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Background
The University of the West of England (UWE) Hockey club is based at the Frenchay Campus approximately 4 miles north of the centre of Bristol, England. Hockey is played on the brand new water-based astroturf installed for the 2007/2008 season.

The University of the West of England Mens Hockey 1st XI currently play in the BUSA South Premier Division, the top tier of student hockey after a successful campaign of the previous season. Matches are played on wednesdays with spectators often reaching the 100+ mark. The club's results are followed by the webiste of BUCS and FixturesLive. Promotion was achieved via the means of a playoff, beating Brighton University last March in a tough 3-2 victory.

The Team colours for the forthcoming 08/09 season will be Black shirt with red trim, black shorts and red socks.

Current Season


BUCS South Premier 2008/2009 Table BUCS Hockey Championships 2008/2009

2007/2008
Season report to come

Promotion Winning Squad

BUSA Western Conference 1A 2007/2008 Table

2006/2007
Season Report to come

League Champions Squad

BUSA Western Conference 1A 2006/2007 Table

2005/2006
League Squad

The Team were straight back up into BUSA Western Conference 1A for the 2005/2006 season after an undefeated campaign in BUSA Western Conference 2A the previous year. Realistic objectives of the side and disciplined coach Richard Bennett, were staying up in a tough division which also contained the University sides of Bath 2nd XI, Cardiff, Gloucestershire, Plymouth Marjons and Southampton.

The first match of the season saw the visit of Gloucestershire. A newly put together UWE side looked good in places, taking and retaking the lead but eventually lost the battle 4-5, mainly due to the impact of the Gloucester penalty corner specialist scoring 4 of his teams 5 goals. Later on in the season doubts about the player actually being a student were rumoured and this led to him not being able to play the reverse match. The following week the side recorded their first win with a comfortable victory over Plymouth Marjons, 5-2. UWE also threw away a lead at home to Cardiff, taking a 1-0 scoreline into halftime the team couldn't keep it together and were eventually defeated 4-1. An away defeat to Southampton followed a week later from a drubbing by Bath saw UWE in a sorry position at the mid way point in the season with just 3 points from 5 games.

Gloucestershire were first up again in the second half of the season where an important and deserved point was obtained. Another 3 points were gained against basement battlers Plymouth Marjons but this still left UWE staring in the face of relegation, with the team needing victories over table toppers Southampton and Cardiff to ensure survival. First up UWE were away Cardiff which was a truly epic encounter. A couple of early goals for each side broke the ice and then UWE ran rampage. With 25 minutes left in the second half UWE had produced a magnificent 5-1 lead, although Cardiff pegged back 2 goals soon after with their highly disciplined penalty corner routine. Cardiff slotted another with 5 minutes to go leaving UWE increasingly nervous times to hang on, which they did. The unthinkable 5-4 victory really spurred the team, although the decisive game against Southampton was postponed until after Christmas due to a frozen pitch.

The game was rearranged for a Monday night under floodlights with a capacity crowd at the Stade de Frenchay. An intense battle between the teams saw UWE manage to push out the Championship pushing south coast side 4-2 with great celebrations at the turf and survival ensured for another season. The final game of the campaign was a disappointing display only drawing 3-3 with Bath, UWE finishing 4th out of 6 for the season.

BUSA Western Conference 1A 2005/2006 Table

Notable Links:
University of the West of England

Club Website