Men's 2's in hard fought win

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Thomson's Cycles Kelburne 1
Clydesdale                              0


Kelburne started the game after a good warm up. Clydesdale had the ball at push back and Kelburne pressured their defence straight away. The possession mostly belonged to the Kelburne defensive line within the first 10 minutes waiting for an opportune moment to feed the ball into midfield or to pass long to the forward line. Kelburne were strong on attack winning a total of two corners in the first half which were narrowly missed from the top of the circle. Despite Kelburne's efforts to break through the Clydesdale defence and ultimately score a goal the half ended 0-0. Kelburne unable to break the deadlock.

The second half was underway, which started with a Kelburne pushback. With Clydesdale trying to hit balls through the team's press Kelburne were forced to defend well. All of Clydesdale's attempts were stopped by the Kelburne defensive line, which kept the score at 0-0. The possession was even between the two sides in the second half, however neither team looked like scoring. It wasn't until the last ten minutes that the game started to brighten up with the Kelburne beginning to find gaps within their oppositions set up. With players becoming anxious that their winning streak in the league so far this year was soon to be over, the entire team dug deep. It was with five minutes to go that Andrew Bremner touched the ball past the Clydesdale goalkeeper to award Kelburne the 1-0 lead. After defending hard for a further five minutes Kelburne managed to see off their opponents and continue their winning streak.

Jacket found at U16 West Indoor Tournament, Largs , Dec.

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I have been contacted by the mum of a player from EastKilbride Hockey Club who lifted a jacket he thought belonged to one of his team mates, which was left behind at the U16 west district indoor hockey tournament at Inverclyde National Sports Centre in December.

Nobody at EK claimed the jacket and she looked through the pockets and found a photograph of a primary school class from Kelburne Primary School and some post cards.

She says that the jacket is a grey wool rich thigh length jacket and the make is "sandstone".  Since it is a rather nice jacket she is sure it is a sad loss to whoever it belonged to, probably someone in their mid teens.

If anyone at Kelburne lost such a jacket please email me ASAP so that I can put you in touch with them and arrange to get it returned.

Steve Bain
Youth Convenor

Men's 2's in Winning Start

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Thomson's Cycles Kelburne 2s      5    
Rottenrow 2s                                    0

For the first game back of the second half of the season Kelburne travelled to Glasgow Green for their match against Rottenrow 2s. Kelburne started strong after a good warm up knowing that the opposition would be up for the match. With a few regulars unavailable Kelburne was prepared for a tough game. After a couple of attempts in attack Kelburne were clearly determined for the win, with a number of saved shots at goal by Rottenrow's goal keeper. 

Kelburne eventually managed to get the ball in the back of the net through deflection by Andrew Bremner from a pass by JG Sheperd only to be disallowed by the umpire. Kelburne kept up good pressure with build up from defence to attack to find Ewan Carmichael just outside the D to fire in the ball at backboard height, giving Kelburne their first goal of the game. Just before half time Kelburne had the chance to take the lead even more so but were unfortunately unsuccessful in their two short corners. This brought the first half to an end.

Half time score Kelburne 1-0 Rottenrow

After the half time team talk Kelburne were even more determined to keep up their performance with a few more well deserved goals starting the half fast and gaining the second goal again from Carmichael. Another goal was won from new signing, Rory MacMillan in his first appearance for the club, after a well-played short corner by Kelburne bringing up the score to 3-0. 

From yet another short corner Kelburne score again, with Andrew Bremner getting the goal. Rottenrow then win a short corner against Kelburne but fail to put the ball In the back of the net allowing Kelburne to keep a clean sheet as the ball slams off the post and away from the goal. Before the whistle a final goal from Kelburne was won by Andrew Bremner and a great team effort to finish the game off with a win.

Final score Thomson's Cycles Kelburne 5-0 Rottenrow

Weekend Preview - Feb 14th 2015

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Weekend Preview 
An extremely busy weekend ahead for everybody at Kelburne Hockey Club. Including a Junior Valentines Cup being held at Pro-Life and the Club Day at Glasgow Green. With many of the teams playing at the same venue and both 1st XIs playing back to back, get your yellow on and give all the teams your support!  
Juniors 
Valentines Cup at Pro-Life Fitness Centre? 9.45am - 11am 
Club Day at Glasgow Green
Ladies Games 
Kelburne 1st XI vs GHK @ Glasgow Green - 3pm 
Men's Games 
Bromac Ltd? Kelburne 1st XI vs Hillhead @ Glasgow Green - 1.30pm 
Thomsons Cycles Kelburne 2nd Xi vs Rottenrow @ Glasgow Green - 12pm
Pro-Life Fitness Kelburne 3rd XI vs Uddingston @ Holy Cross - 11.15am 
Pro-Life Fitness Kelburne 4th XI vs Rottenrow @ Glasgow Green - 4.30pm 
Pro-Life Fitness Kelburne 5th XI vs Stepps 
#kelburne #hockey #wegrowtalent

Changes to Tuesday Night Training Sessions

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Due to circumstances not of our making and beyond our control, the following changes have been required to scheduled training times.
(As Highlighted in Yellow)
 
We have received and are passing on apologies from both Scottish Hockey and Glasgow Life for any inconvenience this may have caused and in particular to those involved in the ladies training session on Pitch 2 on Tuesday 10 Feb.
 
