Women's Training Panel Announced ahead of World League 2
November 14, 2016
Head coach of Ireland women’s hockey team Graham Shaw has announced a training panel of 26 in preparation for World League 2 in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia (Janaury 14-22 2017). The squad, with an average age of just 23, sees some new faces joining the panel alongside familiar stalwarts. The Green Army begin a busy year on January 14th at World League 2 in Malaysia, the squad need to finish in the top 2 to book their spot in World League 3 (either in South Africa or Belgium) and endeavour to secure their spot in the 2018 World Cup. But a tournament-filled year doesn’t end there as they will then compete in Amsterdam (August 19-27) at the Eurohockey Championships; the squad will be making their deserved return to the A Division following on from an emphatic string of victories in the B Division in Prague last year.
Speaking about the squad, Shaw said “We learned a lot from the recent test series in Belgium and Scotland. We have introduced several new caps to the squad which has brought that extra competitive edge to the group. We are now working hard in preparation for World League 2 in Malaysia, a tournament we are very much looking forward to”.
World League 2 Training Panel:
1. Ayeisha McFerran – University of Louisville
2. Grace O Flanagan- Railway Union
3. Clodagh Cassin- UCD
4. Hannah Mathews- Loreto Hockey Club
5. Cliodhna Sargent- Cork Harlequins
6. Yvonne O Byrne- Cork Harlequins
7. Shirley McCay- Ulster Elks
8. Zoe Wilson- Harvestehuder
9. Lena Tice- UCD
10. Roisin Upton- Cork Harlequins/ University of Connecticut
11. Lizzie Colvin- Loreto Hockey Club
12. Gill Pinder- UCD
13. Chloe Watkins- Hermes Monkstown
14. Katie Mullan- UCD
15. Ellen Curran- Hermes Monkstown
16. Nicci Daly- Muckross
17. Emily Beatty- KHC Dragons
18. Chloe Brown- Ards
19. Anna O Flanagan- Hermes Monkstown
20. Rebecca Barry- Cork Harlequins
21. Jessica McMaster- QUB
22. Ali Meeke- Loreto Hockey Club
23. Nikki Evans- Hermes Monkstown
24. Naomi Carroll- Cork Harlequins
25. Emma Russell- UCD
26. Sinead Loughran- Munchner HC
