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• O'Malley strike earns Minor Cup; Avoca win Neville Davin crown

  

  Glenanne V claimed the Minor Cup for the fifth time last Sunday at the Maws, with John Roche (pictured joining a list of club legends including Brendan Carr, Austin Stack and Terry Cooney to lift the title they last won back in 1992. They shaded their tie with Fingal IV 1-0, Ryan O’Malley getting the [...]

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• Fingal III bounce back to claim Inter title

  

  Men’s Intermediate Cup final Fingal III 3 (Tim Allcut, Damian Wheeler, Marcus O’Brien) Navan II 0 Fingal III bounced back from their 2009 Inter Cup final defeat to claim the title with an impressive 3-0 win over Navan II at a sun-baked Serpentine Avenue last Sunday. Fingal shaded the major battles early on and took [...]

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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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• Paddy' Day triumph for Pembroke

  

  Mills Cup final Pembroke 4 (Alan Sothern 2, Gordon Elliott, Patrick Good) Fingal 1 (Eamon Bane) Pembroke picked off the one title to elude them in 2008/09 as they showed far too much know-how for underdogs Fingal at Grange Road yesterday, steaming clear in the second half. Alan Sothern was tormentor-in-chief, as he has been [...]

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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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• Wong rescues point for Railway

  

  Men’s Division One: Railway Union 2 (Peter English, Kevin Wong) Fingal 2 (Brian Gray, Eamon Bane) Railway struck late for what could prove an invaluable draw in the race to escape ninth place in the league standings, Kevin Wong’s slightly deflected shot two minutes from time garnering a point at Park Avenue. Brian Gray had [...]

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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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• Fingal and Pembroke overturn Saturday losses

  

  Leinster Senior Mills Cup, semi-finals: Both Pembroke and Fingal over-turned Saturday league defeats to Corinthian and Monkstown, respectively, to take their place in the Mills Cup final on St Patrick’s Day after taking the spoils at Serpentine Avenue this afternoon. For Pembroke, the result broke the hoodoo that has seen them fall at the hands [...]

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