125th booklet- please see the message below from the social committee

“Hi There,

This year Three Rock Rovers Hockey Club celebrates its 125th year anniversary! Within the last 25 years in particular, TRR has overhauled its structure by becoming a club that represents both men and women, with a thriving junior section, a healthy veterans section, and as of last season, a growing parahockey membership, thus ensuring that TRRHC really is a club for all. This year especially, we wish to recognise how great our club is at our annual dinner by making it bigger and better than ever! The Gala Dinner will take place on the 14th of April 2018 in the Royal Marine Hotel, Dun Laoghaire.

As part of this momentous year, we will be using this particular occasion to demonstrate where we are going in the future as well as celebrating the present and past.

So why contact you?

TRRHC is at a defining time in terms of the game changing opportunity that the club is setting itself up for on and off the pitch. Hockey in Ireland has a significant and growing footprint – with industry experts ONSIDE estimating 1 in 10 adults having some interest in the sport – and c.100k+ adults are interested in becoming more involved in hockey today. We are creating a bespoke centenary booklet which will be a celebration of the past, present and future of Three Rock Rovers Hockey Club. We would like to offer a special opportunity for you to avail of a limited number of advertising spaces in this truly unique booklet. As current national men’s team champions and one of the largest clubs in Leinster and Ireland, here lies a superb opportunity to reach a wider audience and increase business prospects.

We have two different ways that we are offering the advertising to you:

Half Page Advertisement:
€150 HP

Full Page Advertisement:
€250 FP

If you would be interested in having an advertisement in our booklet, please contact:

helenelynch1@gmail.com for any additional details or payment methods.

Help us to make the next 25 years even better!

Looking forward to hearing from you,

The TRRHC Social Committee"

Thanks!

Pavilion Gathering
The Tilman Brewman Dolphin Pavilion Gathering will be on March 24th in the clubhouse. Finger food will be served from 1.30pm just before the Men’s 1sts take on Banbridge at 3pm

Men’s 1sts table quiz
The men’s 1sts are hosting a table quiz in the clubhouse on March 11th at 8pm. €10 entry per person and there will be a raffle on the night too. Get out and support the gents on the final stretch to #EHL 2018! Check out the Hockey Rotterdam and EHL page for more information on the few tickets that are left!

125th anniversary
Don’t forget to buy your tickets for what will be a great night of celebrations!!
Click the link for tickets. BUY HERE
Send a cheque to the clubhouse FAO Club Captain, Three Rock Rovers Hockey Club, Grange Road, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14 or click the link on the website homepage!!

General info

#BeastfromtheEast
No fixtures this weekend due to the weather, enjoy your weekend off, snow time like the present!

EuroHockey Indoor II Tbilisi Champions
The men’s Indoor team, had a hugely successful weekend in Georgia, winning 6 out of 6 and earning promotion to EuroHockey Indoor Champions I for next season, well done gents!

Azlan Shah
Well done to Jamie Carr on his selection for the Irish men’s squad competing in the Azlan Shah tournament in Malaysia over the coming week. Congratulations and good luck Jamie!! #RoversRepresenting

St. Patrick Day Finals
We are hosting the Leinster cup finals on Patrick’s day, if you are interested in helping on the day please contact Bernie at club.manager@threerockrovershc.com. All help, little and large, is appreciated!

Men’s Fixtures
2s vs Portrane @ 1.30pm (H) (Front)
3s vs Railway @ 3.15pm (H) (Front)

Ladies Fixtures
1s vs Bray @ 1.00pm (A)
2s vs Our Lady’s @ 11.00am (H) (Front)
3s vs Guinness @ 1.00pm (H) (Back)

Just over A MONTH until Rovers Rock out in the EHL in Rotterdam and what a trip this promises to be!!! Not only do our men play Paris St. Germain in the knock out 16 on Saturday at 11.30 am but our 14s will also play in the Junior EHL that weekend.

Not only that, through Brona Kernan’s trojan work, the boys and girls u16 are also going to Holland for the same weekend also!!! So, essentially all of TRR is moving to Rotterdam for Easter weekend. The big question now is will you be there with us?!
Rotterdam hockey club has updated its info for travellers which can be found on:
https://hcrotterdam.club/ehl2018/
Some people have already booked accommodation with many of the ladies 1sts/2nds staying in the Ibis hotel: https://www.accorhotels.com/gb/hotel-8188-ibis-rotterdam-city-centre/index.shtml

As it is Easter weekend, obviously the earlier you book the flights the better. Are Lingus, KLM and Ryanair all fly to Schipol airport in Amsterdam. From there it is a short train ride to Rotterdam city centre.
With so many of our players and members representing the club on the European stage it would be a shame not to make a big trip out of this and celebrate the success of our club in its 125th year as a big group in the best country in the world to play hockey!!

