EYHL Division 1: Round 6 Results

There was a full program of matches in the EYHL Women’s Division on Saturday, and here are the details of those games: PEGASUS 2 (Shirley McCay PC 15 mins; Zara Malseed PC 53 mins) OLD ALEXANDRA 3 (Aoife Taaffe FG 18 mins; Elena Neill PC 49 mins; PC 56 mins) Ninth-placed Pegasus’ struggles continued when they were on the wrong end of …

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Exciting New Professional Women’s Ice Hockey League To Debut In 2024

A new professional women’s ice hockey league is set to commence in January 2024. This development marks a historic reconciliation between the Professional Women’s Hockey Players Association (PWHPA) and the seven-team Premier Hockey Federation (PHF). Financial backing for the league will be provided by Mark Walter, co-owner of Major League Baseball’s Los Angeles Dodgers, and his wife, Kemba. Tennis legend …

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Intense Matches In The 2023 Women’s Inter-Provincial Series Ahead Of The Final

It was an eventful weekend for the Inter-Provincial Women’s Series where the u16 and u18 teams gave it their all and much hockey talent was on display. U16 Women Leinster South hosted Munster in Loreto Kilkenny for their final league game which was effectively a 3rd/4th place playoff. In an exciting game Munster won out 2-1 against a spirited Leinster …

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EYHL Division 1: Round 5 Results

LORETO 2 ( Rachel Kelly 7 mins, Rebekah Fitzpatrick 16 mins) RAILWAY UNION 1 (Sarah Patton 29 mins) CORINTHIANS 0 ULSTER ELKS 1 (Serena Campuzzano 6 mins) UCD 1 (Sophia Cole 11 mins) OLD ALEXANDRA 1 (Abby Russell 65 mins) PEMBROKE WANDERERS 1 (Amy Kate Trevor 5 mins) CATHOLIC INSTITUTE 2 (Aoife Hickey 36 mins, Naomi Carroll 53 mins) MONKSTOWN 2 (Sophie Moore 65 mins, Nicci Daly 66 mins) …

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Sarah Torrans: From Overcoming Injuries To Tokyo Olympics

In this episode of the Her Sport Show, we had the privilege of chatting with Sarah Torrans, a member of the Irish Women’s Hockey National Team. Sarah Torrans offers insights into her hockey career, her experience at the Tokyo Olympics, and her aspirations for the future of hockey in Ireland. Did you know that 2021 was the first time an …

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EYHL Division 1 Round 4 Results

RAILWAY UNION 2 ( NIAMH CAREY 54 MINS; EMMA SMYTH 61 MINS) CORINTHIAN 1 ( SHARON SEATON 30 MINS) Railway Union played their “home” game in the EYHL Division 1 game at Grange Road, normally the home of Three Rock Rovers, on Saturday meaning. Opponents Corinthian had a relatively short trip to fulfill this fixture and the shorter journey seemed to …

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EYHL Women’s Division 1: Round 3 Results

UCD 2-0 MONKSTOWN The defending EYHL Women’s Division 1 Champions UCD wearing their breast cancer awareness pink outfits took on Monkstown in their EYHL Division 1 game at the national stadium in Belfield. It was a fairly lively tight first quarter which ended scoreless. Sophia Cole got a green card in the 14th minute, which was 2 minutes on the …

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EYHL Women’s Division 1: Round 2 Results

LORETO 2 (Hannah McLoughlin, Rachel Kelly) CATHOLIC INSTITUTE 0 CORINTHIAN 0 UCD 1 (Mikayla Power) OLD ALEX 1 (Aoife Taaffe) ULSTER ELKS 1 (Gabriella Scott) RAILWAY UNION 6 (Ailish Long, Niamh Carey 2, Michelle Carey, Kate Dillon, Orla Fox) PEGASUS 1 (Zara Malseed) MONKSTOWN 1 (Jennifer Hamill ) PEMBROKE WANDERERS 3 (Milla Fulton, Sally Campbell, Orla Macken) Loreto played Catholic Institute in Beaufort and in the first quarter …

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EYHL Women’s Division 1 2023-2024 season gets underway

The first round of the EYHL Women’s Division 1 2023-2024 season got underway at Queen’s University where Pegasus hosted Loreto. It was the visitors that struck first, Rachel Kelly scoring from open play in only the fourth minute. She grabbed her second of the game in the 10th minute. It was 2-0 at the end of the first quarter and …

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