Western Wildcats Hockey Club

The often neglected but vital pool of keepers at the club have been making some tremendous personal steps forward.
Following on from Men's 1st Team Gavin Sommerville being awarded Scottish Men's Player of the Year, Murray McDiarmid has been impressing both at second team level and at the recently concluded indoor programme. Murray is pushing for a place in the U-18 Scotland team which travels to the European A division this summer and is also a member of the Scotland U-21 training programme.

The Ladies Keepers are also doing their bit to push the bar higher. Jayne McLaughlin has recently been added to the Senior Women Scotland squad and was noted as looking like 'she had been there for years' by Head Coach Gordon Shepherd. Susan Al-Hadad has been added to the Scotland U-21 training group and also the Senior Ladies Training Squad. Two keepers from the same team in the Scotland squad is an outstanding achievement, well done ladies.

The recent progression is a result of all the keepers hard work and dedication to the training required to excel at all levels and with Jack Anderson next in line, the conveyor belt of athletes at Western is begining to blossom nicely.