Richard Markham (field hockey)

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Richard Markham is a British educator and former field hockey player for Wales.

Markham studied at Oxford University and represented Wales at the 1998 Commonwealth Games. He is also a schoolteacher, and taught history at Marlborough College before being appointed principal of Hockerill Anglo-European College in 2013. [1]

Pippa Middleton, who was a student at Marlborough, described him as "our fierce but undeniably fanciable coach". [2]

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References

  1. Patmore, Eleanor. "New principal for Hockerill Anglo-European College announced" . Retrieved 5 September 2013.
  2. Rayner, Gordon (5 September 2013). "Feeling the crush of Pippa Middleton's pen: her 'fanciable' hockey teacher". The Age . Retrieved 5 September 2013.