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• U-21 Interprovincials to be scrapped

  

  According to this morning’s Examiner – and subsequently on Southern Fried – the U-21 interprovincial tournament is set to be scrapped for the coming season.

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• Leinster U-16/18 panels host fundraiser

  

  The Leinster U-18 and U-16 boys and girl’s teams will host a fundraising barbecue and mixed hockey tournament on Saturday afternoon in Railway Union’s Park Avenue. The day will begin with a Leinster U-18 boy’s trial before the social side of the day gets underway with registration for the U-16/U-18 mixed tournament at 2.30pm with [...]

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• Lerinster claim interprovincial treble

  

  Leinster came within ten minutes of completing an interprovincial clean-sweep at Grange Road last weekend but three from four titles represented a more than decent return. The one that got away proved the women’s senior title as former international Suzanne Beaney struck ten minutes from time to cancel out Cathy McKean’s earlier opener to earn [...]

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• Watkins gives Leinster impetus

  

  Gareth Watkins’ hat-trick gave Leinster the major impetus on the opening night of the men’s senior interprovincial championships as they smashed a listless Ulster 4-1 at Grange Road last night. The Monkstown striker bashed home on his open side in the seventh minute following a long-straight ball worked its way through the heart of the [...]

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• Grange Road to host four Interpro comps

  

  While some quarters call for their disbandment, the men’s and women’s Senior and U-21 interpros all making for a more than intriguing weekend of hockey at Grange Road. Leinster’s senior men go in search of a 44th title, and end Ulster’s reign as champions. They do so with a panel featuring 12 internationals in their [...]

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• Leinster men bag Junior interpro title

  

  Leinster retained the Junior men’s interprovincial title at Farmer’s Cross this afternoon as they completed the weekend with a perfect record from their three games while the ladies, on their return to the competition, finished second overall. Impressive wins over Ulster (4-1) and Connacht (4-0) set the men up for a tournament decider with Munster [...]

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• Youthful juniors ready for Interpro defence

  

  Leinster’s junior men begin their campaign to retain the interprovincial title this afternoon when they face a heavily Campbellians-influenced Ulster side. Nigel Kingston’s blues panel draws heavily from Kilkenny and Navan with both sides providing four players to the party. Beyond that, the squad has a youthful look with Glenanne and St Mark’s pair Karl [...]

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• Leinster Juniors call for players

  

  The Leinster Junior squad is calling for clubs to nominate players for the upcoming junior interprovincial tournament which will be held in Cork on March 13 and 14, 2010. Eligibility for nomination excludes all current division one club players and those who line out for second elevens of division one clubs. Players who have played [...]

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• Leinster men seek team managers: News in brief

  

  * A couple of vacancies for team managers for the Leinster senior and U-21 sides ahead of the upcoming interprovincial tournaments to be held in Grange Road on March 26 to 28. If you are interested in taking on either of these roles, please contact the Branch secretary Ronan Pelow on ronanpelow@leinsterhockey.org. * The draw [...]

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• Malone names Irish U-18 training panel

  

  Richard Malone has reduced his Irish U-18 panel down to 28 players for the upcoming year with the Irish U-18 girls, with six Leinster players getting the nod for the 2009/10 season. Speaking of the selection, head coach Malone said: “I’m delighted with the final squad chosen it brings to an end a very tough and [...]

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