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• Hermes take U-16 title: cup final wrap

  

  Hermes U-16 bounced back from initial elimination to claim the Jacqui Potter U-16 cup title at Grange Road last Saturday, getting the better of Old Alex 2-1 in a tense final. They lost at the first time of asking to Railway Union but were reinstated due to a player eligibility issue and replayed against the [...]

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• Symmons releases Leinster U-16 girl’s panel

  

  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 [...]

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• Mount Temple show Premier quality

  

  Senior Girls Premier League: Week 1 The Senior Girls League got underway, with teams shaking off the return to school to put in some excellent performances. The show, however, was stolen by Mount Temple – newcomers to this level – who put in a fantastic performance to gain a comfortable three points at the expense [...]

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• New Premier League debuts this week

  

  With the new school year beginning, the revamped senior girl’s Premier League tips off this week with eight games on show. As announced on The Hook in June, the League has changed format radically, from four pools of four teams to two pools of nine teams. The aim is for players to experience a genuine [...]

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• Premier League undergoes massive revamp

  

  Alexandra College’s quest to retain the Leinster schoolgirl’s Premier League looks set to become even tougher than their hard-fought victory last December as the 2009/10 competition takes in an enlarged format. The league increases in entries from 16 to 18 with Sutton Park and Mount Temple stepping up from Senior One. The league will now [...]

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• Women's junior league round-up

  

  Virtually all the Leinster women’s leagues have come to a conclusion in the past fortnight. Here’s a quick round-up of whose going up and down across the divisions as well as a couple of cup finals last Sunday: Division Two: One of the few issues yet to be resolved this season is the destination of [...]

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• McCarthy selects U-16 panel

  

  Una McCarthy has selected seven Leinster players in an initial 34-player panel this week for her Irish U-16 team who will take part in trials on February 1. Clontarf goalkeeper Rachael Barrett will be joined in the trials by Hermes duo Juliette King Hall and Laura Pinder while Railway trio Orla Macken, Kate Lloyd and [...]

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• Women’s Divisional Round-Up

  

  While the women’s division one title-race has taken on a little bit of a one-sided look in recent weeks, there are plenty of close-run battles right the way down the women’s leagues. Here’s a brief synopsis of whats going on in divisions two to thirteen. Division 14 is being headed by Monkstown who are unbeaten [...]

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• Girl’s U-16 Interpros

  

  Mick McKinnon will hope to lead the Leinster U-16s to their ninth interprovincial title at this level but will face tough opponents all weekend with Connacht and Ulster probably the front runners in Kilkenny over the weekend. Holders Connacht go into the tournament with a number of the U-18 side that lost out on goal-difference [...]

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• Weekend preview

  

  With many thoughts already shifting toward the IHL and with the female international stars out for the weekend, the Leinster league seems to have taken a bit of a back-seat. The difficulty, though, with taking such an attitude is that, for the top sides, it is the leagues that act as a qualifier for the [...]

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Launched in August 2007, The Hook has set out to provide news and information for hockey in Leinster. The site has developed since then to cover all levels of the sport in Ireland and beyond, providing stories on schools, club, interprovincial and international. Working in tandem with the superb Irish Hockey Photographers, The Hook aims to offer the best coverage of the sport in the province. Should you have any queries or suggestions, please email founder, Stephen Findlater, at stevie_findlats@yahoo.com.