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• Glens return to Barca; Pembroke go Dutch

  

  Pembroke Wanderers and Glenanne found out their EHL fate tonight with the former visiting Oranje Zwart’s Eindhoven base while the Glens travel to Barcelona for the second year of information.

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• German-bound Lewis out of tasty curtain-raiser

  

  Tim Lewis confirmed his move to Crefelder HTC in Germany this morning to The Hook, meaning Pembroke’s opening Leinster senior league tie with Glenanne will have an ever more new-look. Meanwhile, the Leinster Branch released the early season fixtures with all the details here

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• Sothern joins Irish exodus to Europe

  

  Alan Sothern has become the latest Irish international player to make the move to the Netherlands to play in the Hoofdklasse, confirming his move from Pembroke to Den Bosch to The Hook last Friday. While there, Sothern will link up with Mitch Darling who moved across the Belgian border from KHC Leuven as well as [...]

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• Sherriff takes on Pembroke ladies coaching reins

  

  Justin Sherriff will coach Pembroke’s ladies in division one in the coming season, hoping to transfer the lessons learned from his glittering playing career to the training field.

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• News in brief: Navan seek new coach

  

  Navan seek new coach; Pembroke on lookout for second team coach; Railway host mixed event on September 17

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• Pembroke appoint Carolan as men’s coach

  

  Pembroke have again cast their net to South African to secure a coach, appointing Brendon Carolan (pictured) as their men’s first team coach for the 2010/11 season. The 29 year old brings with him an impressive coaching CV, being named the South African Coach of the Year in 2009 as well as obtained an FIH [...]

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• Pembroke look for new coach following Fulton resignation

  

  Pembroke Wanderers are now accepting applications for the position of men’s first team coach following Craig Fulton’s decision to resign from the role this week. In a statement from the club, Pembroke said they “would like to thank Craig for the five years he was been with us, which has seen our men’s first team [...]

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• Pembroke to Portugal; Railway in Slovakia

  

  Pembroke face a trip to Portugal while Railway Union ladies European debut is set for Bratislava in Slovakia following the announcement yesterday of the pools for the European indoor club championships. Pembroke will compete in the Men’s Challenge I event – the third tier of competition – and are provisionally named in a group of [...]

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• Sothern triple brings back-to-back glory

  

  Men’s Irish Hockey League final Lisnagarvey 1 (Timmy Cockram) Pembroke 4 (Alan Sothern 3, Maurice Elliott) Alan Sothern’s hat-trick secured back-to-back Irish Hockey League titles for Pembroke as clinical precision and body on-the-line defending gave them an emphatic-looking final scoreline. For Lisnagarvey, they put it up to the national champions, earning nine corners which, had [...]

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• Controversial Harte strike ends Glens dreams

  

  Men’s IHL semi-finals Pembroke 5 (Alan Sothern 2, Alan Giles, Mick O’Connor, Conor Harte) Glenanne 4 (Stephen Butler 2, Shane O’Donoghue, Jonathan Kane) after silver-goal extra-time Where to start! Pure madness all round as Pembroke rallied after giving up a four goal lead for Conor Harte to sweep home an angrily contested winner in the [...]

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