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7 months ago

Club Hockey: Portadown Ladies U15 Girls Invitational Tournament 2025 I caught up with the finals day of the Portadown Ladies Hockey Club U15 Girls Invitational Tournament at Edenvilla Park on Sunday. Ten teams were involved. The teams were split into two groups of five and they played out their group round robin matches over Friday and Saturday to give the final group standings as shown below.

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We have over 1,000 images from the 6 matches played at Edenvilla in the #PortadownLadiesHockey U15 Girls Invitational Tournament on Sunday

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9 months ago

Club Hockey: Antrim Sixes Tournament Day 6 Friday evening was our last visit to the Antrim Sixes Tournament and it was the Senior Mixed Trophy that was up for grabs for the nne competing teams at Antrim Forum. Senior Mixed The Kimber Buenos were a shock omission from the play offs. The teams were split into groups of four and five and after the round robin phases we were left with Belfast Harlequins and Saints and Sinners (Saintfield) progressing from Group A.

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It was our final trip to the Antrim Forum on Friday evening for the Mixed Teams category in the Antrim Sixes.

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9 months ago

Club Hockey: Antrim Sixes Tournament Days 5 We caught up with the Senior Men and Women's Competitions in the Antrim Sixes tournament at Antrim forum on Thursday evening. Both competitions provided major upsets in the finals. Senior Men The Senior Men's competition featured Antrim, Instonians Harlequins and Queens. Instonians cruised through the round robin series with three wins from three and they were joined in the finals by Queens who won two of their three games.

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We continue our coverage of the Antrim Sixes on Thursday evening with the Senior Men and Women competitions.

Big wins for #QUBHockey in the men and #RandalstownHC in the women.

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9 months ago

Club Hockey: Antrim Sixes Tournament Days 3 and 4 We've continued to catch up with the Antrim Sixes tournament at Antrim Forum over the last couple of evenings. On Tuesday evening Paul J Harvey caught up with the Junior Women's Teams and on Wednesday evening I caught up with the Masters and Intermediate Players Competition. Junior Women The "Queen's of the Boards", Ards, got back to winning ways on Tuesday night, picking up their third Tournament win in this seasons competition.

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We bring you up to date with all the action at the Antrim Sixes on Tuesday and Wednesday evening.

Wins for #ArdsLHC on Tuesday and #BallyclareHC and #BallymoneyHC pick up the silverware on Wednesday.

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9 months ago

Club Hockey: Antrim Sixes Tournament Day 2 We caught up with some of the Antrim Sixes U15 Girls Tournament at Antrim Forum on Monday evening. The U15 Girls competition featured teams from Ards, Randalstown (2), Dromore, Ballymoney,Instonians (2), Antrim (2), Coleraine, Ballyclare, Larne and Lurgan. Dromore set the early pace at Antrim Forum on Monday 23rd June 2025 The teams were divided into two pools and played four games each.

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it was another busy night at Antrim Forum on Monday as the Girls U15 Antrim sixes took place.

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10 months ago

Veterans Cup: Lisnagarvey 1 Pegasus 6 Semi Final We caught up with the Club Hockey Women's Veterans Cup Semi Final between Lisnagarvey and Pegasus late Wednesday night at Comber Road. Gillian Hall was amongst the goals for Pegasus in the first quarter. Pegasus too control of the game from the start keeping Garvey pinned in their own half for most of the first quarter. It took them a while to break down the hard working Garvey defence but three late goals from Alex Speers, Gillian Hall and Rachael Murdock saw Pegs take a 0 - 3 lead into the second quarter.

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We caught up with the Veterans Cup Semi final between #PegasusHC and #LisnagarveyHC late on Wednesday evening at Comber Road.

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11 months ago

Promotion Play Off: North Down 3 NI Civil Service 1 We caught up with the Men's Premier/Intermediate League promotion play off between North Down and Civil Service to determin if North Down stay in the Premier league or if Civil Service are promoted from the Intermediate League to take their palce. I only covered the first half of the match at The Dub on Tuesday evening but North Down looked to be in control by that stage.

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We caught up with the Premier/Intermediate playoff between #NorthDownHC and #NICSHC at the Dub on Tuesday evening.

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11 months ago

Junior 1 League Cup: Lisnagarvey 2XI 3 Banbridge 2XI 2 Final. We caught up with the Junior 1 League Cup Final between Lisnagarvey 2XI and Banbridge 2XI at Stormont on Saturday afternoon. After their almost perfect league season the prematch chat had Lisnagarvey as firm favourites for this one, but Banbridge made them work hard in the first quarter which ended scoreless. The teams battled out a tight first quarter. There was still very tight in the second quarter until the heavens opened with a torrential downpour of rain and hail.

