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• Penalties put paid to Loreto again

  

  Jacqui Potter Cup – first round Loreto were the first big name exit from the Jacqui Potter Cup as a side shorn of their international contingent as well as Cathy McKean and Catriona Tipping vacated the competition early on penalty strokes. Last time out it was Bray; this year the resurgent Corinthian were the victors [...]

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• Suttonians and Weston to fly flag: IHT results

  

  Goals galore in the men’s Irish Hockey Trophy as Suttonians and Weston keep the Leinster flag flying into the quarter-finals. Suttonians produced an incredible 8-3 win over Down which included no less than seven yellow cards and one red. Reuben Holden scored a goal to help his side into a 3-2 lead before being permanently [...]

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• Avoca and Trinity raise curtain on slimline division two

  

  The withdrawals of Skerries and Naas, combined with Kilkenny’s decision to drop their first side down to division four leaves division two with a bare look for the opening weekend of the season. The six remaining teams will play each other three times with the side due to have a bye according to the ‘Blue [...]

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• Corinthian sweep past threadbare ‘Broke

  

  Neville Cup quarter-finals Corinthian 4 (Lucas Piccioli 2, Davy Carson, Glenn Holmes) Pembroke 2 (Justin Sherriff 2) Corinthian comfortably got past Pembroke to reach the Neville Cup semi-finals, building up a 4-1 lead by half-time, inspired once again by Lucas Piccioli’s trickery. Davy Carson scored against his former club inside two minutes, tapping in after [...]

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• ‘Broke’s Kelly out of Neville panel

  

  Pembroke have been rocked by what looks a serious Achilles tendon injury to veteran defender Colin Kelly (pictured, left) ahead of their Neville Cup second round tie against Corinthian at Whitechurch Park. His unavailability comes in addition to the players in the Irish panel though David Harte is entitled to return, given the exemptions for [...]

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• Monkstown complete Neville quarters line-up

  

  Neville Cup Round One:Dublin Uni 1 (Tolley Humphries) Monkstown 7 (Andy Ewington 5, Frank Ryan 2)Andy Ewington made a dream debut for Monkstown as the New Zealand showed his penalty corner menace at Santry this evening, crashing in four drag-flicks as well as rebounding another penalty corner. Trinity kept the visitors to just a single [...]

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• Pembroke pass Weston examination; Horsfield confirms for Kelburne

  

  Neville Cup: Round One Weston 1 (Shane O’Hare) Pembroke 3 (Scott Furlong, Michael O’Connor, Patrick Good) Pembroke were pushed hard by a vastly improved Weston at Griffeen Valley Park this evening but still had enough in the tank to comfortably take the second round place on offer against either Corinthian or Avoca. Mick O’Connor hit [...]

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• Preview of Saturday’s action

  

  Amid all the hoopla, Pembroke could be on for another pair of national titles over the weekend as they look to retain both the men’s senior and junior cup titles. Saturday’s battle with Cork C of I sees the side come up against an old friend as the highly decorated Trevor Dunne returns to Dublin [...]

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• Men's Division Two: Avoca 8 Navan 0

  

  Avoca 8 (Scott Wilkie 2, Karl Chapple 2, Stephen Day 2, Carl Breaden, Enda Gallanagh) Navan 0 Avoca completed the regular division two season with an 8-0 win over Naas at Newpark to finish the league in a tie for third place with Skerries. There were doubles for Scott Wilkie, Karl Chapple and Stephen Day. [...]

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• Railway II complete double: league and cup round-up

  

  Railway Union II claimed division two tonight as they beat Skerries 3-0 thanks to three second half goals. Needing a win to secure the title, the Park Avenue side found the going tough in the first period against a side fighting for their division two survival before Louise McDermott opened the scoring after the break [...]

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