New-look Money off to a winning start

HockeyBALLYMONEY Hockey Club opened their season on Saturday with a game at home against North Down in the Winemark Ulster Shield.
By The Newsroom
Published 15th Sep 2010, 18:50 BST

With Julie Allison away to Queens, Lauren Barr in Maryland, Judith McVicker taking a bit of a back seat and Ruth Sutherland on maternity Money started with a somewhat new squad with some new faces on board.

Emma Lynch is back from university and Anne Hemphill has moved from Coleraine.

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Under the coaching guidance of Bridget Cleland and captain Susie Martin the new squad took to the field and dominated for most of the 90 minutes of the game with Emma Lynch, Nikki Parke and Susie Martin all getting their names on the score sheet in a 3-0 win.

Sammy-Jo Greer playing her last match for a while for the Toon only had one crucial save to make.

With this their first game now under their belt Money travel to UUJ on Wednesday to play Victorians in their next Winemark game and the team with be joined with Jenna Holmes who played with Randalstown last season between the sticks Jenna played with Sammy-Jo last season in the Ulster and Irish squad last season, so she comes with good experience.

The team will also be joined again by Katie Mullan who is back from a well deserved break after a full summer schedule of hockey all summer.

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Katie travelled to Singapore with the Irish U17 squad to play in the Youth Olympic Games, and although no medals were won, her experience was second to none.

Fixtures

1st XI v Victorians on Wednesday at UUJ

1st XI v Omagh 2.30pm on Saturday at home

2nd XI v Ballyclare 1.00pm on Saturday at home

3rd XI v Ballyclare at 4pm on Saturday at home