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• Railway well-set for favourites tag

  

  Railway Union look well-placed to retain their Leinster senior league title following a busy summer of transfers across division one. They begin their title defence against an Alex side who have brought in Roisin Flinn and Pamela Smithwick from UCD but are dealing with the retirements of Jan Ovington and Anya Bowers while Liane Ryan [...]

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• News in brief: McGrath to coach Navan

  

  * Navan have appointed Steven McGrath as their head coach for the upcoming division two campaign. McGrath brings with him a wealth of coaching experience with numerous clubs including Three Rock and Railway Union as well as being involved in the set-up of North Wicklow hockey club and is a regular Sportways’ coach. * Sixteen [...]

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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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• 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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• Leinster men's junior round-up

  

  Division Three: Monkstown II need a point from their final match of the season against reigning champions Pembroke Wanderers II to take the title after they beat Glenanne II on Tuesday night in a roller-coaster game 4-3. Ian Horsfield scored the winner from a corner after earlier leads created by Eoin O’Connor, Simon Allen and [...]

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• Bray earn shot at Division One

  

  Bray 4 (Stephen Jones 2, Simon Cox, James Hardiman) Dublin University 3 (Barry Glavey, Daire Coady, Ben Hewitt) Bray have a shot at an instant-return to division one after Simon Cox’s late goal secured victory at Loreto. Trinity made the early running, taking the lead through Barry Glavey but former UCD and Railway striker Stephen [...]

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• Domestic weekend preview

  

  It looks now a straight race for the division two playoff spot between Bray and Skerries with both facing tough home fixtures on Saturday. Bray welcome Dublin University, a side looking to get one over on the Wicklow-based side. The last time the pair met at Loreto, Cliff Bailey and and Phil Marshall dovetailed superbly [...]

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• Women's Division One: Bray 0 Loreto 3

  

  Bray 0 Loreto 3 (Cathy McKean, Nikki Keegan, Hannah Matthews) Orla Bell’s Loreto took the top spot for the first time this season to pile more pressure on a slightly misfiring Railway Union with a comfortable 3-0 win on Tuesday night in Bray. Cathy McKean put the Beaufort side ahead inside five minutes before Nikki [...]

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• Women's Division One: Bray 3 Trinity 1

  

  Bray 3 (Nikki Lyons 2, Cathy Brock) Trinity 1 (Maebh Horan)Bray completed a league double over Trinity to ease any prevailing relegation worries, coming from a goal behind to beat the student’s 3-1. The Wicklow side began the game the stronger, Jen O’Neill and Stephanie Hall dovetailing well to win two early corners but were [...]

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• Holders Hermes to face double-chasers in Jacqui Potter final

  

  Railway Union 1 (Kate Dillon) UCD 1 (Fiona Bradish) Railway win 3-1 on penalties The double-dream stayed alive as Railway Union beat UCD on penalty strokes to reach their first Jacqui Potter cup final since 2006. The students were their opponent’s that day, too, and ended up victorious but stripped of the services of Roisin [...]

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