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Donegal pair in Irish U21 squad for European Tournament

written by Chris McNulty July 11, 2019
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Donegal duo Luke Witherow and Alexander Tinney have been selected as part of the Irish Under-21 Hockey team for the U21 European Tournament in Litice, Czech Republic.

Witherow and Tinney are part of an 18-strong Irish squad named by head coach Denis Pritchard.

Both players now play for Banbridge in the top tier of the Irish Hockey League having cut their teeth with Raphoe Hockey Club.

In the build up to the Europeans France came over for a three-match series against the boys in green, played in early April. All three games ended in draws.

The squad has been together from January training regularly in Dublin, Cork and Belfast. 

This program is all self-funded with the squad holding fundraising events and searching for sponsorship.

Witherow has been selected as the Irish vice-captain.

The Irish U21s have played challenge games against Ireland’s U18s and Glenanne, a club from Dublin, while they played three games against Scotland’s U21s – Ireland winning 4-1, 4-2 and 3-1.

Ireland, who have a practice game against Scotland on Friday, open their tournament against Belarus on Sunday before facing Czech Republic on Tuesday and their final group game is against Turkey on Wednesday.

 

Donegal pair in Irish U21 squad for European Tournament was last modified: July 10th, 2019 by Chris McNulty
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Chris McNulty

Author of 'Boxing In Donegal: A History (2021)' - the definitive history of the sport in County Donegal - and 'Relentless: A Race Through Time', the 2019 memoir of former Irish Athletics Team Manager Patsy McGonagle. From St Johnston and now based in Letterkenny, Chris was a nominee for NUJ Sports Journalist of the Year in 2010. Honoured by the Donegal Boxing Board in 2016 for his coverage on the sport.

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