Ireland win gold and promotion at EuroHockey Indoor Championships II

After dramatic wins over Sweden, Croatia, and Portugal, Ireland’s hopes of winning Pool A at the EuroHockey Indoor Championship II — and of securing promotion — nevertheless took a fierce blow after a 5-5 draw with Slovakia. Ireland went into their final pool match of the tournament trailing leaders Lithuania by 2 points with a simple mission: nothing less than …

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Ireland off to winning start in EuroHockey Indoor Championships

Ireland was off to a winning start Friday as the EuroHockey Indoor Championship II-A got underway in Galway at the Kingfisher Centre. Slovakia took on Croatia in the opening game. Lucija Nizek opened the scoring for Croatia from a penalty corner in the 6th minute to give them a 1-0 lead. She converted a second penalty corner in the 19th …

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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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