IIHA News - Press Releases

U18 Irish National Team Tryouts

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:10:46 +0000

The IIHA are proud to announce that there will be tryouts for the U18 Irish National Team on Sunday, 6th December 2009 starting at 9:00 am. The tryouts will be run by Head Coach of the team, Sean Dooley, along with other qualified coaches and staff. The tryouts will take place at the Dundalk Ice Dome and will consist of the following:

9:00 am - 10:00 am: Player Registration

10:00 am - 10:30 am: Player Orientation

10:30 am - 11:00 am: Off-Ice Warm Up

11:00 am - 12:15 pm: On-Ice Session

12:15 pm - 1:00 pm: Off-Ice Cool Down

1:00 pm - 1:45 pm: Lunch (provided for players in Dundalk Ice Dome Bar & Bistro)

1:45 pm - 3:30 pm: Fitness Testing (JJS Sports Dome)

3:30 pm - 4:00 pm: Feedback

The cost of the tryout is 50 euro per player and is open to all players over 14 years of age and under 18 years of age.

All players are required to bring full ice hockey equipment including helmet with full face mask, neck guard and gum shield. Players are also asked to bring sweat gear for off-ice activities.

If you require more information, please do not hesitate to contact office@iiha.org.

Author: IIHA

Executive Committee & Directors Elected at EGM

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:15:34 +0000

On Sunday 1st November 2009, the members of the IIHA voted in a new Executive Committee along with three new Directors at the association's EGM.

The following three new Directors were voted in:

Seanna Conway
Kevin Kelly
Vytautas Lukosevicius

The following people were elected to the Executive Committee:

President - William Fay
Vice-President - Aigars Brencis
General Secretary - Dean Kelly
Treasurer - Jonathan Dunne
Director of Player Operations - Wayne Hopkins

The decision was made that the new Executive Committee shall seek clarification from the IIHF that the IIHA's incorporation as a Limited Company will have no repercussions with regard to IIHF membership or recognition.

Upon clarification being received from the IIHF, the Executive Committee and Directors shall proceed with the motion passed by the members at the IIHA's AGM on 30th August 2009 to incorporate the IIHA as a Limited Company.

For further information please contact office@iiha.org

More details to follow in the coming days and weeks.

Author: IIHA

New Directors New Direction

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:02:44 +0100

The existing IIHA Executive and IIHA Directors resigned from their respective positions today and the following 5 new directors where voted in:

Seanna Conway
Aigars Brencis
Sean Dooley
Vytautas Lukosevicius
Philip Darcey

A motion was presented and passed by Mark Bowes to incorporate the IIHA as a Limited Company.

It was also motioned and approved that an EGM be held within 60 days where elections would take place for executive positions and fulltime directors of the association.

Jonathan Dunne was appointed as interim Treasurer for the next 60 days and to help with the transition.

The following officers where appointed by the new directors:

Dean Kelly - Referee in Chief
Jim Pepper - IIHL Chairman
Wayne Hopins - IIHL RD Chairman

The previous executive and directors have agreed to support the new directors with any help they may need over the next 60 days.

For further information please contact office@iiha.org

More details to follow in the coming days.

Author: IIHA

Women’s National Team Select

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:13:53 +0100

Next Monday, 31st August 2009, the Irish Women’s National Team Select will travel to Norrkoping, Sweden for the third edition of the NT Cup which is an ice hockey tournament for women attracting teams from many nations. The Irish Women’s National Development Team featured in the tournament last year and earned themselves praise from all involved. This time however, the team will find it themselves competing alongside seven other teams hailing from Norway, Latvia and of course Sweden itself. The tournament itself will comprise of two groups with the National Team Select finding themselves in Group B alongside Peking Pumas, Södertälje SK and Riga Ice Girls. This will be followed by a playoff against their equal from Group A.

Full details of the NT Cup can be found at the tournament website http://pekingpumas.se/nt-cup. Meanwhile, back here on www.iiha.org you can follow the team’s progress throughout the week.

On behalf of all Hockey Fans here in Ireland, we wish the women the best of luck and know they will do themselves proud.