Day
Pitch 1 Times GG
Pitch 2 Times GG
Dates
Tue
6:00 ? 7:30 Lad 2/3

7:30 Uddingston
Tue
7:00 ? 8:15 Men 1
7:00 ? 8:00 Lad 2/3

8:15 - 9:30 Lad 1
8:00 Uddingston
Tue
6:30 ? 8:00 Lad 2/3
8:00 Uddingston
Thu
6:00 ? 7:30 Men 1/2
6:30? 8:00 Men 3/4/5
7:30 ? 9:00 Lad 1/2
8:00 Uddingston
Sun
10:00 ? 12:00 Boys
Linwood Sports Centre
10:00 ? 12:00 Girls
 
 

Men's 4's continue to impress

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Pro-Life Fitness Kelburne 4's 4

Irvine                                     1

The Men?s 4th team continued their winning ways with a great home win against Irvine 1s at Glasgow Green on Saturday.

The team started well and in a 1st half which they controlled and showed a good level of performance, they were able to head to the break 2-0 ahead, the goals coming from Alan Gilies and Stuart O?Connell.

Irvine started the second half brightly and looked dangerous on the break without creating any clear cut chances. The 4s then mounted a serious of strong attacks, winning several short corners, which led to 2 more goals being added by Willie Allan and Ewan Carmichael to clinch the win.

As the clock ran down Irvine were able to grab a consolation goal but this could not take the shine off a good win.

Final score was a 4-1 win for the home side, with strong performances from the teams younger players, Adam Morton, Alex Bogan and Shaun Jardine-Malone as well as a solid display from the ever reliable David Ogilvie in goals.  

Youngsters Making Progress

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Pro-life Kelburne 5?s    1
Dumfries 1?s                 3 

Hopes were high for the first game of 2015 as the young 5?s played on pitch one for the first time this season. The first fifteen minutes was an equal contested battle in the middle of the park, then Fraser Hutchinson played a ball into the heart of the circle where Mark Connor flicked the ball calmly past the Dumfries keeper to break the deadlock. In the 23rd minute there was an unlucky bounce in the Kelburne area; leaving Fergus Barrows stranded on the penalty spot giving an easy tap in for the opposing striker. Unfortunately for the young 5?s Dumfries scored right on the stroke of half time. 

HT Kelburne 1 Dumfries 2 

Kelburne started the second half on the attack and in the 39th minute Craig Speirs had a shot cleared off the line. Dumfries had a few flurries into the Kelburne area before a counter attack which was cleared for a side-line ball. John Miller played a one-two with Cameron McIntyre and played in an excellent cross which ended up in front of young Speirs who then made up for his missed shot at the start of the half by scoring with a great finish at the front post to level the game up . The umpire then made a controversial decision to disallow the goal because of complaints that the ball never travelled 5 before entering the circle. Then a Dumfries attack in the 67th minute resulted in a well worked goal. 

FT Kelburne 1 Dumfries 3 

With this being many of the Kelburne team playing their first game in about six weeks it was a very good performance and the team hopes to build on this at training on Thursday night. 

Kelburne Club Day

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Kelburne Club Day

Sat 14th February 2015 

@ Glasgow Green 

It?s going to be fantastic day of hockey at Glasgow Green National Hockey Centre. You can see our successful  senior teams play their first league match of the second half of the season.

Bromac Kelburne 1st XI Men vs Hillhead @ 1.30pm

Kelburne 1st XI Ladies vs GHK @ 3.00pm

Wear Yellow and be part of our team!

It?s free to come along and see our international stars in action. Glasgow Green is under cover and there is a cafe.


Kelburne Player Going to the Indoor World Cup!

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Ben Rennie the goalkeeper of the Bromac Kelburne 1st XI has been selected for the Australian Indoor team for the Indoor World Cup to held in Leipzig, Germany from the 4th - 8th February. Australia will be up against all the top indoor nations in the world including hosts Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Iran and Sweden. Each game will be played in front of huge crowds and the atmosphere is sure to be electric.  

