Third-place finishes for Kelso under-14s at hockey in Glasgow
Kelso Hockey Club’s under-14 teams for girls and boys were in Scottish club cup tournament action in Glasgow at the weekend, both finishing third.
Kelso’s girls, playing in one of two groups, lost 1-0 to Glasgow’s Hillhead Hockey Club, drew 1-1 with Edinburgh and racked up three wins – by 1-0 versus the capital’s Inverleith, 6-0 against Stepps and 1-0 versus another Glasgow side, Clydesdale Western.
That left them third in a group of six, behind Edinburgh and Hillhead.
The other group was won by Grange, with fellow Edinburgh sides Erskine Stewart’s Melville and Watsonians second and third respectively, Milngavie’s Western Wildcats fourth and South Lanarkshire’s Uddingston fifth.
Edinburgh and Grange won the day’s semi-finals and will go on to contest this year’s final in Glasgow on Sunday, March 15.
The boys’ tournament, with six teams competing, was played in a round-robin format.
Kelso drew their first two games, 0-0 against Grange and 1-1 versus ESM.
A 3-0 win versus Watsonians followed, courtesy of a hat-trick from Chris Alton, then a 1-0 win v Inverleith and a loss by the same scoreline to Hillhead, denying them a top-two place and qualification for the final.
Hillhead finished top, with ESM in second place.