The following players have been selected to represent us in the NT Cup:

Goalkeepers
Seanna Conway (Flyers I.H.C.)
Rebekah Burke (Kilkenny City Storm)

Defence
Joanne Marshall(Neilburg I.H.C.)
Elaine McCann (Dundalk Lady Bulls)
Sonya McEneaney (Dundalk Lady Bulls)
Kate Morrison (Belfast Ice Vixens)
Catherine Thornton (Belfast Ice Vixens)
Jeanine De Volder (Kilkenny City Storm)

Forwards
Rebecca Callan (Dundalk Lady Bulls)
Lorna Hoey (Dundalk Lady Bulls)
Keira Keenan (Imperial College Devils)
Caoimhe Lynch (Dundalk Lady Bulls)
AimeMcCabe (Dundalk Lady Bulls)
Cherise McCaughley (Dundalk Junior Bulls)
Jade McCrainor (Belfast Ice Vixens)
Catherine O’Reilly (Dundalk Lady Bulls)
Clara O’Reilly (Dundalk Lady Bulls)
Anne Whipple (Kilkenny City Storm)
Beatrice Hosgood (Dundalk Lady Bulls) – Alternate
Caris McKnight (Belfast Ice Vixens) - Alternate

Management Staff
Ashley Moore (General Manager)
Vytautas Lukosevicious (Head Coach)
Sean Gibson (Assistant Coach)
Martin Janota (Equipment Manager)
Eva Massey (Therapist)

Author: IIHA

IIHA AGM Meeting Minutes 17th August 2008

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 17:25:31 +0100

Minutes of last years AGM, 17th August 2008, are now available online in the download section, www.iiha.org/ice-hockey/downloads.

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Author: IIHA

Notification of Annual General Meeting

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 17:08:59 +0100

Dear Members, I am pleased to announce that the AGM of the Irish Ice Hockey Association will take place on August 30th 2009 from 2 pm - 6 pm at the Spa Hotel, Lucan which is located on the N4 Motorway and just off the M50.

All IIHA members are welcome. Photo Identification will be needed for all those wishing to vote who are entitled to vote. Acceptable forms of identification are Passport, Driving Licence, and Garda Age Card. Any questions in relation to other forms of ID please contact the IIHA office or e-mail info@iiha.org before the AGM takes place.

The agenda for the meeting and formal notice will shortly be available from this site. The main item on the agenda is the approval of the members for the incorporation of the Association into a new Company Limited by Guarantee. This step was approved at last year's AGM and the paperwork has now been completed by the Executive Committee and the new Trustees to allow the company to be formed. Copies of the Memorandum & Articles of Association of the new company are posted on the IIHA website and I encourage you to read them.
Elections will be held for the Executive Committee positions outlined below. Candidates for the Executive Committee must submit a letter by Registered Post to the above address to arrive no later than August 16th. 2008. This letter must include the candidates full name, date of birth, postal address, telephone number, any club affiliation and the executive position they are applying for.

Each candidate must be nominated by at least one IIHA member. A nomination letter can be sent along with the candidate's submission letter or may be sent separately by Registered Post to the above address to arrive no later than August 16th. 2009. Executive Committee positions available for election are -
1. President/Chairman
2. General Secretary
3. Treasurer
4. Vice President/Vice-Chairman
5. Director of Playing Operations

The Executive Committee have requested that no alcohol be consumed while the meeting is in progress.

In accordance with the new rules voted on by the members at last year's AGM, in order to seek election to the Executive Committee a candidate must have been a full member of the IIHA for one year prior to the AGM. Each club can also only have one member on the Executive Committee.

Cliff Saunders
President

For more information on the AGM go to the AGM page in the Organisation section at www.iiha.org/organisation/agm

Author: IIHA

Applications Invited for Important Posts.

Wed, 20 May 2009 11:52:59 +0100

The Irish Ice Hockey Association would like to invite applications for the posts of IIHL League Chairman and IIHA Referee in Chief.
Both positions will become vacant with the commencement of Season 2009/2010. Applications and Curriculum Vitae should be sent by email to executive@iiha.org prior to the closing date of 31/7/2009 so that the winning candidates may be introduced at the Annual General Meeting. Both positions are voluntary and the work entailed can be quite demanding. Fluency in English will be one of the main criteria on which the posts will be allocated, but a second language would be a bonus.

