Tim Atkins

Tim Atkins

Personal information
Born	(1990-03-24) 24 March 1990 (age 35) Oxford, England
Playing position	Defender
Senior career
Years	Team
	Wallingford
	Team Bath
	Richmond
	Essendon, Melbourne
2015–2018	Reading
2018–2019	Surbiton
2019–2021	Old Georgians
2022–2025	Clifton Robinson
National team
Years	Team	Caps	Goals
2017–	Scotland	33	(2)
Medal record Representing   Scotland European Championship II 2017 Glasgow Team

Timothy Christopher Atkins (born 24 March 1990) is a British field hockey player who played for the Scotland men's national field hockey team.

Biography

Atkins was born in Oxford, was educated at Streatley School and The Oratory School. ^[1]

Atkins started his hockey career at the age of 5 after joining Wallingford Hockey Club. ^[2] He played the majority of his senior hockey club career at Reading Hockey Club in the Men's England Hockey League. ^{[3] [4]}

While at Reading, his won first international cap for Scotland in March 2017 at World League 2 ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]} and won a gold medal with Scotland at the 2017 Men's EuroHockey Championship II in Glasgow. ^[9]

At the end of the 2017–18 season, he left Reading to play for Surbiton Hockey Club. ^[10]

in August 2019, he was selected in the Scotland squad for the 2019 EuroHockey Championship ^[11] and around the same time, he signed for Old Georgians Hockey Club for the beginning of the 2019–20 season.

He is also a type 1 diabetic working closely with Diabetes UK. ^[12]

References

1. "Tim Atkins pofile". Scottish Hockey. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
2. "Former Wildcat and club player on international duty this weekend".
3. "Scottish Squad announced - News - Reading Hockey Club". www.readinghockeyclub.org.uk.
4. "Hockey: Reading's Tom Carson picked by GB as Tim Atkins plays for Scotland". Reading Chronicle.
5. "Scotland men's squad announced for World League 2".
6. "Hockey World League Semi-Final: Scotland lose play-off to South Korea". 22 June 2017 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
7. "Scotland men's squad announced for World League 2".
8. "Korea v Scotland - Men's World Hockey League - 9th/10th Play-Off - Lee Valley Hockey Centre".
9. "EuroHockey Championship 2017: Scotland beat Wales in final". BBC Sport. 12 August 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
10. "Hockey: Tim Atkins leaves Reading for Surbiton". England Hockey. 18 June 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
11. "Scotland men's squad announced for Belfius EuroHockey Championship in Antwerp". www.scottish-hockey.org.uk. Scottish Hockey. 12 August 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
12. "High profile supporters". Diabetes UK.

External links

• Tim Atkins at the International Hockey Federation