Huw Jones (field hockey)

Huw Jones
Personal information
Born (1980-09-15) 15 September 1980
Nairobi, Kenya
Playing position Midfield
Senior career
Years Team
1998–1999 Sourport
1999–2002 Teddington
2003–2006 Hampstead & Westminster
2007–2013 Reading
2013–2014 Oxted
National team
Years Team Caps Goals
2002–2014 Wales

Huw Jones (born 15 September 1980) is a former field hockey player who represented Wales. He competed for Wales at the 2002 Commonwealth Games and the 2014 Commonwealth Games. His brother is Zak Jones.[1]

Biography

Jones, born in Nairobi,[2] played club hockey for Stourport Hockey Club in the Men's England Hockey League before joining Teddington Hockey Club in September 1999.[3] While at Teddington, he represented Wales at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester.[4]

He moved from Teddington to Hampstead & Westminster Hockey Club[5] and then signed for Reading Hockey Club[6] and played for them for five years before joining Oxted Hockey Club for the 2013–14 season.[7]

While at Oxted in 2014, he was selected to represent the Welsh team[2] at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland in the men's tournament.[8]

References

  1. ^ "There is a sense you are part of a greater team: Wales hockey's Huw Jones". The Hockey Paper. 23 July 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
  2. ^ a b "Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2014: Team Wales". BBC Sport. 25 July 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
  3. ^ "Hockey". Birmingham Daily Post. 2 October 1999. Retrieved 9 August 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Commonwealth Games: HOCKEY: Williams and his men ready for Games challenge; Game against Canada vital to Welsh ambitions". Western Mail Cardiff. 22 July 2002. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
  5. ^ "HWHC - A History". Hampstead & Westminster Hockey Club. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
  6. ^ "Hockey: Wales name line-up for Euro bid". Wales Online. 28 March 2013. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
  7. ^ "NOW: Pensions Men's Premier League: Preview, Part 1". Top of the D. 12 September 2013. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
  8. ^ "Hockey men, Wales". 2014 Commonwealth Games Official website. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
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