Wales women's national field hockey team

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]

Wales
AssociationHockey Wales
ConfederationEuropean Hockey Federation
CoachKevin Johnson
Assistant coach(es)Vicky Joel
ManagerBen Eaton
CaptainLeah Wilkinson
Home
Away
FIH ranking
Current 26 (1 March 2020)[1]
World Cup
Appearances1 (first in 1983)
Best result12th (1983)
EuroHockey Championship
Appearances3 (first in 1987)
Best result8th (1987)

Tournament record

World Cup

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
  • 2007 –
  • 2013 –

Commonwealth Games

Hockey World League

FIH Hockey Series

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 76 0 Holcombe
12 1GK Lauren Roberts (1999-03-21) 21 March 1999 1 0 TPS Quackers
2 2DF Julie Whiting (1994-10-29) 29 October 1994 56 0 Bowdon Hightown
15 2DF Beth Bingham (1995-01-21) 21 January 1995 85 3 Holcombe
17 2DF Leah Wilkinson (C) (1986-12-03) 3 December 1986 172 23 Holcombe
21 2DF Xenna Hughes (1992-09-19) 19 September 1992 92 5 East Grinstead
27 2DF Joanne Westwood (1993-08-04) 4 August 1993 111 11 Holcombe
28 2DF Emily Rowlands (1995-05-14) 14 May 1995 33 0 Buckingham
7 3MF Sian French (1991-06-19) 19 June 1991 110 7 Bowdon Hightown
8 3MF Sarah Jones (1990-06-25) 25 June 1990 118 11 Holcombe
13 3MF Danielle Jordan (1996-01-13) 13 January 1996 88 9 Buckingham
14 3MF Eloise Laity (1994-05-09) 9 May 1994 53 9 Buckingham
18 3MF Isabelle Howell (2000-02-22) 22 February 2000 26 0 Neston
23 3MF Hannah Cozens (1997-04-08) 8 April 1997 54 2 Loughborough
5 4FW Natasha Marke-Jones (1990-11-06) 6 November 1990 90 13 Clifton Robinsons
6 4FW Sophie Robinson (1988-09-13) 13 September 1988 37 9 Buckingham
10 4FW Phoebe Richards (1993-03-26) 26 March 1993 112 20 Buckingham
29 4FW Isobel Webb (1998-08-10) 10 August 1998 24 2 Clifton Robinsons

Training squad
  • Jodie Beddow
  • Alice Bennett
  • Beaumont Stephanie
  • 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
166283729+820

France Test Series (Antibes)
26 February 2019 Test MatchFrance 2–1 WalesAntibes, France
15:00 Brachet  48'
Lardeur  59'		 Report French  54'
27 February 2019 Test MatchFrance 2–1 WalesAntibes, France
15:00 Lecas  36', 48' Report Richards  33'
1 March 2019 Test MatchFrance 0–5 WalesAntibes, France
11:00 Report Robinson  8'
Bingham  10'
Richards  33', 50'
Preston  60'

France Test Series (Cardiff)
31 May 2019 Test MatchWales 2–1 FranceCardiff, Wales
18:00 Wilkinson  13'
Webb  51'		 Report Lhopital  20' Stadium: Sophia Gardens
1 June 2019 Test MatchWales 3–1 FranceCardiff, Wales
17:00 Laity  9'
Hulme  11'
Westwood  60'		 Report Demars  14' Stadium: Sophia Gardens
2 June 2019 Test MatchWales 0–3 FranceCardiff, Wales
11:00 Report Van Bolhuis  24'
Gaspari  32'
Seillier  53'		 Stadium: Sophia Gardens

FIH Series Finals
19 June 2019 Pool BSouth Africa 2–2 WalesValencia, Spain
17:00 Du Plessis  33'
Bobbs  41'		 Report French  19'
Wilkinson  49'		 Stadium: Estadio Beteró
20 June 2019 Pool BWales 5–0 ThailandValencia, Spain
17:00 Robinson  11'
Wilkinson  18', 45'
Marke-Jones  34'
Hughes  51'		 Report Stadium: Estadio Beteró
22 June 2019 Pool BWales 1–4 ItalyValencia, Spain
13:00 Robinson  47' Report Vynohradova  8'
Bianchi  9'
Traverso  35'
Oviedo  55'		 Stadium: Estadio Beteró
24 June 2019 CrossoverSpain 1–0 WalesValencia, Spain
19:00 Jiménez  9' Report Stadium: Estadio Beteró
25 June 2019 Fifth Place MatchWales 1–2 BelarusValencia, Spain
19:00 Wilkinson  59' Report Papkova  21'
Nikitsina  29'		 Stadium: Estadio Beteró

EuroHockey Championship II
4 August 2019 Pool AItaly 3–1 WalesGlasgow, Scotland
10:15 Oviedo  28'
Munitis  38'
Carta  50'		 Report Webb  57' Stadium: Glasgow National Hockey Centre
5 August 2019 Pool AWales 5–1 TurkeyGlasgow, 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 AWales 2–2 PolandGlasgow, Scotland
14:45 Jones  28'
Wilkinson  60'		 Report Zagajska  15'
Błaszyk  32'		 Stadium: Glasgow National Hockey Centre
9 August 2019 Pool CWales 7–3 UkraineGlasgow, 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 CWales 1–2 Czech RepublicGlasgow, Scotland
09:30 Hughes  23' Report Decsyova  32', 35' Stadium: Glasgow National Hockey Centre
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See also

References
  1. "FIH Men's and Women's World Ranking". FIH. 1 March 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  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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