Fine margins see Bandon, Villiers and Ashton advance
The battle for supremacy in senior schoolboys hockey in Munster will be too tight to call if yesterday’s All-Ireland Schoolboys Championships qualifiers are anything to go by.
Insta and C of I fire the first shots
On a day of one-sided results, Catholic Institute made the biggest statement of intent with an 8-0 dismantling of Bandon as the Munster season got underway on Saturday.
Men’s top tier down to just five teams
The endgame may be nearing for a reformation of elite men’s hockey in Munster as the new season begins under something of a shadow following Cork Harlequins’ decision to drop their second team.
Girls interpros moved to Munster
The girls U16 and U18 interpros were last night switched from Connacht to Munster following the western province’s decision to withdraw from hosting the tournaments.
Jermyn to spearhead C of I challenge again
The return of Irish top goalscorer John Jermyn to C of I colours, another big influx of players to UCC and the veer-growing Cork contingent at Pembroke are among the season’s early storylines as hockey returns with a smattering of pre-season tournaments taking place in Munster and beyond this weekend.
Relegation battles shred Irish nerves
Ireland’s women departed European hockey’s top table after a 3-1 defeat to Scotland while the men survived by the skin of their teeth, recovering a two-goal deficit to draw 3-3 with the Czech Republic to stay in the A division for 2015.