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Former hockey journalist, now working for EuroHockey on their comms side of things; the odd musings/reposts about the game on here now!

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@hookhockey
The Hook
6 years
First World Cup final for any Irish team sport ever! Incredible #HWC2018
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The Hook
6 years
So we already have a World champion side! The Over 50s won their World Cup in Spain this evening. How good are we at hockey? Amazing
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The Hook
5 years
Jonny Bell: "The video umpire should hang his head in shame; to have a decision like that at this level is just not acceptable"
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The Hook
6 years
Ireland confirmed as EIGHTH in the new world rankings out this morning, moving up eight spots up to their highest spot since rankings were introduced! #HWC2018
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The Hook
6 years
Ayeisha McFerran - goalkeeper of the tournament! Not much argument with that - she also received several votes for the player of the tournament but that goes to Lidewij Welten #HWC2018
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6 years
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The Hook
5 years
Canvassed a few different Whatsapp groups with people from around the hockey world - not a single one yet to make a case for a stroke. Just heartbreaking and inexplicable...
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The Hook
6 years
On the press room wall, they post the press clippings from the respective countries. One fuller than the rest! #HWC2018
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The Hook
7 years
Amazing news! @IreWomenHockey confirmed as World Cup qualifiers for first time since 2002 courtesy of results in Australia! #irishhockey
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The Hook
6 years
0.5 seconds inside the time limit and Ireland have it!! Semi-final of the World Cup. You beauty! #HWC2018
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The Hook
2 years
Very significant and brave announcement from Peter Caruth on his Instagram page a moment ago. You can read more about his decision to come out publicly here:
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The Hook
5 years
Attendance record for a women's international sporting event, 6,086! Previous record for Irish women's rugby game vs England in the Six Nations earlier this year at same stadium!
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The Hook
5 years
Ahh! Team of the Year! @IreWomenHockey - amazing! What an honour for an incredible year! #RTEsportsawards
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The Hook
5 years
Probably not the best time to point this out but the video umpire last night, according to TMS, was doing his first men's international Video Umpire game (second in total). With the best will in world, you would hope @FIH_Hockey would have experienced heads in the roles
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The Hook
6 years
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The Hook
1 year
Genuinely honoured to receive the Graham Wilson Award "for outstanding services to hockey journalism" by my contemporaries from the @HockeyWriters1 !
@TheHockeyPaper
The Hockey Paper
1 year
Irish journalist recognised for services to hockey journalism by @HockeyWriters1 | @eurohockeyorg
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The Hook
5 years
No previews for weekend club action today due to the latest arrival to The Hook family!
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The Hook
4 years
- 1⃣2⃣3⃣ caps as a player - 8⃣ Irish Senior 🏆 - 4⃣ All-Ireland Club Champs/IHL titles - Over 8⃣ years as manager, assistant-coach and more with @IreWomenHockey - World Cup 🥈 A guaranteed future Hall of Famer
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The Hook
6 years
Dorothea Findlater (The Hook's granny) passed away this morning at the ripe age of 107 and 329 days after an amazing life. The funeral is Thursday (November 23) at 11 o'clock in St. Brigid's Parish Church, Stillorgan via @IrishTimes
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The Hook
6 years
Some great news from @daveyharte this morning following results of CT scan; injury not as bad first feared - no fracture to his fibula. He will be out for a minimum of seven more days but, all going well, should be back for World Cup. Full piece in Examiner tomorrow
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3 years
Final score: @IreWomenHockey 2 (C Watkins, R Upton) @GBHockey 1 (L Unsworth) Significant win! Shirley McCay said before she had never beaten GB in a friendly or otherwise so this is definitely a notable showing despite being uncapped! Sweet that it was televised into bargain
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The Hook
6 years
Final score: @IreWomenHockey 1 (O'Flanagan) India 0 - how much are flights next Thursday? A #HWC2018 quarter-final awaits!
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The Hook
3 years
Two goals from Deirdre Duke and one each from Nikki Evans and Anna O'Flanagan saw Ireland win 4-1 against Spain this morning in an uncapped match. Check out the Irish goals!
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The Hook
6 years
Waaaaa! Pinder scores again! Ireland win the 3-2 shoot-out and they are off to the World Cup final! THE WORLD CUP FINAL! #HWC2018
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The Hook
5 years
Olympic dream comes true for Irish women's hockey team
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The Hook
6 years
Women’s Hockey World Cup Pool B Ireland 3 (D Duke 2, S McCay) USA (M Paolino) Just bloody magic! #HWC2018
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The Hook
5 years
Ireland’s shoot-out queens guaranteed a very first women’s appearance at the Olympic Games as Ayeisha McFerran added to her place in hockey folklore with three vital saves when all looked lost. On the whistle report from the Indo
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The Hook
7 years
Amazing news, @IreMenHockey beat New Zealand 1-0 and go direct to the World Cup! First time in since 1990!
