England & Nice Britain Hockey is delighted to announce the appointment of Bobby Crutchley as Efficiency Director
Within the final six years, Crutchley has excelled in efficiency management and coach improvement roles at British Gymnastics, the place he performed a key position in supporting multi-medal achievements at each the Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024 Olympic Video games. His expertise throughout a number of Olympic cycles and a deep understanding of the UK sporting system places him in a wonderful place to steer England & GB Hockey’s efficiency programme. With a distinguished hockey profession spanning a long time as a global athlete, Nationwide Coach, and Head Nationwide Coach, Crutchley brings unparalleled experience and a confirmed monitor document of success to this pivotal position. His in depth hockey background contains 80 worldwide caps for England & Nice Britain and involvement in over 500 worldwide matches as a coach.
Crutchley has been a longtime member of the hockey group for the reason that early Eighties, having began his enjoying profession at Neston Hockey Membership, on the Wirral. He stays deeply linked to hockey, actively contributing to the event of coaches, and his appointment brings collectively a wealthy data and expertise from inside and outdoors of hockey.
On his appointment, Crutchley commented: “I’m completely thrilled to be returning to England & GB Hockey, an organisation that has performed such a big a part of my life. I’m extremely grateful to British Gymnastics for the invaluable experiences and classes I’ve gained over the previous six years. The journey has been nothing in need of transformative, and I’ve had the privilege of working with so many great individuals, for which I’ll all the time be grateful. Hockey is my ardour, and I’m excited to contribute my expertise and data to assist drive success on the highest degree. I look ahead to working with our gifted athletes, coaches, employees and hockey golf equipment to construct on the robust basis and obtain even better accomplishments for England and Nice Britain.”
Nick Pink, CEO of England & GB Hockey, mentioned: “We’re delighted to welcome Bobby to England & GB Hockey. Bobby’s deep technical data of hockey, mixed along with his world-class expertise in high-performance sports activities, most just lately at British Gymnastics, makes him the perfect chief to take our efficiency programme ahead. His dedication to the game and confirmed capability to ship outcomes will likely be invaluable as we proceed to develop and encourage future generations.”
Crutchley will begin the position of Efficiency Director in March 2025.
