SoftCo Extends Partnership with Hockey Ireland to end of 2025

SoftCo, the global leader in Procure-to-Pay, yesterday announced the extension of its lead sponsorship for the Ireland Women’s and Men’s Senior Hockey teams and the Ireland U21 development squads to the end of 2025. SoftCo will also extend its support for the ‘Goalie Club’, which is supporting the development of the next generation of world class Goalkeepers and Coaches with …

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EYHL Wrap: Loreto continues perfect season with 3-0 win over Catholic Institute

EY Hockey League Division 1 Women    CATHOLIC INSTITUTE 0  LORETO 3 Loreto made it 12 wins from 12 outings in the EYHL Women’s Division 1 in this game at Rosbrien. Sarah Torrans gave the visitors the lead in the 7th minute converting a penalty corner. It remained 1-0 at half-time. It looked like it was going to remain a …

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Crowd of 19,285 sets all-time women’s hockey attendance record in Toronto

A crowd of 19,285 set the new all-time women’s hockey attendance record at Scotiabank Arena on Friday night as home team Toronto beat Montreal 3-0 in a Professional Women’s Hockey League game. The previous record of 18,013 had been set at the 2013 world championships in Ottawa at a game between Canada and Finland. Toronto’s Kristen Campbell made 30 saves …

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Ireland win gold and promotion at EuroHockey Indoor Championships II

After dramatic wins over Sweden, Croatia, and Portugal, Ireland’s hopes of winning Pool A at the EuroHockey Indoor Championship II — and of securing promotion — nevertheless took a fierce blow after a 5-5 draw with Slovakia. Ireland went into their final pool match of the tournament trailing leaders Lithuania by 2 points with a simple mission: nothing less than …

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Ireland off to winning start in EuroHockey Indoor Championships

Ireland was off to a winning start Friday as the EuroHockey Indoor Championship II-A got underway in Galway at the Kingfisher Centre. Slovakia took on Croatia in the opening game. Lucija Nizek opened the scoring for Croatia from a penalty corner in the 6th minute to give them a 1-0 lead. She converted a second penalty corner in the 19th …

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Ireland fail to qualify for Olympics after heartbreaking 2-1 loss to GB

Ireland’s dreams of Olympic qualification have disappeared after a heartbreaking 2-1 loss to Great Britain in the bronze medal match of the FIH qualifiers. In 2015 Ireland suffered Olympic heartbreak in Valencia and in 2024 suffered heartbreak yet again. Great Britain went into this game having qualified for every Olympics except 2004. Ireland’s women on the other hand had only …

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Ireland hold World #4 Belgium to draw in first Olympic qualifier

Ireland, who are World ranked #13, began their Olympic qualification Pool A campaign with a defiant ‘backs to the wall’ performance against the European Silver medallists from 2023 and World Ranked #4 Belgium. Charlotte Engelbert forced a penalty corner after only 20 seconds. It was the first of nine such corners awarded against Ireland in the first half. But the …

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EYHL Division 1: Round 10 Results

RAILWAY UNION 1 MONKSTOWN 1 Traditionally slow-starting Monkstown drew first blood in this encounter at Park Avenue. A converted penalty by Suzy Kelly in the thirty-fourth minute was enough to put the Town 1-0 ahead. It was a lead they maintained until half -time. Railway Union responded with a goal from open play on forty-three minutes from former international Kate …

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EYHL Division 1: Round 8 Results

Catholic Institute 2 Pegasus 0 Ninth-placed Pegasus came to Rosbrien for this League tie desperately seeking League points. They put up an excellent effort in quarters one and two because at half-time it was still 0-0. Naomi Carroll opened the scoring for Catholic Institute in the fifty-first minute from open play. Ciara Moloney’s final minute penalty corner sealed the points …

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EYHL Division 1: Round 7 Results

EYHL Women’s Division 1 Round 7 Results: LORETO 4 PEMBROKE WANDERERS 0 Things began to unravel for the visitors as early as the seventh minute when Loreto were awarded a penalty stroke. Hannah McLoughlin converted the stroke to give Loreto a 1-0 lead. This was a lead they maintained until half-time. They increased their lead before half time through a …

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