Team Bath Buccaneers Hockey Club

Team Bath Buccaneers Hockey Club
Full nameTeam Bath Buccaneers Hockey Club
Nickname(s)Team Bath Buccs or 'Buccs'
LeagueMen's England Hockey League
West Hockey Association
Founded1955
Home groundUniversity of Bath, Bath
(Capacity 1,000)
Websitewww.teambathbuccaneers.co.uk

Team Bath Buccaneers Hockey Club is a field hockey club based in Bath, Somerset, England.[1] It is one of the largest and most successful Hockey Clubs in the West of England with over 800 members. The club enter teams in both the Men's[2] The club also enters men's teams in the Gocrea8 League www.wswhl.co.uk and ladies teams playing in West Hockey Association. It also has a thriving Junior Academy of 450 players and 19 teams plus Masters, Summer and Indoor sections.

The Club's motto is Fast, Fearless, Fun.

Sitec Arena, Sports Training Village, University of Bath in 2015

The Club was established in 1955.[3] The Club has had a partnership with the University of Bath since 1999, and the home ground at University of Bath sports training village, with a clubhouse at the Lime Tree on campus.[4]

Notable players

Men's internationals

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Player Events/notes Ref
Scotland Tim Atkins
England James Bailey
Republic of Ireland Chris Cargo
Wales Benjamin Carless CG (2014) [5]
England Bobby Crutchley (WC 2006), assistant coach
South Africa Wayne Denne
Republic of Ireland John Jackson
Republic of Ireland Stuart Loughrey
England Simon Nicklin Olym (1992), WC (1994)
South Africa Jody Paul
Wales Lewis Prosser CG (2014) [6]
England Stuart Rushmere
Wales Matthew Ruxton CG (2014) [5]
England Liam Sanford
England Peter Scott

Key

  • Oly = Olympic Games
  • CG = Commonwealth Games
  • WC = World Cup
  • CT = Champions Trophy
  • EC = European Championships

Women's internationals

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Player Events Notes/Ref
England Sophie Hamilton
England Denise Marston-Smith
England Zoe Shipperley

References

  1. ^ "Welcome:: Team Bath Buccaneers Hockey Club". teambathbuccaneers.co.uk. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  2. ^ "Men's Hockey League". www.englandhockey.co.uk. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Club History :: Team Bath Buccaneers Hockey Club". teambathbuccaneers.co.uk. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  4. ^ "Hockey - Team Bath". Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  5. ^ a b "Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2014: Team Wales". BBC Sport. 25 July 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
  6. ^ "Lewis Prosser". Hockey Wales. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
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