Gavin Byers

Gavin Byers is a Scottish field hockey player who has represented Scotland at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

Biography

Byers was born in Dundee, Glasgow, and was educated at Hillside Primary and Menzieshill High School. Byers played club hockey for Grove Menzieshill Hockey Club in the Scottish Hockey Premiership.
He won a bronze medal with Scotland at the 2011 Men's EuroHockey Championship II in Vinnytsia, Ukraine and won another bronze medal at the 2015 Men's EuroHockey Championship II in Prague.
Byers spent a season with Melville City in Australia before returning to Grove Menzieshill. He won gold with Scotland at the 2017 Men's EuroHockey Championship II in Glasgow and participated in the Commonwealth Games hockey tournament at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia.
Byers also spent time playing in Hamburg, Germany, for Uhlenhorster HC and Grossflottbeker THGC and in 2021 he helped Scotland win the silver medal at the 2021 Men's EuroHockey Championship II in Gniezno, Poland.
After returning from Germany, Byers coached at Grove Menzieshill and the High School of Dundee and in 2023, he joined Scottish Hockey in a coaching capacity.