Wales women's national field hockey team

Wales
Association	Hockey Wales
Confederation	European Hockey Federation
Head Coach	Kevin Johnson
Assistant coach(es)	Vicky Joel
Manager	Ben Eaton
Captain	Leah Wilkinson
Home	Away
FIH ranking
Current	25 (13 August 2024)
World Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 1983)
Best result	12th (1983)
EuroHockey Championship
Appearances	3 (first in 1987)
Best result	8th (1987)

The Wales women's national field hockey team represents Wales in international women's field hockey, with the exception of the Olympic Games when Welsh players are eligible to play for the Great Britain national women's field hockey team as selected. The country's main targets as laid down by Hockey Wales, Wales national governing body for hockey, are the EuroHockey Championships, the FIH World League and the Commonwealth Games.^[2]

Tournament record

World Cup

1983 – 12th place

EuroHockey Championship

1987 – 8th place
1991 – 9th place
2003 – 12th place

EuroHockey Championship II

2005 – 7th place
2009 –
2011 – 8th place
2015 – 5th place
2017 – 4th place
2019 – 5th place
2021 – Qualified

EuroHockey Championship III

2007 –
2013 –

Commonwealth Games

1998 – 11th place
2010 – 8th place
2014 – 9th place
2018 – 9th place

Hockey World League

2012–13 – Round 1
2016–17 – 22nd place

FIH Hockey Series

2018–19 – Second round

Team

Current roster

The following 18 players represented Wales during the EuroHockey Championship II in Glasgow, Scotland from 4–10 August, 2019.^[3]

Caps and goals current as of 10 October 2019 after the match against the Czech Republic. Caps and goals also include those for Great Britain.

Head coach: Kevin Johnson

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Rose Thomas	(1992-05-05) 5 May 1992 (age 32)	76	0	Holcombe
12	1GK	Lauren Roberts	(1999-03-21) 21 March 1999 (age 25)	1	0	TPS Quackers

2	2DF	Julie Whiting	(1994-10-29) 29 October 1994 (age 30)	56	0	Bowdon Hightown
15	2DF	Beth Bingham	(1995-01-21) 21 January 1995 (age 29)	85	3	Holcombe
17	2DF	Leah Wilkinson (C)	(1986-12-03) 3 December 1986 (age 37)	172	23	Holcombe
21	2DF	Xenna Hughes	(1992-09-19) 19 September 1992 (age 32)	92	5	East Grinstead
27	2DF	Joanne Westwood	(1993-08-04) 4 August 1993 (age 31)	111	11	Holcombe
28	2DF	Emily Rowlands	(1995-05-14) 14 May 1995 (age 29)	33	0	Buckingham

7	3MF	Sian French	(1991-06-19) 19 June 1991 (age 33)	110	7	Bowdon Hightown
8	3MF	Sarah Jones	(1990-06-25) 25 June 1990 (age 34)	118	11	Holcombe
13	3MF	Danielle Jordan	(1996-01-13) 13 January 1996 (age 28)	88	9	Buckingham
14	3MF	Eloise Laity	(1994-05-09) 9 May 1994 (age 30)	53	9	Buckingham
18	3MF	Isabelle Howell	(2000-02-22) 22 February 2000 (age 24)	26	0	Neston
23	3MF	Hannah Cozens	(1997-04-08) 8 April 1997 (age 27)	54	2	Loughborough

5	4FW	Natasha Marke-Jones	(1990-11-06) 6 November 1990 (age 33)	90	13	Clifton Robinsons
6	4FW	Sophie Robinson	(1988-09-13) 13 September 1988 (age 36)	37	9	Buckingham
10	4FW	Phoebe Richards	(1993-03-26) 26 March 1993 (age 31)	112	20	Buckingham
29	4FW	Isobel Webb	(1998-08-10) 10 August 1998 (age 26)	24	2	Clifton Robinsons

Training squad

Jodie Beddow
Alice Bennett
Megan Bowen
Emma Brierley
Amy Burton
Lora Constable
Sara Mererid Davies
Sara Rebecca Davies
Cari Davies
Bethan Doughty
Emily Drysdale
Lauren Dunn
Katy Gannon
Sioned Harries
Caro Hulme
Lottie Hulme
Ella Jackson
Lizzie Jones
Chloe Jordan
Catryn Langley
Rhian Lewis
Megan Lewis-Williams
Grace Mitchell
Katie Mulroy
Ellie New
Cerys Preston
Gemma Pryce
Elissa Ratti
Lauren Roberts
Jemma Robson
Jess Roe
Libby Sims
Olivia Strickland
Tali Swinburne
Sarah-Jayne Thornburn
Morgann Williams
Beth Wood

