Performance Hockey at Edinburgh

The Performance Squad (1XI) currently competes in BUCS Men’s Premier North and the Scottish Hockey Men’s Premiership.

BUCS Premier North is the 2nd highest competitive league for university hockey in the UK, and the SHU Premiership is the highest competitive league in Scottish hockey.

Few, if any, UK Universities offer both world-renowned academic success and high performance for men’s hockey.

On and off the pitch

The programme has a proven track record of developing junior players with potential into senior international athletes. Our coaches have extensive international experience.

In return for your dedication and hard work, we will offer you world-class training facilities and support to allow you to be the best you can be:

  • 1 Head Coach

  • 1 Assistant Coach

  • Full-time Strength & Conditioning support

  • Academic support

  • Performance lifestyle support

  • Nutritional advice

  • Mental skills training and assistance

  • Access to the world-renowned FASIC Sport & Exercise Medicine Clinic

Why study at Edinburgh

Edinburgh mixes architectural beauty and history with a lively, fun environment and has regularly been voted as one of the most desirable places to live in the world. As part of our Performance Programme, you will develop your athletic and academic skills in tandem, competing for one of the United Kingdom’s best sporting higher education institutions and studying at a university that is consistently ranked in the top 20 in the world. Find out more about studying at The University of Edinburgh here.

  • Over 650 degree programmes

  • Flexible study options

  • Ranked 10th in the UK for graduate employability by the Times Higher Education, Global Employability Ranking 2018

  • An international university, with just under half of our students representing 180 nations across the world

  • Be part of a hockey community at Edinburgh of over 10 women’s teams and 7 men’s teams

Our competitions and success - what makes us stand out 

Our 1XI plays in Scottish Premiership, the highest league in Scotland, and they compete with English Universities in the BUCS system by playing in Premier North, the 2nd highest competitive university league in the UK.

The team has been in 3 of the last 5 Scottish Cup finals, as well as winning 2 BUCS Premier League titles, the BUCS trophy, the back-to-back BUCS National Vases, and the top Scottish League for the last 10 consecutive seasons.

We have an exceptional record of developing International players and have had representation at the last 3 Commonwealth Games and 3 alumni playing for Scotland in 2018, and 2 alumni playing for Scotland in 2022, as well as our Head of Performance working with Scotland Senior Men.

Our Recent Successes

  • 2018/19 Scottish Premiership 5th place finish

  • 2018/19 BUCS Trophy Runners Up

  • 2018/19 BUCS Northern Conference Premier Division B 2nd place finish

  • 2018/19 Scottish Cup Semi-finalists

  • 2021/22 Scottish Cup Semi-finalists

  • 2021/22 Scottish Premiership 3rd place finish

  • 2021/22 BUCS National Vase Champions

  • 2021/22 BUCS Premier North 2nd place finish

  • 2021/22 Promotion to BUCS Premier National (First Scottish Men’s team since the formation of BUCS in 2008)

  • 2022/23 BUCS National Vase Champions

  • 2022/23 Scottish Premiership 3rd Place Finish

Our facilities

As a first-team squad member, you will receive expert coaching, access to our world-class facilities, strength and conditioning training, sports science, and sports medicine support.

We have access to an Olympic Grade, water-based pitch, where our sessions take place, located at Peffermill Playing Fields.

Each week there are two team training sessions and two strength and conditioning sessions, led by trained S&C coaches. Additionally, there are opportunities for 1-1 sessions as requested by the players as well as team video analysis sessions.

There is also access to the University's world-leading FASIC sports medicine clinic for selected Performance Players within the Men's Hockey Programme.

Thinking of joining us as a Performance Sport Hockey Player?

We are always looking for ambitious, academic athletes to realise their potential with us. Some useful links with information on entry requirements, scholarships and fees & funding can be found below:

We look forward to welcoming the next generation of performance hockey players to our Performance Programme. To start the conversation about your application:

  1. Email Head of Performance, Neil Allan, to discuss your application. - neil@completehockeycoaching.com

Head of performance:

neil allan

2x Scottish Hockey Coach of the Year

  • Scotland u16 Boys Head Coach 2013-2016

  • Scotland u18 Boys Head Coach 2016-2018

  • Scotland u21 Assistant Head Coach 2014-2022

  • Scotland Senior Women’s Indoor Assistant Coach 2018-2020

  • Scotland Elite Development Programme Lead Coach 2018-2022

  • Scotland Senior Men’s Assistant Coach 2022-Current

  • 9 years as head of hockey at a leading UK Boarding School.

  • Founder and Director of Coaching at Complete Hockey Coaching, the UK’s leading coaching company

Notable Current & Former Players

  • Alistair McGregor - Great Britain, Scotland (Senior)

  • Graham Moodie - Great Britain, Scotland (Senior)

  • Callum Duke - Scotland (Senior and U21)

  • David Forrester - Scotland (U21)

  • Neil Fulton - Scotland (U21)

  • Aedan McCrossan - Scotland (U18)

  • S.P Theobald - Great Britain (Senior)

  • T.P Caverhill - Scotland (Senior)

  • Frank Fasson - Scotland (Senior)

  • James Wong - Scotland (Senior and U21)

  • Robbie Croll - Great Britain (U23 EDP), Scotland (Senior and U21)

  • Hamish Imrie - Scotland (Senior)

  • Martin Rose - Scotland (U21)

  • Keir Robb - Scotland (U21)

  • Iain McFadden - Scotland (U21)

  • John Stephen - Scotland (U21)

  • Ben Pearson - Scotland (U21)

  • Constantinos Stylianou - Cyprus (Senior)

  • Ritchie McCluskey - Scotland (U18 and U21)

  • Alex Wilson - Scotland (U21)

  • Jamie Croll - Scotland (U21)