Skye Camanachd’s Catriona Gibb Selected For Scotland University Women’s Squad | |
15 January 2014 Skye Camanachd Ladies player Catriona Gibb has been selected for the Scotland Women’s University squad which will play Ulster University in a Shinty / Camogie clash in Northern Ireland on Saturday 25 January 2014. Catriona Gibb, who also plays for Glasgow University, was a member of the Skye Camanachd Ladies squad which clinched the Marine Harvest North Division 2 title last season. Most Universities and Colleges over Scotland have representation in what is another strong squad this year. There is a place for Badenoch & Strathspey and Scotland international Kirsty Deans who was part of Stuart Reid’s Scotland Women’s team which beat Dublin last year and who was also named Women’s Player of the Tournament at the recent John MacKinnon Memorial Shinty Sixes in Portree. Lochaber’s Scotland duo Christy Macintyre and Kathleen Cameron are also included as are fellow internationals, Rachel McCafferty from Glasgow Mid Argyll and Katie Booth from Aberdour. The Scotland Women’s coaches are Fiona Mathie and Gary Luke. They watched University league matches throughout the season and attended a competitive November 2013 meeting between the North University select and the South University select, which was won by the South, before coming to a final squad selection. The squad travel to Northern Ireland for an historic first meeting with Ulster on Friday 24 January 2014 and the match will take place on Saturday 25 January 2014 with the squad returning home the following day. Scotland University Women’s Squad: Alana Harrison - Strathclyde University Mhairi Helen Bryson - University of Aberdeen Gillian Molloy - Robert Gordon University Christy Doherty - University of Strathclyde Christy Macintyre - University of Glasgow Eilidh Fraser - University of Aberdeen Joanne Gillanders - Glasgow Caledonian University Rachel McCafferty - University of Strathclyde Katie Ann Dougan - University of Edinburgh Dawn Ryan - Robert Gordon University Isla Mackay - University of Edinburgh Ciara MacPherson - Queen Margaret University Catriona Gibb - University of Glasgow Ailsa Cairns - Robert Gordon University Kirsty Deans - University of Edinburgh Alannah Savage - St Andrews University Ciara O Keeffe - Robert Gordon University Katie Booth - Robert Gordon University Sarah-Louise Pocock - Edinburgh Napier Kathleen Cameron - Glasgow Caledonian University |