Calendar 2020
The 2020 Calendar was badly affected by the Covid-19 emergency, everything after the shortened Lille tournament in March being either cancelled or postponed. We had hoped to be able to hold the usual September whole club event in Edinburgh, and whole club training sesssions in October, November and December, along with the December whole club event, but the club event was first postponed with a target date of late October and a local training sessions was organised in Dundee on 1 November but cancelled as lockdown tightened once more. Scottish Thistles had a contingency plan to try to arrange matches in Japan during the period when the 2020 World Cup would have been held, if players could obtain refunds or deferments of payments made for flights and hotels, but that did not take place either.
January | |||
Sun 12 12:00-15:00 | Kilgraston School | Over 60/68 training | All players - Over 60 and Over 68 matches |
Sun 19 | Carlisle | Thistles matches v North England LX | Over 65 and Over 70 reports |
Sun 26 10:30-15:30 | Peffermill | Over 60 training | |
February | |||
Sun 9 11:00-14:00 | Glasgow Green | Over 65 training | |
Sun 23 10:30 | Peffermill | Over 60 training | |
Sun 23 | Peffermill | Over 70 training - TBC | |
March | |||
Sun 8 11:00-14:00 | Glasgow Green | Over 65 training | |
Sun 8 TBA | Glasgow Green | Club training | All other players |
Sun 8 15:00 | Glasgow Green | Annual General Meeting | All members - at Football Centre |
Tue 10 | Durham | Over 70 International v England | Over 70 International Squad report | Fri 13-Sun 15 | Lille | Jacques Lévy Tournament | Scottish Thistles Blue and White report |
Sun 29 | Auchenhowie | Over 60 training - cancelled | Proposed selection date for Four Nations, World Cup |
W'end 29 | Over 70 training - cancelled | Proposed selection date for Four Nations | |
April | |||
Fri 24-Sun 26 | Tilburg | International Veterans Tournament | Scottish Thistles Over 60/67 - cancelled |
Sun 26 | Peffermill | Over 60 training | Cancelled |
Sun 26 (TBC) | Over 60, Over 65, Over 70 training - TBC | Over 65 Home Nations selected squad - cancelled | |
May | |||
Sun 3 | English Midlands | Match v England LX Over 65 | Scottish Thistles Over 65 - cancelled |
Sat 9-Sun 10 | Jersey | Possible Tour | Scottish Thistles - postponed to 2021 |
TBA | Over 60 training | Home Nations selected squad | |
TBA | Over 65 training | Home Nations selected squad | |
Fri 22-Sun 24 | Southgate, London | Four Nations Tournament - cancelled | International Squads, Scottish Thistles Over 60 |
June | |||
Fri 19-Sun 21 | Cockermouth | Cockermouth Tournament - cancelled | Over 60 and Over 70 Thistles |
Sun 28 | Over 60, Over 65, Over 70 training - TBC | Proposed selection date for Celtic Cup - cancelled |
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July | |||
Wed 1-Sun 5 | Bra, Italy | International Masters Hockey Tournament | Over 60 and Over 65 Thistles postponed to 2021 |
Sun 26 | Over 60, Over 65, Over 70 training - TBC | ||
Fri 31-Sun 2 Aug | Swansea | Dragons Festival | Scottish Thistles - two teams? - cancelled |
Fri 31-Sun 2 Aug | Mannheim | Quadrangular Tournament | Scotland Over 60 - cancelled |
August | |||
Fri 7-Sun 9 | Dundee | Scottish Thistles Tournament | Over 60 and Over 65 - postponed to 2021 |
Fri 14-Sun 16 | Clydesdale | Celtic Cup | International Squads - cancelled |
September | |||
Sun 6 | Edinburgh | Club Event | All players - cancelled |
Tue 8-Thu 10 | Durham | England LX North East Tour | Scottish Thistles - two teams - cancelled |
Sun 20 | Over 60 training | Scotland World Cup squad only - cancelled | |
Sun 27 | World Cup training | Scottish Thistles - cancelled | |
October | |||
Sat 24-Sun 25 | Bedford? | Matches v Ireland B Over 60/65 | Scottish Thistles - two teams - cancelled |
Sun 25 | Over 60 training | Scotland World Cup squad only - cancelled | |
November | |||
Wed 4-Sun 15 | Tokyo | Plan B Japan Tour | Thistles Over 60/65? - did not take place |
December | |||
Sun 6 | Glasgow | Club Event | All players - cancelled |