Kelburne Hockey Club
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Kelburne Hockey Club is a Scottish
field hockey
club, founded in 1969 and based in Paisley
. Kelburne today operates five senior men's teams, three senior women's teams and numerous junior teams at all age group levels. The club has dominated Scottish domestic hockey in recent seasons. Kelburne HC has also supplied the Scottish National Team with the vast majority of the Gents' team as well as consistently being represented in the Scotland national ladies team. The club has also had success in Europe.
The club was founded in 1969. Since then Kelburne Hockey Club has developed into the most successful hockey club in Scotland. Since its formation at accommodation at Whitehaugh, Paisley, the club has flourished from being unfashionable to being the top hockey club in Scotland with very strong mens, ladies and youth sections. This has been the result of many years of hard work based on a youth policy developing hockey skills at an early age. No other club has been able to so consistently produce home-grown players of the standard Kelburne has in recent times. One example of the success of this policy is Great Britain defender Emily Maguire, who learned her hockey with the club over 15 years from the age of 5, before moving south to train full time with the GB squad.
The men's first team was the team of the 1990s, winning GB and Ireland Championship, four National League titles, Scottish Cup and European competitions. In season 1991–92 the club achieved the ‘Grand Slam of Scottish Hockey’ with all teams winning all SHU competitions entered, which is unique and has not been achieved by any other club.
After a gap, the current Kelburne team of the mid-2000s are emulating their predecessors and were the SHU team of the year in 2005 and 2007, also winning 5 National Leagues, 4 Scottish Cups, 2 SHU European Playoffs, EHF European Cup in Austria and EHF European Club Championship in Switzerland. 2006/07 was an outstanding season when the team completing their domestic season as 'Undefeated Team of Scottish Hockey’ with an unprecedented 100% perfect record with all games won.
Kelburne today operates five senior mens teams, 3 senior women's teams and numerous junior teams at all age group levels. Last season 2009/2010 the Men's 1st XI won the Scottish National League for the 6th successive year. In the Euro Hockey League
the men have competed 4 times with the best performance reaching the last 16 losing to Uhlenhorster, the eventual winners, to a golden goal. The women have just competed for European competition for the first time in their history in Rome.
The club has nine current senior Scotland internationals preparing for the Commonwealth games in Delhi.
Scotland
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field hockey
Field hockey
Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
club, founded in 1969 and based in Paisley
Paisley
Paisley is the largest town in the historic county of Renfrewshire in the west central Lowlands of Scotland and serves as the administrative centre for the Renfrewshire council area...
. Kelburne today operates five senior men's teams, three senior women's teams and numerous junior teams at all age group levels. The club has dominated Scottish domestic hockey in recent seasons. Kelburne HC has also supplied the Scottish National Team with the vast majority of the Gents' team as well as consistently being represented in the Scotland national ladies team. The club has also had success in Europe.
The club was founded in 1969. Since then Kelburne Hockey Club has developed into the most successful hockey club in Scotland. Since its formation at accommodation at Whitehaugh, Paisley, the club has flourished from being unfashionable to being the top hockey club in Scotland with very strong mens, ladies and youth sections. This has been the result of many years of hard work based on a youth policy developing hockey skills at an early age. No other club has been able to so consistently produce home-grown players of the standard Kelburne has in recent times. One example of the success of this policy is Great Britain defender Emily Maguire, who learned her hockey with the club over 15 years from the age of 5, before moving south to train full time with the GB squad.
The men's first team was the team of the 1990s, winning GB and Ireland Championship, four National League titles, Scottish Cup and European competitions. In season 1991–92 the club achieved the ‘Grand Slam of Scottish Hockey’ with all teams winning all SHU competitions entered, which is unique and has not been achieved by any other club.
After a gap, the current Kelburne team of the mid-2000s are emulating their predecessors and were the SHU team of the year in 2005 and 2007, also winning 5 National Leagues, 4 Scottish Cups, 2 SHU European Playoffs, EHF European Cup in Austria and EHF European Club Championship in Switzerland. 2006/07 was an outstanding season when the team completing their domestic season as 'Undefeated Team of Scottish Hockey’ with an unprecedented 100% perfect record with all games won.
Kelburne today operates five senior mens teams, 3 senior women's teams and numerous junior teams at all age group levels. Last season 2009/2010 the Men's 1st XI won the Scottish National League for the 6th successive year. In the Euro Hockey League
Euro Hockey League
The Euro Hockey League is an annual mens field hockey cup competition organised by the EHF for the very top hockey clubs in Europe. The competition was launched at the start of the 2007-08 hockey season, when it merged and replaced the mens EuroHockey Club Champions Cup and European Cup II...
the men have competed 4 times with the best performance reaching the last 16 losing to Uhlenhorster, the eventual winners, to a golden goal. The women have just competed for European competition for the first time in their history in Rome.
The club has nine current senior Scotland internationals preparing for the Commonwealth games in Delhi.
Notable players
- Jonathan ChristieJonathan ChristieJonathan Christie is a field hockey player from Scotland, playing as a forward. He represented Scotland at the 2006 Commonwealth Games and played in the Euro Hockey League 2007-08 for Kelburne HC. His...
- Michael ChristieMichael Christie (field hockey)Michael Christie is a male field hockey defender from Scotland, who earned his first cap for the Men's National Team in 2005. He plays club hockey for Kelburne HC. His older brother Jonathan is also a member of men’s national squad...
- Mark RalphMark RalphMark Ralph is a field hockey midfield player from Scotland, who earned his first cap for the Men's National Team in 2001. He plays club hockey for Kelburne HC and is well known for his trademark drag flick. He now teaches at Glasgow Academy...
Internationalists
- Adam Bain
- Alan Dick
- Alan Forsyth
- Amanda Maxwell
- Ben Petersen
- Cameron McLeod
- Cath Rae
- Chris Nelson
- Chris Traynor
- Colin Bryce
- Craig Morton
- Craig Walker
- Craig Watkins
- David Forsyth
- David Fowler
- David Ralph
- Don Tervit
- Dougie Potter
- Ed Greaves
- Emily Maguire
- Emma Barlow
- Fraser Hutchison (The sports first male over 7 feet 2 inches tall to represent their country at world championships)
- Fraser Scott
- Gareth Hall
- Gavin Sommerville
- Gordon McIntyre
- Gordon Moore
- Greig Cunningham
- Harry Godfrey
- Iain Scholefield
- James Wilson
- Jason Cairns
- Jennifer Hendry
- John G Shephard
- Johnny Christie
- Josh Cairns
- Judith Crawford
- Julie Bryce
- Katie McKay
- Keith Reid
- Kenny Bain
- Kenny Morrice
- Kerri Nunnery
- Kristine Aysling
- Laura Wrightson
- Lauren Grant
- Laurie Kirkland
- Lee Morton
- Mark Fulton
- Mark Ralph
- Martin Shaw
- Matt McGinley
- Michael Bremner
- Michael Christie
- Mike Starling
- Neil McKenzie
- Niall Stott
- Nicola Cook
- Nicola Ralph
- Rebecca McIlwraith
- Ross McPherson
- Ross Stott
- Ryan Dunn
- Steven Irving
- Stuart Bamford
- Stuart Brown
- Stuart McAlpine
- Willie Marshall
- Jack McAllister