Dumfries Sports Club

The Dumfries Hockey Club are currently looking for new players to come and try the game, players of all ages and abilities are welcome.

Anyone interested in playing is invited to training sessions on Tuesday evenings from 6pm-8pm at the King George V Park, Glasgow Road Dumfries. Information can also be sought via e-mail: hockey@dumfriessportsclub.co.uk

Dumfries lined up for their fifth game of the season with a full team for only the second time.

Captain John McCoskry and his team were buoyant after their first victory of the season against Kelburn 5s two weeks before and were looking to get another result against Ayr 2s who had started the season well and were fourth in the league. Read the rest of this entry »

Dumfries Hockey Club’s men’s team welcomed newly promoted side Monklands to the King George V Park last Saturday for their first fixture of the new season.

Unfortunately holiday and work commitments, compounded by recent departures to university, resulted in the Dumfries side initially fielding ten players and this reduced to nine for the second half due to work commitments but at least the sun was shining.

Monklands took advantage of their numerical advantage and quickly took the game to Dumfries, pressing the home side into a defensive mode. Read the rest of this entry »

Hockey training for the new season resumes on Tuesday 11th of August from 6-8pm at King George V.

League matches are played on Saturdays. We welcome new players of all ages and abilities to come and join us at any of our training sessions.

This season it is the NEW Dumfries Hockey Club since the Ladies and Mens clubs have just merged. For more details about the hockey club see here.

The Dumfries Ladies and Mens Hockey Clubs have merged to become the new Dumfries Hockey Club.

In the 2009/10 season coming up the club has 3 teams all playing in the South West district.

The ladies 1st XI play in Division 1 whilst the ladies 2nd XI play in Division 3.

The mens team play in Division 2.

Elected office positions are shown below for season 2009-10. Read the rest of this entry »

Dumfries Ladies 1st XI hockey team have been crowned champions of the Scottish West District Division 2 league.

They finished in style with a champagne toast after their last match. The team came out top against 10 other teams from Greenock to Uddingston, winning 13 out of their 17 matches for the 2008-2009 season. The team will move up to Division 1 in September.

The ladies 2nd XI team endured a competitive season in Division 3, facing both strong and experienced teams, with many younger players showing real promise for the future.

They won four out of their 16 matches, with Angela Beattie, team captain, being awarded the Division 3 player of season. The team will start the 2009-2010 season in Division 4.

The men’s team had their most successful season for many years and finished in third place in Division 2, narrowly missing out on promotion. The men finished with eleven victories, one draw and seven defeats, scoring 56 goals and conceding 38. Read the rest of this entry »

Dumfries hockey club closed 2009 with what would be their toughest game of the season, a home game to league leaders Strathclyde University.

Having not played for two weeks due to frozen pitches, the Dumfries players were clearly struggling to find any rhythm.

The Strathclyde players showed their class as they stroked the ball around the field with relative ease as the Dumfries team struggled to get possession of the ball. Read the rest of this entry »