HOD Tournament
Congratulations to Orna Bools who has been selected for the Leinster Girls Squad for the HOD tournament this Easter. Congratulations to Brooklyn Mapfumo and Hugo Heisterkamp who have both been selected in the Leinster Boys squad for the HOD tournament this Easter. Well done to former Rover Ash Harrison who is one of the coaches for the boys squad too.
Well Done All!!

Fixtures
Ladies
L1 v Bray@ 13:00, Away (IHT ¼ Final)
L2 v Railway 12:40, Away
L3 v UCD @ 15:30, Away

Men’s
M1 Training @11:00, Front
M2 vs Corinthians @15:00, Front (Cup)
M3 vs Navan @10:00, Away
M4 vs Nass @10:15 Away (Cup)
M5 vs Pembroke @13:00, Front

After arriving in Georgia on Wednesday and getting in a training session or so ahead of the first day of competition today the team couldn’t have asked for a better start to their campaign. Two games and two wins and topping the standings after day one in Tbilisi.

They opened their campaign with a tight 3-2 win over Armenian Club Hrazdan. Followed by a 10-0 rout of hosts Tbilisi Club. They are top of the standings heading into day two by virtue of their excellent goal difference.

The rest of the teams fixtures over the weekend are as follows:
Time difference between Dublin and Georgia is 4 hours.
17 Feb
10:00 HC Kilppari (FIN) – Three Rock Rovers (IRL)
17:00 Kringsja Sports Klubb (NOR) – Three Rock Rovers (IRL)

18 Feb
11:30 Klevas – Siauliai (LTU) – Three Rock Rovers (IRL)
15:00 RHC Lokomotiv 1929 (BUL) – Three Rock Rovers (IRL)

Good luck over the weekend gents! Huge thanks too to Scott Crombie, Frazer Morris and Liam Canning for helping out over the weekend, wouldn’t be possible without them!

All in Three Rock Rovers were saddened this week to hear about the loss of members of their family members. At this difficult time, we would like to offer these members our sincerest sympathies and thoughts at their loss.

Cedric Christie – Mother, Ruth Christie
Stuart Ryder – Mother, Wendy Ryder
Mitch Darling – Father, Michael Darling

May they rest in peace.

Irish Call ups

Azlan Shah Cup
Congratulations to Jamie Carr on his call up to the Irish men’s Senior squad for the Azlan Shah Cup taking place in Malaysia from the 3rd of March until the 10th. Everybody at Rovers wishes him the best of luck!

Irish Under 16 training squad
Well done to Tom Power, Adam Walker, Sam Walker and Ben Whelan who are all part of the upcoming Irish Under 16s training squad for summer.

Gala Dinner
Buy your tickets for what will be a great night of celebration below:
BUY YOUR TICKETS HERE
Don’t miss out on what will be a great night!!

Here are the upcoming fixtures for the next week.

Ladies
Saturday 10/2/17
L1 v UCD (away) @ 2:50
L2 v Pembroke (away) @ 2:00
L3 v Trinity (home) @ 11:00 – Front
Sunday 11/2/17
L1 v Naas (home) @ 3:30 – Back (JP Shield)
Wednesday 14/2/17
L1 v Naas (home) @ 8:30 (league)

Men
Saturday
M3 vs Mullingar @4.30pm, Away
M4 vs Suttonians @4.30pm, Away
Sunday
M1 vs Annadale @2pm, Front
M2 vs YMCA @4pm, Front

The men’s firsts, as part of their EHL preparation, are hosting a dinner in the Club on February 24th. It is a 2 course meal, starting at 7.30pm in the Clubhouse and music til late all for 25 euro! It is sure to be a great night and is for a worthy cause, tickets can be obtained from any member of the firsts squad.

If you want to find out more about the team and their preparation go to their website:
https://www.roversroadtorotterdam.com/

If you want to sponsor the team or the club in anyway click on the documents at the bottom of this article!