Iain Scholefield
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | 31 March 1987 | |||||||||||||
| Playing position | Midfield | |||||||||||||
| Senior career | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | |||||||||||||
| 2007–2011 | Kelburne | |||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Royal Uccle | |||||||||||||
| 2012–2014 | Qui Vive | |||||||||||||
| 2014–2023 | Kelburne | |||||||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals | |||||||||||
| 2008–2014 | Scotland | 127 | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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Iain Scholefield (born 31 March 1987)[1] is a Scottish former field hockey player who represented the Scotland men's national field hockey team at two Commonwealth Games.[2]
Biography
Scholefield studied Civil Engineering with Architecture at the University of Glasgow and played club hockey for Kelburne Hockey Club in the Scottish Hockey Premiership.[3]
He represented the Scottish team during the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi[4] and the following year, Scholefield won a bronze medal with the Scotland team at the 2011 Men's EuroHockey Championship II in Vinnytsia, Ukraine.[5]
He earned 50th cap in 2010 and 100th cap in 2012. Meanwhile, he moved to Belgium and the Netherlands from 2011 to 2014 to play hockey for Royal Uccle Hockey Club and Qui Vive Hockey Club respectively.[3][6]
In June 2014 he was selected as a member of Team Scotland for the men's tournament at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.[7][8]
After his second Commonwealth Games appearance he returned to Kelburne to play club hockey[9] and retired from international hcokley the same year[3]
References
- ^ "SCO v ENG (Test Match) (M)". Western International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 23 August 2025.
- ^ "Scotland Senior Men Squad". Scottish Hockey. Retrieved 23 August 2025.
- ^ a b c "Glasgow 2014: Scholefield set to bow out on a high". The Scotsman. 18 June 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2025.
- ^ "HOCKEY: Kelburne stars dominate Commonwealth Games selection squad". Daily Record. 19 August 2010. Retrieved 23 August 2025.
- ^ "Michael Bremner retires from international hockey". Scottish Hockey. 19 December 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2025.
- ^ "Scotland Men's squad for World League announced". Scottish Hockey Club. 19 September 2012. Retrieved 23 August 2025.
- ^ "Glasgow 2014: Final Team Scotland picks announced". BBC Sport. 12 June 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
- ^ "Glasgow 2014: Scotland's Commonwealth Games team". BBC Sport. 21 July 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2025.
- ^ "Life after Glasgow 2014". Scottish Hockey. 31 October 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2025.