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After much preparation, the Scotland U16 Girls and Boys are gearing up for their first international matches of the season, against Belgium this weekend.

The Girls squad is looking to consolidate on their good start to the season, after successful matches against North of England in early June. They will continue to reinforce tactical situations to outwit the Belgian defence, aiming to score in both the outfield and through penalty corners.

The Boys squad is looking forward to the trip and is hoping to produce some good results after working well together in the preparation for the matches. The weekend sees a number of initial caps in the side as many young players pull on their national colours for the first time.


Scotland U16 Girls Squad

Bon Accord MBC
Hollie Porter, 15/01/89
Siobhan Prise, 18/10/89

Dollar Academy
Emily Bain, 29/11/89

Edinburgh Hockey Club
Donna Bruce (GK), 21/02/89
Hannah Muir, 27/04/89
Lucy Dennis, 03/02/89
George Watson?s College
Heather Tait, 19/07/89
Sarah Nivern, 19/04/89

Giffnock
Amy Morrice, 18/09/89
Louise Dale, 13/07/89

Glasgow En-Croute Western
Iona Holloway, 01/06/89

Glasgow High Kelvinside (GHK)
Amy Gibson (GK), 13/07/89

Lyndehurst Ladies
Megan Barbour, 14/02/89

Merlins Gordonians
Louise Fleming, 27/02/91

Perthshire
Emma Reid, 07/07/89

Waverley & Inveresk
Amy Brodie, 17/08/90

Management Team
Team Manager: Lindsay Loades
Coach: Julie Bryce
Assistant Coach: Phil Gaitor
Goal Keeping Coach: Richard Davies
Assistant Goal Keeping Coach: Ellen Muir
Physio: Kirstin Carrol


Scotland U16 Boys Squad

Gordonians
Stewart Bruce (GK), 27/09/1989
Scott Lovell, 26/07/1989

Kelburne
Matthew Mcginley, 14/01/1989
David Forsyth, 26/02/1989
Fraser Hutchison, 01/08/1989

Greenock
John Martin, 06/02/1990
Laurie McKelvie, 24/07/1989
Louis Allwood 4/10/1989
Gordon McIntyre, 15/11/1989

Clydesdale
Steven McKnight, 08/01/1990
Ciaran Crawford, 08/08/1989

Inverleith
Christopher Grassick
Calum Milne, 25/01/1989

Perthshire
Michael Ross, 26/06/1989

Edinburgh Hockey Club
Scott Sutherland, 17/12/1988

Watsonians
Alastair Evans, 12/01/1989

Dundee Wanderers
Connor McArtney, 26/05/1989

Strathallan School
Ryan Matthews

Team Management
Manager: Alan Auld
Coach: Kevin McNab
Assistant Coach: Stephen Foster
Goal-Keeping Coach: Neil McAlpine
Physio: Gemma Robinson


Schedule (all games played at Centre Sportif, Brussels)

