EHF: Slavia and Watsonians win laurels in Alanya – Women’s Challenge I round-up

Women’s EuroHockey Challenge I – Alanya (TUR)SK Slavia Prague and Watsonians earned promotion to EuroHockey Trophy level in contrasting fashion as they saw off Gaziantep Poligücü and Clydesdale Western, respectively. For Slavia, they eventually prevailed in the seventh round of a shoot-out with Nikol Babicka scoring the vital goal while goalkeeper Andrea Vančurová kept out […]

Kookaburras and Great Britain play out FIH Pro League thriller

The Kookaburras have earnt a shootout bonus point victory over Great Britain in an enthralling FIH Pro League encounter in Christchurch after scores were locked 3-3 at full time. Joel Rintala scored his second hat-trick in a row, including a last minute equaliser, in a game that seemingly had everything before being decided by a […]

Ireland: Irish Senior Cup Finals match reports.

WOMEN’S IRISH SENIOR CUP FINAL MONKSTOWN 3 CATHOLIC INSTITUTE 1 Defending champions Catholic Institute ended up surrendering their Irish Senior Cup title after a closely fought encounter with Monkstown. Monkstown began the game well and forced an early penalty corner which did not produce the opening goal however. Aoife Hickey received a green card in […]

GREAT BRITAIN TOO STRONG FOR BLACK STICKS MEN

GREAT BRITAIN TOO STRONG FOR BLACK STICKS MEN There was despair in Christchurch on Friday evening as the Vantage Black Sticks men were soundly defeated by a precise Great British team six goals to one.  The first quarter was largely dominated by Great Britain with their positional organisation preventing New Zealand from gaining a foothold […]