EY Hockey League Preview: Sides Primed For Final Push

Four AIG Irish Senior Cup Semi-Finals take centre stage this weekend, involving some major rivalries as we await the final matchups. https://www.instagram.com/p/DHGoPJtocRr/?img_index=1   In the Women’s AIG Irish Senior Cup, Railway Union and Catholic Institute play out a repeat of last year’s final, with Catholic Institute hoping to reach their fourth final on the bounce, and Railway looking to retain …

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Ireland Women Defeat Scotland 3-0 in FIH Nations Cup Opener

Ireland began their FIH Hockey Nations Cup campaign in Santiago, Chile with a win against Scotland. Ireland controlled the opening phases, scoring after just 6 minutes when debutant Mikayla Power deflected in at the back post. Ireland weathered a storm in the second quarter, with Naomi Carroll setting up Niamh Carey to double Ireland’s lead before the break. They regained …

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Ireland Women bounce back in style to beat Italy in FIH Nations Cup in Terressa, Spain

IRELAND 3 ITALY 0 Tuesday June 4, Terressa Spain: Ireland World Ranked #13, took on Italy, World Ranked #17, in their second Pool A game in Terrassa Spain with each of them in need of a win. Both teams went into this game on Tuesday afternoon on the back of opening day defeats. Italy had lost to Korea and Ireland …

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Hockey Internationals Deirdre Duke, Anna O’Flanagan and Chloe Watkins Announce their Retirements

May 15, Dublin: Deirdre Duke, Anna O’Flanagan and Chloe Watkins, all of whom were part of the 2018 Hockey World Cup squad who brought home the Silver Medal for Ireland, have announced their retirements from international hockey. Sport Ireland would like to wish @irishhockey Internationals Deirdre Duke, Anna O'Flanagan and Chloe Watkins the very best as they announce their retirements …

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Loreto Hockey Team To Make EHL Final 8 tournament Comeback After A Five-year Hiatus

Easter weekend is traditionally a quiet time for hockey on the home front but for two of the country’s best teams it will be a busy period as both Loreto’s women and Lisnagarvey’s men represent Irish hockey at the European club level. Loreto will be in the EHL Final 8 tournament in the Netherlands while Lisnagarvey are in Portugal to …

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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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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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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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Monkstown Wins The Women’s Irish Senior Cup Final

Defending champions Catholic Institute ended up surrendering their Irish Senior Cup title after a closely fought encounter with Monkstown on Saturday, 29 April 2023. Monkstown began the game well and forced an early penalty corner which did not produce the opening goal. Aoife Hickey received a green card in the 12th minute but not even this temporary reduction to 10 …

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Loreto Win The EYHL Women’s Champions Trophy Final

After a nail-biting match, Loreto emerged victorious after beating UCD at the EYHL Champions Trophy final on Sunday 23 April 2023. UCD went into the game not having beaten Loreto in either of their two EYHL Women’s Division encounters this season. The previous game in Beaufort had ended in a 2-1 win for Loreto and the return fixture had ended …

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