UCD Ladies Hockey - Ezine - Jan 2014

UCD Ladies Hockey Club Ezine – Issue 01 – January 2014

UCD Ladies HockeySeason 2013/2014

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As current President of UCD Ladies Hockey club, I am delightedto be involved in what will hopefully be the first of severalEzine newsletters for our illustrious club.

This follows from our first ever Alumni dinner, held inNovember 2012, which was extremely successful and allowedfor a great 'catch up' with fellow players, many of whom werere-connecting after a very long time. In order to build from thiswe were fortunate to have two students assigned with thespecific purpose to help extend the Alumni lists for both theMen and the Ladies sections. This has resulted in the gathering of over 600 names for theLadies Alumni. Nonetheless, I am aware that there are many past players who have'slipped through the net' and I am appealing to you that if you know of any who mayhave to please forward contact details. ([email protected])

I am writing to you here during an extremely exciting time in the history of UCD hockeyclub which has become not just one of the most successful clubs in the University oreven Leinster but in Ireland. At present there are 12 UCD players on the Irish squad. Theresults of the First team speaks volumes ...winners last year, 2013, of the Leinster Leagueand the Irish Senior Cup in 2012, they then went onto win the Gold medal in theEuropean Championships in Sicily.What about that for a 'hat trick' ?

In addition, the Second's squad won the L.H.A Trophy and were runners up in theirLeague, securing promotion. Another squad, the Fifths, were cup winners. Beyond thesewonderful achievements there has also been huge progress and success at every level inthe club over the last number of years and this season shows equal promise as teams areall very well positioned.

However, as we all know it is not all about winning alone, it is also about participating,so I am calling on you to please come to Belfield and participate by lending yoursupport! I think it is important that the ties that bound us together during our playingdays should continue. To this end, the Ladies club has a programme of events planned forthe balance of the season and together we would warmly welcome all Alumni toreconnect and recapture some of the fun and 'craic' we experienced, regardless of thelevel we competed at during our playing days in UCD. I look forward to seeing you soon.

Elaine Anthony.Club President

President’s Welcome

T: 01 716 2123E: [email protected]

Camp TimesDaily 9.30am - 2.30pm


UCD Ladies Hockey Commitee 2013/2014Alice Hearnden - Club CaptainChloe Carton - TreasurerMaedhbh Delhaunt - SecretaryAmy Coogan - FixturesEmma Aspil - ResultsLeah Brennan - UmpiresCarol Keegan - SocialKelly Coghlan - RegistrationJenny O’Connell - SocialChloe Bolton - Social/FundraisingLorna Mitchell - Senior Treasurer

Welcome to our first UCD Ladies Hockey Club Newsletter.I hope that you will find the content interesting andentertaining. Our aim is to bring you up to date with the clubsprogress and the events that will happen in the comingmonths which might be of interest to you.

The club is at an exciting stage in the season.We have 7 teamscompeting in the Leinster leagues with the 1st and 3rd teamscurrently topping their tables. Our 2nd, 5th, 6th and 7th teamsare all in second place and our 4th team in 6th place. As aresult we are heading into an exciting couple of months/weeks with some veryimportant matches such as the Irish Senior Cup against Old Alex Hockey Club on the1/2/2014 and the IHL throughout March.

This year is the first year we have had a Hockey Administrator, Justin Sherriff.We aredelighted to have his services. He is assisting the Ladies and Mens section with all‘Hockey issues’ and I wish Justin every success in his role.I trust you will find this Ezine informative, interesting and look forward to your supportfor UCD Ladies Hockey Club.

Alice HearndenUCD Ladies Club Captain ~ 2013/2014Economics & Finance - Third year

Club Captain

UCD Ladies Hockey Club Ezine January 2014

The UCD Ladies Hockey club currently has a membership of 185+

players, playing competitive, social and mixed hockey. Teams

compete in the Leinster League as well as all Ireland competitions

throughout the season.

The club is run by the students with regular committee meetings

to ensure the club activities are in line with the clubs policy of

promoting hockey for all players within the club.

