Green Machine continue World League Preparations
November 18, 2014
Ireland’s Men Continue World League 2 Preparation with French Tour
Ireland’s men’s hockey team will depart for France this coming Sunday for a three day tour which will see them take in two matches against France as they continue preparations for the 2016 Olympic Qualifiers, World League 2. Coach Fulton has been operating with a large squad and has named a team for this tour that sees two new caps in Neal Glassy and Mark Ingram while Johnny Bruton is welcomed back into the squad. Fulton has elected to leave a number of his more seasoned players off this tour as some younger talent get the chance to impress at international match level.
The Green Machine have had an intense period with twelve national sessions over the last three months and Coach Fulton was looking forward to putting the team back into match mode “We are looking forward to playing France next week in the build up to World League 2.There is a good mix of youth and experience in this current Irish Senior Men’s team and all the squad players have been working hard and are ready to playâ€
The Irish team will have one more tour before Christmas, travelling to Alicante, Spain from the 15th – 20th December where they will play against both Spain and Poland twice, the squad will be announced post this French tour.
Match Schedule (Lille, France – French times)
25th November Ireland v France 18.00
26th November Ireland v France 11.00
Ireland Squad – French Tour.
1. Jonny Bell Lisnagarvey
2. Mathew Bell Banbridge
3. Peter Brown Banbridge
4.Jonny Bruton Three Rock Rovers
5. Drew Carlisle Banbridge
6. Mitch Darling Three Rock Rovers
7.Stephan Dowds Banbridge
8. Neal Glassey Mossley
9. Paul Gleghorne Instonians
10. Kyle Good Dragons
11.David Harte Kampong
12. Conor Harte Racing
13.Mark Ingram Pembroke Wanderers
14. John Jackson Reading
15. Bruce McCandless Banbridge
16. Shane O’Donoghue Dragons
17. Michael Robson Annadale
18. Michael Watt Surbiton
Ned Fulton Head Coach
Jonny Caren Assistant Coach
Stephan Barry S&C/ Manager
Stephan Haslam Physio
Mark Kavanagh Video
Source : Irish Hockey Association (18th Nov 14)
