Gavin Byers
Scottish field hockey player
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Gavin Byers (born 23 December 1988)[1] is a Scottish field hockey player who has represented Scotland at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
Dundee, Scotland
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| Born |
23 December 1988 Dundee, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2013 | Grove Menzieshill | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Sheffield | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2018 | Grove Menzieshill | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2021 | Uhlenhorster HC | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Grossflottbeker THGC | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals | ||||||||||||||||||||
| –2022 | Scotland | 154 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
Byers was born in Dundee, Glasgow, and was educated at Hillside Primary and Menzieshill High School.[2] Byers played club hockey for Grove Menzieshill Hockey Club in the Scottish Hockey Premiership.[3]
He won a bronze medal with Scotland at the 2011 Men's EuroHockey Championship II in Vinnytsia, Ukraine[4] and won another bronze medal at the 2015 Men's EuroHockey Championship II in Prague.
Byers spent a season with Melville City in Australia before returning to Grove Menzieshill. He won gold with Scotland at the 2017 Men's EuroHockey Championship II in Glasgow[5] and participated in the Commonwealth Games hockey tournament at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia.[6][7]
Byers also spent time playing in Hamburg, Germany, for Uhlenhorster HC and Grossflottbeker THGC[8] and in 2021 he helped Scotland win the silver medal at the 2021 Men's EuroHockey Championship II in Gniezno, Poland.[9]
After returning from Germany, Byers coached at Grove Menzieshill and the High School of Dundee and in 2023, he joined Scottish Hockey in a coaching capacity.[10]