Ireland: Hockey Ireland Domestic Weekend Preview: Saturday January 20
EY Hockey League returns after the Christmas break this weekend with the EYHL Division 2 2023/24 season start. The League will sort out which teams from outside the EYHL gain promotion to the topflight at the end of the season. The teams qualify via their finishing position in their respective provincial leagues. The teams who […]
Ireland: Ireland Men book their place in Olympic Qualifier Semi-Final
IRELAND 1:0 JAPAN Valencia, January 17: Both Ireland Men and Ireland Women progress to the semi finals of the Olympic Qualifiers as Ireland Men beat Japan in their last pool game here in Valencia this evening. Both sides in this men’s encounter entered their final pool match having won one and lost one of […]
Ireland: In Memoriam: Dr Moira McKelvey (née Hopkins)
Hockey Ireland joins Ulster Hockey in sadness as it learns of the death of Dr Moira McKelvey (née Hopkins) who passed away peacefully on Thursday 11th January 2024. Moira had a very distinguished hockey career which started off at Victoria College, Belfast. When she was at school, she won her first full international cap for Ireland […]
Ireland: Ireland Women Secure Olympic Qualifiers Semi-Final Spot
IRELAND 3:1 KOREA Players in front of fans after the match. The task for Ireland going into tonight’s last pool match of these Olympic Qualifiers was simple. A win and second place in the pool and a spot in the semi-finals would be secure. In fact, a draw given Ireland’s superior goal difference to the […]
Ireland: Ireland Women Take Huge Win at Olympic Qualifiers
IRELAND 8 UKRAINE 0 To put this game in context after day one here in Valencia, Spain, Ireland and Belgium were in second and third place in Pool A after the Koreans beat Ukraine 3-0 to lead the standings. So Ireland needed to win this game to challenge successfully for a top two place […]
Ireland: Strong Irish Performance Not Enough Against Clinical Belgium
IRELAND 2:4 BELGIUM Without creating any clear cut opportunities Belgium dominated the opening exchanges of today’s second match for Ireland Men in their Olympic Qualifiers in Valencia. A well organised Irish defence coped admirably with whatever they were faced with. But Belgium, ranked number two in the world, had the ball in the net […]
Ireland: Hockey Mondays Episode 14
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Ireland: Ireland Men Start Their Olympic Qualifier With A Dominant Win
IRELAND 5 UKRAINE 1 Ireland Men began their Olympic qualification Pool A campaign this evening with a game against Ukraine. The two sides had faced each other twice during the European Championships II finals in Dublin last summer so were familiar with each other. Ireland dominated possession early on but as the game wore […]
Ireland: Ireland Women hold Belgium to a draw in Hockey Olympic Qualifier Opener
IRELAND 0 BELGIUM 0 Ireland who are World ranked #13, began their Olympic qualification Pool A campaign with a defiant ‘backs to the wall’ performance against the European Silver medallists from 2023 and World Ranked #4 Belgium. Charlotte Engelbert forced a penalty corner after only 20 seconds. It was the first of nine such corners […]
Ireland: Ireland players in Valencia as Hockey Olympic Qualifiers about to begin.
First game starts Jan 13 as IRL Women take on world ranked #4 Belgium Ireland’s International Hockey Men and Women are now in Valencia ahead of the start of their Olympic Qualifications. With games starting Jan 13, this is the last chance for both sides to qualify for the Paris Olympics this summer. IRELAND […]
