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• Chiefs salute men’s league reshuffle

  

  The men’s Leinster league restructure will see the return of division nine while division two will remain in its existing format for the upcoming season, rising to seven in numbers following the formation of a new club, the Rathgar Chiefs. Based in High School’s idyllic Danum grounds, the Chiefs were formed this summer from a [...]

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• Leinster Schoolboy leagues announced

  

  With the first series of schoolboy’s hockey fixtures getting underway this week, the Leinster school’s have released the divisions for 2009/10 and the format each respective league will take. Senior A involves the five All-Ireland qualifiers playing on a home and away basis. Senior B sees each team play each other once with the top [...]

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• Code of conduct for underage players

  

  I’ve had to delete a couple of comments pertaining to potential ‘poaching’ of underage players. The comments themselves may have been deemed libellous and so have not been posted. The comments related to the movement of Under-18 players between clubs on both the men’s and women’s side. The IHA, in its Code of Conduct (it [...]

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• Neville Cup fixtures: News in Brief

  

  * This season’s men’s Leinster senior hockey action this Saturday with the first round of the Neville Cup. Here’s the fixtures: Neville Cup Round 1Saturday, September 12: UCD vs Fingal, 1pm, Belfield; Glenanne vs Suttonians, 2pm, Glenanne Park; YMCA vs Three Rock Rovers, 2pm, Alexandra College, MilltownTuesday, September 15: Weston vs Pembroke Wanderers, 7.15pm, Esker [...]

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• New Premier League debuts this week

  

  With the new school year beginning, the revamped senior girl’s Premier League tips off this week with eight games on show. As announced on The Hook in June, the League has changed format radically, from four pools of four teams to two pools of nine teams. The aim is for players to experience a genuine [...]

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• LHUA roll out two major initiatives

  

  In an incredibly busy summer of international hockey, Irish umpires yet again picked up top appointments across the board, culminating in Carol Metchette (left) and Colin Hutchinson taking charge of semi-finals and bronze medal matches at last week’s Europeans. The Leinster Hockey Umpires Association has been working equally hard in the summer months to ensure [...]

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• Pembroke and Glens to face European giants

  

  Pembroke and Glenanne have both drawn been handed against giants of the European game for the first round of the EuroHockey League, which gets underway in Barcelona on October 9. While both sides picked up tough draws, Glenanne’s schedule makes for an intense weekend as they begin their maiden EHL voyage with a Friday afternoon [...]

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• Ireland to cope with favourites tag

  

  Ireland’s go into this week’s EuroHockey Nation’s Trophy in Wrexham with expectation rather than hope as they aim to regain A division status from this summer’s key international tournament. Three targets are rolled into one event as Paul Revington’s side will be gunning not only for the Trophy but the promotion that comes with reaching [...]

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• Cronje takes Corinthian reins

  

  In the wake of John McInroy’s move to UCD, Corinthian have moved quickly to confirm Olympian Andrew Cronje (pictured) as their new head coach for the 2009/10 season. Cronje was a key component in the club’s rise to an IHL placing and the Mills Cup since arriving mid-season and will now become player-coach with Peter [...]

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• Gregg named in England JWC squad

  

  Former Lisnagarvey player of the year Chris Gregg (pictured) looks set to appear at the Junior World Cup as he was this week named in the 18-man English squad to travel to Malaysia in June. The 20-year-old, who competed for Ireland up until U-18 level, is one of eight Loughborough students to make the English [...]

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