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.[1]



Contents
[hide]  *1 Tournament history  ==Tournament history[ edit] == 2012 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge I - 8th place==Current squad[ edit] == The named squad for the 2014 Commonwealth Games
 * 2 Current squad
 * 3 Notable former players
 * 4 See also
 * 5 References
 * 6 External links
 * World Cup
 * 1983 – 12th place
 * World League
 * 2012–14 – 29th place
 * Commonwealth Games
 * 1998 – Did not progress from group stage
 * 2010 – 8th place
 * EuroHockey Nations Championship
 * 1987 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship - 8th place
 * 1991 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship - 9th place
 * 2009 EuroHockey Nations Trophy
 * Hockey Champions Challenge I

==Notable former players[ edit] ==
 * Ria Male, goalkeeper
 * Elen Barnes, defender
 * Beth Bingham, defender
 * Xenna Hughes, defender
 * Jo Westwood, defender
 * Leah Wilkinson, defender
 * Katrin Budd, midfielder
 * Alys Brooks, midfielder
 * Sian French, midfielder
 * Sarah Jones, midfielder
 * Carys Tucker, midfielder
 * Emma Batten, forward
 * Eloise Laity, forward
 * Phoebe Richards, forward
 * Danni Jordan, forward
 * Abi Welsford, forward
 * Sarah Thomas - Olympic bronze medal winner with the 2014 Great Britain team