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Training Times for the upcoming season:
Tuesday: 5:30-6:30pm [2nds/3rds] & 6:30-8:30pm [1st XI]
Wednesday: 5:00-6:30pm [2nds/3rds]
Thursday: 6-7:15pm [1st XI]
UCD Men's Hockey Club are delighted to annouce the reappointment of Rory O'Donoghue as coach for the 2011/12 season building on the great work put in last year. This year Rory will be joined by Peter Chadwick who will take over roll as the 1st XI manager. The pairing brings huge experience at both club and interprovincial level. The duo have wasted no time in preparation for the upcoming season, working both on and off the pitch with the squad so as to hit the ground running from the very first match.
Rory said of his own appointment "I hope that the experience I have gained both as a player and a coach at the highest level will be able to bring UCD hockey to the next level following on from the great foundation laid down by my predecessor John McInroy.
It is my ambition to make UCD a centre of excellence for hockey and I have no doubt that with the excellent facilities that are at my disposal there that this is a realistic objective. I intend to use the high performance training facility to optimise the strength of talent that exists there at present and the talented players that are due to arrive this season. As a coach I believe in striving to be the best you can be without fear of failure and I am really looking forward to the challenge of making UCD an elite Hockey club."
The club fields three teams, each competing in an official Leinster League. The first team will compete in Division 1 of the Leinster League this season, while the 2nd team will compete in Division 3 and the 3rd team will compete in Division 8.
The club trains twice a week and as well as the league the club also competes in many cup competitions such as the Irish Senior & Junior Cups, Intervarsities and the annual Colours match. All levels of ability are provided for, with beginners being just as welcome as experienced players.
The club benefits from top coaches whose objectives are to improve players and compete at the highest level. Members of UCD Hockey Club have access to the finest facilities in the country including two floodlit synthetic grass pitches, one of which is the National Hockey Stadium.
This competitive level of competition combined with the noted social aspect associated with the club makes UCD a unique option for young players .