Sunday, February 9, 2025

‘Some aspire to reach higher echelons of hockey, others just want to play the sport’

Charlie Jack comes from sound, hockey-playing stock. His Jedburgh-born mother, Janet, is a former Great Britain and Scotland player, has captained Scotland’s women Over 55s in the Masters World Cup and has been a stalwart for Fjordhus Reivers Hockey, the largest hockey club in the Borders.

No surprise then that Charlie has followed in famous mum’s prodigious footsteps and his carving a career for himself in the sport north of the Border.

He is big in stature and a huge influence for Edinburgh club side Inverleith who are endeavouring to carve a niche for themselves in the men’s Premiership and, at the same time, develop raw, teenage talent, a difficult scenario.

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