Team Bath Buccaneers Hockey Club

Team Bath Buccaneers Hockey Club

Full name	Team Bath Buccaneers Hockey Club
Nickname(s)	Team Bath Buccs or 'Buccs'
League	Men's England Hockey League West Hockey Association
Founded	1955
Home ground	University of Bath, Bath (Capacity 1,000)
Website	www.teambathbuccaneers.co.uk

Team Bath Buccaneers Hockey Club is a field hockey club based in Bath, Somerset, England. ^[1] It is one of the largest and most successful Hockey Clubs in the West of England with over 800 members. The club enter teams in both the Men's ^[2] The club also enters men's teams in the Gocrea8 League www.wswhl.co.uk and ladies teams playing in West Hockey Association. It also has a thriving Junior Academy of 450 players and 19 teams plus Masters, Summer and Indoor sections.

The Club's motto is Fast, Fearless, Fun.

Sitec Arena, Sports Training Village, University of Bath in 2015

The Club was established in 1955. ^[3] The Club has had a partnership with the University of Bath since 1999, and the home ground at University of Bath sports training village, with a clubhouse at the Lime Tree on campus. ^[4]

Notable players

Men's internationals

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Player Events/notes Ref Tim Atkins James Bailey Chris Cargo Benjamin Carless CG (2014) [5] Bobby Crutchley (WC 2006), assistant coach Wayne Denne John Jackson Stuart Loughrey Simon Nicklin Olym (1992), WC (1994) Jody Paul Lewis Prosser CG (2014) [6] Stuart Rushmere Matthew Ruxton CG (2014) [5] Liam Sanford Peter Scott Key Oly = Olympic Games CG = Commonwealth Games WC = World Cup CT = Champions Trophy EC = European Championships

Women's internationals

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Player Events Notes/Ref Sophie Hamilton Denise Marston-Smith Zoe Shipperley

References

1. "Welcome:: Team Bath Buccaneers Hockey Club". teambathbuccaneers.co.uk. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
2. "Men's Hockey League". www.englandhockey.co.uk. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
3. "Club History :: Team Bath Buccaneers Hockey Club". teambathbuccaneers.co.uk. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
4. "Hockey - Team Bath" . Retrieved 7 February 2015.
5. "Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2014: Team Wales". BBC Sport. 25 July 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
6. "Lewis Prosser". Hockey Wales. Retrieved 6 August 2025.