Gold medal success for Grove Menzieshill; but European disappointment for Clydesdale Western and Grange

There were highs and lows for Scotland’s European club representatives today, including Gold Medal success for Grove Menzieshill, relegation for Clydesdale Western, and a fifth place finish for Grange.

A Gold Medal for Grove Menzieshill as the Taysiders defeated HC Rotweiss Wettingen to win the EuroHockey Club Champions Challenge II event in France.

Tournament top scorer Linda Clement bagged a second half double in addition to a thirteenth minute Louise Carroll penalty corner to give the Dundee outfit a comfortable 3-0 win.

The Scots finished the tournament with a 100% record from their three matches, scoring fifteen goals and only conceding one.

Grove Menzieshill ECCII

(Grove Menzieshill celebrate European success. Photo Credit: Grove Menzieshill)

Please visit the EuroHockey Club Challenge II website for more information.

Grange finished fifth in the EuroHockey Club Champions Trophy in Dublin.

Despite a 5-2 win against Ukrainians HC OKS-SHVSM yesterday, including two goals for Frank Ryan, and strikes from Hamish Imrie, Cameron Fraser and Andrew Campbell, the Stags could only finish third in Pool A.

Consequently, the capital outfit faced SG Amsicora ASD of Italy in today’s 5th/6th place play-off match, and they made light work of the task, winning the contest easily 5-0.

The deadlock was finally broken four minutes after the half-time interval, Todd Harmsworth opening the scoring from open play, before Frank Ryan doubled the advantage two minutes later to make it 2-0.

Scotland international Hamish Imrie finished off the Italians in seven minutes before the full-time whistle, rattling home goals in the 63rd, 65th and 70th minute to wrap up the 5-0 win and storm up to the top of the goal-scoring charts with seven goals in total.

Please visit the EuroHockey Club Champions Trophy website for more information.

Despite an encouraging start in their opening two games in the EuroHockey Club Champions Challenge I event, two subsequent losses led to Clydesdale Western being relegated to the Challenge II division.

Yesterday, the Scottish Cup winners lost their final pool A match against Italians SG Amsicora ASD, going down 2-1, resulting in the Titwood side missing out on second place in the pool on goal difference and progressing to the relegation play-off today against SK Slavia Praha.

A goalless first half was followed by a second half glut of goals, beginning in the 37th minute when Adela Mejzlikova gave Slavia Praha a 1-0 lead. However, the Scottish side were soon back on level terms, Jennifer Eadie notching the equaliser two minutes later.

The match swung back and forth again when Millie Brown put Clydesdale Western in front in the 59th minute, only for Renata Capouchova to pull the Czechs back on parity sixty second later.

Captain and Scotland international Susan McGilveray made it 3-2 eight minutes from time, but yet again the Eastern Europeans pegged them back, captain Adela Bizova’s field goal four minutes from time leaving the final score at 3-3 and taking the match into penalties.

Unfortunately for Clydesdale Western, all penalty takers were unable to beat Andrea Vancurova in the Slavia Prague goal, while Capouchova and Bizova held their nerve to put their efforts beyond goalkeeper Louise Duffy to give them a 2-0 win in the shoot-out.

Please visit the EuroHockey Club Challenge II website for more information.

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