Team Bath Buccaneers Hockey Club

Team Bath Buccaneers Hockey Club
Full nameTeam Bath Buccaneers Hockey Club
Nickname(s)Team Bath Buccs or 'Buccs'
LeagueMen's England Hockey League
West Hockey Association
Founded1955
Home groundUniversity of Bath, Bath
(Capacity 1,000)
Websitewww.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.

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)
Bobby Crutchley (WC 2006) Assistant coach
Wayne Denne
John Jackson
Stuart Loughrey
Simon Nicklin Olym (1992), WC (1994)
Jody Paul
Stuart Rushmere
Matthew Ruxton CG (2014)
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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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.