Loreto Hockey Club

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'''Loreto Hockey Club''' is a women's field hockey club based in Rathfarnham, Dublin 14, Ireland.<ref name="loretowelcome">{{cite web|title=Welcome to Loreto Hockey Club|url=http://www.loretohockeyclub.ie/about/|publisher=www.loretohockeyclub.ie|accessdate=2 October 2018}}</ref> The club enter teams in the Women's Irish Hockey League, the Irish Senior Cup<ref name="loreto1sts">{{cite web|title=Loreto Ladies 1st XI|url=http://www.loretohockeyclub.ie/ladies-1sts/|publisher=www.loretohockeyclub.ie|accessdate=6 October 2018}}</ref> and the Irish Junior Cup.<ref name="loreto2nds">{{cite web|title=Loreto Ladies 2nd XI|url=http://www.loretohockeyclub.ie/ladies-2nds/|publisher=www.loretohockeyclub.ie|accessdate=6 October 2018}}</ref> Loreto has also represented Ireland in European competitions, winning the 2011 EuroHockey Club Champion's Challenge II and finishing third at the 2014 European Club Championship Trophy.<ref name="loretowelcome">{{cite web|title=Welcome to Loreto Hockey Club|url=http://www.loretohockeyclub.ie/about/|publisher=www.loretohockeyclub.ie|accessdate=2 October 2018}}</ref>

==History== ===Early years=== Loreto Hockey Club was founded in 1926 by Mother Bernadette and Una Murray to represent past pupils of Loreto schools in Ireland. The club adopted the red wine and white of Loreto College, St Stephen's Green as their club colours. Loreto won its first trophy, the Leinster Cup, in 1946.<ref name="loretohistory">{{cite web|title=Club History|url=http://www.loretohockeyclub.ie/about/history/|publisher=www.loretohockeyclub.ie|accessdate=3 October 2018}}</ref><ref name="leinsterhockey031018">{{cite news|url=http://www.leinsterhockey.ie/playerProfile/6408/Loreto_Hockey_Club|title=Loreto Hockey Club – Biography|publisher=www.leinsterhockey.ie|accessdate=3 October 2018}}</ref>

