Men's Divsion One:
Clontarf 1 (Derek Ledwidge) TRR 2 (Peter Blakeney, Garry Ringwood)
Three Rock Rovers were pushed all the way by Clontarf who bounced back well from their opening day mauling against Pembroke. Peter Blakeney and Garry Ringwood built up a 2-0 half-time lead at Mount Temple.
But the Bulls fought back with Derek Ledwidge on target as Rovers were almost made to pay for resting Blakeney and Michael Maguire in the second half due to Sunday's Irish concerns. South African Pierre Devaux made his debut for Rovers and looks set to be a combative threat for division one defences this term.
Monkstown 3 (Frank Ryan, Andy Ewington, Gareth Waktins) UCD 2 (Jamie Tobin, Robbie McFarlane)
Gareth Watkins stole the points for the Town at Rathdown as John McInroy's UCD almost hijacked a point courtesy of Ross Gribben's brilliant padwork.
UCD took the lead in the 20th minute when Jamie Tobin robbed Stephen Cole on halfway, played a one-two with Robbie McFarlane before smashing past Craig Ellis. Ian Allen tapped in to level on half-time.
Andy Ewington and McFarlane exchanged goals to advance the score to 2-2 before Gribben pulled off a string of saves, mainly from Gareth Watkins, and notably from a penalty stroke with a diving stick save. But they were stung when a quickly taken hit out was blocked by Nick Dee who set up Watkins to nick the points.
Railway Union 1 (Peter English) Corinthian 1 (Lucas Piccioli)
Railway earned their first point of the season thanks to Peter English's ripped penalty corner in the closing minutes of their tie with Corinthian at Park Avenue. Stephen O'Keefe excelled on the day, keeping out five corner shots but could do little about Lucas Piccioli's red-hot form as the Venezuelan rounded the net-minder to score from a tight angle.
English's flicking skills have developed immensely in recent times and he drag-flicked home Railway's third corner to earn a share of the spoils.
11 comments:
I think Clontarf did fantastically today, wasn't a big fan of Clontarf but I have seen them work hard and stick at it and shoulder the criticsm. Good work Clontarf and I hope you continue to improve!
As a town supporter, i am very happy with the result. Dont think we deserved it and the last goal we scored, 1 minute from the end, should certainly not have counted but cant complain with 3 points!! UCD must have improved alot from the glenns game, because they were just as good if not better than us on the day. Thought Coley was man of the match tho!
go on de onions!!!!
a town supporter??? SURE.....
Peter English and Mark English for Railway were absolute stars! Corinthians looked shell shocked by Railway's resilience. Well done to the boys and may you keep improving!
UCD just doesn't know how to win. Sometimes they play very well but still concede silly goals. That is probably the biggest weakness of the college boys.
There is a very good sports psychologist in UCD........
good man engo!
I would just like to say WELL DONE to UCD.. great to see the effort you are putting in .. giving yourselves a fighting chance this year.. Played well on Sat and were unlucky not to get the point. The top clubs should be encouarging the others to improve ..makes for better Hockey all round.. good luck with the season Lads and thanks for giving us something to shout about!!
Agree with 8.19 Coley looked very good. Had a very good game, improving all the time.
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I agree that the English bro's were "absolute stars".Peter's drag flicking is extremely good while Mark English is a serious threat anytime he's on the ball.Well done lads!keep it up
Coley was top notch on the weekend alright, The ball was dumped on him for the turnover at the halfway line but he battled all day and used the autopass very well for the towns winner
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