david hobbs
Hobbs: New coach must help Ireland make next step
Experienced Irish hockey international David Hobbs believes the new Ireland coach’s biggest challenge will be to help the team take “another couple of steps forward” by qualifying for a major tournament. Despite jumping six world ranking places – from 24th to 18th – in four years under Englishman Dave Passmore, Ireland have failed to qualify for [...]
Let them entertain you
Entertain, entertain, entertain. The inaugural Irish Hockey League (IHL), which gets underway tomorrow, has a multitude of objectives, but top umpire Ray O’Connor’s emphatic description summarises it best. More than anything else, Irish hockey’s movers and shakers are striving to make the new competition, which pits the country’s top club sides against each other in [...]
