Susannah Townsend


Susannah Townsend, is an English international field hockey player who plays as a midfielder for England and Great Britain.
She currently plays club hockey in Germany, in the Feldhockey Bundesliga for Der Club an der Alster.
Townsend has also played club hockey in the Investec Women's Hockey League Premier Division for Canterbury and Reading
She has also played club hockey for La Gantoise in Belgium.
Townsend competed for England in the women's hockey tournament at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where she won a silver medal.
She was educated at Sutton Valence School, alongside the male Great Britain captain, Ashley Jackson, where together they each worked towards representing their country, England, in field hockey.
Townsend is in a same-sex relationship with South African national hockey team player Dirkie Chamberlain. They played against each other at the 2014 Women's Hockey World Cup.