Our two 1st XIs pulled off massive results on Saturday to make it an exciting day up in HQ.
The ladies vets kicked it all off on Friday night with a 3-0 win over Railway! On Saturday the 1s played in the morning with a big 2-1 tin over Hermes 2nds. Having come back from one down after an unfortunate own goal, Meabh Holden leveled the score before Grace O’Malley became the unlikely match winner. She scored for the 1st time in 3 years with a reverse shot to seal the win for the girls on a day where rivals Genesis also lost to Pembroke.
The men meanwhile faced recent nemesis Monkstown later in the day, going into the game just a point behind the league leaders. It was a tense affair throughout, and one where discipline always seemed to have the potential to be discarded. Monkstown at one stage found themselves down to 9 while Rovers also suffered a green and yellow for fouls within the 25. Jonny Bruton, Westy and Huub were in good form with the former continuing his scoring run, this time bagging two. The first put Rovers ahead early in the game before David Cole brought matters square, while his 2nd 15 minutes into the 2nd half proved to be the winner. Pictures and Findos Hook report can all be found here:
Adrian Boehms photos http://irishhockeyphotographers.zenfolio.com/p727299505
Alwyn Robinsons photos http://alwynrobinson.com/Three%20Rock%20Rovers%20Men%201s%20v%20Monkstown%20Men%201s%202013
Match report from Findo in the team area https://www.threerockrovershc.com/s/match-centre-64910/0-1897718
Another impressive win was gained by the mens 3rds who saw off Suttonians 9-2. James Walker and Peter Hinds both got hold of hat-tricks as the team initially went one down before waking up to lead 6-1 at half time! Eds match report can be read on the team page https://www.threerockrovershc.com/s/match-centre-68288/0-2032329
No such luck befell the mens 4ths though as they battled hard to come from 3-0 down to lose to Kilkenny 3-2 in the early morning game. Match report from Chuck is here https://www.threerockrovershc.com/s/match-centre-68290/0-2032386. They made up for it with an impressive 8-0 win over Glenanne in the cup on Sunday with Don Gray, Slava and Ryan Shirley all bagging doubles. https://www.threerockrovershc.com/s/match-centre-68290/0-2133225
On the ladies side, the other 3 teams were not able to emulate the win from the 1sts, as each team came out on the wrong side of the scorelines. The 2s lost to a strong North Kildare team. Having been 0-0 at half time a period of 5 minutes in the 2nd half proved to be their downfall as they conceded twice.
The 3rds were out in Swords where they suffered a 4-1 loss while the 4ths were beaten 6-0 by an up and coming Rathgar side.
The younger junior girls had some early morning Sunday games this week. There were plenty of wins, draws and losses and Im told some great play, as the u10s played Corinthians and the 12s split themselves between UCD and Rovers to play Genesis. Well done to everyone!
Should anyone wish to send in info on your games (the mens 4ths are storming ahead in terms of report numbers!), please email newsletter@threerockrovershc.com
