Susannah Townsend Explained

Susannah Townsend
MBE
Birth Date:28 July 1989
Birth Place:Blackheath, London, England
Height:1.68 m
Weight:61 kg
Position:Midfielder
Currentclub:Canterbury
Nationalyears1:2008–2021
Nationalteam1:England
Nationalcaps1:97
Nationalgoals1:9
Nationalyears2:2008–2021
Nationalteam2:Great Britain
Nationalcaps2:82
Nationalgoals2:4
Nationalteam3:Total
Nationalcaps3:179
Nationalgoals3:13
Updated:11 June 2021

Susannah Townsend, (born 28 July 1989) is an English field hockey player who plays as a midfielder for Canterbury.[1] [2]

She was educated at Sutton Valence School, alongside Ashley Jackson, where together they each worked towards representing their country, England, in field hockey and is an Alumnus of the University of Kent.

Townsend is openly lesbian.[3]

Club career

For the 2020-21 season she has rejoined former club Canterbury who play in the Women's England Hockey League Division One South.

Townsend has also played club hockey in Germany, in the Feldhockey Bundesliga for Der Club an der Alster, in Belgium for Gantoise and in the Investec Women's Hockey League Premier Division for Canterbury and Reading[4]

International career

She competed for England in the women's hockey tournament at the 2014 Commonwealth Games[5] [6] [7] where she won a silver medal. She announced her retirement from international play on 9 September 2021.[8]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Susannah Townsend | Team England | England Hockey Team. teamengland.org.
  2. Web site: Susannah Townsend - GB Hockey . 17 November 2018 . 17 November 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181117162907/http://www.greatbritainhockey.co.uk/player.asp?itemid=1055&itemTitle=Susannah+Townsend&section=1091 . dead .
  3. Web site: Lesbian Visibility Day: LGBT+ women in sport share advice on sexuality. 2020-10-15. Sky Sports. en.
  4. News: WHL Statistics. fixtureslive.com. UK . 22 August 2016.
  5. Web site: Hoad . Alex . Canterbury Hockey Club's Susannah Townsend happy to still be in the hunt for a medal at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow . Kent Online . UK . 31 July 2014 . 14 October 2014.
  6. News: Wilson . Graham . England want hockey gold at Glasgow 2014, says Susannah Townsend . Express . UK . 19 July 2014 . 14 October 2014.
  7. Web site: Glasgow 2014 profile. 12 October 2014.
  8. Web site: Retirements & coaching switches dominate post-Tokyo 2020. fih.ch. 9 September 2021. 9 September 2021.