Durham University Hockey Club

Durham University Hockey Club is a field hockey club that is based at Durham University. The club's home ground is at The Graham Sports Centre in Durham.[1]

Durham University Hockey Club
Home groundThe Graham Sports Centre, Maiden Castle, Stockton Road, Durham DH1 3SE
LeagueMen's England Hockey League
Women's England Hockey League

Structure

The club runs five men's teams, with the first XI playing in the Men's England Hockey League Division One North, and five women's teams, with the first XI playing in the Women's England Hockey League Division One North.[2][3][4]

Coaches

The club is currently coached by Gareth Weaver-Tyler and former Durham undergraduate Jamie Cachia. Women's teams are coached on a part-time basis.[5]

Gavin Featherstone, a Durham alumnus and former England international who had coached the United States at the 1984 Olympics and South Africa at the 1996 Olympics, led the Durham coaching team from 2003.[6] His period in charge saw an improvement in club fortunes, with the men participating in the National Hockey League for the first time.[6] He eventually joined Cornell University in 2012.[7]

References
  1. "Contact Us". Durham University Hockey Club.
  2. "men's section". Durham University Hockey Club.
  3. "Men's Hockey League". England Hockey.
  4. "Investec England Hockey Women's divisions". England Hockey.
  5. "Coaches". Durham University Hockey Club. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  6. "Hockey legend charges forward at Durham". Durham First (25). Winter 2008. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  7. "Gavin Featherstone - Assistant Coach". Cornell University Athletics. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
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