The Club has 7 teams and captained as follows:

1sts Division 1 - Captain Sarah Greene

2nds Division 2 - Captain Rebecca Evans

3rds Division 6 - Captain Alex Murphy

4ths Division 7 - Captain Kelly Coghlan

5ths Division 10 - Captain Amy Coogan

6ths Division 12 - Captain Chloe Bolton

7ths Division 13 - Captain Lorna Daly

Each team has a team coach allocated to them with the 1st Team having two coaches

and a physiotherapist. It is the policy of the club to ensure each team has their coach/s

in attendance at all training sessions plus matches at weekends. The seven squads train

two nights a week in UCD on the pitches which are water and sand based.

There is also the new UCD Sports Centre with gym, swimming pool, and other facilities

which students have the use of and many regularly use these facilities which contributes

to the UCD college experience.

Ladies Hockey


C o l l e g e

H o c k e y

O’Flanagan scores winner - ISC Final 2012

ISC CupWinning Squad 2009

The new Sports & Fitness Club opened in June 2012 and the all-new50 metre Olympic swimming pool is the first and only Olympic specswimming pool on Dublin’s Southside. Swimmers enjoy both dedicatedswimming lanes and family swim areas.

The spacious, clean and ultra-modern gym floors include personal TV’son all fitness equipment. Losing weight, toning up and getting fit hasbeen made easy with free expertly guided personal training for allprivate members.

This new facility compliments the superb sports set-up already inplace at UCD and students can avail of all the facilities and enjoy a fullcollege sports experience in tandem with their academic pursuits.

UCD Hockey pitch is the National Stadium for Irish Hockey and overthe years European Hockey Tournaments have been staged there.The men’s Olympic qualifier was played in UCD last year in front of asell out crowd with the men been beaten in the last ten seconds ofplay.


Club Squads ~ 1stThe 1sts Squad is currently in first position in Division 1 with 34 points and competingwell for league honours and in the quarter final round of the Irish Senior Cup. The IHLtournament will be played this year during March and will be a busy and exciting time forthe 1st squad/club. This trophy has escaped UCD’s grasp over the last few years, but it isone of the primary goals for the 1st squad this season.

Current Leinster Division Champions, European Champions and UCD Ladies are the holdersof the Chilean Trophy for the 4th season in a row.

This squad has currently 12 Ireland international players which without doubt isunprecedented in UCD Ladies Hockey and in the university’s history.

The 1st squad is coached by Johnny Harte and Richard Rellis and this is their fourth seasonwith UCD Ladies Hockey Club, and they also coach inWesley College and bring a wealth ofcoaching experience.

The 1sts Squad is sponsored by the Bank of Ireland and we thank them for their continuedsupport.Sarah Greene (C) Sports & Exercise Management - GraduatedAnna O'Flanagan Law & Economics - GraduatedNikki Evans Business & Law - GraduatedJeamie Deacon Post Grad Degree Education - GraduatedKatie Mullan (VC) Engineering - Second YearCaroline Hill Physiotherapy - Fourth YearSarah Robinson Nursing - Second YearKate Collins Smyth Medicine - Fourth YearOrla Macken Arts - First YearNatasha Cooke Law with Social Justice - First YearElaine Carey Health & Performance Science - First YearNicola Gray Health & Performance Science - Third YearTiffaney Ellis Health & Performance Science - Third YearDeirdre Duke Law & Social Justice - First YearEmily Beatty Pyschology - Second YearLeah Ewart Biomedical Science - Third YearBrenda Flannery Physiotherapy - Fourth YearGillian Pinder Business & Law - First YearNiamh Atcheler Sports & Exercise Management - GraduatedAisling Naughton Sports & Exercise Management - First Year


