Tag: Watsonians
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...
Grange edge Clydesdale to continue 100 per cent record
Premiership: men: Erskine Stewart's Melville 1, Edinburgh University 9; Grange 3, Clydesdale 2; Hillhead 4, FMGM Monarchs 1; Inverleith 1, Western Wildcats 9; Watsonians 7, Dunfermline Carnegie 1; Uddingston 2, Kelburne 0. Women: Inverleith...
Grange out to extend winning run
Men's Premiership: Uddingston v Kelburne; Watsonians v Dunfermline; Inverleith v Western; Hillhead v FMGM Monarchs; Grange v Clydesdale; Erskine Stewart's Melville v Edinburgh University.
Women's Premiership: Clydesdale v Uddingston; Dundee Wanderers v Gordonians (15.30); GHK...
Forsyth captain of Scotland’s Commonwealth Games squad
Great Britain international Alan Forsyth skippers Scotland in his fourth Commonwealth Games as the Blue Sticks face Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Pakistan in an Pool A in Birmingham.
Left out are Kenny Bain,...
Watsonians captain on a high after success over The University of Edinburgh in Scottish...
Watsonians captain Bethan Mann praised the squad and, in particular goalkeeper Lucy Camlin, after they secured a Scottish Cup and Premiership double with a narrow victory over The University of Edinburgh.
The 1-0 win came courtesy...
Edinburgh University star Costello aims for first winners medal in Scottish Cup showdown with...
Amy Costello is currently engaged in a dissertation on performance and hydration in female athletes, and that could be an element in deciding who takes the silverware in Sunday's Scottish Hockey Cup Final (4pm, Peffermill Playing...
Western eye domestic Grand Slam and Watsonians hunt down double in Scottish Hockey
Western thrashed Hillhead 6-1 when the sides last met in the men's Premiership, but the newly-crowned league champions will not be complacent when the Glasgow pair clash in the Scottish Cup Final on Saturday...
Scotland women face Wales back-to-back as Commonwealth Games build-up continues
Scotland women’s head coach Chris Duncan aims to continue the good work when they play Wales back-to-back in uncapped matches this weekend.
Duncan's squad won two of three matches against a strong Irish side in...
Harwood treble for Western as they close in on league and Scottish Cup glory
Western, the men's Premiership pace-setters, took another step towards a league and cup double when they thrashed Dunfermline Carnegie 8-0 in their Scottish Cup semi-final at Glasgow's National Hockey Centre.
Captain Rob Harwood netted a treble and Fraser...
Grange still in the hunt
Rory McCann claimed a double as second-placed Grange kept on the coat-tails of men's Premiership pace-setters, Western, with a 4-2 victory over battling Clydesdale in Edinburgh.
Grange remain five points adrift in the title race after Western's...
Watsonians face tough test
Veteran striker Jonny Christie (pictured in red shirt by Nigel Duncan) claimed the game-winner in the 3-2 success over Edinburgh University to take his total for the season to 13 and the former Kelburne forward will...
Razor-sharp Christie claims winner
Gavin Sommerville reflected on Western's come-from-behind, 3-2 men's Premiership success at Edinburgh University and admitted: "They really pushed us."
Jonny Christie claimed the game-winner three minutes from time for the long-time men's Premiership leaders.
The victory extended their...
Grange under pressure in title race
Grange are five points behind Premiership leaders Western and can't afford a slip when they visit Peffermill on Saturday (13.00) to face Edinburgh University as league games are fast running out.Western are unbeaten in...
Must-win game for Grange
Grange clash with long-time men's Premiership leaders Western at Fettes College on Saturday (noon) in a must-win game for the Edinburgh side who are second in the table with 33 points, five points adrift...
Rugby – Watsonians v Hillhead-Jordanhill, Women’s Tennent’s Premiership Final
Watsonians WRFC finished top of the Women's Tennent's Premiership after the 2021-22 domestic season. With Hillhead-Jordanhill just one point behind in second, the Season Finale at Myreside - in a howling gale - promised...
