Joanne Hunter (born 27 May 1991) is an English

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 hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ci ...

player who plays as a forward for

Buckingham Buckingham ( ) is a market town in north Buckinghamshire, England, close to the borders of Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire, which had a population of 12,890 at the 2011 Census. The town lies approximately west of Central Milton Keynes, sou ...

and the

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and

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national teams. In 2017 she married

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goalkeeper George Pinner.

Club career

Hunter plays club hockey in the

Women's England Hockey League The Women's England Hockey League is a field hockey league organised by England Hockey that features women's teams from England. From 2011-2020 it was sponsored by Investec and was referred to as the Investec Women's Hockey League. Format Regula ...

Premier Division for

. She has also played for

Surbiton Surbiton is a suburban neighbourhood in South West London, within the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames (RBK). It is next to the River Thames, southwest of Charing Cross. Surbiton was in the historic county of Surrey and since 1965 it has ...

, Beeston,

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and Aylesbury HC.

International career

Hunter mader her senior international debut for

against

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on 4 Feb 2013.

References

External links

Jo Hunter
at

England Hockey England Hockey is the national governing body for the sport of field hockey in England. There are separate governing bodies for the sport in the other parts of the United Kingdom. History and organisation England Hockey was formed on 1 January 2 ...

Jo Hunter
at

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 ...

* * * 1991 births Living people English female field hockey players Female field hockey forwards Beeston Hockey Club players Surbiton Hockey Club players Women's England Hockey League players Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Field hockey players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Sportspeople from Aylesbury Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games {{England-fieldhockey-bio-stub