Performance Hockey at Edinburgh
The Performance Squad (1XI) Will compete in the BUCS Men’s Premier National and the Scottish Hockey Men’s Premiership for the 2025/26 season.
BUCS Premier National is the highest competitive league for University Hockey in the UK, and the SHU Premiership is the highest competitive domestic league in Scotland.
Few, if any, UK Universities offer both world-renowned academic success and high performance for men’s hockey.
On and off the pitch
The programme has a proven track record of developing junior players with potential into senior international athletes. Our coaches have extensive international experience.
In return for your dedication and hard work, we will offer you world-class training facilities and support to allow you to be the best you can be:
1 Head Coach
2 Assistant Coaches
Full-time Strength & Conditioning support
Academic support
Performance lifestyle support
Nutritional advice
Mental skills training and assistance
Access to the world-renowned FASIC Sport & Exercise Medicine Clinic
Why study at Edinburgh
Edinburgh mixes architectural beauty and history with a lively, fun environment and has regularly been voted as one of the most desirable places to live in the world. As part of our Performance Programme, you will develop your athletic and academic skills in tandem, competing for one of the United Kingdom’s best sporting higher education institutions and studying at a university that is consistently ranked in the top 30 in the world. Find out more about studying at The University of Edinburgh here.
Over 650 degree programmes
Flexible study options
5th ranked University in the UK (Times Higher Education World Rankings 2025)
An international university, with just under half of our students representing 180 nations across the world
Be part of a hockey community at Edinburgh of over 10 women’s teams and 7 men’s teams
Our competitions and success - what makes us stand out
Our 1XI plays in Scottish Premiership, the highest league in Scotland, and they compete with English Universities in the BUCS system by playing in Premier National, the highest competitive university league in the UK.
In 2025 the team won the Scottish Hockey Cup (becoming the first Men’s University side to do so), as well as winning the BUCS Premier North League, gaining promotion to BUCS Premier National, the BUCS Vase, and placing top 4 in the Scottish Hockey Premiership.
We have an exceptional record of developing international players and have had representation, with our 1XI earning a total of x international Caps at junior and senior international level in the 2024/25 Season!
Our Recent Successes
Our facilities
As a first-team squad member, you will receive expert coaching, access to our world-class facilities, strength and conditioning training, sports science, and sports medicine support.
We have access to two Olympic Grade, water-based pitches, where our sessions take place, located at Peffermill Playing Fields. Pitch 1 is the Rio 2016 Carpet, and Pitch 2 was relayed in 2024 with the Paris 2024 Carpet.
Each week there are two team training sessions and two strength and conditioning sessions, led by trained S&C coaches. Additionally, there are opportunities for 1-1 sessions as requested by the players as well as team video analysis sessions.
There is also access to the University's world-leading FASIC sports medicine clinic for selected Performance Players within the Men's Hockey Programme.
Thinking of joining us as a Performance Sport Hockey Player?
We are always looking for ambitious, academic athletes to realise their potential with us. Some useful links with information on entry requirements, scholarships and fees & funding can be found below:
We look forward to welcoming the next generation of performance hockey players to our Performance Programme. To start the conversation about your application:
Email Head of Performance, Neil Allan, to discuss your application: neil@completehockeycoaching.com
Fill out our Trials Signup Form in full here
Head of performance:
neil allan
2x Scottish Hockey Coach of the Year
Scotland u16 Boys Head Coach 2013-2016
Scotland u18 Boys Head Coach 2016-2018
Scotland u21 Assistant Head Coach 2014-2022
Scotland Senior Women’s Indoor Assistant Coach 2018-2020
Scotland Elite Development Programme Lead Coach 2018-2022
Scotland Senior Men’s Assistant Coach 2022-Current
9 years as head of hockey at a leading UK Boarding School.
Founder and Director of Coaching at Complete Hockey Coaching, the UK’s leading coaching company
Notable Current & Former Players
Alistair McGregor - Great Britain, Scotland (Senior)
Graham Moodie - Great Britain, Scotland (Senior)
Callum Duke - Scotland (Senior and U21)
David Forrester - Scotland (U21)
Neil Fulton - Scotland (U21)
Aedan McCrossan - Scotland (U18)
S.P Theobald - Great Britain (Senior)
T.P Caverhill - Scotland (Senior)
Frank Fasson - Scotland (Senior)
James Wong - Scotland (Senior and U21)
Robbie Croll - Great Britain (U23 EDP), Scotland (Senior and U21)
Hamish Imrie - Scotland (Senior)
Martin Rose - Scotland (U21)
Keir Robb - Scotland (U21, Senior)
Iain McFadden - Scotland (U21, Senior)
John Stephen - Scotland (U21)
Ben Pearson - Scotland (U21)
Constantinos Stylianou - Cyprus (Senior)
Ritchie McCluskey - Scotland (U18 and U21)
Alex Wilson - Scotland (U21)
Jamie Croll - Scotland (U21, Senior)
Matt Taylor - Scotland (Senior)
Plus 11 of our current 1XI Squad representing Scotland at the U23 level