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The Hook
5 years
Final score: @IreMenHockey 5 (O'Donoghue 2, Murray 2, Cargo) Canada 3 (Johnston, Pereira, Wallace) - at half-time in the contest, a good lead to take into Sunday. Ireland punished Canadian indiscipline; body language and attacking intent a world away from the Euros!
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The Hook
5 years
Seismic shift for @IreWomenHockey announced this morning as Park Developments announced as new sponsor. They rolled out a four-year package with bursaries for 23-players, supplementing Sport Ireland and Sport NI funds, to allow players go closer to full-time
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The Hook
6 years
Bit weird to see the winner of the #RTESportsAwards is the scorer of one goal in two wins in 2017 gets 21% vote when a World Goalkeeper of the Year David Harte and the incredible Con O'Callaghan can't even make the shortlist... and a world champion only gets 8% #rewardmediocrity
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The Hook
4 years
Very sad news; Nikki Dignam has passed awayr. An outstanding player, she lifted the EuroHockey Cup Winners Trophy with Loreto​ in 2003 in Vienna and was instrumental in the rise of Wicklow in recent years as well as playing for the Irish Masters.
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The Hook
5 years
Irish Hockey owes a huge debt of gratitude to Nigel Ringland for pushing the sport's agenda with BBC NI; without having that advocacy - allied to extensive knowledge - in such a big media outlet, this tournament would have had nowhere near the reach.
@nigelringland
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IT'S A WRAP FROM BANBRIDGE Thank-you Chris and the production team @banbridgehc @irishhockey @FIH_Hockey for allowing us @BBCSPORTNI to showcase hockey - @samhockeygold @alexspeers @mercianhockey @JennaWatt1 And finally to @bak2me @IreWomenHockey as always for making my job easy
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The Hook
6 years
Amid the euphoria, Johnny Watterson has an important article on the funding realities this Irish women's team is operating, showing how incredible their success is!...
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The Hook
5 years
So cool to see this for a hockey event in Ireland! Five minutes to game time
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The Hook
6 years
Women’s Hockey World Cup Ireland 0 Netherlands 6 (L Welten, K Jonker, K van Male, M Pheninckx, M Keetels, C van Maasakker) - the Dutch too good today but this has been a life-changing competition for these players! Heroes and legends all! #HWC2018
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The Hook
5 years
Have never been at an atmosphere like this at a European hockey game before. Belgium going wild!
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The Hook
3 years
Started a new job this week! I now get to devote even more time to chatting about hockey!
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The Hook
6 years
The benefits of that new world ranking are massive; it means if @IreWomenHockey get through World Series tournament next spring, they would get a home Olympic qualifier match-up barring some miracle! #HWC2018
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The Hook
6 years
Due a slightly early new arrival of the mini-Hook, I won't have previews up today of the weekend!!
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The Hook
7 years
Final score: Germany 1 (L Windfeder) @irishhockey 1 (S Murray)! First ever result for Ireland vs Germany in a ranking event! More history!
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5 years
Awesome. Congrats @SharpieG ! Manager of the Year. #irishhockey
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The Hook
6 years
One of the driving forces of the last 15/20 years, Ronan Gormley has formally retired from Ireland today. Not just a sensational player, few have done more off the pitch to raise standards to achieve Olympic and top 10 hockey!
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The Hook
4 years
Congrats to the @irishhockey indoor side on their Euro bronze following a 33-year hiatus! A fine effort from Kenny and all the team
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The Hook
5 years
Ireland win 3-2 and finish fifth, equaling best place in Euros; three wins, one draw and one defeat shows small margin between top four and bottom four for Ireland
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The Hook
5 years
So, you might be able to tell both Sarah Hawkshaw and Katie Mullan played a bit of GAA to a decent level! Fun goal from @IreWomenHockey 's 3-3 draw today!
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The Hook
4 years
Devastated to hear of the passing of Ken Treacy, a friend of The Hook and a stalwart of Pembroke's incredible team of the 2000s. A brilliant player and a brilliant person.
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The Hook
3 years
Final score: @IreWomenHockey 1 (Upton) @GBHockey 1 (Petter) - series shared, same wins, draws, losses, goal scored etc Probably should have won that but how and ever, very upbeat series all round
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The Hook
6 years
Collector's items! #HWC2018
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The Hook
2 years
Disappointing to read in the @IndoSport that no @RTEsport broadcasts from the World Cup next week
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The Hook
6 years
Final score: @newtownschoolw 1 (I Johnson) @BanAcademySport 0! Historic win for the Waterford school. They never reached a semi before. Now they have the title! #irishhockey
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The Hook
2 years
I don't think this has been done for any major Irish team sport before but is probably the aspiration of where everyone wants to get to: the exact same level of support for both genders!
