Boys youth fixtures this weekend:
Sunday
Under 14B Boys v Monkstown (A) at 1.00pm
Under 16B Boys v Wicklow (H) at 1.00pm
Under 10 Boys Blitz at Monkstown at 2.30pm
Under 12 Boys Blitz at Corinthians start time TBC

There are no Girls youth fixtures this weekend.

First full weekend of Youth results and well worth waiting for:

Girls
Minor A v Suttonians: 3-2 win
Minor B v Railway 1-0 win
Junior A v Our Ladys 6-0 win

Boys
Under 14C v Glenanne 5-0 win
Under 14A v Pembroke 6-1 win (two wins from two)

Girls Blitzes
1st/2nd Class – 50 girls representing TRRHC for the first time. Pride, enthusiasm and enjoyment throughout, well done to all.
3rd/4th Class – 35 girls continuing their progression at playing hockey, being proud to be a Rovers with again enjoyment shining through, and even on the front pitch.
5th Class – 20 girls working hard and continuing to demonstrate their understanding of hockey. Our only away Blitz of the weekend.

Flowers, tacky shirts, coconuts and grass skirts at the ready! We only have a couple more days to go before our first social event of the season. This years cocktail party kicks off at 7.30pm on the 22nd of October. The Hawaiian themed night will have music and drinks to match the evening with tickets getting you two free drinks on the night. The DJ will play to late and any u18s can buy tickets for €5 (without the drinks tokens)

Set the clock and make sure you dont miss it!

Announcing the Three Rock Rockets!

Do you know a child or young adult with an intellectual disability who would like to learn how to play hockey?

We are delighted that Three Rock Rovers HC is starting a ParaHockey section as part of our club.

Who is this for: Children over 12 – no upper age limit with intellectual disabilities

What day: Tuesday’s 6.30-7.30 (this is just before our Men’s first team train, so our Three Rock Rockets can get to know our men’s team and see the skills that they have!)

When: Starting Tuesday 8th November and we will run for 10 weeks (dates to follow)

Cost: €100 per child, which includes the coveted Club spiro, membership of the club, including insurance.

How Many? To start we are looking for 10 ParaHockey players so that we can create a ParaHockey team

Who will coach? Niall Denham, TRRHC Men’s First Coach, Irish Under 16’s Boys Coach and Siobhan Madeley, Level 1 Hockey coach and a B.Education

Want to know more? Contact Siobhan 08790663679 or shivmade@msn.com

There are ONLY 10 places and they will be assigned on a First Come first Served Basis, but anyone who wants to come and have a look to see what we are about, call into the club anytime or check us out on threerockrovershc.com.

We would like to extend our sincere condolences to Paula Jenkins and her daughters Cathy and Emma on the recent, sudden death of her mother and their grandmother Barbara. Our thoughts and prayers are with them. RIP.

Mens Results:

Mens 1’s drew 1-1 away to Lisnagarvey.
Mens 2’s won 6-1 vs Clontarf.
Mens 3’s drew 1-1 to Corinthians.
Mens 4’s match vs Skerries was cancelled.
Mens 5’s lost 1-0 to Weston.

Ladies 1’s lost 3-0 to clontarf.
Ladies 2’s lost 2-1 to Avoca.
Ladies 3’s won 3-1 vs UCD.

Fixtures for Weekend:

Mens 1’s vs NICS @ 2:30, Away (ISC)
Mens 3’s vs Rathgar @ 1:30, Front Pitch
Mens 4’s vs DUHC @ 2:00, Away
Mens 5’s vs Bray @ 2:00, Away

Ladies 2’s vs Genesis @ 4:00, Away
Ladies 3’s vs Weston @ 3:00, Home

Best of Luck to all!

Flowers, tacky shirts, coconuts and grass skirts at the ready! We have just over a week to go before our first social event of the season. This years cocktail party kicks off at 7.30pm on the 22nd of October. The Hawaiian themed night will have music and drinks to match the evening with tickets getting you two free drinks on the night. The DJ will play to late and any u18s can buy tickets for €5 (without the drinks tokens)

Set the clock and make sure you dont miss it!

