When you coach your kids, you must complete a safeguarding course. The course can be done online or in person and covers you for 3 years. See when the next ones are being run here:
Hockey Ireland | Safeguarding – Child Protection | DLR Sports Partnership
If you’ve done the course, you can do a refresher course that will tide you over for another 3 years.
Check out the upcoming coaching courses being run by Hockey Ireland
A great suggestion for your summer reading! Great Irish Sports Stars: Ayeisha McFerran has been selected as part of The Summer Reading Challenge 2023 which aims to encourage children aged 4 to 11 to enjoy the benefits of reading for pleasure.
The inspirational story of Ayeisha McFerran: Olympian, Hockey World Cup Goalkeeper of the Tournament, Winner of Four All American Awards
Growing up in Larne in County Antrim, Ayeisha was fearless. If she wasn’t climbing trees, she was playing soccer, Irish dancing or throwing the javelin. When Ayeisha discovered hockey, she was hooked.
This is the inspirational story of one of the best hockey goalkeepers in the world.
Available from all good bookshops and The O’Brien Press!
Find out more details and how to get involved in the Summer Reading Challenge 2023
Watch Ireland Senior Women take on the USA in a three game series on the 10th, 12th and 13th June.
Seeing Ireland playing live in person is really important for young hockey players. As hockey is rarely shown on TV the live experience and watching the best hockey players in Ireland up close and supporting them is to be strongly encouraged.
UCD is easily accessible via public transport. The match on Saturday is free admission for all. Monday and Tuesday tickets are only €5 for U18s. Tickets can be purchased here.
USA will be the highest ranked team Ireland play at home this year so it is a marquee series and we are asking the entire hockey community in Leinster to support the Green Army as they prepare for the European Championships and Olympic Qualification tournament later this year.
Lucy McGoldrick, Isobel Field and Sarah Byrne have all got on the Ireland U16 squad again this year.
There is very little funding available for the junior teams and therefore the team have to raise over €80,000 to fund their campaign. To do this, they are looking for our help and have set up a raffle with some excellent prizes!
The squad have already raised 10%. Support them here.
Irelands over 65s masters featuring Avoca’s Charlie Taylor have beaten Japan in their final group game and now play Australia tomorrow at 4am in World Cup Final.
We heard from Brendan Rice earlier who thanked us for all the support, he said it is a great honour for a small lad from Parteen Co. Clare who only took up hockey in his mid 20s. This is the first men’s Masters team ever in a world cup final. He mentioned there are some major challenges ahead against Australia who are ranked 1st in the world in our Master’s group, however, these are the reasons we play hockey to play against the top teams.
The very best of luck lads – enjoy the day and we will be thinking of you!
You can follow their progress on Facebook here and you can watch the match on livestream at 4am Irish Time (Noon local) if you can’t sleep here.
Hockey Ireland is delighted to announce that we are hosting the EuroHockey Championship Qualifiers featuring Ireland, Czech Republic, Poland and Turkey in Abbotstown on August 18th to 21st 2022.
For Hockey Ireland to deliver this major event, we need the support from a large number of volunteers to help with the running of the tournament. Volunteers are an irreplaceable part of our organisation and Hockey Ireland would not be able to host such a big event without your support which will be instrumental in ‘Changing the Game’ for our international teams.
For you, volunteering provides a unique opportunity to experience an international sporting event behind the scenes, allowing you to get to know organizations behind the EuroHockey Qualifiers and to create new friendships with other sport enthusiasts.
Registration closes on August 5th.
Thursday 18th August 3:15pm – 9:15pm
Saturday 20th August 9am to 3pm
Thank you in advance to all who can volunteer for this event. Your support is very welcome.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us on info@hockey.ie.
Hockey 4 All Summer Camps.
St Joseph’s of Cluny in Killiney (3-5th August) and Corinthian HC in Rathfarnham (8-10th August).
€35 for 3-day camp. More info email camps@hockey.ie or book here.
Details of an upcoming Hockey Ireland Level 1 coaching course in Bray, Co. Wicklow hosted by Bray Hockey Club. Places on August Coaching courses are usually in high demand so sign up soon.
Places can be booked here.
Over the weekend, Trevor Dagg and his team put together a skills camp to raise money for the Irish U18 hockey squad who are self-funding their trip to compete in the 8 Nations in Germany. The day went really well and was well attended by kids from all around Dublin.
If you would like to contribute to the team’s fundraising, then check out their page here.
