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11/08/2025

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06/08/2025

Check out Inverleith Hockey Club

Are you looking for a new club or thinking about getting back into hockey?

We’re always welcoming new players at all levels of the club!

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06/08/2025

This will be useful…

Channel 4 will broadcast all England men and women games at EuroHockey 2025 on its YouTube channel - the rest of the games for English hockey fans will be on EuroHockeyTV.

06/08/2025

Wales men won a shootout in their EuroHockey Championship II final against Ireland in Portugal.

Wales men win a shootout in their EuroHockey Championship II final against Ireland in Portugal.

06/08/2025

Wales will play in the European top flight for the first time in 24 years in 2027 after beating Austria 2-1 in dramatic fashion in their Women's EuroHockey Championship II semi-final in Poland.

Wales women and men will play in the European hockey top flight in 2027.

04/08/2025

In 1975 the International Federation of Women’s Hockey Associations (IFWHA) held its conference in the Scottish capital city of Edinburgh. Alongside this there was a tournament for all participating nations. This was a type of World Championship & was a precursor to what is now the World Cup.

22 teams competed in 1975 with England beating Wales in the final, and New Zealand getting over the top of the Netherlands in a penalty shootout to take the bronze medal. As winners the English were presented with the Royal Bank of Scotland Quaich, a trophy named after by the sponsors. Scotland finished ninth. The championship was played with new rules, the push-in instead of the roll in, two only for off side, defending forwards at corners on the half way line, and the penalty stroke instead of the penalty bully. The 1st & final games were played at the Meadowbank pitch. All of the others were played at Peffermill Playing Fields.

In July 2025 Scottish Hockey hosted the French ladies hockey team in an official test series. On Saturday the 26th of July, the national governing body, alongside Scottish Hockey Heritage, celebrated the 50th anniversary of the 1975 Edinburgh IFWHA World Championship. Here several members of the Scottish ladies team, the organising committee, Scottish Hockey & the Scottish Hockey Heritage group gathered to celebrate and to mark the passing of 5 decades since the event.

International Federation of Women’s Hockey Associations (IFWHA)
Eleventh Conference and Tournament
Edinburgh, Scotland 28th August - 11th September 1975

July 2025 Test Series Results
26.07.2025; Scotland Ladies 1 - 1 France Ladies
27.07.2025; Scotland Ladies 3 - 4 France Ladies

Photo credit; Tao MacLeod ()

03/08/2025

In 1975 the International Federation of Women’s Hockey Associations (IFWHA) held its conference in the Scottish capital city of Edinburgh. Alongside this there was a tournament for all participating nations. This was a type of World Championship & was a precursor to what is now the World Cup.

22 teams competed in 1975 with England beating Wales in the final, and New Zealand getting over the top of the Netherlands in a penalty shootout to take the bronze medal. As winners the English were presented with the Royal Bank of Scotland Quaich, a trophy named after by the sponsors. Scotland finished ninth. The championship was played with new rules, the push-in instead of the roll in, two only for off side, defending forwards at corners on the half way line, and the penalty stroke instead of the penalty bully. The 1st & final games were played at the Meadowbank pitch. All of the others were played at Peffermill Playing Fields.

In July 2025 Scottish Hockey hosted the French ladies hockey team in an official test series. On Saturday the 26th of July, the national governing body, alongside Scottish Hockey Heritage, celebrated the 50th anniversary of the 1975 Edinburgh IFWHA World Championship. Here several members of the Scottish ladies team, the organising committee, Scottish Hockey & the Scottish Hockey Heritage group gathered to celebrate and to mark the passing of 5 decades since the event.

International Federation of Women’s Hockey Associations (IFWHA)
Eleventh Conference and Tournament
Edinburgh, Scotland 28th August - 11th September 1975

July 2025 Test Series Results
26.07.2025; Scotland Ladies 1 - 1 France Ladies
27.07.2025; Scotland Ladies 3 - 4 France Ladies

Photo credit; Tao MacLeod.

02/08/2025

In 1975 the International Federation of Women’s Hockey Associations (IFWHA) held its conference in the Scottish capital city of Edinburgh. Alongside this there was hosted a tournament for all participating nations. This was a type of World Championship and was a precursor to what is now the World Cup. 22 teams competed in 1975 with England beating Wales in the final, and New Zealand getting over the top of the Netherlands in a penalty shootout to take the bronze medal.

Over the last weekend of July, 2025 Scottish Hockey hosted the French ladies hockey team in an official test series. On Saturday the 26th of July, the national governing body, alongside Scottish Hockey Heritage, celebrated the 50th anniversary of the 1975 Edinburgh IFWHA World Championship. Here several members of the Scottish ladies team, the organising committee, Scottish Hockey and the Scottish Hockey Heritage group gathered to celebrate and to mark the passing of five decades since the event.