Leinster Division 1 Ladies League Table

European Champions - Sicily 2013

Team Played Won Drawn Lost Goals (F) Goals (A) Goal (D) Points

UCD 1 13 11 1 1 62 10 52 34

Hermes 1 13 10 1 2 38 7 31 31

Railway Union 1 12 9 2 1 45 9 36 29

Loreto 1 13 8 3 2 29 11 18 27

Old Alexandra 1 13 7 0 6 18 21 -3 21

PemWanderers 1 13 6 1 6 18 17 1 19

Glenanne 1 13 3 1 9 16 33 -17 10

Trinity College 1 12 3 0 9 7 46 -39 9

Corinthians 1 13 1 2 10 12 49 -37 5

North Kildare 1 13 0 1 12 5 47 -42 1


Club Squads ~ 2ndsThe 2nds Squad promoted from Division 3 last year, is currently in second position in

Division 2 with 19 points and competing well for league honours and is also in the

quarter finals of the Jacqui Potter Cup. Coached by Tom O’Donoghue who has been with

the club for nearly 10 years but who also brings a wealth of experience and knowledge

to all aspects of the club.

Elisa Buckley Business & Law - Second Year

Natasha Cooke Law with Social Justice - First Year

Tiffaney Ellis Health & Performance Science - Third Year

Ciara Noble Sports & Exercise Management - Third Year

Ailbhe O'Keefe Masters in Accounting Smurfit

Leah Brennan Physiotherapy - Fourth Year

Jennifer Anderson Business & Law - First Year

Rebecca Evans (C) Commerce - Third Year

SamWillis Social Science - Third Year

Laura Ridgeway Medicine - Fourth Year

Lauren McGrane Food Science - Second Year

Holly Rankin Actuary - Second Year

Lauren Haughton Law - First Year

Maedhbh Delahunt Commerce - Third Year

Alanah Quinsey Physiotherapy - First Year

McGrane stretching V Pembroke - Delahunt


Club Squads ~ 3rdsThe 3rds Squad is currently in first position in Division 6 with 25 points and competing

well for league honours and is also in the quarter finals of the cup. Coached by Clive

Kennedy for a second season, who currently plays with Glenanne’s Mens Hockey Club.

He also coaches several school sides as well as the current South East U18 Girls.

Kate McErlean Commerce with Chinese Studies - Fourth Year

Catriona Molony Health & Performance Science - Third Year

Ruth Harrison Arts - Second Year

Helen O'Sullivan Animal Science - Third Year

Hannah McErlean Business & Law - First Year

Sarah Henry Arts - Second Year

Sophie Moore Arts - Third Year

Ciara Keane Commerce - Second Year

Sarah Twomey Health & Performance Science - First Year

Alice Hearnden Economics & Finance - Third Year

Alex Murphy (C) Arts - Graduated

Alice O'Shea English - Fourth Year (Trinity)

Jane Meredith Arts - First Year

Kate Barlow Arts - First Year

Jenny Byrne Veterinary Medicine - First Year

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Club Squads ~ 4thsThe 4ths Squad is currently in sixth position in Division 7 with 13 points and competingwell in their league. Coached by SamWillis (Social Science third year/member of the2nds Squad) who has considerable experience and knowledge of coaching, she is avalued member of the coaching setup.

Kelly Coghlan (C) Sports & Exercise Management - GraduatedJessa Graham Arts - GraduatedJessie Ryan (VC) Nursing - Third YearGeorgina Ralph Nursing - Third YearChloe Carton Commerce - Third YearJenny O’Connell Sports & Exercise Management - Third YearAlison Gibbons Commerce - Second YearAilbhe Tobin Commerce - Second YearSophie Turner Science - First YearJoanne Lavery Science - Second YearAlice O’Shea English - Fourth Year (Trinity)Doris Obilaor Children & General Nursing - First YearLorna Fox Commerce - First YearLiefe Hollwey Animal Science - Second YearSally Kingston Arts - Second YearEadaoin McLoughlin Electrical Engineering - MastersCarol Keegan Nursing - Third Year

Colours Tournament


Club Squads ~ 5thsThe 5ths Squad, promoted from Division 11 last and CupWinners, is currently in 2ndposition in Division 10 with 23 points and in the quarter final of the Cup. Coached byMarty Burke who has been with the club for 3 years and has been converted from asupporter to a coaching role.

