Interpros
Symmons releases Leinster U-16 girl’s panel
September 21, 2009 | 453 views | Comments (7)Nikki Symmons named her Leinster U-16 panel, hoping to bring the girl’s interprovincial title back to the province for the first time since 2005. Kate Lloyd, Anna Roopnarinesingh, Orla Macken, Anna May Whelan and Ailish Naughton are all included for the second year running for the tournament which takes place at Grange Road on October […]
O’Donoghue names U-18 girl’s panel
September 18, 2009 | 113 views | Leave a commentTom O’Donoghue has named a high quality Leinster U-18 squad, packed with division one talent for what promises to be a high quality tournament at Grange Road on October 3 and 4. Ireland A pair Chloe Watkins and Gillian Pinder (as captain) are among five returnees from the 2008 panel. They are joined by Deirdre […]
Revington lays out international availability
September 15, 2009 | 68 views | Leave a commentWith the World Cup Qualifier fast approaching, men’s national coach Paul Revington has issued guidelines to all club coaches over the availability of central squad members ahead of the tournament which gets underway in Argentina on November 14. The build-up sees Ireland play eight matches in quick succession in the next couple of weeks. Revington […]
Division Three playoff set for tonight
April 22, 2009 | 95 views | Leave a commentMonkstown II and Corinthian II will face off tonight at 8.45pm in Serpentine Avenue for the division three title after they finished the regular season level on 39 points from the 18 games. On Monday night, St Brendan’s Phoenix Park got the point they needed to win division five, tying 3-3 with Railway Union IV. […]
Railway II complete double: league and cup round-up
April 20, 2009 | 185 views | Comments (16)Railway Union II claimed division two tonight as they beat Skerries 3-0 thanks to three second half goals. Needing a win to secure the title, the Park Avenue side found the going tough in the first period against a side fighting for their division two survival before Louise McDermott opened the scoring after the break […]
Ulster do U-21 Interprovincial double
April 19, 2009 | 136 views | Comments (28)Ulster retained both the men’s and women’s U-21 interprovincial titles at Grange Road, getting the better of Leinster in both tournaments’ key matches. On the men’s side, wins for both Ulster (3-0) and Leinster (3-2) over Munster made the final game of the three-game blitz a straight showdown for the title with the northern province […]
Pembroke ease to Leinster title – Week 18 results
April 19, 2009 | 121 views | Leave a commentPembroke picked up their first Leinster league title in four years as they eased by Monkstown to get the point they needed to keep out of reach of Glenanne. The win was pretty much wrapped up inside 12 minutes as Craig Fulton got the simplest of deflections to Conor Harte’s free-in and Maurice Elliott’s tapping in […]
English in for Interprovincials
April 17, 2009 | 94 views | Comments (7)The delayed U-21 interprovincial series gets into gear this weekend at Grange Road with Niall Denham’s Leinster men’s side showing one change to the initial panel. Railway Union’s Mark English comes into the panel in place of the injured Brian Doherty for the tournament which has been reduced to a one-day, blitz style competition with […]
Women's Division One: Trinity 0 Railway Union 2
April 11, 2009 | 103 views | Leave a commentTrinity 0 Railway Union 2 (Kate McKenna, Jean McDonnell) With little for either team to play, Railway Union gave debuts to three of their ‘futures’ group against Trinity on Thursday night. Jenny Maguire (16), Orla Macken and Kate Lloyd (both 15) lined out for the league champions with captain Isobel Joyce and Emma Smyth – […]
Men’s U-21 interpros restructued
April 9, 2009 | 89 views | Leave a commentThe men’s U-21 interpros has been restructured this season to be just a single day tournament to be played on April 19 at Grange Road. The move comes after consultation between the men’s branches. Currently, the women’s competition remains in its two day format. Each province will be allowed use 18 players for each game […]
