Thursday, February 5, 2009

Hong Kong beckons for Irish Masters

Ireland’s veterans look certain to accept an invitation to take part in the 2009 International Masters Hockey Tournament in Hong Kong next October. A squad has been put together since last December and with the hope to begin training in earnest in March.

A get-together is planned at Lisnagarvey next month but, while the guts of the squad is already together, potential recruits aged over 40 on December 31, 2008 can still stake a claim to play in the competition by contacting Sam Ireland (sam.ireland@btinternet.com).

They should have played at a senior level (senior Ireland/Interprovincial/Leinster senior league) and still be in good physical shape.

This is a serious undertaking and looking at the teams who have already announced they are playing (Australia, New Zealand, Germany etc), the standard will be very high.

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