Tag: Scottish Hockey
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...
Robertson says Scotland women’s hockey is on the way up
Whatever happens in today's (Sunday) fifth/sixth place play-off with Canada in the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham Scotland women are on the way up.
That's the view of Sarah Robertson (pictured), captain of the Tartan Hearts, ahead...
Scotland’s men in wooden spoon clash in Commonwealth Games
Victory for Ghana over Scotland men on Saturday (9am) would mean the Blue Sticks would take the wooden spoon in the Commonwealth Games hockey tournament at the University of Birmingham arena (pictured).
Coach Derek...
Scotland’s women must beat Canada to claim fifth spot in Commonwealth Games
Victory over Canada would secure fifth place for Scotland at the Commonwealth Games. The sides square-up on Sunday (11.15am) in Birmingham and the pairing arrived when New Zealand, ranked No 8 in the world,...
Scotland women anxious for more experience against top level hockey sides
Scotland's vice-captain Katie Robertson admitted she is relishing the prospect of a fifth/sixth play-off in the Commonwealth Games with Canada, ranked No 15 in the world, two places above the Tartan Hearts.
The Fife-born midfielder admitted...
Costello recovering after bruising battle with Aussies
Amy Costello emerged battle-scarred as Scotland were booked a fifth/sixth play-off game in the Commonwealth Games despite a 2-0 defeat by Australia.
Coach Chris Duncan's squad accumulated six points from four Pool B games after beating South...
Brave Scots edged by Hockeyroos in Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games: women hockey: Pool B: Australia 2, Scotland 0 (at The University of Birmingham)
Scotland will know if they are in the fifth/sixth play-off on Thursday morning after ruled being out of medal contention in...
Forsyth urges his men to move on after being blitzed by Australia
Scotland captain Alan Forsyth urged his squad to move on after they were beaten 12-0 by the ruthless Australian side in their second Commonwealth Games clash in Birmingham.
The Blue Sticks square-up to South Africa...
Brave Scots edged by physical Kiwis in key Commonwealth Games clash
The scoreline confirmed that Scotland’s women were edged 1-0 by New Zealand in a bruising battle in Birmingham, but it does not tell the whole story in a Commonwealth Games encounter in which the...
Eadie prepares to face mighty Kiwis in Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games: Pool A (women): Scotland 4, South Africa 2
Jen Eadie (pictured in training) eyed Scotland's clash with mighty New Zealand on Saturday night in Pool A of the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham but...
Captain Sarah Robertson aims high at Commonweath Games
Sarah Robertson (pictured) has an Olympic medal safely tucked away, the acclaimed Scottish hockey player producing a sublime finish in the bronze medal match at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics to help Great Britain finish on the podium.
Now she has re-focused...
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