Gold medal, top player and then a promotion for Emily Dark

Emily not only helped her Dundee Wanderers side win the gold medal at the event in Porto, but she was also voted as player of the tournament and missed out on winning the top goalscorer prize by just one goal.

In the final Emily’s side saw off Railway Union from Ireland 2-0 to make it five straight victories at the event.

Scottish Hockey reported that the Wanderers were on top from the start of the game and refused to let up against the Irish side.

Wanderers’ final clash with Irish side Railway Union saw the Taysiders dominate proceedings and come away with a comfortable 2-0 to finish top of the promotion pool.

Wanderers had all the early pressure and had chances to go ahead.

A missed penalty corner was followed by open play chances for both Emily Dark and Vikki Bunce, both blocked by the Irish keeper.

In the second quarter it was much the same, two penalty corner shots by Dark were blocked while at the other end.

Iona Colquhoun had to save Railway Union`s only set piece.

Wanderers finally took a deserved lead with three minutes to go to half-time, a long ball by Becky Ward found Bunce in space and the former Scotland player fired the ball into the net from a very narrow angle.

Two further penalty corner chances came and went, the first was deflected clear while at the other Bunce`s flick was blocked by the Irish keeper.

The Taysiders doubled their tally four minutes into the second half, they were awarded their seventh penalty corner, but this time Bunce`s powerful flick flew past the keeper.

The Scots played out the final quarter with little difficulty, the Irish were never in any danger of mounting a revival.

A late chance to add to the total fell to Dark but her effort was easily mopped up by the Irish keeper.

In the final analysis Railway Union were the other side promoted by finishing a point ahead of Swansea.

Unfortunately Emily Dark fell out of tournament top goal scorer award after not finding the net in Wanderers` final match, Swansea`s Livvy Hoskins finished one ahead on 14, although Vikki Bunce was third on nine.

The victory means Emily’s side is promoted to European hockey’s second tier.

In the previous rounds Wanderers had beaten Swansea 5-3 with Emily on form, netting four of the five goals.

The convincingly beat Kutaisi from Georgia 8-2, Emily again getting her name on the scoresheet.

On day one of the tournament Emily scored a hat-trick in the opening two games, an 8-3 win over Raca of Slovakia and a 6-1 victory against Akademik from Bulgaria.