Martin Madden and Sarah Wilson to umpire bronze medal matches

Martin Madden and Sarah WilsonScottish Hockey umpires Martin Madden and Sarah Wilson have both been appointed to bronze medal matches at the Rio Olympics.

Sarah Wilson will umpire the match between Germany and New Zealand while Martin Madden will umpire the contest between Netherlands and Germany.

It is a tremendous achievement for our umpires, both taking part in the Olympics for the first time in their umpiring careers.

This is the third consecutive Olympics where a Scot has umpired a medal match, showing that Martin Madden and Sarah Wilson are both upholding the exceptional standard set by Scottish umpires in international hockey.

Already this tournament Sarah Wilson has umpired Argentina v India; India v Australia; Netherlands v Korea; China v Germany; and Australia v New Zealand.

Martin Madden had the honour of umpiring the opening game of the Olympics, Argentina v Netherlands, and has also umpired Spain v Argentina; Netherlands v India; Germany v Ireland; Germany v India; and Netherlands v Germany.

Earlier in the tournament Martin Madden became the 39th man to receive a FIH Golden Whistle for umpiring 100 senior international matches with Netherlands v India being his 100th match umpiring senior internationals.

Sarah Wilson said: “I’m so proud to be appointed to the Bronze medal match of the Rio Olympic Games between Germany and New Zealand.”

Martin Madden will umpire the men’s bronze medal match today at 4pm, and Sarah Wilson will umpire the women’s bronze medal match tomorrow at 4pm.

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