Hawkshaw a hero as Ireland defeat New Zealand 2-1 to reach FIH Nations Cup Final

Saturday June 8, Terrassa Spain: Ireland made history by beating New Zealand for the first time and putting themselves only 60 minutes away from a place in the 2024-25 FIH Pro League. They also finally lifted their semi-finals hoodoo. New Zealand went into this match on 9 previous occasions, never having lost to Ireland. For Ireland all that mattered was …

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Loreto defeated in European Club Hockey Competition despite possible goal of the tournament

CLUB CAMPO DE MADRID 6 LORETO 2 Loreto had another tough day at the office on Saturday when they took on Spanish side Club Campo De Madrid in their ranking match. The storied Spanish club, who have multiple national titles to their name, got off to a relatively slow start in a scoreless first quarter. Lucia Abajo Saenz opened the …

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EYHL Wrap: Loreto are guaranteed 2023/24 EYHL Champions after win over Ulster Elks

EYHL WOMEN’S DIVISION 1 LORETO 4 ULSTER ELKS 1 Loreto are the EYHL Champions for 2023/24 having beaten Ulster Elks by 4-1 and reaching 43 points. Even if Loreto lost all their remaining fixtures and second-placed Railway Union won all their remaining fixtures including their game in hand the maximum they could get is 41. Síofra O’Brien converted a penalty …

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EYHL Wrap: Railway Union and Loreto draw in top-of-table clash

EYHL WOMEN’S DIVISION 1 RAILWAY UNION 1  LORETO 1 This top-of-the-table clash could potentially have crowned the new champions of the EYHL Women’s Division 1 had Loreto managed to maintain their 100% record by winning this game at Park Avenue. However, Railway Union can claim the distinction of forcing Loreto to drop their first two points of the season and …

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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 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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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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Ireland through to Olympic Qualifiers after topping Pool C at EuroHockey Championships

Ireland will be in the Qualification groups for the 2024 Olympics next January in either China or Spain following a 1-1 draw with Italy in their final game at the EuroHockey Championships Saturday morning. Group rivals Spain had played Scotland on Friday and surprisingly lost 2-1. This meant that if Italy won today’s game with Ireland all four teams in …

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EuroHockey Championships: Ireland bounce back to defeat Scotland 5-0

Having been beaten 0-3 in their opening EuroHockey Championships fixture with England, Ireland looked to bounce back and collect some points in their second Pool B game against Scotland, and that they did, winning 5-0. Scotland, the lowest ranked team in Pool B, had been beaten 0-4 by hosts Germany in their opening game and were in 4th place in …

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Ireland Women’s Hockey Team VS The USA In Two-Game Home Series

Ireland women’s senior hockey team ended their two-game home series with the USA with a tie. The nail-biting matches saw the USA win the first game 3-2 while Ireland bounced back in the second game to win 2-1. The series came in preparation for the European Championship, which Ireland will participate in later this summer in Germany. The United States …

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