The weekly round-up is here for week #5 of the season. If you have any other submissions, drop me a message on Whatsapp (086 80 44 238)
- Cocktail party – Dress to impress! The cocktail party is on Saturday, October 17th with tickets €10 which gets you a welcome drink and finger food! The party kicks off after the men’s 1sts game on Saturday evening vs YMCA (tip-off 5pm). Get your ticket here: https://pay.sumup.com/b2c/Q4I5E257
2. Beginners Umpires course: We are hosting a beginners umpires course in the clubhouse on Friday, October 16th. It starts at 7.15pm and runs until around 9pm with 40 minutes indoors and 40 minutes on the pitch. We will have top Leinster umpires facilitating the course. Email Maarten Blanken (mfblanken@hotmail.com) to sign up.
3. Rovers representing great charities – a number of club members are fundraising for excellent causes at the moment.
- Mandy Bools (pictured below with the W1 side) is fundraising for Breast Cancer Ireland in October’s Walk 2K a day challenge. You can support her here: https://fundraising.breastcancerireland.com/fundraiser/MB31500063?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAcGRvZgRzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAwyNTYyODEwNDA1NTgAAaeI-kfJ4q0C6em_YwcIhrLHNeouO9sAEceYGFhORWX-KFZ0TFQK6hw3WloDWg_aem_zen3QHUNh21NB_-FSQivGQ
- Luke Madeley is running the Dublin Marathon in aid of the Kevin Bell Repatriation Trust — a charity that holds a very personal significance. You can read more about it and support here: https://eventmaster.ie/fundraising/pages/LM98613982
4. This week’s fixtures – BAR OPEN 12.30pm to 8pm
Saturday, October 10th
Home
1pm (front) – M2 v UCD (league)
3pm (front) – M1 v Portrane (EYHL)
W1 v Clontarf – postponed
Away
11am – W3 v Tullamore (league)
1.15pm (Whitechurch Park) – W2 v Corinthian (league)
2pm (St Leo’s College) – W4 v Carlow (league)
Sunday, October 11th
GIRLS
9am: 6th Class 1 vs Railway (Park Avenue)
9.45am: 6th Class 5 vs Sutton HC (Sutton Park)
11.30am: Inter 1 vs Loreto Wexford (Loreto Wexford)
12.20pm: Minor A vs Portrane Hockey Club (Portrane)
BOYS
10.15am: U16A vs Bray Hockey Club (front)
11.45am: U14A vs Monkstown Hockey Club (front)
3pm: Boys 5th Class Blitz vs Wicklow (East Glendalough)
5. Last week’s results round-up: Juliette Duffy’s double fired the W1 to a first win of the season – one an absolute peach to the top corner – as they beat Kilkenny 2-0! The W3 side also got their first win as they won 2-1 against Pembroke thanks to efforts from Siobhan Crombie and Margo Schaaf. The W3 side lost to a strong Pembroke side.
On the men’s side, the M1 drew 1-1 in Banbridge with the hosts earning the shoot-out bonus point this time, leaving us on six points from nine available so far. Mark English scored a second successive hat trick for the M2 in a comfortable away win over Clontarf. The M3 got off the mark with a 0-0 draw against Monkstown while a polished Avoca were 3-1 winners over the M4 team.
Sunday blitz-day with YMCA Hockey Club as the senior infants, 1st, 2nd and 5th class groups played a great series of games at Wesley while the 3rd and 4th class girls were at HQ for their set!
Huge thanks to all the coaches, umpires and orgainsers for a lovely day of hockey in the sun! Big thank you also to Kate for taking the action pics from the Under 8 girls group!
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. 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
10. 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/
