Under the Spotlight...

Angela was part of the Irish Senior Cup winning side of 2001 and has been one of the team's rocks in recent years.

She spills the beans on who she'd invite on a night out, the best player she's ever faced and just why Diane McNeill has umpires throughout Ireland reaching for the headache tablets after a game...

Name: ANGELA HUEY

Age: 31

Position: RIGHT BACK

Home town: BALLYMONEY

Club:BALLYMONEY HOCKEY CLUB 1ST XI

Left-handed or right-handed: RIGHT-HANDED

What is your favourite away ground? UCD, DUBLIN (AS THIS NORMALLY MEANS WE ARE IN AN IRISH FINAL OF SOME SORT)

Who is your hockey idol? DON'T HAVE A HOCKEY IDOL AS SUCH, HOWEVER SOMEONE I HAVE GREAT ADMIRATION FOR IS LYNSEY MCVICKER AND HER VAST ARRAY OF ACHIEVEMENTS AT ALL LEVELS.

Any pre-match superstitions? NONE

Who is the best player you have played with and against? BEST PLAYER I HAVE PLAYED WITH IS LYNSEY MCVICKER AS SHE NEVER CEASES TO AMAZE ME WITH HER SPEED, SKILL AND ABILITY TO TURN A GAME IN A BLINK OF AN EYE.

BEST PLAYER I HAVE PLAYED AGAINST IS JENNIE BIMSON OF LEICESTER HOCKEY CLUB, ENGLAND & GREAT BRITAIN WHEN WE PLAYED IN THE EUROPEAN CUP WINNERS CUP IN ORENSE, SPAIN IN 2002. OUT OF THIS LEICESTER TEAM WE PLAYED I COULD HAVE PICKED FROM A LONG LIST OF ENGLAND AND GREAT BRITAIN PLAYERS.

What is the best advice you have been given by a manager? "EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE WITH HARD WORK, COMMITMENT AND TEAM SPIRIT"....THIS WAS WHAT WE KEPT IN MIND DURING OUR 2001 IRISH CUP WINNING RUN.

If you could introduce one thing to your sport what would it be? NO PRACTICES OR GAMES ON A SUNDAY AS I DON'T PLAY SPORT ON A SUNDAY

Who do you think will win the league? PROBABLY PEGASUS AGAIN!

Who is your ideal other half? NOT SURE BOUT THIS ONE…HOWEVER SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL RUGBY PLAYER EUAN MURRAY HAS CAUGHT MY EYE LATELY…NOT FOR HIS LOOKS BUT FOR HIS CHRISTIAN STAND. HE HAS CARVED OUT A PROFESSIONAL SPORTING CAREER WHILE HOLDING ONTO HIS CHRISTIAN BELIEFS OF NOT PLAYING ON A SUNDAY WHICH MANY CHRISTIANS FIND HARD TO DO.

Who has been the greatest influence on your hockey career? LYNSEY MCVICKER

If you could invite three players past or present on a cocktail night who would you invite?

I DON'T DRINK ALCOHOL...HOWEVER IF I WAS GOING OUT FOR A MEAL I WOULD INVITE DANGEROUS DIANE MCNEILL(PRESENT) AS THERE IS NEVER A DULL MOMENT WHEN SHE IS AROUND, DIANE KIRGAN (PAST) SO SHE CAN TEACH ME HER SKILL OF TALKING AN OPPONENT OUT OF A GAME AND TOTALLY RANDOM STEVEN GERRARD TO GET THE INSIDE INFORMATION ON WHAT IS HAPPENING BEHIND THE CLOSED DOORS AT ANFIELD.

Who is the best dressed in your changing room? THIS ONE IS DIFFICULT AS WE ALL DRESS IMPECCABLY....BUT I'LL GIVE THIS ONE TO BRIGITTE BARDOT (ALIAS BRIDGET CLELAND)

Who does the most moaning on the pitch? WITHOUT A DOUBT IT HAS TO BE DIANE MCNEILL....THERE ISN'T AN UMPIRE IN THE WHOLE OF IRELAND WHO HASN'T HAD AN EARFUL FROM DANGEROUS DI!!

Who's your team's best and worst trainers? WORST TRAINER WOULD PROBABLY BE ANY OF THE SCHOOL GIRLS AS THEY HATE FITNESS!

THE BEST TRAINERS ARE PROBABLY DIANE MCNEILL AND NIKKI PARKE AS THEY ARE ALWAYS FITTER THAN EVERYONE ELSE AND MAKE IT LOOK SO EASY.

Who is your team's biggest show pony? THIS WOULD BE MEGAN FRAZER, WHEN SHE IS IN THE COUNTRY AND NOT OFF LIVING IT UP ON HER HOCKEY SCHOLARSHIP IN AMERICA, HOWEVER KATIE MULLAN IS TRYING HER BEST TO FILL HER SHOES.

What has been the highlight of your hockey career? WINNING THE 2001 IRISH SENIOR CUP FINAL AND THEN QUALIFYING FOR THE 2002 EUROPEAN CUP WINNERS CUP IN SPAIN...UNREAL EXPERIENCE THAT NONE OF US WILL FORGET.

What has been the low point of your career? LOSING TWO OTHER IRISH CUP FINALS TO PEGASUS AND HERMES.

Who is the best team you have played this season? RAILWAY UNION, DUBLIN. THEY ARE PROBABLY THE BEST TEAM IN IRELAND AT THE MINUTE.