Semple clinches welcome win
Scotland edged Ireland 3-2 to earn their first win in the EuroHockey Indoor Championships, Division 2, in Ourense, Spain, but their promotion hopes suffered a hammer blow after a crushing 6-2 defeat to hosts...
Scots hopes dashed by late strike
Scotland's hopes of a moral-boosting win in the EuroHockey Indoor Championships, Division Two, in Spain were dashed by a goal 40 seconds from full time.
Razor-sharp Sofie Stomps capitalised on a loose ball near the...
Dark puts lights out on Ireland
Watsonians player Emily Dark slotted a series-winning running penalty to spark a double celebration for Scottish Hockey bosses.
The men won all three games against Ireland in Antrim in their mini-series and the women edged...
Mixed fortunes for Inverleith
Defending champions Inverleith suffered mixed fortunes in the opening round of fixtures in men's Division One (indoors) with a 4-3 defeat by Grove Menzieshill and a 6-0 victory over Capital rivals Watsonians.
Patrick Christie (pictured)...
Duncan issues warning to squad
Premiership combine Inverleith, boosted by their 7-1 victory over Kelburne in the league, host Strathclyde University (Mary Erskine School, 13.30) in the Scottish Hockey Cup on Saturday.
And coach Chris Duncan (pictured) warned his men...
Grange lying second
Grange hope sixth-placed Uddingston can derail Western's nine-game unbeaten run since the start of the season when the pair clash at Auchenhowie on Saturday (15.00).
Western have scored 54 goals and lost only 16 collecting...
Sands strike sparks Watsonians win
Watsonians player-coach Dan Coultas (pictured, white shirt) set a target of gaining a place in the top six of the men's Premiership ahead of the winter shut-down and he has achieved that comfortably.
In fact,...
Grange close gap on Western
Rob Harwood netted a double as men's Premiership pace-setters Western beat Watsonians 3-0 in Edinburgh to extend their unbeaten run to nine games.
The three points takes the Glasgow club on to 25 points but...
Marwaha warns his unbeaten squad
Western Wildcats coach Vishal Marawha has issued a warning to his Premiership-chasing squad: "Don't drop your intensity."
The early-season, men's pace-setters square-up to a Watsonians side desperate to bounce back after their impressive recent six-match unbeaten run came to...
Students aiming high in top flight
Robbie Croll believes that the new-look Edinburgh University side have not reached their full potential and revealed they are aiming high in the men's hockey Premiership this season.
Draws against two of the front-runners have,...
Carnegie face toughest test
Dunfermline Carnegie face their biggest test since being promoted to the top flight of Scottish Hockey when they travel to joint leaders Western Wildcats (Auchenhowie, 13.30) on Saturday.
Western, Dunfermline and Grange all have 16...
Students and Watsonians both disappointed
Edinburgh University underlined their growing status in the men's Premiership with a 0-0 draw against title-chasing Grange at Fettes College.
The game was actually the students' home fixture but they normally train on a Monday...
Hockey – Scotland name four Edinburgh players
Four Lothians-based players - Dan Coultas, Robbie Croll, David Forrester and Robbie Shepherdson - plus Great Britain international Alan Forsyth, are in Scotland's EuroHockey Championship II squad for Gniezno, Poland from August 11 to 22.
The return of...
18 mile Sunday run to raise awareness for women’s rugby
Broughton Women player Ruth Morgan ran 18 miles around each of the seven Edinburgh rugby clubs that have a women’s team on Sunday (6th Dec.). Joined by teammates and players from other teams for...
Super6 to receive FOSROC support for second year
Construction Solutions company FOSROC will continue its support of Scottish Rugby’s part-time professional league Super6 for a second year.
Its name will also be the title sponsor to the ‘Sprint Series’, a shortened Super6 tournament...