New hockey photography website launched

Irish hockey’s top photographers have joined forces to launch a new one-stop shop – http://irishhockeyphotographers.zenfolio.com – for players, parents and fans to purchase top-class pictures.

The Irish Hockey Photographers collective was founded in 2008 in association with Ireland’s dedicated hockey news websites, The Hook and Southern Fried.

A UCD player takes a tumble - just one of the top-class pictures from Adrian Boehm

The team of amateur snappers has grown to incorporate Adrian Boehm, Deryck Vincent, Ondine Roche, Eoin Tyrrell, Stephen Findlater and Emer Keogh among other contributors, and covers every level of hockey in the country from schools up to senior international level.

The group primarily provides photos for The Hook and Southern Fried – the only hockey blogs in their respective homelands of Leinster and Munster – but has also supplied photos to the Irish Examiner, Irish Times and Evening Herald, as well as numerous other local publications.

The success of the group’s initial venture via the photography social networking site Flickr – where their photographs have clocked up almost one million views in less than two years – has led to a significant extention of the service provided.

All photos are now available to purchase in a printed format, in a range of sizes direct from the site. T-shirts and mugs emblazoned with your favourite image are also available, and your chosen product is delivered straight to your home.

The site currently features all photos taken by Adrian Boehm since September 2009. The Irish Hockey Photographers will be uploading their pictures from the last few seasons over the summer, but if you have a specific set of photos you would like to purchase, email irishhockeyphotographers@yahoo.co.uk and they will be uploaded in due course.

For futher information – or to enquire about joining the Irish Hockey Photographers team – visit the site here.

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Ondine Roche captured a celebratory moment as Cork Harlequins claimed the Munster women's Division 1 title.

Irish Hockey Photographers is the latest in a serious of innovations in the service provided to the hockey public by Southern Fried and The Hook, and it certainly won’t be the last.

Such efforts require plenty of time and effort, which we don’t mind putting in, but they also require financial investment.

I have therefore setup a PayPal Donate service – located in the sidebar on the right of the site, or by clicking here – for anyone who wishes to contribute to the upkeep of this site and future improvements and innovations.

Should you wish to donate, the size of the contribution is up to you, and donors can choose to remain anonymous. All support is greatly appreciated.

A big thanks is due to Botanic HC’s Gillian McAuliffe for her help in getting the Irish Hockey Photographers site operational, and to Niamh Hutton for her work on the logos and watermarks.