Craig Strachan
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Craig Strachan, represented Scotland in both ice hockey and field hockey in the 1980s. At club level, he played for Dundee Rockets
and Fife Flyers
at ice hockey.
Born in Dundee
, Strachan represented Scotland at indoor hockey in both the U-18s, U-21s and senior levels. An article in the Evening Telegraph of 19 December 1989 cites that Strachan netted 10 of the goals scored at the U-21 Midshires Tournament in Birmingham.
Strachan played with Menzieshill
, Dundee Wanderers and Plexus Mercian at club level. While playing at NMP Menzieshill, they won the Scottish Indoor Hockey Club Championships at Kelvinhall, Glasgow (18 February 1990) beating Western Indespension 10-5. While playing with Plexus Mercian they won the national league, which earned them a place in the European Cup, in Cologne, Germany. Strachan is currently playing for Falkirk GHG Hockey Club.
His cousins Niall Stott
, Ross Stott and Jenny Gerrard have followed in his footsteps, currently representing Scotland in field hockey.
Dundee Rockets
The Dundee Rockets were an ice hockey club based in Dundee, Scotland. Founded in 1963, the club were founder members of the Northern League in 1967 and the British Hockey League in 1982. The club won eight titles before closing in 1987....
and Fife Flyers
Fife Flyers
The Fife Flyers, established in 1938, are the oldest ice hockey team in Scotland, and also in the United Kingdom, beating the Nottingham Panthers by 8 years...
at ice hockey.
Born in Dundee
Dundee
Dundee is the fourth-largest city in Scotland and the 39th most populous settlement in the United Kingdom. It lies within the eastern central Lowlands on the north bank of the Firth of Tay, which feeds into the North Sea...
, Strachan represented Scotland at indoor hockey in both the U-18s, U-21s and senior levels. An article in the Evening Telegraph of 19 December 1989 cites that Strachan netted 10 of the goals scored at the U-21 Midshires Tournament in Birmingham.
Strachan played with Menzieshill
Menzieshill
Menzieshill is an area of the city of Dundee, Scotland. It is located on the absolute west of the city and is immediately north west of Blackness and the West End, west of Lochee, east of Gowrie Park and south of Charleston...
, Dundee Wanderers and Plexus Mercian at club level. While playing at NMP Menzieshill, they won the Scottish Indoor Hockey Club Championships at Kelvinhall, Glasgow (18 February 1990) beating Western Indespension 10-5. While playing with Plexus Mercian they won the national league, which earned them a place in the European Cup, in Cologne, Germany. Strachan is currently playing for Falkirk GHG Hockey Club.
His cousins Niall Stott
Niall Stott
Niall Craig Stott is a Scottish field hockey player, who was a member of the Great Britain and Northern Ireland squad that finished ninth at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He was born in Dundee....
, Ross Stott and Jenny Gerrard have followed in his footsteps, currently representing Scotland in field hockey.