When so many in the club have contributed to the running on such a successful event, its important for us to share some of the feedback we are getting from those who were officiating, participating and visiting the event. Below are notes from some of those involved:

‘Just a quick note to say thank you to you for all your efforts with the event in Dublin. It genuinely was one of the best organised events I have been to and enabled all involved to have an excellent competition.
Do pass on my gratitude to the rest of the team and the wider Three Rock Rovers family. I hope to visit again!’

‘On behalf of the Umpiring team, just wanted to say again, THANKYOU for a wonderful tournament in Dublin.
Your teams tireless work meant the event was a massive success. Umpires can be the forgotton team at tournaments, but your attention to detail for us was outstanding. We even ran out of things to put on Ali’s "To Do" list !!
Everything went so well and I will long remember the Hogfest evening, including Johns "Umpire" dance with Siobhan and the Boat Race, finishing a very close 4th was’nt too bad at all !!’

‘I hope you were energised (as well as being exhausted) by the achievement of it all and how we can build on it for our 5 year plan! Hopefully it will have brought out a few new volunteers out of the woodwork for future duties‘

‘The feedback that I received was that the event was on par with a Dutch club, who do these events in their sleep, but, with an Irish twist. It was a special weekend and I was so proud to be a member of TR. Thank you for making it so.’

‘It was a weekend that all the members were extremely proud to be a part of TRR. I never imagined that we could put on such a fantastic event. I was as guilty as others, of underestimating the depth of talent and energy that we have within the club – I sincerely hope that the wider membership sees the value of continuing to contribute time/effort and to spread the load across all the more mundane but very valuable tasks that the club needs to operate effectively‘

‘We are so appreciative and grateful for the hours of work that was put in by all involved and we are so lucky to be a part of a club where so many wonderful volunteers helped in putting on what was a wonderful tournament that was run so well. I hope that the most important aspect of hosting the tournament worked for us and that we inspired many young club members to want to play hockey more and more and aspire to compete in a tournament like that someday. I would like to thank you all sincerely for all the work you put in over the past number of months and over the weekend in running wonderful tournament.‘

‘Just a quick email to say congratulations on a fantastic tournament, all your hard work paid off and it’s safe to say that it was a success! Unfortunately I couldn’t make it up yesterday however I can safely say there was a great buzz around on Fri/Sat/Sun and the smooth running of all aspects was clearly evident. A great job, very well done!‘

‘Wonderful club effort, you should all be so proud! Well done!‘

‘Everyone – just wanted to say thank you so much for hosting and facilitating a wonderful tournament. I enjoyed every minute and feel that I have taken away a lot from the experience. TRR put on a fantastic ‘show’ and I don’t believe there was anything that hadn’t been thought about or that wasn’t put in place for us throughout the 4/5 days we were there. I hope that I get a chance again to visit the club in the future‘.

‘Very big well done over the weekend. The place looked amazing and all seemed to run well. Very proud to be a Rovers member!’

‘I wanted to send a quick personal note to you and everyone involved at TRRHC for the fantastic job you did hosting us all. I have been fortunate enough to attend various tournaments, and can say without any doubt that everything from the pre-tournament communications, hotel, transport, atmosphere at the club and organisation for matches was absolutely first class. It was great to see the wider European hockey family being able to experience the fantastic hospitality of Three Rock Rovers and Irish hockey.‘

‘Great credit to you and committee on pulling off a fantastic and hugely well organised event – it will be even easier the next time!!!!’