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- 1 0 A Celebration of 100 Years of Hockey Knock Ladies Hockey Club CENTENARY 2010 Knock Ladies

A Message from the Irish President

Knock Hockey Club, I am delighted to have been invited by Knock Hockey Club Hockey Club to join with you in your centenary celebrations. A century is a great achievement for all the members, the first members who had the foresight and ability to set the club on its way, and the 100 Years of Hockey present members who are keeping it going and have now seen this milestone passed. You are showing the way to the clubs coming up behind you. Your club has had many accolades through your players Table of Contents being selected for national and international honours, but the greatest Page honour is to play for your own club, to take part in league and cup A Message from the IHA President 1 competitions at whatever level you are entered into. A Message from Knock Ladies Hockey Club President 2 Knock Ladies Hockey Club History 3 Black Eyes, Broken Fingers and Breastfeeding 18 It is a wonderful experience to be involved in the playing, - A Rough Guide to Indoor Hockey administration and growth of your own club and Knock Hockey Club is Knock Youth / U18 20 a great example for all to see and one you yourselves can take huge Memoirs of Knock’s 100 years 22 pride in. On my own behalf and on behalf of the Irish Hockey Knock Ladies Hockey Club Social 30 Association I congratulate you and wish you success in your next KLHC Successes 32 century. Knock LHC Hall of Fame - Individual Achievements 34 Knock LHC Hall of Fame – Office Bearers, Ulster Women’s Hockey Union 39 Doreen Howe IHA President

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A MESSAGE FROM History KNOCK LADIES Knock Ladies Hockey Club has finally reached that HOCKEY CLUB most honourable milestone – its centenary – and so PRESIDENT it seemed 1910 would be a good place to start with this historical outline. Then, like all good historians we did the right research to ensure that our facts were I consider myself very fortunate and honoured accurate and then to our delight, amazement and to hold the position of President of Knock even a little consternation, we discovered that the Ladies Hockey Club in this year of marking our club was in fact in existence in 1906. So for Knock Centenary. Ladies 104th birthday, this booklet celebrates the centenary years and a little bit more. This may not be One hundred years is a very long time in any Club’s history and I must pay the greatest respect to those who have gone before us for their the definitive written record of the club’s activity but wisdom, determination and commitment to ensure Knock Ladies Hockey it is our most sincere attempt at marking this Club has remained a thriving Club. auspicious achievement. At this point we should add the obligatory disclaimer: while we have searched Over the years we have experienced some exceptional eras of sporting high and low in Ulster, Ireland and in the public achievements. One thing always seems to have remained the same and records office to verify all data, there might be the that is the goodwill to serve club and Province, strong friendships of occasional gap. If anyone has any additional members throughout the Club and fine sportsmanship on the pitch. information, please let us know so we can correct any We have been very grateful to all our Sponsors who have supported us inexactitudes for the bi-centenary celebrations! over the years. Our present ones you will see named in our history book. The theme for the year has been the past, the present and the future. KNOCK LADIES HOCKEY CLUB is one We have read about the past and to our surprise and delight, we find we of the oldest clubs in Ireland still in existence. The are older than first thought! first official record is found in the annals of an Ulster Committee meeting from November 1906. The present we are enjoying and the future is in good hands with 3 senior Mentioned in the minutes of an AGM on the 30th teams, our newly established Veterans team and a strong youth policy, April at 11.30am in the Ladies Parlour, to be precise, which will be the springboard of the Club in the years ahead. where “Bank Buildings Knock” was represented at the I would like to thank our Club Committee, our Centenary Committee, crucial meeting when rules were revised in general Coaches, Umpires and all our members for making this a year to and the definitive rule XV was reprinted, decreeing remember and I wish the Club every success in the next 100 years. that… Mary Gregg “Hockey skirts must be six inches from the ground all round. This rule to be strictly The height of fasion (off the pitch) adhered to and no hat pins or hats with stiff in 1909/10. brims to be worn in matches.”

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Hard to imagine how they sprinted or tackled, never mind scored goals kitted out in long skirts and hats, but then they were ladies. At their next committee meeting it was decided…

“That the Senior County match should be on the 10th December on the arrival of the 12.55 train from Belfast. Admission 6d – members of league and children 3d.”

It’s not explicitly recorded, but the club appears to have been connected with Knock Ladies School at Lalaghar, 6 Knock Road, Belfast as well as the Garrett School. It’s impressive to note that three players were selected for the junior Ulster team from Knock at the time... “The Knock players were selected conditionally on their being eligible for their school team as Knock had no junior team entered.”

