Results

In the EYHL, Three Rock Rovers returned to the top four with a narrow 1-0 win over Railway Union, a far cry from their 4-3 thriller in the Mills Cup a couple of weeks ago, in a very close-knit tie.

Indeed, only Mark English’s shot counted as a chance of note in the first quarter as Railway held more possession while Three Rock sat deep and looked to counter. Jody Hosking’s quick-thinking almost unlocked the door for Rovers in the second period when his quick free saw his cross flash across the face of goal.

Railway had a couple more clear chances with Mateusz Nowakowski brilliantly shut down by Jamie Carr while he also blocked an English close range effort. Early in the second half, though, they succumbed to the Rovers’ half-court trap, losing the ball in midfield and they quickly countered down the left wing, working the ball to Harry Morris who deflected home for 1-0.

In reply, James Dick hit the post to deny Railway an equaliser. They also had a series of final quarter corners, two of which were charged down while the third hit the net but too high from English’s first-up strike.

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In other results, M2 beat YMCA 5-4, Peter Lynch with two goals, Luke McSharry, Ross Johnson and Brian Mellon with one each. M3 beat Mullingar 10-1, Cameron Ruttle with a hat trick in a big away win! M4 lost 5-1 to table toppers Avoca, Andrew Bond with our goal. M5 won 3-1 against Dublin University, Derek Squire, Rob Haughton and Glenn Webb on the mark.

In the Mill’s Cup semi-final, M1 bowed out to Pembroke 3-2 on Tuesday evening.

On the ladies side, L1 drew 1-1 with Loreto, Jenna Shuker with a great individual effort, L2 drew 0-0 against Botanic, L3 had a great win 3-2 against Clontarf, and finally L4 drew 1-1 with North Kildare.

Fixtures 20th/21st Feb 2016

Saturday fixtures
M1 v Lisnagarvey @ 3.00pm, Front
M2 v Clontarf @ 4.45pm, Front
M3 v Pembroke @ 1.00pm, Front
M5 v Clontarf @ 1.00pm, Back

L1 v Clontarf @ 11.00am, Front
L2 v Bray @ 11.30am, Away
L3 v Botanic @ 10.30am, Away
L4 v UCD @ 3.00pm, Back

Sunday fixtures
M5 v Enniscorthy @ 1.45pm