Tag: Scottish Hockey

Scottish Hockey have confirmed the dates for the women's EuroHockey Championship qualifier in Glasgow in August.The event runs from August 22 to 25 and the goal is to compete in the EuroHockey Championhips, A...

Scotland women continue their build up to the EuroHockey Qualifiers in Glasgow this summer with three jousts against Olympic Games-bound France in Paris starting on Thursday.Five of the squad are from Premiership champions Watsonians...

Scotland women’s head coach Chris Duncan praised his squad after completing a four-game series against Canada undefeated thanks to a double from Heather McEwan.Edinburgh-based Duncan (pictured) guided his squad to three wins and a...

Scotland beat Canada 3-1 to rise to 16th position in the world women’s field hockey rankings, their highest position in many years.Heather McEwan, Ellie MacKenzie and Katherine Holdgate found the net, two of the...

Six players won their first caps but, despite that, Scotland drew 1-1 with Canada, ranked one place above them in the world, and were minutes away from victory.Ellie Mackenzie, Katie Swanson, Amber Murray, Katherine...

Six players could earn their first senior international hockey caps as Scotland women face Canada in Glasgow this weekend with Watsonians, the domestic champions, and The University of Edinburgh, both with five players each...

Keith Smith saw Watsonians women claim four late goals to win Scottish Hockey's Grand Final by beating Clydesdale Western and declared: "It was a really mature performance."Katie Stott netted late in the third quarter and...

Grange retained the men's Premiership hockey title with an emphatic victory over Uddingston at Fettes and celebrated the win at their annual dinner.Coach Steven Grubb said his squad put in a "fantastic" performance in...

Chris Duncan, Scotland women's head coach, Chris Duncan praised his young squad after they claimed a 2-1 series win over an experienced Welsh side thanks to a 3-0 success in the final game.Edinburgh-based Duncan...

Grange produced another fine display in Europe, recording their second straight win thanks to a 5-2 scoreline against hosts Lousada in the EuroHockey Club Trophy, Division One, in Portugal.The success followed the Edinburgh club's...

Nine players from The University of Edinburgh are included in Scotland's senior women's hockey squad will be tested during a triple-header against Wales this weekend.The matches are part of the build-up to the EuroHockey...

Scotland's aspiring girls staged a much-improved performance to beat Canada under-18 3-1 at The University of Edinburgh playing fields at Peffermill on Sunday and win the hockey mini-series 2-0 after their 2-0 victory at Fettes on Saturday.Both...

David Nairn was running in pre-season training and pulled up in pain. He felt there was something wrong with his right foot but did not think it was anything serious.The pain intensified over the...

Scottish Hockey are looking for a new chief executive officer as Barry Cawte, who joined the organisation in October 2021, is leaving to join Cricket Wales as their CEO.During Cawte’s tenure, Scottish Hockey...

Fourth-placed Watsonians entertain title contenders Western Wildcats at Tipperlin in one of the feature games on Saturday's card in the Premiership and the Auchenhowie men are back to full-strength with the return of Andrew Lochrin, Hamish...

Watsonians squeezed into the semi-finals of the Scottish Cup, but it took nerve-shredding penalty strokes contest tto decide their quarter-final tie with plucky Grove Menzieshill at chilly Peffermill.The Edinburgh combine led 2-0 at the break...

Chris Duncan believes that Scotland's senior women can do "real damage" to teams higher in the world rankings if they can continue the form they displayed in the final game of a three Test series against...

Grange men celebrated at the final whistle which confirmed a 3-1 win over The University of Edinburgh in a key Scottish Premiership game as the Capital combine bid to defend the title. That was on November...

Six The University of Edinburgh players and four from Watsonians are included in the 20-strong Scotland squad for a triple-header Test series against Spain in Benalmadena this week as coach Chris Duncan kick-starts his build-up to the...

Scotland's senior women's hockey team edged Spain 2-1 last summer in the European A Division in Germany, and they jet to Spain on Monday for three matches against their hosts who are preparing for...

Watsonians are now re-focusing after their success in winning the Scottish indoor hockey title. They are due in Turkey later this month for the EuroHockey Indoor Club Cup where they face a tough, six-game...

Western Wildcats were crowned Scottish indoor champions for the third year in a row and the fourth year in five when they beat Inverleith 5-2 at Dundee in the Grand Final.The Glasgow side were...

Former teammates at The University of Edinburgh must have been glued to their TV sets as Katie Robertson stepped up to take a penalty shot on her debut for Great Britain.The Dollar Academy PE...

The University of Edinburgh moved closer to men's hockey Scottish Premiership leaders Grange with a narrow win at fourth-placed Uddingston and the pair face each other at Peffermill on Saturday in a crunch clash...

Western Wildcats kept up pressure on men's Scottish Premiership leaders Grange with a 3-1 win over Uddingston in Lanarkshire.Hillhead edged Grove Menzieshill 3-2 at Old Anniesland with Dundee Wanderers' home clash against Kelburne at...

FIXTURES: Scottish Premiership: men: Friday: Grange v Inverleith (19.30, Fettes). Saturday: Clydesdale v Erskine Stewart's Melville; Watsonians v Edinburgh University 1pm); Uddingston v Western Wildcats; Dundee Wanderers v Kelburne (12.00, Dalnacraig); Hillhead v Grove Menzieshill (12.30,...

Barry Cawte used to be involved in running an indoor tennis centre which was struggling. Across the road was a gaming outlet and there were queues to get in.The penny dropped and enterprising Cawte encouraged...

Western Wildcats collected three points to keep in touch with the leaders in the Scottish Hockey Premiership after coming from 1-0 down to beat city rivals Clydesdale 4-1 in a game to catch up...

Champions Grange sit on top of the men's table with 15 points from their five games having scored 17 goals and conceded six and they travel to Tayside to visit sixth-placed Grove Menzieshill who have...

SV Kampong backed up their win over Dutch rivals Bloemendaal with victory over Glasgow-based Western Wildcats to take the last Euro Hockey League FINAL8 ticket on offer from Barcelona despite heroics from the Scottish...