Corinthian 3 (Brian Doherty 2, Glen Holmes) Fingal 1 (Paddy Gahan)
A tight, cagey match; Corinthian's greater conversion rate from corners proved the difference as his 100pc record earned the points at Whitechurch Park. Glen Holmes opened the scoring but Paddy Gahan levelled matters.
But Doherty zinged in a high flick on the hooter for a half-time lead and got his second late on to take the points. Fingal earned more corners on the day but struggled without Mick McGuinness.
TRR 3 (David Storey, Peter McConnell, Peter Blakeney) Railway Union 1 (Mark English ps)
Three Rock made slightly hard work of their opening day win against Railway Union, building a 2-0 lead before Mark English's stroke midway through the second half gave the visitors a chance to nick a point. Blakeney scrambled one in late on to confirm the three points for Maarten Bos' side.
UCD 0 Glenanne 7 (Stephen Butler 2, Jonathan Kane, Graham Shaw, John Goulding, Shane O'Donoghue, Eddie O'Malley)
A five goal first-half blitz
put paid to any notion of an opening day surprise as the Glens comfortably held off the challenge of UCD at Belfield this afternoon. 5-0 at half-time was extended to seven by the final whistle with the goals fairly evenly shared out, Stephen Butler the only player to grab a double.
Pembroke 11 (Mick O'Connor 2, Justin Sherriff 2, Gordon Elliott 2, Maurice Elliott, Alan Giles, Conor Harte, Al Sothern, Craig Fulton) Clontarf 0
For Clontarf, the upside is that the toughest trip of the season is out of the way and they can focus on the challenges ahead. The IHL champions had five of their strike unit in scoring form as Andy McConnell and Adam Pritchard both made their debuts. The performance was marked by the battle for places with Craig Fulton likely to name the 18 for the EHL in the coming week.
YMCA 2 (Mikey Fry, Jacob Webber) Monkstown 2 (Gareth Watkins, Andy Ewington)
Major drama at Alexandra College as a massive seven players were sin-binned as YM and Monkstown tied their opening game of the season. A spectacular first minute Town goal from Gareth Wakins' reverse-stick was levelled by Mikey Fry's tap-in after good work by birthday boy Richie Pedreschi. Andy Ewington restored
the lead with a drag-flick for a 2-1 at half-time.
Jacob Webber hit home a corner in the second half, though, to take a point. YM played much of the second half with reduced numbers as they received five yellow cards. They went to Pedreschi, Webber, Cliff Bailey, Rob Whelan and Will Powderly. Nick Dee and Alec Barrett were the Town players to take an enforced rest.
* For Adrian Boehm's photos from Pembroke vs Clontarf, click here; for Deryck Vincent's se from the game, click here and for Emer Keogh's photo's of Three Rock Rovers vs Railway Union, click here
Corinthian 3 (Brian Doherty 2, Glen Holmes) Fingal 1 (Paddy Gahan) 
put paid to any notion of an opening day surprise as the Glens comfortably held off the challenge of UCD at Belfield this afternoon. 5-0 at half-time was extended to seven by the final whistle with the goals fairly evenly shared out, Stephen Butler the only player to grab a double.
the lead with a drag-flick for a 2-1 at half-time. 
29 comments:
corinthian did well yesterday to get the win against a fighting fingal. once again short corners decide the out come of the game.
not sure how the other games went!?
TC
if you look at the league table now, that could be how it finishes!!!?????
Nah i would doubt it...Id say it will go:
Pembroke
Glennane
YMCA
Corinthians
Monkstown
UCD
Three Rock
Fingal
Railway
Clontarf
bahahahaha. YM finishing ahead of corinthians?not a chance.
Swap YMCA with TRR and Railway with Corinthians and you may be right
Anyone know if RTE/Setanta/TV3 are interested in broadcasting the upcoming EHL games?
Is any pressure being applied by the IHA?
The EHL is a great way to get hockey on TV especially as we have two teams competing in the competition. All the camera work is already done by the EHL and I doubt the rights are too expensive.
I think teams are under estimating Fingal, if they get Derek O'Gorman and Tom Manning back in the next few weeks they will have a very different look to their team.
Not many teams will push Corinthians as close comsidering they lost Bane after 10mins, and were missing 3 first team starters
Good point, it would be fantastic if it could be shown but there may be an issue with the broadcasting rights, don't sky sports own certain rights to the tournament?
Just a quick reminder of the rules of this forum: No umpire chat!
UCD was very very weak against the Glens. I am afraid it's gonna be a tough season again for the students.
Pembroke V Glenanne in last warmup game before EHl, scoreboard, td's..full setup
Tuesday night
Agree with UCD comment. They really struggled on saturday. Shaw was very impressive. Thought the Glens forwards looked good and seemed to work very hard.
no one saying that UCD are gonna surprise a few people anymore!
The IHA website says "There is great pride and rivalry amongst the competing provincial teams that has a long and proud history attached to it. The interpro's are also very important dates in the Irish hockey calendar as they are a talent ID and selection mechanism for the eight international squads that Ireland currently fields. Hence, the interpro's commonly showcase the cream of Irish hockey talent, all keen to impress watching national coaches whilst claiming glory in the prestigious tournament."
Have the Irish U16 and U18 Boys coaches been appointed ?
Glens are playing very well but I still can not see them advancing in the EHL.
stay in ur goal
who's staying in their goal?
3:59 PM,
What do you know about Glenanne's oppononents that makes you think they don't have much of a chance in EHL?
any news on girls school senior matchs??
Taken from Pembroke's website re: EHL warm-up match vs Glens tmrw night...
What: Mens 1st v Glenanne, home,EHL warmup
When: Tue Sep 29 7:30pm – Tue Sep 29 9pm
Where: Pembroke Wanderers Hockey Club
Description: The Mens 1st XI are playing a match against Glennane under EHL rules in preperation for both teams participation in Barcelona.
A good turn out of supporters would be appreciated to give an added atmosphere.
give it some time... UCD do have the makings of a good team! they will suprise some of you!
September 28, 2009 6:47 PM
Wednesday evening/Thursday morning every second week will be the day for the schoolgirls updates.
The results I've been sent so far, subject to verification, since the last update are:
Muckross 3 High School 1
Mount Temple 0 St Andrews 6
King's Hospital 1 Mount Anville 2
Holy Child, Killiney 1 High School 2
League will finish:
Pembroke
Glens
TRR
CHC
Monkstown
YMCA
Fingal
Railway
UCD
Clontarf
3rd-7th will be really close.
Great idea by Pembroke and Glenanne, finally Irish teams working together
Glenanne have the harder group but you can never write off the Glens
Pembrok should qualify handily
This year I will predict that glenanne will win the AIL.
Reasons:
1: they are the fittest they have ever been in at least 5 years
2: they have built up their squad with experienced players
3: they have a desire to win based on past season failures
4: they will gain high level hockey experience in the EHL
Pembroke 1 - 3 Glenanne. Good game. Pembroke started strong but Glenanne looked the stronger in the final quarter. Good luck to both teams.
The glens beat pembroke 3-1 last night
saw the game in belfield. UCD were really really poor, and will struggle this year. Id say they will be competiting with Clontarf down the bottom, and can only think that they will take points off one another. I cant see UCD getting more than 6points this year, dont know if that will be enough to keep them up tho!
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