===Irish Senior Cup=== Loreto have been regular Irish Senior Cup finalists. On 9 May 2010, with a team that included Nicola Daly, Hannah Matthews, Nikki Symmons, Lizzie Colvin and Alison Meeke, Loreto won the cup after they defeated Railway Union in a penalty shoot-out after the game had finished 2–2.<ref name="irishtimes100510">{{cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2010/0510/1224270049108.html|title=Loreto triumph after shoot-out|publisher=www.irishtimes.com|accessdate=10 May 2010|date=10 May 2010}}</ref><ref name="hookhockey090510">{{cite news|url=http://hookhockey.blogspot.com/2010/05/loreto-strike-gold-in-stellar-encounter.html|title=Loreto strike gold in stellar encounter|publisher=www.hookhockey.com|accessdate=6 September 2018|date=9 May 2010}}</ref><ref name="sportsfile090510">{{cite news|url=https://www.sportsfile.com/more-images/10050068/|title=Loreto v Railway Union - ESB Womens Irish Senior Cup Final Photos|publisher=www.sportsfile.com|accessdate=30 December 2018|date=9 May 2010}}</ref> The team was coached by Graham Shaw.<ref name="irishexaminer050818">{{cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/sport/20-things-you-didnt-know-about-irelands-hockey-heroes-859992.html|title=20 things you didn’t know about Ireland's hockey heroes|publisher=www.irishexaminer.com|accessdate=9 August 2018|date=5 August 2018}}</ref><ref name="irishtimes010818">{{cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/other-sports/meet-ireland-s-history-making-world-cup-hockey-heroes-1.3583342|title=Meet Ireland's history-making World Cup hockey heroes|publisher=www.irishtimes.com|accessdate=12 August 2018|date=1 August 2018}}</ref> Loreto were finalists again in 2012 but this time lost 3–2 against UCD.<ref name="ucdie140512">{{cite web|title=UCD Ladies Hockey claim Electric Ireland Irish Senior Cup |url=http://www.ucd.ie/news/2012/05MAY12/140512-UCD-Ladies-Hockey-claim-Electric-Irish-Senior-Cup.html|publisher=www.ucd.ie|date=14 May 2012|accessdate=27 June 2016}}</ref><ref name="iopireland130512">{{cite news|title=Electric Ireland Womens Irish Senior Cup Final Loreto vs UCD |url=http://inpho.ie/assignment/Electric-Ireland-Womens-Irish-Senior-Cup-Final-Loreto-vs-UCD/As1p6gJtnlzhGJvpL8wubQ..a|accessdate=26 June 2016|publisher=www.iopireland.org|date=13 May 2012}}</ref><ref name="rte130512">{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/hockey/2012/0513/320778-ucd-beat-loreto-in-senior-cup-final/|title=UCD 3-2 Loreto|publisher=www.rte.ie|accessdate=29 October 2012|date=13 May 2012}}</ref><ref name="sportsfile130512">{{cite news|url=https://www.sportsfile.com/more-images/1205103/|title=UCD v Loreto - Electric Ireland Women's Irish Senior Cup Final Photos|publisher=www.sportsfile.com|accessdate=27 September 2018|date=13 May 2012}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable collapsible" |- | ||2–1||Ashton |- | 1955 | Instonians<ref>{{cite news|title=unnamed article|page=6|date=16 April 1955|newspaper=Ireland's Saturday Night}}</ref>||3–1||'''Loreto''' |- | 1957 ||St Dominic's Past Pupils <ref>{{cite news|title=unnamed article|page=7|date=13 April 1957|newspaper=Ireland's Saturday Night}}</ref> ||2–1||'''Loreto''' |- | 1958||'''Loreto''' <ref>{{cite news|title=unnamed article|page=8|date=12 April 1958|newspaper=Ireland's Saturday Night}}</ref>||8–0|| Old Ursulines |- | 1960||'''Loreto''' <ref>{{cite news|title=unnamed article|page=7|date=11 April 1960|newspaper=Belfast Newsletter}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=unnamed article|page=9|date=9 April 1960|newspaper=Ireland's Saturday Night}}</ref> ||3–0||Instonians |- | 1977||Portadown||2–1||'''Loreto''' |- | 1993||Portadown||2–0||'''Loreto''' |- | 2002|| '''Loreto''' <ref name="independent080402">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/womens-hockey-26050905.html|title=WOMEN'S HOCKEY|publisher=www.independent.ie|accessdate=21 October 2018|date=8 April 2002}}</ref>||2–2 <ref group="note"> Loreto won 3–1 after penalty shoot-out</ref>||Hermes |- | 2003||'''Loreto''' <ref name="irishtimes240303">{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/symmons-retains-cup-for-loreto-1.353246|title=Symmons retains Cup for Loreto|publisher=www.irishtimes.com|accessdate=21 October 2018|date=24 March 2003}}</ref>||3–2 <ref group="note">After extra time</ref>||Cork Harlequins |- | 2009–10||'''Loreto''' <ref name="irishtimes100510"/><ref name="hookhockey090510"/><ref name="sportsfile090510"/>||2–2 <ref group="note">Loreto won 4–2 after penalty shoot-out</ref>||Railway Union |- | 2011–12||UCD<ref name="ucdie140512"/><ref name="iopireland130512"/><ref name="rte130512"/><ref name="sportsfile130512"/> ||3–2||'''Loreto''' |- |2018-19 |Cork Harlequins |2-2 |'''Loreto''' |- |}