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We caught up with the #Junior1 #LeagueCup Final between #LisnagarveyHockey 2XI and #BanbridgeHockey 2XI at Stormont on Saturday afternoon.

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11 months ago

Ulster Qualifying Plate: Pegasus 3XI 5 Ulster University Elks 2XI 1 Final We caught up with the Ulster Hockey Qualifying Plate Final between Pegauss 3rd XI and Ulster University Elks 2XI at Stormont early Saturday afternoon. Elks had a lively start to the game but, midway through the first quarter, the experienced Pegasus side began to take control and Ruth Millar opened the scoring for a 1 - 0 lead for Pegasus at the end of Q1.

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We caught up with the #QualifyingPlate final between #PegasusHockey and #UlsterUniversityElks at Stormont on Saturday afternoon.

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11 months ago

Women All Ireland: University of Ulster Elks 4 Pegasus 3 AR Quarter Final On Saturday afternoon, at the University of Ulster Sports Village, Ulster rivals University of Ulster Elks met, Pegasus in a Women's All Ireland League quarter final playoff. Katie McKee opened the scoring for Pegasus Pegasus started strongly scoring early in the 1st quarter, when Katie McKee drove home a penalty corner for a 1-0 lead. Only some stout Elks defence & brave goalkeeping kept the score to one goal at the end of the 1stquarter.

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We caught up with the #EYHL Play off Quarter Final between #UlsterUniversityElks and #PegasusHockey at Jordanstown on Saturday afternoon.

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11 months ago

Women’s Premier: Mossley 0 Queen’s University 3 We caught uo with the Women's Premier League amtch between Mossley and Queen's University at the glade on Wednesday evening. No disrespect to Mossley, who have made a solid return to the Premiership this season, but we were there largley on ceremonial duties as Queen's were being awarded with the Premiership Trophy they won 10 days ago with their victory against Armagh.

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Our final match from Wednesday includes the Premier League Trophy and Duke Cup presentations and #MossleyHC welomed Champions #QueensUniversityHC to The Glade for the last Premier match of the season.

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11 months ago

Senior 1: Larne 1 Randlastown 0 We caught up with the Ulster Hockey Senior 1 match between Larne and Rndalstown at Larne Gammar on Wednesday evening. Larne were looking for a win or a draw to claim promotion for the third season on the bounce, a remarkable achievement. Randalstown, despite being in the hunt for most of the seaason, had dropped off the pace in recent weeks but they were always going to be a danger having beaten Larne in the Senior Cup in their last visit to Larne Grammar.

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We caught up with the #Senior1 match between #LarneHC and #RandalstownHC at Larne Grammar as Larne completed a remarkable third promotion in three seasons. Bring on the Women's Premier League baby!

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11 months ago

Senior 2: Owls 0 Ballyclare 3 On a sunny Wednesday evening, Roughfort was the venue for the Women’s Senior 2 fixture between Owls and Ballyclare. Our friends at Owl needing a win to jump out of the relegation zone in their last fixture of the season. Heather Carson opened the scoring for Ballyclare Ballyclare took the game to Owls from pushback and midway through the first quarter took the lead with a fine penalty corner strike by Captain Heather Carson, giving the 'keeper little chance.

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It was a busy night for Women's Hockey in Ulster on Wednesday. We caught up with our friends at #OwlsHC who were playing at #BallyclareHC and looking for a win to stay in #Senior2

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11 months ago

Club Hockey: EuroHockey Club Trophy I 2025 – Day 4 We caught u with Day 4 for the playoff stages of the EuroHockey Clb Trophy 1 Tournament on Easter Monday at Lisnagarvey Hockey Club. There were three play off matches, for 5th, 3rd and 1st place, the day starting with the 5th place play off and working up to the Final between CAM92 and Lisnagarvey. In a final worthy of the occasion CAM92 took a 2 - 1 lead into the second half and they increased the lead to 3 - 1 at the end of Q3.

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Action from the final day of the EuroHockey Club Trophy 1 Tournament at Lisnagarvey Hockey Club on Easter Monday.

