West District Hockey are opening the latest addition to our web site today, the Forum. This is the ideal place for anyone involved in our sport throughout Scotland to ask questions or make points to fellow enthusiasts and use the knowledge our team of expert volunteers, including the top umpires and techs in Scotland, others… Continue reading The Forum has arrived.
West District Hockey are delighted to shine a spotlight on Rob Harwood, the experienced Scottish International hockey player and captain of Western Wildcats, whose dedication extends beyond the field to empower talented field hockey players to secure scholarships at top universities in the United States. Rob’s impressive resume includes competing at the 2018 and 2022… Continue reading West member helps change lives.
This week we have four officials from West District heading off to Europe. Between the 22nd and 25th February John Heron as Umpires Manager and Lena McRae with Jamie Telfer will umpire in the EuroHockey Indoor Club Cup Women in Alanya, Turkey. We also have Victoria Truesdale going to Mursla Sobota in Slovenia as Technical… Continue reading Four from West invade Europe this week.
Martin Madden is presently in India umpiring in a Pro League event until the 25th February featuring India, Spain, Holand, Ireland and Australia. Enjoy the experience and best wishes from West District and the WDUA.
The weekend of 15th February to 18th of February sees two more West officials head off to Europe along with one of our clubs. Greig Cunningham heads off to Plzen in the Czech Republic to umpire at the EuroHockey Indoor Club Trophy which will feature Western in their role of Scottish Indoor Champions and of… Continue reading More West Officials head to Europe.
After Martin Monaghan’s recent trip to Oman for Olympic Qualifiers its a slightly shorter journey this week as he travels to Leuven in Belgium to TD at the Mens Eurohockey Indoor Championship which runs from 1st to 4th February, alongside Lorna Eadie who will be Judging at the same event which will feature Austria, Belgium,… Continue reading West officials head back into Europe.
January sees two of our top technical officials from West District Hockey head to warmer climates to officiate at Olympic Qualifying events in Valencia and Oman. Barbara Morgan travels to Valencia to officiate in that qualifying event which runs from 13th to 21st January. The event will feature men’s teams from Austria, Belgium, Egypt, Ireland,… Continue reading Olympic Qualifers beckon for West District Techs
Unfortunately we are having to postpone the introduction of the West District Supporters Club lottery due to ongoing technical difficulties in setting up Standing Orders. We continue to look into this in an effort to find solutions but fear that this may be a protracted problem that may require a change of banking provider. We… Continue reading Supporters Club Lottery
While Western compete against Europe’s best this weekend, Scotland will also be represented off the field by Jamie Telfer of Hillhead HC who will be attending an EHF umpire development programme weekend also at the EHL in Barcelona. Great to see West District represented so well at such a prestigious tournament.
This weekend sees Western travel to Barcelona to the home of Real Club de Polo de Barcelona to compete in the EHL round of 16 where they will face the Czech champions TJ Plzen-Litice on Saturday at 1.15 gmt before hopefully earning a round of 8 place on Sunday against either the winners of the… Continue reading Western in Europe
