Samantha Judge

Samantha Judge (born 22 March 1978) is a Scottish field hockey player. She has made 199 appearances for the Women's National Team. She is the current coach at Edinburgh University Hockey Club.[1]

Judge was born in Paisley and attended Hutchesons' Grammar School.[2] She also played badminton for Scotland at U16 level. She graduated with a degree in sports science from the University of Edinburgh.[2]

Judge played club hockey for Glasgow Western and made her debut for the Women's National Team in 1999. She played in three consecutive Commonwealth Games tournaments: Manchester, Melbourne and Dehli. Despite having been a cornerstone of Scotland's attack over several years, Judge wasn't selected for the squad ahead of the 2014 Games in Glasgow.[3]

Judge is the director of hockey at George Watson's college and head of performance for Women's hockey at the university of Edinburgh .[4]

References

  1. ^ "Womens: Squads: 1st team". Edinburgh University Hockey Club. Archived from the original on 7 April 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  2. ^ a b Duncan, Nigel (8 January 2000). "Samantha making the grade in Holland". The Herald. Newsquest. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  3. ^ Madden, Craig (16 April 2014). "Games threat to hockey veterans as they're dropped for warm-up event". The Herald. Newsquest. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  4. ^ "Samantha Judge Selected" (Press release). St George's School. 9 January 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2015.


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