Loreto Hockey Club
{{Short description|Field hockey club in Dublin, Ireland}}
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| coach = Paul Fitzpatrick {{cite web|title=Loreto Ladies 1st XI|url=http://www.loretohockeyclub.ie/ladies-1sts/|publisher=www.loretohockeyclub.ie|accessdate=6 October 2018}}
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Loreto Hockey Club is a women's field hockey club based in Rathfarnham, Dublin 14, Ireland.{{cite web|title=Welcome to Loreto Hockey Club|url=http://www.loretohockeyclub.ie/about/|publisher=www.loretohockeyclub.ie|accessdate=2 October 2018}} The club enter teams in the Women's Irish Hockey League, the Irish Senior Cup{{cite web|title=Loreto Ladies 1st XI|url=http://www.loretohockeyclub.ie/ladies-1sts/|publisher=www.loretohockeyclub.ie|accessdate=6 October 2018}}
and the Irish Junior Cup.{{cite web|title=Loreto Ladies 2nd XI|url=http://www.loretohockeyclub.ie/ladies-2nds/|publisher=www.loretohockeyclub.ie|accessdate=6 October 2018}} 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.{{cite web|title=Welcome to Loreto Hockey Club|url=http://www.loretohockeyclub.ie/about/|publisher=www.loretohockeyclub.ie|accessdate=2 October 2018}}
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.{{cite web|title=Club History|url=http://www.loretohockeyclub.ie/about/history/|publisher=www.loretohockeyclub.ie|accessdate=3 October 2018}}{{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}}
=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.{{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}}{{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}}{{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}} The team was coached by Graham Shaw.{{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}}{{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}} Loreto were finalists again in 2012 but this time lost 3–2 against UCD.{{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}}{{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}}{{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}}{{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}}
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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.{{cite web|title=Loreto Ladies 1st XI|url=http://www.loretohockeyclub.ie/ladies-1sts/|publisher=www.loretohockeyclub.ie|accessdate=6 October 2018}}{{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}}
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=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.{{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}}
=Irish Junior Cup=
Loreto's second team enter the Irish Junior Cup. They won the cup in 2012 {{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}} and were runners-up in 2016.{{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}}
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! Year ! Winners ! Score ! Runners Up | |||
| 1946 | Loreto | ||
| 1948 | Loreto | ||
| 1955 | Loreto {{cite news|title=unnamed article|page=6|date=16 April 1955|newspaper=Ireland's Saturday Night}} | 1–1
Loreto and Sandown, Belfast shared the trophy | Sandown, Belfast |
| 2005 | Loreto | 1–0 | Old Alexandra II |
| 2012 | Loreto | 2–0 | Pembroke Wanderers |
| 2016 | Queens University | 3–2 | Loreto |
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=Loreto in Europe=
Loreto has also represented Ireland in European competitions on several occasions.{{cite web|title=Welcome to Loreto Hockey Club|url=http://www.loretohockeyclub.ie/about/|publisher=www.loretohockeyclub.ie|accessdate=2 October 2018}}{{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}} 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.{{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}} In 2014 Hannah Matthews captained Loreto to third place at the European Club Championship Trophy tournament hosted by Leicester Hockey Club.{{cite web|title=Welcome to Loreto Hockey Club|url=http://www.loretohockeyclub.ie/about/|publisher=www.loretohockeyclub.ie|accessdate=2 October 2018}}{{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}}{{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}}{{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}}
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. In 2017–18 the club successfully applied to the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport for a €150,000 grant to upgrade the pitch.{{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}}{{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}} In 2013, the club opened a new clubhouse, becoming the first women-only hockey club in Ireland to have its own purpose-built clubhouse.{{cite web|title=Welcome to Loreto Hockey Club|url=http://www.loretohockeyclub.ie/about/|publisher=www.loretohockeyclub.ie|accessdate=2 October 2018}}
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.{{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}}{{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}}{{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}} Lizzie Colvin and Elena Tice were both former Loreto players.
| style="vertical-align:top" | * Mary Barnwell
| * Cathy McKean
| * Sarah Rand
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{{small|Source:{{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}}{{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}}
}}
;{{flagicon|Ireland|cricket}} Ireland women's cricket internationals
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:{{cite web|title=Welcome to Loreto Hockey Club|url=http://www.loretohockeyclub.ie/about/|publisher=www.loretohockeyclub.ie|accessdate=2 October 2018}}{{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}}}}