Team Bath Buccaneers Hockey Club

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Team Bath Buccaneers Hockey Club
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Full nameTeam Bath Buccaneers Hockey Club
Nickname(s)Team Bath Buccs or 'Buccs'
League Men's England Hockey League
West Hockey Association
Founded1955
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.

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

Sitec Arena, Sports Training Village, University of Bath in 2015 Sitec Arena.jpg
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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PlayerEventsNotes/Ref
Flag of Scotland.svg Tim Atkins
Flag of England.svg James Bailey
Flag of Ireland.svg Chris Cargo
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Benjamin Carless CG (2014)
Flag of England.svg Bobby Crutchley (WC 2006)Assistant coach
Flag of South Africa.svg Wayne Denne
Flag of Ireland.svg John Jackson
Flag of Ireland.svg Stuart Loughrey
Flag of England.svg Simon Nicklin Olym (1992), WC (1994)
Flag of South Africa.svg Jody Paul
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Lewis Prosser CG (2014) [5]
Flag of England.svg Stuart Rushmere
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Matthew RuxtonCG (2014)
Flag of England.svg Liam Sanford
Flag of England.svg 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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PlayerEventsNotes/Ref
Flag of England.svg Sophie Hamilton
Flag of England.svg Denise Marston-Smith
Flag of England.svg 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. ↑ "Lewis Prosser". Hockey Wales. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
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