U21 European Championship (Czech Republic July 2019)

2019 marks another busy year for the Irish U21 Men’s Hockey Team.

The U21 team is set to compete at the European Championships in the Czech Republic in July .

The U21 programme, along with the U16 & U18 Junior Age Group programmes, are an extremely important pathway to developing players to compete at senior international level. Currently 85% of the senior squad began their international hockey career as part of the underage set up.

The U21 programme operates under a self funded model which places the onus on players to fund ALL aspects of their participation in the programme – training sessions, squad kit, all costs associated with taking part in pre-tournament matches, indeed even the cost of attending European Championship itself.

The European Championships are held every two years, and as a ranking tournament the results have a bearing on future generations. Competing successfully in these championships is of significant importance to the continued growth of Irish Men’s hockey.

Any level of support to help offset the significant cost associated with this programme would be greatly appreciated by these young elite athletes.

 

The squad to represent Ireland in the upcoming championships is:

1	Luke Witherow (VC)	Banbridge	Ulster
2	Scott McCabe	Queens	Ulster
3	Alex Tinney	Banbridge	Ulster
4	Luke Roleston	Banbridge	Ulster
5	Josh McCabe	Cookstown	Ulster
6	Matthew Crookshanks	Beeston	Ulster
7	Callum Robson	Annadale	Ulster
8	Conor Empey	Three Rock Rovers	Leinster
9	Sam Hyland	YMCA	Leinster
10	Harry MacMahon (C)	Three Rock Rovers	Leinster
11	Matthew Walker	Three Rock Rovers	Leinster
12	Alex Flynn	Three Rock Rovers	Leinster
13	Guy Sarratt	Monkstown	Leinster
14	Ben O’Grady	YMCA	Leinster
15	David Mawhinney	Edinburgh University	Leinster
16	Mark Samuel	UCD	Leinster
17	Alistair Empey	Three Rock Rovers	Leinster
18	Ben Johnson	Waterford	Munster