Stuart Rushmere
{{Short description|English field hockey player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox field hockey player
| name = Stuart Rushmere
| image =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2000|9|9|df=y}}
| birth_place =
| height =
| weight =
| position = Midfielder
| currentclub = Surbiton Hockey Club
| years1 = 2017-2019
| clubs1 = Team Bath Buccaneers
| years2 = 2020-2022
| clubs2 = Loughborough Students
| years3 = 2022-present
| clubs3 = Surbiton Hockey Club
| nationalyears1 = 2018–2019
| nationalteam1 = England & GB U21
| nationalcaps1 = 17
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2= 2022-present
| nationalteam2 = England & GB
| nationalcaps2 = 2
| nationalgoals2= 0
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Men's field hockey}}
{{MedalCountry|{{ENG}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|EuroHockey Championship}}
{{MedalSilver|2023 Mönchengladbach|}}
{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}
{{MedalBronze|2022 Birmingham|Team}}
{{MedalCompetition|EuroHockey Junior Championship}}
{{MedalSilver|2019 Valencia|}}
}}
Stuart Rushmere (born 9 September 2000) is an English field hockey player who plays as a midfielder for Surbiton Hockey Club and the England and Great Britain national teams.{{cite web |url=https://www.englandhockey.co.uk/media/news/several-new-faces-selected-for-england-men-s-first-fih-hockey-pro-league-games |title=Several New Faces Selected For England Men's First FIH Hockey Pro League Games |website=England Hockey |access-date=2022-02-02}}
Biography
Rushmere attended Millfield School{{cite web |title=15 Old Millfieldians prepare for the Commonwealth Games 2022 |url=https://www.millfieldschool.com/news-events/news/news-details/~board/latest-news/post/old-millfieldians-at-the-commonwealth-games-2022 |website=Millfield School |access-date=26 October 2022 |date=21 July 2022}} and began his hockey career with Team Bath Buccaneers.{{cite web |url=https://englandhockey.altiusrt.com/people/1987 |title=England Hockey: Altiusrt}}{{cite web |url=https://www.teambath.com/2019/04/19/england-u21-hockey-stu-rushmere-tim-nurse/ |title=More international experience for Team Bath Buccs hockey duo as they head to Belgium with England U21s |date=18 April 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://www.teambath.com/2018/10/14/tim-nurse-stuart-rushmere-sultan-of-johor-hockey/ |title=Sultan of Johor success for Team Bath Buccs' Tim Nurse and Stuart Rushmere with GB Hockey |date=14 October 2018}}{{cite web |url=https://www.totalguidetobath.com/sport/premier-division-is-next-target-as-team-bath-buccaneers-wrap-up-england-hockey-title-in-fine-style/ |title=Premier Division is next target as Team Bath Buccaneers wrap up England Hockey title in fine style}}{{cite web |url=https://hockeymentors.org/team/mentors/ |title=Mentors}}
Rushmere played in the Men's England Hockey League Division 1 North for Loughborough Students{{cite web |url=https://www.lboro.ac.uk/news-events/news/2022/february/lboro-hockey-duo-to-make-england-debut/ |title=Loughborough hockey duo to make England men's debut}} and made his senior England debut against Spain on 4 February 2022. Shortly afterwards on 1 June 2022, Rushmere signed for Surbiton Hockey Club.{{Cite web |title=Up & Coming GB Talent Stu Rushmere Joins Surbiton {{!}} Surbiton Hockey Club |url=https://surbitonhc.com/news-events/club-news/2022/up-coming-gb-talent-stu-rushmere-joins-surbiton/ |access-date=2022-11-17 |website=surbitonhc.com}} He won a bronze medal with England in the Men's tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/62463163 |title=Commonwealth Games: England's men win hockey bronze against South Africa |website=BBC Sport|access-date=11 May 2025}}
Rushmere was part of the Surbiton team that won the league title during the 2024–25 Men's England Hockey League season.{{cite web|url=https://www.thehockeypaper.co.uk/articles/2025/05/05/england-hockey-finals-reading-women-and-surbiton-men-land-surprise-titles |title=England Hockey Finals: Reading women and Surbiton men land surprise titles|website=The Hockey Paper |date=5 May 2025 |access-date=10 May 2025}}
References
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External links
- {{Sports links}}
- [https://www.englandhockey.co.uk/international/senior-squad/stuart-rushmere Stuart Rushmere] on EnglandHockey.co.uk
- [https://englandhockey.altiusrt.com/people/1987 Stuart Rushmere] on EnglandHockey.altiusrt.com
- {{Team England|stuart-rushmere}}
- {{2022 Commonwealth Games profile|56239}}
{{England FH Squad 2022 Commonwealth Games}}
{{England FH Squad 2023 World Cup}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rushmere, Stuart}}
Category:English male field hockey players
Category:Loughborough Students field hockey players
Category:People educated at Millfield
Category:2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup players
Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in field hockey
Category:Commonwealth Games field hockey players for England
Category:Field hockey players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games