Tag: Scottish Hockey
Rising star Jack following in mum’s footsteps
Charlie Jack comes from sound, hockey-playing stock. His Jedburgh-born mother, Janet, a former Great Britain and Scotland player, has captained Scotland’s women Over 55s in the Masters World Cup and has been a stalwart...
Watsonians edge plucky Inverleith
Watsonians saw off a spirited and enthusiastic Inverleith side to claim their second straight win of the new campaign and take their total goal tally to ten with only one in reply, an impressive...
Capital clash in men’s hockey Premiership
Watsonians travel across the Capital to face Inverleith on Saturday (15.00, The Mary Erskine School) in good spirits having thrashed Dundee Wanderers in their opening Premiership clash to top the table at this early...
Scotland women face world No 3 Belgium in Euros
Scotland women's hockey squad will face Belgium, England and Spain in Pool B of the EuroHockey Championships next summer.
Edinburgh-based Chris Duncan’s squad recently qualified by beating Wales 2-1 in the final and Austria 1-0...
Cool Robertson keeps Scotland on course
Olympian Sarah Robertson slotted from close range after 42 minutes to secure a 1-0 victory for Scotland over a dogged Austria combine to take the Tartan Hearts to within one game of returning to...
Caren wants more from his Scotland squad
Scotland men's head coach Jonny Caren saw his men cruise to a 10-2 victory over Croatia in their EuroHockey qualifier in Vienna and declared: "There is always room for improvement."
The Scots had to come...
Two Capital hockey stars named in Scotland’s Euro squad
Grange star David Nairn and Keir Robb, who was influential for The University of Edinburgh last season, have been named in the Scotland men’s squad for their EuroHockey Championship qualifier in Vienna from August...
Scots walk EuroHockey qualification tightrope
Five Edinburgh club players have been named in the Scotland women’s 18-strong squad for next week’s EuroHockey qualifier at Glasgow’s National Hockey Centre.
Watsonians trio, Amber Murray, Emily Dark and Sarah Jamieson, are joined by...
Scottish Hockey seeking more golden moments
Scotland’s under-21 women can look forward to the World Cup next year after edging Ukraine 1-0 in the EuroHockey Championship II-B in Turkey, another step in Scottish Hockey’s Pathway which they hope will lead...
Kennedy strikes and it’s gold for Scots in under-21 Euros
Zara Kennedy, who plays club hockey for The University of Edinburgh, was the toast of her Scotland under-21 teammates in Konya.
The player, one of seven University of Edinburgh students in the squad, netted early...
Scotland under-21 hockey squad going for gold in Turkey
Scotland’s under-21 women go into Saturday’s EuroHockey Championship II final on Saturday against Ukraine in buoyant mood after thrashing hosts Turkey 4-0 in their final Pool A game.
The Tartan Harts dominated the game early...
Edinburgh base for national hockey squads
Scottish Hockey and The University of Edinburgh have announced a landmark partnership to establish a new Centre of Excellence.
The Scottish national women's and men's teams will relocate their permanent training base to the...
Gold is must for Scotland in qualification tournament
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...
Olympic-bound France to test Scots hockey women
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 undefeated against Canada
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...
Scots move up hockey rankings after beating Canada
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...
Debutant Murray saves Scots
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 set for senior debuts as Scotland host Canada
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...
Coach Smith praises his treble-chasing squad
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 retain the men’s hockey title in style
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...
Praise as young Scots edge series against Wales
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...
Success at home and abroad for Scots
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...
Wales test for Scotland’s hockey women this weekend
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...
Macmillan finds scoring touch as Scotland beat Canada
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...
Nairn back and pushing for honours
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 seeking new leader
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...
Wildcats beef up for business end of season
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...
Campbell save decisive as Watsonians move into semis
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...
Brave Scots hockey women give hosts Spain a scare
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...
No complacency from Grange as hockey season resumes
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...
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