-trick too". Evening News (London). 12 May 1978. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
3. "Southgate Eurp treble" . Evening News (London). 15 May 1978. Retrieved 31 July 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
4. "Gregg gets G.B. Call-up" . Belfast Telegraph. 24 October 1978. Retrieved 31 July 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
5. "Neil Menzies on short leet for Moscow Olympics" . Aberdeen Press and Journal. 20 September 1979. Retrieved 31 July 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
6. "Sloan the Star" . Lincolnshire Echo. 26 August 1987. Retrieved 31 July 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.