Category: Schools Hockey
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All Ireland Schoolboys Championship: Day 2
The group stages of the All Ireland Schoolboys Championship continued with the Group games on Day 2. Once again we focused our coverage on our Featured Schools in Group 3 and Group 4 whose matches were played at Banbridge Academy and Havelock Park. GROUP 1 GROUP 2 GROUP 3 GROUP 4 Bandon Grammar Cookstown High…
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Junior Cup: Royal School Armagh 4 Antrim Grammar 0
I took a break from the All Ireland Irish Schoolboys Championship to scoot over to College Hill, Armagh for the Junior Cup match between The Royal School and Antrim Grammar on Thursday afternoon. As one of our featured schools I’ve been enjoying the progress of this group of young players this season and they produced…
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All Ireland Schoolboys Championship: Day 1
We caught up some of the games in the Irish Hockey Schoolboys Championship hosted by Banbridge Academy on Wednesday,Thursday and Friday of this week. Apologies: We miscategorised one of the schools when we first published this article which may have caused access issues for Hockey Subscribers. This has now been fixed. If you are a…
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McDowell Cup: The Royal School Armagh 3 Sullivan Upper School 1
On Monday afternoon Sullivan Upper School II were The Royal School Armagh’s visitors for a McDowell Cup 1st round tie. Armagh caught Sullivan cold and in their first attack, from a through ball Gabby Moore slotted the ball home, after 3 minutes for a 1-0 lead. Both sides showed attacking flair but it was Sullivan, through…
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U14 Superleague: Belfast Royal Academy 0 Royal School Armagh 3
I caught the U14 Superleague Quarter Final at Roughfort on Saturday morning as Belfast Royal Academy hosted The Royal School Armagh. It was a tense game from the start with both teams battling it out in midfield for the first 15 minutes. Armagh got the breakthrough at the end of the first quarter with a…
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Friendly: Friends School 2 Ballymena Academy 1
On Saturday morning I had the opportunity to take in the first half of the Schools Friendly between Friends School and Ballymena Academy. Both sides had narrowly missed out on qualifying for the Superleague Quarter Finals. Friends started quickly pressurising their younger Ballymena visitors. Ballymena made rare incursions into the Friends ‘D’, while their defence…
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1st XI Superleague: Banbridge Academy 2 Strathearn School 0 Quarter Final
Banbridge Academy welcomed Strathearn School to Havelock Park on Thursday afternoon for a 1st XI Superleague Quarterfinal match. I surprisingly, dry conditions, the home team started off strongest and quickly moved into the lead with a lovely deflected finish by No 6, Alyssa Somerville off a shot from Ellen Jack. Banbridge pressured throughout both first…
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1st XI Superleague: Sullivan Upper 1 Rainey Endowed 2
I caught up with one of the final round of the 1st XI Superleague group stage matches early on Saturday morning as Sullivan Upper entertained Rainey Endowed at their Belfast Road pitch. Rainey, who were looking to win the group, went on the attack from the pass back but they were unable to break down…
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1st XI Superleague: Larne Grammar 0 Banbridge Academy 4
My second match at Upper Cairncastle Road was the Group 2 Superleague match between Larne grammar and Banbridge Academy, Larne needing a win to keep their hopes of qualifying for the knock out rounds alive. It was a tight first quarter with both sides creating a couple of chances each. Isla Allen was prominent for…
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U14 Superleague: Royal School Armagh 4 Grosvenor Grammar 0 (Half Time)
The Royal School Armagh entertained Grosvenor Grammar at College Hill in the U14 Superleague on Saturday morning. Unfortunately the game was late with the pass back so I was only able to cover the first half. The Royal School applied pressure from the start but thanks to some energetic saves from the Grosvenor keeper it…