Lizzie Holden (née Colvin) has confirmed her retirement from international hockey following a history-making 13-year career that brought World Cup silver, an Olympic appearance and 206 caps. The 31-year-old steps away having made her debut as a teenager, fresh out of Portadown College at a hail-stoning Garryduff at June 2008’s Celtic Cup, finishing off in […]
Saturday’s 16 men’s national cup fixtures produced a remarkable 96 goals with thrills and spills a plenty across the Irish Senior Cup and Irish Hockey Trophy. Cork C of I won a Munster thriller against Bandon to reach the final eight of the Senior Cup, eventually prevailing after a shoot-out following a 3-3 draw in […]
** Queen’s celebrate in their shoot-out against UCC (click here for Billy Pollock’s full gallery) Shoot-out drama abounded in the women’s Irish Senior Cup and Irish Hockey Trophy as Railway Union, Queen’s and Muckross all prevailed via that method on a thrilling day of action with 32 clubs battling it out in the respective competitions. […]
** Lisnagarvey’s James Corry lifts the 2020 men’s Irish Senior Cup. Picture: Adrian Boehm In total, 32 national cup ties will take place across the island with the men’s and women’s Irish Senior Cup and Irish Hockey Trophy campaigns playing out on Saturday. How strong the leading lights in the regional leagues are will be […]
Job Description for Fingal Hockey Development Officer (In partnership with Fingal CoCo and Leinster Hockey) Hockey Ireland (in partnership with Fingal CoCo and Leinster Hockey) are seeking to employ a Development Officer within the Fingal County Council catchment area . Starting in November 2021, the aim of the Fingal Hockey Development Officer (FHDO) is to […]
Hockey Ireland Development Camps this midterm in Sport Ireland Campus Book your space here https://hockey.ie/event-page/
It is great that hockey is going again and restrictions have eased. Schools and Clubs are back in action, the EYHL matches are underway and leagues in the provinces have commenced. After watching exciting games, during the Olympics in July, we are proud of what the girls achieved as great sporting ambassadors for hockey in […]
** Ireland celebrate Sam Hyland’s debut goal against Malaysia. Picture: Billy Pollock Mark Tumilty reckons experience could be key at the win or bust men’s World Cup qualifiers which get underway next week in Cardiff. World number 14 ranked Ireland need to win their first two games – starting off against 23rd rated Russia on Thursday, […]
Irish women’s coach Sean Dancer has named an 18-player central panel and two travelling reserves ahead next week’s vital World Cup qualifying competition which takes place in Pisa from October 21st to 24th. The eight-team competition will be played in a knock-out format with only one side earning a place at next summer’s World Cup which […]
Hockey Ireland’s national development coaches will conduct a webinar on October 27 at 5pm titled “Preparation and Planning – collectively modernising our approach”. The webinar is designed for coaches working with schools, club and interprovincial teams to enhance understanding of the latest guiding principles for high performance hockey in Ireland. David Passmore, the Irish women’s […]