Ben joined Kelburne this season and has settled into the Scottish way of life. Involved in giving training to the junior players and goalkeepers. This will be an amazing experience for him we are sure he will be able to share this experience during the second half of the season. Everybody at Kelburne is wishing Ben the best of luck and we will be sure to follow each of Australia's game. 
#kelburne #hockey #wegrowtalent
See the below link for more information on the Indoor World Cup.

UK Lions Tour to India - Neil McIntyre

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UK Lions - India Tour

Kelburne are proud to announce that Neil McIntyre has to selected to represent the UK Lions during their tour India next week. Read about his experience and make sure to keep a look out for updates on their results. 

Ever since Neil attended the Under 13 boys hockey tournament in Nottingham at the age of 10 it was an aspiration to be selected for the UK Lions, a team selected from the best players at the tournament. When he received the letter in 2012 to say he had been selected he was very happy and looked forward to playing. Although there was a lot of travelling involved the training and standard of hockey was excellent, playing junior club, district and national teams. The year culminated with a tournament in Belfast which was of a high standard and all the boys enjoyed. The next training session was to be the last of this group of boys but one of the parents, Satt Matharu, discussed with us the idea of keeping the boys together and going on an international tour. With Graham Bell and Pete Aitkens agreement plans were put in place to go to India to play in what would be an exceptional opportunity for some of the boys.            Left - At Cannock in 2012 meeting Ashley Jackson, Glenn Kirkham and James Fair

On the 12th December all the plans come to fruition when Neil will travel to India as part of a UK Lions team to take part in the All India Maharaja Ranjit Singh Jr. Gold Cup Boys Hockey Tournament. The tournament takes place at Amritsar Hockey Club. It will be the culmination of a brilliant time as part of the UK Lions Invitational team. For Neil and myself it is a once in a lifetime opportunity and a great chance for Neil to play international hockey. The UK Lions side has several English, Scottish and Welsh junior internationalists and they hope to put up a good show with teams competing from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Malaysia as well as host country India. It will give Neil the chance to see different styles of hockey as well as the facilities other countries have. The boys will not only play hockey but will be given the opportunity to visit schools and do some charitable work, with the team taking gifts of medical equipment

UK Lions v Wales at Repton 2013

All teams attend the tournament opening ceremony and the tournament itself will take place from the 15th to the 20th December. The UK Lions will also play a friendly against Amritsar Hockey Club Juniors on the 14th December in preparation. It should be an excellent trip and all the boys are really looking forward to it. They have all come a long way since the under 13 boys tournament in Nottingham in 2012

Some of the UK Lions squad who are going to India Beeston 2014

Pro-Life Fitness Kelburne 4th XI - Season so Far

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The team got off to a great start to the season, winning their first four games, to sit top of division one. Away wins at Irvine and Glasgow Accies followed by two home wins vs Uddingston and Rottenrow gave the team a 12 point start to the season. Currently the top goal scorer of the team is Jack O'Connell. We are hoping that his scoring exploits will continue into the second half of the season. 
Mid season saw four back to back defeats. A very frustrating period with several players unavailable for regular selection.

The big "derby" game saw the team play Pro Life Fitness Kelburne 3 at Glasgow Green  Always a very competitive match with the younger development players in the 3,s taking on the more mature players in the 4,s Kelburne 4,s were defending for most of the game but two attacks and goals from young striker Finn Halliday gave us a 2-1 lead with ten minutes to go. Major upset on cards but with no subs available, fatigue eventually set in and Kelburne 3,s scrambled a goal in the last minutes to equalise to make it 2-2.
End of season push and the team were back in the points with two back to back wins v Helensburgh and Motherwell. A great response from the players following the previous defeats.
Pro Life Fitness Kelburne 4's also play in the Scottish Hockey Reserve Cup. They have won both games in this competition so far against Watsonians 8-1 and a magnificent 3-1 win against current league leaders Glasgow Western 3's see the team in the draw for the quarter finals in 2015.

Many thanks to our sponsor for their support with the team looking great in their warm up tops at every game. 
Ian Wilson 
4th XI Captain

Pro-Life Fitness Centre Kelburne 3rd XI - Season so far

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Pro Life Fitness Kelburne 3rd XI continues to act as a development team playing in West District League 1.  The purpose of the development team is to blend a mixture of senior O?35 players with youngsters playing in the U16 and U14 junior teams who are either excelling or have gained District or International age group recognition.  The aim is not so much winning but preparing the juniors for the significant step up in standard to the Regional League that the 2nd XI play in, as well as educating the youngsters on game play and sharing experience from the number of ex internationals in the team on what is required to succeed.

 

The team approached the 2014/15 season optimistic that the squad could build on an indifferent 2013/14 season as the core group of players remained the same and the selected juniors were now a year older and showing signs of physical and game play maturity.