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===Women's Irish Hockey League=== In 2008–09 Loreto, with a team that included Nikki Symmons, Lizzie Colvin, Hannah Matthews and Alison Meeke, won the inaugural Women's Irish Hockey League title. In the league final they defeated a Hermes team that included Nicola Evans, Anna O'Flanagan, Gillian Pinder and Chloe Watkins. Loreto won 2–1 in a penalty shoot-out, becoming the first team in the world to win a title with the new one-on-one format.<ref name="loreto1sts">{{cite web|title=Loreto Ladies 1st XI|url=http://www.loretohockeyclub.ie/ladies-1sts/|publisher=www.loretohockeyclub.ie|accessdate=6 October 2018}}</ref><ref name="hookhockey040509">{{cite news|url=http://hookhockey.blogspot.com/2009/05/loreto-take-national-honours.html|title=Loreto take national honours|publisher=www.hookhockey.com|accessdate=28 September 2018|date=4 May 2009}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable collapsible" ! Season ! Winners ! Score ! Runners up |- |2008–09||'''Loreto''' <ref name="hookhockey040509"/>|| <ref group="note"> Loreto won 2–1 after penalty shoot-out</ref>||Hermes |- |2011–12||Railway Union<ref name="irishtimes110512">{{cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/railway-union-look-to-extend-run-1.518454|title=Railway Union look to extend run|publisher=www.irishtimes.com|accessdate=28 September 2018|date=11 May 2012}}</ref>|| ||'''Loreto''' |- |2012–13||Railway Union<ref name="sportsfile050513">{{cite news|url=https://www.sportsfile.com/more-images/1305041/|title=Loreto Hockey Club v Railway Union - Electric Ireland Irish Hockey League Women's Final Photos|publisher=www.sportsfile.com|accessdate=25 September 2018|date=5 May 2013}}</ref>||<ref group="note"> Railway Union won after a penalty shoot-out</ref> ||'''Loreto''' |- |2014–15||Pegasus<ref name="hookhockey120415">{{cite news|url=http://www.hookhockey.com/index.php/2015/04/pegasus-smash-and-grab-their-second-womens-ihl-title-as-loreto-rue-missed-chances/#.W7DOefZFxy0|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181001031131/http://www.hookhockey.com/index.php/2015/04/pegasus-smash-and-grab-their-second-womens-ihl-title-as-loreto-rue-missed-chances/#.W7DOefZFxy0|url-status=usurped|archive-date=1 October 2018|title=Pegasus smash and grab their second women's IHL title as Loreto rue missed chances|publisher=www.hookhockey.com|accessdate=30 September 2018|date=12 April 2015}}</ref><ref name="sportsfile120415">{{cite news|url=https://www.sportsfile.com/more-images/1504099/5000/|title=Pegasus v Loreto - Irish Hockey League 2015 - Women's Final Photos|publisher=www.sportsfile.com|accessdate=27 September 2018|date=12 April 2015}}</ref>||1–1 <ref group="note"> Pegasus won 4–2 after a penalty shoot-out</ref>||'''Loreto''' |- |}

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{{small|'''Source''':<ref name="hockeyie170818">{{cite web|url=http://www.hockey.ie/eyhl|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026033559/https://hockey.ie/eyhl/|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 October 2020|title=EYHL - About|publisher=www.hockey.ie|accessdate=17 August 2018}}</ref>}}

