Wales to battle Scotland’s Women this weekend

The Scotland Women’s team begin their preparation for the FIH World Cup Qualifying Tournament with two matches against Wales, this weekend, at Auchenhowie.

The matches, which are non-capped internationals, will commence at 2pm on Saturday and 11.30am on Sunday. Spectators are welcome, with Covid mitigation protocols in place.

The matches provide the first competitive international outing since the European A Division. This weekend will allow the first opportunity to assess the wider squad, prior to selection for the World Cup Qualifiers in Pisa in late October. Scotland will require to win the Eight team knockout competition if they are to qualify for the World Cup in Spain and the Netherlands next summer.

10 August 2019 at the National Hockey Centre, Glasgow Green. Women's EuroHockey Championship II Final match: Scotland v Italy. The Scotland team huddle before the start of the game - photo by Duncan Gray
Photo by Duncan Gray

Head Coach Chris Duncan said, “We have had a really tough but rewarding block of training over the last seven weeks. The players have invested a tremendous amount of time and effort into embedding the ideas and structures we have delivered. Given this has coincided with pre-season and the beginning of the Premiership in Scotland, it has been a big ask for everybody involved, and the players and staff have been fantastic.

In our recent games against the GB Elite Development Squad (EDP), we tried out different variations and combinations of players and learned a great deal about our defensive systems. These matches against Wales will be different, however. Wales are a good team and will be at full strength, especially with the inclusion of their GB players, Leah Wilkinson and Sarah Jones, who are fresh back from their Tokyo bronze medal success.

In our opening game in the qualifying tournament, we play Poland who beat Wales in the recent European B division. Wales are in the same half of the draw as us out in Pisa. So, the opportunity to test ourselves now against another team in the competition is invaluable.

We have focussed on developing coordination in our performances, where players both understand and complement each other’s strengths in how they play. The high standard opposition this weekend will be extremely useful as we move into our final phases of preparation.

As always, it’s a real privilege for the players to pull on a Scotland shirt, and to do it at the home of one of our biggest clubs is really positive.”

Scottish Hockey would like to thank Western Hockey Club for kindly offering to host the matches and for their support in our build-up to the World Cup Qualifiers.

 

SCOTLAND TEAM

1 Becky Ward (C) Western Wildcats
2 Bex Condie (C) Gloucester City
3 Bronwyn Shield Clydesdale Western
4 Charlotte Watson Loughborough University
5 Ellie Wilson Watsonians
6 Emily Dark Watsonians
7 Fiona Burnet Wimbledon
8 Georgia Jones Edinburgh University
9 Heather McEwan Royal Victory
10 Iona Colquhoun (GK) Clydesdale Western
11 Jennifer Eadie Clydesdale Western
12 Jess Buchanan (GK) Athletic Terrassa
13 Jess Ross Edinburgh University
14 Kate Holmes Western Wildcats
15 Katie Robertson Edinburgh University
16 Kerry-Anne Hastings Durham University
17 Lucy Camlin (GK) Watsonians
18 Millie Steiger Clydesdale Western
19 Sarah Jamieson Watsonians

10 August 2019 at the National Hockey Centre, Glasgow Green. Women's EuroHockey Championship II Final match: Scotland v Italy. The Scotland team huddle before the start of the game - photo by Duncan Gray

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