 

With the support of Pro Life Fitness Centre the 3rd XI began the season looking professional in our new training tops, a feature that helps set the standard and high light why Kelburne has a more detailed approach than other clubs within this league.  The season began well with only one loss in the first seven games that saw the team score 30 goals and only concede 7 with veteran and ex club captain Billy Anderson proving the perfect foil for youngster Luke Hortin as both topped the goal scoring charts.

 

As should be expected with a young inexperienced team a dip in form saw a run of two losses and one draw before the team finished the 1st half of the season with a 3-0 victory to reach the winter break consolidating a mid-table ranking.

 

Reflecting on the season so far Captain Stuart Robin assessed the progress ? This has been a challenging season so far with a number of strong, physical teams playing in WD1 and the mid table position is a fair reflection on our performance.  For me I must highlight the 6-1 away win to Hillhead that demonstrated the level off hockey that this team has the potential to achieve as it was the complete game for a development perspective as the youngsters really took onboard the information and coaching we have been providing them.  I set this game now as the bench mark for the level of performance we must attain week in week out.  Other key highlights were the return of Neil McIntrye who suffered a horrific double arm break in the summer.  Neil has worked hard on his rehabilitation and not only returned to the team but also to U16 Scotland training and now jets out to India in December to represent the UK Lions.  The team now can relax and we look forward to our annual mid season night out which this year is being hosted by team sponsors Pro Life Fitness Centre.  Come the New Year though training will resume with the aim of achieving a strong run of results similar to the first half?.

Stuart Robin 

3rd XI Captain 

10 in a Row Dinner - 22nd November

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Kelburne Hockey Club - 10 in a Row Dinner

22nd November

St Mirren Park


Kelburne Hockey club held a dinner at St Mirren Park Football stadium on the 22nd November to celebrate the recent success at the club. The 1st XI Men have won the National League Division 1 title for the last 10 years in a row and the 2nd XI Men have won the Regional Division 1 League 11 times out of the last 12 years.


The evening was started off with some words from the club president and ex manager of the 1st XI, Harry Coles.

?It is always a special occasion for any club to win their national championship, so for this club to achieve 10 consecutive national championship victories will surely go down as one of the truly great achievements in the history of Scottish Hockey.

On a personal note, it has been a great privilege and pleasure to a small part of this fabulous era of success, as both 1st team manager and president. I am sure that as a club we can go on to achieve even further success at all levels of the game in the years to come.?

The success is based on an excellent youth policy producing a large number of players who have went onto represent Scotland and Great Britain. These principles of producing our youth is something we are constantly looking to develop to keep Kelburne as one the top clubs in Paisley and Scotland.


The dinner ran smoothly with a number of fantastic speakers and stories being shared throughout the evening. The first of the main speakers John McKelvie was on top form, keeping everybody entertained. John also read out a congratulations card sent kindly by Scottish Hockey. 1st XI captain Jonathan Christie shared a number of stories from the last 10 years, many including good memories of past celebrations and mishaps. Club stalwart Stuart McAlphine reminisced about the Kelburne teams of the 90's. They had great success themselves and without that foundation this recent team would definitely not be in the position that they are in now. Sandy Strang was the second main speaker up and didn't disappoint. The evening was finished off by some kind words from Mark Fulton.


There was special recognition for 4 members of the 1st XI squad who have been ever present over the last 10 year. Mark Fulton, Chris Nelson, Michael Christie and Jonathan Christie have been the corner stones of the succeeding in winning the 10 in a row. A true inspiration to any younger player.


The club was very happy to welcome a number of our current and past sponsors. Without their support the club would not be in the position that it's in at this time. A number of our sponsors very generously donated prizes for the raffle and auction. Special thanks to Thomsons Cycles, Pro-Life Fitness Centre, Gilmour Sports and Glynhill Hotel. Bromac Ltd the new 1st XI sponsor continued their superb support during the evening, being very active during the auction. The miniatures for each place setting were kindly donated by new Kelburne sponsor Valt Vodka.


A number of one of a kind auction prizes were up for grabs during the night. Including a signed Team Scotland Mens Hockey strip from the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow (as seen on the left) and a Kelburne strip, signed by a number of the players involved over the last ten years. 

The night would not have happened without the hard work of a number of members. Mainly Douglas McEwan, Mark Fulton, Iain Scholefield and Cathrine McLauchlan. Assisted by Michael Bremner who designed the programme, Lesley Scholefield for doing the flowers and Barrie Scholefield who was the official photographer for the evening. 

Lastly Kelburne Hockey Club would like to thank everybody who attended and made it an unforgeable event in Kelburne's history.

The rest of the photos can be seen here - Picasa - 10 in a Row Dinner