{{short description|Scottish field hockey player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox field hockey player | name = Nicky Parkes | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|2|11|df=y}} | birth_place = Glasgow, Scotland | height = | weight = | position = Midfielder | years1 = 2012–2022 | clubs1 = Surbiton | years2 = 2022–2024 | clubs2 = Reading | nationalyears1 = 2013–2019 | nationalteam1 = Scotland | nationalcaps1 = 100 | nationalgoals1 = 14 | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{fhm|Scotland}}}} {{MedalCompetition|European Championship II}} {{MedalBronze|2015 Prague|Team}} {{MedalGold|2017 Glasgow|Team}} }} '''Nicholas Christopher Andrew Parkes''' (born 11 February 1990) is a Scottish field hockey player who plays as a midfielder for the Scottish national team.
== Biography == Parkes is a product of the highly successful Western Wildcats Hockey Club junior section. His talent was obvious from an early age and he represented Western, West District and Scotland at junior age groups. He became an established first team player before going to Cambridge University and quickly established himself in the Cambridge team. He captained Cambridge to a victory in the 2012 Varsity match.{{citation needed|date=May 2025}} After Cambridge he played for Shieffield Hallam HC.
He joined Surbiton in the Men's England Hockey League Premier Division, where he won the league title in 2016/17 and 2017/18.
He represented Scotland in the 2014 Commonwealth Games at Glasgow<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/28396615 |title=Glasgow 2014: Scotland's Commonwealth Games team |website=BBC Sport |date=21 July 2014 |access-date=18 May 2025}}</ref> and won a bronze medal with Scotland at the 2015 Men's EuroHockey Championship II in Prague.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://scottish-hockey.org.uk/scotland-senior-men-squad-selected-for-eurohockey-nations-championship-ii/ |title=Scotland Senior Men squad selected for EuroHockey Nations Championship II |website=Scottish Hockey |date=14 July 2015 |access-date=16 August 2025}}</ref> He won a gold medal with Scotland at the 2017 Men's EuroHockey Championship II in Glasgow.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/hockey/40913032|title=EuroHockey Championship 2017: Scotland beat Wales in final |website=BBC Sport |date=12 August 2017 |access-date=16 August 2025}}</ref>
He went to his second Commonwealth Games after being selected to represent Scotland at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://scottish-hockey.org.uk/gold-coast-2018-hockey-squads-announced/ |title=Gold Coast 2018 hockey squads announced |website=Scottish Hockey |date=14 February 2018 |access-date=17 May 2025}}</ref>
In August 2019, he was selected in the Scotland squad for the 2019 EuroHockey Championship<ref>{{cite web |title=Scotland men’s squad announced for Belfius EuroHockey Championship in Antwerp |url=https://www.scottish-hockey.org.uk/scotland-mens-squad-announced-for-belfius-eurohockey-championship-in-antwerp/ |website=www.scottish-hockey.org.uk |publisher=Scottish Hockey |accessdate=19 January 2020 |date=12 August 2019}}</ref> and shortly afterwards in October announced his international retirement.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://surbitonhc.com/news-events/club-news/2019/nick-parkes-retires-from-international-hockey/ |title=Nick Parkes Retires From International Hockey |website=Surbtion HC |date=10 October 2019 |access-date=17 May 2025}}</ref>
Parkes joined Reading Hockey Club for the 2022/2023 season.
== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{FIH|5336}}
{{Scotland FH Squad 2014 Commonwealth Games}} {{Scotland FH Squad 2015 EuroHockey}} {{Scotland FH Squad 2017 EuroHockey}} {{Scotland FH Squad 2018 Commonwealth Games}} {{Scotland FH Squad 2019 EuroHockey}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Parkes, Nicky}} Category:1990 births Category:Living people Category:Men's field hockey midfielders Category:Commonwealth Games field hockey players for Scotland Category:Scottish men's field hockey players Category:Field hockey players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Category:Field hockey players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Category:Surbiton Hockey Club players Category:Men's England Hockey League players Category:21st-century Scottish sportsmen