Three Rock Rovers Hockey Club

Irish_Hockey_Team
name = Three Rock Rovers Hockey Club
irish_name = Club Haca Three Rock Rovers



motto =

founded = 1893
location = Grange Road,
Dublin,
Ireland
members =
keyprole = President
Secretary
keypname = E. Bradshaw
S. Lewis
free_label = Colours
free = Sky blue, brown and navy
homepage = http://www.threerockhc.com

Three Rock Rovers Hockey Club is a field hockey club based in Grange Road, Rathfarnham, Dublin. They are affiliated to the Leinster Branch of the Irish Hockey Association. The club currently fields six men's teams and five women's teams in the Leinster Hockey leagues. The Club is Irelands entrant into the 2008 Euro Hockey League.

History

The club was founded in the 1893/94 season by graduates of Dublin University Hockey Club.The club initially played at grounds in Foxrock, before they moved to one of the Irish international venues at Londonbridge Road. When the club sold the Londonbridge Road grounds in 1981, it laid a water based superturf pitch on new grounds at Grange Road. In 1988, Maids of the Mountain Ladies Hockey Club relocated to Grange Road and shared the facilities with Three Rock Rovers. On the 25 May 1999, the two clubs merged to become one club.

Honours

("List of honours complete for all-Ireland competitions - all others incomplete")

* Irish Senior Cup - 8 wins, 1 share.
** 1897-98, 1907-08, 1938-39, [Belfast Newsletter 13/03/1939 Page 14] 1952-53, 1958-59, [Ireland's Saturday Night 11/04/1959 Page 9] 1962-63, 1963-64, [Ireland's Saturday Night 11/04/1964 Page 2] 1973-74. [Ireland's Saturday Night 06/04/1974 Page 2]
** Shared 1961-62. [Ireland's Saturday Night 14/04/1962 Page 9; 28/04/1962 Page 8; 05/05/1962 Page 8]

* Irish Junior Cup - 6 wins.
** 1897-98, 1909-10, 1911-12, 1919-20, 1978-79, [Belfast Newsletter 02/04/1979 Page 12] 1997-98.

* Irish Senior Cup (Ladies Hockey) - all wins by Maids of the Mountain Ladies Hockey Club - 4 wins.
** 1919-20, 1922-23, 1929-30, 1934-35. [Belfast Newsletter 15/04/1935 Page 3]

* Irish Junior Cup (Ladies Hockey) - all wins by Maids of the Mountain Ladies Hockey Club - 3 wins.
** 1922-23, 1946-47, 1974-75.

* Leinster Senior League (Men's hockey) - list incomplete
** 1952-53, 1971-72, 1973-74, 1987-88, 2002-03, 2007-08.

Notable Former Players

* Richard Gregg
* Henry Murphy

References

External links

* [http://www.threerockhc.com Three Rock Rovers Hockey Club official website]