Interview Details
Kathleen (Kit) Gow BEM
Awarded the British Empire Medal, awarded in the 2023 New Years Honours List
Scotland Internationalist - 14 outdoor caps 1965-1972
Played in the Scottish team who beat England 2-1 at Wembley in 1972
Former Hockey Administrator
Member of the Central District member
1975 Championship Organising Committee Member
Chaired the 1975 Championship Technical Committee
Date; 26.07.2025

In 1975 the International Federation of Women’s Hockey Associations (IFWHA) held its conference in the Scottish capital city of Edinburgh. Alongside this the...

02/08/2025

In 1975 the International Federation of Women’s Hockey Associations (IFWHA) held its conference in the Scottish capital city of Edinburgh. Alongside this there was hosted a tournament for all participating nations. This was a type of World Championship and was a precursor to what is now the World Cup. The first event was in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1930 and the last in Vancouver, USA, in 1979. Several different countries competed over the years, seeing a variety of different rule changes and evolutions to the game of field hockey.

22 teams competed in 1975 with England beating Wales in the final, and New Zealand getting over the top of the Netherlands in a penalty shootout to take the bronze medal. As winners the English were presented with the Royal Bank of Scotland Quaich, a trophy named after by the sponsors. Scotland finished ninth. The championship was played with new rules, the push-in instead of the roll in, two only for off side, defending forwards at corners on the half way line, and the penalty stroke instead of the penalty bully. The first and final games were played at the Meadowbank pitch. All of the others were played at Peffermill Playing Fields, owned by the University of Edinburgh.

Over the last weekend of July, 2025 Scottish Hockey hosted the French ladies hockey team in an official test series. On Saturday the 26th of July, the national governing body, alongside Scottish Hockey Heritage, celebrated the 50th anniversary of the 1975 Edinburgh IFWHA World Championship. Here several members of the Scottish ladies team, the organising committee, Scottish Hockey and the Scottish Hockey Heritage group gathered to celebrate and to mark the passing of five decades since the event.

International Federation of Women’s Hockey Associations (IFWHA)
Eleventh Conference and Tournament
Edinburgh, Scotland 28th August - 11th September 1975

July 2025 Test Series Results
26.07.2025; Scotland Ladies 1 - 1 France Ladies
27.07.2025; Scotland Ladies 3 - 4 France Ladies

Interview Details
Kathleen (Kit) Gow BEM
Awarded the British Empire Medal, awarded in the 2023 New Years Honours List
Scotland Internationalist - 14 outdoor caps 1965-1972
Played in the Scottish team who beat England 2-1 at Wembley in 1972
Former Hockey Administrator
Member of the Central District member
1975 Championship Organising Committee Member
Chaired the 1975 Championship Technical Committee
Date; 26.07.2025

Interviewer and Producer; Tao MacLeod
Video produced in conjunction with the Half Court Press and the Scottish Hockey Heritage group.

01/08/2025

The Rest is Football on Crystal Palace Football Club…

What exactly has happened so far between Crystal Palace and UEFA and what are the next steps? Why are Crystal Palace appealing their removal from the Europa ...

30/07/2025

In 1975 the International Federation of Women’s Hockey Associations (IFWHA) held its conference in the Scottish capital city of Edinburgh. Alongside this there was hosted a tournament for all participating nations. This was a type of World Championship and was a precursor to what is now the World Cup. 22 teams competed in 1975 with England beating Wales in the final, and New Zealand getting over the top of the Netherlands in a penalty shootout to take the bronze medal.

Over the last weekend of July, 2025 Scottish Hockey hosted the French ladies hockey team in an official test series. On Saturday the 26th of July, the national governing body, alongside Scottish Hockey Heritage, celebrated the 50th anniversary of the 1975 Edinburgh IFWHA World Championship. Here several members of the Scottish ladies team, the organising committee, Scottish Hockey and the Scottish Hockey Heritage group gathered to celebrate and to mark the passing of five decades since the event.

Interview Details
Wendy McLean
Former Scottish Hockey President
Former Scottish Women’s Hockey Association (SWHA) President 1983-89
Former Scottish Hockey Union President 1989-90
Chair GBWHOC 1986-96
Member of 1975 IFWHA Championship Organising Committee
Date; 26.07.2025

In 1975 the International Federation of Women’s Hockey Associations (IFWHA) held its conference in the Scottish capital city of Edinburgh. Alongside this the...