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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‘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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Para Swimming Championship Closes & O’Brien Wins Gold | Weekend Round Up

📰 Weekend Roundup 📰 🏊‍♀️ World Para Championship medal haul @swimireland 🥈🥉 🚣‍♀️ @RowingIreland wins big at World Cup II 🥇 ⚽ 1-0 win over the Philippines 🏑 1-0 victory against Japan And lot’s more on https://t.co/XFza24vP7p#HerSport #WomensSport #Athletics #Swimming pic.twitter.com/7P6OsxDZ4I — Her Sport (@HerSportDotIE) June 20, 2022 Rowing After a weekend at World Cup II in Poland, Ireland Rowing …

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Five Uncapped Players Set To Make Debut in a Fresh Faced Side

The Ireland Women Hockey coach, Sean Dancer has named his panel for July’s World Cup campaign which gets under way on July 2nd at Amsterdam’s Wagener Stadium.  It is a fresh-faced side with five uncapped players set to make their official debuts in the competition as the post-Olympic evolution of the Green Army continues apace. Irish Under-21 captain Caoimhe Perdue, …

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Daly Competes In Brand New eSkootr League

Former Irish hockey star Nicci Daly hung up her hockey stick back in December, and now, she’s trying her hand at a brand new sports league.  ESkootr Championship is an electric scooter racing series that is made up of 10 three person teams racing in various cities across the world. The championship ranks racers individually, and also as a team …

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Women’s Hockey: Brilliant Pembroke land first ever EY Champions Trophy title

Women’s EY Champions Trophy final Pembroke 4 (S Loughran, A Griffin, E Horan, M McCready) Catholic Institute 1 (N Carroll) Pembroke produced a perfect all-round team performance to add a first EY Champions Trophy title to the regular season crown to the regular season league title won a month ago. Again, the season’s other breakout club Catholic Institute were runners-up …

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Women’s Hockey: Final four lock horns for EY Champions Trophy finals

The line-up for the women’s EY Champions Trophy semi-finals was completed on Wednesday evening with Loreto and UCD both landing 1-0 wins in their respective quarter-finals. They go through to face Pembroke and Catholic Institute in the semi-finals with the question now how well the sides have coped with their contrasting preparations. For the two sides already assured of semi-final …

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Women’s hockey: Ards win women’s EYHL2 with Monkstown promoted too

Zara Malseed shone as Ards won promotion and the EY Hockey League Division 2 title in style at Whitechurch Park over the weekend, netting three times for the Oranges. On Saturday, she cracked home a vital penalty corner hit to level their semi-final against Queen’s University, canceling out Madison Bowyer’s early effort. Ellen Robinson popped up with the winner in …

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