Thomas Callum Sorsby (born 28 October 1996) is an English

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player who plays as a midfielder or defender for Dutch Hoofdklasse club

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and the

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and

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national teams.

Club career

Sorsby played club hockey 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

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 ...

until 2023. He joined Surbiton for the 2018–19 season, from 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 ...

. He has also played for Beeston and Sheffield Hallam. After his stint at Surbiton he left England to play for

in the Dutch Hoofdklasse.

International career

Sorsby has played for England under-18 and under-21 level and for Great Britain under-21 and under-23. He played for England under-21 in the

Sultan of Johor Cup The Sultan of Johor Cup is an annual, international under–21 men's field hockey tournament held in Malaysia. Since the first edition held in 2011, five teams have emerged victorious. India and Great Britain are the most successful teams havin ...

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, when they finished 4th. He played for Great Britain under-21 in the

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, when they finished 2nd.

References

External links

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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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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 ...

* * 1996 births Living people English male field hockey players Male field hockey defenders Male field hockey midfielders Surbiton Hockey Club players Men's England Hockey League players Beeston Hockey Club players 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup players Olympic field hockey players for Great Britain Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey Field hockey players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Sportspeople from Sheffield HC Den Bosch players Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey players {{England-fieldhockey-bio-stub