===EY Champions Trophy=== Loreto won the 2018 EY Champions Trophy and, as a result, qualified to represent Ireland in the 2019 EuroHockey Club Champions Cup.<ref name="hookhockey270918">{{cite news|url=http://www.hookhockey.com/index.php/2018/09/loreto-womens-ey-hockey-league/#.W7pAefZFxy0|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181008022703/http://www.hookhockey.com/index.php/2018/09/loreto-womens-ey-hockey-league/#.W7pAefZFxy0|url-status=usurped|archive-date=8 October 2018|title=Loreto – Women's EY Hockey League|publisher=www.hookhockey.com|accessdate=7 October 2018|date=27 September 2018}}</ref> {| class="wikitable collapsible" ! Year ! Winners ! Score ! Runners up |- |2018|| '''Loreto''' <ref name="hockeyie060518">{{cite news|url=http://www.hockey.ie/news-detail/10039266/|title=Loreto Win EY Champions Trophy|publisher=www.hockey.ie|accessdate=30 September 2018|date=6 May 2018}}</ref><ref name="irishtimes060518">{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/other-sports/loreto-come-from-nowhere-to-take-ey-champions-trophy-1.3486126|title=Loreto come from nowhere to take EY Champions Trophy|publisher=www.irishtimes.com|accessdate=27 September 2018|date=6 May 2018}}</ref><ref name="irishexaminer070518">{{cite news|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/other-sports/joy-for-loreto-as-harlequins-come-up-short-once-more-470355.html|title=Joy for Loreto as Harlequins come up short once more|publisher=www.irishexaminer.com|accessdate=27 September 2018|date=7 May 2018}}</ref> ||2–1||Cork Harlequins |}

===Irish Junior Cup=== Loreto's second team enter the Irish Junior Cup. They won the cup in 2012 <ref name="loreto2nds"/><ref name="pembroke270412">{{cite web|title=Cup Final woe for Pembroke|url=http://www.pembrokewanderers.ie/cup-final-wo/|publisher=www.pembrokewanderers.ie|accessdate=6 October 2018|date=27 April 2012}}</ref> and were runners-up in 2016.<ref name="hookhockey040416">{{cite web|url=http://www.hookhockey.com/index.php/2016/04/morrows-late-double-ends-queens-45-year-wait/#.W7j3vPZFxy0|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409051128/http://www.hookhockey.com/index.php/2016/04/morrows-late-double-ends-queens-45-year-wait/#.W7j3vPZFxy0|url-status=usurped|archive-date=9 April 2016|title=Morrow's late double ends Queen’s 45-year wait|publisher=www.hookhockey.com|accessdate=6 October 2018|date=4 April 2016}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable collapsible" ! Year ! Winners ! Score ! Runners up |- | 1946||'''Loreto'''|| || |- | 1948||'''Loreto'''|| || |- | 1955||'''Loreto''' <ref>{{cite news|title=unnamed article|page=6|date=16 April 1955|newspaper=Ireland's Saturday Night}}</ref>||1–1 <ref group="note"> Loreto and Sandown, Belfast shared the trophy</ref>||Sandown, Belfast |- | 2005||'''Loreto'''||1–0|| Old Alexandra II |- | 2012||'''Loreto''' <ref name="pembroke270412"/> ||2–0||Pembroke Wanderers |- | 2016||Queens University<ref name="hookhockey040416"/>||3–2 ||'''Loreto''' |- |}

