Kelburne Hockey Club

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Kelburne Hockey Club
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Full nameKelburne Hockey Club
Nickname(s)The 'Burne
League Scottish Hockey National Leagues
Founded1969 (56 years ago)
Home groundWhitehaugh (clubhouse)
On-X Linwood & Glasgow National Hockey Centre (matches)
Website Official website
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Kelburne Hockey Club is a field hockey club based in Paisley, Scotland, and play their matches at On-X, Linwood but have their clubhouse at the Kelburne Crickey Club on Barshaw Drive. [1] The club operates five senior men's teams, three senior women's teams and numerous junior teams at all age group levels. [2] [3] The men's team have been champions of Scotland a record 17 times. [4]

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History

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The club was founded in 1969 at accommodation at Whitehaugh, Paisley.[ citation needed ] The men's team quickly progressed through the divisions, winning National League 4 and National League 3 in 1979 and 1980 respectively before taking National League 2 title in 1985. [4]

The team became champions of Scotland for the first time in 1990. [5] The men's team continued their success, winning three more National League titles (1991, 1992 and 1994), [4] Scottish Cup and European competitions. In season 1991–92 the club achieved the ‘Grand Slam of Scottish Hockey’ with all teams winning all SHU competitions entered.[ citation needed ]

After a quieter period, they were the SHU team of the year in 2005 and 2007, winning four Scottish Cups, two SHU European Playoffs, EHF European Cup in Austria and EHF European Club Championship in Switzerland. 2006/07 was an outstanding season when the team completing their domestic season as 'Undefeated Team of Scottish Hockey’ with an unprecedented 100% perfect record with all games won.[ citation needed ] The team also embarked on a 13 consecutive league title wins from 2005 to 2017 to set a record of 17 league titles. [4]

In 2010, nine players from the club represented Scotland at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi. [6]

In the Euro Hockey League the men have competed six times with the best performance reaching the last 16 twice losing to Uhlenhorster, the eventual winners, to a golden goal.[ when? ] The women has competed for European competition for the first time in their history in Rome.[ when? ][ citation needed ]

Honours

Notable players

Men's internationals

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PlayerEvents/notesRef
Flag of Scotland.svg Thomas Austin 2022–2024 [7]
Flag of Scotland.svg Michael Bremner CG (2014), EC (2011) [8]
Flag of Scotland.svg Jonathan Christie CG (2006)
Flag of Scotland.svg Michael Christie CG (2006)
Flag of Scotland.svg Alan Forsyth CG (2010)
Flag of Scotland.svg Gareth Hall CG (2010), EC (2007, 2011) [9]
Flag of Scotland.svg Gordon McIntyre CG (2010)
Flag of Scotland.svg William Marshall CG (2010), EC (2011) [10]
Flag of Scotland.svg Chris Nelson CG (2010, 2014), (EC 2005, 2011) [11]
Flag of Scotland.svg Mark Ralph CG (2006, 2010)
Flag of Scotland.svg Iain Scholefield CG (2010), EC (2011) [12]
Flag of Scotland.svg Niall Stott CG (2006)
Flag of Scotland.svg Ross Stott CG (2010)

Key

  • Oly = Olympic Games
  • CG = Commonwealth Games
  • WC = World Cup
  • CT = Champions Trophy
  • EC = European Championships

References

  1. "Contact Us". Kelburne Hockey Club. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  2. "Men's 1st XI". Kelburne Hockey Club. 4 April 2023. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  3. "Women's 1st XI". Kelburne Hockey Club. 4 April 2023. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "National League - Men - Outdoor". Scottish Hockey Heritage. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  5. "Champagne Kelburne!" . Paisley Daily Expres. 12 April 1990. Retrieved 2 August 2025 via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. "Hockey Squads Announced for Delhi". Team Scotland. 24 October 2010. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  7. "Rising Star Tommy Austin Signs for Surbiton". Surbiton HC. 13 May 2025. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
  8. "Michael Bremner retires from international hockey". Scottish Hockey. 19 December 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
  9. "Hockey: Kelburne four in Scots squads". Daily Record. 19 September 2012. Retrieved 23 August 2025.
  10. "William Marshall retires from international hockey". Scottish Hockey. 26 February 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  11. "Scotland players retire from international duty". Scottish Hockey. 13 November 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2025.
  12. "HOCKEY: Kelburne stars dominate Commonwealth Games selection squad". Daily Record. 19 August 2010. Retrieved 23 August 2025.