Volunteers needed
Volunteers needed, to help with stewarding during the Schools Cup Finals 5,8,9 March and 12th-15th between the hours of 11.00 and 16.00. Please contact Club Manager (Bernie) with your availability.

Gala Dinner
Come celebrate the clubs past, congratulate the present and look forward the to the future on April 14th in the Royal Marine hotel, Dun Laoghaire! Tickets are 85 for adults and 65 for students.
Tickets must be bought in advance. They can be bought through the link on the website homepage. The link can also be found the sidebar of the newsletter!

Rovers Road to Rotterdam
Fundraising is still ongoing, if you want more information check out the links in the sidebar of the newsletter or check out the documents attached at the bottom of this article. The team needs all the help they can get so that they represent the club to the best of their ability in Rotterdam!! Be part of what will be an amazing weekend!!
Buy your tickets here: http://ehlhockey.tv/tickets/
Check out the teams website here.

FIXTURES

Saturday
Ladies
L1 v Monkstown (H) 1:00 – Front
L2 v Avoca (H) 11:00 – Back (cup)
L3 v Clontarf (H) 3:00 – Back (cup)
Men’s
M2 vs Corinthians (H) 11:00 – Front
M3 vs YMCA (H) 15:00 – Front
M5 vs Weston (H) 15:00 – Back

The bar will be open showing the rugby come support the teams on a busy Saturday at the Club!!

Sunday
Mens
M4 vs Wicklow (H) 15:00 – Front

Irish Under 18 selection
Congratulations to Luke Adams, Alistair Empey, Harry Lynch and Robert McCollum on their selection to the squad following the selection period over the past two months. Well done lads!! You can see the full the squad and read the coaches comments here.

Rockets on a Road trip!
Awesome News! Along with players from Monkstown Hockey Club Strikers and Railway Union Sports Club Railblazers we are planning to go to the 2018 Championships in Barcelona 22/24 June to represent Ireland!
The team is looking for sponsorship, if you want to get involved contact the Club directly or go onto the Rockets facebook page!

Last week the relatively young and relatively new look TRR indoor side lost the Leinster title that they had won for the previous two seasons to Railway Union 7-4. However their key aim was to retain the Irish title that they won last year as it would guarantee them representing Ireland in the European arena for two consecutive years.

The title was to be decided in a three way play off which would come down come down to goal difference if required. Last Sunday in St.Columba’s, Railway Union defeated Queens University 6-3. The TRR side knew that they needed to beat Queens by more than three goals to ensure that a draw against Railway would mean the Irish title would be retained.
They did more than this defeating Queens 17-2. (Ross Canning 4, Ben Walker 4, Richard Pautz 3, Conor Empey 2, Jody Hosking 2, Eckhart Geyer 1, Harry Morris 1). Most importantly our key players were able to take long rest periods in the second half and our less experienced players continued to keep the goal tally ticking.

After our defeat to Railway the previous week. We highlighted areas that required improvement. We aimed to be more dynamic in our press, to defend the boards more tightly, to defend more aggressively in the tackle, to channel more purposefully, and to transfer the ball more quickly to undermine Railway’s disciplined half court press and counter attacking style.

We started quickly, creating and spurning four good chances. We then took a 2 goal lead and extended that to 4-1 early in the second half. A lack of calmness, combined with a few key umpiring decisions going against us, meant Railway equalising. However the side regained its composure and raised its tempo in the final six minutes scoring 3 excellent rapid fire goals to ensure victory, the final score was 8-5. (Ross Canning 4, Ben Walker 2, Harry Morris 1, Jody Hosking 1)

The Irish Times article is here https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/other-sports/three-rock-rovers-retain-national-indoor-trophy-1.3371569

The side will be playing six matches in Tiblisi, Georgia from the 16th to the 18th of February and aim to come in the top two to ensure promotion; that will mean playing in an upper division in 2019, in a European tournament this win has prequalified them for.

Despite missing two players on Irish outdoor duty, Darragh Walsh and Luke Madeley. The indoor squad now has sufficient depth in numbers to cope. In addition wily veteran defender Peter McConnell was persuaded by the coaching staff to brush the cobwebs off his indoor stick and Ben Walker took time away from studying to score six goals in the two games. Our newcomers to the boards Harry McMahon, Conor Empey, James Walker continue to progress and more than held their own.

The tournament got extensive media and social media coverage as well as being live streamed. Many thanks to Tristan Seaton-Stedham (Taz) for facilitating the stream and raising the profile of Indoor Hockey. The You Tube link to the games is here if anyone would like to watch this exciting brand of the game being played by their fellow club members. https://youtu.be/YnlplnrvvIQ

The players would like to thank St.Columba’s College for the use of the hall, the club for supporting the indoor version of the game, and to the fund raising organisers and financial contributors who have made this Georgian European trip possible as well as our outdoor Road to Rotterdam. It promises to be an exciting time for the squad.

It is near the end of January and subs should have been paid months ago. There is only a small cohort who have yet to pay all or anything .
What pays for the coaches, the lights, the cleaners, the groundsmen, leinster fees, irish fees, league and cup fees etc.?

YOUR SUBS.
Pay HERE immediately.

These subs are a vital part of the running of the Club, pay up so that we can all continue to benefit from the what the Club offers every weekend. All those games you play, wouldn’t be possible if the Club was short on money due to you not paying your Sub.

A lot of work is scheduled in the near future so that you can continue to use the top class facilities, your subs is part of the reason that is possible.

NO PAY NO PLAY.