Notable former players

Ann Davies was a leading left wing actress and translator. Toured with the team in 1936.
Anne Ellis - Former GB player and captain, Wales' most capped player until she was overtaken in the EuroHockey Championship II in 2017
Sarah Thomas - Olympic bronze medal winner with the 2014 Great Britain team
Abi Welsford - Former Welsh Captain and former joint most capped players with Leah Wilkinson (who overtook her in the 2018 Commonwealth Games)

Results

2019 Fixtures & Results

2019 Statistics
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
16	6	2	8	37	29	+8	20

France Test Series (Antibes)

26 February 2019 Test Match	France	2–1	Wales	Antibes, France
15:00	Brachet 48' Lardeur 59'	Report	French 54'

27 February 2019 Test Match	France	2–1	Wales	Antibes, France
15:00	Lecas 36', 48'	Report	Richards 33'

1 March 2019 Test Match	France	0–5	Wales	Antibes, France
11:00		Report	Robinson 8' Bingham 10' Richards 33', 50' Preston 60'

France Test Series (Cardiff)

31 May 2019 Test Match	Wales	2–1	France	Cardiff, Wales
18:00	Wilkinson 13' Webb 51'	Report	Lhopital 20'	Stadium: Sophia Gardens

1 June 2019 Test Match	Wales	3–1	France	Cardiff, Wales
17:00	Laity 9' Hulme 11' Westwood 60'	Report	Demars 14'	Stadium: Sophia Gardens

2 June 2019 Test Match	Wales	0–3	France	Cardiff, Wales
11:00		Report	Van Bolhuis 24' Gaspari 32' Seillier 53'	Stadium: Sophia Gardens

FIH Series Finals

19 June 2019 Pool B	South Africa	2–2	Wales	Valencia, Spain
17:00	Du Plessis 33' Bobbs 41'	Report	French 19' Wilkinson 49'	Stadium: Estadio Beteró

20 June 2019 Pool B	Wales	5–0	Thailand	Valencia, Spain
17:00	Robinson 11' Wilkinson 18', 45' Marke-Jones 34' Hughes 51'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Beteró

22 June 2019 Pool B	Wales	1–4	Italy	Valencia, Spain
13:00	Robinson 47'	Report	Vynohradova 8' Bianchi 9' Traverso 35' Oviedo 55'	Stadium: Estadio Beteró

24 June 2019 Crossover	Spain	1–0	Wales	Valencia, Spain
19:00	Jiménez 9'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Beteró

25 June 2019 Fifth Place Match	Wales	1–2	Belarus	Valencia, Spain
19:00	Wilkinson 59'	Report	Papkova 21' Nikitsina 29'	Stadium: Estadio Beteró

EuroHockey Championship II

4 August 2019 Pool A	Italy	3–1	Wales	Glasgow, Scotland
10:15	Oviedo 28' Munitis 38' Carta 50'	Report	Webb 57'	Stadium: Glasgow National Hockey Centre

5 August 2019 Pool A	Wales	5–1	Turkey	Glasgow, Scotland
15:45	Jones 1' Richards 31' Jordan 48' Hughes 51' Wilkinson 58'	Report	Küçükkoç 35'	Stadium: Glasgow National Hockey Centre

7 August 2019 Pool A	Wales	2–2	Poland	Glasgow, Scotland
14:45	Jones 28' Wilkinson 60'	Report	Zagajska 15' Błaszyk 32'	Stadium: Glasgow National Hockey Centre

9 August 2019 Pool C	Wales	7–3	Ukraine	Glasgow, Scotland
14:30	French 2' Wilkinson 4' Hughes 10', 53' Westwood 35' Robinson 51' Marke-Jones 59'	Report	Kernoz 16' Honcharenko 44', 45+'	Stadium: Glasgow National Hockey Centre

10 August 2019 Pool C	Wales	1–2	Czech Republic	Glasgow, Scotland
09:30	Hughes 23'	Report	Decsyova 32', 35'	Stadium: Glasgow National Hockey Centre

References

^ "FIH Outdoor World Hockey Rankings". FIH. 13 August 2024. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
^ "Wales Senior Women Performance Training Squad". hockeywales.org.uk. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
^ "Wales". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 17 October 2019.

External links

[FIH_Women's_World_Rankings-1] "FIH Outdoor World Hockey Rankings". FIH. 13 August 2024. Retrieved 13 August 2024.

[2] "Wales Senior Women Performance Training Squad". hockeywales.org.uk. Retrieved 12 July 2014.

[3] "Wales". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 17 October 2019.

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Wales at the Commonwealth Games

Tournament record

World Cup

EuroHockey Championship

EuroHockey Championship II

EuroHockey Championship III

Commonwealth Games

Hockey World League

FIH Hockey Series

Team

Current roster

Training squad

Notable former players

Results

2019 Fixtures & Results

France Test Series (Antibes)

France Test Series (Cardiff)

FIH Series Finals

EuroHockey Championship II

See also

References

External links