An Evening with Trinity Hockey Alumni – An Olympic Celebration
On the 16th March, Trinity hockey club hosted an Olympic celebration in the Dining Hall which included guests such as FIH Coach of the Year Craig Fulton, FIH Goalkeeper of the Year David Harte and Olympic Gold medallist Stephen Martin. The evening was to celebrate the qualification of the Irish men’s hockey team for the Olympics in Rio.
TRR club member Andrew Furlong was in attendance and took some photographs on the night which can be seen here

Leinster Cups Finals – St. Patricks Day
The club hosted the Leinster cup finals in HQ on St. Patrick’s Day, with the sun even making an appearance! Pembroke prevailed in the men’s final while Loreto won the ladies final. Avoca ladies were winners in the shield final. The day could not have run smoothly if it weren’t for the Rovers club members who volunteered on the day in the car park and behind the bar. Thank you to all involved!

A massive congratulations to club members Rob Carter who is representing the Ireland Masters (Over 45s) and Rob Haughton (Over 55s) team in the World Cup which is taking place between the 29th March and 6th April.

Congratulations are also in order for U18 players Ben Walker, Conor Empey, Harry McMahon and Mark Samuel who have been selected for the Irish U18 boys squad to play Scotland over Easter weekend.

In addition, U17 players Alex Flynn, Alex O’Regan, Peter Lynch, Tom McLoughlin, Ben Adams and Ian Patterson are all representing Leinster in the HOD tournament in Holland this weekend.

We wish everyone the best of luck!

M2 lost 2-0 to Monkstown

M3 won 11-0 v Railway, Ryan Shirley with four, Louis Glass with three, two for Philip Shearer and one each for Sam Ryder and Stu Rigby-Jones.

M4 lost 5-3 to Railway, Alistair Empey with two and one for Luke Adams.

L1 lost 1-0 to YMCA in their final game of the season. The girls say goodbye to Sinead Holden and Jenna Shuker who are off to Denmark and South Africa respectively.

The boys U14s won 2-0 against Pembroke.

Results 5th March

M1 drew 1-1 with Monkstown, Daragh Walsh scoring the goal.
M2 won 4-2 against Pembroke, a huge win that puts the lads three points clear at the top of the table. David McCrea, Peter Lynch, Dylan Shirley and Luke McSharry scored the goals.
M3 – no game, Trinity couldn’t field.
M4 lost 3-1 against Portrane, Claudio Grandi with the goal.
M5 won 5-3 against Bray, Glenn Webb and William Haughton scored two each, Conor Lyons with the other. They go nine points clear at the top of their table!

L1 lost 2-0 to Alex.
L2 drew 0-0 against Navan.
L3 were unlucky to lose out 4-3 to Pembroke.
L4 lost 6-2 to Avoca.

The boys U16 A team won 8-2 against Monkstown, with six wins out of six, the boys need just a draw in their last game against YM to win the league. The U16 B’s beat Railway Union 3-1 to reach the second round of the Benny Atkinson Cup!

Fixtures 12th Mar 2016

Saturday fixtures
M1 v Glennane @ 2.00pm, Away
M2 v Corinthians @ 1.00pm, Home
M4 v Skerries @ 11.00am, Home
M5 v YMCA @ 1.15pm, Away (Claremont Road)

L1 v Railway @ 3.00pm, Away
L2 v Trinity @ 12.45pm, Away
L3 v UCD @ 2.45pm, Away
L4 v Rathgar @ 2.15pm, Away

Ed Sports March Madness Sale
Ed is running his March Madness sale once again this year with some great deals to be had! The sale is in-store only, Ed’s is open in Three Rock each Saturday 10-4 and Sunday 10-1.

AGM 2016
The club AGM is set to take place on Wednesday 20th April 2016.

TRR Golf Outing 2016
The annual TRR golf outing will take place on Friday 8th July 2016 in Greystones Golf Club. Further information to follow!

Green Machine France Series
The Irish men’s team made it two wins from two against France last week in their Olympic preparations, TRR member Mitch Darling getting on the score sheet in the first game! The French had a pacey counter attack and the two sides exchanged half-chances before Mitch broke down the left and into the circle, firing into the bottom corner on his reverse to win the game 1-0. The boys were back out a second time last Wednesday getting a 2-1 win.

Results 27th Feb

M1 bowed out of the Irish Senior Cup on Saturday, words from Hook Hockey:

Lisnagarvey produced a comeback for the ages to earn their place in the Irish Senior Cup final for the first time in a decade, setting up a showdown with Monkstown on March 20.
They came back from 3-0 down in the last 24 minutes against Three Rock Rovers at Comber Road before eventually winning out 5-4 in a penalty shoot-out as John Tormey’s single save proved the difference.

For Rovers, they will be severely kicking themselves. Playing with a much more aggressive style than when they met Garvey seven days earlier, the Rathfarnham side survived a couple of corner chances for their opponents before building sustained pressure.
James Walker drew the best from Tormey before Luke Madeley broke the deadlock with a low corner shot. Another couple of chances went close for Rovers before the break and they went 2-0 up soon after the resumption, Fred Morris firing a superb backhand over Tormey’s shoulder.

Garvey missed a chance to get back into the tie when Jamie Carr saved a stroke. James Lorimer was shown yellow soon after and, in his absence, Conor Empey stretched the lead out to 3-0 with back post finish.
But the hosts got two back in the next five minutes to pile the pressure on their opponents. Mikey Watt fired high across Carr to get one back almost instantly and, four minutes later, Neal Glassey won a corner which was reset.
Watt fired a shot off the bar but Glassey picked up the pieces and made it 3-2 with 18 minutes remaining. From there on, it was primarily Carr versus the Garvey forwards who drew several big stops from the keeper before Matthew Nelson eventually found an equaliser inside the closing two minutes.
The first six strokes were all scored before Tormey saved in round four and Sean Murray stepped up to score the winner in round five.

