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Hockey at the University of Exeter

Sport is important at the University of Exeter. In fact, it forms an
important part of both the student experience and the general fabric of campus
life. Men’s hockey is designated as a High Performance Sport which means students
wishing to come to Exeter can pursue both their sporting and academic careers.

Recent players who have chosen Exeter are Nick Brothers (England Seniors); Ian Haley (South Africa Seniors) and Peter Swainson (Wales Seniors). Academically, the University has an excellent reputation, and is also a very enjoyable institution at which to study.
In the past 6 years, the University 1st Team has reached 2 Semi and 3 Finals of the BUSA Championships. 2005-2006 saw the Men's 1st Team cap off a famous season by not only beating Loughborough 3-1 in the BUSA Final but also gaining promotion to the Slazenger England League.

The BUSA Winning side 2005-2006

The 1st Team currently competes in the BUSA Premier League South, against the likes of Bath, Bristol & Brunel, as well the Slazenger EHL National Division South. The remainder of the club is just as successful, with all 5 other teams promoted last year in their saturday leagues and the 2nd and 3rd teams making the BUSA playoffs highlighting the strength and depth the club possesses.

The Men's 2nds, 3rds and 4th Teams all compete in BUSA and are joined by the 5th and 6ths at weekends when they compete in the West of England and South Wales Hockey League.

In short, the opportunities for developing as a hockey player at Exeter are first class. The facilities and ancillary support are second to none while the playing opportunities abundant. Ultimately, what differentiates the offer at Exeter from some other institutions, which focus on sport, is that the thrust is on the individual athlete and helping them to meet and fulfil their own sporting ambitions.

University of Exeter Profile

Exeter is one of the UK’s most popular and successful universities with the Streatham campus widely regarded as one of the most attractive in Britain. There are 13,500 students across three campuses (two in Exeter, one in Cornwall), of whom 3,500 are postgraduates. The Peninsula Medical School, a partnership between the Universities of Exeter and Plymouth, took its first students of medicine in October 2002. A new £28 million Peninsula Dental School will open in October 2007.

Ninety-eight per cent of subject areas were rated 4, 5 or 5* (of national or international standing) in the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise. Exeter is among the top universities in the UK for student satisfaction, ranked joint 10th nationally for overall satisfaction in the National Student Survey 2005. Our results place us in the top 25% of UK universities for learning resources and for course organisation and management.

The University is in the midst of an investment programme worth over £140 million, including a £1m major revamp of the students’ union building and nightclub. £38 million has been invested in new student accommodation and £8m in sports facilities making Exeter’s facilities amongst the best in the country.

History

A Brief History of the University

The University traces its origins to schools and colleges established in the middle of the nineteenth century as a result of the energies and visions of individual educational reformers and philanthropists throughout Devon and Cornwall.

In North Exeter, the Great Exhibition of 1851 spawned local Schools of Art and Science, which in 1868 were housed in the Albert Memorial Museum. Enthusiasm for extra-mural studies grew and, with support from the University of Cambridge, the college became in 1893 the Exeter Technical and University Extension College. In 1900 its official title was changed to the Royal Albert Memorial College. This in turn became the University College of the South West of England in 1922 and, finally, in 1955 the College received its Charter as the University of Exeter. The University gradually transferred from its city centre sites to the sparsely developed Streatham estate over a period of fifty years.

Meanwhile, across the city, arguably the largest and oldest of the Church of England Colleges began life as the Exeter Diocesan Training College. It had just 19 students in its first intake in 1840. Expansion followed the move from the former house of the Archdeacon of Totnes in Cathedral Close to its present site in 1854. The name was changed in 1930 to St Luke's College Exeter. Co-education arrived in 1966 and in 1978 St Luke's merged with the University to become the School of Education.

Since the late 1960s, the University and its campus have expanded immeasurably. In 1995 Her Majesty the Queen, with His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, returned to the University for its 40th anniversary celebrations.

Playing Honours

International Players

The following EUMHC players have gained International Honours:

Jimmy Wallis - England and Great Britain
133 England Caps & 53 GB Caps attended Sydney and Athens Olympic Games

Nick Brothers - England
14 England Caps attended BDO World Cup 2006

Ian Haley - South Africa

Peter Swainson - Wales
Ed Taylor - Wales

Tom Millington - GB U21
Attended Australia Youth Games January 2007

Ben Dando - England U21
Olly Deasy - England U21
James Gollan - England U21
Simon Lanyon - England U21
Mark Moffat - England U21
Nick Page - England U21

Ben Edge - Wales U21
Mark Siddorn - Wales U21

Andrew Crow - England U18
Jamie Knight - England U18
Ian Roberts - England U18
Reza Sazegar - England U18
Jonty Sadler - England U18
Matthew Woods - England U18
Tom Woolven - England U18

Tom O'Leary - England U16

This list is not meant to be exhaustive.  Please contact us if we have omitted your proud achievements    

Facilities

The Univesity boasts some of the best sports facilities in the country and this reflected by the top class Water-based and Sand-based Astroturfs available for hockey, both situated at the University Sports Park, on Streatham Campus.

The sand pitch was laid in 1999 and is a McArdle StadiaTurf® SF Polypropylene Sand Filled Carpet lit by Musco Lighting 350 Lux floodlights.

The water astro was completed in 2001. It is an international standard McArdle AstroTurf® Europa knitted nylon 6.6 Carpet with a 3mm integral foam pad. This is complemented by similarly international standard Musco Lighting 350 lux 500 max Lux floodlights. Images below show the water pitch in all its glory!

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