Five Bann members selected for Ireland
Five members of Banbridge Hockey Club have been selected for the Ireland squad which will play France next week. Congratulations to Matthew Bell, Peter Brown, Drew Carlisle, Stephen Dowds and Bruce McCandless. The number of Bann players selected for this squad shows the talent available within the club at present.
The Ireland squad will depart for France this coming Sunday for a three day tour which will see them take in two matches against France as they continue preparations for the 2016 Olympic Qualifiers, World League 2. Coach Fulton has been operating with a large squad and has named a team for this tour that sees two new caps in Neal Glassy and Mark Ingram while Johnny Bruton is welcomed back into the squad. Fulton has elected to leave a number of his more seasoned players off this tour as some younger talent get the chance to impress at international match level.
The Green Machine have had an intense period with twelve national sessions over the last three months and Coach Fulton was looking forward to putting the team back into match mode “We are looking forward to playing France next week in the build up to World League 2.There is a good mix of youth and experience in this current Irish Senior Men’s team and all the squad players have been working hard and are ready to play”
The Irish team will have one more tour before Christmas, travelling to Alicante, Spain from the 15th – 20th December where they will play against both Spain and Poland twice, the squad will be announced post this French tour.
Match Schedule (Lille, France – French times)
25th November Ireland v France 18.00
26th November Ireland v France 11.00
Ireland Squad – French Tour.
Jonny Bell Lisnagarvey
Mathew Bell Banbridge
Peter Brown Banbridge
Jonny Bruton Three Rock Rover
Drew Carlisle Banbridge
Mitch Darling Three Rock Rovers
Stephan Dowds Banbridge
Neal Glassey Mossle
Paul Gleghorne Instonians
Kyle Good Dragons
David Harte Kampong
Conor Harte Racing
Mark Ingram Pembroke Wanderers
John Jackson Reading
Bruce McCandless Banbridge
Shane O’Donoghue Dragons
Michael Robson Annadale
Michael Watt Surbiton
Ned Fulton Head Coach
Jonny Caren Assistant Coach
Stephan Barry S&C/ Manager
Stephan Haslam Physio
Mark Kavanagh Video