NDS Men

2019

Head Coach, Denis Pritchard has announced the Men’s U21 squad which has been selected for the U21 European Tournament in Litice, Czech Rep this summer from 14th – 20th July.

In the build up to the selection they have played a series of matches v France U21 in Dublin. They will play Scotland U21 in Belfast in June and then travel to Europeans in Litice.

Speaking about the announcement Pritchard says
“The majority of the athletes are performing weekly in the E.Y.H.L which has given them a maturity not previously attainable under the older structures. Allied with support from Sport Ireland and Sport N.I. while aligned to the Senior Men’s physical, tactical and technical programmes this group are being provided with opportunities to progress as a team and individually. We must also say a huge thank you to the player’s families whose support is crucial to the squad’s development. We will go to the Czech Republic in July confident of progressing to the “A” Division and setting a sound base for future years”

Ireland v Scotand Series

Friday, 28th June 7.45pm University of Ulster, Jordanstown
Saturday, 29th June 3.30pm NICCS, Stormont
Sunday, 30th June 2.30pm NICCS, Stormont

They then head to Litice in the Czech Republic to play in the EuroHockey Junior Championship II, full details of this tournament can be found here

1 Luke Witherow (VC) Banbridge Ulster
2 Scott McCabe Queens Ulster
3 Alex Tinney Banbridge Ulster
4 Luke Roleston Banbridge Ulster
5 Josh McCabe Cookstown Ulster
6 Matthew Crookshanks Beeston Ulster
7 Callum Robson Annadale Ulster
8 Conor Empey Three Rock Rovers Leinster
9 Sam Hyland YMCA Leinster
10 Harry MacMahon (C) Three Rock Rovers Leinster
11 Matthew Walker Three Rock Rovers Leinster
12 Alex Flynn Three Rock Rovers Leinster
13 Guy Sarratt Monkstown Leinster
14 Ben O’Grady YMCA Leinster
15 David Mawhinney Edinburgh University Leinster
16 Mark Samuel UCD Leinster
17 Alistair Empey Three Rock Rovers Leinster
18 Ben Johnson Waterford Munster

Coach Denis Pritchard will take on France in his first international game as U21 coach tonight in Three Rock Rovers Hockey Club. This is the first in a series of 3 matches against the French U21 team and will be an ideal opportunity to utilize his full squad.

“These games are a welcome opportunity to see where we are as a group with all squad players getting a chance to play. It has been a while since Ire U21 men have played a home game and it would be great to see a good crowd out to support these ambitious athletes”

Game 1 Tuesday, 9th April  @  7.30pm Three Rock Rovers
Game 2 Wednesday, 10th April @ 7.00pm Three Rock Rovers
Game 3 Thursday, 11th April @ 9.00am Three Rock Rovers

Irish U21 panel

1

Luke Witherow Banbridge Ulster

2

Scott McCabe Queens Ulster

3

Alex Tinney Banbridge Ulster

4

Andrew O’Hare Annadale Ulster

5

Ben Palmer Instonians Ulster

6

Ben Wallace Annadale Ulster

7

Luke Roleston Banbridge Ulster

8

Josh McCabe Cookstown Ulster

9

Matthew Crookshanks Beeston Ulster

10

Craig Getty Brooklands Ulster

11

Conor Empey Three Rock Rovers Leinster

12

Sam Hyland YMCA Leinster

13

Harry MacMahon Three Rock Rovers Leinster

14

Matthew Walker Three Rock Rovers Leinster

15

Peter Lynch UCD Leinster

16

Alex Flynn Three Rock Rovers Leinster

17

Guy Sarratt Monkstown Leinster

18

Ben O’Grady YMCA Leinster

19

David Mawhinney Edinburugh Univerity Leinster

20

Mark Samuel UCD Leinster

21

David Lawless Clontarf Leinster

22

Alistair Emepy Three Rock Rovers Leinster

23

Ben Johnson Waterford Munster

24

Conor Beck UCC Munster

25

Harry McCarthy Waterford Munster
  • Out due to illness – Gavin Gibney – Glenanne – Leinster

2018

Speaking about the squad and tournament, Caren said “This is another fantastic opportunity for us to develop our U21 players in a non major competition year, with high caliber opposition in both European and Asian teams. With us missing 4 of our players to the senior program as they compete for their spot in the World Cup squad, it enables us to look at players in a high pressure tournament environment that we maybe wouldn’t have been able to before. With promising performances in the USA Junior 3 Nations tournament in May, this will be a step up to challenge our team on the next level competing against U23 teams.”

Squad:

1 James Milliken Lisnagarvey ULSTER
2 Josh McCabe Cookstown ULSTER
3 Ben Wallace Annadale ULSTER
4 Peter McKibben Lisnagarvey ULSTER
5 Sam Grace UCC MUNSTER
6 Keith O’Hare Pembroke LEINSTER
7 Alex Tinney Banbridge ULSTER
8 Sam Hyland YMCA LEINSTER
9 Ryan Getty Lisnagarvey ULSTER
10 Scott McCabe Lisnagarvey ULSTER
11 Matthew Crookshanks Beeston ULSTER
12 Luke Witherow Banbridge ULSTER
13 Craig Getty Annadale ULSTER
14 Callum Robson Annadale ULSTER
15 Freddie Morris Schaerweijde LEINSTER
16 Andrew O’Hare Lisnagarvey ULSTER
17 David Rae Kilkeel ULSTER
18 Gavin Gibney Glenanne LEINSTER

Non-Travelling Reserves:

Luke Roleston

Harry McMahon

Peter Corrie

Spencer Pinion

Michael Kerr

Schedule:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

Head Coach Jonny Caren hails his team’s progress and is looking forward to the tournament, which marks the start of a busy summer for all international squads “This year is the perfect opportunity to focus on the dual purpose of the U21 programme; to develop our athletes along the player pathway towards a senior international career and develop our younger athletes towards next years’ Junior European Championships. This 3 Nations tournament is an exciting opportunity to look at current and future athletes in a competitive environment. It will be excellent experience for our talented group playing against the different styles of Japan and America”.

