Scottish Hockey Union

The Scottish Hockey Union ( SHU ), the National Hockey Association in Scotland. She is a member of the World Hockey Association and the European FIH Hockey Association. England and Wales have their own associations, Northern Ireland with the Republic of Ireland is a common association.

Organization

The Scottish Hockey Union organized hockey for men and women in Scotland. It will be hosted a variety of contests for adults and adolescents, both in the field and in the hall.

The Scottish national teams take part in the international competition of the EHF and FIH:

• Scottish national hockey team of men
• Scottish Hockey national women's

History

The Scottisch Hockey Union was created in 1989 from the merger of the previously separate organizations for women and men, the Scottish Women 's Hockey Association ( SWHA ) and the Scottish Hockey Association (SHA ). Both organizations were founded as early as 1900. The first international match took place in 1902 between the four British associations (England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland) and these associations contested in 1908, together with Germany and France, the first Olympic hockey tournament.

The SHA rejected, as the other three British associations, membership to the FIH was founded in 1924 from. The Women's Association SWHA 1927 belonged to the founding members of the World Association for Women IFWHA (International Federation of Women 's Hockey Associations). The Lord of association was in 1969 one of the founding members of the European Hockey Federation and joined in 1970 the FIH to. 1982 merged FIH and IFWHA, and in 1989 finally SHA and SWHA.