Blogs and News - St George's School For Girls, Edinburgh

21 Mar 2017

Hockey - Dickson Minto Tournament

We were delighted to host the Dickson Minto 2^nd XI Hockey Tournament on Saturday 11 March. This tournament has been running for 18 years and we are thankful to Dickson Minto W.S who kindly sponsored it for a 2^nd year running. 12 teams from across Scotland played in a competitive tournament. The group sections were close and many goals were scored! Both St George’s 2^nd XI and 3^rd XI entered the competition. The two teams faced each other and played out an entertaining 0-0 draw in the first game. In the following pool games, the 2^nd XI results were as follows; St George’s beat North Berwick 1-0, George Heriot’s 3^rd XI 2-0, Dundee High 1-0 and lost 0-2 to Mary Erskine School. Goals were scored by Olivia S (2), Mirren and Maddy. The 3^rd XI played against the same opponents and drew each game 0-0. These results meant St George’s 2^nd XI won the pool, with the 3^rd XI in third place.

The 3^rd XI finished off their tournament with another scoreless draw versus Heriots 2^nd XI, meaning they shared 5^th place overall. The 2^nd XI progressed to the semi-final against Dollar Academy. The girls played a great end-to-end game and won 1-0 thanks to Olivia S scoring from a penalty corner.

In the final, the 2^nd XI faced George Watson’s College and defended hard to earn a 0-0 draw and force running penalties. Olivia B and Maddy scored, while Ciara saved all 4 penalties to win the tournament for St George’s. Well done to all the girls for a fantastic win and to Ciara who won goalkeeper of the tournament!

A select Primary 7 hockey team played in the P7 George Watson’s College tournament on Saturday 11 March. St George’s started the tournament exceptionally well beating Edinburgh Academy 3-1; they then went on to score 4 goals against Dundee High. The girls went on to win their section by defeating High School of Glasgow 2-0! After a very successful group section, the girls qualified for the cup section of the main tournament, where they met Hutchesons’ Grammar in the semi-finals. As the game finished 0-0 one place in the final was decided by running penalties; unfortunately they lost out by one goal in the shoot-out.

Well played to everyone who took part.

2nd XI hockey winners