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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UCD and Catholic Institute advance to EYHL Champions Trophy Semi-finals

EYHL DIVISION 1 WOMEN’S CHAMPIONS TROPHY QUARTER-FINALS  PEMBROKE WANDERERS 0  UCD 0 ( UCD WINS 2-1 IN A SHOOT OUT)  Pembroke Wanderers, who finished 4th in the League, ended up playing against 5th-placed UCD in this Champions Trophy quarter-final. UCD had won the Division last season and were denied the Champions Trophy by Loreto. This year following this result UCD …

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Wins for Catholic Institute, Monkstown, UCD and Railway Union in EYHL Division 1

EYHL WOMEN’S DIVISION 1 CATHOLIC INSTITUTE 2 OLD ALEXANDRA 1 Catholic Institute came back from being 0-1 down at Rosbrien, scoring twice in the fourth quarter to secure a win in the EYHL Women’s Division 1. The first half was scoreless and the scoreline was 0-0 until the 43rd minute. The visitors were awarded a penalty corner which was converted …

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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: Loreto continues perfect season with 3-0 win over Catholic Institute

EY Hockey League Division 1 Women    CATHOLIC INSTITUTE 0  LORETO 3 Loreto made it 12 wins from 12 outings in the EYHL Women’s Division 1 in this game at Rosbrien. Sarah Torrans gave the visitors the lead in the 7th minute converting a penalty corner. It remained 1-0 at half-time. It looked like it was going to remain a …

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Ireland fail to qualify for Olympics after heartbreaking 2-1 loss to GB

Ireland’s dreams of Olympic qualification have disappeared after a heartbreaking 2-1 loss to Great Britain in the bronze medal match of the FIH qualifiers. In 2015 Ireland suffered Olympic heartbreak in Valencia and in 2024 suffered heartbreak yet again. Great Britain went into this game having qualified for every Olympics except 2004. Ireland’s women on the other hand had only …

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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 10 Results

RAILWAY UNION 1 MONKSTOWN 1 Traditionally slow-starting Monkstown drew first blood in this encounter at Park Avenue. A converted penalty by Suzy Kelly in the thirty-fourth minute was enough to put the Town 1-0 ahead. It was a lead they maintained until half -time. Railway Union responded with a goal from open play on forty-three minutes from former international Kate …

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EYHL Women’s Division 1: Round 3 Results

UCD 2-0 MONKSTOWN The defending EYHL Women’s Division 1 Champions UCD wearing their breast cancer awareness pink outfits took on Monkstown in their EYHL Division 1 game at the national stadium in Belfield. It was a fairly lively tight first quarter which ended scoreless. Sophia Cole got a green card in the 14th minute, which was 2 minutes on the …

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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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