Cathy Gilliat-Smith
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Cathy Gilliat-Smith (born 19 March 1981 in Sevenoaks
, Kent
) is an English field hockey
player forward. She made her senior international debut for the England women's national field hockey team
in 2002. She plays in the English hockey league with Canterbury Hockey Club. With the English team, she has won a bronze medal at the 2007 Eurohockey Nation Championships in Manchester and also in the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games. She combines her hockey career with the profession of teacher at Sevenoaks School. She attended Tonbridge Grammar School
between 1992 and 2000.
Sevenoaks
Sevenoaks is a commuter town situated on the London fringe of west Kent, England, some 20 miles south-east of Charing Cross, on one of the principal commuter rail lines from the capital...
, Kent
Kent
Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...
) is an English field hockey
Field hockey
Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
player forward. She made her senior international debut for the England women's national field hockey team
England women's national field hockey team
The England women's national field hockey team represents England in international women's field hockey. England won the 2006 Women's Field Hockey World Cup Qualifier.-World Cup:* 1990 – 4th place* 1998 – 9th place...
in 2002. She plays in the English hockey league with Canterbury Hockey Club. With the English team, she has won a bronze medal at the 2007 Eurohockey Nation Championships in Manchester and also in the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games. She combines her hockey career with the profession of teacher at Sevenoaks School. She attended Tonbridge Grammar School
Tonbridge Grammar School
Tonbridge Grammar School is a state school in Tonbridge, Kent, United Kingdom. There are approximately 1050 students ranging from 11 to 18 years. It was previously known as Tonbridge Grammar School for Girls but with the introduction of boys in the sixth form in 2002, the school changed its name...
between 1992 and 2000.