Under Eight Hockey
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Our Under Eight hockey is open to all!
Our hockey is for any child who has started P3, whatever their athletic ability or background. For some of the lowest membership fees in Scottish Hockey, our Under Eight programme offers kids a fun start to what will be a team sport for life! Find out all the key details below.
If you are interested in trying out our Under Eights we are currently running a waiting list. Please sign up here.
Weekly training
Match days once a term
Everyone is welcome
Key details
Training Methods: Focus is put on learning through play, with all exercises either matches or fun games.
Game Play: Players will work on winning the ball back and will learn the rules of the game.
Technical Skills: Players will work on moving with the ball, receiving the ball, evading defenders and passing.
Physical Skills: Players will work on basic agility and co-ordination.
Soft Skills: We encourage all players to consider the behaviours of listening to and speaking to everyone.
| Youth Training Times - 2025/26 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AGE GROUP | SCHOOL YEAR | TRAINING | TRAINING VENUE | MATCH DAY & VENUE |
| Under 8 | P3 | Sun 9:45 - 11:00 | Goldenacre | Ad hoc |
| Under 10 | P4, P5 | Sun 9:45 - 11:00 | Goldenacre | Sundays approx 2 times per term. Various locations |
| Under 12 | P6, P7 | Sun 11:00 - 12:30 | Goldenacre | Sundays approx 1 per month. Mary Erskine School |
| Under 14 | S1, S2 | Sun 10:00 - 11:30 Wed 18:00 - 19:15 * OR Wed 19:00 - 20:15 * | EA Newfield | Sundays once every fortnight. Meggetland or Mary Erskine School |
| GKs | S1 to S6 | Sun 10 - 11:30 | EA Newfield | Matches with relevant teams on Sundays |
| Under 16 Boys | S3, S4 | Sun 11:30 - 12:45^ or a match Thu 18:00 - 19:00 | EA Newfield (main venue) | Sundays approx once every fortnight. Various locations. |
| Under 16 Girls | S3, S4 | Sun 11:30 - 12:45^ or a match Tue 18:00 - 19:00 | EA Newfield (main venue) | Sundays approx once every fortnight. Various locations. |
| Girls & Boys 16 and over play in our senior teams | S5, S6 (S4 by invitation) | see adult training times | see senior training times | Saturdays every week from Sep to Nov, mid Jan to mid Apr |
| ^ training times may vary according to the clubs overall match timetable. The training times will be updated on Pitchero. | ||||
| * Training time depends on which group a player is in. Your age group manager will advise details | ||||
Matches: Participation for all. We do our best to ensure every player receives equal invites to match days. At this age teams are not picked based on performance, we instead pick teams based on school year groups; this is so we hopefully guarantee players are playing with peers. We stretch high performing players with additional content.
Training: Every training session open to all.
There is currently a waiting list. Please sign up here.
For U12, U10 and U8, players are grouped according to their school year.
For U14 & U16, players are grouped by their age on 1 January for Scottish Hockey and East District organised matches. Players 16 and above play in senior leagues.
