The Official Account of Cork Church of Ireland Hockey Club. Munster’s largest hockey club with 4 Men’s teams, 5 Women’s teams and a thriving underage section.
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our great friend John Rose who died today. Our thoughts go out to his beloved wife Rose at this sad time. May he rest in peace.
Massive congratulations to
@InstaLadies
on their promotion to the EY League! 💃🏼 That result means that our Ladies 1s will now play in IHL2 next year 🙌🏼
#munsterhockey
Barry Crowley's presentation today for his 16+ years of service as manager of the men's first team. Many thousands of kilometers in the Golf and many thousands of "blue to blue". Thanks for everything Barry - a true blue.
We are delighted to welcome Denis Pritchard back to the club. Denis will take over the role of the Men's 1st team head coach.
We wish Denis and his squad the very best of luck for the season ahead.
Shocking conditions on the way home from
@TRRHC
Five hours on the road after four away matches in nine days. Results not going our way (yet) but couldn’t be prouder of the lads.
#CITID
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Garryduff Sports Centre has been made into a makeshift assembly line, as a group of independent 3D printers attempt to make 10,000 face masks for Cork’s frontline healthcare staff in the next 4 weeks.
Hear the full story with
@ryangrace__
on RedFM News at 1pm.
#COVID19
7 years and sorely missed every day.
This coming Saturday there will be a bring and buy cake sale in aid of the Irish Heart Foundation in Garryduff at 2pm followed by a memorial game in memory of Andy at 5pm.
Please come and show your support as we remember this great man.
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our great friend John Rose who died unexpectedly on Saturday evening. Our thoughts to go out to his beloved wife, Rose, at this sad time.
Please be advised that due to Government restrictions, we are not allowed to ...
The Men’s Hockey Club is delighted to announce that Jonathan Bruton has been announced has our new 1st team coach for the coming season. More to follow.
On Saturday we remembered our friend Andy. We would like to thank everyone who supported in aid of the Irish Heart Foundation. It was an enjoyable day with so many people around the club.
Congratulations to our Men’s 1st, 2nd and 3rd team who have won all three divisions in Munster Hockey. Looking forward to celebrating this fantastic achievement when it is safe to do so.
#CITID
Looking forward to next weekend when it will be the battle of Cork C of I v Dublin C of I. Both teams playing at home. 😉 Might need
@wpaulcolton
to keep the peace.
@PWHC
#EYHL
Cork Church of Ireland Hockey Club are very sad to hear of the passing of Seán Hurley. Seán was a valued and enthusiastic member of the club both on and off the field of play for a number of years. We offer our condolences to his family and friends and may Seán Rest in Peace.
It’s finally here!!! 🥳 Our brand new Olympic standard pitch is finally being laid. To celebrate this fantastic occasion Garryduff are delighted to hold an Official Pitch Opening, Saturday May 27th! There will be plenty of activities all day for both kids and adults to enjoy!
Massive congrats to Sean Bateman on making the Irish U16 boys 6 nations squad. They play a series of matches against Scotland in Ulster University Jordan from the 29th of June to the 1st of July. These three matches will serve as warm-up to their Six Nations campaign.
CHAMPS!! The thirds saw off Quins 4-0 today to retain the Munster Division 3 title. Well done to Brendan, Phil and the entire team, including all the mascots
Don’t forget to come out and support at the Andy Chambers memorial match (5pm) and bake sale in aid of the Irish Heart Foundation (3pm) this Saturday following the men’s 2s game vs Middleton.
We forgot to tell you that Mr Philip Byrne is the new Men’s 1st XI Captain. He is promising great things for the coming season. We think he is the first Dub to captain our great club. Or is he
@DermotJudge
??
A chance to see some top level International hockey as the Irish Senior men return to Garryduff to play France next Thursday June 28th. Hit off is 7pm. 🏑 🇮🇪vs 🇫🇷
Thank you to all those who came to remember our friend Andy yesterday. The annual Memorial match & Fundraiser for the Irish Heart Foundation was a great success.
🏆🏆🏆 Treble delight! For the third weekend in a row the Mens 1's picked up silverware by winning the Munster Senior Cup to go along with the Division 1 League and Peard Cup titles in what is a provincial clean sweep - congrats lads!
#CITID
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Our club president
@TrevorDunne5
passing on the clubs congratulations to
@rogormley
on his fantastic career and achievements at his recent testimonial game. By all accounts Trev also rolled back the years by demonstrating his goal scoring prowess and his trademark celebration!
Irish Senior Cup Full Time:
CI 3 (Alex O’Grady, Ciara Sexton, Aoife Collins) -
@BallymoneyHC
3
5-4 to CI on shuttles!! Next round here we come 💃🏼 💃🏼 nerves are shot in the Duff 😂😂
@irishhockey
Congrats & well done to Abi O’Mahony, Rebecca Kingston, Laurna McHugh, Kevin O'Dea & Andrew Salter on getting Irish U18 trials ☘️
Plus Alison ORourke, Cian Dorgan & Sean Bateman on their U16 Irish trials ☘️
#youcandoit
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Massive congrats to Rob Olden who has been selected for the Irish u18's training panel to play against England next week in Bisham.
Congrats Rob 🇮🇪🔥
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We are delighted to announce Jonny Bruton as Director of Hockey Development.
Jonny, along with 52 international caps, brings a wealth of experience & knowledge to this role which will benefit all our junior members in the club to develop within a structured and fun environment.
We are delighted to announce
@andybgray
as our new director of youth hockey. Andy comes with a wealth of coaching experience from his involvement with Southern Fried Hockey and various Munster underage teams. The club would like to wish Andy all the best for the coming year!!
Best of luck to our 3 internationals heading off to their respective summer tournaments this week. 💪🇮🇪
Louis McDaid and Jamie Horgan are heading to Granada, Spain 🇪🇸 for their u16’s 8 nations tournament.
Rob Olden is heading to Krefeld, Germany 🇩🇪 for the u18 European C’ships.
Live Stream in Clubhouse - Club legends Alec Moffett and Phil Smith are into the Over 35s World Cup Semi-Final. They play against England at 18:00 tomorrow (Friday). This will be live streamed in the clubhouse so get up and support them ☘️
Congratulations to both Becky Maye and Jason Lynch for being selected for the women's and men's Irish indoor teams to play Scotland in an upcoming series in Antrim ☘️
Irish Under-18 coaches Gareth Grundie and Elun Hack have named their respective squads for the European Under-18 championships which take place in July...
Well done the CI lads who won the Munster First Year Cup today with
@ashton_school
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CI players on the team (L to R) Zac Clibborn, Rory Jackson, Cian Fitzpatrick, Max Dorgan, Robert Smith, Robert Slyne 💙💚💙💚
Congratulations to
@JULESBBZ
on being awarded the Munster International player of the year
@kevinodea9
on the Munster Young Player of the year & Clifford Sweetnam getting a Special Merit Award at last nights Munster’s Awards night
#congrats