Darren Cheesman
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Darren Cheesman (born 23 February 1986 in Hackney, London) is an ex-England and Great Britain Hockey field hockey International who is now the Head Coach of Berliner HC in the German Bundesliga [1]as well as the Assistant Coach for the German U21 Men National Team.[2] He is also a Coach Educator for FIH.
Life[edit]
As well as previously being a member of the England and Great Britain Hockey Teams,[3] he was also a member of the Great Britain U21 team that won Silver Medal at the 2007 Junior Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia.[4]
The former Midfielder / Forward played for a variety of teams across Europe including Oranje Zwart,[5] Klein Zwitserland,[6] and Laren in the Dutch League, Wellington [7] and Daring [8] in the Belgian league, and East Grinstead, Reading, Southgate, and Old Loughtonians in the English league. [9] [10] After playing in the 2005 Junior World Cup, Cheesman was signed by Oranje Zwart, a Premier League club in Netherlands. He spent a year there playing with and against the best players in the world. During his first spell at East Grinstead, Cheesman was voted 'Premier League Player of the Year'. Cheesman played an instrumental role in East Grinstead's successes both domestically and in the Euro Hockey League.[11]
After his playing career, Darren moved into Coaching, completing his Level 3 Coaching Award with England Hockey before gaining qualifications with FIH (High Performance Coach, Coach Educator, and Trainer), as well as academically with University of Central Lancashire (PG Diploma, Masters, and currently completing Doctorate, all in Elite Coaching Practice). He is now the Head Coach of Berliner HC Men in the German Bundesliga as well as the Assistant Coach of Germany U21 Men, having previously been the coach of Laren Women in the Dutch league, Waterloo Ducks Women and Wellington Women in the Belgian league, alongside positions with England Junior National Team and Belgium Junior National Team.
Cheesman came into hockey through Arsenal FC's 'Sport in the Community' programme.[12] It is a programme that sees the football club send coaches into local schools and communities to teach them various sports. Cheesman attended Arsenal's 'in the community' scheme and gained opportunities and life skills that have helped him reach his position today.[13]
References[edit]
- ^ https://www.berlinerhc.de/hockey-news/darren-cheesman-ist-neuer-trainer-der-1-herren/
- ^ https://www.berlinerhc.de/hockey-jugend/holdermann-cheesman-poljaric-denkmann-und-franz-mit-u21-in-eindhoven/
- ^ "GB held to draw by Argentina". Yahoo Sport. 17 November 2010. Retrieved 17 November 2010.
- ^ "GB Youth head down under for Junior Olympics". Great Britain Hockey. 17 January 2007. Archived from the original on 17 August 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2007.
- ^ https://www.islingtongazette.co.uk/sport/21247515.islingtons-darren-targets-gold-olympic-call-up/
- ^ https://www.knhb.nl/foto/foto/3c94d5aa-65b2-11e8-a470-da5d02ed17af
- ^ https://www.dhnet.be/archives-journal/2012/10/17/les-noyaux-de-la-dh-REG642JARNHQ5H4XLX5JLICNFI/
- ^ https://okey.lalibre.be/le-resume-des-transferts-messieurs-dh/
- ^ "EHL Statistics". FixturesLive.com. 7 October 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
- ^ Randall, Charles (29 January 2009). "East Grinstead ruing the loss of Martin Haner to Germany squad". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 4 June 2010. Retrieved 15 April 2010.
- ^ "Cheesman seals win over Poplo Barcelona with wonderful goal". EHL. 13 October 2010. Retrieved 13 October 2010.
- ^ "Arsenal celebrate 25 years of Sport in the Community project". Arsenal FC. 22 February 2010. Archived from the original on 22 February 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
- ^ "Darren Cheesman's remarkable rise to GB's hockey team". The Guardian. 23 January 2011. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
