SFH diarist Rebecca Barry laments the lack of a club structure in American hockey, which means the 5-0 conference final defeat her Richmond Spiders side suffered is likely to be the last game of serious hockey some of her team-mates will ever play.
Ireland coach Andrew Meredith has shaken things up for his side’s crucial World League second round in New Delhi later this month with uncapped Banbridge teenager Peter Brown among three new faces.
Fermoy have given themselves a fighting chance of avoiding relegation after claiming their first ever win in Munster hockey’s top tier, a riveting 4-3 success over Bandon.
Crescent and Ursulines Thurles will contest an all-north Munster Senior Schoolgirls Cup final, while a superb year for Villiers continues as they have senior and junior boys cup final dates to look forward to.
Having seen their fortunes turned around by the return of a number of players in their 20s, Cork C of I go up against UCC this weekend hoping to announce their return to Munster hockey’s top table.
Cork Harlequins avenged UCC’s midweek raid on Farmer’s Cross with a 3-1 Munster Senior Cup victory – only for the students’ seconds to stun their Quins counterparts with a shock 4-2 win in the Munster Junior Cup straight afterwards.