Alf Dinnie
Welsh field hockey player
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Alf Bradley Dinnie (born 1 December 1994) is an English born, Welsh field hockey player who has represented Wales. He competed for Wales at two Commonwealth Games.
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| Born | 1 December 1994 Devon, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Field hockey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Midfield | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
Dinnie was educated in South Dartmoor Community College in Devon and studied Sport and Exercise Science at Cardiff Metropolitan University.[1]
While at the university he played club hockey for Cardiff & Met Hockey Club in the Men's England Hockey League[2] and made his Welsh debut against France in 2017.[1] In 2018 he was selected to represent the Welsh team at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia.[3]
Four years later, he was selected to represent Wales again at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham,[4][5] helping his nation to a sixth-place finish during the men's tournament after being defeated by New Zealand in the fifth place play off match on 7 August 2022.[6]
In 2023, Dinnie helped Wales qualify for their first World Cup in 2023.[1] In 2025, he helped Wales win the gold medal at the European Championship II, defeating Ireland in the final.[7][8]
Dinnie is a lecturer in performance analysis at Cardiff Metropolitan University in their Cardiff School of Sport & Health Sciences department.[9]