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: Pembroke taken to the wire before landing maiden EYHL crown

Aisling Naughton’s spectacular second minute goal was enough to get Pembroke the 1-0 win against Muckross they needed win the women’s EY Hockey League for the first time. Earlier in the day, Catholic Institute beat Belfast Harlequins 2-1 at Deramore Park to take the league down to the last fixture to determine the destination of the title. It meant Pembroke had to …

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Women’s EYHL: Pembroke move within touching distance of title

Pembroke moved within touching distance of the women’s EY Hockey League title as they bided their time before beating Belfast Harlequins on Saturday to move five points clear at the top. That 3-0 success combined with Catholic Institute’s 4-2 defeat to Loreto puts them in prime position with two rounds of fixtures to go to win the title for the …

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EYHL: Pembroke Grind Out 4-Point Lead

Pembroke ended the weekend extending their lead at the top of the women’s EY Hockey League as they secured four points from the six on offer to them. On Saturday, they drew 1-1 in a high quality contest with Old Alex with World Cup silver medalists Gillian Pinder and Nikki Evans exchanging goals. Evans was first to strike with another …

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Women’s EY Hockey League: Belfast Harlequins Inch Away From Relegation Zone

Belfast Harlequins edged clearer of the EYHYL relegation zone with this hard-fought 2-1 win over fellow strugglers Muckross at a bitterly cold Deramore. The hosts were 2-0 up in the second half but the Dubliners set up a grandstand finish after pulling a goal back with 20 minutes to go.

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Women’s EY Hockey League: Keeperless Railway Land Remarkable Draw As Pembroke Move Further Clear

Railway Union spent almost an hour without a recognised goalkeeper but still managed to land a 3-3 draw against Old Alex in a cracking women’s EY Hockey League contest at Park Avenue.

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