Loughborough Students' Hockey Club

Loughborough Students' Hockey Club
Head Coach	Jerome Goudie (Men's), James Ross (Women's)
Manager	Stewart Miller (Men's), Bob McBlaine (Women's)
Captain	Stephen Hunter (Men's), Kim Leiper (Women's)
Home ground	Loughborough University, Loughborough
League	BUCS League England Hockey League Midlands League
Official Website	loughboroughsport.com

Loughborough Students' Hockey Club is a field hockey club based in Loughborough, England. The home ground is at Loughborough University Campus.^[1] The club is the country’s leading student hockey club and has produced a number of international players.^[2]

Recent history

The men's 1st XI compete in the England Hockey League Conference North and are winners of the BUCS championships for eight of the past thirteen years.^[3]^[4] They have also won the National Indoor Championships four times since 2003, as well as gold (2004) and bronze (2005) at the European Indoor Challenge, and were quarter-finalists in the Euro Hockey League in 2008. The other men's teams compete in the Midlands League.

The club currently run four teams and compete in the following competitions;

1st XI – National Conference North, BUCS Premier North League, BUCS KO Championship

2nd XI – 2nd XI Midlands Premier League, BUCS League Midlands 1A, BUCS Trophy KO Cup

3rd XI – 3rd XI Midlands Premier League, BUCS League Midlands 1A, BUCS Trophy KO Cup

4th XI – Central League – Midlands Premier Division, BUCS League Midlands 2A, BUCS Conference KO Cup

The Women's 1st XI team competes in the England Hockey League Conference North, BUCS Northern Premier Division and the Midlands Indoor Prem. The team has had great success in BUCS having previously won the Hockey Championship for eleven years straight and most recently in 2008.^[5]

The women's club currently run five teams and compete in the following competitions;

1st XI - National Conference North, England Hockey KO Cup, BUCS Premier North League, BUCS KO Championship

2nd XI - Midlands Division 1, BUCS League Midlands 1A, BUCS Trophy KO Cup

3rd XI - Leicestershire Women's League Premier Division, BUCS League Midlands 2B, BUCS Conference KO Cup

4th XI - Leicestershire Women's League Premier Division, BUCS League Midlands 2B, BUCS Conference KO Cup

5th XI - Leicestershire Women's League Division 1, BUCS League Midlands 4B, BUCS Conference KO Cup

Current squad

Men

Murray Collins – Scotland U21
Ross Davies – Scotland U18
Dan Faulkner – England U21
Ed Greaves – Scotland U21
Jonty Griffiths – England U21
George Lilley U21
Ed Horler – England U21
Jack McAllister – Scotland U21
Elliot Smith – England U18
Luke Taylor – England U21

^[6]

Women

Beth Bingham – Wales Senior, GB Development
Lauren Grundy – England U18
Jenna Holmes (GK) – Ireland U21
Kim Leiper – England U21, GB Development
Megan Lewis-Williams – Wales U18
Laura Myers (GK) – England U21, GB Development
Maddy Newlyn – England U18
Hannah Pike – England U18
Ffion Thompson - England U21
Fran Taylor (GK) - England U18
Ellie Tait – England U18

^[7]

Internationals past and present

Men

Richard Alexander - England & Great Britain
David Beckett - England & Great Britain
Jon Bleby - England & Great Britain
Andy Bull - England & Great Britain
Nicholas Catlin - England & Great Britain
David Condon - England & Great Britain
Harry Gibson - England Indoor
Mark Gleghorne - England & Great Britain
Paul Gleghorne - Ireland
Jerome Goudie - England & Great Britain
Chris Griffiths - England & Great Britain
Danny Kerry - England & Great Britain coach
Glenn Kirkham - England & Great Britain
Jason Lee - England & Great Britain
Iain Lewers - England & Great Britain
Alistair McGregor - Scotland & Great Britain
David Ralph - Scotland
Ian Sloan - Ireland
Richard Smith - England & Great Britain
Samuel Ward - England & Great Britain
Henry Weir - England & Great Britain
Alastair Wilson - England & Great Britain

Women

Giselle Ansley - England & Great Britain
Emma Batten - Wales
Robyn Collins - Scotland
Jennie Bimson - England & Great Britain
Fiona Greenham - England & Great Britain
Beckie Herbert - England & Great Britain
Maddie Hinch - England & Great Britain
Sarah Jones - Wales
Katie Long - England & Great Britain
Hannah Macleod - England & Great Britain
Mary Nevill - England & Great Britain
Phoebe Richards - Wales
Laura Unsworth - England & Great Britain
Nicola White - England & Great Britain
Kerry Williams - England & Great Britain

References

↑ "Loughborough Students". Retrieved 2015-01-29.
↑ "How world hockey forged innovative partnership with Loughborough University - Telegraph". Telegraph. 2014-10-30. Retrieved 2015-01-29.
↑ "Loughborough Students - FixturesLive". Fixtureslive.com. Retrieved 2015-01-29.
↑ "EHL Men's league tables". England Hockey. Retrieved 2015-01-29.
↑ "EHL Women's league tables". England Hockey. Retrieved 2015-01-29.
↑ "EHL Players - Men". England Hockey. Retrieved 2015-02-04.
↑ "EHL Players - Women". England Hockey. Retrieved 2015-02-04.

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