Loughborough Students' Hockey Club

Loughborough Students' Hockey Club

League	Men's England Hockey League Women's England Hockey League Midland Regional Hockey Association BUCS League
Home ground	Loughborough University
Personnel
Captain	Daniel Faulkner (m), Jessica Dyson (w)
Coach	Jerome Goudie (m), Brett Holland (w)
Manager	Nick K (m), Paul Gannon (w)
Website	www.lboro.ac.uk/sport/sports/hockey/

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

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 – Men's England Hockey League, BUCS Premier League, BUCS KO Championship
• 2nd XI – Midlands Premier League, BUCS National League, BUCS Trophy KO Cup
• 3rd XI – 1st 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 Premier league of the Women's England Hockey League, BUCS . The team has had great success in BUCS having previously won the Hockey Championship for eleven years straight up to 2008 and are current champions. ^[5]

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

• 1st XI - EH Premier League, BUCS Premier League, BUCS KO Championship
• 2nd XI - EH National League North, BUCS League National league, BUCS Trophy KO Cup
• 3rd XI - Midlands Division 1, 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

Teams

Women's First Team Squad 2025–26 season

• 1. Molly Smith (goalkeeper)
• 3. Amy Birch
• 5. Jessica Dyson (captain)
• 6. Faith Joubert
• 7. Bethany Gardens
• 8. Niamh McIvor
• 9. Emma Uprichard
• 10. Olivia Breed
• 12. Mia Moore
• 13. Philippa Spawforth
• 14. Amy Cradden
• 15. Hollie Dring-Richardson
• 16. Lucy Mackey
• 17. Charlotte Triggs
• 19. Hannah Boss
• 20. Tilly Crampsie

Notable players

Men's internationals

Extended content

Player Events/Notes Ref Jon Bleby Olympics (2008), Commonwealths (2006), WC (2006) Andy Bull CT (2010) Nicholas Catlin Commonwealths (2010), WC (2010) James Davies-Yandle Commonwealths (2002) Owain Dolan-Gray Commonwealths (2014) Jerome Goudie Commonwealths (2002), WC (2002, 2006) Glenn Kirkham Commonwealths (2006), WC (2006) Alistair McGregor Olympics (2008), Commonwealths (2010) Richard Smith Olympics (2012), Commonwealths (2010), WC (2010)   England Richard Alexander David Beckett Paul Bolland Clyde Camburn David Condon Harry Gibson Mark Gleghorne Chris Griffiths Adam Harper Michael Johnson Jason Lee Iain Lewers Steve Long Iain Mackay James Mazarelo Sean Rowlands Stuart Rushmere Ian Sloan Samuel Ward Henry Weir David Whitaker Alastair Wilson Duncan Woods   Ireland Timothy Cockram Fergus Gibson Mark Gleghorne Paul Gleghorne John Jackson Iain Lewers Stuart Loughrey Ian Sloan David Smyth   Scotland David Ralph Derek Salmond Mark Zander   Wales Matt Grace Zak Jones   Canada Rob Smith    Switzerland Fabio Reinhard Others Danny Kerry - England/Great Britain coach Source: [6]

Women's internationals

  England

Giselle Ansley Jennie Bimson Catherine De Ledesma Fiona Greenham Sabbie Heesh Beckie Herbert

Maddie Hinch Katie Long Hannah Macleod Lizzie Neal Mary Nevill Charlotte Watson

Isabelle Petter Miriam Pritchard Ellie Rayer Laura Unsworth Nicola White Kerry Williams

  Wales

Emma Batten Beth Bingham Hannah Cozens Sarah Jones

Megan Lewis-Williams Phoebe Richards Leah Wilkinson

  Scotland

• Robyn Collins

Honours

• Men's National Cup
  • Runners Up: 2004–05

References

1. "Loughborough Students" . Retrieved 29 January 2015.
2. "How world hockey forged innovative partnership with Loughborough University - Telegraph". Telegraph. 30 October 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
3. "Loughborough Students - FixturesLive". Fixtureslive.com. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
4. "EHL Men's league tables". England Hockey. Archived from the original on 11 October 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
5. "EHL Women's league tables". England Hockey. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
6. "Men's Hockey – Past Students – Loughborough Sport". loughboroughsport-test.lboro.ac.uk. Retrieved 2 February 2019.