Thursday 23 June, 7pm: Scotland U16 Girls v Belgium U15 Girls
Friday 24 June, 3pm: Scotland U16 Girls v Belgium U15 Girls
Friday 24 June, 5pm: Scotland U16 Boys v Belgium U15 Boys
Sat 25 June, 12pm: Scotland U16 Girls v Belgium U15 Girls
Sat 25 June, 2pm: Scotland U16 Boys v Belgium U15 Boys
Sun 26 June, 12pm: Scotland U16 Boys v Belgium U15 Boys
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Player
06-26-2005  1:33 pm 		Report this post
the girls kicked ass!!! 5-1, 5-2 and 3-0. good luck in edinburgh this weekend
Marco
06-26-2005  3:50 pm 		Report this post
How did it Go
 Well want were the scores in Brussels for the Girls ?
the best
06-27-2005  11:22 am 		Report this post
scores 4 the boys
 boys lost 4-1 3-0 4-3
Dollar
06-27-2005  1:01 pm 		Report this post
Emily you're awesome.
scotsman
06-27-2005  1:43 pm 		Report this post
unlucky boys --> 4-1, 3-0, 4-3
improved every game just need to go and hammer the Irish!!
Interesred
06-28-2005  1:59 am 		Report this post
games
 Shame it was U15's you were playing none of the other squads have done that. All the same well done.
Spectator
06-28-2005  4:28 am 		Report this post
The boys were playing the current European champions and the girls were playing a poor side who would be incapable of beating many of the district sides, I hope the SHU and others realise this when they are looking at the results. There was a massive improvement on last years results for the boys and the general consensus from all the spectators was that the sides were exceedingly even but that Scotland were taught a lesson on how to finish by the Belguim boys. Hopefully they have taken a lot from this trip and learn from that lesson and use it to turn possession into goals starting next week agaianst the Irish.
Old one
06-28-2005  7:26 am 		Report this post
Girls U16 and "kicking ass"
 Belgian girls, according to their web site are preparing for Europeans in 2006 ie this was Belgium U15 as every player is eligible for 2006.

Scottish side was ostensibly (bar 2) at top age group ie U16.

We should see the results in that light!
Player
06-28-2005  4:08 pm 		Report this post
Can you not just give praise to both teams. why is scottish hockey so non-supportive and cricitical of their younger sides! Maybe the adult teams would progress better if support was given at a younger age!
frank
06-28-2005  5:27 pm 		Report this post
well done boys, your performances were exceptional all weekend!
they showed a certain level of comittment and heart that an U16's team hasnt shown in a few years. they were undoubtably the better all-round players with a better game.
sadly, the belgians showed our boys how to finish. they were in the scottish 'd' rarely but always took their chances.
good luck in ireland, lads. get into em and play well!!
"dita=god"
06-28-2005  5:28 pm 		Report this post
evans
 Evans is god
Clive & Greg
06-29-2005  1:35 am 		Report this post
heard the dale boys did well again! top stuff to ciran and stevo, and good luck to the team at the weekend against ireland! c'mon the dale!
Old one
06-29-2005  2:34 am 		Report this post
Support
 I don't think support is the issue - I think that you have to be realistic to achieve. The support I have given and will continue to give to Scottish Hockey is unquestioned.

The results of the girls would appear, on the face of it, to be good results and on the day, the team played better than Belgium. The improvement in results for the boys over the weekend seems unquestionable. In both cases the scores tell little of how the teams played with regard to each teams objectives, goals and gameplan (all of these from individual and team perspectives). A proper analysis of each of these areas has probably yet to be done.

My question is (because the results don't matter in the bigger picture) this:
"are we preparing our youngsters in the correct way for competitive international hockey tournaments by giving them 3 friendlies against a "development team"?"

Discuss!

PS - I do understand that results do matter to individuals and it wasn't meant to belittle the results in any way
...
06-29-2005  10:04 am 		Report this post
interested
 i think you'll find that the boys played under 16s and not 15s it was a printing error on the website. the girls played under 15s
Old One
06-29-2005  3:01 pm 		Report this post
U16 Belgium ....
 The Belgian Hockey web site is very clear (in French!) A group of 40 boys U16 for European Championships in 2006 is to be reduced to a working group of 25 after the 3 preparation games against Scotland U16 boys.

I'm afraid that the information on the SHU web site was accurate!
old and wise one
06-29-2005  3:47 pm 		Report this post
congratulations girls! Im a player in one of the older age groups and i know that such a convincing win against the Belgians is hard to come by! whether they were younger or not. The Belgians obviously would pick their best U15 team to play you so you should take full credit for the win.
Glad to see Julie, Phil, Lyndsey and Kirstin are still working with the team, Had the best years with those guys.
mark
06-29-2005  3:59 pm 		Report this post
ireland
 come on the irish!! preparation has been brilliant now all we have 2 do is win!!
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