* Ray O'Connor has been appointed as umpires manager to the 18th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, due to be played in Ipoh, Malaysia from April 3-12, 2009. The tournament sees Egypt, India, Malaysia, New Zealand and Pakistan compete with two more teams to be confirmed.
* Monday night's scheduled fixture between UCD and Bray in the ladies division one at Belfield was postponed as the severe weather conditions continue to be felt in Dublin.
* IHA president Doreen Howe will be the guest speaker at the 60th Annual Service of Thanksgiving for the Gift of Sport. The event takes place in Christchurch Cathedral on February 22 at 3.30pm.
Doreen follows in the footsteps of famous guest speakers including Ronnie Delaney, Lord Killanin, Jack Kyle and Michael O Muircheartaigh. The Service is the focus of thanksgiving for all people whose lives have been enriched and blessed by the gift of sport.
2 comments:
I heard a rumour Ireland were invited to play in the Azlan Shah this year,surely accepting invitations to big world hockey events like this would help to improve the squad and possibly their current world ranking should they perform well?
congrats to Ray also,another big event for the CV.Would be great to see umpires like ciaran bolger get a look in for these tournaments,definitely good enough
Just a quick point on that, the SAS does not currently count toward world ranking points.
Only the World Cup, Olympics, Champions Trophy and Challenge, and Continental championships count in that regard.
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