Wales women's national field hockey team
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| Association | Hockey Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Confederation | European Hockey Federation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Amanda Partington | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assistant coach | Vicky Joel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager | Ben Eaton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Captain | Abigail Welsford | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIH ranking | 34 As of June 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Wales women's national field hockey team represents Wales in international women's field hockey, with the exception of the Olympic Games when Welsh players are eligible to play for the Great Britain national women's field hockey team as selected. The country's main targets as laid down by Hockey Wales, Wales national governing body for hockey, are the EuroHockey Championships, the FIH World League and the Commonwealth Games.[1]
Tournament history
- World Cup
- 1983 – 12th place
- 2012–14 – 29th place
- Commonwealth Games
- EuroHockey Nations Championship
- 1987 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship - 8th place
- 1991 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship - 9th place
- 2009 EuroHockey Nations Trophy
Current squad
- Ella Jackson, goalkeeper
- Ria Male, goalkeeper
- Rose Thomas, goalkeeper
- Elen Barnes, defender
- Beth Bingham, defender
- Rebecca Heywood, defender
- Xenna Hughes, defender
- Megan Lewis-Williams, defender
- Jo Westwood, defender
- Leah Wilkinson, defender
- Katrin Budd, midfielder
- Alys Brooks, midfielder
- Sian French, midfielder
- Heather Francis, midfielder
- Sarah Jones, midfielder
- Sophie Clayton, forward
- Danni Jordan, forward
- Eloise Laity, forward
- Natasha Marke-Jones, forward
- Phoebe Richards, forward
- Sam Roberts, forward
- Abi Welsford, forward
- Izzy Webb, forward
Notable former players
- Sarah Thomas - Olympic bronze medal winner with the 2014 Great Britain team
See also
References
- ↑ "Wales Senior Women Performance Training Squad". hockeywales.org.uk. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
External links
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