Men's Squad announced for Dutch Series
August 04, 2015
Coach Craig Fulton has announced his squad for Ireland’s two test matches against Netherlands this week. Ireland will face Holland, world number 2, twice in 3 days as preparation for the Eurohockey Championships moves up another gear. The dutch have already qualified for the Rio Olympics by finishing third in World League Buenos Aires and will be the highest ranked team at the Eurohockey Championships in London (August 21st-30th).
The Green Machine will compete at the Euro’s in London from August 22nd – 29th, a tournament that sees 4 of the world’s top 5 teams take to the pitch along with Ireland, Spain, Russia and France. Speaking about this week’s high quality Dutch opposition, Coach Fulton said “ The two games we are playing against the Dutch will be our first games post WL3 in Antwerp. This phase of matches is important in the build up to the Euros and no better opposition than the Dutch to start our preparations. We have been training as a squad for the last 2 weeks and guys are keen to get playing test match hockey againâ€
· Match on Friday August 7th will be played at hockey club Hoorn at 18.30 hrs.
· Match on Sunday August 9th will be played at hockey club Almere at 13.00 hrs.
Squad
1.Mathew Bell- Banbridge
2.Jonny Bruton- Three Rock
3.Drew Carlisle- Banbridge
4.Peter Caruth- Monkstown
5.Chris Cargo- Racing
6.Mitch Darling- Three Rock
7. David Fitzgerald- Monkstown
8.Paul Gleghorne- Lisnagarvey
9.Kyle Good- Dragons
10.Ronan Gormley- Krefeld
11.Conor Harte- Racing
12.David Harte- Kampong
13.John Jackson- Reading
14. Stuart Loughrey- Cannock
15.Owen Magee- Banbridge
16.Shane O’Donoghue- Dragons
17.Michael Robson- Annadale
18.Kirk Shimmins- UCD
19.Alan Sothern- Racing
