M1s are through to the semi-finals of the Mills Cup after beating Railway Union 4-3! Goals from Freddie, Blakers and Jody. M2s bowed out of the Irish Junior Cup after falling 2-1 to Instonians. Ben Walker with our goal. M3s had a good 4-0 win against Naas, Phil Shearer with two goals and one apiece for Cameron Ruttle and Roly Budd. M4s were unlucky to lose out 1-0 to Pembroke. Our U16s boys finished off the weekend nicely with a 4-0 dismissal of Corinthians!

On the ladies side, L1s fell 1-0 in the closing minutes to a strong Pembroke side, L2s lost out to table toppers Muckross 2-1 while L3s had a win against Our Lady’s 3-2!

Saturday fixtures
M1 v Cork C of I @ 2.30pm, Garryduff
M2 v Glennane @ 1.00pm, Front
M3 v Corinthians @ 3.00pm, Front
M4 v Weston @ 1.00pm, Back
M5 v Navan @ 2.00pm, Kings Hospital

L1 v UCD @ 11.15am, UCD water based pitch
L2 – No game
L3 v Malahide @ 11.00am, Front
L4 v Wicklow @ 11.00am, Wicklow

Sunday fixtures
M4 v Railway Union @ 2.00pm, Home

It’s taking place on the 6th of February at 8pm with none other than valued club member Chris Steele as MC.

There will be a prize for the quiz winners and there will also be a cash raffle on the night.

Music will follow until late so make sure to keep the date free.

Friends, family and other halves all welcome to join!

Book your table of 4 people by emailing Chris on ctsteele@gmail.com

Table cost – 30 euro

Members are hereby notified that a Special General Meeting of Three Rock Rovers Hockey Club will be held on Saturday the 6th February 2016 at 5.15pm in the Clubhouse.

AGENDA

1. Motion (as below)

Dated this 16th day of January 2016.

Barbara Snow
Honorary Secretary TRRHC

1. It is proposed that the existing rule (Rule 27):

“The Club shall maintain a Sinking Fund for the replacement of the two synthetic grass hockey pitches, including their immediate surrounds and flood lighting. The Council shall make a lodgement into the Sinking Fund in each financial year of a minimum sum of €45,000.00 or the depreciation of the two synthetic pitches, including their immediate surrounds and floodlighting, charged in the accounts for the year, if such figure shall be higher. In the event that the Council is unable or decides not to lodge this sum in any financial year it shall bring this to the attention of the members at the AGM. No payment or payments in excess of the sum of €45,000 (in aggregate) shall be made from or charged on the “Sinking Fund” in any one financial year of the club without the prior approval of the members at a general meeting. Any payment from or charge on the Sinking Fund may only be in respect of the two synthetic grass hockey pitches or their immediate surrounds or flood lighting unless otherwise approved by the members at a general meeting. The Sinking Fund shall be held in the names of the trustees of the club or by a nominee Company approved by the trustees in trust for them. Investment of monies comprised in the Sinking Fund shall be in compliance with rule 25 (c) which is subject to the approval of the trustees.”

Should be replaced by the following:

“The Club shall maintain a Sinking Fund for the replacement of the two synthetic grass hockey pitches, including their immediate surrounds, flood lighting, as well as replacement of the well on the premises. The Council shall make a lodgement into the Sinking Fund in each financial year of a minimum sum of €45,000.00 or the depreciation of the two synthetic pitches, including their immediate surrounds, floodlighting and the well, charged in the accounts for the year, if such figure shall be higher. In the event that the Council is unable or decides not to lodge this sum in any financial year it shall bring this to the attention of the members at the AGM. No payment or payments in excess of the sum of €45,000 (in aggregate) shall be made from or charged on the “Sinking Fund” in any one financial year of the club without the prior approval of the members at a general meeting. Any payment from or charge on the Sinking Fund may only be in respect of the two synthetic grass hockey pitches or their immediate surrounds or flood lighting, and replacement of the well on the premises unless otherwise approved by the members at a general meeting. The Sinking Fund shall be held in the names of the trustees of the club or by a nominee Company approved by the trustees in trust for them. Investment of monies comprised in the Sinking Fund shall be in compliance with rule 25 (c) which is subject to the approval of the trustees.”

Leinster Indoor league final – Winners!
Three Rock Rovers 10 (J Hosking 3, R Canning 3, A White 2, L Madeley, F Morris) Railway Union 7 (M Nowakowski 3, D Richardson 2, K Carroll, J Dick)

Words from www.hookhockey.com

Hat tricks from Jody Hosking and Ross Canning inspired Three Rock Rovers to win back the Leinster indoor title from arch rivals Railway Union 10-7 in the final at St Columba’s

Railway have held sway for the past three seasons but they struggled to tame the twin midfielders at the heart of the Rovers’ dice, especially when breaking out of defence.

It was level five times before the Rathfarnham side pulled clear in the last ten minutes. Hosking – later named man of the match – had made the early inroads with his three goals all coming in the first half.

His first was a delightful lob and he made it 2-1 from a corner in the fifth minute after Mateusz Nowakowski had levelled. Kenny Carroll’s corner goal and an effort from James Dick made it 3-2 before Alan White and David Richardson traded goals for a 4-3 lead.

Rovers, though, countered twice with Canning tying it up for a fourth time before Hosking completed his hat-trick off the back of an Eckart Geyer turnover. Indeed, the German teenager was Rovers’ key defender at left back as they built a 5-4 half-time lead.

Luke Madeley put two between the sides for the first time two minutes into the second half. Railway, though, looked the side in the ascendancy for much of the next tean minutes with Nick Tate the key impetus from the back.

They created two brilliant openings for Nowakowski which he took to make it 6-6 with nine minutes left. But, once level, they could not carry on with the same threat and Rovers pounced. Canning scored from a narrow angle off White’s assist to retake the lead.

