Women's Hockey

An outstanding sporting environment

Swansea University womens hockey team on pitch at Swansea Bay Sports Park

A supportive community

Swansea University womens hockey player takes on opponent player during hockey match

A pathway to success

Play Performance Hockey At Swansea

Our outstanding performance programme female hockey players provides elite level coaching, sport science services, athlete lifestyle management, physiotherapy and strength and conditioning support.

This support package combined with Swansea Bay Sports Park's state-of-the-art facilities and FIH approved pitches, as well as an elite strength and conditioning centre on Singleton Campus means our hockey programme is up there with the best.

Our men's team competes in the West of England Hockey League, as well as in the Welsh Cup, with the 1st XI playing in the Premiership, one step off the National league.

Our women’s teams play in the English National League and throughout the South Wales Leagues. Our Ladies 1st XI play in the National League Conference West, as well as a track record of competing in both Indoor and Outdoor European competitions.

In 2023, the ladies are competing in both the Indoor Euro Competition in Cambrai (France) and the Outdoor Competition in Vienna (Austria), while the men have qualified for the Outdoor Competition in Banbridge (Ireland) for the first time in 15 years.

If you're interested in joining our hockey teams, head to the club page over on the students' union website, or for enquiries about our high performance programme, get in touch with our Performance Manager by email.

Our Hockey Coaching Team

Callum Chapman, High Performance Coach

Callum is Head Coach of the Swansea University Ladies 1st hockey team. He is a FIH Level 2 Coach with additional GK Coach, technical skills and umpiring qualifications. Callum has coaching experience from his time with Club de Hockey San Fernando (Spain), Oxford Brookes University as well as being a performance pathway coach for Hoci Cymru and previously for England Hockey. Additional to his coaching role within the Swansea University Performance squads he acts as a link with the Swansea Hockey Club, who play within the Women’s England Hockey National Leagues.

Away from coaching Callum has playing experience within English and Spanish National leagues, Super BUCS as well as junior international caps. Callum is a current graduate entry medical student at the University and is still playing for Swansea Hockey Club.

Joseph Jones, Strength and Conditioning Coach

Joe designs, delivers and monitors strength and condition provision for focus athletes and sports clubs at Swansea university. Joe has an MSc in strength and conditioning and a wide range of experience in the field. Experience which started with an internship in Swim Wales, working closely with commonwealth and Olympic athletes. Joe has also spent part of his career in Los Angeles working with a university with multiple DIV 1 sports and he is currently part of the Welsh lacrosse strength and conditioning department. Alongside being a strength and conditioning coach, Joe is an international paddle board racer and in 2024 was the national sprint champion. Joe is passionate about high performance and helping athletes achieve their goals.