Leinster men's junior round-up
April 7, 2009 | 142 views | Leave a commentDivision Three: Monkstown II need a point from their final match of the season against reigning champions Pembroke Wanderers II to take the title after they beat Glenanne II on Tuesday night in a roller-coaster game 4-3. Ian Horsfield scored the winner from a corner after earlier leads created by Eoin O’Connor, Simon Allen and […]
Ulster claim men’s Interprovincials
March 15, 2009 | 146 views | Comments (8)Munster 5 (John Jermyn 3, Nigel Buttimer, David Hobbs) Ulster 5 (Peter Caruth 2, Chris Cargo, Jonny Quigley, Mark Gleghorne)Ulster went into the final game of the men’s interpros with all the aces following their 3-1 second-half conquering of Leinster. It meant they could afford to lose by a single-goal margin and still win back […]
Women’s Interpros: Day Three
March 15, 2009 | 106 views | Leave a commentUlster produced a lively performance against Connacht in the day’s early game to pile the pressure onto Leinster in the final game of the Interpros. Their 7-2 victory – earmarked by Shirley McCay’s hat-trick – meant Leinster needed to win by at least three clear goals against Munster and end the northern province’s three year […]
Men’s Interpros: Leinster 1 Ulster 3
March 14, 2009 | 87 views | Leave a commentLeinster 1 (Stephen Butler) Ulster 3 (Eugene Magee, Timmy Cockram, Chris Cargo)Leinster blew a golden chance to wrap up the interpros this afternoon as they let a 1-0 half-time lead slip in the face of an impressive Ulster second half performance. The first period saw Andy McConnell and Stephen Butler boss proceedings in midfield while […]
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Women’s Interpros: Day Two
March 14, 2009 | 113 views | Comments (3)Leinster 4 (Roisin Flinn, Cathy McKean, Nikki Symmons, Nikki Keegan) Connacht 0Leinster added a comfortable win over Connacht to last night’s draw with Ulster to maintain their interprovincial title charge. They dominated proceedings against the Western province, taking the lead early on through Roisin Flinn’s deflection at short corner time. Emma Smyth – who worked […]
Men’s Interpros: Leinster 4 Munster 2
March 14, 2009 | 89 views | Leave a commentLeinster took a large step toward retaining the Interprovincial title with a 4-2 win at Garryduff, based around a three-goal blitz before half-time. The blues started the better but were rocked by John Jermyn’s drag-flick in the 12th minute. But Gareth Watkins had the visitors level inside a minute when Stephen Butler cleverly auto-passed and […]
Women’s Interpros: Day One
March 13, 2009 | 84 views | Leave a commentMunster took the initiative in the women’s interpros as they recovered from a goal down to beat Connacht 3-1 and lead the group after the first round of games. Leinster and Ulster opened the tournament with a scoreless draw which saw chances at an absolute premium in a feisty affair that saw Cathy McKean sin-binned. […]
Stewart backs Leinster to excite
March 13, 2009 | 142 views | Comments (2)Leinster co-coach Colin Stewart has backed his side – with whom he shares the coaching role with Noel Keogh – to produce some fireworks at the interpos this weekend in Cork. Speaking to the Hook this week, he said “it’s probably the most attacking squad I’ve seen in Irish interprovincial hockey. We played on Tuesday […]
Just five remain for Leinster women
March 8, 2009 | 196 views | Leave a commentOnly five names from 2008’s Leinster women’s roster stay in the set-up for this weekend’s Interprovincial tournament in Cork as coach Rudi Woortman draws largely on the form of Railway Union and Loreto. Six players from the Beaufort club and five from Railway are included in the line-up which sees only Linda O’Neill, Jean McDonnell, […]
Leinster senior squad named
March 8, 2009 | 121 views | Leave a commentThe 18-player Leinster side named this morning by the team’s brain-trust of Noel Keogh, Colin Stewart, Arul Anthoni and Ronan Walsh shows nine changes from the interpro winning side of 2008. Monkstown’s Dave Fitzgerald and Corinthian’s Chris Pelow are the two debutants, the former coming in ahead of Steven Doran, who himself was a late […]