Internationals
Congratulations to Jamie Carr, Luke Madeley and Daragh Walsh on their inclusion in this weeks Irish senior mens panel squad. The lads are in Holland for the week training and playing uncapped matches in the build up to World League 2 in March.

Club dinner
Due to an unfortunate fire, the venue for the club dinner has been changed! The event will still be on the 1st of April, and the new venue will be confirmed next week. Tickets are €50 and will be available through a link on MyClubFinance shortly.
Next week we will commence voting for the mens and ladies players of the year so keep your eyes peeled and make your vote count!
For now, please save the date as we look to end the season on a high.

Volunteers
As we enter the business end of the season, we are blessed in Three Rock to be the major host of finals in Leinster. This is a great source of advertisement for all our sponsors including Tilman Brewin Dolphin and Sherry Fitzgerald, and also allows us to endure our facilities are maximised effectively. Some of the key dates coming up in the next few weeks are the Leinster finals on St.Patricks Day, the Leinster Cup Finals on the 8th and 9th of April, and Irish events on the weekend of the 22nd of April and the 29th of April. Please keep these dates in mind and let us know at club.manager@threerockrovershc.com if you are available to help in any way. These events only run smoothly with the continued and valued support of volunteers. We will be looking for help with carparking, bar duty and taking gate income.

Scoreboard
Some may have already been blinded and dazzled by the lights of our brand spanking new scoreboard! For those that have not seen it though, be sure to take a peek on Saturday as we show off our new asset! Sponsored by Sherry Fitzgerald the board is the latest asset we have been lucky enough to upgrade in the last year. Many thanks to everyone who helped get it across the line, specifically Andrew Walker, Derek Squire and Bernie Keogh

Capital funding
Members should be advised that the club has applied for capital funding to help us replace the back pitch which is in urgent need of an upgrade. The grant application was submitted this week and news is expected by August or September of this year

Good news
Better late than never, but congratulations to our two mens 1st XI players Peter Blakeney and Mitch Darling on their respective engagements to Aisling and Erica!

Mayfest
Mayfest returns for 2017 but in June! June 2nd to 4th will see the return of the social event. For sixty euro per head, you may enter a team for the weekend for social, fun, mixed hockey. Please email mayest.trrhc@gmail.com to sign up!

Olympic Council
Congratulations to club member and previous club captain Rob Johnson on his selection to the Olympic Council of Ireland. Rob recently stepped back from his interim role as CEO of Hockey Ireland and has joined a fresh faced council planning ahead for the next Olympic cycle

Ladies results:
TRL1 3 – v – 1 Railway2
TRL2 2 – v – 1 Genesis3
TRL3 – match cancelled

Men’s results
M1 beat Glenanne 3-1
M3 beat Railway Union 4-0
M5 beat Bray 6-2

Men’s Fixtures:
Saturday
M1vs Lisnagarvey @3pm, Front
M2 vs Pembroke @12pm, Away
M3 vs Nass @11am, Away
M4 vs Navan @1pm, Front
M5 vs Naas @11am, Front

Sunday
M5 vs Weston @2:30pm, Away

Ladies Fixtures:
Saturday 18th
L1 v Alex (home) @ 5:00 – front
L2 v Botanic (home) @ 3:00 – back
L3 v Bray (away) @ 11:30

Sunday 19th
L3 v North Kildare (away) @ 3:30

The Tilman Brewin Dolphin supporters lunch will take place in the clubhouse this Saturday, February 18th, for those who have received invites. The lunch will take place on saturday afternoon, just before the Men’s 1st team game vs Lisnagarvey. The bar will be open throughout the day.

In a once off event, on Saturday February 25th, all senior teams will have home fixtures. What a great opportunity to watch some top class hockey, have a great day, and support your club. The bar will be open from 11:30 am with the Six Nations match between Ireland and France being shown live at 5, with plenty of drink offers.

Come along on a Tuesday morning after the school run, and take part in an enjoyable way to keep active.

