Iain Scholefield
Scottish field hockey player
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Iain Scholefield (born 31 March 1987)[1] is a Scottish former field hockey player who represented the Scotland men's national field hockey team at two Commonwealth Games.[2]
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| Born | 31 March 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Field hockey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Midfield | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
Scholefield studied Civil Engineering with Architecture at the University of Glasgow and played club hockey for Kelburne Hockey Club in the Scottish Hockey Premiership.[3]
He represented the Scottish team during the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi[4] and the following year, Scholefield won a bronze medal with the Scotland team at the 2011 Men's EuroHockey Championship II in Vinnytsia, Ukraine.[5]
He earned 50th cap in 2010 and 100th cap in 2012. Meanwhile, he moved to Belgium and the Netherlands from 2011 to 2014 to play hockey for Royal Uccle Hockey Club and Qui Vive Hockey Club respectively.[3][6]
In June 2014 he was selected as a member of Team Scotland for the men's tournament at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.[7][8]
After his second Commonwealth Games appearance he returned to Kelburne to play club hockey[9] and retired from international hcokley the same year[3]