David Vincent Leslie Ames (born 25 June 1989) is an Irish
field hockey
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player, who plays as a defender or midfielder for
Oranje-Rood and the
England
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and
Great Britain
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national teams.
He represented Great Britain at the
2016 Summer Olympics
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and was a member of the England team that won the bronze medal at the
2017 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship. He also represented England at the
2018 Men's Hockey World Cup
The 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup was the 14th edition of the Hockey World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national field hockey teams organized by the International Hockey Federation, FIH. It was held from 28 November to 16 Decem ...
.
Club career
Cookstown High School
Ames attended
Cookstown High School between 2001 and 2009.
Between 2007 and 2009 he captained the Cookstown High School team that won the
All Ireland Schoolboys Hockey Championship
The All Ireland Schoolboys Hockey Championship is an annual competition involving the strongest schools affiliated to Hockey Ireland. The competition is held in the Autumn term of each school year.
Banbridge Academy, Down, are the current champio ...
and two successive
Burney Cup
The Burney Cup (Ulster Schoolboys' Senior Hockey Cup) is an annual competition involving the strongest schools affiliated to the Ulster Hockey Union, Ulster Branch of the Irish Hockey Association. The competition is held in the spring term of eac ...
/
McCullough Cup
The McCullough Cup is a hockey competition. It is an annual tournament played for by schools affiliated to the Ulster Branch of the Irish Hockey Association. The competition is held in the winter term of each school year, with the older Burney ...
doubles. In the 2007–08 Burney Cup final David Ames scored four goals as Cookstown High defeated the Royal and Prior School of
Raphoe
Raphoe ( ; ) is a historical village in County Donegal, Ireland. It is the main town in the fertile district of East Donegal known as the Laggan, as well as giving its name to the Barony of Raphoe, which was later divided into the baronies of R ...
6–3 after extra time.
In the 2008–09 McCullough Cup final David Ames scored twice as Cookstown High defeated
Sullivan Upper School
Sullivan Upper School is a mixed non- denominational voluntary grammar school in Holywood, Northern Ireland, and has approximately 1,100 enrolled pupils. The school motto is ', Irish for "with the gentle hand foremost".
History
Sullivan Low ...
3–0 in the final.
In the 2008–09 Burney Cup final Ames opened the scoring as Cookstown High defeated Banbridge Academy 4–3 in the final.
Cookstown
In 2008–09 Ames was a member of the
Cookstown
Cookstown ( ga, An Chorr Chríochach, IPA: anˠˈxoːɾˠɾˠˈçɾʲiːxəx is a small town in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is the fourth largest town in the county and had a population of 11,599 in the 2011 census. It, along with Maghe ...
team that played in the
Irish Senior Cup final, losing 6–0 to
Pembroke Wanderers.
Ulster Elks
Ames played for
Ulster Elks
Ulster Elks was an Irish men's basketball team based in Jordanstown, Northern Ireland. The team competed in the Irish Super League and National League Division 1 and played its home games at the Ulster University Sports Centre. They also played i ...
at intervarsity level, helping them win the 2009 Mauritius Cup.
Beeston
Between 2010 and 2016 Ames played for
Beeston in the
Men's England Hockey League
The Men's England Hockey League is a field hockey league organized by England Hockey that features men's teams from England and Wales.
Format Regular season
There are 62 teams in the league, the top tier consists of a Premier Division of twelve t ...
Premier Division. He also played for Beeston in the
Euro Hockey League
The Euro Hockey League is an annual men's field hockey cup competition organized by the EHF for the very top field hockey clubs in Europe. The competition was launched at the start of the 2007-08 field hockey season when it merged and replaced th ...
In 2015–16 Ames was voted Player's Player of the Year in the Men's English Hockey League.
Holcombe
Between 2016 and 2019 Ames played in the
Men's England Hockey League
The Men's England Hockey League is a field hockey league organized by England Hockey that features men's teams from England and Wales.
Format Regular season
There are 62 teams in the league, the top tier consists of a Premier Division of twelve t ...
Premier Division for
Holcombe.
Oranje-Rood
In April 2021 he signed a 1-year contract at
Dutch Hoofdklasse club
Oranje-Rood for the 2021–22 season.
International career
Ireland
Between 2008 and 2012, Ames made 64 senior international appearances for Ireland.
He was a member of the Ireland team that won the
2011 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge II.
He also represented Ireland at the
2009 Men's Hockey World Cup Qualifiers,
the
2011 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship and at a
2012 Men's Field Hockey Olympic Qualifier.
In April 2012 Ames made his last appearance for Ireland in a 2–1 away win against
Germany
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. Ames and
Ian Sloan both scored for Ireland. In January 2013 Ames and Sloan announced that they were switching allegiances from Ireland to
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...
/
Great Britain
Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe. With an area of , it is the largest of the British Isles, the largest European island and the ninth-largest island in the world. It is ...
.
