Program Season 2023/24

MATCH DAY PROGRAMME 2023/2024 SATURDAY 25TH NOVEMBER 12:30 PB - UOBW2 (H) OXFORD

SUNDAY 26TH NOVEMBER 14: 30PB - UOBM1 (H) VS DEESIDE 12: 30PB - UOBM2 (H) VS BARFORD

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A MESSAGE FROM THE COMMITTEE Good morning sports fans and welcome back to the University of Birmingham Hockey Club for the 2023/24 season.

After a successful season last year, we are raring to get going again. With performance squads beginning pre-season almost six weeks ago, it’s an exciting year to be a Lion.

As last year, our Women’s 1XI will be competing in the Vitality England Hockey Premier League, our Men’s 1XI competing in Division 1 North and both our Women’s and Men’s 2XI competing within the Midlands Conference.

This season sees the addition of plenty of fresh faces around the club, most notably the new director of hockey Mark Moss (“Mossy”) joining us from Stourport Hockey Club and Malvern College. Mossy takes over from Chris Davis who did a fantastic job managing a transitional period for our club last year. Chris remains with us this season taking on the role as the lead for the men’s performance program. We are delighted to have Mossy on board joining the familiar faces of Richard Chambers, Gurdip Sandhu and Mo Samak. The coaching team combined bring a wealth of knowledge and we are excited to see what the season holds.

Across the club last season, we achieved five promotions with our Women’s 4XI taking home the accolade of team of the year having won the treble consisting of their weekend league alongside the BUCS league and BUCS cup. We are hoping to continue upon these successes in both the weekend leagues and BUCS this year. With an influx of new players and returning students all committed to making it a successful and hopefully winning season all round.

We are excited to welcome new scholars this season who are apart of Great Britain’s elite development programme and they join current scholars who come from England, Scotland, Wales, South Africa, and USA. They join the lasting legacy with previous alumni who notably won gold at the Birmingham Commonwealth games on our home pitches.

As committee we are excited for the year ahead and look forward to seeing many of your faces on the side-line of the “Bourney B” this year.

Club President & Club Captains, Paddy Walton, Lucy Dawson & Alex Holloway

UOB WOMEN’S 1ST HOCKEY TEAM 2023 / 2024 SEASON

MARK MOSS WOMEN’S HEAD COACH

CHRIS DAVIS MEN’S HEAD COACH

RICH CHAMBERS ASSISTANT COACH

SATURDAY 25TH NOVEMBER Evie Wood (C) Carter Ayers (C) Hannah Atkinson Ailsa Naylor Lizzy Bull Emma Allroggen Alice Atkinson Lily Sokhi

Sarah Kirgan Sophie Flint Betsan Thomas Sarah Parkinson -Mills Megan Brazil Izzy Shelley Coca Hall Jess Davis Amy Grassom

Head Coach: Mark Moss Manager: Amy Grassom

Assistant Coach: Chris Davis Gurdip Sandhu

GURDIP SANDHU

ASSISTANT COACH

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University of Birmingham Women’s 1s NO GAME

SATURDAY 25TH NOVEMBER Evie Wood (C) Carter Ayars (C) Sarah Parkinson - Mills Hannah Atkinson Ailsa Naylor Lizzy Bull Emma Allroggen Alice Atkinson Sarah Kirgan Sophie Flint Betsan Thomas Megan Brazil Issy Shelley Coca Hall Lily Sokhi Amy Grassom

University of Birmingham

Oxford W1s

Women’s 2s

SATURDAY 25TH NOVEMBER Niamh Mann (C) Emily Powdrell (C) Amy Hughes (GK) Isabel Wallwork Lucy Dawson India Owen Jeannie Jackson Lotty Hobson Lowri Huxley Katie Clyne Izzy Lander Samantha Roberts Gabby Lucas Anna Mackay Katie Marvel Madeleine BlinkhornJones

Emily Chevassut Cora Hill Bea Jones Alice Jackson (c) Clare McFall Holly Smith Izzy Fennell Lucy Stopford Lauren Taylor Holly Weale Harriet Miller Izzy Dowling Monica Fox (gk) Rosie Chen Har Capel