Mens
M1 vs Rathgar @2.15pm, (A)(Cup)
M2 vs Rathgar @4pm, (A)(Cup)
M3 vs Bray @12.30pm, (A)(Cup)
M4 vs Corinthians @3.30pm (H) – Front
M5 vs Corinthians @1.45pm (H) – Front

Ladies
L1 v Waterford @ 12:00pm (H) – Front (IHT)
L2 v Trinity @ 11:00am(H) – back
L3 v Avoca @ 1:00pm (H) – back

Youths
Under 12 Boys- v Monkstown (H) Saturday 9.00am
X81 – v Railway (H) at 10.45am
X82 – v Genesis (A) at UCD 12.30pm
X83 – v Stillorgan (H) at 10.45am
X84 – v Wicklow (A) at 10.00am
X85 – v Wicklow (A) at 10.00am
X86 – v Malahide Fingal (A) at 11.15am
Inter A – v Corinthians (A) at 12.30pm
Inter B – v Newbridge (A) at 1.00pm

Under 14a Boys – v Clontarf (H) at 1.30pm
Under 14b Boys – v SE Lions (H) at 12.15pm
Under 14c Boys – v North Dublin (A) at ALSAA 2.30pm

The men’s indoor side will hope to exact revenge against Railway Union at the Irish Indoor finals in Columbas College. They lost the Leinster final to a Jeremy Duncan inspired Union side but will be shy the likes of Luke Madeley and Daragh Walshe, who alongside Duncan have gone to Spain with the Irish men’s side.

They face Queens University at 1pm and Railway at 3pm. The winner gets not only the Irish title but Ireland’s European Indoor spot. All support for the team is much appreciated, however, if you can’t make it there is a live stream of the whole day of finals that can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnlplnrvvIQ&feature=youtu.be

Fixtures Saturday 20th 2018
Mens
M1 vs Glenanne @2.30pm, Away (St. Andrews)
M2 vs Pembroke @3.30pm, Away
M3 vs UCD @11.15am, Away
M4 vs Rathgar @1pm, Front (Cup)
M5 vs Kilkenny @1pm, Away (Cup)
Ladies
L2 v Navan (home) @ 11:00 (Front)
L3 v Loreto (home) @ 3:00 (Front)
L1 training @ 11:00 (Back)

Indoor Sunday 21st 2018
Men
Leinster Final
Indoor vs Railway Union @ 6.30pm (Columbas College)

Ladies
Leinster 5th/6th playoff
Indoor vs Pembroke Wanderers at 3.40pm (Columbas College)

This year TRR 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 our great club as part of our annual dinner by making it bigger and better than ever! To mark such a momentous occasion we think it is important that all our members, no matter how young or old, come together to acknowledge the memories of the past, and plan for the dreams for the future.

Join us at the Royal Marine Hotel on April 14th at 7pm for a Black Tie event, complete with three course meal and a live band, for an event that will be filled with fun, laughter, memorabilia, and awards. Tickets are on sale through the MyClubFinance link on our website homepage at www.threerockrovershc.com, by cheque made payable to Three Rock Rovers or by clicking here .
Adult tickets are €85, and students prices are €65.

If you have any affiliation with the club, be it player, coach, parent, spouse, partner, or child, we warmly invite and welcome you to gather not only to proudly reflect, but also to unite in a vision for the future of our club. Together we have achieved so much, together lets look ahead to what is still to come!

TRRHC Council has called a General Meeting, in accordance with Rule 9, to seek approval from the membership for the withdrawal of a sum of 120,000 euro from the Sinking Fund. This sum will be used towards the payment for the replacement of the back pitch, scheduled for Summer 2018.

This meeting will be held in the clubhouse on Tuesday 30th January at 8.30pm.

Welcome back to the start of the 2018! What a year it will be, on and off the pitch!! So much to look forward to and we as a Club cannot wait to celebrate with you, the members!

Here are the fixtures for the week and weekend.
Fixtures

Monday 8/1/18
L2 v YMCA (away) @ 8:15 [L4-2]
Saturday 13/1/18
L2 v UCD (Home) @ 1:00 (Front)
L3 v Portlaoise (away) @ 12:30
Sunday 14/1/18
L3 v Clontarf (away) @ 2:00

Mens

Saturday 13/1/18
M1 vs Cookstown @3pm, Front (ISC)
M2 vs Bray @1pm, Away
M3 vs Rathgar @11am, Front
M4 vs Enniscorthy @1pm, Back
M5 vs Monkstown @11am, Back

Juniors
All matches are on Sunday –
X81 – Pembroke (A) at 10.15am
X82 – Muckcross (H) at 10.45am
X83 – Weston (A) at 12.30on
X84 – Dalkey (H) at 9.30am
X85 – Boyne (H) at 12.00pm
X86 – Glenane (H) at 12.00pm

Minor B – Genesis (A) at UCD at 9.00am

Inter A – Muckcross (H) at 1.15pm
Inter B – Enniscorthy (H) at 2.30pm

Under 14b Boys Indoor squad – Leinster Under 14 Indoor Tournament – Donabate from 12.00pm

Under 16b Boys – Railway (H) at 4.00pm

DATES FOR THE DIARY!
The next few months will be huge. The mens first are taking part in the EHL and European Indoors in Rotterdam and Georgia respectively.
We have our gala Dinner on April 14th, further details in the next few weeks, second supporters lunch, Club AGM and not forgetting the hockey over the next few months.
Busy, busy time ahead. We look forward to you being part of the journey with us!