Ballyhackamore At the subsequent AGM, Miss Herald of Knock was elected at the first Circa 1910 committee meeting November 12th 1907 at 11.30 – Miss Herald proposed Miss Garrett of Knock to replace her on the committee. The club, founded by women from the Knock area in east Belfast, has always been open to members from all walks of life with neither division nor In March 1908, Miss N Garrett played in goals for Ireland against England selection preventing entry. In the early days, the ladies met on Wednesday in Dublin, making her our first ever international player. It seems she is the afternoons for their run about, and in the course of ten decades it has very same lady who went on to become a leading light in the Golf world and provided a formidable tally of great names that have played in its colours. to this day the Nellie Garrett foursomes are played Styles might have changed with fashions but the colours have been annually at the end of each season at consistent - the get up comprising green tunics, white skirts, red girdle and Knock Golf Club. a tie in formal days as compared with the today’s more streamlined kit of red socks, green skirt and red top for home matches and white socks and top for away matches.

S McCann Shooting Over the decades the club has had a somewhat nomadic existence with at goal numerous venues becoming home after its inception in the Knock area, with club HQ listed as being on the Shore Road, Dixon Park, Boucher Road and Strathearn to name just a few. In recent years the club has settled happily at Shaw’s Bridge and Balmoral sharing top of the range facilities with other clubs. Who knows, some day we might even have our own Astroturf pitch?

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The club has made an outstanding contribution to Ulster and Irish hockey It is always difficult writing an historical piece, fearing you may omit someone not only through its club teams’ success and providing many Inter- in error, but it is worth highlighting some individuals in the club. In provincial and International players, but through its generous and diligent administration in particular, as well as being an international player, the administrators, coaches and umpires. The evident dedication and spirit of redoubtable Miss Garrett was Club Secretary and Treasurer for over twenty these ladies in the club’s formative years is something that is undoubtedly years. Knock’s Mrs Charley/Charters became the first Ulster President; a part of the Knock legacy handed down over the decades to all of us today. position filled by our club members a further five times this century – Miss I Brandon, Miss B Rodden, Mrs M Hopkins, Miss M Oak and Mrs H Milligan. In the early years the club fielded only one team but that produced international players even then, those who combined to help Knock win The legendary Mrs Charters was known as ‘the mother of coaching’ with the All-Ireland Senior Cup for the first time in 1913 – making us the first her Wednesday afternoon class for young players showing potential. Many Ulster club to do so. Seventy years later Knock was again the first Ulster an international player owes a debt of gratitude for her pearls of wisdom. club to win the inaugural All-Ireland Indoor Cup in 1983 – both impressive She held the record for the most capped player well into the 1950’s and even landmarks that can never be challenged. managed to fit in being an ‘A’ umpire. Another prominent member, Ida Brandon formed the first Umpires’ Association. An ‘A’ umpire herself, she was at the forefront of Ulster hockey from the early 20’s until 1970 when The complete list of notable and commendable individuals is so long, rather she retired from the council as Senior Vice President. than list them in these notes we have included a Hall of Fame at the end, which I’m sure you’ll agree, makes very impressive reading. Again, we’ve More recently Joyce Neill received her ‘A’ Badge in 1982 and has been done our best to get it all spot on but please accept our apologies if any umpiring with dedication and commitment. Woe betide the hapless Knock errors have crept in. player who dared to question her decision on the pitch, such has been her impartiality! In the 1940’s Martha Hayes became Irish Treasurer and held the post until just before she died in 1981. Miss M Oak was also Irish Treasurer, President of U.W.H.U. and Knock’s President at the time of our 75th anniversary.

Mrs Sheila Hennessey (nee McCann) an Ulster player and Ulster and Irish selector, was also Treasurer of the U.W.H.U. She held the post of secretary after Mrs Templeton’s untimely death. In 1988 she was bestowed with honorary Irish Life membership for her services to hockey.

On the playing front no less than eight Knock players represented Ireland on the same team in 1927, which must be a record (Kitty and Silvia Kirkwood, Betty and Connie Rodden, B Corry, Lottie Wishart, Pat Archdale and Mrs Charters). Indeed Lottie Wishart of Comber was such an outstanding talent that amazingly she was chosen to play for Ireland at the ripe old age of 13! Then when her father brought the poor girl to the sports Mrs Crymble, GK, clearing the ball from Miss S McCann, Newtownards, ground in her school uniform she was refused permission to enter the player’s 1935-36. entrance as she was considered too young.

