Underwater Hockey Wales (UHW) (''

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'': Hoci Tanddwr Cymreig (HTC)) is responsible for

underwater hockey Underwater hockey (UWH), (also known as Octopush in the United Kingdom) is a globally played limited-contact sport in which two teams compete to manoeuvre a puck across the bottom of a swimming pool into the opposing team's goal by propelling ...

(also known as Octopush) in

Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ...

. It is the association representing

British Octopush Association British Octopush Association (BOA) is the governing body for underwater hockey (also known as Octopush) in the United Kingdom (UK). Organisation The BOA is an organisation based on individual members rather than on clubs. It is managed by a comm ...

(BOA) clubs based in Wales. It has seven member clubs. Underwater Hockey Wales is affiliated to the

Welsh Association of Sub Aqua Clubs The Welsh Association of Sub Aqua Clubs ( cy, Cwmdeithas Clybiau Tanddwr Cymru) (WASAC) was the national governing body (NGB) for ''Sub Aqua'' in Wales until January 2016. ''Sub Aqua'' is a broad term encompassing both recreational underwater acti ...

– the

national governing body A governing body is a group of people that has the authority to exercise governance over an organization or political entity. The most formal is a government, a body whose sole responsibility and authority is to make binding decisions in a taken ge ...

for

underwater sports Underwater sports is a group of competitive sports using one or a combination of the following underwater diving techniques - breath-hold, snorkelling or scuba, usually including the use of equipment such as diving masks and fins. These sport ...

, comprising

scuba diving Scuba diving is a mode of underwater diving whereby divers use breathing equipment that is completely independent of a surface air supply. The name "scuba", an acronym for "Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus", was coined by Chris ...

, underwater hockey, and

snorkelling Snorkeling ( British and Commonwealth English spelling: snorkelling) is the practice of swimming on or through a body of water while equipped with a diving mask, a shaped breathing tube called a snorkel, and usually swimfins. In cooler waters, a ...

. Underwater Hockey Wales aims to establish a structured and stable underwater hockey organization in Wales, to support individual, club and regional development. Underwater Hockey Wales is responsible for the training and management of Welsh national squads. The first training camp for the Wales national team was in November 2019 and further camps have taken place every few months. Its objective is to create and maintain competitive Welsh underwater hockey squads in all categories, to compete in both regional competitions and in the BOA home international tournaments. Underwater Hockey Wales is also responsible for organising the Welsh national championships for Welsh clubs teams which occurs on an annual basis. The most recent edition was its 46th held in 2022. The

currently has four of its 70 associated clubs in Wales, a large reduction since the

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, these are: Bangor University, Cardiff and Newport, Llwchwr, and Pembroke. Pembroke is Wales most successful club, often winning the Welsh national championships, and regularly qualifying in the finals of the British national championship and competing in the top division of Nautilus.https://www.gbuwh.co.uk/page/competition-results ;Celtic Cup results ;Welsh National Championship winners

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