John Jackson (field hockey)
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Full name | John Jackson | ||||||||||||
Born |
County Antrim, Northern Ireland | 21 February 1986||||||||||||
Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||
Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | ||||||||||||
Playing position | Defender/Midfielder | ||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||
1990–2004 | Mossley | ||||||||||||
1997–2003 | → Ballyclare High School | ||||||||||||
2003–2004 | → RBAI | ||||||||||||
Senior career | |||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||
2004–2010 | Loughborough Students | ||||||||||||
2010–2011 | Mossley | ||||||||||||
2011–2013 | Braxgata HC | ||||||||||||
2013–2016 | Reading | ||||||||||||
2016– | Team Bath Buccaneers | ||||||||||||
2017 | → Mossley | ||||||||||||
National team | |||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||
2006– | Ireland | 254 | |||||||||||
Teams coached | |||||||||||||
2013–2016 | Marlborough College | ||||||||||||
2016– | Prior Park College | ||||||||||||
2016–2017 | → University of Bath (women) | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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John Jackson (born 21 February 1986) is an Ireland men's field hockey international. He was a member of the Ireland team that won the bronze medal at the 2015 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship. He also represented Ireland at the 2016 Summer Olympics. At club level, he has played for both Loughborough Students and Reading in the Euro Hockey League. He also won the EHA Cup with Reading in 2014–15.
Early years, family and education[]
Jackson's father, Peter Jackson, has been involved in hockey since the 1970s as a player, coach, manager, administrator and supporter. He played for Collegians, Parkview and Mossley. Between 2003 and 2018 he served as the Ireland men's national field hockey team manager. Jackson's mother also acted as the team doctor at the 2014–15 Men's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals. Between 1997 and 2003 John Jackson attended Ballyclare High School. Between 2003 and 2004 he attended the Royal Belfast Academical Institution.[1][2][3][4] Jackson subsequently attended Loughborough University were he completed a degree in Ergonomics.[5] In 2013 Jackson married Dr. Rachel Arnold, a fellow graduate of Loughborough University. She works as a sports psychologist in the Department for Health at the University of Bath. She is also field hockey player and has played for Team Bath Buccaneers, Loughborough Students and Clifton.[6][7][8]
Domestic teams[]
Mossley[]
Jackson began playing field hockey as a four-year old at Mossley [2][9] He continued playing for Mossley until he left for Loughborough University in 2004. He returned to Mossley during the 2010–11 season while working for Sport Northern Ireland.[1][10][11] In December 2017 he returned to Mossley and helped them reach the final of the Kirk Cup.[12][13][14][15]
RBAI[]
In 2003–04, together with Paul Gleghorne and Michael Watt, Jackson was a member of the Royal Belfast Academical Institution team that won the McCullough Cup, the Burney Cup and the All Ireland Schoolboys Hockey Championship.[16]
Loughborough Students[]
Between 2004 and 2010 Jackson played for Loughborough Students. Jackson captained Loughborough Students and was named player of the year in 2005–06 and 2009–10.[1][5][9][11] Together with Paul Gleghorne, he also played for Loughborough in the 2007–08 Euro Hockey League.[17]
Braxgata[]
Between 2011 and 2013 Jackson played as a professional for Braxgata in the Men's Belgian Hockey League.[11][9][18]
Reading[]
Between 2013 and 2016 Jackson played for Reading in the Men's England Hockey League.[6][11][19] Together with Chris Cargo, he also played for Reading in the 2013–14 Euro Hockey League.[20] In 2014–15, Jackson helped Reading win the EHA Cup.[21]
Team Bath Buccaneers[]
In 2016 Jackson began playing for Team Bath Buccaneers in the Men's England Hockey League.[7]
Ireland international[]
Jackson made his senior debut for Ireland in June 2006 against England.[1][2] He was a member of the Ireland teams that won the 2009 Men's EuroHockey Nations Trophy[22] and the 2011 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge II.[23][24] Jackson also helped Ireland win Men's FIH Hockey World League tournaments in 2012[25] and 2015.[26] Jackson captained Ireland at the 2013 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship and he scored the equaliser in a 3–3 draw against the Czech Republic. This draw secured Ireland's place in the top level of EuroHockey Nations Championship. He has since captained Ireland over forty times.[1][27][28][29] He was also a member of the Ireland team that won the bronze medal at the 2015 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship.[30][31][32] He also represented Ireland at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[33][34][35] In June 2017 Jackson was a member of the Ireland team that won the Hamburg Masters, defeating Germany 4–2 in the final.[36][37] In July 2019, during a two-match series against Scotland, Jackson became the third Ireland men's international, after Eugene Magee and Ronan Gormley, to make 250 senior appearances.[38][39]
Coaching and teaching[]
Throughout his field hockey playing career, Jackson has also worked as coach. Between 2004 and 2010, while attending Loughborough University he coached several university teams. During this time he also coached at Ratcliffe College. Between April 2010 and September 2011, Jackson worked for Sport Northern Ireland as an 'active communities' coach, coaching elderly, disabled and youth groups. Between 2011 and 2013, while playing for Braxgata, he served as an assistant coach of the women's first eleven and as head coach of the under-16 girls team that won a 2012–13 national championship.