@SoftCoGroup
SoftCo
2 years
SoftCo & @irishhockey are delighted to announce SoftCo as main sponsor of both the men’s and women’s national teams on an equal basis. SoftCo will become the main sponsor of the men’s senior and development programs. @IreMenHockey #TeamSoftCo Read more:
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The Hook
7 years
“He puts his head in places where others wouldn’t even put their oldest stick. That’s why we love him." @ConorHarte27 on @PaulGleghorne !
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The Hook
2 years
The Irish Women's Over-35s took silver from the Masters World Cup; they were undone in the final 2-1 by England with Yvonne Rogers getting the goal. What a performance from them this week in Nottingham
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The Hook
3 years
Congrats to @JoanMorgan1 and @bak2me who have been confirmed as Honorary Life Members of Hockey Ireland this evening!
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The Hook
5 years
Ayeisha McFerran belatedly - and deservedly - awarded the @FIH_Hockey goalkeeper of the year!
@eurohockeyorg
EuroHockey
5 years
'Big moments need big players' McFerran saves Lorenz's penalty stroke to keep Ireland in with a chance #EHC2019 WATCH LIVE:
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The Hook
5 years
Eugene Magee retires from Irish Hockey and says pain of controversial Canada loss is still raw
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The Hook
6 years
A week, three Irish jouranlists were in the press room for the game vs England; now, we are being doled out spots in the press stand as its set to be too full! #bandwagon
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The Hook
5 years
“The video umpire should hang his head in shame.” Captain Jonathan Bell’s summation will be echoed around the Irish hockey world as a farcical video review decision with one second to go denied his side a place at the 2020 Olympic Games.
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The Hook
4 years
What an outstanding ambassador for @irishhockey for the past 30 years as a player, coach and manager! All the best for the next phase @bak2me
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BBC SPORT NI
4 years
"It's someone else's time... it's now a good time to go" Arlene Boyles will step down from her role as Team Manager of the @IreWomenHockey squad when her contract with @irishhockey finishes at the end of August. @UlsterHockey l @hookhockey l @EYWomenAthletes @20x20_ie
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The Hook
1 year
Front page in the @IrishTimesSport today!
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The Hook
2 years
Good news - @RTEsport is now a position now to show the @IreWomenHockey World Cup games against Chile and Germany on the RTE News Channel! Saturday's game vs the Netherlands will be @btsport 's ESPN channel which is also available on @NOWTV_It
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Declan McBennettRTE
2 years
Coverage of the ⁦ @irishhockey ⁩ 🇮🇪 WC matches v Chile 🇨🇱 & Germany 🇩🇪 on July 5th/6th will be carried on the RTE News channel. All subsequent match coverage on ⁦ @RTEsport ⁩ will be subject to confirmation after the group phase. #COYGIG #canseecanbe
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The Hook
1 year
Historic moment for @RailwayUnionHC as they beat Austria's WAC 3-1 (J Long, L Lloyd, S Patton), guaranteeing a top two spot at the Trophy and promotion! It will end a 30-year gap for @irishhockey to play in the top tier (Randalstown, 1994)!
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The Hook
2 years
Another sad loss as my journalistic colleague and friend John Flack ( @FLACKEROOS ) has passed away. He travelled the world covering @irishhockey , his stories from the 1990 men's World Cup in Pakistan are the stuff of legend. Billy Pollock tribute here:
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The Hook
5 years
Rd6 - Woodcroft beaten by the buzzer and Ireland have the guaranteed Olympic spot! Video again as Canada make a last ditch effort to get something... oh the memories
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The Hook
5 years
Congrats to former @IreMenHockey boss Craig Fulton on playing his part in the @BELRedLions World Cup gold medal!
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The Hook
2 years
Another cool feature of the Jacqui Potter Cup final saw 18-year-old Christina Coulter Reilly umpire her first final of this level in front of a big crowd. In the performance, she showed few nerves in giving a stroke 70 seconds from full-time.
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The Hook
2 years
Another amazing piece of history for Craig Fulton last Sunday as he signed off his coaching tenure with Racing Club de Bruxelles with their first Belgian title in 81 years!!
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The Hook
4 years
Ireland’s women earned European indoor promotion at the first attempt after they romped over the line in Bratislava, earning them a silver medal from the third tier of continental competition with two big wins on Sunday.
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The Hook
3 years
One of the unsung heroes, her 2017 WL3 heroics played a massive part in kick-starting the @IreWomenHockey odyssey and a fairly incredible personal journey. Strong and perfectly pitched words.