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===Loreto in Europe=== Loreto has also represented Ireland in European competitions on several occasions.<ref name="loretowelcome">{{cite web|title=Welcome to Loreto Hockey Club|url=http://www.loretohockeyclub.ie/about/|publisher=www.loretohockeyclub.ie|accessdate=2 October 2018}}</ref><ref name="leinsterhockey031018">{{cite news|url=http://www.leinsterhockey.ie/playerProfile/6408/Loreto_Hockey_Club|title=Loreto Hockey Club – Biography|publisher=www.leinsterhockey.ie|accessdate=3 October 2018}}</ref> In 2011, with a team that included Nicola Daly, Nikki Symmons, Hannah Matthews and Alison Meeke, Loreto won the EuroHockey Club Champion's Challenge II in Lille. In the final they defeated HC Olten of Switzerland 7–1.<ref name="hookhockey130611">{{cite web|url=http://www.hookhockey.com/index.php/2011/06/small-inspires-large-loreto-euro-victory/#.W7aMGPZFxy0|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616131355/http://www.hookhockey.com/index.php/2011/06/small-inspires-large-loreto-euro-victory#.W7aMGPZFxy0|url-status=usurped|archive-date=16 June 2011|title=Small inspires large Loreto Euro victory|publisher=www.hookhockey.com|accessdate=4 October 2018|date=13 June 2011}}</ref> In 2014 Hannah Matthews captained Loreto to third place at the European Club Championship Trophy tournament hosted by Leicester Hockey Club.<ref name="loretowelcome">{{cite web|title=Welcome to Loreto Hockey Club|url=http://www.loretohockeyclub.ie/about/|publisher=www.loretohockeyclub.ie|accessdate=2 October 2018}}</ref><ref name="englandhockey110614">{{cite web|title=Leicester Ladies victorious at home for the European Club Championship Trophy|url=http://www.englandhockey.co.uk/news.asp?section=22&itemid=29286|publisher=www.englandhockey.co.uk|accessdate=4 October 2018|date=11 June 2014}}</ref><ref name="loreto120614">{{cite web|title=Loreto secures third spot in Europe! |url=http://www.loretohockeyclub.ie/loreto-secures-third-spot-in-europe/|publisher=www.loretohockeyclub.ie|accessdate=4 October 2018|date=12 June 2014}}</ref><ref name="hookhockeyh130614">{{cite web|url=http://www.hookhockey.com/index.php/2014/06/loreto-confound-expectations-to-land-euro-bronze/#.XGFYD2lLFy0|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212011410/http://www.hookhockey.com/index.php/2014/06/loreto-confound-expectations-to-land-euro-bronze/#.XGFYD2lLFy0|url-status=usurped|archive-date=12 February 2019|title=Loreto confound expectations to land Euro bronze|publisher=www.hookhockey.com|accessdate=11 February 2018|date=13 June 2014}}</ref>

==Grounds== The club was originally based in Dartmouth Square. In the 1930s, the club moved to Cherryfield, then in Templeogue, and played on a pitch which was actually a field at the back of one of the club member's houses. In the mid-1940s, the club moved to the grounds of the Leinster Branch of the Irish Hockey Union near Ballyboden St. Enda's GAA. During the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, the club remained at the Leinster Branch grounds, sharing the six pitches there with four other clubs. When the Leinster Branch grounds were sold for development in the early 1980s, the club was homeless again. The Sisters of Loreto gave the club access to the pitch at Loreto Abbey, Rathfarnham. In 1987, with the Sisters' support and after much fundraising, the club laid a floodlit all-weather pitch at Nutgrove School. In the 1997–98 season, the club laid its own astro-turf pitch in partnership with the Loreto Beaufort School. The playing surface on the pitch was replaced in September 2006 with a sand-dressed pitch.<ref name="loretohistory"/> In 2017–18 the club successfully applied to the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport for a €150,000 grant to upgrade the pitch.<ref name="hookhockey040417">{{cite web|url=http://www.hookhockey.com/index.php/2017/04/loreto-school-and-club-apply-for-capital-grant/#.W7aRlvZFxy0|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170408024015/http://www.hookhockey.com/index.php/2017/04/loreto-school-and-club-apply-for-capital-grant/#.W7aRlvZFxy0|url-status=usurped|archive-date=8 April 2017|title=Loreto school and club apply for capital grant|publisher=www.hookhockey.com|accessdate=4 October 2018|date=4 April 2017}}</ref><ref name="loreto100318">{{cite web|url=http://www.loretohockeyclub.ie/loreto-hockey-club-and-loreto-high-school-beaufort-awarded-e150000-sports-capital-grant-to-resurface-their-hockey-pitch-following-successful-appeal/|title=Loreto Hockey Club and Loreto High School Beaufort awarded €150,000 Sports Capital Grant|publisher=www.loretohockeyclub.ie|accessdate=6 October 2018|date=10 March 2018}}</ref> In 2013, the club opened a new clubhouse, becoming the first women-only hockey club in Ireland to have its own purpose-built clubhouse.<ref name="loretowelcome">{{cite web|title=Welcome to Loreto Hockey Club|url=http://www.loretohockeyclub.ie/about/|publisher=www.loretohockeyclub.ie|accessdate=2 October 2018}}</ref><ref name="loretohistory"/>

