Schools
Leinster to provide five All-Ireland schools entrants
September 3, 2008 | 245 views | Leave a commentLeinster will provide five teams for the All-Ireland schools competition this year which will be hosted by Villiers in Limerick on October 24-26. Perennial title hopefuls St Andrews and Wesley both gained automatic qualification for the tournament while the other two places will come from a pair of playoff matches – Sutton Park will play […]
Logue announces U-18 training panel
August 11, 2008 | 261 views | Leave a commentIrish U-18 girl’s coach Mary Logue has announced her 25-player training panel as preparations begin for the U18 EuroHockey Nations Tournament to be held in Belgium from 7th/12th July 2009. National champions, Hermes, are well represented with Niamh Atcheler, Chloe Watkins and Gillian Pinder stepping up from the under-16s while Loreto’s Hannah Matthews – daughter […]
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July 19, 2008 | 267 views | Leave a commentFastest team video analysis package on the market, suitable for players, schools & coaches. Complete starter package €395- ex. delivery In 1999, the Dutch ladies were still in desperate search of an illusive Olympic gold. Marc Lammers – Holland’s long-term coach – had been using the latest technological gadgets for some time. That year, he […]
The Hooks: Surprise Club of the Year
July 9, 2008 | 203 views | Leave a commentSurprise Club performance of the Year: Railway’s appearance in the semi-finals of the Club Champs was a major surprise, especially considering they had, at no point, been able to field the same side for a prolonged period with international cricket commitments, players going on year-long holidays and others returning to their homeland. Trinity, meanwhile, made […]
The Hooks: Overall Club of the Year
July 9, 2008 | 272 views | Leave a commentFor this honour, I felt there was only one real club in the running. Monkstown have produced some great youth teams again this year and their supporter’s club were fantastic but for developing the game while receiving results, Glenanne stood head and shoulder above everybody else. In simple terms, the club won European, All-Ireland and […]
U-16 Boys begin Youth Championships
July 7, 2008 | 241 views | Leave a commentAndrew Smyth’s Ireland Under-16 boys squad begins their European Youth Championships today against Austria in the Hague. The squad features nine of the Leinster side that beat Ulster to the interprovincial title and five of the Wesley side that won the under-16 schools title – Robert Fitzgerald, Neal Megarity, Shane Madeley – son of fromer […]
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GB legend Mason to lead GK camp
July 7, 2008 | 230 views | Leave a commentFollowing the success of last year, the IHA has announced its third annual Goalkeeping Course, in association with Mercian, will take place in UCD on August 30 and 31 2008. The Mercian Schools of Hockey have designed this course to cater for the needs of the modern goalkeeper involved at school, club, county and international […]
Passmore names squad
June 5, 2008 | 226 views | Leave a commentIt’s all change in David Passmore’s squad as Ireland begin a new cycle in their development following thier third place finish in the OQT. As the side now turns it’s eyes to the 2009 Europeans, Passmore has to plan without the services of a quartet of experienced internationals – Mark Irwin, Jason Black, Andy Barbour […]
Jenny Robinson Cup
April 24, 2008 | 349 views | Leave a commentIn memory of the late Jenny Robinson, 16 predominantly boy’s teams from Primary Schools in Leinster took part in an 8-a-side tournament at TRR yesterday played on a round robin basis. All competitors, many of whom had been coached by Jenny either at Taney NS or YMCA, played with great spirit in a lively atmosphere. […]
Wesley finish fifth in Europe
March 26, 2008 | 241 views | Leave a commentLeinster schools senior chmapions, Wesley College finished fifth in their European Competition in HDM, the Hague, Holland over the Easter weekend. They finished the tournament with an impressive 8-3 win over Wellington school in the fifth/sixth place playoff with Jamie Tobin’s hat-trick bringing his tournament total to six. Wesley beat Millfield School twice and drew […]
Hockey on tv
March 22, 2008 | 215 views | Leave a comment* Eurosport will be showing some of the European hockey action today from 4pm today (Saturday). * Setanta will be showing the recent Kate Russell All-Ireland schools competition all this week with the final on March 25. Check out www.setanta.com and check the Setanta Ireland tv listings.
Sutton Park win under-12 league
March 14, 2008 | 292 views | Leave a commentSutton Park School beat Whitechurch 3 – 0 to claim the under-12 schools league with two goals from Keith O’Hare and Elvis Acheson Mullen, with O’Hare getting the man of the match award. In division 2, Dalkey School Project beat Kill-o-the-Grange in a penalty shoot-out both teams locked in a tight tie after extra time. […]
Wesley claim quadruple – Under 13 and Junior Final
March 13, 2008 | 224 views | Leave a commentWesley completed a clean sweep of the boy’s schools titles today as they claimed the under 13 and junior cups. They were made to work hard, though, coming from behind in both matches. In the under 13 final, Stephen Keenan opened the scoring for St Andrews with a piledriver before Wesley equalised from a penalty […]
News in brief
March 13, 2008 | 277 views | Leave a comment*Amy Stewart was honoured as one of Ireland’s most promising sporting prospects at the Irish Examiner National Junior Sports Stars Awards 2007 at a ceremony in Dublin. * Great Britain qualify for the Olympics ahead of India. India miss out for the first time in 70 years in their national game and the people are […]
Schools Update
March 5, 2008 | 236 views | Leave a commentAlexandra beat Loreto, Beaufort 2-0 yesterday afternoon to go into the Junior Cup final on Friday at Grnage Road at 12pm. They will play league winners St Andrews On Monday, Mount Anville claimed the Senior 3 title, beating Beaufort 3-0. This afternoon, there is a double header up at Grange Road with Wesley looking for […]
News in brief…
March 3, 2008 | 208 views | Leave a comment*Aertel changed its hockey results page from 218 to page 248 *Just to plug some of my own work but the Gazette will have pictures and match reports from this week’s Girls Schools Senior Cup final and last Thursday’s Monkstown against Fingal match. Papers are available from Wednesday afternoon in Dundrum, Dun Laoghaire, Clondalkin, Blanch, […]
Senior Cup Semi: Wesley 2 St Andrews 1
February 29, 2008 | 242 views | Leave a commentWesley made it through to the Schools Senior Cup final this afternoon, beating arch rivals St Andrews 2-1. Mark English opened the scoring, latching onto a loose cross on the left-hand side of the circle to bury his shot. Andrews equalised early in the second half from a short corner before Wesley retook the lead. […]
Schools Update
February 21, 2008 | 241 views | Leave a commentWesley managed to scrape through to the Senior Cup semi-final as they snuck past King’s Hospital. They trailed 3-1 after goals from Conor Treacy, Nick Foster and Richie Bagnall before a late fight-back saw them pull through 4-3 – Kyle Goode scoring a stunning reverse-stick shot as the game looked set to go to strokes. […]
Men's weekend round-up
February 10, 2008 | 244 views | Leave a commentCorinthian 2 (Garth Ancher, Robbie Byrnes) Pembroke 2 (Alan Sothern 2) In Pembroke’s first major test without their international quartet, they came up against a rejuvenated Corinthian side who were unlucky not to win the game in the end. Pembroke dropped their first points of the season and, at times, looked overly complacent. They led […]
Schools Update
February 8, 2008 | 289 views | Leave a commentThe schools cups are reaching the business end right about now with St Andrews fighting for the four major titles – the boys and girls junior and senior cups. The big match sees Wesley face St Andrews in the Senior semi-final after the half-term break while Andrews juniors were in action today against Sutton Park […]