Irish Mens Squad announced for South Africa Camp
December 16, 2015
Coach Craig Fulton has announced his squad of 25 to travel to South Africa in January for a warm weather training camp and several international fixtures. The squad will be based in Cape Town from January 11th-27th. The Green Machine will face Spain, Canada and Belgium in high intensity, tournament like conditions with potentially 8 games in 11 days. [Fixture information will be provided prior to the first match].
The squad is a mixture of youth and experience as 19 year old Jamie Carr retains his place from the recent Spanish series alongside Gareth Watkins, a stalwart of the EY Hockey League Monkstown squad, who continues his return to international hockey.
Head Coach Fulton said “The 25 man Irish squad chosen to train and play matches in Cape Town is an important phase in 2016 for us. The warm weather training and match schedule is vital as we look to make improvements in key areas individually and as a squad. David Harte will be playing in the Hockey India League while we are in Cape Town, we feel it’s a win-win situation for our squad and for David given the range of high quality opposition he will be competing againstâ€.
SQUAD
1.Jonny Bell | Lisnagarvey | Defender |
2.Matt Bell | Banbridge | Defender |
3.Jonny Bruton | Three Rock | Forward |
4.Drew Carlisle | Banbridge | Midfield |
5.Peter Caruth | Monkstown | Forward |
6. Jamie Carr | Three Rock | GK |
7.Chris Cargo | Racing | Midfield |
8.Tim Cockram | Lisnagarvey | Forward |
9.Stephan Cole | Monkstown | Midfield |
10.Lee Cole | Monkstown | Defender |
11.Mitch Darling | Three Rock | Forward |
12.Stuart Loughrey | H & W | Defender |
13.Paul Gleghorne | Instonians | Defender |
14.Kyle Good | Dragons | Forward |
15.Ronan Gormley | Krefeld | Defender |
16.Conor Harte | Racing | Defender |
17.John Jackson | Reading | Defender |
18.Alan Sothern | Pembroke | Forward |
19.Eugene Magee | Banbridge | Midfield |
20.Shane O’Donoghue | Dragons | Midfield |
21.Michael Robson | Annadale | Midfield |
22.Michael Watt | Lisnagarvey | Forward |
23.Kirk Shimmins | UCD | Midfield |
24.David Fitzgerald | Monkstown | GK |
25. Gareth Watkins | Monkstown | Forward |
NB David Harte, who is the 26th member of the squad, is unavailable for selection as he will be competing for Dabang Mumbai in the Hockey India League.
Source : Irish Hockey
