Becky Merchant
Defence, Bonagrass Grove
Age: 21
Number of caps:16
When you are not playing hockey for Scotland, what is your occupation?
Student – Edinburgh University
What is the hardest thing about your training programme?
Time management – balancing Uni work, training and fitness testing
What is the strangest thing you keep in your stick bag?
Foreign currency
What is the most amusing thing that you have seen on a hockey pitch?
Kareena Marshall
What are you reading lately?
A Million Little Pieces
Dogs or Cats?
Dogs
If you were stranded on a desert island, what would you take?
1. iPod
2. Phone
3. Food
4. A friend
5. Water
When did you start playing hockey and what was it that drove you to play for your country?
Started playing when I was 9. Inspired to play at school, Jon Royce encouraged me to play. Watching the Olympics, especially Sydney 2000 inspired me to play for my country. 1998-2005 Surbiton Hockey Club, 2004 & 2005 U18 English National Champions, 2006 U21’s Europeans & Junior Celtic Cup, 2007 Australia Youth Olympics GB U20 Gold Medal, 2007 part of the Senior Squad.