Scottish Veterans LX Hockey Club
Home page of the Scottish Veterans LX Hockey Club, for Scottish hockey players over the age of 60. The Club manages the National teams for Over 60s (Grand Masters) and Over 65s (Great Grand Masters). It fields teams under the Scottish Thistles banner at home and abroad.
Scottish Thistles fourth in Lille
15th Euroluc Supérvéterans tournament Lille 10-11 March 2012
David McIntosh in a Welsh sandwich in Lille
Scotland qualified in second place in their group after wins against France and Zestigplussers and a defeat against Wales. In the play offs, they were not so successful, losing 3-0 to England and being narrowly pipped for third place by Wales who scored the only goal of a tight encounter. Report
Celtic Cup Llandudno 26 November 2011
Scotland Over 65s took the inaugural Great Grand Masters Celtic Cup in windswept Llandudno with a 2-0 victory against a Welsh side competing for the first time at international level. In a hard fought, end to end encounter, the Grand Masters Celtic Cup was shared by Wales and Scotland Over 60s after a goalless draw in even higher winds.
Kalman saves from a Welsh penalty corner
The Over 65s repeated their Celtic Cup result in a friendly played on Sunday 27 November, while the Over 60s went down to Wales 1-0 in their friendly. Report
Singapore Grand Masters Oct-Nov 2011
Scotland lost the first match 5-0 against England. while they played better in the second match against Australia, the result was once more 5-0. Allan Lynn finally broke the scoring duck against New Zealand but again the side shipped five goals to end the first round of matches with no points. England scored eight without reply in the first match of the second round robin and the result in the second match against Australia was another 5-0 defeat, even if Scotland played their best hockey so far. The final match, against New Zealand, ended in a 7-0 defeat. Report
Scotland Team in Singapore 28 Oct - 5 Nov 2011
WGMA European Cup Neuss Germany 22-26 August 2011
Scotland took part at Over 60s and Over 65s level in the biennial European Cup competition. The Grand Masters (Over 60s) side took on Belgium, England and Italy in Pool B and missed the play offs for the medals. The Great Grand Masters side played in a round robin against England, Germany, Italy and Netherlands, and finished in fourth place ahead of Italy. Report
England Over 70 Squad v Scottish Thistles Durham 3 July 2011
Scottish Thistles matched their older opponents until the final quarter, when the England squad ran in three goals without reply. Report
Aberdeen GSFP Centenary 25-6 June 2011
Scottish Thistles included two guest stars in their line up for the tournament to celebrate the centenary of the Aberdeen Grammar School FP hockey club at Rubislaw, Aberdeen: Scottish Hockey President Lee Cousins and Honorary President Union Martin Boag. In spite of this, they went down 2-0 to Grammarians and 1-0 to Aberiginals on Saturday 25 June, then lost on the following day 4-1 against Welsh Dragons, who won the tournament at a canter with three wins out of three. Highlight of the weekend was the only goal for Thistles, scored by Martin Boag against Welsh Dragons.
Lee Cousins v Welsh Dragons: "that's the culprit, Umpire"
Membership
New members (and partners) will be made very welcome and there is room for all standards of players. If you want to continue playing hockey into your sixties and beyond, and to have the chance of playing for your country, check out the information about membership or complete the online application form.
Fixtures 2011-4
International training on Sundays: 20 May Dundee HS, 15 July and 5 August Clydesdale.
6-10 June 2012 Grand Masters European Trophy Bra Italy (Scotland)
29 June - 1 July 2012 Home Internationals Mayfield, Dundee (note change of date)
Saturday 21 - Sunday 22 July 2012 Welsh Dragons Hockey Festival Swansea (Scottish Thistles)
14-24 August 2012 Grand Masters Hockey World Cup Oxford (Scotland)
26-28 October 2012 (provisional dates) Celtic Cup with Wales Over 60s and Over 65s and possibly Ireland Over 60s - Inverclyde, Largs (Scotland)
late July/early August 2013 Grand Masters European Cup Boom Belgium (Scotland)
early June 2014 (TBC) Grand Masters Hockey World Cup Den Haag, Netherlands (Scotland)
Scottish Thistles take silver in Athens
A win and a draw in their group gave Scottish Thistles second place in the Over 65 group and the tournament was remarkable for the fact that Thistles played four matches against England LX teams, extending the unbeaten sequence started in Lille to five matches, all drawn. The only reverse was in the social mini-tournament on 4 June, when the local side's younger and faster forwards ran in three goals.
Smith's overenthusiasm takes over against LX
2 June 0-0 v England LX Over 70s
3 June 1-1 v England LX Over 65s
4 June 1-1 and 0-0 v England LX mixed teams, 0-3 v Anaryta 49
5 June 3-0 v Alliance Over 65s
Home Internationals Durham 18 June 2011
Scotland Grand Masters finished bottom of the heap in the third annual Home International series for the Linburn Trophy, held at the Graham Sports Centre, Durham. A loss by 2-1 against Wales, after Gallacher had scored a debut international goal to put the Scots in front, was followed by a heavy defeat from England in the second match.
Ally Trainor under pressure from George Stephenson
The Great Grand Masters competition was a straight fight between Scotland and England. Scotland finished the stronger in a 2-1 defeat, but could not find the equaliser.
Friendly internationals Sun 19 June 2011
- Scotland GM 1 (Gordon) Wales 3
- Scotland GGM 0 England GGM 4
- Scotland GM 1 (Bain) England GM 4