He then scored a stroke after Rovers’ second corner hit a body on the line. Railway pulled their keeper in favour of an extra outfielder but the strategy back-fired as Fred Morris finished into an open net as did White for a 10-6 lead.

Richardson got one back on the final whistle but Rovers were celebrating their fifth Tony Byrne Cup success. Both Railway and Three Rock now advance to the national finals which take place next weekend.

Earlier in the weekend, Three Rock saw off Avoca 7-2 in the semi-final with Hosking scoring a hat trick while Railway beat Corinthian 13-4.

The boys now join Railway in this weekends National Finals, with the overall winner representing Ireland in the European Competitions next year. Their semi-final is in Columbas at 3pm Sunday, with the final at 5pm should they win.

This weekend sees the last matches of the season for the Chirstmas break. All within the council and committee would like to extend our warmest wishes to our members for the Christmas period. We hope you have a peaceful and happy time, and a wonderful New Year.

We hope everyone has a good break but still already looking forward to the return of hockey! The second half of the season will be packed with activity, with a number of our teams still in cups, the club dinner, scores of league games along with much more

We look forward to seeing everyone in 2016.
Merry Christmas and a very happy New Year

Bag Packing

Well done to our U16s who raised over €700 last weekend bag packing in Tesco Dundrum. Big thank you to all who helped and supported.

Christmas Hampers

Big thank you to all who donated and contributed to our Christmas hampers for families in need

International call ups

Well done to Jamie Carr and previous rovers Mitch Darling and Jonny Bruton on their call up to the Irish squads tour to South Africa in January!

Green Machine award nominatons

After a record breaking year for Irish hockey, David Harte and Shane O’Donoghue from the mens national team have been nominated for FIH Hockey Star Awards! All the player awards are dependent on a public vote so be sure to vote for the lads in the link below

http://www.fih.ch/global-stars/hockey-stars/2015/goalkeeper-of-the-year/

The Irish senior mens team and coach Craig Fulton have been nominated for RTE sport awards. The public will be able to vote for their favourite Irish team of 2015 by phone and text on the night. Voting lines will be open on the night with details announced at the beginning of the programme and on www.rte.ie/sport.

The Ladies 1sts drew 0-0 with Railway Union. The girls had an impressive first half creating lots of chances with Angharad hitting the post and Jenna narrowly missing another chance, foiled by a great stop from the Railway keeper. The thirds lost 2-1 to league leaders YMCA. An excellent solo effort by Sara gave us the goal, unfortunately we couldn’t get the score level after a strong performance. With their 9am start on Saturday the Ladies 4ths drew 1-1 after an unlucky late goal from Pembroke. The 2nds enjoyed a free weekend.

The Mens 1s lost 4-0 to Lisnagarvey in the EYHL. The
2nds won 1-0 against Monkstown, a very good performance from the lads with many more opportunities to score, with Ben Walker scoring the only goal of the game and Rob McCollum making his first senior debut. On Sunday they drew 0-0 with Pemboke meaning they remain unbeaten for the first half of the season. The Mens 4ths vs Railway Union was postponed due to a water logged pitch while the Mens 5ths won against YMCA 1-0, Andreas McConnell with the goal. The lads won 4-3 against Bray in a refix , which leaves a 9 point lead in the league.

Impressive wins from the mens indoor team. The lads rallied up a 14-2 win against Wicklow and a 3-2 win against Corinthians.

On the junior side the Boys U16 beat Pembroke in a 9-0 win. The U16Bs had a comfortable win against Wicklow. The U14As lost 4-2 to Corinthians. The Girls U16 lost 3-2 to Alex and 5-2 to Hermes on the Sunday.

Only a handful of games this weekend as most got their Christmas break last weekend.

With the only game of the ladies side, the 1sts play Our Ladys in the Jacqui Potter cup at 1.30pm in Terenure. On the Mens side the 1sts have another road trip up north, this time to Cookstown at 2.30pm. The 3rds play Railway at home at 1pm while the 5ths play Pembroke away at 2pm.

Just before the mens EY Hockey League game against Church of Ireland last Saturday, we hosted the first of our supporters lunches of the new season!

After an enjoyable lunch, Andrew Furlong talked about TRRHC and its association with the Olympics along with his connections with Walter Campbells family. A glass was raised to wish the Irish mens team success in the Rio 2016 Olympics

Irish U16s

Well done to Nick Judge, Luke Adams, Robert McCollum, Alistair Empey and Harry Lynch on their selection for Irish U16 trials, we wish them the best of luck for their trials.

Leinster U21

Big congrats to Darragh Walsh, David Kane, Freddie Morris, Harry Morris, Jamie Carr and Luke Madeley who represnted Three Rock on the victorious Leinster U21 squad. Also well done to Jody Hosking who was the assistant coach of the squad. This brings the number of Rovers who represented Leinster at underage level to 16! This is a huge achievement for our club and shows all the hard work put into our youth section

Bag Packing

Our U16 Boys and Girls will be in Tesco Dundrum on Sunday fundraising for their tour to Barcelona at Easter. If you are in the shopping centre pay them a visit and show some support!

SA indoor team

Congrats to former Three Rock member Steph Baxter on her selection to the South African indoor squad. We wish the team all the best in their upcoming matches.

Newsletter

The role of writing the newsletter is up for grabs for any budding journalist or writing enthusiast! We are looking for someone to fill the role, with a time commitment of no more than 2 hours a week.
The newsletter gets sent once a week, and ensures all our members are kept up to date with the activities and results throughout all aspects of the club. A detailed role description can be obtained from alisonfkeogh@gmail.com
The role is very simple, but help and support, if required, will of course be on hand.