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11 months ago

Club Hockey: EuroHockey Club Trophy I 2025 – Day 3 We caught up with Day 3 of the EuroHocky Club Trophy Tournament at Lisnagarvey on Easter Sunday. It was the final day of the pool stages, the biggest battle being between Scotland's Grange and Ukraine's Vinnitsa to determine who would progress in second place in Pool A. Grange squeezed through with a 1 - 0 win. The Welsh team Cardiff and Met kept Lisnagarvey honest with a big win against Czech side Slavia Prague to put Cardiff top of Pool B for a couple of hours.

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Action from the final pool day matches in the EuroHockey Club Trophy 1 Tournament at Lisnagarvey are now up

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11 months ago

Club Hockey: EuroHockey Club Trophy I 2025 – Day 2 We caught up with Day 2 of the EuroHocky Club Trophy Tournament at Lisnagarvey on, a much drier, Saturday. The games were generally much closer as the teams battled for Pool placements, including the firs game between Grange and CAM92 whch was 0 - 0 at half time beforee CAM fully engaged the famed French flare in a devestating second half.

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Galleries from Day 2 matches at the EuroHockey Club Trophy Tournamen at Lisnagarvey are now up!

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11 months ago

Club Hockey: EuroHockey Club Trophy I 2025 – Day 1 We caught up with the opening day of the EuroHockey Club Trophy I tournament at Lisnagarvey Hockey Club on Easter Friday. The competition features seven teams from across Europe, playing in two pools with the inter pool finals to be held on Easter Monday. Lisnagarvey Hockey Club, representing Irish Hockey, are hosting the tournament over the four days. Day 1 at Comber Road got off to a cold and damp start but it warmed up on the pitch fairly quickly with a total of 18 goals scored across the three games.

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We caught up with Day 1 of the EuroHockey Club Trophy I at #LisnagarveyHC on Friday.

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11 months ago

Club Hockey: Pegasus win Girls U15 Performance We caught up with the Ulster Hockey Girls U15 Performance Finals on Sunday evening at Stormont Pavilion. We covered the semi final between Pegasus Hockey Club and Banbridge Hockey Club which Pegasus won 1 - 0. U15 Performance Semi Final: Pegasus 1 Banbridge 0 The Final featured Pegasus and Rainey. Pegasus took the lead in Q3 but Rainey equalised in Q4 and the game went into runs to decide the Performance Champions.

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#PegasusHockey came out on top in the #GirlsU15Performance Finals after close games against #BanbridgeHockey and #RaineyHockey at Stormont on Sunday

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11 months ago

Club Hockey: Raphoe win Boys U15 Development We caught up with most of the Boys U15 Develpment final between Raphoe Hockey Club and Banbridge Hockey Club at Stormont on Sunday evening. Unfortunately the game finished in a heavy downpour which saw me scarper to the club house to dry out so I didn't get scorer details or a team photo. However Raphoe won 2 - 1.

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We caught up with most of the #BoysU15Development final between #RaphoeHockey and #BanbridgeHockey at Stormont on Sunday.

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11 months ago

Club Hockey: Rainey win Girls U15 Intermediate. We caught up with the Girls U15 Intermediate Final between Rainey Hockey Club and Instonians Hockey Club on Sunday afternoon at Stormont. Rainey came out on top in a very close final thanks to a goal from Lexi Scott.

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We caught up with the #GirlsU15Intermediate Final betwen #RaineyHockey and #InstoniansHockey on Sunday afternoon at Stormont.

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11 months ago

Club Hockey: Larne win Girls U15 Development 2. We caught up with the Girls U15 Developent 2 final matches at Stormont early Sunday morning. The morning started with the semi finals of Development 2 in which Larne beat CI 2 - 0 and Priorians beat Ards. We caught up with the match between Larne and CI. U15 Development 2 Semi Final: Larne 2 CI 0 Larne scorers: Amy Moffett, Maddie McMillan…

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We caught up with the #GirlsU15Development Finals featuring #LarneHC, #PrioriansHC and #CILHC on Sunday morning at Stormont.

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11 months ago

Junior 8: Ulster Elks 4XI 0 Ballymoney 3XI 4 I stayed on at the University of Ulster Sports Village to take in the 1st half of Ulster Elks 4XI against Ballymoney 3XI in a Women’s Junior 8 league clash. Shirley Harvey, centre, celebrates the 1st goal of her hat trick From early in the game Ballymoney took control of midfield, limiting Elks attacks. In their first real attack of the game Ballymoney took the lead, when Shirley Harvey touched in a high looping ball to put them 1-0 up in 3 minutes.

