The Edinburgh Reporter May 2024

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Edinburgh City 2008s on

the Scottish Cup trail

Emma will recruit

junior cricketers

[email protected]

EDINBURGH CITY under-

footballers will attempt to complete

back-to-back Scottish Cup triumphs

when they take on Glasgow side

Hampden FC in the final at Excelsior

Stadium Airdrie on Sunday 19 May.

Last year the team competed in a

younger age group and captured

the trophy with a final victory over

local rivals, Musselburgh Windsor.

With a couple of players added to

their squad City took off on the glory

trail once again and in reaching the

final have seen off SEVEN opponents

for the loss of just ONE goal.

That was in a 1-1 draw with

Broxburn Athletic Colts before City

prevailed 5-4 in a penalty shoot out.

Other teams overcome are

Polbeth, North Berwick/Gullane,

Milan FC (Coatbridge), Portlethen,

Letham SC Reds and, in the recent

semi-final when Tommy North was

player-of-the-match, Luncarty.

The team are coached by Mark

Quinn, Chris Jackson and Stephen

Moffat.

Squad: Rory Campbell, Ross Lang,

James Barrett, Jaden Riddell, Thomas

Scott, Finn McLennan, Aiden Burgess,

Lucas Quinn, Tommy North, Matthew

Murray-Smith, Daniel Jackson, Isaac

Mukaro, Kristofer Bjarnason, Dillon

Thomson, Arran Matheson, Lewis

Service, Jack Bathgate, Rhys

Berry,  Riyard Elmrabty, Jack

Richardson and Harry Moffat.

THE VOICE OF SPORT

Hutchison Vale

camper of the week

GRACE MCGUIGAN is pictured with

Heart of Midlothian B team coach Liam Fox

after gaining the “Camper of the Week”

accolade at the Hutchison Vale community

sports club football camp.

Liam took part in a question and answer

session with the participants as well as

presenting awards including a white skill

badge to Grace.

The full roll of honour for the Easter

week two camp included:

Camper of the week – Grace McGuigan,

Runner-up – Danny Kenmure, Older skill

award – Mason Hogarth, Younger skill

award – Jenson Duke.

Skill badges – Mason Hogarth (blue and

green). Mason James (blue and white),

Jenson Duke (blue and white), Andrew

Power, Ellis Bell, Alfie Bell, and Grace

McGuigan (all white).

The next set of weekly camps begin on 1

July and run through to 9 August.

Grace and Liam at

football camp

ROYAL HIGH CORSTORPHINE CRICKET

CLUB have appointed Emma Turner to the role

of “Junior Activator”.

Currently a pupil support assistant at

Craigroyston Primary School, Emma

previously worked as a rugby coach for The

Royal High School and RugbyTots. Emma is

captain of Corstorphine Cougars RFC and was

recently selected to represent Glasgow Warriors

in the Celtic Challenge.

Emma said: “I’m really looking forward to

getting started with the cricket club and I can’t

wait for the new challenge of working with the

girls.”

Club secretary, Robert Drummond, added:

“The majority of RHC players are under 25 and

as such we lack players who have children aged

7-10. Traditionally parents are the

organisational bedrock of junior cricket.

“Given that we have very few parents we

feel we need the input of an Activator –

someone who can relate well to children, meet

and talk with parents, communicate with

schools, etc. Emma is a schoolteacher, and

together with her sporting prowess is ideally

suited to this role.

“Her initial role has a focus on under-12 and

under 15 girls cricket. At present we have four

men’s teams but only one women’s team. One

of our top ambitions is to add a second

women’s team and the key to making that

happen is to produce our own pathway that

allows teenage girls to join RHC. We are

particularly keen to develop our girls’ under-

coaching and playing this coming year.”

If you’d like to give cricket a try at RHC get in

touch through the club website 

https://royalhighcorstorphine.play-cricket.

com/home

Edinburgh City

Emma - Junior Activator