Tag: Scottish Hockey
Grange minus Heigh but students celebrate Vase win
Fixtures: men: Saturday: Premiership: Clydesdale v Grange; Edinburgh University v Watsonians; Inverleith v Western: Sunday: Edinburgh University v Clydesdale; Grange v Inverleith; Watsonians v Western.
Women: Premiership: Clydesdale v Watsonians; Glasgow University v Edinburgh University; Western v GHK...
Hockey – Grange setting pace but Watsonians women slip up
Pace-setting Grange beat contenders Edinburgh University 4-1 to maintain pole position in the men's Premiership title race, taking chances which came their way.
Fraser Heigh put them 2-0 ahead in the opening six minutes but...
Scotland’s hockey women start Euro build-up
Scotland's national women's hockey squad have kick-started their preparation for the European Championships in Germany in the summer with a weekend training camp in Glasgow and Edinburgh.
Coach Chris Duncan included the under-21 squad in...
McCann sharp as Grange stay top of Premiership
Men's Premiership: Sunday: FMGM Monarchs 0, Western 9; Uddingston 1, Inverleith 4; Clydesdale 7, Kelburne 3; Edinburgh University 8, Dunfermline Carnegie 1; Erskine Stewart's Melville 0, Grange 9; Hillhead 0, Watsonians 4.
Grange continue at...
Grange defend unbeaten run
Premiership: men: Dunfermline Carnegie v Kelburne; Grange v Hillhead; Inverleith v Clydesdale; Watsonians v FMGM Monarchs; Western v Edinburgh University; Uddingston v Erskine Stewart's Melville.
Premiership: women: Clydesdale Western v Watsonians; Western Wildcats v Edinburgh University; Dundee...
Forsyth stands down as Fillingham joins coaching team
Scotland's men's hockey squad is looking for a new head coach after confirmation that Derek Forsyth was standing down after over 11 years in charge.
Forsyth guided the team back to the top tier of European...
Edinburgh quartet selected for Great Britain pathway
Four Edinburgh club hockey players have been picked for the 2023 Great Britain women’s Elite Development Programme (EDP).
Emily Dark and Ellie Wilson from Watsonians, Sophie Hinds and Eve Pearson (pictured left by Nigel Duncan...
Watsonians add indoor crown to outdoor cup and league
Scottish Indoor Championship: women: Watsonians 5-4 Clydesdale Western; men: Western 9, Inverleith 6; promotion/relegation: women: Edinburgh Hockey Club 5, Uddingston 2; promotion/relegation men: Watsonians 11, Hillhead 9 (all games at Perth)
Sarah Jamieson scored three goals...
Watsonians aiming for glory treble
Watsonians women can add the indoor title to their Premiership and Scottish Cup wins last season when they square-up to Clydesdale Western in the women's indoor final at Perth on Saturday.
Both clubs are unbeaten...
Five Scots named in Great Britain squads
Four Scotland internationals have been picked for the Great Britain's (GB) women's squad along with one member of the men's side for Pro League matches in December.
Sarah Robertson, Amy Costello, Jen Eadie and Fiona...
Grange boss salutes his table-topping squad
Martin Shepherdson, team manager of high-flying Grange, looked back on the first half of the men's Premiership hockey programme and said: "We can't complain."
The Edinburgh club top the 12-strong table, one point clear of last...
Grange hold slender lead at the mid-season break
Premiership: men: Clydesdale 5, Dunfermline Carnegie 3; Erskine Stewart's Melville 1, Inverleith 4; FMGM Monarchs 2, Grange 5; Edinburgh University 2, Watsonians 2; Kelburne 0, Western Wildcats 12; Hillhead 7, Uddingston 0.
Women: Edinburgh University...
Edinburgh University stung by last-gasp Grange goal
Premiership: men: Western 8, Clydesdale 2; Uddingston 7, FMGM Monarchs 2; Watsonians 7, Kelburne 2; Inverleith 10, Dunfermline Carnegie 2; Grange 3, Edinburgh University 3; Erskine Stewart's Melville 3, Hillhead 4.
Women: Saturday: Western Wildcats...
Magnificent seven as Grange men go marching on
Saturday: Premiership: men: Kelburne 1, Grange 7; Hillhead 2, Inverleith 3; FMGM Monarchs 1, Erskine Stewart's Melville 3; Edinburgh University 8, Uddingston 2; Dunfermline Carnegie 0, Western 9; Clydesdale 3, Watsonians 0.
Women: Watsonians 6, Glasgow...
