Ahead of the next week’s forum on the future of men’s and boys’ hockey in Munster, the Irish Hockey Association’s western regional development officer Phil Oakley outlines some of the challenges facing the male side of the sport in 2013
There is a significant Munster flavour to the Irish Universities squads which will partake in the Torneo de Reyes in Barcelona next month.
UCC blinked first in the battle for Munster Division One supremacy after going down 1-0 to Cork Harlequins at the Mardyke last night.
Ireland’s men’s O-40s and O-50s masters will be holding the first training session of the season on November 18 from 12.30pm to 4pm in Mossley.
UCD come to Cork to defend their men’s and women’s intervarsity titles but hosts UCC are determined to put a spanner in the works while new challengers look set to emerge too.
Munster schools, players, clubs and volunteers were left happiest as the province swept the boards at the Irish Hockey Awards in Dublin on Saturday night, claiming seven of the 15 awards decided by public vote.