Home ground | Loughborough University |
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Manager | Nick K (Men's), Paul Gannon (Women's) |
Coach | Jerome Goudie (Men's), Brett Holland (Women's) |
League | Men's England Hockey League Women's England Hockey League Midland Regional Hockey Association BUCS League |
Website | www |
Loughborough Students' Hockey Club is the field hockey club of Loughborough University. [1] [2]
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;
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;
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