Edinburgh Hockey Club also known as Cala Edinburgh for sponsorship reasons, is a field hockey club that is based at the Meggetland Sports Complex in Edinburgh, Scotland. The club was founded in 1958. The club runs two men's adult teams, six adult women's teams, four boys teams and three girls teams.
History During the 1950s, Inverleith Hockey Club members decided that Edinburgh needed more field hockey clubs. A letter was sent to Civil service employees and subsequently the Edinburgh Civil Service Hockey Club was formed. Another Edinburgh club Broughton F.P. was also formed around the same time. Two pitches were obtained at Muirhouse and the first A.G.M. was held in March 1958 in St. Andrew's House, with the first fixture following in September 1958.
Edinburgh Civil Service won the inaugural Scottish Hockey National League in 1975–76 and went on to win it eleven times in the first 13 years.
From 1980 to 2005 they were also known as Murray International Metals (MIM) due to sponsorship reasons and later played as Cala Edinburgh from 2013, again due to sponsorship from Cala Homes.
Honours Scottish champions: 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1983–84 1984–85 1986–87 1987–88
Notable players Men's internationals
PlayerEventsNotes/Ref Billy McLean Oly (1980), CT (1978, 1980) Chris Sutherland CT (1978) Key Oly = Olympic Games CG = Commonwealth Games WC = World Cup CT = Champions Trophy EC = European Championships
Women's internationals
PlayerEventsNotes/Ref Ellen Paterson 1980 Key Oly = Olympic Games CG = Commonwealth Games WC = World Cup CT = Champions Trophy EC = European Championships
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