Celebrations were in order for Dundee’s ‘Super Six’ hockey exponents when they were named in Scotland’s 2014 Commonwealth Games squad at Stirling Castle.
Scotland’s player of the year Linda Clement will again be sporting the captain’s armband when she leads her team on to the pitch at Glasgow Green.
The Grove Menzieshill midfielder is making a remarkable fourth games appearance and will be looking to improve on the seventh place achieved in New Delhi in 2010.
Head coach Gordon Shepherd will also be relying on the dynamic skills of Dundee Wanderers’ Vikki Bunce to tear defences apart as the Scots go head-to-head with Australia, England, Malaysia and Wales in the primary stage of their campaign.
GB squad member Ali Bell links up with Grove team-mate Ailsa Wyllie in the front line, with defender Leigh Fawcett partnering Wanderers’ Becky Ward in the key roles of thwarting opposition attacks.
Strathallan FP Nicky Cochrane is one of four named reserves, as is Becky Merchant.
Both formerly played for Grove before switching their allegiance as students at Edinburgh University.
Shepherd said: “Before the team selection, all of the players demonstrated desire and commitment to producing high quality output during the full-time programme, making it extremely competitive for places in all positions when it came down to selecting the final 16.
“I have now selected a group of players that I believe gives Team Scotland the best chance.
“I fully believe this squad can build on its recent successes to deliver good performances in front of thousands of Scotland supporters in Glasgow.”
Final preparations include a test series against Ireland and Spain in Glasgow this month before heading south to complete their build up against the Auld Enemy in the Investec Cup early next month.
Meanwhile, Fifer Alan Goodall has been named in the Scottish team, competing in the 50m free pistol category.
Alan, now staying in Surrey, is a former pupil of Bell Baxter HS, Cupar, and was brought up at the family farm at Pathcondie, Letham.
He is a graduate of Kingston University and worked for F1, McLaren at Woking, before concentrating on his sport.
Alan’s success is remarkable considering that in April 2013 he was the innocent victim of a motorbike accident, sustaining “shooting” arm and internal injuries, which side-lined him for around nine months.
As a member of Team GB, Alan is competing in the World Cup in Germany, followed by a further round in Slovakia, both this month.
Another heading to Glasgow after yesterday’s announcement is Perthshire swimmer Duncan Scott, a pupil at Strathallan School.
The announcement was made following the phase 2 aelection meet at the North District Grand Prix at the Aberdeen Aquatic Centre last weekend, where Duncan, 17, won gold in the 100m free, beating Robbie Renwick, and silver in the 200 individual medley to secure his selection.
This great achievement follows on from a number of record-breaking swims over the past few years.
This year alone Duncan has not only beaten Robbie Renwick at the North District Grand Prix but he re-broke his GB age group 100 free record at the GB championships in addition to the GB 200 free record.
At the Scottish Commonwealth team trials and Scottish open, he broke the 100 free GB record and in March at the Bangor Dual Nations Event he broke the Scottish Age Group 400 individual medley record.
Duncan is coached at Strathallan by Elaine Johnston, who swam at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh.
Before heading to Glasgow, Duncan will swim for British swimming team at the European Junior Championships in Dordrecht, Netherlands, from July 9 to 14.
The Scotland team for Glasgow 2014 comprises 310 athletes 168 men and 142 women.
Courier Country is well represented with more than 20 team members either born or staying in Tayside and Fife.
They include athletes Eilish McColgan, Eilidh Child, Laura Muir and Andrew Lemoncello.
Montrose pole vaulter Gregor MacLean is there, along with Dunfermline’s Gemma Nicoll, who will compete in the 4x400m relay.
The swimming squad includes Kirkcaldy-born Kathleen Dawson, who now lives in the USA, Perth resident Stephen Milne, Craig Rodgie from Dalgety Bay, Dunfermline-born Erraid Davies and Duncan Scott, a pupil at Strathallan School in Perthshire.
Track endurance cyclist Mark Stewart, of Dundee, is on his way to Glasgow and he’ll be joined by Dunfermline’s Charlie Joiner, Forfar-born Gemma Neill and Eileen Roe, of Dunfermline, who take part in the track endurance road race.
Kirkcaldy-born Patrick MacHugh competes in the badminton mens doubles, while Arbroath bowler Darren Burnett will skip the Scotland triples and play in the singles.
Richie Vernon, of Dundee, and Perth-born Sean Lamont are in the Scotland rugby 7s side, while table tennis stars Gavin Rumgay, of Perth, and Blairgowrie-born Gillian Edwards are joined by Perth resident Corinna Whitake.
Dundee man Drew Christie joins Alan Goodall in the shooting team and there are places too for Dunfermline-born gymnast Emma White and netball star Lesley MacDonald, of Kirkcaldy.