Scotland’s under-20 men’s volleyball team, captained by the City of Edinburgh Club’s Ewan Ramsay, will play in this summer’s European Championships for the first time after coming through the European Volleyball Confederation (CEV) Small Countries qualifying tournament unbeaten.
Coach Ally Jack’s team travelled to Dublin and defeated the hosts, Northern Ireland and Gibraltar 3-0 before facing a stiffer task against San Marino during which Ewan, a first year civil engineering student at Heriot Watt University where he enjoys the benefits of a sports scholarship, excelled with 24 kills.
After a shaky start the Scots pulled through 3-2 in the gold medal match against San Marino and go forward to Greece/Serbia with added confidence.
The tournament has been held 28 times since its inauguration in 1966 and will be expanded to 16 teams this year, up from 12.
Italy are the defending champions.
The successful Scotland squad comprised:
Ewan Ramsay, captain, Duncan MacDonald, Owen Johnston, Adam Brogan, Ming Zheng, Ben Khalifah, Jak Rodger, Daniel Przybylski, Chris Driver, Cole Turnbull, Keir Paterson, Pere Tenesa Navarro, Uzair Syed Nabi and Murray Gilchrist.
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