Amy Coogan (C) Arts - GraduatedEmma Aspil (VC) Business & Law - Second YearLaura Costello Masters - TrinityJade Hanley Arts - Second YearAideen Cowhey Nursing - First YearElla O’Nuallain Commerce - First YearAlex Hernan Physiotherapy - First YearKate Fowlie Engineering - ErasmusSarah Merriman Commerce - Second YearCiara Byrne Commerce - Third YearAlice O’Dwyer Sports Health & Perf. - Third YearLisa Meehan Engineering - MastersClare Lavelle Businees & Law - Second YearEmer O’Reilly Commerce - Second YearRebecca Moloney Arts - First YearSally Ann Appleby Social Science - First YearRachel Dooley O’Carroll Commerce - First YearPatricia McGowan Commerce - First YearLaura Walsh Food & Agribusiness Mang. - Third YearLauren Baker Food & Agribusiness Mang. - Third Year

V Muckross - Coogan going for goal V Muckross - Merriman & McKeown


Club Squads ~ 6thsThe 6s Squad this year are fighting from every angle. Currently, they are standing second

in the Division 12 league with 20 points and heading to the quarter finals of the Cup.

The commitment and ambition from the team is kept alive by an experienced and

devoted Coach, Alex Shirlow, a former member of the 2nds Squad, but due to injury,

commands the side lines. The 6ths Squad’s goals in their sights this season include

Division Promotion and a day out in Three Rock at the Cup Finals.

Rebekah Moloney History & Art History – First Year

Abbie Kelly Science – First Year

Chloe Bolton (C) Commerce - Second Year

Karen O’Hare Health & Performance Science – Third Year

Sadhbh Mcloughlin Medicine – First Year

Anna O’Carroll Business & Law – Second Year

Aifric Tracey Social Science – First Year

Alice Mc Donnell Economics & German – First Year

Ally Foley Science – First Year

Anne Molony (VC) Medicine – First Year

Eleanor Morris Medicine – Second Year

EmmaWilson Nursing – Third Year

Kate O’Marcaigh Health & Performance Science – Second Year

Nadia Skelton Law – First Year

Maria Marks International Spanish – First Year

Megan McAllister Science – Third Year

Wilson scores6ths Squad


Club Squads ~ 7thsThe 7ths Squad is currently in joint second position in Division 13 with 13 points,

competing well in their league and in the quarter final of the Cup. Coached by Brian

O’Malley (Engineering second year) who is a member of Glenanne Mens Hockey Club.

Aoife Bass Arts - Third Year

Livia Borza Commerce International - First Year

Lorna Daly (C) Science - First Year

Ciara Fitzgerald Commerce - First Year

Sarah Gellietlie Equine Science - First Year

Aine Gilheany Physiotherapy - First Year

Rachel Kenny Pyschology - Phd

Lola Mado Engineering - First Year

Aishling Magee Arts - First Year

Megan McAllister Science (Zoology) - 3rd Year

Lucy McGrath Social Science - First Year

Tara McGrath Business & Law - First Year

Fiona McLoughlin Health & Performance - First Year

Sadhbh McLoughlin Medicine - First Year

Aine O'Dwyer Medicine - First Year

Ella O'Neill Arts - First Year

Laura Peters (VC) Commerce - First Year

Emma Rowan Arts - First Year

Sarah Louise Sommerville Science - First Year

Holly Whelan Arts - First Year

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7’sGilheany in the pads


Hockey Sticks HappeningsCollege hockey has commenced with a surge, 100+ new players who signed up atSportsExpo for UCD Ladies Hockey. It is fantastic to have such an increase in players.Hockey trials were challenging to say the least with that volume of players arriving incollege but we have done our best to accommodate all players in the 7 squads alongwith social hockey.

So far, all college teams have been competing very well across all divisions and theseason has great potential for honours but still a long way to go.

There have been the usual injuries across most squads with broken fingers, thumbs, cuts,stitches, bruises and a few players getting lost leaving the environs of D4, never mind thefar reaches of the Pale. Yes, Tullamore is in Leinster, Ladies, and as as is North Kildare, weknow it’s not on a motorway but places do exist that are not on motorways. . .

