Scotland Women’s Squad for Ireland 4-Nations

Scotland women v Spain June 2016 4

Photo – Gordon Newlands

Scotland Women’s Head Coach Gordon Shepherd has selected his squad for Scotland’s participation in the Ireland 4-Nations tournament on 30 July – 5 August.

The young squad includes two players who have not been capped yet – Mairi Drummond and Erin Gilchrist. The Scots will take on Ireland, Belgium and Chile in the tournament.

Since last summer the squad has set out to develop to compete in World League 2 in Feb 2017. The World League 2 clashes in Spain will see Scotland play their hosts and Azerbaijan plus five other teams yet to qualify. Gordon Shepherd said the players have all worked hard to move the squad forward, and that he and the other coaches fully believe that the team is on track to achieve the goal of qualifying for World League 3 in the summer of 2017.

The squad recently competed against Spain in Alicante and pushed the Olympic-bound Spanish side hard in four international challenges, played in blistering heat. The 4-Nations in Ireland will present another competitive challenge for the Scots.

Ahead of the 4-Nations in Ireland, Gordon Shepherd said:

“The tournament will be a tough test for the players – the opposition are all of good quality. Belgium beat us in the Europeans last year 1-0 but it should have been more. Ireland have had good games recently having played in the Hawkes Bay tournament in New Zealand in April, and recently beat Spain in a series. Chile are a bit of an unknown but have played quality opposition in USA recently.

“The squad is a young squad. There are a number of players unavailable or are being rested. We still feel that this squad has the ability to build on what they achieved in Alicante recently. There are two players in the squad who have not been caped. Mairi Drummond and Erin Gilchrist. This is a great opportunity for them as well as others to stake a claim for future selection.”

The games will take place on 30 July at 3pm; 31 July at 1pm; and 2 August at 5pm at Glenageary.

 

Scotland Squad

Nicola Cochrane (Edinburgh University)

Erin Gilchrist (Drexel University)

Kareena Marshall (Western Wildcats)

Becky Ward (Dundee Wanderers)

Emily Newlands (Watsonians)

Amy Costello ((Birmingham University)

Karin Belch (Grove Menzieshill)

Nikki Lloyd (Wimbledon HC)

Katie Robertson (Grove Menzieshill)

Heather Howie (Clydesdale Western)

Kate Holmes (Clifton HC)

Mairi Drummond (Edinburgh University)

Becky Merchant (Edinburgh University)

Jen Eadie (Clydesdale Western)

Fiona Bruce (Clydesdale Western)

Charlotte Watson (Dundee Wanderers)

Sarah Jamieson (Grove Menzieshill)

Millie Brown (Clydesdale Western)

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