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• YMCA complete second treble in-a-row

  

  Women’s Division 5/6 final YMCA 4 (Emma Reardon 2, Dawn Allison, Helen Keane) Clontarf 1 YMCA ladies completed their second successive double as their customary, direct style was too much Clontarf II at Grange Road on Saturday afternoon. After plenty of early pressure, Emma Reardon deflected her first goal of the day on ten minutes [...]

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• Pembroke retain Leinster Division One

  

  Men’s Division One: Pembroke 2 (Alan Sothern, Justin Sherriff) TRR 0 Pembroke made it slightly harder on themselves than necessary, making for a nervy finished for all concerned as well as an anxious YM contingent until Justin Sherriff eventually rolled home with the last touch of the season to confirm the league title. Rovers had [...]

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• Pembroke on course to keep league title

  

  For a brief time, Pembroke looked third favourite in a three-horse race but they could retain their Leinster Senior League crown without even taking the pitch this weekend should Glenanne pick off a home win against Corinthian on Saturday. It would add a further fillip to a side looking in decent fettle ahead of the [...]

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• Pembroke on brink of title retention

  

  Men’s Division One Glenanne 1 (Johnny Goulding) Pembroke 4 (Paddy Conlon, Alan Giles, Alan Sothern, Maurice Elliott) Pembroke moved to the verge of retaining the Leinster men’s division one crown as they survived a barrage of second half penalty corners to knock Glenanne out of the title race. Most of the damage was done in [...]

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• Pembroke back in pole position

  

  Men’s Division One: Glenanne 3 (Graham Shaw 3) Fingal 5 (David Bane 2, Eamon Bane, Tom Manning, Adrian Sweeney) Fingal struck three times in the closing ten minutes to confirm their place in division one for another season, conquering in an ill-tempered match that saw both Stephen Butler and Steven Doran red-carded at St Mark’s. [...]

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• Vital showdowns galore for Div One hopefuls

  

  Another series of vital fixtures in all the major scramble for positions as the penultimate weekend of the season sees the title chase, IHL tussle and relegation play-off battle all reach fever pitch. Table-toppers Corinthian are at full strength for their home fixture against Marlay Park neighbours Three Rock Rovers, themselves bidding to keep a [...]

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• Pembroke back on track as Fingal triumph

  

  Men’s Division One: Railway Union 1 (Peter English) Pembroke 6 (Alan Sothern 4, Paddy Conlon 2) Pembroke got back to winning ways as they came from a goal behind to ease clear of Railway Union in the second half of derby day at Park Avenue. Peter English’s corner drag flick, following a quick break-out, handed [...]

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• Double trouble for Mills Cup quartet

  

  Two double-headers dominate the men’s landscape this weekend as top two Pembroke and Corinthian joust twice while Monkstown face a tough pair of matches against Fingal in fixtures which will go a long way to determining the success of their season. Serpentine Avenue is undoubtedly the ground to be at on both days as Pembroke [...]

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• Glenanne move into top three

  

  Men’s Division One: Glenanne 7 (Stephen Butler 2, Gary Shaw 2, Graham Shaw, Eddie O’Malley, Shane O’Donoghue) Clontarf 1 (Andrew Poynter) Glenanne overcame an early deficit to notch up seven goals against Clontarf for the second time this season as they struck six times in the second half and now move into the top three. [...]

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• Fry cooks up breakthrough win for YMCA

  

  YMCA’s progression continues apace as they dumped Cork Harlequins out of the Irish Senior Cup as veteran Mikey Fry grabbed the golden goal that earned a second round tie in Kilkeel in two weeks time. The Y have been threatening a big result for much of the season, pushing Pembroke all the way, tying with [...]

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