Ireland finish top of four nationalIT WAS an encouraging weekend for Irish hockey at Belfield with the Ireland Under 16 team winning the Alberto VO5 Home Countries…Mon Mar 24 1997 - 00:00
Double for Irish girlsTHE Irish under-16 and under-18 teams had comfortable victories in their opening matches of the girls Home Nations hockey tournament…Sat Mar 22 1997 - 00:00
Irish hope to go one better this yearJUST two days after Belfield staged the thrilling finale to the Leinster Senior League season between Muckross and Loreto, the…Fri Mar 21 1997 - 00:00
Muckross remain championsTHEY gave it everything and more but in the end it was not enough for Loreto to snatch the title from defending champions Muckross…Thu Mar 20 1997 - 00:00
Ryan win over KhanDEREK RYAN had the first victory of his career against world champion Jansher Khan in a Super Squash League match in London.Wed Mar 19 1997 - 00:00
Loreto seek ultimate rewardIN the final Leinster Senior League fixture of the season at Belfield tonight (8Wed Mar 19 1997 - 00:00
Ted's moment of glory sealed with a kissEXUBERANCE, embarrassment, anger and even biodegradable golf balls - we had it all on sporting telly last weekMon Mar 17 1997 - 00:00
Santa Sabina clinch titleA GOAL fit to grace any hockey occasion, at any level, won Santa Sabina their first Leinster Schoolgirls' League Final in 17 …Fri Mar 14 1997 - 00:00
Wesley girls hang on to cupA NICKIE SYMMONS goal seven minutes in to the first period of extra time gave Wesley College victory, for the second successive…Wed Mar 12 1997 - 00:00
Winning formula evades ITVHAVING gazumped the BBC's `but we're a national institution, guffaw, guffaw' offer for the exclusive rights to broadcast the …Mon Mar 10 1997 - 00:00
Loreto, Muckross in League showdownDEJECTION, delight and more than a little relief were just some of the emotions on display at grounds around Dublin on Saturday…Mon Mar 10 1997 - 00:00
Enniskillen are championsONLY two points separated the top four teams at the end of the All-Ireland schools' hockey finals in Thurles yesterday but it…Sat Mar 08 1997 - 00:00
No longer the Grimbsey Town of Europe"HOPE ye're thrashed," said the Everton fan.Sat Mar 08 1997 - 00:00
Title race goes to the wireIN ONE of those strange quirks of fate, six title and relegation rivals are directly pitted against each other in the final weekend…Fri Mar 07 1997 - 00:00
Bad week for referees and fishmongersIT would have been a nice way to round off an unsuccessful competition-entering week by winning £1 million out of the RTE sports…Mon Mar 03 1997 - 00:00
Hermes dig deep to lift first Senior CupUP until Saturday afternoon she was known as DJ Carey's kid sister who "plays a bit of hockey"Mon Mar 03 1997 - 00:00
Hermes determined to make amends in cupAFTER sitting down on Tuesday night to watch the "video nasty" of their Leinster Senior Cup defeat to Muckross last Sunday, Hermes…Fri Feb 28 1997 - 00:00
Muckross happy as in tearsEVEN hardened, overpaid professionals, from any sport, elicit our sympathy when they lose cup finals in penalty shoot outs but…Thu Feb 27 1997 - 00:00
Logue's early goal proves decisiveA MARY LOGUE goal four minutes into the Leinster Senior Cup final at Grange Road yesterday added yet more silverware to the already…Mon Feb 24 1997 - 00:00
Merchant sells us short on excitementTHE art of getting us sporting viewers worked up into a state of frenzied excitement - even if there really isn't anything to…Mon Feb 24 1997 - 00:00
Busy weekend for the cup finalistsIT SEEMS a pity that the finalists in the showcase of Leinster cup hockey, the Senior Cup final, could not be spared the ordeal…Fri Feb 21 1997 - 00:00
If only the wrong Ma had worn pinkIF only Roger Carling had done a `Karl Le Tissier' last week, spoken to Radio Hampstead and revealed the English rugby team's…Mon Feb 17 1997 - 00:00
Two contenders remainFIRST there were four, then there were three after Saturday there are just the twoMon Feb 17 1997 - 00:00
Top sides meet in key game in UlsterWHILE Munster clubs turn their attention to cup hockey this weekend, the race for the Ulster and Leinster league titles, involving…Fri Feb 14 1997 - 00:00
Irish tune-up in VancouverAS part of their build-up to August's World Cup qualifying tournament in Zimbabwe, the Irish women's hockey team will take part…Wed Feb 12 1997 - 00:00
