Loughborough Students' Hockey Club is the

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 ...

club of Loughborough University.

Recent history

The men's 1st XI compete 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 ...

and were winners of the

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championships for eight of the past thirteen years. 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 –

, BUCS Premier League, BUCS KO Championship *2nd XI – 2nd XI Midlands Premier League, BUCS National League, 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 Premier league of 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 ...

. The team has had great success in BUCS having previously won the Hockey Championship for eleven years straight up to 2008 and are current champions. The women's club currently run five teams and compete in the following competitions; *1st XI - EH Premier League, BUCS Premier League, BUCS KO Championship *2nd XI - EH National League North, BUCS League National league, BUCS Trophy KO Cup *3rd XI - Midlands Division 1, 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 *Ronan Harvey-Kelly - GB U21 *Ed Greaves – Scotland *Evan Kimber - GB U21 *Matthew Ramshaw - GB U21 *Tom Crowson - GB U21 *Hamish Roberts - Scotland U21 *Rohan Bhuhi - GB U21 *Daniel West - GB U21 *Elliot Smith – England U18

Women

* Lizzie Neal -GB Senior * Charlotte Watson - GB Senior * Izzy Petter - GB Senior

Notable players

Men's internationals

; ; ; *

Alistair McGregor Alistair McGregor (born 11 June 1981 in Aberdeen) is a male field hockey goalkeeper from Scotland, who earned his first cap for the Men's National Team in 2001. He plays club hockey for Loughborough Students' Men's Hockey Club. McGregor was named ...

David Ralph David Ralph (born 17 August 1972) in Glasgow, Scotland is a former international hockey player who played as a forward for Scotland. He earned his first cap in 1993 and played club hockey for Loughborough Students' Hockey Club. Ralph, an expe ...

* Derek Salmond * Mark Zander ; * James Davies-Yandle * Matt Grace * Zak Jones ; *

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; * Fabio Reinhard ;Others * Danny Kerry - England/Great Britain coach

Women's internationals

; ; ; * Robyn Collins

Honours

* Men's National Cup **''Runners Up'': 2004–05

References

{{Loughborough University English field hockey clubs

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