Senior Schools Cup Finals

Excitement is building ahead of tomorrow’s Scottish Senior Schools Cup Finals at Peffermill. Sixteen school 1st XIs will battle it out for the trophies in one of the highlights of the Scottish Hockey calendar. You can find the programme and schedule here.

Route to the Finals

Teams have been battling it out since last September in knockout matches for the Schools Cups, with those who lost their first-round matches going into the Plates.

Boys Cup and Plate

Strathallan’s 3-0 semi-final win against Edinburgh Academy has earned them a place in the Boys’ Cup Final. They’ll meet Fettes College, who scored a last-gasp goal in a 3-2 semi-final win against George Watson’s College.

In the Plate Final, last season’s runners-up Robert Gordon’s College are aiming to go one better against Hutchesons’ Grammar School, who have scored 14 goals on their cup run.

Girls Cup and Plate

The Girls’ final is an Edinburgh derby, with Mary Erskine School (MES) up against Edinburgh Academy. MES knocked out holders Heriots before their 2-0 semi-final win against St George’s. Edinburgh Academy beat a strong Dollar Academy team 2-0 in their semi.

Last season’s Plate winners, The Glasgow Academy, are looking to retain their trophy after seeing off Fettes 2-1 in their semi-final. They meet High School of Dundee, who knocked out Jordanhill.

Girls Challenge Cup and Plate

Kelvinside are looking to retain the Challenge Cup after their 2-0 semi-final win against Robert Gordon’s, having not conceded a goal yet. However, they’re up against Gordonstoun, who are the competition’s top scorers having netted 12 times, so it should be a thrilling contest.

In the Plate, Kilgraston, who beat Peebles 3-2 in a cracking semi-final, are up against more Borders’ opposition in the shape of Galashiels Academy. They edged out Trinity Academy 2-1 in the semi.

Aspire Cups

The Senior Aspire Cups are for state schools and others who are developing their hockey programme with a view to competing in the Schools Cups in the future. Teams qualified from tournaments in November.

In the Girls’ final, Cults Academy travel down from Aberdeen after scoring 13 goals without loss in their qualifiers. They take on Balerno High School, who beat Hawick High School on penalties in their qualifying final.

The boys’ final sees Edinburgh’s Trinity Academy play High School of Dundee. Trinity knocked out holders McLaren HS in their qualifier, and the Dundonians edged out their city rivals Grove and Harris.

 

How to watch

Spectators are very welcome to attend these finals – admission is free. Anyone coming to the event is encouraged to use public transport as this is always a very busy day. Please give consideration to residents if parking in nearly streets.

For anyone who can’t make it along, Scottish Hockey is live streaming the event. Details here: Scottish Hockey to live stream Schools’ Cup Finals – Scottish Hockey (scottish-hockey.org.uk)

There will be food and drinks for sale, and music provided by Buena Vista Entertainment.

The Junior Schools Cup Finals will take place next Friday, 24 March at Peffermill.

 


 

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