Durham University Hockey Club (DUHC) is one of the highest achieving hockey programmes in the UK, competing in both the BUCS national league on a Wednesday and in the England Hockey National League on a weekend which we are now proud to have four teams playing in. We are one of two Universities that can claim they have all four performance teams (Men and women 1s and 2s) in the national league.
The club prides itself on its proven success and during the last 5 years we have been:
We cater for hockey players of all abilities and boast 5 men’s and 6 women’s teams who regularly play on both a Wednesday and a Saturday. Further to this, our extensive college programme gives more players the opportunity to participate in training and matches.
We consistently support many international athletes, who we aim to help develop to maximise their potential. Examples include alumni Jack Waller, Ollie Payne, Fiona Crackles and Tess Howard, who all competed in the Paris 2024 Olympics for Team GB. Current students have also recently represented Scotland or USA Senior in the Nations cup, alongside a whole host of other Durham Alumni who play senior international hockey for their countries.
As well as facilitating a competitive environment for our senior internationals, we also have several athletes training in the U21 and GB Elite Development Programme or players representing their home nations in U21 European championships. Our performance programme is designed to support all players, whether representing internationally or otherwise, to achieve excellence.
Our facilities are unlike any other! We have just completed a £32million redevelopment of our Sports and Wellbeing Park. We have two world class water-based pitches and were chosen to host the Euro Qualifying tournament during the summer of 2022, of which we had four of our alumni representing their respective countries.
Here at Durham, we provide both a competitive but also nurturing environment and our philosophy revolves around looking after you as an individual first and foremost to ensure you excel holistically as a person, a student at the University and then also as a DUHC member.
If you would like to find out more about hockey at Durham, please contact: hockeyrecruitment@durham.ac.uk
Poppy joined the university in September 2024. She has worked in various roles within the England Hockey National Age Group programme. Poppy leads our performance hockey programme for Men and Women, consisting of our Men's and Women's 1s and 2s, as as well as supporting the lower teams in the club.
Contact: poppy.m.martin@durham.ac.uk
Gareth has over 20 years of international and national league coaching experience, including coaching at a number of European Championships and Commonwealth games.
During her time at Durham, Sarah as lead coach for the Women’s 2s and Men’s 2s and also leads our Squad B training programme. Amongst her commitment to performance coaching in the region, Sarah is currently working with the England U18 Girls programme and runs our thriving Talent Academy (DUTA) which supports the top young hockey players from the region.
A reputable, high achieving and social hockey club, competing at the very highest levels across all teams.
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