Trinity bank on Dutch inspiration
Trinity College Dublin will be hoping their Dutch wildcard can help inspire them to victory as the most open intervarsity tournament in recent years gets underway in UCD on Sunday.
Midleton fly the flag for Munster
Midleton College provided the shock of the pool stages of the All-Ireland Schoolboys Championships at Ballinteer yesterday, ousting 2007 champions Cookstown HS to provide a Munster semi-finalist in this year’s competition.
GAA stars to swap sticks
Cork IT have landed something of a coup by persuading GAA’s Young Footballer of the Year Aidan Walsh and Cork senior hurling panellist Lorcan McLoughlin to line out for them at this weekend’s hockey intervarsities in Dublin.
Top two on song again
Cork Harlequins’ superior movement and team-work was central to their 4-1 victory over UCC at the Mardyke, which keeps the pressure up on C of I – 9-1 winners over Catholic Institute – at the top of the table.
Ulster dominance continues
Ulster’s domination of age-grade girls hockey shows no signs of abating, as both their U18 and U16 sides claimed their third interprovincial titles in a row with 100% records at Milltown in Dublin.
Pembroke advance to EHL last 16
Craig Wilson’s late goal garnered a losing bonus point from Pembroke’s second Pool F tie in the EuroHockey League in Eindhoven, a result which will help Ireland’s longer term aspirations of holding onto two places in the competition.