Fillies

There was great excitement and no shortage of hockey skills in Beaufort on Sunday 11th November last when almost 80 schoolchildren from 5th & 6th class in Loreto Primary School took part in the first of this season’s “Hockey for all” Blitz hosted by Loreto Hockey Club.

There was great excitement in Beaufort on Sunday 22nd January last when over ninety schoolchildren from 3rd & 4th class of Loreto Primary School, Grange Road took part in a ‘Hockey for all’ Blitz hosted by Loreto HC. All teams that took part in the ‘Hockey Blitz’ were very well prepared by their not one,…

[singlepic id=258 w=320 h=240 float=right]There was a buzz of great excitement last Sunday afternoon when over ninety schoolchildren from 5th & 6th class of Loreto Primary School, Grange Road took part in a “Hockey for all” Blitz hosted by Loreto Hockey Club in Rathfarnham. All nine teams played a series of Round Robin matches that…

A mid-October Friday training session seemed completely normal until the arrival of….. “The Irish Players!”  Both the U8s and the U12s were equally excited to meet some of the Loreto players on the Irish team; Nicci Daly, Lizzie Colvin, Niamh Small and Nikki Symmons! The girls (the fillies that is!) were delighted to learn a…

Bright and early on Sunday 9th October, thirty-four wide awake u-16s and their four not so wide awake coaches Stu, Ben, Hannah and Aisling began the long, long bus journey to Rainey Hockey Club, Co. Derry. Despite several pit stops for pre-match sweets, Burger King and bathroom breaks, a few wrong turns and choosing to…