Saturday, April 5: An exhilarating penultimate weekend in the EY Hockey League Division 1 wasn’t short of drama.
In the Women’s EYHL, Loreto finally secured their second league title on the bounce with a well fought away win to UCC. Catholic Institute and UCD played out a thrilling 2-2 draw in Rosbrien, with the home side securing the bonus point shootout. The result sees UCD complete their turnaround to climb into the Champions Trophy Play-Off places while Institute go two points clear in third. Pembroke Wanders nabbed a tight 1-0 win at home to Ards, securing them place in the topflight next season and condemning Ards to relegation.
In the Men’s EYHL, Three Rock Rovers came from behind to produce a statement win over current league leaders Lisnagarvey. The two sides are now level on points at the top of the table to tee up a tense final round next weekend. Corinthian caused a major upset against Banbridge to maintain their place in the Play-Off places, while Avoca continued their pursuit with a 5-2 win away to UCD. Monkstown had to settle for a bonus point draw away to Annadale, with the point for the Ulster side enough to keep their slim chances of survival alive. And YMCA produced a strong second half performance to beat Pembroke Wanderers in Wesley College.
In the Women’s EYHL2, Muckross squeezed past a stubborn Cork Harlequins side in Pool A. In Pool B, Queen’s University showed no sluggishness from their long journey to Cork, beating Ashton 7-0 to secure top spot, while Lurgan hold Corinthian to a draw to boost their confidence going into the Play-Offs.
In the Men’s EYHL2, Cookstown completed an unbeaten pool stage with a home win over Munster side Bandon, while Cork C of I left it to the final quarter to beat Kilkenny, in Pool A. In Pool B, Cork Harlequins produced two wins over Kilkeel, with Julian Dale netting five times to give the Cork side confidence going into the Play-Offs, and Instonians secured their place in third with a win against Clontarf in Dublin.
Friday, April 4th
Men’s EYHL 2 Results
Pool B
Kilkeel 3 – 6 Cork Harlequins
Kilkeel Scorers: Neil Stevenson Q2 (PC), Mark Stevenson Q4 (PS), David Finlay Q4 (PC).
Cork Harlequins Scorers: Julian Dale Q1 (PC), Q1 (PC), Q2 (FG), Q4 (FG) Andrew Dale Q2 (FG), Q4.
Saturday, April 5th
Women’s Results
UCC 0 – 2 Loreto
UCC Scorers: N/A
Loreto Scorers: Emily Kealy 47’ (FG), Yasmin Pratt 60’ (FG).
Catholic Institute 2 [4] – 2 [3] UCD
Catholic Institute secure drawing bonus point in the Shoot-Out.
Catholic Institute Scorers: Laura Foley 22’ (PC), Seodhna Dervan 64’ (FG).
UCD Scorers: Rebecca Carthy 52’ (FG), Emma Paul 60’ (PC).
Pembroke Wanderers 1 – 0 Ards
Pembroke Wanderers Scorers: Rachel O’Brien 17’ (FG).
Ards Scorers: N/A
Loreto – 42pts
Railway Union – 37pts
Catholic Institute – 31pts
Ulster Elks – 29pts
Old Alex – 28pts
Pegasus – 23pts
UCD – 23pts
Pembroke Wanderers – 22pts
Ards – 13pts
UCC – 7pts
Men’s Results
UCD 2 – 5 Avoca
UCD Scorers: Tim Cope 39’ (FG), 43’ (FG).
Avoca Scorers: Herbie Fowler Hudson 15’ (FG), Guy Sarratt 17’ (PC), 35’ (PC), Jason Rogan 32’ (FG), Daragh Grogan 63’ (FG).
Annadale 2 [2] – 2 [3] Monkstown
Monkstown secure drawing bonus point in the Shoot-Out.
Annadale Scorers: Spencer Pinion 5’ (PC), 70’ (PC).
Monkstown Scorers: Lee Cole 50’ (FG), Karl Lynch 66’ (FG).
YMCA 4 – 2 Pembroke Wanderers
YMCA Scorers: Sam Hyland 44’ (FG), Hayden Jones 52’ (FG), Ross Henderson 53’ (FG), 59’ (FG).
Pembroke Wanderers Scorers: Alan Sothern 49’ (FG), Henry Huston 63’ (FG).
Corinthian 4 – 2 Banbridge
Corinthian Scorers: Ian Stewart 19’ (FG), Oisin Gavin 21’ (FG), David Howard 44’ (PC), Gregory Williams 50’ (PC).
Banbridge Scorers: Matthew McKee 4’ (FG), Jake Rowe 48’ (PC).
Three Rock Rovers 3 – 2 Lisnagarvey
Three Rock Scorers: Ben Johnson 21’ (FG), 36’ (FG), Ryan Spencer 47’ (FG).
Lisnagarvey Scorers: Oliver Kidd 4’ (FG), Peter McKibbin 66’ (FG).
Lisnagarvey – 45pts
Three Rock Rovers – 45pts
Banbridge – 39pts
YMCA – 27pts
Monkstown – 27pts
Corinthian – 21pts
Avoca – 21pts
Pembroke Wanderers – 14pts
Annadale – 11pts
UCD – 2pt
Women’s EYHL 2 Results
Pool A
Cork Harlequins 0 – 1 Muckross
Cork Harlequins Scorers: N/A
Muckross Scorers: Caroline Matthews Q4 (PC).
Portadown – 22pts
Monkstown – 22pts
Muckross – 15pts
Cork Harlequins – 2pts
Pool B
Ashton 0 – 7 Queen’s University
Ashton Scorers: N/A
Queen’s University Scorers: Zoe Wilson Q1 (PC), Q1 (FG), Ellie Edwards Q3 (FG), Eva Gaston Q3 (FG), Q3 (FG), Q3 (FG), Jenna McCarlie Q3 (FG).
Corinthian 1 – 1 Lurgan
Corinthian Scorers: Hannah McGrane Q1 (PC).
Lurgan Scorers: Sarah McClure Q4 (PC).
Queen’s University – 36pts
Corinthian – 33pts
Lurgan – 20pts
Ashton – 8pts
University of Galway – 6pts
Men’s EYHL 2 Results
Pool A
Cookstown 5 – 2 Bandon
Cookstown Scorers: Jack Haycock Q1 (PC), Greg Allen Q1 (FG), Q1 (FG), Scott McCabe Q3’ (FG), Q4 (FG).
Bandon Scorers: Fionn O’Leary Q1 (FG), Ethan Hamilton Foote Q2 (FG).
Kilkenny 1 – 2 Cork C of I
Kilkenny Scorers: Jamie Horgan Q1 (FG), Gearoid Cashman Q4 (FG).
Cork C of I Scorers: David McClure Q1 (FG).
Cookstown – 37pts
Cork C of I – 30pts
Bandon – 17pts
Railway Union – 10pts
Kilkenny – 8pts
Pool B
Clontarf 0 – 2 Instonians
Clontarf Scorers: N/A
Instonians Scorers: TBC
Cork Harlequins 4 – 1 Kikeel
Cork Harlequins Scorers: Ben Roberts Q1 (PC), John Hobbs Q2 (PC), Clyde Buttimer Q3 (FG), Julian Dale Q3 (PC).
Kilkeel Scorers: David Finlay Q4 (PC).
Portrane – 36pts
Cork Harlequins – 33pts
Instonians – 19pts
Clontarf – 9pts
Kilkeel – 6pts