==Notable players== ;{{fhw|Ireland}} internationals When the Ireland women's national field hockey team won the silver medal at the 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup, the squad included five current or former Loreto players. Nicola Daly, Hannah Matthews and Alison Meeke were all members of Loreto's 2017–18 squad.<ref name="irishtimes040818">{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/scramble-for-hockey-tickets-as-ireland-stick-it-out-1.3585903|title=Scramble for hockey tickets as Ireland stick it out|publisher=www.irishtimes.com|accessdate=4 October 2018|date=4 August 2018}}</ref><ref name="irishtimes050818">{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/other-sports/sense-of-pride-as-dublin-crowd-cheers-hockey-s-rare-spectacle-1.3587325|title=Sense of pride as Dublin crowd cheers hockey's rare spectacle|publisher=www.irishtimes.com|accessdate=4 October 2018|date=5 August 2018}}</ref><ref name="loreto220818">{{cite web|url=http://www.loretohockeyclub.ie/world-cup-silver-medalists-homecoming/|title=World Cup Homecoming for Loreto Superstars!|publisher=www.loretohockeyclub.ie|accessdate=4 October 2018|date=22 August 2018}}</ref> Lizzie Colvin and Elena Tice were both former Loreto players.

{| |- style="vertical-align:top" || * Mary Barnwell * Lizzie Colvin * Nicola Daly * Louisa Healy * Hannah Matthews || * Cathy McKean * Alison Meeke * Caitriona O'Kelly * Ann Murray * Aoife Pomeroy || * Sarah Rand * Niamh Small * Nikki Symmons * Elena Tice * Sarah Torrans |}

{{small|'''Source''':<ref name="leinsterhockey031018">{{cite news|url=http://www.leinsterhockey.ie/playerProfile/6408/Loreto_Hockey_Club|title=Loreto Hockey Club – Biography|publisher=www.leinsterhockey.ie|accessdate=3 October 2018}}</ref><ref name="loreto220818">{{cite web|url=http://www.loretohockeyclub.ie/world-cup-silver-medalists-homecoming/|title=World Cup Homecoming for Loreto Superstars!|publisher=www.loretohockeyclub.ie|accessdate=4 October 2018|date=22 August 2018}}</ref> }}

;{{flagicon|Ireland|cricket}} Ireland women's cricket internationals * Nikki Symmons * Elena Tice

==Notable coaches== * {{flagicon|Ireland|field hockey}} Graham Shaw

==Honours== *'''EuroHockey Club Champion's Challenge II''' **''Winners'': 2011: '''1''' *'''Women's Irish Hockey League''' **''Winners'': 2008–09: '''1''' **''Runners Up'': 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15: '''3''' *'''Irish Senior Cup''' **''Winners'': 1940, 1946, 1953, 1960, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2009–10: '''8''' **''Runners Up'': 1955, 1957, 1977, 1993, 2011–12: '''5''' *'''Irish Junior Cup''' **''Winners'': 1946, 1948, 1955, 2005, 2012: '''5''' **''Runners Up'': 2016: '''1''' *'''EY Champions Trophy''' **''Winners'': 2018, 2022-23

{{small|'''Source''':<ref name="loretowelcome">{{cite web|title=Welcome to Loreto Hockey Club|url=http://www.loretohockeyclub.ie/about/|publisher=www.loretohockeyclub.ie|accessdate=2 October 2018}}</ref><ref name="leinsterhockey031018">{{cite news|url=http://www.leinsterhockey.ie/playerProfile/6408/Loreto_Hockey_Club|title=Loreto Hockey Club – Biography|publisher=www.leinsterhockey.ie|accessdate=3 October 2018}}</ref>}}

==References== {{reflist|3}}

Category:Women's Irish Hockey League teams Category:Rathfarnham Category:Sisters of Loreto Category:1926 establishments in Ireland Category:Field hockey clubs established in 1926 Category:Field hockey clubs in County Dublin