Hockey Nations Cup Squad Announced

Coach Sean Dancer has announced his squad for the FIH Women’s Hockey Nations Cup just under a week ahead of the inaugural edition of the tournament. The competition will take place in Valencia from Dec. 11th to Dec. 17th, and will determine eligibility to compete in the FIH Pro League. Despite the absence of some star players, Dancer has said …

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‘Sport Is To Be Enjoyed’ Sarah Hawkshaw Discusses Her Career In Hockey

Following on from a successful weekend at the EuroHockey Championship Qualifiers, where the Green Army won all three matches against Poland, The Czech Republic and Turkey, we had the opportunity to sit down with Sarah Hawkshaw to talk to us about her team’s journey through the qualifiers and what lies ahead for her for the rest of the season. ‘It …

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IRELAND OFF TO FLYING START IN EUROHOCKEY QUALIFIERS

Impressive start with a score of Ireland 3 (R Upton 2, D Duke) Poland 0. Ireland recorded a strong opening win in the Women’s EuroHockey Championship Qualifier B at the Sport Ireland Campus to head their group after day one. Deirdre Duke opened the scoring in the second quarter with a deft touch to Katie Mullan’s cross and Róisín Upton …

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Tickets for the EuroHockey Championship qualifiers have been released

Tickets have gone on sale for the women’s crucial EuroHockey Championship qualifiers which will take place at the Sport Ireland Campus in Blanchardstown from August 18th to 21st. Tickets can be purchased by the following link: https://bit.ly/EHCQ_Tkts The #GreenArmy take on the Czech Republic, Poland and Turkey in the crucial @eurohockeyorg Championship Qualifiers at the @SportIreCampus on the 18th, 20th and …

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Dancer and Hawkshaw thrilled with Ireland resilience to beat South Africa

Women’s World Cup ranking match Ireland 2 (S Hawkshaw, R Upton) South Africa 0 Penalty corner goals from Sarah Hawkshaw and Róisín Upton saw Ireland bounced back from their World Cup group stage elimination to put them in the frame for a ninth place finish overall. They will now playoff for ninth place overall on Tuesday against either China while …

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Hockey Ireland Face Hugely Important Date With Chile

Ireland’s women return to action in the women’s World Cup as they look to get their first win of the campaign against Chile (world ranked 17) and boost their chances of reaching the knock-out stages. It is a big contrast from the opening tie of the competition against the world number one Netherlands, facing a south American outfit who are …

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Local Teams Celebrate Pride with #LetsGetVisible Campaign

This week is Dublin Pride Health and Welling Being and athletes are celebrating Pride month with the #LetsGetVisible campaign, launched by Sport Ireland and Sporting Pride.    Dr. Úna May, Chief Executive of Sport Ireland said, “Following the recent publication of our first Sport Ireland Policy on Diversity and Inclusion in Sport, campaigns such as this are an opportunity to …

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‘We’ll Have That Irish Underdog Mentality’

Ireland Hockey is gearing up for the Hockey Women’s World Cup starting July 1. The team is currently three games into the four game SoftCo series against Japan, and at the moment, the series is split—Japan winning the first game 2-0, and Ireland winning the second 1-0, and Japan winning the third 2-1. Team captain Katie Mullen, led the national …

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