Tuesday Morning Hockey
Ladies Keep Fit Hockey 9.45-11am
At Three Rock Rovers Hockey Club, Grange Road
Weekly commencing Tuesday 14th February
No booking required; 5 euro
Tel 086 8395734

Youths fixtures
Friday
Junior A Girls v Bray (H) @ 8.15pm
Sunday
Minor B Girls v Naas (H) @ 11.15am (front)
Junior B Girls v Pembroke (H) @ 11.15am (back)
Under 14C Boys v Weston (H) @ 4.00pm (front)
Update
Under 14A Boys – Cup – home match against Pembroke in the 1/2 final
Under 14B Boys – Cup – away match against YMCA in the 1/4 final
Junior B Girls v SBPP (A) – 26th February @ 1.15pm
Junior B Girls v Botanic (A) – 5th March @ 10.30am

Youths results:
Sunday
Under 14B (Cup Playoff) – win (next round away to YMCA)
Extreme 8 Team 1 – win (this puts us currently 2nd with one game to go)
Extreme 8 Team 3 – win (top with one game to go)
Minor A v Old Alex – lose (currently 3rd with one game to go)
Minor B v Suttonians (A) – win (League Champions)
Junior A v North Kildare (A) – win (currently 1st) – big game on Friday!!!
Under 8 Boys Blitz – in challenging conditions the boys were again brilliant and had a great time.
4th Class Girls – great games played by great girls and again enjoyed every minute of it.
Under 10 Boys Blitz – our own Blitz for this age group and the club was buzzing with around 120 boys at HQ, again challenging conditions, although the boys just laughed and got stuck in.
Under 12 Boys Blitz – nicely coming together just in time for the 6th class boys to start playing league hockey next season.
Again over 100 Juniors representing TRRHC in probably the worst conditions of the season so far.
Gearing up for cup runs, semi finals, finals and Blitzes to finish the season.

Youths Fixtures
Saturday
Under 14C Boys (Cup Playoff) v Weston (H) @ 6.00pm (TBC)
Sunday
Under 14B (Cup Playoff) v Suttonians (A) @ 1.30pm
Extreme 8 Team 1 v Monkstown (H) @ 12.30pm
Extreme 8 Team 3 v Monkstown (A) @ 11.45am
Minor A v Old Alex @ home @ 11.15am
Minor B v Suttonians (A) @ Sutton Park @ 10.30am
Junior A v North Kildare (A) @ 2.30pm
Please note:
Possibility of Minor A and Minor B games from today being played next week as well.
Junior A game v Bray has been rearranged for the 12th of March (H) @ 12.30pm
Additional Junior B game v Botanic on the 5th of March (A) @ 10.30am

Youths results
Sunday – all girls games were cancelled
Saturday – Under 14B – won – finished third in the league
Sunday – Under 10 Blitz – great day for the boys, beating opponents that they lost to in other Blitzes earlier in the season. Main focus for today was sticking to positions and passing and dribbling. Well done boys.
Sunday – Under 12 Boys Blitz – another strong performance from the boys consolidating their strength and skills and performing to a high level again. Well done boys.

Men’s Fixtures:
Saturday
M1 vs Glenanne@3pm, Away
M3 vs Railway@1pm, Front
M4 vs DUHC@11am, Back
M5 vs Bray@12.40pm, Back

Thursday
M2 vs Glenanne, Away (tbc)

Ladies Fixtures:
Saturday 11th February
L1 v Railway (home) 3:00 – front
L2 v Genesis (home) 11:00 – front
L3 v Weston (away) 10:00

Sunday 12th February
L1 v Monkstown (home) 5:00 – front
L3 v North Kildare (away) 9:30

Ladies Results Saturday
L1 beat Clontarf 2-0
L3 drew 2-2 against UCD

The men’s indoor team were crowned national indoor champions on Sunday after beating Cookstown 7-4 in the final. The lads overcame Antrim comfortably 12-0 in the semi final and faced Cookstown after they saw off Glenanne 4-2. They now qualify for European competition next year. Well done to coach Liam Canning and all the team.

We are delighted to announce that we are starting Morning Hockey for Mums on Tuesday the 14th of Feb! If you are a current, new or ex-player and would be interested in some fun and casual hockey on a Tuesday morning, please contact us for more info. Alternatively, simply pop by on the 14th and we’d be happy to welcome you to our club!

Three Rock strives to promote lifelong engagement in our club and our sport and we see this as a wonderful opportunity to open our doors for those who otherwise maybe dont have time to commit fully to a team!

All details below!

Tuesday Morning Hockey
Ladies Keep Fit Hockey 9.45-11am
At Three Rock Rovers Hockey Club, Grange Road
Weekly commencing Tuesday 14th February
No booking required; 5 euro
Tel 086 8395734