Week four of the season and its all systems go! Here’s this week’s overview of what is going on around the club! If you have any other submissions, drop me a message on Whatsapp (086 80 44 238)
- Friday/Saturday bar opening – thanks to a couple of parent volunteers, the bar will now open on Friday evenings during the youth sessions. All parents welcome to come up and socialise (and stay warm as the evenings get that bit cooler!)
For Saturday, October 3rd, with five home games on the agenda, the bar will be open all afternoon until 6.30pm with the W1 side in the 1pm slot for a big date against Kilkenny to get behind. Make sure to invite your opposition up after the game!
2. This week’s fixtures
Saturday, October 3rd
Home
11am (front) – W3 v Pembroke (league)
1pm (front) – W1 v Kilkenny (EYHL2 qualifier)
1pm (back) – M4 v Avoca (league)
3pm (front) – W2 v Pembroke (league)
3pm (back) – M3 v Monkstown (league)
M5 v Suttonians – postponed
Away
12.30pm (Mount Temple) – M2 v Clontarf (league)
2.45pm (Havelock Park) – M1 v Banbridge (EYHL)
Sunday, October 4th
9am (front and back) – 3rd & 4th class girls blitzes
10.30am (front) – Inter 1 girls vs Our Lady’s
10.30am (back) – U14B boys league vs Boyne – postponed
11.30am (King’s Hospital) – Inter 5 girls vs Weston
12pm (Wesley) – U8 boy blitz with YMCA
12pm (Wesley) – 5th class girls blitz with YMCA
1pm (Wesley) – mixed 2nd class blitz with YMCA
3. Last week’s results round-up: Strong opening days wins for the M2 and M4 sides while the W2, W4 and M1 teams all drew to keep their unbeaten start to the season going!
For the M2 side, new captain Mark English scored a hat trick as they swept aside Monkstown 6-1 to begin their title defence on the front foot. The M4s, under the watchful eye of Bono and the Edge on the Mount Temple clock tower, came back twice from a goal down to beat Clontarf 3-2 with Andy Bond firing the winner with five minutes to go. Big shout-out to Tom Dillon who provided two assists on debut.
Alex-Anne Kennedy was on the mark for the second week in a row as the W2 side drew 1-1 with Loreto; the W4 team drew a lively 2-2 battle early on Saturday morning with Botanic to make it four points from six.
In the EYHL, two Ben Johnson corner goals saw the M1 draw with Avoca 2-2 before some James Coffey heroics earned a shoot-out bonus point; we have five points from six thus far ahead of a big game with Banbridge on Saturday. Elsewhere, no joy for the W1 or M5 in Newpark where Avoca were the victors 3-0 and 7-0 respectively while the W3 lost 4-1 in Wicklow.
There were lots of youth blitzes at HQ on Saturday morning against Monkstown with the U12s and 10s playing coming to visit while the U16s and 14s played friendlies on Friday evening. The U8s blitz succumbed to the Sunday deluge so they get their first games in this week at Wesley with YMCA.
4. Cocktail party – October 17th, 7.30pm – get the date in the diary! It follows a full schedule of home matches at the club!
5. Youth goalkeeper Friday sessions – updated times; with a healthy number of goalkeepers signed up, sessions with James Coffey on Friday evenings will now be split into the following groups:
– Under 14s: 6.10 – 6.40pm
– Girls 1st year/6th class: 6.45 – 7.15pm
Under 16 boys/girls 7.20 – 7.50pm
6. October mid-term camp (Oct 27th to 30th) – early notice for this camp which runs during the half-term break for senior infants to 6th class boys and girls, member and non-members. From 9.30am to 2.30pm Price is €120
Contact Orla on camps@threerockrovershc.com for more info or book now on: https://threerockrovershockeyclub.clubforce.com/products/membership
7. Re-turn – we now have three yellow bins into which you deposit your Re-Turn bottles and cans with all funds going to the club. It has proven a very handy source of income for the club so please consider dropping your empties in!
8. New members:
If you or someone you know is looking to get into hockey, contact:
Juniors: junior.committee@threerockrovershc.com
Senior men: John Blakeney on mens.captain@threerockrovershc.com
Senior women: Andrea van Eeden womens.captain@threerockrovershc.com
9. Get involved
The club always welcomes more volunteers to help grow and develop; here’s this week’s way you can help out!
• Match reporters/photographers – if you are in a position to showcase your team’s activities this week and build our coverage of the club on social media, get in touch with Stephen Findlater on 086 80 44 238, stevie_findlats@yahoo.com or via the Whatsapp Community!
10. Club membership
To be eligible to play, umpire or coach this season, Hockey Ireland Membership is required. Please sign up via the following links:
– HI Membership: https://membership.mygameday.app/regoform.cgi?aID=29011&pKey=da2c0f798cfdfa14090d0577d5fb6f48&formID=121278
– Three Rock club membership: https://threerockrovershockeyclub.clubforce.com/products/membership
11. Grow your knowledge – Hockey Ireland is continually running different courses on umpiring, coaching, safeguarding and Young Leaders certificates. If you want to upskill, have a look at what is coming up on https://hockey.ie/events/