In other results, M3 lost 3-2 to Bray, Findo and Louis Glass with the goals. After a good fight back Bray nabbed a winner.
M4 drew 1-1 with Navan, Sam Cogan with a late stroke. Decent performance but couldn’t put away short corners!
L1 lost to Hermes 4-2, Jenna Shuker and Claire Fitz with the goals. A tough result but some excellent penalty corner defence from Barbara and the girls. They have a crunch match this Saturday against Alex at 1pm in HQ. L2 lost to Hermes 3-0 while L3 drew with Mullingar 2-2. L4 won v Bray 3-2, Solo scoring a hat trick!

Fixtures 5th Mar 2016

M1 v Monkstown @ 4.00pm, Away
M2 v Pembroke @ 5.30pm, Away
M3 v DUHC @ 3.00pm, Front
M4 v Portrane @ TBC, Away
M5 v Bray @ 1.00pm, Back

L1 v Alex @ 1.00pm, Front
L2 v Navan @ 11.00am, Front
L3 v Pembroke @ 3.00pm, Back
L4 v Avoca @ 11.00am, Back

TRR to host EYHL Provincial Play-off Knockout Finals

The club is delighted to be hosting the EYHL Provincial Play-offs Knockout Finals Stage on April 23rd & 24th. We are continually developing Three Rock Rovers infrastructure so it offers players, officials, media and spectators the best possible environment to respectively perform, administer, support, celebrate and promote Irish hockey. As ever, events like this cannot run without volunteers. If you wish to give a few hours of your time while taking in some great hockey then please contact club president John Findlater by email john.findyoulater@gmail.com

Junior Girls Hockey

Hard luck to our girls Minor A team (pictured above with coach Luke Madeley) and Junior A team who lost their respective semi-finals last weekend. The Minor A’s finished up 1-1 at full time against Muckross before going to a shoot-out which ended 2-1.
The Junior A’s fell 3-0 to Hermes, but still have their plate semi-final on 13th March.

U16s Boys Hockey

The U16 A’s had a win against Clontarf last Friday, their 100% record intact.

A massive congratulations to players Nick Judge, Luke Adams, Robert McCollum and Alistair Empey who have been selected for the Irish U16 boys squad to play Scotland in Glasgow on 25-27th March 2016. Harry Lynch was also selected as part of the extended panel. We wish them and coach Niall Denham the best of luck!

100minds Charity Hockey Tournament

A 7-a-side hockey tournament is being held in St. Gerard’s School, Bray on 20th March to raise 1000 euro for this year’s 100minds charity ChildLine. Entry is 150 euro per team (max 10 players) and it is set to be a fun-filled day of hockey, music as well as complimentary BBQ!

Further information can be found on the event Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/events/1647523625510804/ or by contacting aoifekenna@gmail.com

TRR Club Dinner Saturday 16th April
Don’t forget to save the date! Tickets on sale soon!

Please see below all dates for this year’s Easter and summer camps. If anyone wishes for more information they can check out Celtic Sports Academy on Facebook – Celtic Sports Academy or Twitter – celticsportsac1. You can also email celticsportsacademy@gmail.com

Easter
Tuesday 29th March to Friday 1st April – Juniors and Seniors

Summer
Tuesday 7th June to Friday 10th June – Seniors
Monday 13th June to Friday 17th June – Elite, 4.00pm to 7.00pm
Monday 4th July to Friday 8th July – Juniors
Monday 11th July to Friday 15th July – Multi Activity
Monday 25th July to Friday 29th July – Seniors
Tuesday 2nd August to Friday 5th August – Juniors
Monday 8th August to Friday 12th August -Multi Activity
Monday 15th August to Friday 19th August – Junior and Seniors

Congratulations to the girls Minor A team and Junior A team who are both into semi-finals this weekend! The Minor A’s are through to the Minor A Cup semi-final and play away in Muckross Park on Sunday at 3.30pm. The Junior A’s are into the Jacqui Potter Plate semi-final at home this Sunday at 11.30am. Best of luck to all involved!

Results

Tough day for the men’s teams on Saturday, nonetheless plenty to play for in the coming weeks:

M1 lost 4-3 to Lisnagarvey, they almost produced an incredible comeback with Ross, James and Luke all scoring in the closing minutes but we had just too much to do. M2 won 3-0, Pete McConnell scoring two, Peter Lynch with the other. Good win that keeps them top by three points with four games to go! M3 lost 5-0 to Pembroke who were comprehensively better. Hopefully a learning experience for our young team, playing against the likes of Paddy Conlon, Paidi Carley and Ken Treacy who have won many national titles between them.

M5 lost 5-2 to Clontarf on Saturday, letting slip a 2-0 half-time lead created by Glenn Webb and Kevin Empey. Their game on Sunday was postponed as Enniscorthy couldn’t field. Nonetheless, they ended the weekend six points clear of Bray with a game in hand!

On the ladies side, L1 battled hard against Clontarf resulting in a 1-1 draw. Isabelle Hoyne on the scoresheet. L2 fell 2-1 to Bray away. L3 had a 0-0 draw against Botanic while L4 had a 2-2 draw against UCD.

Fixtures 27th Feb 2016
Saturday fixtures

M1 v Lisnagarvey @ 3.00pm, Away
M3 v Bray @ 11.45am, Away
M4 v Navan @ 2.00pm, Front
M5 v St Brendan’s, postponed

L1 v Hermes @ 4.00pm, Front
L2 v Hermes @ 1.15pm, Away
L3 v Mullingar @ 2.00pm, Away
L4 v Bray @ 3.15pm, Away