Jamie Cachia
Scottish field hockey player
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James Douglas Cachia (born 7 September 1987) is a Scottish former field hockey goalkeeper who played for the Scotland men's national field hockey team.[1][2]
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 7 September 1987 | ||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2010 | Durham University | ||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Bowdon | ||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2014 | Sheffield | ||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2022 | Beeston | ||||||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2015 | Scotland | 50 | |||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
Cachia was educated at Craigclowan Preparatory School and Strathallan School and studied at Durham University.[3]: 62 He was first called into the Scotland squad whilst studying at Durham University in 2009,[4] where he played for Durham University Hockey Club for five years.
He gained a 2:1 in Geography and Education and became a qualified geography teacher.[5] Playing for Bowdon in 2010/11, he was selected as a travelling reserve for the Scotland squad that finished in ninth place at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.[6][7] He won a bronze medal with the team at the 2011 Men's EuroHockey Championship II in Vinnytsia, Ukraine.[8]
From 2011 to 2014 Cachia played for Sheffield Hockey Club[9] and was also a member of the Scotland squad that played in the 2011 EuroHockey Nations Championship II in Ukraine and the 2013 EuroHockey Nations Championship II in Austria.[10][11]
On 12 June 2014 Cachia was selected as a member of Team Scotland for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.[12][13] After the Commonwealth Games he joined Beeston Hockey Club in the Men's England Hockey League Premier Division.[14][15] He won a bronze medal with Scotland at the 2015 Men's EuroHockey Championship II in Prague.[16]
In 2022, Cachia became the Women's Hockey Performance Head Coach at Loughborough University - leaving his prior identical position at Birmingham University.[17]