Category: Club Hockey
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Women Premier: Belfast Harlequins 4 Banbridge 0
On Saturday, at lunchtime, Banbridge were the visitors to Deramore Park to face Belfast Harlequins in a Women’s Premier fixture. Banbridge had the majority of play in the scoreless 1st quarter. Their midfield dominated but the forwards couldn’t find space to create any meaningful chances. After 18 minutes a drive from midfield and a defence splitting…
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Men Premier: Queen’s University 2 North Down 2
On Saturday afternoon Queens faced North Down in a Men’s Premier League fixture at The Dub, Upper Malone. In a scoreless 1st half Queens were totally in control, dominating midfield and creating opportunities for the forwards. A stubborn and at times scrambling North Down defence kept Queens at bay, despite the plethora of penalty corners…
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Junior 7: Owls III 0 Armagh III 1
We caught up with Owls and Armagh 3rd XI’s in a Ulster Hockey Junior 7 league match at Roughfort on a very damp Saturday afternoon. The game was played in quite testing conditions with driving rain and high winds but both teams gave their best. The home keeper was the busier of the two goal…
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Senior 2: Owls 0 Rainey 6
We caught up with the Women’s Senior League 2 match between Owls and Rainey at Roughfort on Saturday afternoon. Rainey were fastout of the blocks, attacking right from the starting whistle and were first on the scoresheet too with No 5, Georgina McGuckin latching on to Owl’s goalkeeper’s clearance to slot home. The visitors kept…
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Junior 1: Annadale II 0 Banbridge II 6
I caught up with Annadale and Banbridge 2nd XI’s at Campbell College on Saturday lunchtime in a Junior 1 clash. It’s the first time I’ve covered hockey at Campbell, it’s a nice tidy setting and I’m sure I’ll be back. As it was early Saturday afternoon I was only able to cover the first three…
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Women Premiership: Queen’s University 1 Ards 0
By Saturday lunchtime I had made my way from Lisburn to The Dub for the hotly anticipated top of the Women’s Premiership clash between Queens and Ards. First played second and no quarter was asked nor given, in front of a crowd, bathed in autumn sunshine. Leaders Ards quickly found their rhythm forcing Queens to…
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Junior 4: Owls II 3 Coleraine III 3
I caught up with the Junior 4 league match between Owls 2nd XI and Coleraine 3rd XI at Roughfort on Friday night. It was an enjoyable game but it looked as though it was going to be a bit one sided as Owls rushed to a 2 – 0 lead in the first quarter. The…
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Men All Ireland : Lisnagarvey 1 Banbridge 4
We caught up with the early evening All Ireland Hockey League match between Lisnagarvey and Banbridge on Saturday at Comber Road. The local derby is always keenly contested and this one was no different. Matthew Nelson set the pace for Garvey by scoring in the second minute of the game, catching the opposition off guard…
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Women All Ireland: Pegasus 1 Pembroke Wanderers 2
I made the trip around the Outer Ring in reverse to get back to The Dub for Pegasus All Ireland League game with Pembroke Wanderers, from South Dublin. A low autumn sun now lit the ground, but no one should equate the sun with heat, it was cold! Pegasus were hoping to recover from their…
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Women All Ireland: Ulster University Elks 2 Catholic Institute 2
My big match of the weekend was the Women’s All Ireland Hockey League match between Ulster University Elks and Catholic Institute at Jordanstown Sports Village early Saturday afternoon. This one had it all; two strong teams bristling with Internationals, a fair bit of niggile and excited entourage’s in the dugouts – great! It was a…