Sarah Hawkshaw

Sarah Hawkshaw
Personal information
Born (1995-11-04) 4 November 1995 (age 29) [1]
Dublin, Ireland
Height 170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position Forward/Midfielder
Youth career
200x–201x Mount Sackville
200x–201x → Leinster
Senior career
Years Team
201x–2014 Railway Union
2014–2018 UMass Minutewomen
2018– Railway Union
National team
Years Team Caps Goals
2019– Ireland 23 [2] (9)
Medal record
Women's field hockey
Representing  Ireland
FIH Nations Cup
Silver medal – second place 2023–24 Terrassa

Sarah Hawkshaw (born 4 November 1995) is an Ireland women's field hockey international. She has also played for Railway Union in the Women's Irish Hockey League and for UMass Minutewomen in the NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship.

Early years, family and education

Hawkshaw is the daughter of Sean and Anne Hawkshaw. She has three brothers – Daniel, David and James.[3][4] Her younger brother, David Hawkshaw, is an Ireland under-20 rugby union international and in 2019 he captained Ireland to a Grand Slam. Sarah Hawkshaw was educated at St Brigid's National School, Castleknock and at Mount Sackville. In addition to playing field hockey, in her youth Hawkshaw also played Gaelic football and competed as a cross country runner.[5][6][7] She played Gaelic football for St Brigid's National School, St Brigid's GAA (Dublin) and Dublin at youth level.[8][9][10] As a cross country runner, Hawkshaw represented both Mount Sackville and Clonliffe Harriers.[5][11] Between 2014 and 2018 Hawkshaw attended the University of Massachusetts on a sports scholarship and gained a BS in Public Health Sciences.[3][5][12]

Domestic teams

Mount Sackville

In 2013 Hawkshaw was a member of the Mount Sackville team that won the Leinster Schoolgirl's Senior Plate final. She scored the winner from a penalty corner as Mount Sackville defeated a St Gerard's School team featuring Elena Tice 2–1.[13]

Leinster

Hawkshaw represented Leinster in interprovincial tournaments, playing at under-16, under-18 and under-21 levels.[3][4]

Railway Union

Together with Cecelia and Isobel Joyce, Emer Lucey, Kate McKenna and Grace O'Flanagan, Hawkshaw was a member of the Railway Union team that played in the 2014 EuroHockey Club Champions Cup. She subsequently left Railway Union to study at the University of Massachusetts. In 2018 she returned to Railway Union to play in the Women's Irish Hockey League.[3][14][15][16][17]

UMass Minutewomen

Between 2014 and 2018, while attending the University of Massachusetts, Hawkshaw played for the UMass Minutewomen. She played for the UMass Minutewomen in both the 2015 and 2016 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championships.[3][4][15][18][19][20]

Ireland international

In January 2019, Hawkshaw made her senior debut for Ireland against Chile.[5][21][22] She had previously represented Ireland at under-16, under-18 and under-23 levels.[3][4][23][24] She made her major tournament at the 2018–19 Women's FIH Series Finals.[5][25][26] She subsequently represented Ireland at the 2019 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship.[27][28][29]

Tournaments
Place
2018–19 Women's FIH Series Finals[5][25][26] 2nd
2019 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship[27][28][29] 5th

Source:[2]

Goals

Goal 		Date Location Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 13 January 2019 Santiago, Chile  Chile 1–1 2–2 Test Match [30]
2 1 February 2019 Santomera, Murcia  India 1–1 1–1 [31][32]
3 9 June 2019 Banbridge  Czech Republic 5–0 8–1 2018–19 Women's FIH Series Finals [33][34]
4 11 June 2019  Singapore 6–0 11–0 [35]
5 15 June 2019  Czech Republic 3–0 4–0 [36][37]
6 30 July 2019 Stormont  Italy 3–1 4–1 Test Match [38]
7 7 August 2019 Antwerp  Belgium 1–1 2–4 [39]
8 21 August 2019  Germany 1–1 1–1 2019 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship [27]
9 25 August 2019  Russia 2–1 3–2 2019 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship [28][29]

Employment

Since September 2018, Hawkshaw has worked as a field hockey coach at both The King's Hospital and Mount Sackville.[12]

Honours

Ireland

References

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