Peter Swainson

Peter Swainson
Personal information
Born (1982-07-27) 27 July 1982 (age 44)
Cheltenham, England
Sport
SportField hockey
PositionDefender
Senior career
Years Team Caps Goals
2000–2002 Oxford Hawks - -
2002-2006 Exeter Univ - -
2006–2009 Reading - -
2009–2010 Hampstead & Westminster - -
2010–2012 Wimbledon - -
2012–2015 Oxted - -
National team
Years Team Caps Goals
2005–2015 Wales 104 (2)

Peter Swainson (born 27 July 1982) is a former field hockey player who represented Wales. He competed for Wales at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

Biography

Swainson, born in Cheltenham, England, was educated at Dragon School and St Edward's School, Oxford and played club hockey for Oxford Hawks Hockey Club in the Men's England Hockey League.

He studied History and Law at the University of Exeter, where he played club hockey for the University of Exeter Hockey Club. He made his full Welsh debut in 2005 and helped Exeter win the BUCS gold medal in 2006.

After university he signed for Reading Hockey Club and then played for Hampstead & Westminster Hockey Club and Wimbledon Hockey Club before joining Oxted Hockey Club.

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

Swainson was a history teacher from 2014 to 2023 before becoming Head of Co-Curricular at Harrow International School, Bangkok.

References

  1. 1 2 "Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2014: Team Wales". BBC Sport. 25 July 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
  2. ↑ "Hockey: Dark Blues pitch in to tame Hawks". Oxford Mail. 26 September 2000. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Exeter at the Commonwealth Games". University of Exeter. 29 July 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
  4. ↑ "Exeter snatch the cup". BBC Devon. 28 October 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
  5. ↑ "Hockey: Lanyon scores two on his Blues debut". Get Reading. 12 October 2006. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
  6. ↑ "NOW: Pensions Men's Premier League. Preview, Part 2". Top of the D. 13 September 2013. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
  7. ↑ "Hockey men, Wales". 2014 Commonwealth Games Official website. Archived from the original on 22 September 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
  8. ↑ "Harrow International School, 25 Years" (PDF). Harrow International School. Retrieved 9 August 2025.