Tag: Edinburgh sports news
Ice hockey – Capitals hit by Storm as play-off dream stutters
Elite League: Edinburgh Capitals 4, Manchester Storm 6
Edinburgh Capitals lost ground in their bid to quality for the end-of-season play-offs.
Michal Dobron’s men lost 6-4 at home to Manchester Storm, a side they edged 2-1...
Ice hockey – Capitals score first before being burned by Blaze
Elite League; Braehead Clan 5, Fife Flyers 2; Coventry Blaze 4, Edinburgh Capitals 1; Manchester Storm 4, Dundee Stars 2.
Edinburgh Capitals, who prop up the Elite League table, opened the scoring at Coventry Blaze...
Indoor hockey – Inverleith in final and Grange play for third
Division One (men): Pool 1A: Bromac Kelburne 8, Hillhead 8; Grange 5, Uddingston Riva 4. Pool 1B: Inverleith 11, PSL Team Sport Clydesdale 1; Grove Menzieshill 11, Western Wildcats 1; semi-finals: Inverleith 7, Grange...
Basketball – Kats purr to victory and a seventh title
City of Edinburgh Kats are kingpins of Scottish Basketball having clinched the championship again.
They wrapped-up the silverware by defeating Tayside Musketeers 72-53 at Portobello High School.
It is a magnificent seventh Scottish National League title...
Women’s basketball – Pride dented but Sengers defends team
Caledonia Pride lost at high-flying Westfield Health Sheffield Hatters but coach Bart Sengers saw positives in the performance.
Indeed, the Scots cut the deficit to 48-39 at one stage and then missed lay-up chances which...
Indoor hockey – Inverleith face Grove Menzieshill in indoor final
Inverleith, the holders, will play Grove Menzieshill, last season’s runners-up, in the Division One final of Scotland’s men’s indoor hockey league on Saturday (4 February 2017).
The Edinburgh side brushed PSL Team Sport Clydesdale aside...
Speedway – Monarchs yet to name Ben Fund rider
Edinburgh Monarchs are expected to have a rider in the Ben Fund Bonanza at Glasgow on Sunday, March 12 and Tigers Richie Worrall can’t wait.
Richard Lawson and Aaron Summers join Worrall with Nike Lunna likely to...
Speedway – jacket sell-out for happy Monarchs
Edinburgh Monarchs report a success off the track as they head towards the opening of the new speedway season.
For the past few seasons the club have offered supporters the opportunity to purchase a team...
Ice hockey – two huge games as Capitals bid for play-offs
Jacob Johnston eyed this weekend’s tough double-header and declared: “These are two huge games for us.”
Edinburgh Capitals travel to play-off rivals Coventry Blaze tonight (Saturday, 7pm) for the first time in the league this...
Speedway – Bandits bosses promise excitement next season
Scott Courtney admitted on-track silverware was hard to come by for Berwick Bandits last season but he claims the club lead the way in some very significant areas.
Courtney, one of the club's new owners,...
Women’s basketball – Peacock upbeat as Pride head for Sheffield
Caledonia Pride would love to earn a confidence-boosting first win in the Women's British Basketball League.
However, the Scots-based side face a huge challenge when they travel to Westfield Health Sheffield Hatters on Saturday (tip-off...
Ice hockey – Dobron believes as Capitals aim to extinguish Blaze
EDINBURGH Capitals player/coch Michal Dobron should be at full-strength for the club's Elite League double-header this weekend.
The Murrayfield men visit basement rivals Coventry Blaze on Saturday (face-off 7pm) and entertain Manchester Storm on Sunday...
Speedway – New look Bandits set to shine next season
Berwick Bandits skipper Kevin Doolan believes the new-look line-up can do well next season.
The popular Australian is pleased with the close season team building by the club’s new owners.
And he said: “We have the right...
Indoor hockey – Inverleith aim to hold onto top spot
INVERLEITH face third-placed PSL Team Sport Clydesdale at Bell’s Sports Centre, Perth, on Saturday at 10.55am as they bid to stay in first place in Pool 1B of the men’s Scottish Division One indoor...
Ice hockey – Capitals calm Storm to boost play-off hopes
Elite League: Edinburgh Capitals 2, Manchester Storm 1; Nottingham Panthers 2, Fife Flyers 3 (after penalty shots); Dundee Stars 0, Coventry Blaze 4.