Great Britain
Having previously played for
Ireland
Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...
, Ames had to wait for three years before he was eligible to play for
Great Britain
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. He eventually made his debut for Great Britain in April 2015 in a 3–2 win against
Germany
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in an unofficial international.
He made his official debut for Great Britain on 14 May 2015, in a 1–1 draw against
Argentina
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.
He subsequently represented Great Britain at the
2016 Summer Olympics
The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...
.
England
Ames has represented
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...
at the
2015
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and
2017 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championships,
and the
2018 Men's Hockey World Cup
The 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup was the 14th edition of the Hockey World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national field hockey teams organized by the International Hockey Federation, FIH. It was held from 28 November to 16 Decem ...
.
Field hockey coach
In addition to playing the game, Ames has also worked as a field hockey coach. He was a coach at
Repton School
Repton School is a 13–18 Mixed-sex education, co-educational, Independent school (United Kingdom), independent, Day school, day and boarding school in the English Public school (United Kingdom), public school tradition, in Repton, Derbyshire, ...
between 2010 and 2011. During the 2011–12 season he was the head coach of the
Nottingham Trent University
Nottingham Trent University (NTU) is a public research university in Nottingham, England. It was founded as a new university in 1992, although its roots go back to 1843 with the establishment of the Nottingham Government School of Design, w ...
first team. Between 2011 and 2017 he was a junior coach at
Beeston. Between 2012 and 2015 he was coach of the
University of Nottingham
The University of Nottingham is a public university, public research university in Nottingham, United Kingdom. It was founded as University College Nottingham in 1881, and was granted a royal charter in 1948. The University of Nottingham belongs t ...
first team and in 2015 guided them to an
intervarsity title. Since 2012 Ames has worked for MT13, a field hockey coaching company, and since 2013 he has served as a field hockey development officer at
Rugby School
Rugby School is a public school (English independent boarding school for pupils aged 13–18) in Rugby, Warwickshire, England.
Founded in 1567 as a free grammar school for local boys, it is one of the oldest independent schools in Britain. Up ...
.
Honours
;
Ireland
Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...
*
Men's Hockey Champions Challenge II
The Men's Hockey Champions Challenge II was an international field hockey
Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hocke ...
**''Winners'':
2011
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*Men's Field Hockey Olympic Qualifier
**''Runners up'':
2012
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;
Beeston
*
Men's English Hockey League
**''Winners'':
2010–11,
2012–13,
2013–14: 3
*
Men's Cup Winners
**''Winners'':
2010–11,
2011–12,
2015–16: 3
;
Ulster Elks
Ulster Elks was an Irish men's basketball team based in Jordanstown, Northern Ireland. The team competed in the Irish Super League and National League Division 1 and played its home games at the Ulster University Sports Centre. They also played i ...
*Mauritius Cup
**''Winners'': 2009: 1
;
Cookstown
Cookstown ( ga, An Chorr Chríochach, IPA: anˠˈxoːɾˠɾˠˈçɾʲiːxəx is a small town in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is the fourth largest town in the county and had a population of 11,599 in the 2011 census. It, along with Maghe ...
*
Irish Senior Cup
**''Runners up'': 2008–09: 1
;
Cookstown High School
*
All Ireland Schoolboys Hockey Championship
The All Ireland Schoolboys Hockey Championship is an annual competition involving the strongest schools affiliated to Hockey Ireland. The competition is held in the Autumn term of each school year.
Banbridge Academy, Down, are the current champio ...
**''Winners'': 2007: 1
*
Burney Cup
The Burney Cup (Ulster Schoolboys' Senior Hockey Cup) is an annual competition involving the strongest schools affiliated to the Ulster Hockey Union, Ulster Branch of the Irish Hockey Association. The competition is held in the spring term of eac ...
**''Winners'': 2007–08, 2008–09: 2
*
McCullough Cup
The McCullough Cup is a hockey competition. It is an annual tournament played for by schools affiliated to the Ulster Branch of the Irish Hockey Association. The competition is held in the winter term of each school year, with the older Burney ...
**''Winners'': 2007–08, 2008–09: 2
References
External links
*
David Amesat
Great Britain Hockey
Field hockey in Great Britain is governed by Great Britain Hockey. The organisation focuses on international competition only.
Governance
GB Hockey administers the National Men's and Women's hockey teams for both Great Britain and the home nati ...
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1989 births
Living people
Ireland international men's field hockey players
Male field hockey players from Northern Ireland
Irish male field hockey players
British male field hockey players
English male field hockey players
Male field hockey midfielders
Irish field hockey coaches
English field hockey coaches
Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players
Olympic field hockey players for Great Britain
Men's England Hockey League players
Holcombe Hockey Club players
Beeston Hockey Club players
Field hockey players from Northern Ireland
Irish field hockey players
Sportspeople from County Tyrone
People educated at Cookstown High School
Alumni of Ulster University
HC Oranje-Rood players
Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey players
2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup players