A different ball game

Ireland’s U18 girls will be keen for success in other arenas to rub off when they get their Four Nations campaign underway at Garryduff in Cork tomorrow (6pm).

New hockey photography website launched

Irish hockey’s top photographers have joined forces to launch a new one-stop shop for players, parents and fans to purchase top-class pictures, in association with The Hook and Southern Fried.

Centralisation gets green light

THE Irish Hockey Association yesterday gave the green light to controversial plans to centralise the women’s senior hockey team in Dublin for 10 months. The IHA board has given their approval to a Central Preparation Programme (CPP), which the national body say will “facilitate a core, intensive preparation program” in a bid to qualify for the Olympics in London in 2012.

Munster trio Olympic-bound

Rebecca Barry (above), Roisin Upton and Antonia McGrath are the three Munster girls included in an all-new Ireland U17 girls team, which will compete at the World Youth Olympic Games in Singapore in August, while the Ireland A squads for the Junior Celtic Cup have also been confirmed.

Fringe players to get Irish chance

Ireland’s fringe midfielders have the perfect opportunity to stake their claim at the Celtic Cup later this month, after senior men’s coach Paul Revington was forced to name an experimental squad for the three-game series in France.

Cregan closing in on caps record

Eimear Cregan could overtake fellow Munster woman Rachael Kohler as the most capped Irish hockey player of all time later this month.

Irish girls gain youth Olympics berth

Ireland will field an U17 girls team at the inaugural World Youth Olympic Games in Singapore this August, it was revealed earlier today.

Coaching pair resign over funding dispute

Irish U18 coach Andy Smyth and manager Christopher McCandless have resigned following a stand-off with the Irish Hockey Association (IHA) over the implementation of a pay-to-play funding system.

Bateman and Egner scoop national gongs

Cork Harlequins – including David Egner, above left – Railway Union and the Watkins family were the big winners at Saturday night’s Irish Hockey Awards, held at the Burlington Hotel in Dublin.

No fear factor as Quins primed for Pegasus test

Rachael Kohler believes any psychological scars from bygone days will not be a factor when her Cork Harlequins side meets Belfast powerhouses Pegasus in the semi-finals of the Irish Hockey League at Grange Road tomorrow (12.30pm).

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