Peffermill date for tourney

EUROPEAN hockey tournaments round one games for nine venues were issued last week.

Scotland will host the Ladies Club Challenge One at Peffermill from May 18-21 in which Edinburgh University play in the eight-team event which also includes Clydesdale Western.

The other European tourney involving a Scottish club is the EuroHockey Club Men’s Trophy at Vienna, with Grange HC representing Scotland.

The European Hockey League has announced it is to trial a new scoring system this season.

For those interested, a visit to the EHL website will be educational.

One can only hope the new system does not spread to Scottish hockey!

Proposed changes include:

For every field goal and penalty stroke goal scored in a match not resulting from a penalty corner — two points.

For every penalty corner scored in a match — one point.

For every goal scored from a penalty stroke resulting from a penalty corner situation — one point.

In a shoot-out competition, a goal from a direct shoot-out and a penalty stroke — one point.

Clubs should note that information has been issued by HQ at the end of last week regarding the procedure for recording of scores of National League and Cup games on the revised and upgraded Scottish Hockey website, which is still not fully operational.

Care should still be taken with regard to league positions, fixtures, times and scores.

Hopefully the problems will be resolved soon.