Three Rock Rovers Hockey Club

Three Rock Rovers
UnionHockey Ireland
Full nameThree Rock Rovers Hockey Club
Founded1893
GroundGrange Road
Rathfarnham
South Dublin
Ireland
Websitethreerockrovershc.com
LeagueMen's Irish Hockey League

Three Rock Rovers Hockey Club is a field hockey club based in Rathfarnham, Ireland. The club was founded in 1893. It was originally based in Foxrock and was named after Three Rock Mountain. The club's senior men's team plays in the Men's Irish Hockey League and the Men's Irish Senior Cup. The reserve team play in the Men's Irish Junior Cup. Three Rock Rovers have also represented Ireland in European competitions, including the Euro Hockey League. Three Rock Rovers also enters various men's and women's teams in junior, senior and veterans leagues and cup competitions affiliated to the Leinster Hockey Association.

History

Three Rock Rovers were founded in 1893 by a group of former Dublin University Hockey Club players.[1] Together with Dublin University and Monkstown, Three Rock Rovers were among the pioneering field hockey clubs in Ireland.[2][3] In 2008–09 Three Rock Rovers were founder members of the Men's Irish Hockey League.[4]

EY Champions Trophy

Year Winners Score Runners Up
2017 Three Rock Rovers [5][6] 2–1 Monkstown
2018 Three Rock Rovers [7] 2–1 Glenanne
2019 Three Rock Rovers [8][9] 2–0 Lisnagarvey

Source:[10]

Irish Senior Cup

Season Winners Score Runners Up
1897–98 Three Rock Rovers [11] 4–0 Dublin University
1908 Three Rock Rovers 6–0 North Down
1912 Queen's University 4–2 Three Rock Rovers
1939 Three Rock Rovers [12] 1–0 Limerick PYMA
1953 Three Rock Rovers 3–1 Lansdowne
1959 Three Rock Rovers [13] 1–0 Lisnagarvey
1960 Lisnagarvey[14][15] 4–3 Three Rock Rovers
1962 Three Rock Rovers [16][17][18] 0–0 [note 1] Lisnagarvey
1963 Three Rock Rovers [19] 1–0 Lansdowne
1964 Three Rock Rovers [20] 3–1 Cork Church of Ireland
1974 Three Rock Rovers [21] 2–1 Cork Church of Ireland
1977 Belfast YMCA [22] 1–0 Three Rock Rovers
1986 Banbridge 4–3 Three Rock Rovers
1998 Instonians 3–2 Three Rock Rovers
1999 Cork Church of Ireland 4–3 Three Rock Rovers
2014 Three Rock Rovers [23][24] 2–2 [note 2] Pembroke Wanderers
2018 Three Rock Rovers [25][26][27] 5–2 Pembroke Wanderers
2019 Three Rock Rovers [28][29] 1–0 Lisnagarvey
Notes
  1. ^ Trophy shared after two replays. First game finished 2–2; Second game finished 1–1.
  2. ^ After extra time. Three Rock Rovers won on penalties.

Irish Junior Cup

Season Winners Score Runners Up
1898 Three Rock Rovers II
1910 Three Rock Rovers II
1912 Three Rock Rovers II
1920 Three Rock Rovers II
1964 Cliftonville II[30] 3–2 Three Rock Rovers II
1977 Lisnagarvey II[31] 3–1 Three Rock Rovers II
1979 Three Rock Rovers II [32] 3–2 Cork Harlequins II
1983 Cookstown II[33] 3–1 Three Rock Rovers III
1998 Three Rock Rovers II 4–0 Annadale II
2000 Annadale II 3–0 Three Rock Rovers II
2015 Monkstown II 6–2 Three Rock Rovers II
2017 Cork Church of Ireland II 3–1 Three Rock Rovers II
2019 Three Rock Rovers II [34] 4–1 Instonians

Europe

Three Rock Rovers have also represented Ireland in European competitions. In addition to playing in the Euro Hockey League, Three Rock Rovers have also played in European indoor hockey competitions.[35] Three Rock Rovers hosted the 2015 EuroHockey Club Trophy.[36][37]

Season Round
2008–09 Euro Hockey League[38] Round of 16
2015 EuroHockey Club Trophy[36][37] 4th
2018 EuroHockey Indoor Club Challenge II [39][40] 1st
2017–18 Euro Hockey League[41][42] Round of 16
2019 EuroHockey Indoor Club Challenge I [43][44] 2nd
2018–19 Euro Hockey League[45][46][47][48][49] Round of 16
2019–20 Euro Hockey League Qualified

Women's field hockey

Main article: Maids of the Mountain Hockey Club
Irish Junior Cup
Season Winners Score Runners Up
2001 Enniscorthy Three Rock Rovers II
2003 Pegasus II 3–0 Three Rock Rovers II

Home grounds

Three Rock Rovers were originally based in Foxrock, near the Stillorgan station on the Harcourt Street railway line. The club's original grounds were donated to Three Rock Rovers by Sir John Power of Power's Distillers. In 1930, Three Rock Rovers moved to Londonbridge Road, the headquarters of the Irish Hockey Union in Ringsend. In 1981 the club moved to its current grounds at Grange Road in Rathfarnham, South Dublin.[1][50]

Notable players

Men

 Ireland internationals

When Ireland won the silver medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics, the squad included five Three Rock Rovers players – Henry Brown, Walter Campbell, Richard Gregg, Henry Murphy and Charles Power.[51]

 Great Britain international
 South Africa internationals
  • Jody Hosking
  • Richard Pautz [35]
Others

Gordon Lambert: member of Seanad Éireann [52]

Source:[51][53]

Women

 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 former Three Rock Rovers player Deirdre Duke.

Honours

Men

  • Men's Irish Hockey League
    • Runners Up: 2017–18, 2018–19: 2
  • EY Champions Trophy
    • Winners: 2017, 2018, 2019: 3
  • Irish Senior Cup
    • Winners: 1897–98, 1907–08, 1938–39, 1952–53, 1958–59, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1973–74, 2013–14, 2017–18, 2018–19: 12
    • Runners Up: 1912, 1960, 1977, 1986, 1998, 1999: 6
  • Irish Junior Cup
    • Winners: 1897–98, 1909–10, 1911–12, 1919–20, 1978–79, 1997–98, 2018–19: 7
    • Runners Up: 1964, 1977, 1983, 2000, 2015, 2017: 6
  • EuroHockey Indoor Club Challenge II
    • Winners: 2018: 1
  • EuroHockey Indoor Club Challenge I
    • Runners Up: 2019: 1
  • All-Ireland Club Championship
    • Winners: 2008: 1

Women

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