Senior Women
The Women's national team compete in Tournament and Test match series on a regular basis both at home and away. The prime targets are the Commonwealth Games (held every four years), the European Championships (held every two years) and the Celtic Cup. Currently the women are in the Trophy Division, which will be contested in 2011 having won the bronze medal in 2009.
Programs are ongoing but are nominally based around the two year European Championships cycle. As with our age group teams, the priority of the first year of the cycle being continued technical and tactical development. Some of the players involved in the program are also participating in the U/21 European program during this first year in the cycle. The prime focus for this period is player identification and development, as well as a successful participation in the Celtic Cup.
The focus of the second year is a successful performance in the Europeans and the program is busier and focused towards increased competition, achievement of established goals and qualification for the Commonwealth Games.
Athletes have access to a variety of support staff including coaches, manager, physiologist, sport psychologist, physiotherapist, specialist sports medicine and central support by the Welsh Hockey Union Performance Section.
2010 Senior Women's World Cup Squad
Emma Batten (Loughborough)
Louise Bevan (Slough)
Alys Brooks (Birmingham University)
Katrin Budd (Swansea)
Tina Evans (Captain) (Birmingham University)
Beth Fisher (Clifton)
Emma Griffiths (Clifton)
Carys Hopkins (Clifton)
Kayleigh Humphries (Poynton)
Phillipa Jones (Captain) (Poynton)
Emma Keen (Swansea)
Angharad Kinnear (Chelmsford)
Claire Lowry (Captain) (Hoghtown)
Elen Mumford (Clifton)
Ella Rafferty (Clifton)
Maggs Rees (Olton)
Katie Richards (Old Loughtonians)
Hannah Richardson (Birmingham University)
Sophie Trigg (Swansea)
Abigail Welsford (Clifton)
Leah Wilkinson (Clifton)
Management Team
HEAD COACH
Jo Nightingale
MANAGER
Helen Bainbridge
ASSISTANT COACHES
Merijn van Willgen / Amanda Partington
PHYSIOTHERAPIST
Hayley Walding
GOALKEEPER COACH
TBC
PSYCHOLOGIST
TBC
VIDEO ANALYST
TBC
Latest competition news
Archived competition news
- EuroHockey Nations Trophy - Women
Rome (ITA) 19-25 July 2009 - Celtic Cup, Edinburgh (SCO), 26 - 28 June 2009
- Senior Women v Belgium, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, 6/7 June
- Celtic Cup, Cork (IRE), 4th - 6th July 2008
Senior Women's Squad Results 2004 to date
| Date | Competition | Opponent | Result | Venue | Final Position |
| 25/06/04 | Celtic Cup | Ireland | 2-2 D | Dublin | |
| 26/06/04 | Celtic Cup | France | 2-1 W | Dublin | |
| 27/06/04 | Celtic Cup | Scotland | 2-2 D | Dublin | 2nd |
| 17/06/05 | Test 1 | France | 0-0 D | Le Touquet | |
| 18/06/05 | Test 2 | France | 1-1 D | Le Touquet | |
| 19/06/05 | Test 3 | France | 0-2 L | Le Touquet | |
| 22/07/05 | Celtic Cup | Ireland | 0-1 L | Edinburgh | |
| 23/07/05 | Celtic Cup | Scotland | 1-4 L | Edinburgh | |
| 24/07/05 | Celtic Cup | France | 2-1 W | Edinburgh | 3rd |
| 05/09/05 | Euro Trophy | Azerbaijan | 1-3 L | Baku | Pool |
| 07/09/05 | Euro Trophy | Italy | 1-4 L | Baku | Pool |
| 08/09/05 | Euro Trophy | Belarus | 1-2 L | Baku | Pool |
| 10/09/05 | Euro Trophy | Lithuania | 0-1 L | Baku | 5-8 |
| 11/09/05 | Euro Trophy | Poland | 4-3 W | Baku | 7th |
| 05/08/06 | Test 1 | Canada | 3-6 L | Cardiff | |
| 06/08/06 | Test 2 | Canada | 1-2 L | Cardiff | |
| 08/08/06 | Test 3 | Canada | 0-2 L | Cardiff | |
| 25/08/06 | Celtic Cup | France | 1-1 D | Le Touquet | |
| 26/08/06 | Celtic Cup | Scotland | 1-2 L | Le Touquet | |
| 27/08/06 | Celtic Cup | Ireland | 1-1 D | Le Touquet | 4th |
| 23/06/07 | Test 1 | France | 0-2 L | Bourges | |
| 14/07/07 | Test 1 | Russia | 2:1 W | Cardiff | |
| 15/07/07 | Test 2 | Russia | 0:4 L | Cardiff | |
| 21/07/07 | Celtic Cup | France | 4:0 W | Wrexham | |
| 22/07/07 | Celtic Cup | Scotland | 1:7 L | Wrexham | |
| 23//07/7 | Celtic Cup | Ireland | 0:3 L | Wrexham | 3rd |
| 02/09/07 | Euro Challenge | Switzerland | 5:3 W | Zagreb | Pool |
| 05/09/07 | Euro Challenge | Croatia | 3:0 W | Zagreb | Pool |
| 07/09/07 | Euro Challenge | Slovakia | 4:1 W | Zagreb | Semi-Final |
| 08/09/07 | Euro Challenge | Poland | 2:2 W 4:1 aps | Zagreb | 1st |
| 04/07/08 | Celtic Cup | Scotland | 0:1 L | Cork | |
| 05/07/08 | Celtic Cup | France | 4:2 W | Cork | |
| 06/07/08 | Celtic Cup | Ireland | 1:3 L | Cork | 3rd |
| 06/06/09 | Friendly | Belgium | 1:6 L | Cardiff | |
| 07/06/09 | Friendly | Belgium | 0:2 L | Cardiff | |
| 26/06/09 | Celtic Cup | Scotland | 2:1 W | Edinburgh | |
| 27/06/09 | Celtic Cup | Ireland | 2:2 D | Edinburgh | |
| 28/06/09 | Celtic Cup | France | 2:2 D | Edinburgh | 2nd |
| 19/07/09 | EuroNations Trophy | Ukraine | 2:0 W | Rome | Pool |
| 20/07/09 | EuroNations Trophy | Belgium | 0:1 L | Rome | Pool |
| 22/07/09 | EuroNations Trophy | Lithuania | 2:2 D | Rome | Pool |
| 24/07/09 | EuroNations Trophy | Italy | 2:3 L (G. Goal) | Rome | Semi-Final |
| 25/07/09 | EuroNations Trophy | France | 1:0 W | Rome | 3rd |