Two hockey internationals, including one competing at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, are set to join the women’s coaching staff at the University of Bath and Team Bath Buccaneers for the 2016-17 season. John Jackson, captain of the first Ireland hockey team at an Olympic Games since 1908, is set to coach the University Women’s 1st team in British Universities & Colleges Sport (BUCS) competitions, with plans to bring him on board being finalised upon...
Team Bath Buccaneers hope that a groundbreaking twinning process with Dutch Premier League club Hurley will lead to more talented young players combining hockey and study at the University of Bath. Three Buccaneers executive members flew out to Amsterdam recently to establish the link, the first of its kind between two European clubs. And Chair Nick Kendall, who was joined on the trip by Director of Hockey Heber Ackland and men’s assistant coach Jon Williams,...
A quartet of former Team Bath Buccaneers Hockey Club players have been named in the England squad for the EuroHockey Indoor Championships, which start in Portugal on Friday. George Farrant and Jonny Kinder, both Sports Performance graduates from the University of Bath, are joined in the 12-strong squad by Ed Horler and Toby Reynolds-Cotterill, who came through the Buccaneers’ junior ranks. They will be looking to help England, coached by Andy Halliday, make an immediate...
Team Bath Buccaneers’ brave bid for promotion to the EHL Men’s Premier Division may have fallen short over the weekend but Hockey Development Manager Nick Kendall says it has still been a highly-encouraging season at the University of Bath. Men’s Conference West champions Buccs finished third in the end-of-season promotion play-offs behind strong opposition from Canterbury and Holcombe. However, they showed real quality in Saturday’s 5-3 victory over Conference North winners Bowdon at the Lee...
Talented teenage hockey players are being given plenty of opportunity to hone their game at the University of Bath’s world-class training facilities in the coming months. Team Bath Tribe are staging a two-day hockey camp during the Easter holidays for players aged 13-16, including access to video analysis, the hydro-pool and strength and conditioning facilities at the Sports Training Village. It will run from 10am-4pm on Tuesday, April 7 and Wednesday, April 8, priced £45....
As the Indoor Hockey season comes to a close University of Bath’s Hockey Development Manager Nick Kendall reflects on a successful term for Team Bath Buccaneers’ men. Team Bath Buccaneers’ men secured their fourth promotion in 13 months when they reached the Indoor Premier League in January 2014, something that wouldn’t have been possible without the support of the university. Nick Kendall feels it has been a mutually productive relationship for the university and Team Bath...
