Susannah Townsend

Susannah Townsend is an English field hockey player who plays as a midfielder for Canterbury.
She was educated at Sutton Valence School, alongside Ashley Jackson, where together they each worked towards representing their country, England, in field hockey and is an Alumnus of the University of Kent.
Townsend is openly lesbian.

Club career

For the 2020-21 season she has rejoined former club Canterbury who play in the Women's [England Hockey League] Division One South.
Townsend has also played club hockey in Germany, in the Feldhockey Bundesliga (Women's [field hockey)|Feldhockey Bundesliga] for Der Club an der Alster, in Belgium for Gantoise and in the Investec Women's Hockey League Premier Division for Canterbury and Reading

International career

She competed for England [women's national field hockey team|England] in the Hockey at the [2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's tournament|women's hockey] tournament at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where she won a silver medal. She announced her retirement from international play on 9 September 2021.