Tim Atkins
{{short description|British field hockey player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox field hockey player
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| full_name = Timothy Atkins
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| position = Defender
| currentclub = Old Georgians
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| clubs1 = Wallingford
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| clubs2 = Team Bath
| years3 =
| clubs3 = Richmond
| years4 =
| clubs4 = Essendon, Melbourne
| years5 =
| clubs5 = Reading
| years6 = {{0|0000}}–2019
| clubs6 = Surbiton
| years7 = 2019–present
| clubs7 = Old Georgians
| nationalyears1 = 2017–present
| nationalteam1 = Scotland
| nationalcaps1 = 33
| nationalgoals1 = 2
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| updated = 19 January 2020
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Timothy Atkins is a British field hockey player. He plays for the Scotland men's national field hockey team and plays club hockey in the Men's England Hockey League for Old Georgians Hockey Club. He is also a type 1 diabetic working closely with Diabetes UK.{{cite web|url=https://www.diabetes.org.uk/Get_involved/Celebrity-Supporters|title=High profile supporters|website=Diabetes UK}}
His first international cap for Scotland came in March 2017 at World League 2.{{cite web|url=https://www.scottish-hockey.org.uk/scotland-mens-squad-announced-for-world-league-2/|title=Scotland men’s squad announced for World League 2|publisher=}} In August 2019, he was selected in the Scotland squad for the 2019 EuroHockey Championship.{{cite web |title=Scotland men’s squad announced for Belfius EuroHockey Championship in Antwerp |url=https://www.scottish-hockey.org.uk/scotland-mens-squad-announced-for-belfius-eurohockey-championship-in-antwerp/ |website=www.scottish-hockey.org.uk |publisher=Scottish Hockey |accessdate=19 January 2020 |date=12 August 2019}}
Club career
Atkins started his hockey career at the age of 5, where he joined Wallingford Hockey Club.{{cite web|url=http://www.wallingfordhc.org.uk/index.php/news-archive/165-tim-atkins-scotland-jun17|title=Former Wildcat and club player on international duty this weekend|publisher=}} He has played the majority of his senior hockey career at Reading Hockey Club.{{cite web|url=http://www.readinghockeyclub.org.uk/teams/116765/player/tim-atkins-1399877/32184|title=Scotland men’s squad announced for World League 2|publisher=}} Before he joined Old Georgians he played for Surbiton.{{cite web|url=http://www.scottish-hockey.org.uk/international-performance/scotland/seniors-men-team/|title=Seniors Men Team - Scottish Hockey|publisher=}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/hockey/40371903|title=Hockey World League Semi-Final: Scotland lose play-off to South Korea|date=22 June 2017|publisher=|via=www.bbc.co.uk}}{{cite web|url=http://www.readinghockeyclub.org.uk/news/scottish-squad-announced-1760866.html|title=Scottish Squad announced - News - Reading Hockey Club|website=www.readinghockeyclub.org.uk}}{{cite web|url=http://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/sport/15032033.Hockey__Reading_s_Tom_Carson_picked_by_GB_as_Tim_Atkins_plays_for_Scotland/|title=Hockey: Reading's Tom Carson picked by GB as Tim Atkins plays for Scotland|website=Reading Chronicle}}{{cite web|url=http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/scotlands-timothy-atkins-celebrates-scoring-his-sides-first-news-photo/699606770#scotlands-timothy-atkins-celebrates-scoring-his-sides-first-goal-of-picture-id699606770|title=Korea v Scotland - Men's World Hockey League - 9th/10th Play-Off - Lee Valley Hockey Centre|publisher=}}
References
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External links
- {{FIH|17135}}
{{Scotland FH Squad 2019 EuroHockey}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Atkins, Tim}}
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Male field hockey defenders
Category:English male field hockey players
Category:Scottish male field hockey players
Category:Surbiton Hockey Club players
Category:Reading Hockey Club players
Category:Men's England Hockey League players
Category:Scotland men's international field hockey players
Category:Alumni of the University of the West of England, Bristol