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• Pakistani influence sees Ports bounce back

  

  Portrane, one of the country’s oldest clubs, bounced back from last season’s relegation to division four as they landed the division five title in the final match of the season, defeating long-time leaders Naas to take top spot for the first time. The club earned just one point from their opening four games of the [...]

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• Portrane announce Golf Classic details

  

  The annual Portrane hockey club, fundraising golf classic will take place on Friday, May 7 in Donabate Golf Club with participants competing for the inaugural Tommy O’Sullivan Perpetual Trophy. The event will honour the goalkeeper who was a well-known figure on the Leinster hockey scene and passed away before his time in 2007. All funds [...]

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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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• Kilkenny III complete double

  

  Kilkenny III beat UCD III to the punch in a second successive competition to claim the last outstanding men’s Leinster league title – division eight – thanks to their 2-1 win over Wicklow. UCD were unable to get the win they needed on the grass against St Brendan’s/Phoenix Park III to lose out by two [...]

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• Portrane Annual Golf Classic

  

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• IHC and IJC Results

  

  Division Four side Mullingar took a huge leap forward in the Irish Hockey Challenge with a thumping 3-0 win over Omagh at the Youth Sports ground this afternoon. They go into Monday’s draw to face either on three of Ulster sides: Down – conquerors of Portrane after extra-time – Campbellians or Saintfield, who beat the [...]

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• Men's Divisional Round-Up

  

  Outside divisions one and two, the established order is being put to the test with the all-conquering Pembroke IIs and Glenanne IIIs of the past few seasons not currently involved in their respective title battles. Plenty of fascinating duels look set for the New Year. Here’s a brief rundown on the current state of play: [...]

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• Irish Cup draws – Junior, Trophy and Challenge dates named

  

  Men’s Irish Junior Cup ROUND 2 (January 17, 2009)Bandon II v Corinthian IICookstown II v Lisnagarvey IIThree Rock Rovers II v YMCA IIGlenanne II v Bangor IIMonkstown II v NICS IIPembroke II v Railway Union IIWeston II v Cork C of I IIInstonians II v Raphoe II ESB Irish Junior Cup Round 2 (January 17, [...]

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• Irish Hockey Challenge tips off as IHT reaches business end

  

  This weekend sees the first round of the newly inaugurated Irish Hockey Challenge tip off around the country – a new competition for junior men’s and women’s clubs. On the men’s side, Leinster has four entrants. Division 5′s SBPP have been in decent form this term with former Glenanne player and Dublin football legend Dessie [...]

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• Men's Division Two preview

  

  Preseason chat may well have placed Clontarf and Suttonians as the two favourites for the coming season in division two but just a little to the north tomorrow afternoon, Skerries and Avoca could yet have a few words to say about that. Avoca have added some decent quality with Willie Aylmer coming from Fingal, Stephen [...]

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