Grange Hockey Club

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Grange
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Full nameGrange Men's Hockey Club
Nickname(s)The Stags
Founded1905;119 years ago (1905)
Home ground
ChairmanJonathan Baird
League
  • Scottish National 1
  • Scottish Central 1 & 2
  • Scottish East District 1,2 & 4
Website grangehockey.org.uk
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Grange Hockey Club is one of four sections of The Grange Club situated at Portgower Place in Edinburgh. The three other sports that can be enjoyed through the parent club are Cricket, Squash and Tennis.

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Grange Hockey Club, originally Edinburgh Northern Hockey Club, was formed in April 1905 and was one of the early hockey clubs in Scotland. The club first started playing at Raeburn Place in 1928 and changed its name to Grange Hockey Club in 1972.

With 8 men's teams, 4 ladies teams, veterans and active youth section the Grange Hockey Club is one of the largest in Scotland.

The Grange home kit is white shirts with blue shorts and blue socks.

The Men's Teams

The 1st XI is one of the sides in the country and regularly supplies players to the Scotland national side. They are the current Scottish League Champions. Scottish Cup Winners, and EuroHockey Trophy Champions.[ citation needed ]

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Grange 2nd XI
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Grange 3rd XI

Grange 2nd XI are in Regional Central League 1, the highest division in which a club 2nd XI are permitted to play by the sport’s governing body.

Grange 3rd XI play in Regional Central League 1 as well.

Grange Development team(s) were established to allow younger players the opportunity to become involved in men’s senior hockey under the guidance of a host of more experienced, high calibre and ex-international players. Grange Development team have been a permanent fixture of East District League 1 for a number of years.

Grange 5, 7 and 8th XIs play in East District Leagues 1, 2 and 4 respectively, acting as a development base for new or inexperienced players, and providing an opportunity for those that seek more enjoyment than competitive edge from their hockey.

In addition, Grange Hockey Club has an Youth section Under 18 membership of some 160 youngsters between the ages of nine and fifteen, both boys and girls, fielding teams at U18, U16, U14 and U12.

Grange Under 16 teams compete in National Leagues while the Under 14 teams take part in a local League for that age group. In recent years Grange have had representatives in the Scotland Boys Under 18 and Scotland Boys and Girls Under 16 Squads, in addition to several representatives in District Squads at both age groups.

Grange Edinburgh Ladies

There are four teams and indoor teams. [1]

Training

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Training takes place at St George's School

Training for men at all skill levels takes place every Tuesday at St George's Girls School.

Notable players

Men's internationals

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References

  1. "Grange Edinburgh Ladies". www.grangeladieshockey.org. Archived from the original on 11 April 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2015.