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Introducing... Octopush »

Underwater Hockey

The Edinburgh University Sub-Aqua Club has enjoyed a tremendous start to its year, building on last year’s success. The team held a 100 per cent record over other University Octopush (underwater hockey) teams from around Scotland and the UK, and...

Wed 30 Nov 2011 by Sally Abernethy | Read more »

Fractions appear in Edinburgh camp as Thirds beat Fourths in quarters »

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Last Wednesday saw four Edinburgh hockey teams attempting to stamp their authority on the knock-out stages of the Scottish Conference Cup. On a cold, wet February afternoon, Napier faced the tricky task of Robert Gordon away, Edinburgh University's 2nd...

Wed 23 Feb 2011 by Calum Deas | Read more »

Kahl him Responsible »

Only a superb block by Phil Kahl helped Edinburgh restrict their opponents to nil on a chilly day at Peffermill. Lucky not to concede through Aberdeen’s ineptitude being greater than their own, it remains that the Edinburgh midfield came out on t...

Wed 24 Nov 2010 by Jonny Brick | Read more »

More Soupy, less sloppy »

Despite being second-best for long periods, Edinburgh salvaged three points and showed how individual flair can triumph amongst industry and toil. Andrew Campbell, whose nickname is derived from sharing his surname with a brand of soup famously used to...

Wed 10 Nov 2010 by Jonny Brick | Read more »

Every second counts »

The scoreline flatters the home side. Edinburgh were bereft of ideas for most of this game and, if this is how drab they are all season, better teams who get luckier breaks will roll over them. Sam Trett kept his goal clean, but only because Inverleith...

Wed 27 Oct 2010 by Jonny Brick | Read more »

Winning in the rain »

It was Fresher Fun Day at Peffermill last Wednesday, and with a beer-guzzling evening ahead of them, the onlooking pint-wielding newbies were treated to a match between Edinburgh University’s third and fourth men’s teams. It was, to twist ...

Wed 13 Oct 2010 by Jonny Brick | Read more »

Home Nations Hockey round-up »

The placings in the Home Nations hockey tournament were decided on a sunny Thursday at Peffermill. The Northern Irish Universities team made it three wins out of three with a sublime 9-0 thrashing over the Welsh side. A goal up inside three minutes, Ph...

Fri 16 Apr 2010 by Jonny Brick | Read more »

Women's Hockey: Scotland v Northern Ireland »

Emma Stewart and Philippine Berly both shared the match both as the Northern Irish team strolled to a win against Scotland, who were outplayed in midfield and stopped by a resolute Irish defence who, despite giving away possession under often no pressu...

Fri 16 Apr 2010 by Jonny Brick | Read more »

Women's Hockey: England v Wales »

Two goals in five minutes sunk a Welsh team who didn’t help themselves by conceding turnovers too often. English attackers were quick to pounce on those frailties, which Wales should not blame on the overcast conditions and light winds. Welsh kee...

Fri 16 Apr 2010 by Jonny Brick | Read more »

Men's Hockey: Northern Ireland v England »

Jake Beaumont was the hero for the English side in a match where they were pegged back twice before his late tap-in secured a famous win which boosts their chances of winning the hockey tournament. At one stage Northern Ireland had nine men on the pitc...

Fri 16 Apr 2010 by Jonny Brick | Read more »

Men's Hockey: Scotland v Wales »

Glasgow Caledonian University and Scotland’s Gordon Munro was scripted to take a sixty-seventh minute penalty flick to give the Scots an equaliser. He was the most vocal and skilful of the Scottish players, and helped peg them back from three goa...

Fri 16 Apr 2010 by Jonny Brick | Read more »

Women's Hockey: Scotland v Wales »

Moments of both magic and tragedy permeated a stunning no-score draw in a game dogged also by whistles by the officials for niggling fouls. These broke up play considerably as players frequently sprinted into contact and hoped the officials would be ki...

Tue 13 Apr 2010 by Jonny Brick | Read more »

Women's Hockey: England v Northern Ireland »

The sun seemed to strengthen the best hockey players from Northern Ireland’s universities, most of whom play for Queen’s Belfast or Ulster University, familiar with each other’s tricks and treats. Together the players united to put fo...

Tue 13 Apr 2010 by Jonny Brick | Read more »

Men's Hockey: Wales v England »

An exciting final fifteen minutes were an apt close for a very evenly-matched contest in which the silkiest players from Welsh universities held onto their lead despite Alex Simpson’s well-taken brace. Had the English captain Josh Gunnell not bee...

Tue 13 Apr 2010 by Jonny Brick | Read more »

Men's Hockey: Northern Ireland v Scotland »

It could have easily been twelve, such was the Northern Irish dominance. David Forrester and Duncan Birse, who had good seasons for Edinburgh Uni respectively in goal and centre-half with many matches on the same Peffermill turf on which they lost this...

Tue 13 Apr 2010 by Jonny Brick | Read more »

Varsity 2010: Hockey »

As the clouds drew ominously overhead, both first teams of Edinburgh University were untroubled by their opponents, aggregating eleven balls in the net though, with more clinical finishing, it could well have ended up as thirty. The women were sharper...

Thu 18 Mar 2010 by Jonny Brick | Read more »

Hockey: Not in the same league »

UoE Hockey Women 3rd

A brisk but cloudless March day brought frustration to the Edinburgh hockey side. Team captain Will Butler, starting on the bench, wore glove and jersey again after a few months bellowing from the side in a suit, but he was mute after five minutes of t...

Wed 17 Mar 2010 by Jonny Brick | Read more »

Hockey: Five for the Final »

The shadow that crept across the Peffermill pitch did not darken the attacking prowess of the home side in an entertaining derby in this Scottish Universities’ Confederated Cup semi-final which was dominated and won with style by Edinburgh's thir...

Wed 10 Mar 2010 by Jonny Brick | Read more »

University of Edinburgh 4-1 Watsonians  »

Three goals in a University first-team fixture stands as an eternal anecdote which grows in its telling as time passes. With two excellently-flicked penalties and the easiest of two-yard finishes, Neil Fulton’s cool head saw Edinburgh through on a fros...

Mon 01 Mar 2010 by Jonny Brick | Read more »

Edinburgh in buoyant mood after four-goal win  »

Three goals from penalty corners and two more marked with the touch of individual class and finesse won Edinburgh this fixture in an eventually one-sided affair. The clouds came out to look upon the sides, and nearly saw a goal in the first half-minut...

Sat 13 Feb 2010 by Jonny Brick | Read more »

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