Cardiff & Met Hockey Club, previously known as Cardiff & UWIC Hockey Club, is a professional field hockey club based at the Sport Wales National Centre in Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, Wales. They play in the Men's England Hockey League.
It was established in November, 1896 and today forms the hockey section of Cardiff Athletic Club with its headquarters at Cardiff Arms Park. The teams play at the Sport Wales National Centre and Cardiff Metropolitan University. It is one of the oldest sporting organisations in the whole of Wales.
History
The club was established in November 1896 as the Roath Hockey Club.
The club was one of the first hockey clubs in Cardiff. The first game was played on 5 December 1898, however within a few months the club had changed its name to Cardiff Hockey Club. The Club moved from its original ground at Roath Park to Llandaff Fields and the Whitchurch Polo Fields.
In 1920 when a ladies hockey club was formed, called Cardiff United. In 1927 the club became part of the Cardiff Athletic Club, and played under the name of Cardiff Athletic Ladies HC until 1939.
In May 1945 the Management Committee of Cardiff Athletic Club decided to form a Hockey Section by inviting the Cardiff Hockey Club to become a section of the Cardiff Athletic Club. Around 2008 the club merged with the University of Wales Institute Cardiff to form the Cardiff & UWIC Hockey Club, which later became the Cardiff Metropolitan University.
The home pitch is based at Sophia Gardens with training facilities at the Cardiff Metropolitan University.
Men's First Team Squad 2025–26 season
Notable players Men's internationals
PlayerEvents/NotesRef Liam Brignull CG (2014) Benjamin Carless 2015–2019 Owain Dolan-Gray CG (2022), EC (2023) Alf Dinnie CG (2018, 2022), EC (2025) Jacob Draper CG (2018) James Fortnam CG (2018), EC (2019, 2021) Gareth Furlong CG (2018) Rhys Gowman CG (2018) Luke Hawker CG (2018, 2022), EC (2023) Dale Hutchinson CG (2022) Daniel Kyriakides CG (2014) Callum Mackenzie 2019–2021 Peter Mills WC (1975) Jolyon Morgan EC (2021) Joe Naughalty 2008 debut Rhys Payne WC (2023), EC (2025) Jack Pritchard WC (2023), EC (2023, 2025) Bertrand Turnbull Oly (1908) Philip Turnbull Oly (1908) Ioan Wall CG (2022), WC (2023), EC (2021) Bryn Williams Oly (1980), CT (1980) Howard Williams Oly (1980), CT (1978, 1980) Key Oly = Olympic Games CG = Commonwealth Games WC = World Cup CT = Champions Trophy EC = European Championships
See also Sport in Cardiff
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