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• Evans and Shaw team up at Loreto

  

  Gareth Evans and Graham Shaw will team up to take care of Loreto for the upcoming season as they bid to retain their Irish Senior Cup and prepare for a second successive European campaign.

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• O’Donoghue takes UCD reins

  

  Rory O’Donoghue was confirmed yesterday as UCD men’s new coach for the 2010/11 coming season, making the switch from Monkstown during a stint in which he secured automatic IHL qualification three years in a row as well as two Irish Senior Cup final appearances. O’Donoghue replaces John McInroy who returns South Africa. A spokesman for [...]

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• McInroy steps down; UCD look for new boss

  

  UCD men are on the lookout for a new coach following John McInroy’s decision to pursue a new business venture in his native South Africa, leaving with the club’s blessing. Speaking in the wake of his one year tenure, the player-coach said of the student club: “I believe UCD can become the most powerful team [...]

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• Ireland clubs demoted despite Loreto fifth

  

  The myriad machinations of women’s European club competition has seen Ireland’s two representatives drop a division despite Loreto’s fifth place finish in Rome earlier this week. Ireland’s second seed, UCD, were relegated from the third tier European Champion’s Challenge I competition on Monday following a 2-1 defeat to Czech hosts Slavia Praha. Rachel Burke got [...]

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• Students denied by extra French goal

  

  EuroHockey Club Champion’s Challenge I – Day Three UCD 0 Cambrai 1 (Gwenaelle Dutel) UCD fell to a second defeat in two days to miss out on a final shot as Cambrai grabbed the only goal through Gwenaelle Dutel struck from play in the 19th minute. In combination with Royal Uccle’s win over Rottweiss Wettingen, [...]

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• UCD undone by Uccle double

  

  EuroHockey Champions Challenge I UCD 0 Royal Uccle 2 (Magali Demeyere, Sofia Ambrosoni) UCD remain in second in Pool A of the EuroHockey Champions Challenge as they failed to augment their 1-0 win yesterday with victory today against Belgian’s second ranked side; goals from Magali Demeyre and Sofia Ambrosoni giving the Belgian outfit Royal Uccle [...]

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• UCD off to perfect Euro start

  

  EuroHockey Club Champion’s Challenge I UCD 1 (Lisa Jacob) – Rotweiss Wettingen 0 UCD got their European campaign off to the perfect start gaining their first win in Europe at their first attempt against Swiss champions Rottweiss Wettingen. After absorbing some early pressure in the first ten minutes, UCD settled into the game and in [...]

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• UCD III retain Walters Cup

  

  UCD III retained the Walters Cup last Thursday night at Grange Road, claiming a convincing 5-0 win over Naas marking the perfect end to Conor Doyle’s (pictured with the cup) six-year stint with the Belfield club. David Meade broke the deadlock inside the first five minutes, slipping the ball home at the near post before [...]

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• UCD ladies on look-out for new coach

  

  UCD ladies hockey club are now welcoming expressions of interest for the position of the first eleven coach for the upcoming 2010/11 season. The committee welcome applications from individuals who can give the required commitment to a division one team, who demonstrate good organisational and interpersonal skills and desirably have previous experience coaching at this [...]

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• McDonnell cracker seals back-to-back success

  

  Hermes 0 Railway Union 1 (Jean McDonnell) Jean McDonnell’s strike ten minutes from time handed Railway Union back-to-back women’s Leinster division one crowns as she struck a brilliant winner to end Hermes title aspirations. She took her chance brilliantly, latching onto a crash ball on the 25, drifting from right to left to round Emma [...]

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Launched in August 2007, The Hook has set out to provide news and information for hockey in Leinster. The site has developed since then to cover all levels of the sport in Ireland and beyond, providing stories on schools, club, interprovincial and international. Working in tandem with the superb Irish Hockey Photographers, The Hook aims to offer the best coverage of the sport in the province. Should you have any queries or suggestions, please email founder, Stephen Findlater, at stevie_findlats@yahoo.com.