Ian Stewart’s sensible objective propelled Corinthian to their first win of the season as they acquired the higher of Monkstown at Rathdown.
e latched onto a mammoth overhead from the again and utilized a scrumptious end from a decent angle to offer the Reds their second successive win, having beforehand needed to wait 18 months for his or her final three-pointer.
It has them in a three-way share of second place at this early stage of the marketing campaign alongside Three Rock Rovers – who had been in European motion over the weekend – and Monkstown.
Glenanne moved 5 factors clear because of a 6-0 win over UCD, with Shane O’Donoghue scoring a hat-trick, bringing his private tally to eight objectives in 4 video games. The Glens have an ideal report to be the runaway leaders to date.
Pembroke acquired their first level of the season following a Julian Dale-inspired efficiency, going as much as Banbridge and grabbing a 4-4 draw. Bann’ led thrice earlier than Dale finally slapped house a fourth-quarter equaliser for his hat-trick, cancelling out strikes from Jonny McKee, Louis Rowe, Sam Farson and Mark Cowan.
YMCA had been one other facet to go away it late to seize some extent as they tied 2-2 with Annadale courtesy of Grant Glutz’s nook objective two minutes from the top. That they had trailed 1-0 for a very long time to Robbie Davidson’s objective solely to equalise within the closing quarter. Dale, nonetheless, replied by means of Adam McAllister in the previous couple of minutes, however it was not sufficient to take all of the factors. In Europe, in the meantime, Three Rock’s Euro Hockey League Rating Cup marketing campaign ended with a share of seventeenth place total.
On Saturday, they scored some tasty objectives in opposition to HC Minsk however confirmed a scarcity of composure at occasions and fell 5-4. It led to a showdown yesterday with main English membership Hampstead & Westminster – that includes Olympians from Nice Britain, South Africa and Eire’s Chris Cargo in addition to USA and Wales internationals – proving too robust with a 4-1 last rating.
EYHL Division 1: Banbridge 4 (J McKee, L Rowe, S Farson, M Cowan) Pembroke 4 (J Dale 3, I Johnson); Monkstown 1 (R Nichols) Corinthian 2 (C Futcher, I Stewart); UCD 0 Glenanne 6 (S O’Donoghue 3, R Couse, B Venter, G Shaw); YMCA 2 (S Hyland, G Glutz) Annadale 2 (R Davidson, A McAllister)