Cup FinalcelebrationUCD 5s CupWinnersApr ’13

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v Pegasus -Watkins on a charge

UCD v Hermes - CollinsSmith pressing

former college legendEimear Horan


Hockey Sticks NewsThe UCD bar has recently re-opened asThe Clubhouse and offers the facilitiesfor socialising with other teams aftermatches and training. Recently weused the fine facilities after the ISC -Ards match and the feedback was verypositive in terms of the food, and thepremises.

The Clubhouse has an upstairsfunction room which is available forevents with full bar and food facilitiesand would be an ideal location for theAlumni Ball / Awards Night which is being planned at present.

More information to follow on the Alumni Ball / Awards Night.

We are planning on using The Clubhouse after the Irish Senior Cup versus Old Alex onthe 1/2/2014 and after the rounds of IHL home matches in March, (dates opposite thePresident’sWelcome on the inside front cover). Please come and support your team inUCD on those dates.


Hockey Sticks NewsMoving on, the Freshers Hockey Night was a success and held “off campus” for purely

‘localisation’ reasons within the Mount Merrion area. The establishment in question is

still standing, we understand, and believe it or not we have been invited back ... a first!

All freshers have been accounted for since and were duly welcomed to college hockey in

the appropriate manner with a full tour of Coppers Face Jack’s, purely for familiarisation

purposes and improvement of social skills, plus locating late night kebab joints and ‘lock-

ins’, all in the interest of hockey of course.

This year’s Club Captain is Alice Hearnden, who has been in the club for 3 years and is

an experienced hockey player.We wish Alice and the committee all the best for the rest

of the season. There is a challenging second half of the season ahead for the club with 7

teams competing each week, plus cup competitions.

Irish Senior Cup UCD v OldAlex 1/2/2014 @ UCD ~ Be there!


Hockey Sticks News

Think you know hockey?Think again. There’s a new game in town.

Hockey 5S

I t ’s fun.It ’s fast .It ’s 40 minutes.It ’s smaller pitches.It ’s 5-a-side.It ’s social .I t ’s open to al l .

Now you can play whenever & wherever you want.

“Ideal for Social Hockey”More info to follow from Justin Sherriff

Hockey Administrator UCD

T: 01 716 2123

E: [email protected]


Hockey Sticks News

Leah Ewart, 1st Squad member, currently studying Biomedical,Health & Life Sciences, has been chosen by the Olympic Councilof Ireland as Team Ireland’s Young Ambassador for the Nanjing2014World Youth Olympic Games (YOG). The role of the YouthAmbassador (YA) is to encourage young athletes to actively participate in a numberof learning experiences that take place in parallel to the competition programme.

In the true spirit of the YOG mission, they want to engage with young athletes andother young participants and inspire them to play an active role in theircommunities.

Leah captained the Irish hockey team in the first YOG in Singaporefinishing 5th overall. The Games experience was hugely inspirational and she hassince gone on to represent Ireland at senior international level.

Ewart said “After having had the privilege of participating in the first ever YouthOlympic Games myself, I’m delighted to have been chosen as an ambassador toencourage other young athletes to enjoy and be motivated by this unique andunforgettable experience. To be part of an event like this is every young athlete’sdream and I want to share with others how taking part in these games can inspireyou to train harder and aim for your own sporting goals, as it did for me.

I want to make sure the athletes involved in the Youth Olympic Games in Nanjingrealize not only the sporting opportunities of competing against other top athletesbut also the educational and cultural experiences that will be available to them. Ihope that as an ambassador with previous experience of the games that I can be asource of advice, encouragement and support to Team Ireland athletes so that theytoo can appreciate and get involved in every aspect of the Youth Olympic Gameswhether it be sporting or non-sporting, and having experiences that they will keepwith them for the rest of their lives.”

We wish Leah every success in the role and no doubt she will do UCD proud.

