Christie on fire as Bromac Kelburne retain top spot.

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Veteran sharpshooter Johnny Christie was again in top form as Bromac Kelburne retained their place at the top of the National League yesterday scoring 9 times in victories over Grange and Hillhead. Christie has now amassed an incredible 29 goals in 7 games this year, showing why he can still lay claim to be the best goalscorer in the country. 

Christie may be the finisher, however he is well supported by a strong squad who have performed consistently well this year under the guidance of Jeff Cairns. Missing Scotland Senior players Lee Morton, Michael Bremner and goalkeeper Rory Kerr, the depth of the squad was evident as Jonas Nommensen, Jack McKenzie, Adam Bain, Craig Morton and Iain Scholefield all claimed goals in addition to Christie's haul. With the squad also containing Josh Cairns, Gary Maitles, Nick FInlayson and Chris Nelson, there is a growing confidence within the group that they can have a successful season. 

The squad now moves onto the split looking to consolidate their position in preparation for the crossover games on the 28th. Full report from Scottish Hockey. 

http://www.scottish-hockey.org.uk/2017/january-2017/men%E2%80%99s-indoor-national-league-back-in-action---kelburne-maintain-pole-position.aspx

 

Bromac Men's 1s players head for Spain.

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Bromac Men's 1s players Rory Kerr and Lee Morton have been selected for the Scotland squad as they head to the warmer climates of Spain for a training camp to play 3 matches against Russia this weekend.

Morton has previous experience within the group and he will be looking to cement his place within the squad for the upcoming challenges of the World League and EuroHockey Championships. For Rory Kerr, this will be his first experience at this level and is reward for a string of fine displays since joining the club in the summer.

The duo will have a number of familiar faces within the team as ex Burne stars Alan and David Forsyth, Willie Marshall, Ed Greaves and Michael Bremner form the back bone of the squad. Good luck to all involved this weekend.

On the domestic front, the Men's 1s will look to continue their strong start to the Indoor campiagn when they face Grange and Hillhead. Kerr and Morton will be absent but the squad is boosted by the inclusion of Jack McKenzie and veteran indoor specialist Chris Nelson.

On Sunday, the Ladies 1s will continue their quest for promtion to division 1. Coach Adam Bain has selected a strong squad and will be keen to get the second half off to a strong start.

Good Luck to all playing this weekend.    

Bromac Men's 1s Top Indoor League

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The Bromac Men’s 1s squad have made an impressive start to the 1st half of the Indoor season and sit top of the league at the halfway stage. Under the guidance of Jeff Cairns the squad have produced some strong performances and are keen to push on in the 2nd half to secure the clubs first Indoor title.

Notice was served in the first game of the season. Armed with strong squad including the returning Josh Cairns as well outdoor stars Johnny Christie, Iain Scholefield and Lee Morton, and backed by some different tactics from Coach Cairns, the team were able to upset defending champions Inverleith to win 8-4, with Christie leading the way with a hat trick.

In game 2 the team faced another league challenger in Menzieshill and again persisted with the tactic of playing 6 outfield players. Again a positive result was achieved in the form of a 4-4 draw, although both teams had chances to win the game. Scorers in the game were a Christie Hat Trick and Gary Maitles.

Game 3 was a goal glut for the team and the strength of the Indoor squad was shown to the full as Uddingston were demolished 12-1 with a display of powerful attacking hockey, with several fantastic team goals scored. Christie continued his scoring spree, this time with 4, German Jonas Nommensen grabbed three, Craig Morton and Adam Bain bagged doubles and Josh Cairns rounded of the scoring.

In week 2, the team were boosted by the return to the club of Michael Bremner, who has rejoined for the Indoor season, but were hampered by injuries to Cairns and Nick Finlayson. Again the team was able to produce some good attacking hockey to win both games relatively comfortably.

First up was Clydesdale, who were dispatched 9-4. Goals coming from Christie 4, Nommensen 2, Lee Morton 2 and Finlayson. The second game belonged to veteran striker Christie who put local rivals Western Wildcats to the sword with a double hat-trick, taking his total to 20 from 5 games so far. The team were 5-1 up at the interval with a Christie hat trick complimented by goals from Bain and Lee Morton. The second half produced a procession of goals with 3 from Christie to complete his haul as well 2 from Bremner and 1 a piece from Bain and Maitles.

A fantastic year for the squad comes to an end and they will be recharging the batteries in preparation for the upcoming battles in 2017 on both the Indoor and Outdoor front.   

(Photo by Duncan Gray)

 

Mens' 3s West District Indoor League - Win vs Glasgow Uni

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Kelburne Mens' 3s in West District Indoor League - Beat Glasgow Uni - 4.12.16

A solid and committed performance from the 3rd XI Squad today in beating Glasgow Uni with a small squad this week. 