Candidates for the R.I.C. job will require a good working knowledge of the Rules and Regulations of the game as set out in the 2006 -2010 IIHF Official Rule Book, and would ideally have good skating ability, and experience officiating here or abroad. The successful Candidate will be responsible for the discipline standards of both the IIHL and the IIHL RD, the allocation of on-ice officials throughout the season, their further education, and recognition by the IIHF, and he/she will be required to assist the Discipline Committee by providing documentation and guidance when called upon.

The successful candidate for the post of League Chairman will be involved in the process of arranging fixtures, ensuring the smooth running of the leagues, liasing with the ice providers, the teams, the players and the executive. A good working relationship with the R.I.C. would be essential and diplomacy, tact and a sense of justice without fear or favour will be required as you will be called upon to be a final arbiter on many occasions.

Author: IIHA

Irish Ice Hockey in the Bronze Age

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 10:55:17 +0000

IIHF World U18 Championship Divisioin III B, Erzurum, Turkey.

The U18 Irish National Team made history today beating Bulgaria for the second time in a week this time even more convincingly by six goals to three in the decider for the Bronze Medal Position. Having been absent from international competition at this age level for the last 10 years this success speaks volumes about the progress made in the sport here in the last few years.

Despite the fact that seven of the squad only took up the sport two years ago with the opening of the Dundalk Ice Dome, and playing against nations that have development programmes in operation for decades Belfast's Colin Grimason scored another hat trick today, and Dundalk Boys Rian Larkin bagged a brace and Aidan Morris picked up the spare.

The team is comprised of the best young players from the whole island of Ireland and only five of the panel of twenty will be too old to compete again next year.

A much more disciplined game from the Irish showed just what they were capable of, as in their previous game they managed to concede 44 minutes in penalties in the pressure cooker atmosphere of a tie with the home nation, Turkey, to decide who would go on to the Gold /Silver game and who would risk everything in the Bronze / Wooden Spoon game.

We expect our Bronze Warriors to arrive home tomorrow having traveled through the night, on the Turkish Airlines Flight from Istanbul that touches down at 10:20 am.

High praise is due to Coach Sean Dooley and his Assistant Coach Kenny Redmond, not forgetting General manager Mick Cummins who can now take a well earned breather after months of hard work and planning.

It is heartening to consider just what can be achieved when all parts of this island come together in common purpose rather than the divisions that have been brought into sharper focus of late.

Find out more on www.iiha.org or discover the details of the games on www.iihf.com by clicking on the link marked
U18 Div.IIIB in Turkey.

Author: Mick Higgins

U18 Irish National Team Makes History in Turkey

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 07:52:43 +0000

IIHF World U18 Championship Division III B in Erzurum, Turkey.

In a thrilling 5-4 last minute, last gasp victory against Bulgaria, Team Ireland U18's recorded a wonderful maiden victory in Erzurum, Turkey today, having been absent from international competition at this level for 10 years.

Despite the fact that seven of the squad only took up the sport two years ago with the opening of the Dundalk Ice Dome, and playing against nations that have development programmes in operation for decades they came back from a 4-1 deficit to score the game winning goal with just 33 seconds remaining on the clock.

The team is comprised of the best young players from the whole island of Ireland and only five of the panel of twenty will be too old to compete again next year. A hat trick from Belfast's Colin Grimason which included the winner plus goals from Niall McEvoy of the Flyers I.H.C., and Dundalk's Aidan Morris secured the historic win.

Having played all three of the other teams Team Ireland are in the bronze medal position and tomorrow meet hosts Turkey in a repeat of a hugely intimidating opening game where the crowd lived up to their renowned reputation for noisy, boisterous and fanatical support of their own team. Victory in this game could see Team Ireland compete on Sunday to decide the destination of the gold and silver medals.

Find out more on www.iiha.org or follow the games live on www.iihf.com by clicking on the link marked U18 Div.IIIB in Turkey.

Author: Mick Higgins

IIHA Under 18 Team Ireland Manager Position Available

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:19:21 +0000

Applications for this position may be emailed to info@iiha.org by the 28th of November 2008.

Author: IIHA