A new club for the North Meath/Louth area will open its doors this weekend, the Drogheda Independent reported, as Boyne hockey club opens its doors for the first time on Saturday.
The club has appointed officers and will loan equipment from the IHA and Drogheda Grammar School until members get the chance to get their own equipment.
The club will be based in Drogheda GS on the banks of the river Boyne and will have support from the Louth and Meath Local Sports Partnerships.
Registration will take place on Saturday in the school's dining hall. Boys and girls aged between eight and 12 will train each week for about one hour, having occasional blitzes against other clubs.
Elsewhere, Athy hockey club join the men’s ranks in Leinster league division seven, making their competitive debut against UCD III on Saturday, September 27.
The club has been formed by Kilkenny, Wesley and King’s Hospital past-pupils who banded together while at the local rugby club in Athy.
They train on a local artificial turf pitch designed for football but will play their home games in the Caragh Road grounds in Naas. They picked up a win last week in a preseason friendly with Steve Ashmore, Barry Ashmore and Jamie Coyle scoring the goals in a 3-1 result against Naas II.
The club's ladies section currently plays in the South East branch competitions.
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14 comments:
welcome
Great to see this happening!
Great to see it. Best of luck to both of them. Are the fixtures anwhere on line? cant get them on leinster hocke website.
Good to see hockey spreading its wings outside Dublin. the game badly needs more profile outside Dublin.
Come on Athy, the home of goalkeeping!
Excellent news! How is Greystones Hockey club doing since they formed last year?
Hey Stephen any news on where/when the leinster branch will be releasing those fixtures. It's never been this late before???
They have been released. The hand books are out, so ask your match sec.
Best of luck to Athy, great to see it ... yes Charlie, home of goalkeeping indeed!!
Who do I contact about joining Athy men's hockey club. Name and mob no please!
Barry Ashmore is the contact - 086 607 7297
Cheers for all the best wishes, it's good to be back playing after 10 years!
And if there are any more people interested in playing it would be great to have you.
Thanks guys. And Tony your more than welcome. Give Barry a call or email info@athyrugbyclub.com.
First competitive game against UCD this saturday in Naas CSC at 3:30pm.
Athy 3 UCD 3rd's 2 - Goals from Warren O'Donnell and Neville Kavanagh(2) see Athy overcome a 2-0 half time deficit to win first ever competitive match.
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