VITALITY WOMEN'S PREMIER DIVISION

UOB MEN’S 1ST HOCKEY TEAM 2023 / 2024 SEASON

MARK MOSS WOMEN’S HEAD COACH

CHRIS DAVIS MEN’S HEAD COACH

RICH CHAMBERS ASSISTANT COACH

SUNDAY 26TH NOVEMBER Alfie Weaver (C) Paddy Walton (GK) Archie Fisher Joe Farmer James Cross Freddie Jackson Rajan Shukla Phil Larcombe

Harvey Edwards Charlie Dowse Rohit Jakhu Ben Wall Issac Bridge Casper Lea Alex Greenaway Matt Morey

Head Coach: Chris Davis Physio: Matthew Chapman Manager: Chris Flynn

Assistant Coaches: Mark Moss Mo Samak

GURDIP SANDHU

ASSISTANT COACH

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University of Birmingham

Deeside ramblers

Men’s 1s

SUNDAY 26TH NOVEMBER Alfie Weaver (C) Paddy Walton (GK) Archie Fisher Ben Wall James Cross Joe Farmer Freddie Jackson Rajan Shukla Phil Larcombe Matt Morey Harvey Edwards Charlie Dowse Rohit Jakhu Issac Bridge Casper Lea Alex Greenaway

1 Oli BALCOME (GK) 2 Chris HALL 3 David McNALLY 4 Ali GHAZANFAR 5 Toby MORRIS 6 Nat PARTRIDGE 10 Finn LEONARD 11 James PRATT (Captain) 12 Daniel JOWETT 14 Freddie CHESHIRE 13 Tom FEARNALL 15 Josh GUY 16 Andy BALMER 18 Jacob POPPLEWELL 19 Jack, NASH 20 Henry JONES 22 Rashad AL-FAZARI

University of Birmingham

Barford Tigers

Men’s 2s

SUNDAY 26TH NOVEMBER Matt Cady (GK) Alex Holloway (C) Charlie Wolf Tom Spring Henri Wright Josh Darby Ben Forsey Adam Carter Leiws Ingram Joss Chipendale Charlie Behan Sammy Pratt Oliver Keartland Freddie Yemenkis Cam Pearce Josh Dell Charlie Buffin Fabio Stubbs

1) Dylan Watson (GK) 2) Pav Sandhu 3) Bob Sihota 4) Ed Hewer 5) Jeevan Degun 6) Angus Graham 7) Manny Sokhi 8) Navraj Degun (C) 9) Isaac Farmilo 10) Will Hewer 11) Vaughn Watson 12) Luke Douglas 13) Juan Gudiño 14) Avraj Bansal 15) Jagjit Degun 16) Ollie Brannen 17) Carlos Nicito 18) Muhammed Irfan

MEN'S DIVISION 1 NORTH

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SCHOLARS University of Birmingham sport supports around 30 individual athletes annually across a range of tailored sports scholarship programs. The dedicated scholarship team of specialist practitioners work holistically with the scholars to develop them as athletes.

The team works collectively within the Performance Centre to support and promote dual-career athletes.

The scholarship department have formed strong links with academic departments, coaches, and governing bodies to ensure the athletes are supported from all angles. By promoting and maintaining a high-performance environment the scholarship team facilitates the progress of scholars into senior international and elite level sport The University of Birmingham has long been one of the premier academic institutes in the UK as well as one of the top universities for sports. It is an ideal place to combine sport with a respected program of study.

EVIE WOOD England U21 GB U23 Elite Development Programme Geology and Palaeontology / 3rd Year

ALICE

ATKINSON England U21 GB U23 Elite Development Programme

Chemistry / 1st Year

SARAH KIRGAN Ireland U21 Squad

Physiotherapy / 2nd Year

BETSAN

THOMAS

Wales Senior Squad GB U23 Elite Development Programme

Biology/ 2nd Year

HARVEY

EDWARDS

England U21 GB U23 Elite Development Programme

Sports Science/ 1st Year

HANNAH

PEARCE

South Africa Senior Squad Commonwealth Games Athlete

Masters Student

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