Late strike denies ‘brilliant’ young Scots in Ireland
Ireland broke Scotland hearts with a last-gasp equaliser in the third and final Test in torrential rain in Belfast. Perth-born Ruth Blaikie, who plays club hockey in Holland, fired the young Scotland squad ahead in the...
Brave young Scots cause Ireland real problems
Scotland's women's senior hockey side lost 2-1 to Ireland in Belfast but coach Chris Duncan said it was a brilliant performance by his young players. The sides meet again on Monday and Duncan said:...
Young Scots praised by coach after draw with Ireland
Scotland's women’s squad, minus a number of leading players, earned a highly-creditable 2-2 with the Ireland development squad in Belfast in the first of a three match series.
The going gets tougher when Scotland,...
Seven Edinburgh University players in Scotland squad
University of Edinburgh player Lunjika Nyirenda will make her debut for Scotland at senior level in a triple-header against Ireland in Belfast this weekend.
She steps up to join the senior squad from the Scotland...
Grange thrash Dunfermline to consolidate at the top
Results: Premiership: men: Kelburne 5, Erskine Stewart's Melville 1; FMGM Monarchs 0, Inverleith 7; Edinburgh University 9, Hillhead 0; Dunfermline Carnegie 1, Grange 9; Clydesdale 3, Uddingston 3; Western Wildcats 5, Watsonians 0.
Premiership women:...
South African appointed Scotland under-21 coach
Rhett Halkett is the new head coach for the Scotland men’s under-21 team and will also assist head coach, Derek Forsyth, with the senior men after joining Scottish Hockey from Strathallan School where he...
Edinburgh newcomers in Wildcats sights while Watsonians women are short-benched
FIXTURES: Premiership: Saturday: men: Edinburgh University v Kelburne (Peffermill), Erskine Stewart's Melville v Western Wildcats (Inverleith), FMGM Monarchs v Clydesdale (Dalnacraig, 13.30), Hillhead v Dunfermline Carnegie (Upper Windyedge), Inverleith v Grange (The Mary Erskine School), Uddingston v Watsonians (Uddingston).
Sunday:...
Duncan can’t wait to face the elite in Europe next summer
Head coach Chris Duncan can't wait for summer 2023 when Scotland's women go in against some of the world's top teams in the A Division of the EuroHockey Championships in Germany.
The date for your...
Costello forecasts bright future for Scotland’s women
Amy Costello celebrated her first Player of the Tournament award in France as Scotland lifted the gold medal and qualified for the top tier of European hockey in Germany next summer.
But the hugely-talented player...
Scotland women book passport to top flight of European hockey
EuroHockey qualifiers: women: Scotland 4, Switzerland 2 (in Dunkirk)
Coach Chris Duncan yesterday praised his squad after securing a place for Scotland women amongst the elite of European hockey next summer.
The Tartan Hearts claimed their passport...
Scotland edge France to stay top of EuroHockey qualifiers
EuroHockey qualifers: Scotland 2, France 0 (in Dunkirk)
Heather McEwan squeezed the ball home to secure a crucial 2-0 win for Scotland over hosts France in the EuroHockey qualifiers in Dunkirk.The precious strike, 58 seconds from...
Scots brush Austria aside and now for France in EuroHockey qualifers
EuroHockey qualifers: Scotland 4, Austria 0; France 2, Switzerland 0 (in Dunkirk, France)
Ruth Blaikie made her senior international debut as Scotland cruised to a 4-0 victory over Austria in their opening game in the EuroHockey...
No room for error for Scotland women in EuroHockey qualifers in France
Scotland make two changes from their Commonwealth Games squad as they aim to book their status amongst the elite of women's European hockey.Emily Dark, the 22-year-old, Tayside-based player, who won the Premiership and Scottish Cup...
Forsyth hoping to work on fine details at EuroHockey qualifers
Scotland men’s head coach Derek Forsyth aims to build on the good phases of the form they showed at the recent Commonwealth Games when they host the EuroHockey, Qualifier D, at Uddingston Hockey Club on...
Tartan Hearts broken by Canada in Commonwealth Games showdown
COMMONWEALTH GAMES: WOMEN'S HOCKEY: fifth/sixth place: Scotland 1, Canada 3; seventh/eighth: New Zealand 1, India 1 (India win shootout 2-1).
Scotland finished sixth in the Commonwealth Games women's hockey tournament in Birmingham after being beaten...
Seven up for Scotland men in last Commonwealth Games outing
Ninth/tenth place play-off: Scotland 7, Ghana 2 (at The University of Birmingham)
Scotland men claimed ninth place in the ten-team Commonwealth Games men's hockey tournament with a 7-2 win over tournament debutants Ghana.
Four goals in seven, fourth-quarter minutes...