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We caught up with a bonus match between #UlsterUniElksHockey and #BallymoneyHockey on Saturday afternoon at Jordanstown.

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11 months ago

Men All Ireland: Lisnagarvey 6 Corinthian 0 We caught up with the Men's EYHL match between Lisnagarvey HC and Corinthian HC at Comber road on Saturday afternoon. Thanks to a vastly superior goal difference, over second placed Three Rock Rovers, table topping Garvey needed any win to ensure they claimed the Mens All Ireland League in this final regular season game.

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Ulster clubs continue to dominate the Mens All Ireland Hockey League as #LisnagarveyHC clinch the title on Saturday with a win over #CorinthianHC at Comber Road.

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1 year ago

Senior 2: Owls 1 Bangor 1 Our second hockey match at Roughfort on Saturday was the Senior 2 clash between Owls and Bangor. With the Owls battling to get out of the relegation zone this game was a lot more tense and measured than my earlier goal bonanza. In fact there was no score until the final quarter.

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Our second game at Roughfort saw #OwlsHC battle to a draw against #BangorHC in a tense #Senior2 match

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1 year ago

Junior 4: Owls 2XI 4 Coleraine 3XI 3 We caught up with our friends at Owls HC for their 2XI game against Coleraine 3XI in Junior 4 at Roughfort early Saturday afternoon. Coleraine had the better of the first quarter with the Owls defence scrambling on a few occasions. However there was no score as we went into Q2.

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We caught up with an absolute stormer of a game at Roughfort early Saturday afternoon as #OwlsHC and #ColeraineHC battled it out in #Junior4.

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1 year ago

Club Hockey: Girls U11 Finals Day We caught up with the Ulster Hockey Girls U11 Club Finals at Stormont Pavilion on Sunday morning. We picked up the Cup competition from the Quarter Final stages plus we were able to capture the Plate Final. The Cup competition was won by Lurgan HC who defeated Ards in the Final and the Plate competition was won by Rainey HC who defeated Belfast Harlequins 2 in their final.

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We caught up with the Ulster Hockey Girls Club U1 Finals on Sunday at Stormont.
Congratulations to #LurganHockey who won the #U11GirlsCup competition and to #RaineyHockey who won the #U11GirlsPlate.

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1 year ago

Women All Ireland: Pegasus 1 Railway Union 5 We caught up with the Women's All Ireland League match between Pegasus and Railway Union at The Dub on Saturday afternoon. Railway Union are finishing off the season in fine form and unfortunately it was Pegasus who faced the in form team this Saturday at the Dub. Sarah Hawkshaw celebrates her brace for Railway. The visitors started strongly and they picked up a goal in the first quarter when Sarah Hawkshaw converted a penalty corner.

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The Queen of Irish Hockey returns to Ulster as #PegasusHC host #RailwayUnionHC in the #EYHL at The Dub on Saturday afternoon.

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1 year ago

Men’s Premier: PSNI 1 Queen’s University 7 The PSNI welcomed Queen's University to Newforge early Saturday afternoon for a Men's Premier League match. Neither side will be overly happy with their league form this season. The PSNI have struggled i n their first season back and are rooted firmly at the bottom of the league, and Queen's have lacked the consistency required to realistically push for a top three finish.

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We caught up with the Men's #PremierLeague match between #QueensHockey and #PSNIHockey at Newforge early Saturday afternoon.

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1 year ago

Women’s Premier: Portadown 1 Queen’s University 2 We caught up with the Women's Premier League match between Portadown and Queen's University at Edenvilla Park on Wednesday night. It was a match between the Premiership's top two teams with the winners firm favourites to go on and win the league. Queen's started strongly with captain Jenna McCarlie making a few runs into the Portadown circle in the opening minutes.

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We caught the Women's #PremierLeage match between "The Big Two" as #PortadownHockey welcomed #QueensHockey to Edenvilla on Wednesday night.

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1 year ago

Club U13 Hockey: Owls Host Blitz at Roughfort. We caught up with the Girls U13 Hockey Blitz hosted by Owls Hockey Club at Roughfort on Sunday afternoon. Owls welcomed teams from Ballyclare Hockey Club, Larne Hockey Club, Mossley Hockey Club, Parkview Hockey Club and Ulster University Elks Hockey Club for an afternoon for fun, thrills and skills in 26 competitive games. You can view pictures from the day in the gallery below.

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We caught up with the Girls U13 Hockey Blitz hosted by #OwlsHockey at Roughfort on Sunday afternoon. Big big gallery - free to view.

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