@Grace_OF
Grace O'Flanagan
3 years
The highs and lows 💚 @IreWomenHockey ☘️
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The Hook
6 years
Congrats to @WaterfordHC 's Kirsten Mate Maher on her #RoseOfTralee success last night! #justbesound
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The Hook
6 years
Any guesses? You know you have made it when you are on @QuestionofSport eh @AnnaOF
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The Hook
6 years
How good is this pass? Brilliant goal from @IrelandJAG
@eurohockeyorg
EuroHockey
6 years
IRL 3 - 1 BLR Pratt circles round the keeper to score, pushing Ireland further into the lead in the 4th QTR #EHCU18
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The Hook
6 years
Wow, one hell of an appointment for the Irish men. If he can get what he has got from @KampongHockey out of the @IreMenHockey , it would be incredible!
@irishhockey
Hockey Ireland
6 years
Hockey Ireland is pleased to announce the appointment of Alexander Cox as the new head coach of @IreMenHockey , welcome to the team!
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The Hook
5 years
60' oh for f*** sake, video umpire has given a stroke for a deliberate foul on the baseline.
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The Hook
3 years
With @IreWomenHockey playing South Africa today, it's always a nice time to look back on this @NicciDaly22 work of art from 2015!
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The Hook
6 years
Brilliant news: The popular sports media brand Off The Ball has teamed up with Irish ParaHockey ID as its new sponsor. This partnership will see the Irish ParaHockey ID team wearing Off The Ball sponsored shirts at the next 2 European events.
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The Hook
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@ScoreIan
Did Ian Score Today?
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Today is the day our man, Ian Robert Stewart, makes his Full International Debut. A massive day for his family, his friends, the team at ScoreIan HQ, and for Ian himself. We’re going to try to shed some light on why today will be such an emotional and special day below 1/X
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The Hook
5 years
Saba have been announced as a partner of @irishhockey !
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The Hook
7 years
Brilliant from @IrishTimesSport for give space every day of #HWL2017 journey! Top mainstream media support
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The Hook
5 years
Donnybrook Stadium (Energia Park) confirmed as the venue for the Olympic qualifiers!
@irishhockey
Hockey Ireland
5 years
Hockey Ireland Announce Olympic Qualifier Venue
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The Hook
5 years
Thumbs up for @AliKeogh88 who becomes the first Irish umpire to officiate an @FIH_Hockey Pro League game today as USA take on the Netherlands!
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6 years
Magical night in London, here's the Irish Times piece from the final whistle. More considered reaction piece to follow!
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The Hook
3 years
Two late goals from @AnnaOF saw the @IreWomenHockey win game three of their series in Spain 2-0! Two wins out of three so far; rest day tomorrow and then game four on Friday
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The Hook
2 years
Huge news; the @IrelandMasters Over-35 women have qualified for the World Cup Final following the 1-1 draw between the US and the Netherlands with a group game to spare! They play the Dutch tomorrow and then the final on Sunday!
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The Hook
1 year
Lovely moment yesterday as @leinsterhockey1 Life Member Percy Henchy received a guard of honour after he umpired his last match yesterday between Clontarf and Avoca. He has been an official for over 50 years... contd
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The Hook
5 years
13' YAAAS! What a goal! @shaneod16 scores his 93rd goal and it is a peach, Murray slips the pass, O'Donoghue flips it up chest high and volleys it in! 1-1. That equals the Irish goalscoring record!! #HWC2018
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The Hook
3 years
How good is this!
@eurohockeyorg
EuroHockey
3 years
Brilliant goal from Ireland! O'Flanagan's cross after a quick counter is expertly deflected home by Duke #EHC20201 Watch Live:
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The Hook
3 years
Great start to Spanish series as @IreWomenHockey women first uncapped game 4-1 this morning!
@rfe_hockey
RFEH Hockey
3 years
🏆 AMISTOSO 📅 10/1/2021 📍 @AytoSantomera ⏰ FINAL @AbsolutaFem (1) @irishhockey (4) 🎤 El próximo martes (12hs), llegará el turno del 2.º encuentro entre ambas selecciones. #RedSticks
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The Hook
8 years
Congrats @daveyharte on becoming the first @IreMenHockey player to win the #EHL ! Full interview later this evening
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The Hook
6 years
Ireland win!! the @Clowatkins Cosmo strikes and its 3-1!! India going for video though to delay celebrations! #HWC2018
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The Hook
6 years
Full time: Ireland 0 England 1 (Ansley), England dominated to be fair but McFerran was immaculate in goal and the corner defensive unit also put in a mass of big blocks; Italy or India next on Thursday #HWC2018
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The Hook
5 years
The winner from @AnnaOF
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The Hook
4 years
The mini Hook thrilled to meet @Ayeeishaa today! He has been loving her work since jumping on the World Cup bandwagon in 2018 and can't wait for #Tokyo2020
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