So, as another season ends and the prizes are handed out it’s not just in Scotland that Scot’s hit the headlines. A very special prize was handed out to a very special player, a West district star and a player who from youth to senior hockey only had one club and that was Clydesdale Hockey Club. From those early days at Clydesdale Hockey Club Struan developed into one of the most exciting talents Clydesdale, West District and Scotland have ever produced and a player any of our youngsters can look up to learn from as an amazing role model.It hasn’t always been Clydesdale though, after making his U21 debut for Scotland in 2019 Struan moved to Club An der Alster in 2020, before making his full Scotland debut in 2021. He then moved to Surbiton in 2023 to sample the English League before moving to his present club Orange-Rood where he was awarded the Golden Stick as best player of season 2025/26 in the Tulp Hoofdklasse with Xan de Waard of SCHC . This is such an amazing honour bestowed on Struan by his peers, and with the honour of advising Struan on his award going to ex Scottish International Kenny Bain it became an interesting Scottish time..
Very best wishes to Struan from West District Hockey for being such an amazing role model to our kids and indeed those across Scotland and huge congratulations on winning such a prestigious award in one of Europe’s top leagues.