Great Honour for UCDHockey Club Member


The Halloween bank holiday brings a major event in the University hockey calendar asthe annual Inter-Varsity tournament takes place. This year Trinity and RCSI were thehosts of this great tournament which includes all the major universities in the country aswell as some of the ITs in the recent years. The tournament took place in Three RockRovers Hockey Club. Twenty-four teams competed in four separate men’s and ladiescompetitions – The Mauritius Cup and Plate and the Chilean Cup and Plate.

This year the tournament was restructured so that both men’s and women’scompetitions had ‘A’ and ‘B’ divisions, to create more competitive matches and preventthe wide divide of standard which had been seen in previous years. UCD ladies werehoping to make it four in a row this year following a very successful year in the2012/2013 season. The girls retained their Leinster League title, were runners up in theIrish senior cup and became European Champions in Sicily in May earning promotion fornext year’s Irish representative. They went in favourites into this year’s Inter-varsitieshaving remained un-defeated for the last 3 years in the tournament. UCD faced a toughgroup though, comprised of University of Ulster (UU) and University College Cork (UCC).

Coach Johnny Harte brought a strong, experienced 18 man squad to the tournamentwith 8 freshers taking part in their first taste of Intervarsity Hockey. They were quicklybrought up to speed with the runnings of the tournament and took everything that wasasked of them in their stride.

I n t e r Va r s i t i e

Greene - in actionPhoto:DeryckVincent


The opening game of the tournament saw UCD face a strong UU side including Irishinternationals Chloe Brown and Vanessa Surgeoner. It was an exciting game with bothsides creating a lot of chances. UU put in a very strong performance and ended updeserved winners of the game 4-3. This was a surprise victory for UU and was UCD’s firstdefeat of the 2013 season as well as their first defeat in this competition for 3 years.

UCD needed to regroup and held their very own Freshers Tournament, which took placeover the weekend which helped to regain their sense of competition.The way in which the young UCD players stepped up to the plate was impressive. Thisconfidence allowed allowed the ‘slightly’ older (well mostly ‘slightly’ older) girls to takethe lead in learning from the defeat to UU and build on improving performances. Thefollowing day, UCD needed a win to progress to the semi-finals against rivals UCC whomthey had defeated in last year’s final 2-0. It was a scrappy game but UCD came out 3-1winners to earn a semi-final later in the day against Queens University Belfast.

This was a tough game full of drama. There was an issue with the rules during the gamecausing one player to even scale the fence and leave the field. In spite of this UCD heldout for a 3-1 victory. This set up a final against UU with UCD now looking for revenge ontheir opening day defeat.

The final did not disappoint and was an exciting contest between two strong sides. UCDwere without their captain Sarah Greene fordisciplinary issues but still had 16 strong anddetermined players. Both teams benefittedfrom a wealth of senior internationalexperience but it was UCD who ran out 3-1winners. Aisling Naughton got the first goalwith Anna O’Flanagan making it 2-0 to UCDat half-time. Emily Beatty got the thirdbefore Vanessa Surgeonor scored what was aconsolation goal for UU.

This win made it 4 in a row for UCD ladiesand also the 2nd double in 3 years as UCDmen were also crowned victors. It was anexciting, fun and drama filled Inter-Varsitytournament and Here’s to 5 in a row nextyear!

s - 4 i n a row

Flannery - determined

Photo:DeryckVincent


Naughton about to shoot

Duke getting away

Photos:DeryckVincent


Sports Centre Reception area

You can follow the weekly results for all the squads on our UCD Ladies HockeyClub Facebook page, all you have to do is ‘like’ our page. There will be theweekly results, pictures plus “Hockey News” and a great way to stay in touchwith the club.

We are also on twitter @ucdladieshockey.

UCD Ladies Hockey Club would like to invite the Alumni to get involved, as the club isgrowing year on year, with limited resources. There are several ways to get involvedfrom volunteering to financial support and sponsorship. If this of interest to you oryour organisation, we would be delighted to discuss further. Please contact ourHockey Administrator, Justin Sherriff. (T: 716 2123 E: justin.sherriff @ucd.ie)

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