One place remains to be filled for the Irish men’s Champion’s Challlenge II after Paul Revington (pictured, right) announced 17 of his panel of 18 for the tournament which gets underway on July 6 in Belfield.
The squad includes 17 of the players which travelled to Wales two weeks ago with Mikey Watt the only player from that panel not named in this latest selection. Revington will name the eighteenth player after the Celtic Cup.
Speaking about the upcoming tournament, Revington said “The creation of this level of FIH event is a great incentive for our Irish team to perform well and improve our world ranking. The quality of teams attending this event will also provide our team with a great test of how well we have progressed since January as individuals and as a team collectively."
Ireland squad (club/caps): David Harte (GK, Pembroke Wanderers, 32), Iain Walker (GK, YMCA, 15), Ronan Gormley (Capt, Pembroke Wanderers, 75), Tim Lewis (Pembroke Wanderers, 41), Joe Brennan (Glenanne, 17), Conor Harte (Pembroke Wanderers, 19), John Jackson (Loughborough, 17), Graham Shaw (V/Capt, Glenanne, 129), Stephen Butler (Glenanne, 143), David Hobbs (V/Capt, Cork C of I, 128), John Jermyn (Cork C of I, 92), Andy McConnell (Three Rock Rovers, 7), Geoff McCabe (Banbridge, 40), Eugene Magee (Banbridge, 81), Timmy Cockram (Lisnagarvey, 74), Mitch Darling (Three Rock Rovers, 20), Alan Sothern (Pembroke Wanderers, 16)
Ireland squad (club/caps): David Harte (GK, Pembroke Wanderers, 32), Iain Walker (GK, YMCA, 15), Ronan Gormley (Capt, Pembroke Wanderers, 75), Tim Lewis (Pembroke Wanderers, 41), Joe Brennan (Glenanne, 17), Conor Harte (Pembroke Wanderers, 19), John Jackson (Loughborough, 17), Graham Shaw (V/Capt, Glenanne, 129), Stephen Butler (Glenanne, 143), David Hobbs (V/Capt, Cork C of I, 128), John Jermyn (Cork C of I, 92), Andy McConnell (Three Rock Rovers, 7), Geoff McCabe (Banbridge, 40), Eugene Magee (Banbridge, 81), Timmy Cockram (Lisnagarvey, 74), Mitch Darling (Three Rock Rovers, 20), Alan Sothern (Pembroke Wanderers, 16)
8 comments:
What happened M Watt
i was thinking the same thing, surely he wasnt dropped?
dropped,but from what it sounds like theres still a chance of him being named as number 18
it's purely so phelie maguire can try and prove himself after he gets home.
Wierd! Who else could it go to?
cliff bailey?
Graham O'Neill is still mulling over an offer from revington to join the squad in light of some superb performances this year and video footage revington has been given from past seasons,come on Graham,Ireland needs you!
at the very least graham oneil deserves a shot. clearly the most gifted man in ireland. and he is good at hockey as well
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