The senior hockey season gets off to a leisurely start this weekend as the Neville Cup in Leinster and the Kirk Cup in Ulster get underway with most eyes turning to the clash at Grange Road where Lucas Piccioli has an instant match-up with his old club when Rovers play Corinthian.
Railway Union, though, are the first side to progress as Trinity have withdrawn from the competition.
Fingal face former member William Aylmer as he makes his Avoca debut in a match postponed to Wednesday night.
Clontarf will hope to continue their good preseason, following draws with YMCA and Kilkenny and a win over Newry. The Northside team has brought in Tom Noonan from Skerries and Derek Ledwidge - formerly of Aer Lingus, Portrane and PSBPP.
In Ulster, Banbridge and Instonians are drawn together in the most difficult Kirk Cup group with only one team to progress to the semi-final stages. Bann welcome Johnny Brown from Lisnagarvey to replace retired defender Stephen Pepper.
Neville Cup fixtures
(Saturday):
Three Rock Rovers vs Corinthian (1pm, Grange Road)
Clontarf vs Glenanne (2.30pm, Mount Temple)
Kilkenny vs Suttonians (2pm, Kilkenny College)
UCD vs Naas (TBC, UCD)
Weston vs YMCA (3pm, Griffeen Valley Park)
Monkstown vs Pembroke Wanderers (1.30pm, Rathdown)
(Wednesday)
Avoca vs Fingal (TBC, Newpark)
19 comments:
pretty sure monkstown pembroke is actually going ahead.
has Willy been released by the other team??
Leinster Branch wont let Pembroke postpone game but doubt game will actually be played on saturday
Are Glennane not playing in that tournament in Surbitton aswell?
Where the fook is 'Griffeen Valley Park'?!!!
From N4 at the Newcastle Junction, take the Newcastle road, continue past Superquinn Lucan then on the Left about 100meters is the entrance to All weather Pitch, Football Pitches, Lucan harriers & Club House.
Weston's astroturf pitch
nope, glenanne are playing clontarf 2moro, nt a pre season tournament in uk.
and monkstown are playing pembroke on saturday. probably not pembroke's first team though, something like the one they played in the neville cup last yr.
Pembroke Monkstown match is defo pp! Its on their website.
I love the shot of Lucas playing for Corinthians against 3 Rock!
Apparently the 2 guys that Clontarf have signed are fairly classy. Anyone heard of them?
Clontarf have also brought in irish cricket international Andrew Poynter, it seems he isn't a bad hockey player either.
does anyone know if the rumour that brian delaneys red jacket is coming out of retirement to apply for the irish senior mens job is true?
The Monkstown Pembroke game is definitely on.
Regarding the Pembroke and Monkstown game, at this point the Leinster Branch has confirmed it is definitely going ahead. See the post about Pembroke and the Euro trophy for further details.
Avoca vs Fingal 19.30 Tuesday night.
Mick McG
Pembroke don't care about the Neville Cup....Simple
tom noonan is fairly good!!! funniest run ever!!!!!!!!
The 2 new Clontarf lads are average at best...Tom is a good striker of the ball but in reality is a stone age player - very upright. Derrick runs up his own hole - very frustrating to play with.
Suttonians must be the team to beat if they can keep their team together. Those Pakistani lads are awesome!! Did they manage to keep hold of them? Have they got any other new players? Saw in blue book they were highest scorers in Leinster last year.
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