2018 Grand Masters Hockey World Cup - Scottish Thistles
Real Club de Barcelona 20-30 June 2018
The 2018 Grand Masters Hockey World Cup takes place at Real Club de Polo de Barcelona, where there are three pitches. A fourth pitch at Via Ferrea, Castelldefels, 18 km south of Barcelona, will also be used during the tournament. This venue is close to Castelldefels rail station for travel from Barcelona.
Preparation for the World Cup
Training sessions have been organised at Real Club de Polo on Wednesday 20 June for one hour at the following times: Scottish Thistles 09:00, Scotland Over 60 14:00, Scotland Over 65 and Over 70 15:00. Coach Murray Paton has some good advice for those playing in the World Cup in Barcelona. For travel from Barcelona airport to the hotel, and between the hotel and pitches, transport information is now available. To see at a glance where and when all the teams, including Scotland Ladies, are playing, see the full match schedule
Grand Masters Tournament Trophy
Scottish Thistles play in the Grand Masters (Over 60) Tournament Trophy,with 10 teams competing: Alliance, England LX, Germany 2, Ireland 2, Netherlands 2, Scottish Thistles, Spain 2, South Africa 2, Southern Cross and Wales 2. tournament draw
Scottish Thistles were drawn in Pool A with Germany2, Ireland2, Sixtiberians and Southern Cross, finishing in first place in the pool and facing England LX, winners of Pool B, in the semi final, which they won 3-0 in a penalty shoot out after the match ended level at 2-2.
Pool A Matches
22 June Southern Cross 6 Scottish Thistles 1 (Bateson)
23 June Ireland2 1 Scottish Thistles 2 (Duhre 2)
24 June Germany2 1 Scottish Thistles 3 (Martin, Duhre, Bateson)
26 June Sixtiberians 0 Scottish Thistles 4 (Duhre 2, Martin, Bateson)
All teams will play six matches. The teams finishing first and second in each pool will play off in semi finals and finals for the first four places. The teams finishing third and fourth will follow the same format to decide places 5-8. The two teams finishing fifth will play each other twice to decide ninth and tenth places.
Cross Over Ties
28 June 16:00 Pitch 1 A3 v B4 [193]
28 June
16:15 Pitch 2 B3 v A4 [194]
England LX 2 Scottish Thistles 2 (0-3 SO) [209]
29 June 16:00 Pitch 4 Southern Cross v Netherlands2
Finals
27 June 17:45 Pitch 1 A5 v B5 9/10 Final 1
28 June 16:00 Pitch 4 A5 v B5 9/10 Final 2
29 June 18:00 Pitch 2 W193 v W194 5/6 Final
29 June 18:15 Pitch 3
L193 v L194 7/8 Final
30 June 12:30 Pitch 4 England LX v Netherlands 2 3/4 Final
Scottish Thistles 1 Southern Cross 2 1/2 Final
full tournament draw (PDF, new window)
Squad
Paul Bateson
John Bennett (manager)
Gurdial Duhre
Ian Dunbar
Chris Heeps
Alan Kerr
Mike McInally (coach)
Neil Mackenzie (cpt)
Ian McCreath
Clifford Martin
John Michalik
Dick Pearce (GK)
Keith Raper (social)
Stuart Stephen (vice cpt)
Tony Walker
Neil Ward
Team Hotel
The team hotel is the Rafael Badalona Hotel, 15 km north of Barcelona. Travel to Real Club de Polo by metro (1 change) and Castelldefels by train (also 1 change). Some players have arranged accommodation elsewhere. transport information
Scottish Thistles Newsletter 2 (PDF)
Timetable of Events
18-20 June training slots on request to Organising Committee
20 June time TBA Managers Meeting and Umpires Meeting
20 June time TBA Opening Ceremony
26 June WGMA Congress
28 June Gala Dinner
30 June Tournament Finals up to 7:30 p.m.
30 June Closing Ceremony