Wales women's national field hockey team
Appearance
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Association | Hockey Wales | ||
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Confederation | European Hockey Federation | ||
Head Coach | Kevin Johnson | ||
Assistant coach(es) | Vicky Joel | ||
Manager | Ben Eaton | ||
Captain | Leah Wilkinson | ||
FIH ranking | |||
Current | 25 ![]() | ||
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
EuroHockey Championship II
- 2005 – 7th place
- 2009 –
- 2011 – 8th place
- 2015 – 5th place
- 2017 – 4th place
- 2019 – 5th place
- 2021 – Qualified
EuroHockey Championship III
Commonwealth Games
Hockey World League
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 |
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1 | GK | Rose Thomas | 5 May 1992 | 76 | 0 | ![]() |
12 | GK | Lauren Roberts | 21 March 1999 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
2 | DF | Julie Whiting | 29 October 1994 | 56 | 0 | ![]() |
15 | DF | Beth Bingham | 21 January 1995 | 85 | 3 | ![]() |
17 | DF | Leah Wilkinson (C) | 3 December 1986 | 172 | 23 | ![]() |
21 | DF | Xenna Hughes | 19 September 1992 | 92 | 5 | ![]() |
27 | DF | Joanne Westwood | 4 August 1993 | 111 | 11 | ![]() |
28 | DF | Emily Rowlands | 14 May 1995 | 33 | 0 | ![]() |
7 | MF | Sian French | 19 June 1991 | 110 | 7 | ![]() |
8 | MF | Sarah Jones | 25 June 1990 | 118 | 11 | ![]() |
13 | MF | Danielle Jordan | 13 January 1996 | 88 | 9 | ![]() |
14 | MF | Eloise Laity | 9 May 1994 | 53 | 9 | ![]() |
18 | MF | Isabelle Howell | 22 February 2000 | 26 | 0 | ![]() |
23 | MF | Hannah Cozens | 8 April 1997 | 54 | 2 | ![]() |
5 | FW | Natasha Marke-Jones | 6 November 1990 | 90 | 13 | ![]() |
6 | FW | Sophie Robinson | 13 September 1988 | 37 | 9 | ![]() |
10 | FW | Phoebe Richards | 26 March 1993 | 112 | 20 | ![]() |
29 | FW | Isobel Webb | 10 August 1998 | 24 | 2 | ![]() |
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 | |||||||||
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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 | ![]() | Antibes, France |
15:00 | Brachet ![]() Lardeur ![]() |
Report | French ![]() |
27 February 2019 Test Match | France ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() | Antibes, France |
15:00 | Lecas ![]() |
Report | Richards ![]() |
1 March 2019 Test Match | France ![]() | 0–5 | ![]() | Antibes, France |
11:00 | Report | Robinson ![]() Bingham ![]() Richards ![]() Preston ![]() |
France Test Series (Cardiff)
31 May 2019 Test Match | Wales ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() | Cardiff, Wales |
18:00 | Wilkinson ![]() Webb ![]() |
Report | Lhopital ![]() |
Stadium: Sophia Gardens |
1 June 2019 Test Match | Wales ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() | Cardiff, Wales |
17:00 | Laity ![]() Hulme ![]() Westwood ![]() |
Report | Demars ![]() |
Stadium: Sophia Gardens |
2 June 2019 Test Match | Wales ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() | Cardiff, Wales |
11:00 | Report | Van Bolhuis ![]() Gaspari ![]() Seillier ![]() |
Stadium: Sophia Gardens |
FIH Series Finals
19 June 2019 Pool B | South Africa ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() | Valencia, Spain |
17:00 | Du Plessis ![]() Bobbs ![]() |
Report | French ![]() Wilkinson ![]() |
Stadium: Estadio Beteró |
20 June 2019 Pool B | Wales ![]() | 5–0 | ![]() | Valencia, Spain |
17:00 | Robinson ![]() Wilkinson ![]() Marke-Jones ![]() Hughes ![]() |
Report | Stadium: Estadio Beteró |
22 June 2019 Pool B | Wales ![]() | 1–4 | ![]() | Valencia, Spain |
13:00 | Robinson ![]() |
Report | Vynohradova ![]() Bianchi ![]() Traverso ![]() Oviedo ![]() |
Stadium: Estadio Beteró |
24 June 2019 Crossover | Spain ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() | Valencia, Spain |
19:00 | Jiménez ![]() |
Report | Stadium: Estadio Beteró |
25 June 2019 Fifth Place Match | Wales ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() | Valencia, Spain |
19:00 | Wilkinson ![]() |
Report | Papkova ![]() Nikitsina ![]() |
Stadium: Estadio Beteró |
EuroHockey Championship II
4 August 2019 Pool A | Italy ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() | Glasgow, Scotland |
10:15 | Oviedo ![]() Munitis ![]() Carta ![]() |
Report | Webb ![]() |
Stadium: Glasgow National Hockey Centre |
5 August 2019 Pool A | Wales ![]() | 5–1 | ![]() | Glasgow, Scotland |
15:45 | Jones ![]() Richards ![]() Jordan ![]() Hughes ![]() Wilkinson ![]() |
Report | Küçükkoç ![]() |
Stadium: Glasgow National Hockey Centre |
7 August 2019 Pool A | Wales ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() | Glasgow, Scotland |
14:45 | Jones ![]() Wilkinson ![]() |
Report | Zagajska ![]() Błaszyk ![]() |
Stadium: Glasgow National Hockey Centre |
9 August 2019 Pool C | Wales ![]() | 7–3 | ![]() | Glasgow, Scotland |
14:30 | French ![]() Wilkinson ![]() Hughes ![]() Westwood ![]() Robinson ![]() Marke-Jones ![]() |
Report | Kernoz ![]() Honcharenko ![]() |
Stadium: Glasgow National Hockey Centre |
10 August 2019 Pool C | Wales ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() | Glasgow, Scotland |
09:30 | Hughes ![]() |
Report | Decsyova ![]() |
Stadium: Glasgow National Hockey Centre |
See also
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.