With Great Britain men and women, several Scots included, currently in training for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, a number of matches have been arranged to aid their preparation.
 
The two squads face a busy couple of months in the run up to August.  The men are next in action between 2-9 June when they will travel to Terrassa for training and a series of matches against Spain before flying to Dublin to take part in the Setanta Trophy. 

They will then play in one match against New Zealand on 18 June in Amsterdam before a number of training camps until their next planned games in July, when they will take on Belgium in Boom at the same venue as the 2007 Champions Challenge. 

The matches in June will be the last games before selection for the Olympics takes place, and the squads for have been picked to allow everyone a chance to impress before the final 16 (plus two reserves) are selected.  Graham Moodie, Mark Ralph, Alistair McGregor, Stephen Dick and Niall Stott are the Scots in contention.

The women’s programme involves a number of training camps before travelling to Dublin where they will also take part in the Setanta Trophy between 11-15 June. 

They then travel to Amsterdam for a four nations tournament including India, South Africa and The Netherlands between 21-28 June before another series of training camps.  They will take on Spain in Terrassa between 11-16 July.

The men’s and women’s squads for the Olympic Games will be announced by the British Olympic Association (BOA) on 24th June.

The women’s squad for the Setanta Trophy will be announced – subject to injuries – after their next training camp which takes place between 1-3 June.