Edinburgh Capitals earned themselves a play-off lifeline when they edged Manchester Storm...
Women’s basketball – Pride getting even closer
WBBL Trophy: Caledonia Pride 50, Manchester Mystics 59
Caledonia Pride were beaten by physical Manchester Mystics in the Women's British Basketball Trophy at The Oriam but they are edging closer to their first win.
The 59-50...
INDOOR HOCKEY news
Division One (men): Group 1A: Kelburne 10, Grange 3; Hillhead 3, Uddingston 2; Grange 6, Hillhead 4; Uddingston 4, Kelburne 13. Group1B: Inverleith 5, Grove Menzieshill 3; Clydesdale 3, Western 1; Grove Menzieshill 7,...
Speedway – Masters competes with legends in prestige event
Newly-crowned Australian Champion Sam Masters takes part in the Motul Pirelli Troy Bayliss Classic on Saturday at Taree Motorcycle Club, New South Wales.
Masters has been invited alongside national and domestic world champions for all...
Basketball – Peacock urges action replay to down Mystics
Hannah Peacock top scored with 15 points as Caledonia Pride rocked league pace-setters Nottingham Wildcats in the second-half of their last Women’s British Basketball League outing.
And the in-form player urged the squad to produce...
Ice hockey – Dobron banned from Storm clash
Edinburgh Capitals’ player/coach Michal Dobron will miss Sunday’s home Elite League clash with Manchester Storm (face-off 6pm).
The experienced Czech Republic defenceman was put under automatic review by ice hockey’s Department of Player Safety (DOPS).
This...
Ice hockey – Flames aim to burn brightly in Elite League
Guildford Flames have applied to join the Elite League and, if they are given the green light, then 12 teams, including Edinburgh Capitals, will contest the 2016/17 championship as Milton Keynes Lightning have already been accepted.
Flames'...
Ice Hockey – Dobron under scrutiny by discipline bosses
Edinburgh Capitals’ player/coach Michal Dobron is under review by the Department of Player Safety (DOPS) after receiving a match penalty in Sunday's home defeat by Fife Flyers.
The decision on the slew footing penalty is...
Ice hockey – Hand inducted to Ice Hockey Hall of Fame
Tony Hand has been inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Hall of Fame.
The Edinburgh-born former player and coach will receive the Richard “Bibi” Torriani Award for an outstanding career by a player...
Women’s Basketball – Lewis warns Pride as Mystics come calling
Robyn Lewis hopes Caledonia Pride can build on their previous performance when Manchester Mystics visit The Oriam on Saturday (1pm) in their latest Women's British Basketball League (WBBL) clash.
The inspirational player was boosted by the...
Hockey – Forsyth pleased with performance against Russia
Challenge: Scotland (men) 1, Russia 2 (match played in Barcelona)
Scotland’s senior men were beaten 2-1 by a late goal in their first of three test matches against Russia in Barcelona as they kick-start the build-up...
Indoor Hockey – Inverleith tucked in behind indoor leaders Kelburne
Inverleith, who remain second in the eight-strong table, thrashed bottom club Uddingston 9-1 at Bell's Sports Centre in Perth as the men's indoor Division One season continued at the weekend.
The emphatic scoreline came after...
Speedway – Masters finally wins Aussie title after two near misses
Edinburgh Monarchs bosses today congratulated skipper Sam Masters on winning the coveted Australian speedway title.
The 25-year-old powered to glory at Kurri Kurri on Saturday leaving one of the strongest ever fields in his slipstream.
And it...
Ice Hockey – Fullerton hero as Fyodorov nets the game-winner
EX-Braehead Clan player Travis Fullerton broke the hearts of his former team-mates with a late save to earn battling Edinburgh Capitals a valuable road win.
The Canadian stopper denied Daniel Ahsberg late-on to frustrate Clan and...
Ice Hockey – MacDougall sits out as Capitals travel to Braehead
Taylor MacDougall sits out Edinburgh Capitals visit to Braehead Clan on Saturday night because of a shoulder injury.
The absence of the lanky forward is a blow for coach Michal Dobron who is pushing for a...
Speedway – Masters goes head-to-head with former teammate for Aussie glory
SAM Masters will go head-to-head with his former Edinburgh Monarchs team-mate Justin Sedgmen for the Australian Championship at Kurri Kurri on Saturday.
Sedgmen took victory in Round 3 at Undera on Wednesday with Masters matching...
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