The ladies 1sts got their campaign up and running last week with a 3-1 win over Muckross, coming from 1-0 down to take the points. Meabh Holden, Aoife McNulty and Grace Lanigan scored the goals. This week they play Clontarf away at 12.30. The ladies 2nds had a tough 4-0 loss to UCD, and will hope to bounce back this week as they play Avoca at home at 3pm. The ladies 3rds have an early start with a 9.30 game away to UCD. They will hope to repeat last weeks 2-1 win over North Kildare where Mary Phelan and Solo scored.

On the mens side, the first will hope their week off will help them in their game against reigning champions Lisnagarvey. They play away in Comber Road at 3pm. The 2nds continued their good start to the season with a 3-2 win over UCD, James Walker, Peter McConnell and Alex O’Regan scoring. They play Clontarf at home at 1pm. Also home at 1pm is the 4ths who play Skerries on the back pitch. They lost 3-0 last week to Mullingar. The 3rds play Corinthians away at 1.30pm, and are another team with a good start to the season. They won 3-2 against Monkstown, with Ryan Shirley, Ross Johnson and Ali Empey all scoring. The mens 5ths drew 2-2 in a tough away game to Fingal, and this week play host to Weston at 11am on the front pitch.

The u12 boys played some great hockey in their first blitz of the season last week. The 14s have games this weekend with the As playing Pembroke at 5pm, and the Cs Glenanne.

This week its the turn of the girls as we take part in three series of games over the weekend! The u8s play Pembroke at home at 10am on the back pitch. Fifth class play away to Pembroke at 9.30am, while 3rd and 4th class play on the front.

The u14 girls also kick start their matches, the minor !s play Suttonians at 9.15am, and the Bs Railway at 12. The Junior As play Our Ladys at home at 12.30pm.

This weekend also sees the start of the social side for the u16s who have a brief umpiring seminar on Friday evening, followed by pizza in the clubhouse!

All final hoodies should in soon. Any outstanding subs should be paid as soon as possible. If any parents have time to help us run these teams, or Blitz matches, please contact Chris at youths@threerockrovershc.com

Leinster u18 interpros
We are delighted to announce that we have an unprecedented nine players selected to play for the Leinster u18 interpros this season. Congrats to all the players selected; Ben Walker, Nick Judge, Ali Empey, Matthew Walker; Luke Adams; Rob McCollum, Alex Flynn, Alex O’Regan and Peter Lynch. Emer Keogh is manager for the team, while our ladies 1sts coach Simon Lowry is the assistant coach.

The weekend takes place in Ulster, in Queens pitch in Belfast on the weekend of the 20th of November

Cocktail party
Get the flowers and grass skirts out, its a Hawaiian themed cocktail party this year!! Aisling and her social committee of Ross Johnson, Sara Cali, Susan O’Farrell Dunne and Ross Canning are busy arranging the final details for what is always a great night. The cocktails are planned, and the DJ booked.

Save the date and be sure to be in HQ on the 22nd of October for a big night!

Subs
Please note that subs are now overdue and must be paid by the end of October. If not paid by this time we will have to prevent players from playing as you will not be insured.
Subs can be paid online through links in the website and the newsletter

Our numbers this year are fantastic, with 362 registered players already!

Fixtures and results
Our fixtures have been set and will be emailed in the next week. Some of our teams have already been in action though with some great results! The u14 boys B team won 3-0 on Saturday night, along with the u16s who beat Railway 5-2. The u12 boys played in their first blitz of the season, as did the u10s with both groups showing some great skills for so early in the season.

This week the u14 boys A team will play YMCA at home at 5.45, while on Sunday its the turn of the u12 girls who play in a blitz in Monkstown.

Managers
All of our junior boys teams now have their managers in place. Huge thanks to all the parents who have stepped into these roles; Becky Moffatt; Andrew Dennison; Simon Walker; Kerry and Stuart Ryder; and Brona Empey. The girls side is still looking for managers for some group. Should you wish to volunteer, or enquire as to the roles, please contact Chris at youths@threerockrovershc.com for more info

Subs
Please make sure that all junior subs have been paid, as they are now overdue. You can register your child online using the ‘pay subs here’ link on the homepage of the website.

We have placed another order for hoodies, which will be in within the next 2 weeks. Thank you for your patience on this.