Scoreline of 5-3 to Kelburne with the

Goals coming from:  Niall Taylor (2), Billy Anderson, Alan Ralph

and a "Senior debut" indoor goal from Young Gary Brolly.    A committed performance from the Kelburne team with Lochlan in full control of his D with some great stops, Alan and Niall in defence and tireless work in midfield and up-front from Steven Robbie, Ciaran Willcox, Gary Brolly and Billy Anderson.  Great all-round performance from the young squad.

Next week's league match is at 2.30pm against Uddingston
 

Mens' 2s National Indoor League - 2 Wins for Kelburne!

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Q Bikes Kelburne Mens' 2s Indoor National League - Bells Sports Centre, Perth - 3.12.16

Kelburne faced 3 Teams today and put in a strong performance throughout. 2 wins puts Kelburne in second position after the first round of games.

Team: Lochlan Morris (GK), Andrew Duff (Captain), Fraser Hutchison, Miles Goldie, Neil McIntyre, Ross Wallace, Niall Taylor & JG Shepherd.

Game 1 - Kelburne Won 11-2 vs Stepps 1s

Game 2 - Kelburne Won 7-5 vs MGM Monarchs 1s

Game 3 - Kelburne Lost 10-3 vs Inverleith

Scorers: Andrew Duff, Niall Taylor, JG Shepherd, Ross Wallace, Neil McIntyre, Fraser Hutchison

 

 

 

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Mens' West District Indoor League - Kelburne's Flying Start vs UWS

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Mens' West District Indoor League - Kelburne Beat University of West Scotland - 26.11.16

Match took place at the Lagoon Paisley - PB 09.30

A Comfortable start to the league against a UWS team playing their inaugural WD Indoor match, unfortunately without a GK today in first WD indoor league game.

12-1 victory for KHC

Goals from Finn Halliday (5), Niall taylor (3), Ryan (2), Billy Anderson (2). 

Indoor debuts for Lochlan Morris and Gary Brolly, both doing very well.
 

 

Bromac Kelburne Mens 1s Finish with a Win vs Watsonians

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Bromac Kelburne 1s Finish the first half of the Season with a Win vs Watsonians - 26.11.16

Kelburne were looking to finish off the 1st half of the outdoor season with a win through in Edinburgh, on a cold afternoon at Peffermill, which would keep them at the top of the league going into the winter break.

It took time for Kelburne to get going and the 1st 20 minutes were below the standards expected but they were still able to find themselves 2-0 up at half time through New Zealander Nick Finlayson and the talented Jack Mckenzie. 1st coming from a short corner deflection and secondly quick thinking of a rebound to put the ball into the roof of the net.

At half time coach Shepherd had a few harsh words to say to rally the boys for the 2nd half and deservingly so as the impact was noticeable from the restart. There was more pace and energy throughout the team resulting in a better all round performance. 
A further 2 goals from Jack Mckenzie to complete his hat trick and one from Jonas Nommensen concluded the scoring. Kelburne had numerous chances to score but for some fine goalkeeping keeping the score down.

Kelburne will be happy going into the break on a positive note but there is still a lot of hard work to do on the resuming of the outdoor leauge in February.

Kelburne 5-0 Watsonians

Kelburne Ladies 2s Beat Grange

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ProLife Womens 2s Win vs Grange on 19.11.16

Kelburne went a goal down within the first few minutes! This made kelburne switch on and our first goal was from a deflection. Followed by a goal scored from a well receieved short corner. From good play around the D Another goal. Kelburne being 3-1 up at half time then went on to score 3 more goals one from a short corner.

Final Score 6-1

Bromac Kelburne Mens 1s Convincing Win vs Edinburgh Uni

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Bromac Kelburne Mens 1st Beat Edinburgh University - 19.11.16

