A thrilling day in HQ and in other venues gave some mixed results for our teams but plenty to talk about!
First up was the mens 4ths, whos young debutants Harry McDermott and Sam Foudy made big impressions! Rob Johnsons reports gives us more info…
The word is out, the 4ths is the team to play for this season!! We needed crowd control to manage the players on the side line! We had 8 new players to the squad this week. Our 4 mature heads were Don G, Ravi, Ben E and "G" Dowling who flew in from San Fran to play with us today! The 4 useful players were from our U16 squad, Louis Glass, Harry McMahon, Sam Foudy, Slava Borodin who played mens hockey for the 1st time today – well done guys, and thank you! We had 18 players wanting to play; thank you to "Chuck" and Gillie" for selflessly stepping down from playing.
Despite being 1:1 (Sam Foudy) at 1/2 time, we were not playing to our full potential. In stepped Harry McMahon in the center midfield slot, to take control in the 2nd half. We won the 2nd half 2:0 (William Haughton and Sean Foudy, again!)
In the 1st half, our mature heads showed how to make a simple game complicated, while in the 2nd half, our useful (U16s) showed how a simple game is the most effective!!
This side is only warming up!! https://www.threerockrovershc.com/s/match-centre-68290/0-2032384
The 5ths unfortunately had their 1st league game cancelled due to an inability of the opposition to field a team. They will have to wait until this week to showcase their talents.
The 2nds finally got some well deserved points off the board with a fine 4-0 win over YMCA. Shane Madeley fired the guys ahead, while some lovely work by Sam Grace helped set up Johnny Dalrymple for an easy finish. Sam himself later got on the scoresheet, finishing off a corner with a good drag flick. Match report on the team page https://www.threerockrovershc.com/s/match-centre-68286/0-1897642
The 3rds also had a great result against YMCA, winning 6-3, James Walker had a hat-trick followed by 2 from Dylan Cullen and one from Stu Rigby Jones. Their match report is here https://www.threerockrovershc.com/s/match-centre-68288/0-2032327
The 1sts provided the most heart-stopping action of the day as they went from 3-0 up v Railway with 18 minutes to go, to 5-4 down at the last minute. A corner after the final whistle was the only saving grace as the lads ensured a last gasp point. Findos match report can be seen on the team page here: http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/threerockrovershockeyclub/s/match-centre-64910/0-1897624
The ladies mad some mixed fortunes to start off their campaigns. The 1sts ran out 1-0 winners over Trinity 2nds with Meabh Holden grabbing the only goal in that game.
The 2nds were outdone 0-3 by an excellent Pembroke side. Martha had a show stopping game in goal to keep the scoreline as it was as Pembroke couldn’t convert more of their many chances.
The 3rds drew 1-1 with Our Ladies away with Carla Donellan ensuring the team went home with some points, while the 4ths were very unlucky to lose 2-1 to Muckross.
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