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• St Andrew's end Leinster drought in style

  

  Kate Russell All-Ireland School’s Championship Final St Andrew’s 3 (Harriet Kinsman, Niamh Atcheler, Sarah Woodroofe) Colaiste Iognaid 1 (Tara Melvin) St Andrew’s ended a decade’s wait for the Kate Russell title as they produced a composed second half performance to claim their maiden win in the competition, ending Colaiste Iognaid’s reign as champions with a [...]

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• Amazing Andrew's comeback seals final slot

  

  St Andrew’s produced an incredible comeback to fight their way into the Kate Russell All-Ireland School’s Championship final, recovering from a three goal deficit to tie with Royal School, Armagh in Galway today. Laura Pinder hit home a short corner on the final hooter to level the game 3-3 and advance ahead of the Ulster [...]

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• Andrew's add Premier League and Girl's Minor titles

  

  St Andrew’s incredible year continues as they added the schoolgirl’s Senior Premier League and Minor A Cup title to their trophy haul this year with a pair of wins at Grange Road this afternoon. Chloe Watkins matched her cousin David’s exploits from a day earlier, inspiring Andrew’s to a Leinster senior double, scoring twice and [...]

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• Battle for fourth faces two vital twists

  

  The intriguing battle for the fourth automatic IHL place continues apace in midweek as Monkstown have their chance this evening to break into the top four for the first time in a couple of months. They face a Railway Union side with plenty to play for, hoping to avoid any potential relegation play-off that comes [...]

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• St Andrew's strike late to claim Senior Cup

  

  Leinster Schoolgirl’s Senior Cup final: St Andrew’s 2 (Gillian Pinder, Sarah Woodroofe) Alexandra College 0 Chloe Watkins followed in her older sister Courtney’s footsteps as she lifted the Leinster Schoolgirl’s Senior Cup for St Andrew’s at Grange Road, the two moments coming almost an exact year apart. The Booterstown school left it late but prevailed [...]

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• Alex and Andrew's showdown; Rovers and YM dice for IHL place

  

  St Andrew’s and Alexandra College begin a hectic run of school’s cup finals this afternoon in the blue riband event in the Leinster girl’s hockey calendar. The pair contest the Senior Cup final this afternoon (Grange Road, 2.30pm) with a place in the Kate Russell Cup on offer for the victor. Andrew’s, as reigning champions, [...]

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• Alex and Andrew's to contest Senior final

  

  Alexandra College and St Andrew’s will contest the Leinster School’s Senior Cup final next Tuesday following impressive wins at Grange Road yesterday over Mount Sackville and Mount Anville, respectively. In the tighter of the two fixtures, Alex struck three times in the second half – twice in the last ten minutes – to eventually break [...]

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• Senior Cup reaches semi-final stage

  

  The Leinster Schoolgirl’s Senior Cup reaches the semi-final stages this afternoon at Grange Road with Mount Sackville playing Alexandra College at 1pm, followed up by Mount Anville vs St Andrew’s at 3pm. In the Senior Plate, High School comfortably reached the last four with a 6-1 win over Rathdown, Aimee Jones O’Connor giving them an [...]

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• Girl’s Senior Cup reaches final eight

  

  Leinster Schoolgirl’s Senior Cup: After snow and frost had initially slowed up the Leinster Schoolgirl’s Senior Cup, the competition is now racing toward its conclusion with Mount Anville, Mount Temple, Mount Sackville and Alexandra College winning through to the quarter-finals last Saturday. On an action-packed morning, Jenny Maguire’s short corner strike was all that separated [...]

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• Schoolgirls hockey back in action for busy New Year

  

  Leinster Schoolgirl’s Senior Hockey St Andrew’s took two huge steps toward a famous Premier League and Senior Cup double this week as schoolgirl hockey returned to action after a two-week delay to the resumption of the season. Ireland A international Chloe Watkins returned to the fold after a lengthy absence due to an ankle injury [...]

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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.