Shootout woe seals relegation fate for Ireland
It will be at least four years before Ireland grace the top tier of European U18 girls hockey after a penalty shootout defeat to Russia saw them relegated yesterday.
Malone’s U18s bid for Euro glory on home turf
Ireland’s U18 girls have a rare opportunity to claim continental glory on home turf as the EuroHockey Youth Championships get underway in Dublin today.
The best accident ever
Ryan Elliott is living his accidental dream – five years into his stint as associate head coach at the University of Richmond in the USA, the Bangor, Co Down native writes exclusively for Southern Fried Hockey about how he expanded his horizons beyond Irish hockey into the rarified atmosphere of NCAA field hockey.
Bell tolls as Meredith rings changes
Banbridge man Matthew Bell, pictured, is in line to win his first international cap as Andrew Meredith made a string of changes to the Irish senior men’s panel for the upcoming Hamburg Masters tournament.
Smith offers backing to Munster
In his first interview with Southern Fried Hockey, Irish senior women’s coach Darren Smith outlines how he would love to help with a high performance programme in Munster – but says the drive for such a structure must come from within the province.
Irish boys surge to Euro success
Ireland will be back at European youth hockey’s top table in 2015 after claiming gold at the EuroHockey Youth (U18) Nations Championships in Gasawa, Poland yesterday.