Cork-born brothers Conor and David Harte have joined the exodus of Irish men’s international players, having decided to take up opportunities to play in the Dutch hoofdklasse with SCHC. National coach Paul Revington has named 12 foreign-based players for this week’s Five Nations tournament in Paris.
Ireland picked up their first points of the girls’ Youth Olympic Games in Singapore today, recording a 1-0 win over South Africa.
Ireland’s senior men ended their four-game series with Malaysia on a bright note, with Timmy Cockram’s pair of switched drag-flicks giving them a 2-1 win.
A luckless Ireland side conceded late on for the third game in a row and went down 3-2 to Korea at the Youth Olympic Games in Singapore today, scuppering their chances of bringing home a medal.
It was a now-familiar script of hard luck and disappointment for Ireland this morning, as they suffered a third straight defeat at the Youth Olympic Games in Singapore, going down 3-0 to Argentina.
Ireland suffered Olympic heartbreak at the hands of New Zealand in Singapore this morning, as the Black Sticks grabbed a last-gasp strike to claim a 3-2 victory. Coach Dave Passmore claimed afterwards he was “truly gutted” for the side, while manager Una McCarthy praised the best performance she had ever seen in age-grade games.