Muckross tighten their grip on league"IT'S not over yet," insisted both camps after yesterday's match at Loughlinstown, but it may take a collapse, of most un-Muckross…Mon Feb 10 1997 - 00:00
McGuigan's patience of Job jab at the Prince"WELL, you would need to have the patience of Job for him not to get to you, he'd get to anyone after a while," said Barry McGuigan…Mon Feb 10 1997 - 00:00
Table tennis in spotlightULSTER'S Jonathan Cowan and Andrea Glover defend their singles titles in the National Table Tennis Championships in Bangor tomorrow…Sat Feb 08 1997 - 00:00
Muckross and Loreto, Beaufort disappoint last year's finalistsAN abundance of cheers and tears and crowd decibel levels that would clear any blocked sinuses..Sat Feb 08 1997 - 00:00
A crucial spell for AlexandraIT said something of the character of the Old Alexandra team that just two days after they suffered the dejection of an Irish…Fri Feb 07 1997 - 00:00
Double strike by Bowers decisiveA 2-1 victory for Trinity over UCD at Belfield yesterday suggests the annual Colours hockey match was a closely contested affair…Wed Feb 05 1997 - 00:00
Familiar look to the final line-upIF familiarity truly breeds contempt, then Muckross and Hermes should be sick of the sight of each other by the end of this season…Mon Feb 03 1997 - 00:00
Keegan finds that his horse is no stayerOH, it's a stressful business, this football management larkMon Feb 03 1997 - 00:00
Randalstown still formidableIT has been a season to remember so far for Leinster hockeyFri Jan 31 1997 - 00:00
Loreto feel aggrieved over Muckross winnerMUCKROSS and Hermes rounded off a hectic weekend of matches by reaching the final of the Leinster Senior Cup with victories over…Mon Jan 27 1997 - 00:00
Candeloro outshines the soldier skatersIT IS seldom, in the course of our daily lives, that we perform triplelutz-double-toe-loops but on the rare occasion that we …Mon Jan 27 1997 - 00:00
Double dose of weekend actionTHE race to complete the majority of the women's domestic hockey fixtures by the beginning of March, so that international players…Fri Jan 24 1997 - 00:00
Pegasus' hat-trick run upendedPEGASUS' dreams of a historic Sharwood's Irish Senior Cup three-in-a-row were ended in Belfast on Saturday as Old Alexandra created…Mon Jan 20 1997 - 00:00
A moral victory subdues the Pink PantherDEPRESSING defeats to Western Samoa and Italy gave Irish rugby fans a difficult television viewing choice to make on Saturday…Mon Jan 20 1997 - 00:00
Crunch time for Hermes' league title aspirationsHERMES have shown enough potential this season to suggest their captain Helen Kilroy will have a victory speech or two to make…Fri Jan 17 1997 - 00:00
Hear about the Virgin and the Apricot?CYNICAL folk in this world suspect that Richard Branson's sailing and ballooning exploits over the years have had nothing to …Mon Jan 13 1997 - 00:00
Muckross ease into last fourWITH two quarter finals in 24 hours it could have been a testing weekend for Muckross but by yesterday evening they had progressed…Mon Jan 13 1997 - 00:00
Luckless Old AlexandraTHE Gods weren't smiling on Old Alexandra when they paired the club with Pegasus in the quarter finals of the Sharwoods Irish…Fri Jan 10 1997 - 00:00
Old Alexandra have it toughSPARE a thought for Old Alexandra as they attempt to rearrange their Leinster Senior Hockey Cup quarter final match that fell…Tue Jan 07 1997 - 00:00
Pembroke spirits lifted by win over RailwayFROST and snow allowed six of the Leinster Senior Cup contenders to put their feet up on Saturday afternoon but the players of…Mon Jan 06 1997 - 00:00
Where the sun doesn't shine anymore"I'VE heard more applause greet a cholera epidemic," was how Sid Waddell summed up the audience reaction when their hero Eric…Mon Jan 06 1997 - 00:00
Rivals resolute and ready to lift Muckross strangleholdWHILE most of us are left with broken New Year's resolutions by the second day of January, the only thing Old Alexandra, Hermes…Fri Jan 03 1997 - 00:00
Ash or willow, Liam Griffin's your manIT WOULD have done the shattered morale of England cricket manager David Lloyd, Aston Villa's Gareth Southgate and Nottingham…Mon Dec 30 1996 - 00:00
