Tim Atkins (field hockey)

Tim Atkins
Personal information
Born (1990-03-24) 24 March 1990
Oxford, England
Sport
SportField hockey
PositionDefender
Senior career
Years Team Caps Goals
– Wallingford - -
2009-2013 Team Bath - -
2013-2014 Richmond - -
2014 Essendon, Melbourne - -
2016 HAHK Mladost, Zagreb - -
2015–2018 Reading - -
2018–2019 Surbiton - -
2019–2021 Old Georgians - -
2022– Clifton Robinson - -
National team
Years Team Caps Goals
2017– Scotland 33 (2)
Medal record
Representing  Scotland
European Championship II
Gold medal – first place2017 GlasgowTeam

Timothy Christopher Atkins (born 24 March 1990) is a British field hockey player who played for the Scotland men's national field hockey team.

Biography

Atkins was born in Oxford, was educated at Streatley School and The Oratory School.[1]

Atkins started his hockey career at the age of 5 after joining Wallingford Hockey Club.[2] He played the majority of his senior hockey club career at Reading Hockey Club in the Men's England Hockey League.[3][4]

While at Reading, his won first international cap for Scotland in March 2017 at World League 2[5][6][7][8] and won a gold medal with Scotland at the 2017 Men's EuroHockey Championship II in Glasgow.[9]

At the end of the 2017–18 season, he left Reading to play for Surbiton Hockey Club.[10]

in August 2019, he was selected in the Scotland squad for the 2019 EuroHockey Championship[11] and around the same time, he signed for Old Georgians Hockey Club for the beginning of the 2019–20 season.

He is also a type 1 diabetic working closely with Diabetes UK.[12]

References

  1. ↑ "Tim Atkins pofile". Scottish Hockey. Archived from the original on 18 August 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
  2. ↑ "Former Wildcat and club player on international duty this weekend".
  3. ↑ "Scottish Squad announced - News - Reading Hockey Club". www.readinghockeyclub.org.uk.
  4. ↑ "Hockey: Reading's Tom Carson picked by GB as Tim Atkins plays for Scotland". Reading Chronicle.
  5. ↑ "Scotland men's squad announced for World League 2".
  6. ↑ "Hockey World League Semi-Final: Scotland lose play-off to South Korea". 22 June 2017 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  7. ↑ "Scotland men's squad announced for World League 2".
  8. ↑ "Korea v Scotland - Men's World Hockey League - 9th/10th Play-Off - Lee Valley Hockey Centre".
  9. ↑ "EuroHockey Championship 2017: Scotland beat Wales in final". BBC Sport. 12 August 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
  10. ↑ "Hockey: Tim Atkins leaves Reading for Surbiton". England Hockey. 18 June 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
  11. ↑ "Scotland men's squad announced for Belfius EuroHockey Championship in Antwerp". www.scottish-hockey.org.uk. Scottish Hockey. 12 August 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  12. ↑ "High profile supporters". Diabetes UK.
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