Bromac Kelburne Men’s 1st XI took advantage of postponed matches to move into pole position of Men’s National League 1 with only one game to go before the move to the indoor season. At an extremely cold and frosty Glasgow Green the Kelburne men started the brighter with a glorious chance for Lee Morton in the middle of the circle within the first minute. With the Paisley team looking to exert their authority early on in the game they continued their pressure with some flowing play. This pressure paid off after only five minutes into the game with a superb goal from veteran striker Johnny Christie, who drilled a reverse stick shot home from an impossible angle on the baseline. The students from Edinburgh replied quickly as they found their feet in the game with Ross Jamieson’s shot finding the woodwork. Bromac Kelburne soaked up all the pressure from the Edinburgh side and limited them to only half chances. They retook control of the game and doubled their lead after clever work from Adam Bain down the right hand side with his cross finding Ryan Holding unmarked at back post. The Australian making it two goals from his last two games. The third goal of the game came after a rocket of shot from Kiwi star Nick Finlayson. He had picked the ball up in the crowded midfield, drove strong into the circle and fired a reverse stick shot low and hard into the bottom corner. Edinburgh Uni came out the brighter team early in the second half, pushing hard to get back into the game. Forcing Kelburne deep into their own half and creating a number of turnovers. The visitors got their reward when a well worked penalty corner was deflected by Kelburne goalkeeper Rory Kerr. Any hint of come back was stifled by two goals in quick succession from the reigning champions. Firstly, from the set piece expect Josh Cairns who found the bottom left corner with a precise and hard drag flick. Then Lee Morton fired the ball high into the top of the circle. Kelburne shot stopper Rory Kerr kept the students score down to one with a superb save from a penalty stroke. Managing to palm the ball onto his own post with the ball then traveling back across the goal line.

Final Score 5-1

Bromac Kelburne are looking to take their fine run of form into next week's away game vs newly promoted Watsonians. After scoring a total of thirty goals over the last three games the team will definitely be looking to extend this goal scoring form. Bromac Man of the Match: Ryan Holding

West District Junior Indoor festival

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On Sunday the Lagoon leisure centre hosted the Junior West District Indoor festival.  Kelburne joined another eleven clubs from the West District to compete in the festival which replaced last years tournament.

Kelburne were represented by ten young players at U-8's, U-10's and U-12's.  With all players demonstrating why we continue to be a dominating force in hockey.  All teams remained undefeated across the day, with the U-8's not even conceding a goal.

Coach Rachael Ewing-Day said "We are delighted with how the youngsters are developing and enjoying their hockey.  We always do well at these festivals which is thanks to the hard work of a team of dedicated coaches.  For me seeing them playing so well makes it all worthwhile."

The Kelburne juniors train on a Saturday morning at ProLife fitness centre in Paisley and on a Tuesday night at the lagoon.  You can visit the website or Facebook page for more details www.kelburne.com 

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Bromac Kelburne Mens 1s 'Goal Happy' vs FMGM Monarchs

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Bromac Kelburne Mens 1s Over-whelming Win vs FMGM Monarchs 1s - 13.11.16

Kelburne travelled up to Dundee for their quarter final tie against third division FMGM Monarchs. After a minute silence, The game started with Kelburne instantly attacking and after not too long Josh Cairns converted the first short corner. 1-0. Not long after Lee Morton found himself in space to put the ball in the net. 2-0. After another short corner Josh got his second of the game. 3-0. With pass and move hockey from Kelburne found Johnny Christie in D to put away the fourth. 4-0. Again with great movement Kelburne passed the ball across goal for Jonus Nommensen to score his first of the game. 5-0. Shortly after Jonus was found again at back post to flick it into the net. 6-0. Some individual skill from Jack McKenzie created the chance for him to reverse it high into the net. 7-0. After a shot from Nick Finlayson was saved by the Monarchs keeper Johnny Christie came from no where to pick up the pieces and put the ball in the goal. 8-0. Just before halftime Lee Morton managed to squeeze another goal in. 9-0 halftime.

Kelburne did not let up and with great passing plays found Jonus in front of goal to complete his hat-trick 10-0. Another set piece saw Micheal Nicol flick the ball low by the keeper. 11-0. Jack McKenzie took another opportunity to smash the ball by the keeper for his second. 12-0. After another attack the Monarch defence managed to clear the ball which was unfortunately picked up by Ryan Holding who ran into the circle and placed the ball into the bottom corner scoring his first goal for the Paisley side. 13-0. After the great celebration from Holding, Lee took gave the Monarch defence no time to reset and scored to complete his hat-trick. 14-0. The individual effort was shortly followed by a great team goal which found Jack McKenzie to put the ball by the Monarch keeper. 15-0. Moments later Jack found himself in a similar situation but the Monarch keeper came sliding out giving away a penalty flick to Kelburne. Experienced Chris Nelson stepped up to the spot. Nelson managed to send the keeper the wrong way but in doing so sent the ball wide of the goal. To make up for his penalty Nelson took his next opportunity to show a bit of skill and put the ball high beyond the keeper. 16-0. Shortly after Jack managed to find his fourth of the game by placing the ball low into the corner. 17-0. The 18th came from a shot coming from Lee Morton that everyone thought was going wide until Miles Goldie ran in and deflected it in bottom corner. 18-0. Lee was not finished with that as his final effort and managed to put his 4th of the game away from the top of the circle. 19-0. The game finished with veteran Johnny Christie completing his hat trick. 20-0.

The semi-final will be played on the 26/2/2017.

