Scottish Hockey response to the GB Hockey squad selection for Rio announcement

Following the GB Hockey squads announcement for the Rio Olympics, Scottish Hockey would like to acknowledge that none of our Scottish players have been selected. Our athletes have worked exceptionally hard, made significant personal and professional sacrifices, and shown a fantastic commitment to competing in a sport they love – we are disappointed for them that they have not been rewarded for their efforts. They are a credit to Scottish Hockey and the sport.

Selection for the Olympic Games is always competitive, the GB Coaches have selected a squad that they believe will give GB the best possible chance of success, and we look forward to supporting Team GB at Rio.

In Scotland we are currently in a period of transition where we are building for the future. We are in the process of delivering the outcomes of our recent performance review and with our plan and structure to continue to produce world class hockey players and teams in the years ahead.

Looking to the future, Scottish Hockey has a number of young Scottish athletes in GB full time programmes and will nominate a number of high quality athletes for the GB programmes going forwards and we have high hopes for them. The Scottish players that have been involved over the last cycle have amassed positive experiences as part of this in World League 3 and World League 4 competitions as well as professional training and elite test series, playing against top athletes.

We have three players in the GB under 23 programme, and two players in the GB under 21s women side. Further to that, Alan Forsyth was named English Hockey League’s players’ player of the year – we have top athletes of that stature. We have a strong platform to build on and we want to continually improve and produce the very best athletes for the future.

On an exciting and positive front we have two umpires going to Rio, following the success of Ged Curran who Umpired the 2012 Olympic Final. They have worked hard, shown real commitment, and are a credit to Scottish Hockey.

We would like to wish Team GB all the very best for the Olympics and we look forward to supporting the team at Rio.

 

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