Scottish Masters Thistles Hockey Club - Information for Members

This is the 'go to' page for up to date information on your club. Important changes were made to the way in which the club will be run from late 2018 onwards and this page will help you keep up to date with what is going on. Further and very significant changes are under way following the approval by Scottish Hockey of the new Scottish Masters Hockey body, which was incorporated on 27 November 2020, and the change of name and age range of the Club following the Extraordinary General Meeting on 17 February 2021.

Executive Committee 2021-22

President - Mike McInally;Vice-President - Alan Parker; Secretary - John Lees; Treasurer - Jim Chisholm;

Ordinary Members (with roles) Membership Secretary - Stuart Stephen; Age Group Co-ordinator - Chris Heeps. John Bennett has agreed to continue as Quartermaster for the time being.

A Thistles SP Group has been formed, chaired by Ian McCreath and including the age group co-ordinators Chris Heeps (Over 60); Graham Conkie (Over 65); Duncan Mitchell (Over 70) and Sandy Weir (Over 75).

Subscriptions and Payments

Subscriptions for 2020-21 of £20 are now due (plus £20* for Scottish Hockey registration if you are not a member of a Scottish hockey club affiliated to Scottish Hockey) and should be paid to SMLXHC Account 1, preferably by electronic banking: sort code 83-00-50, account number , with your name as reference, and email to confirm payment.

* Scottish Hockey has announced that the adult membership fee for season 2020-21 will be reduced by 50% (i.e. to £20). For members affected (i.e. those registered with SHU through the LX Club) the Treasurer will adjust the amount due in each members 'member account'. Anyone who has already paid £40 will be automatically credited £20 refund in their account. Anyone who has not yet paid should pay £20 as soon as possible to the club account.

From February 2020, banks will be implementing a Confirmation of Payments policy which will require the account name on all transactions to match exactly the name of the account to which the payment is being sent.

Please send all future payments to SMLXHC Account 1 to ensure that your payment goes through.

The sort code and account number are unchanged: sort code 83-00-50, account number , adding your name as reference, and email to confirm payment.

You can also pay by cheque made out to Scottish Masters LX Hockey club - send it to Treasurer

The Big Picture

Scottish Hockey has now approved the new body Scottish Masters Hockey (a company limited by guarantee, set up formally on 27 November 2020) to administer on its behalf and with its support all international Masters hockey (men and women, all age groups from Over 35 upwards). Scottish Hockey press release - includes link to join Scottish Masters Hockey (currently without subscription). Players who wish to be considered for selection should register with Scottish Masters Hockey, in the first instance to form a membership eligible to vote at the General Meeting.

Articles of Association of Scottish Masters Hockey have been produced by the Scottish Masters Working Group and interim appointments have been made of the following office bearers, who will take office until the first General Meeting of Scottish Masters Hockey, expected in March 2021:

President: Jackie Burnett; Vice President: Bernie Morrison; Secretary: Niall Sturrock; Treasurer: Fraser Auld.

In addition, Scottish Hockey has approved Scottish Masters LX Hockey Club (now renamed Scottish Masters Thistles Hockey Club) to administer all non-international Masters hockey, beginning with the existing men Over 60 upwards and expanding to include women and younger men's age groups as required). The name and constitution have now been changed to reflect the new membership and purpose of the club.

The new name for the club committee is the Executive Management Committee. summary of the new management structure of the club (PDF).

Scottish Masters International Selection Criteria

The Scottish Masters Working Group has produced a document setting out selection criteria for all Scottish Masters International Teams of both sexes and all age groups from Over 35 upwards. This document will form the basis for selection of all teams from late 2020 until 2022. selection criteria (PDF)

Committee 2020-21

Following the 2020 AGM, the new committee is as follows:

Bernie Morrison President
Mike McInally Club Captain
John Hay Secretary
Jim Chisholm Treasurer
John Lees and Stuart Stephen Ordinary Committee Members

Feedback from the World Cup Barcelona 2018

The members of each international squad were asked to complete a questionnaire to help guide the International Sub Committee's planning for the way forward. Each team co-ordinator then collated the responses for his age group, then a small group consisting of Alan Auld, Gordon Mackenzie and Niall Sturrock pulled together a summary of all the responses and produced a set of recommendations going forward. PDF versions of the summary/recommendations and collated age group responses are available below:

summary and recommendations

Over 60 responses

Over 65 responses (to follow)

Over 70 responses