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• Suttonians coach position: news in brief

  

  * Suttonians currently have coaching positions available for the upcoming 2010/11 season. The ladies section is looking for a head coach and an assistant coach who will be responsible for the ladies 1st and 2nd teams and ladies 3rd and 4th teams respectively. The club are also looking for a goalkeeping coach who will be [...]

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• Captain Keenan inspires Pembroke III

  

  Ladies Division 3/4 Cup Final Pembroke Wanderers III 4 (Fiona Keenan 2, Claire Picard, Kate Hurley) Suttonians 0 Pembroke II ended Suttonians reign as division 3/4 cup holders in style as they ran up an impressive 4-0 victory at Grange Road last Saturday afternoon. Captain Fiona Keenan led the charge with two fine goals and [...]

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• Weston take Division Two in style

  

  Suttonians 1 (Ian Martin) Weston 5 (Vikram Singh 2, Simon Pearson, Enda Tucker, Phil Barron) Weston completed the division two title in some style as they raced into a 4-0 half-time lead, showing few lingering nerves on a major weekend for the club. Simon Pearson swept in an impressive opening goal for an early lead [...]

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• Weston and Avoca dice with destiny

  

  Following a season of upheaval and a fantastically tight battle for league honours, men’s division two reaches climax on Saturday afternoon as Weston and Avoca remain hopeful of securing a place in division one. Weston have been a club rejuvenated under Alan Browne this season, galvanising some of the elder heads while providing the young [...]

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• Weston in pole position; Avoca playoff bound

  

  Enda Tucker’s goal put Weston on course for a spot in division one in 2010/11 as his strike was all that was required to get the better of Navan last Saturday at Griffeen Valley Park. They move into a tie for first place with Avoca whose regular season finished with the decision by the Leinster [...]

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• Avoca take on division two lead

  

  Avoca became the third side to hold the top spot in five days in men’s division two as they won twice in midweek, edging ahead of Weston by virtue of goal difference though the Lucan side have a game in hand. The Blackrock side started with a come-from-behind win at Bray on Tuesday as home [...]

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• Gill serves up final decision for Sutts

  

  Aaron Gill smashed home a hat-trick as Civil Service brought the Irish Hockey Trophy home in-style, as they thumped six goals past Suttonians in last Sunday’s final. With less than a minute on the clock, Suttonians swung into attack but Service captain Jamie Anderson saved the day clearing the ball off the line. From there [...]

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• Town tie for fifth; Suttonians up for semi

  

  Andy Ewington’s 37th minute low penalty corner was the sole divider as Monkstown beat UCD 1-0 at Belfield last night to keep the Rathdown club right in the mix for the fourth automatic IHL place for 2010/11. Both sides had their fair share of corners in an evenly matched contest, played at a decent tempo. [...]

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• Draw-masters tie up Rovers; Sutton stay top

  

  Leinster Men’s Division One: Three Rock Rovers 1 (Sven Galjaardt) YMCA 1 (Will Powderly) Will Powderly’s (left) equaliser notched YM’s eighth league draw of the season as both they and Three Rock came within inches of sealing all three points at Grange Road which would have gone a long way to securing an IHL place [...]

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• Trin smash Suttonians for nine

  

  Men’s Division Two: Dublin University 9 (Daire Coady 3, Tolly Humphreys 2, Andrew Beverland 2, Chris Tyrell 2) Suttonians 1 (Ed Hipwell) Trinity enjoyed a Santry homecoming to savour as they battered league leaders Suttonians for nine to open up the race for the division two crown yet further. The students showed no ill effects [...]

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