All matches to be held at Yale University (times listed are local):

Ireland 3vs1 Japan 20/5/18 at 8pm

Ireland 0vs0 USA 22/5/18 at 8pm

Ireland 4vs1 Japan 23/5/18 at 8pm

Ireland 7vs0 USA 25/5/18 at 8pm

Ireland 5vs6 Japan 26/5/18 at 2pm

Name Club
Luke Rolleston Banbridge
James Milliken Lisnagarvey
Keith O’Hare Pembroke Wanderers
Luke Witherow Banbridge
Ben Wallace Annadale
Sam Grace UCC
Callum Robson Annadale
Ryan Getty Lisnagarvey
David Rae Kilkeel
Scott McCabe Lisnagarvey
Conor Empey Three Rock Rovers
Geoff Cole Monkstown
Sam Hyland YMCA
Mark McNellis Lisnagarvey
Cian Murphy Pembroke Wanderers
Julian Dale Cork C of I
Matt Crookshanks Beeston
Adam McAllister Annadale

U21 National Men’s Team

Jonny Caren has announced his U21 men’s squad for the Eurohockey Junior Championships in Valencia (August 28th – 3rd September). Ireland sit in Pool B with Austria, Belgium and Germany, with Belgium and Germany finishing second and third respectively in last year’s Junior World Cup in India. Caren has the services of the ever reliable Jamie Carr in goal, recently returned from World League with the senior men’s squad. While Luke Madeley and Keith O’Hare’s drag flicking will surely be an obvious attacking threat, along with the pace and 3D skills of Cork Church of Ireland player Julian Dale.

Speaking about the squad, head coach Caren said “We have been together as a large panel over the past 9 months and this group have worked tirelessly on their preparation. We now find 7 of the panel either involved in the senior European Championships or unfortunately injured but the main focus for this group was to ensure we had an extremely tight knit team that worked well together on and off the pitch. Our main focus for this tournament is to ensure our top flight status to enable Junior World Cup qualification chance next time around”.

Squad:

  Name Club
1. CARR, JAMIE Three Rock Rovers
2. COLE, GEOFF Monkstown
3. CROOKSHANKS, MATTHEW Annadale
4. DALE, JULIAN Cork C of I
5. EMPEY, CONOR Three Rock Rovers
6. GETTY, RYAN Lisnagarvey
7. GRACE, SAM UCC
8. MADELEY, LUKE Three Rock Rovers
9. MARSHALL, KYLE Banbridge
10. MAWHINEEY, DAVID YMCA
11. McKIBBIN, PETER Lisnagarvey
12. MORRIS, FRED Almere
13. MULLINS, JOHN Clontarf
14. NELSON, DANIEL Lisnagarvey
15. O’HARE, KEITH Pembroke
16. SAMUELS, MARK Three Rock Rovers
17. WOLFE, SIMON Cork C of I
18. GK to be confirmed

Fixtures:

August 28th 9:00 Ireland vs Germany

August 30th 9:00 Ireland vs Austria

August 31st 11:15 Ireland vs Belgium

Full schedule can be found here http://eurohockey.org/competitions-calendar/

Eurohockey Junior Men’s Championships


Teams: 
Pool A- NED, BEL, ESP, POR; Pool B- GER, ENG, AUT, IRL
Venue: 
Valencia (ESP)
Dates: 
28th August- 3rd September 2017

2014 News:

 
IRELAND WIN GOLD at EUROPEANS 2014!Ireland’s U21 Team competed in the Europeans in Lousada, Portugal from 13th – 19th July taking the top spot after beating Scotland in the final.

U21 TOURNAMENT PAGE

U21 EUROPEANS FACEBOOK PAGE

Match Schedule Europeans (all local times)

Ireland 5-2 Russia – Monday July 14th @ 16.00   Match Report
Ireland 5-1 Ukraine – Tuesday 15th July @ 16.00   Match Report
Ireland 1-1 Portugal – Wednesday 16th July @ 18.00   Match Report
Ireland 9-2 Italy – Friday 18th July @ 14.00   Match Report

Ireland 3-1 Scotland – Saturday 19th July @ 15.00 GOLD!   Match Report

Ireland U21 Team

Matthew Bell     (Banbridge)

Peter Brown      (UCD)

Nick Burns           (UCD)

Jamie Carr           (Monkstown)

Lee Cole               (Monkstown)

Ben Cosgrove    (Grove Menzies)

Jeremy Duncan (UCD)

Neal Glassey      (Mossley)

Mark Ingram      (Pembroke Wanderers)

James Lorimer   (Lisnagarvey)

Mark Loughrey (Pembroke Wanderers)

Owen Magee    (Banbridge)

Johnny McKee  (Banbridge)

Sean Murray      (Lisnagarvey)

Harry Spain         (Pembroke Wanderers)

Daragh Walsh    (Three Rock Rovers)

Simon Wolfe      (Cork C of I)

Jamie Wright      (Portadown)

Non Traveling Reserves

Peter McKibbin (Annadale)

Ravin Nair            (UCD)

2012 Europeans Squad & Results Click Here