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• Men’s Division One: Week One round-up

  

  Corinthian 3 (Brian Doherty 2, Glen Holmes) Fingal 1 (Paddy Gahan) A tight, cagey match; Corinthian’s greater conversion rate from corners proved the difference as his 100pc record earned the points at Whitechurch Park. Glen Holmes opened the scoring but Paddy Gahan levelled matters. But Doherty zinged in a high flick on the hooter for [...]

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• Fingal

  

  Last Season: 6th; IHL group stages Coach: Gerry Wheeler (1st season, second spell)Captain: David Bane Players In: Gary Sharman, Tom Manning, Stephen Thompson, Hugh Kelly, Mark Sandell (all Kilkenny)Players Out: Mick McGuinness (Glenanne), Brian Scully (Weston), Keith Crawford Summary: Like Corinthian, the first three games should paint the picture of what lies in store for [...]

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• Glenanne

  

  Last Season: 2nd; IHL runners-up, Mills Cup semi-finals, ISC semis Coach: Arul Anthoni (2nd season)Captain: Joe Brennan Players In: Mick McGuinness (Fingal), Filip Jaros (Monkstown), Robbie Hanna (Bray), Gareth Carragher (Weston)Players Out: Alan Browne (Weston), Daryl Carey (YMCA) Summary: Early season has not lent itself to ideal preparation for the EHL with just competitive games [...]

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• YM aim to Rock Rovers: Neville Cup

  

  A hectic preseason of transfers will begin to take a more formal shape this week with the first round of the Neville Cup tipping off in the coming week. The tie of the round takes place at the unfamiliar surroundings of Alexandra College as YMCA host Three Rock Rovers. YM all but put paid to [...]

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• McConnell confirms Pembroke move

  

  Andy McConnell (pictured in Ireland action) confirmed what will no doubt be the most eye-catching transfer of the summer – and, perhaps, of any Leinster hockey summer – this evening as he makes the switch from Three Rock Rovers to Pembroke. After plenty of speculation in the past couple of months, Pembroke returned to full [...]

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• Frank Byrne takes on Suttonians job

  

  Frank Byrne has followed former Glenanne team mate mate Alan Browne into a coaching role in division two after he was confirmed as the new Suttonians‘ men’s coach for the upcoming season. Byrne takes on the role after cutting his teeth last year as assistant to Arul Anthoni at Glenanne Park, frequently taking over first [...]

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• Sothern tops goalscorer list

  

  With just one round of matches left to go in the regular season, it would take a minor miracle for Alan Sothern to be denied the Hennessy Cup for division one’s top scorer. The Pembroke hitman currently leads the way with 31 league goals, nine clear of Monkstown’s Gareth Watkins on 22. Ireland’s top goalscorer, [...]

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• Leinster Men's weekend preview

  

  Pembroke’s title bid faces a tough battle as they look to overturn their Mills Cup final defeat at the hands of Corinthian last week. Three Rock’s recent draws with YMCA mean that Pembroke’s destiny is back in their own hands, though any slip up and Glenanne are likely to pounce. They face the terminally injury-ravaged [...]

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• Clontarf crowned Division Two champions

  

  Navan 0 Clontarf 3 (Rob Abbott, Luke Hayden, Dan Tracey)Clontarf completed the division two title with three games remaining at Sportlink on Saturday, ousting a gritty Navan 3-0. There was no repeat of the double-figure win the last time the two sides met in the league as the Bulls came up against a side determined [...]

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• Men's Irish Senior Cup preview

  

  Six more ISC quarter-finalists and one second round place will be confirmed on Saturday afternoon as this season’s stop/start competition will hope to tidy up the draw made last Monday. A potentially tasty local derby could occur should Three Rock and Glenanne win their respective ties against Northern opposition. The Glens will have to do [...]

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