We are delighted and very proud to announce that Her Majesty the Queen has awarded Ronnie with the honour of The British Empire Medal for services to Northern Ireland Hockey. All of us at Annadale Hockey Club and in Ulster Hockey appreciate how well this award is deserved.
Ronald William Smyth, 1949 - 2023
Following the death of Ronnie, it is the express wish of the Smyth family that all hockey activity, at every level, should go ahead as planned …..
It is with deepest sorrow that inform all our hockey friends of the passing of our Club President Ronnie Smyth BEM. His long time friend Michael Graham has put a few words together
Annadale Hockey Club are delighted to announce the appointment of Gareth Kidd as their 1st XI Head Coach. A former assistant coach at Annadale and experienced schools coach, Gareth is also a former manager of the Ireland men’s senior squad.
welcome Gareth back to the club.
Club President Ronnie Smyth was delighted to get the opportunity to present £500 from his book donations to Raphoe Hockey Club’s junior section today, in memory of the dearly-loved and much-missed Richard ‘Dicky’ Eaton.
Please take a moment out of your day to read this important message below.
All donations helping Paul Osborne ‘Ozzy’ Sullivan Upper 1st XI hockey coach and his family would be greatly received.
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Annadale & Youth Sport Legend Ronnie Smyth has written a book about his sporting life. It’s a great read about a great man & family.
Books are not priced, however a donation is appreciated with ALL proceeds being given to youth sports, so please be generous! Contact us for info
David Smyth is the new matchday coach for the 2nds. He brings a wealth of experience to the role. He played for the first XI for over 25 years starting at 14 and represented the Ireland on 63 occasions. He is a qualified Level 2 coach. A great addition to the coaching staff.
NEW SIGNING
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We are delighted to announce the signing of Irish international Neal Glassey following his successful spell at Crefelder HTC.
Looking forward to seeing you in the ⚪️⚫️🔴 Builder.
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Well done to Peter Caruth and especially to Callum Robson for making the next of the Irish men’s selection for the World Cup. Delighted to see Callum bounce back so 💪 from injury
We are delighted to announce the appointment of Richard Fairman as the 1st XI Head Coach. Richard brings with him many years of coaching experience including 2 years as Head Coach of Ulster U16 Boys.
Richard will be assisted by Jonny Caren who continues as Assistant Coach.
We are very sad to learn that Richard “Dickie” Eaton passed away on 22nd Sept. He had many friends from playing at Annadale & these friendship’s endured after he returned to Raphoe HC.
We would like to offer their sincerest sympathies to Dickie’s wife & family at this time.
It’s a well earned rest day today (for supporters as well as players) following two hard fought matches in the sweltering heat of Plzen Litice. A 2-2 draw with Turkey was followed up with a 3-2 win over the Czechs yesterday leaving our lads in second place before Poland tomorrow
New signing!
Neil Cooke joins the coaching staff as Assistant Coach of our 1st XI squad.
A former Irish International himself, he brings a wealth of experience to the role.
It's great to have you at the club Neil, all the best for the season ahead.
A gold medal for
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and Ireland’s men today, finishing off a successful week in Dublin, by winning the EuroHockey Championship II and securing an Olympic qualifying place in January.
Well done boys
@irishhockey
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Fresh from winning a bronze at the euro hockey indoor championships it was great to welcome Callum Robson back to help with our juniors
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The Annadale conveyor belt shows no signs of slowing up as we have 5 representatives (out of 22 players) in the Irish U16 panel to play 3 games V England this week. Good luck to the boys:
▪️ Paddy Rose
▪️ James Clark
▪️ Connor Slack
▪️ Kent Irwin
▪️ Connor Mathews
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Huge congratulations to Michael Robson who earned his 150th international cap when he lined out for Ireland today against Australia in the FIH Pro League in Bhubaneswar, India.
This is an outstanding achievement and is greatly deserved. We're proud of you Michael.
The sweet smile of success!
An 8-0 demolition of Poland,1-1 draw with Wales and a 2-1 victory over Italy secures the tournament win. Congratulations Patrick Rose and James Clark and the squad.
In a blustery Lilleshall the
@UlsterHockey
U18s narrowly lost a 3 match series 2 games to 1 against
@EnglandHockey
.
Great performances and unlucky not to get something out of today’s match. Well done Allen Lyons, Sam Anderson, David Corrie, James Clark and Conor Mathews
New signing Josh Anderson!
Fresh from his Irish Junior Cup Final success with Cookstown over Annadale, Josh makes the move to the Dale.
Don’t worry Josh all is forgiven, looking forward to seeing you between the sticks!
Busy few days for some of our Internationals!
Our senior Internationals today won the 4 Nations tournament in Glasgow. Congratulations to new signing Neal Glassey, Tim Cross, Callum and Michael Robson.
Meanwhile at UUJ our u18s completed 3 wins out of 3 over Scotland's U18 side.
The
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@IreBoysJag
U16 boys training panel has been announced and we have 5 representatives 👏🏻
• James Clark
• David Corrie
• Jamie Livingstone
• Allen Lyons
• Conor Mathews
Congratulations to our U15 and 1st XI player Michael Girvin on his selection for the Hockey Ireland JAG Boys U16 squad in preparation for the upcoming 8 Nations tournament in Spain.
Well done Michael and all the best for the months ahead!
Congratulations to our Ulster representatives playing against Wales this weekend in a three match series. Toby Moore U16 and Allen Lyons, Kent Irwin, Sam Anderson, James Clark and Paddy Rose. Both sides won their series 3-0 with Kent James and Paddy scoring for the U18s.
Annadale boys playing for Ulster U16s in a series of matches at the weekend Paddy, Jamie, Conor, our new player Kent, James and Connor. While Matthew represented the UK Lions
Congratulations to Paddy Rose, Jamie Livingstone, James Clark, Matthew McKibbin, Conor Matthews and Conor Slack for being selected to represent Ulster U16’s against Scotland and Wales over the next couple of weeks.
Dale pair Kent Irwin and Patrick Rose played for the Ireland u17s in a 4-nations tournament in Mannheim, Germany this weekend. The Irish boys lost to Australia, Netherlands and Germany but did themselves proud.
Squad Announcement: Head Coach Mark Tumilty names Ireland Senior Men's squad for January's Paris 2024 Olympic Qualifiers in Valencia, Spain.
For a full report go to or click on the link in our bio
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Congratulations to Fergus Gibson and Tom Robson on their selection for Ireland U18s in the European Championships to be held in July in Santander, Spain
Conor Matthews, Paddy Rose, Kent Irwin and James Clark playing for Ireland U16s in a two match series v Scotland winning 8-1 and 2-1
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A winning finish to the 8 Nations with the boys beating Scotland 2-1 this morning.
A great end to a long week with new friends made along the way.
Well done Allen, Paddy and Conor.
Round of applause to our 5
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U16s representatives who ensured the intro pro trophy stayed in Ulster after a busy weekend at Stormont 👏🏻👏🏻⚪️⚫️🔴🏑 hard luck to our 4 U18s who weren’t as fortunate this time out
U21s with Callum Robson and
@MattCrookshanks
. Beating Belarus 3-1 in game 1 with both boys scoring. Then beating the host Czech Rep 8 nil and Matt getting 2 and Callum another. Into semis with still to play Turkey today. Well done boys
Best wishes to Paddy Rose, Kent Irwin, James Clark, Conor Mathews, Jamie Livingstone, Allen Lyons and David Corrie who are all in action over the next 3 days for
@IreBoysJag
&
@IrishU18Boys
The boys play 3 matches v England at Lilleshall starting this afternoon
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