In September 2013 he was appointed senior hockey coach at Marlborough College, and began coaching youth teams at Marlborough Hockey Club.[9][11][32] In 2016 he was appointed head of hockey at Prior Park College, Bath, where he also teaches academic Physical education. He also began coaching the University of Bath Hockey Club women's first eleven.[2][7]
Honours[]
- Hamburg Masters
- Winners: 2017
- Men's FIH Hockey World League Round 1
- Winners: 2012 Cardiff
- Men's FIH Hockey World League Round 2
- Winners: 2015 San Diego
- Runners up: 2013 New Delhi
- Men's FIH Series Finals
- Runners up: 2019 Le Touquet
- Men's Hockey Champions Challenge II
- Men's EuroHockey Nations Trophy
- Winners: 2009
- Men's Field Hockey Olympic Qualifier
- Runners up: 2012
- Men's Hockey Investec Cup
- Runners up: 2014
- Kirk Cup
- Runners up: 2017
- All Ireland Schoolboys Hockey Championship
- Winners: 2003–04
- Burney Cup
- Winners: 2003–04
- McCullough Cup
- Winners: 2003–04
References[]
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- ^ a b "John Jackson has Olympic ambitions with Reading Hockey Club". getreading.co.uk. 12 September 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
- ^ a b c "Rio Olympian and international coach to lead ladies' hockey at University in 2016–17". teambath.com. 15 August 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
- ^ "Student receives dissertation award from international association". lboro.ac.uk. 29 November 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
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- ^ a b c d e "Senior Hockey Coach: John Jackson". marlboroughcollege.org. 30 September 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
- ^ "Mossley sign up Olympic star in bid to end 34-year Kirk Cup famine". The Belfast Telegraph. 20 December 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
- ^ "Jackson eligible to give Mossley huge Kirk Cup final boost". hookhockey.com. 22 December 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
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- ^ "News in Brief – The Irish at the EHL". hookhockey.com. 6 November 2007. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
- ^ "John Jackson talks about the Electric Ireland FIH Road to London (Olympic Qualifiers)". irishsport.ie. 5 March 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
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- ^ a b "Captain Fantastic salvages Irish A status, averting Czech disaster". hookhockey.com. 25 August 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
- ^ a b "Caruth heroics edge Ireland into historic semi-final". The Irish Independent. 26 August 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
- ^ a b "England lost 4–2 to Ireland in EuroHockey bronze medal match". skysports.com. 29 August 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
- ^ a b c "Marlborough Hockey Club launch new season with fixture against John Jackson's eleven". marlboroughnewsonline.co.uk. 14 September 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
- ^ a b "Rio 2016 Olympic Games – Day 2 – Hockey Photos". sportsfile.com. 7 August 2016. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
- ^ a b "Rio 2016 Olympic Games – Day 7 – Hockey Photos". sportsfile.com. 12 August 2016. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
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- ^ a b "Ireland Win Hamburg Hockey Masters". olympics.ie. 26 June 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
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- ^ "Blood, sweat and tears: Jackson eye still on the prize after 250 caps as sixth Euro campaigns beckon". hookhockey.com. 15 August 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
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- ^ "Ireland have shot at Rio 2016 with fifth spot in World Hockey League". Raidió Teilifís Éireann. 5 July 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
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- ^ "Alexander Cox to coach Ireland in World Cup". The Irish Times. 23 July 2018. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
- ^ "Magee magic fires Green Machine to opening victory". hookhockey.com. 15 June 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
- ^ "Green Machine beat Korea for first time in ranking tie to land Olympic qualifier date". hookhockey.com. 22 June 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
- ^ "Ireland relegated from European hockey's top tier after 10-year stay". The Belfast Telegraph. 24 August 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
- 1986 births
- Living people
- Irish male field hockey players
- Irish field hockey coaches
- Ireland international men's field hockey players
- Male field hockey players from Northern Ireland
- Olympic field hockey players of Ireland
- Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Loughborough Students field hockey players
- Reading Hockey Club players
- Team Bath Buccaneers Hockey Club players
- Men's England Hockey League players
- Men's Belgian Hockey League players
- Male field hockey midfielders
- Male field hockey defenders
- Expatriate field hockey players
- Irish expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- Irish expatriate sportspeople in England
- Sportspeople from County Antrim
- People educated at Ballyclare High School
- People educated at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution
- Alumni of Loughborough University
- TeamBath coaches