Stuart Loughrey

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Stuart Loughrey
Personal information
Full name Stuart Loughrey
Born (1991-02-20) 20 February 1991 (age 33)
County Dublin, Ireland
Height 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Playing position Defender
Youth career
200x–2008 St. Andrew's College
Senior career
YearsTeam
2008–2009 Pembroke Wanderers
2009–2013 Loughborough Students
2013–2014 Team Bath Buccaneers
2014–2015 Cannock
2015–2017 Hampstead & Westminster
2017– Reading
National team
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2011– Ireland 115 (5)

Stuart Loughrey (born 20 February 1991) is an Ireland men's field hockey international. He played for Ireland at the 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup.

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Early years, family and education

Loughrey's mother and his brothers, Mark and David, all played field hockey. Loughrey was educated at St. Andrew's College and Loughborough University. He is a qualified PE teacher. [1] [2] [3] In 2015 he began working at West London Free School. [4] Mark Loughrey is also an Ireland international and also played for Pembroke Wanderers. [5]

Domestic teams

St. Andrew's College

In 2008 Loughrey helped St. Andrew's College win the All Ireland Schoolboys Hockey Championship after defeating Wesley College 2–1 in the final. [6]

Pembroke Wanderers

Loughrey, together with David Harte, Conor Harte, Ronan Gormley, Justin Sheriff, Alan Sothern and Craig Fulton, was a member of the Pembroke Wanderers that won two successive Irish Senior Cup finals in 2007–08 and 2008–09. [7] [8] [9] In 2008–09 Loughrey also helped Wanderers win the Men's Irish Hockey League title. [10]

Men's England Hockey League

After moving to England to study at Loughborough University, Loughrey subsequently went on to play for several clubs in the Men's England Hockey League, including Loughborough Students, [11] Team Bath Buccaneers, [12] [13] Cannock, [14] Hampstead & Westminster [15] [16] [17] and Reading. [18]

Ireland international

Loughrey captained Ireland at Under-18 level [19] before making his senior debut in April 2011 during a series of matches against Canada. [3] [20] [21] Loughrey was a member of the Ireland team that won the 2011 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge II. [20] [22] He also represented Ireland at the 2013 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship, scoring a goal in a 3–3 draw with the Czech Republic. [23] In June 2017 Loughrey was a member of the Ireland team that won the Hamburg Masters, defeating Germany 4–2 in the final. [24] [25] He also represented Ireland at the 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup. [26]

TournamentsPlace
2011 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge II [20] [22] 1st
2012 Men's Field Hockey Olympic Qualifier [27] [28] [29] 2nd
2012 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge I [30] [31] 3rd
2012–13 Men's FIH Hockey World League Round 2 [3] [12] [13] [32] 2nd
2012–13 Men's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals [3] [33] 7th
2013 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship [23] [34] [35] 6th
2014 Men's Hockey Investec Cup [36] 2nd
2017 Hamburg Masters [24] [25] 1st
2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals [37] [38] [39] 5th
2017 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship [3] [40] 6th
2018 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup [41] [42] 6th
2018 Men's Four Nations Cup [43] 4th
2018 Men's Hockey World Cup [26] 14th
2019 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship [44] 8th

Honours

Ireland
Reading
Pembroke Wanderers
St. Andrew's College

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