ProLife Kelburne Mens 5s Lose Out to Helensburgh 2s

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ProLife Kelburne Mens 5s Lose to Helensburgh 2s - 12.11.16

ProLife Kelburne Mens 5s welcomed back veteran Alan Bryce as they faced Helensburgh 2s at Glasgow Green. The older Helensburgh team came out of the blocks quickly winning a short corner after 1 minute. This was comfortably defended and Kelburne were unlucky as they headed back up the field creating a couple of chances. But it was Helensburgh who would score first as the ball was fired past Dougie McEwan. In 8 minutes Kelburne won a short corner and as the ball bounced about the area a shot appeared to come off the foot of a defender on the goal line. Although thinking it should be a penalty flick a short corner was awarded. Helensburgh doubled their lead in 21 minutes from a short corner, the ball eventually being redirected past Dougie. Soon after it was 3-0 but Kelburne were still creating chances and not out of the game. They got their reward after 30 minutes when Willie Hunt fired home. Soon after Kelburne scored again when Aaron Primrose pulled the young 5s back into the game. As the clock ticked down to halftime Kelburne lost the ball inside the 22 gifting an opportunity to Helensburgh which they dispatched. HT Kelburne 2-4 Helensburgh The 4th goal had knocked the stuffing out of Kelburne and Helensburgh had the upper hand at the start of the 2nd half having a goal disallowed for a back stick. Kelburne slowly came back into the game and an Aaron Primrose shot from a short corner zipped past the wrong side of the post. It became end to end with Dougie McEwan pulling off some good saves and Kelburne creating chances and having a series of short corners. As so often can happen Kelburne were hit with a couple of late goals to leave the final score 6-2 to Helensburgh. A good shift was put in from the youngsters Callum Stewart, Callum Brown, Calum Jamieson, Callum Flemming, Jack Nelson and Sam Hunt who are learning a lot in their first season.

FT Kelburne 2-6 Helensburgh

Kelburne Mens 3s Narrowly Miss Out to Hillhead 4s

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ProLife Kelburne Mens 3s Lose to Hillhead 4s - 12.11.16

A veteran Kelburne 3's went up against their fellow tablet toppers Hillhead 4s on pitch 1 at Glasgow Green. The 1st half was a end to end affair with both teams battling for the first goal. Kelburne's defense snuffed out any chances Hillhead had but, with the experience of Tervit and Singh up front with Mc Nichol's chasing the opposition down, chances came and went for the 3's. An injury to Dick Donaldson with 15 mins of the first half remaining meant a reshuffle of the personnel. With the first half coming to an end Stuart Robin earned a green card for a tackle deemed rash by the umpire. Half time score 0-0 Kelburne started strongly in the second half with a couple of quick chances that were not taken. Hillhead then took control of the game with 2 goals form individual errors from the Kelburne defense who were trying to force ball in to areas that were to congested, Hillhead taking full advantage. With the 3's pushing to get back in the game Hillhead got their 3rd of the match. Kelburne finally got on the score sheet with a cheeky finish from Billy Anderson with a deft touch past the on rushing Hillhead keeper. With the 3's pushing to get back in to the game Stuart Robin gained a yellow card for another questionable tackle. With the last 5 mins of the game Kelburne got another goal from an unlikely source. Richard Morgan had roamed forward from his left back position and managed to deflect a waist high shot/pass from David Fowler into the roof of the net. Sadly the come back stopped there with Hillhead managing to hold out. Overall another frustrating game for the 3's who had numerous chances to draw/win the game, including a missed penalty, but came up short.

The 3's will play Uddingston 2s at 4:30 next Saturday

 

A Win for Bromac Kelburne Mens 1s vs Uddingston

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MNL D1 - Bromac Kelburne Mens 1s vs Uddingston Riva 1s - 12.11.16

Kelburne started strong playing with great confidence. Kelburne were attacking strong but weren't rewarded for their efforts. The first real chance came from a short corner but deflection from Nick Finlayson was saved by the keeper kicking the ball off his own player. The second short corner was another great set piece where the ball was slipped back to the injector Adam Bain who comfortable flicked the ball into the net. The second goal came from Miles Goldie who picked the ball up in the centre of the pitch and ran straight into the circle and found Johnny Christie who smashed the ball into the goal. Kelburne controlled the half but couldn't find the net. Halftime 2-0 Kelburne. The second half started as the first ended with Kelburne controlling the game and pushing high up the pitch. Attractive hockey from Kelburne saw many opportunities being created but none finding glory. The final goal of the match game from a short corner that Josh Cairns drag flicked high into the corner.

Final score 3-0 Kelburne

Kelburne play their next league game on 19-11-16 against Edinburgh University Men's 1's at Peffermill at 12:00.