Hockey

The 2018 Hockey World Cup is being held in London, but all eyes are on Johannesburg this month as the Irish Women’s senior hockey team battle it out for a qualifying spot at the World League 3 series. Amongst the team are many household names to hockey fans, one of these names and leaders is […]

Under-16 girls for Scotland series: Sarah Dunleavy (Salerno/Greenfields), Jodie Douglas (Wesley College/Railway Union), Christina Hamill (Loreto Foxrock/Genesis), Caroline Mathews (Holy Child Killiney/Muckross), Siofra O’Brien (Loreto Foxrock/Avoca), Niamh Shaw (Muckross Park/Railway Union), Caitlin Sheerin (Loreto Foxrock/Avoca), Sophia Cole (St Columba’s College/Railway Union), Natasha Twomey (Mount Anville/Mount Anville), Caoimhe Perdue (Ursuline Thurles/Cashel New Inn), Lauren Ryan (Villiers/Catholic Inst), […]

In January 2007 Cliodhna and I travelled with the senior team to Stellenbosch, South Africa. As innocent, inexperienced 18 year old kids from two small villages on opposite ends of Ireland, we stepped onto the pitch in soaring temperatures to win our first caps for our country. I can’t speak for her but I’d be […]