Laurence Docherty

Laurence Docherty (born 24 February 1980 in Edinburgh) is a Dutch field hockey player of Scottish origin.

He came to the Netherlands in 2000, and played club hockey for HC Klein Zwitserland until the 2007-8 season, when he moved to rival club Bloemendaal.

In 2007, Docherty missed out on playing the European Championship in Manchester, but was called into the Netherlands squad for the Champions Trophy in Malaysia in November 2007, thus boosting his prospects of playing in the Beijing Olympics, which he did.

His last trip saw him grace the indoor court of Dublin college university where he played with Clontarf, playing with such stars as the Forrest brothers, Kev King and Rob Abbott. Laurence, helped them to progress to the final 8 of the tournament. Docherty was then ruled out of the finals day with a knee injury he received in South Africa while training for the World cup in India. The Scotsman was deeply disappointed he could not travel back to Ireland and also that he could not take part in the World Cup either.

References
 WorldHockey

Category:1980 births
Category:Living people
Category:Dutch male field hockey players
Category:Dutch people of Scottish descent
Category:Naturalised citizens of the Netherlands
Category:Sportspeople from Edinburgh
Category:Scottish male field hockey players
Category:Olympic field hockey players of the Netherlands
Category:Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Category:HC Klein Zwitserland players
Category:HC Bloemendaal players