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Knock also has a long list of outstanding goalkeepers. From Nellie Garrett and Betty Rodden in the early days to Connie Erwin, one of the greatest uncapped goalkeepers in the 60’s. The illustrious list went on to include Frankie McIlwaine, Liz Gadsby, Liz Galbraith, Vivien Mitchell (selected for international outdoor) and more recently Norma Cammock (international Indoor), Knock 1st XI 1935-36 the only player to play in Senior Knock Ladies Winners of the Ulster Shield 1947-48 One both in goal and outfield. In the 1930’s the McCann sisters, Sheila (Hennessey) and Patsy (Richardson) Kitty Andrews, Mrs Knox Cunningham and Mary Bell played for Ulster. The team of such high quality ushered the club into the glory days of the 1940’s when it had a wonderful period of consistent success, winning the Shield and League double in 1947/48 with excellent players like Millie Hopkins (mother of Thelma and Moira), Betty Sherlock and Mrs Isobel Crooks (nee Kennedy) who captained the side.

Elegant Knock Ladies in the 1940's

Knock Ladies Taking to the field in the 1940's

Knock Ladies 1st XI, Winners of the Double, League and Ulster Shield, 1947-48, captained by Mrs Isobel Crooks

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In the 70’s and 80’s there were some When indoor hockey was first introduced in 1975 the exceptional times with equally exceptional team of five Knock players won the tournament, the players. Vivien Mitchell, Sandra Johnston start of another illustrious trail of success for the club. (Beggs), Eilish Macken and Hilary When the indoor league proper began Miss Ivy Hennessey were on the Irish squad that Harris (Knock) was Secretary and the club played in Vancouver in 1979. Jenny completed the impressive feat of winning every Redpath and Caroline Fusco spent their trophy at its first attempt - Under 19, Under 20, formative years playing with the club. Senior League, All-Ireland Cup, M.M.B Trophy and Knock had four players on the successful the U.U.J. Tournament. (Further information about Irish Under 21 squad in 1985 - Colette Knock indoor hockey may be found in the next Kane, Kathryn Howard, Alma McCormick, section of this publication). Doreen Elliot with Hilary Hennessey as Gravel pitch, their coach, a position she filled for the Dixon Park European finals in Paris 1988 when Mary Boden played as goalkeeper.

The Classic Bully-Off, 1960's

G Patterson, S Macdonald, J Givan, C Cooke, Waiting for a H Hennessey Roll-in, 1960's converge on the ball.

In 1979 the club forged links with a top level coach who was to have enormous influence for seventeen years. The late Gordon McIlroy was a player of some note himself when he turned out for Instonians H.C. Knock 1st XI, 1960's Although a man of stature in the Men’s Branch, he continually coached Knock over all this time, only to take time out in order to be Men’s President. A man of huge experience, Gordon coached at Ulster Senior level, Irish Under 21 and Ireland Indoors, so the Irish Ladies squad had every reason to be grateful to Knock since it provided so many of its Internationals on his watch – including Norma Cammock, Mary Cullen, Rhoda Campbell, Hilary Hennessey (Captain 1986), Kathryn Howard, Eilish Macken, Margaret Sloan and Colette Kane.

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Knock with plenty of trophies, 1978

Knock 1st XI, Ulster Shield Finalists, 1995-96, with coach, G McIlroy. At Ulster Under 19 level, Knock provided five No one can deny that the advent of Astroturf out of the twelve players – Naoimh Stewart, has changed hockey forever. Our predecessors Julie Doak, Aine McErlean, Alma would hardly recognise the game as it is McCormick and Clare Staley. Gordon’s played now, with the stick permitted above dedication and commitment to the club was shoulder level, the ball flicked high into the always total, a standard he likewise expected air and the goalkeepers dressed as if they’re the players to demonstrate. As coach his about to go bike-racing or boxing or both. tactical expertise guided the club to three Also the out-field players when defending the shield finals, that of 1995 against Pegasus posts for penalty corners wear face-masks, being the most poignant as it was his last. which is a fearsome sight! Knock Ladies will never forget this man who displayed such courage in adversity both on The league structure was altered with the and off the pitch. Our tribute can best be introduction of a ten-team division then with 1st XI, winners, demonstrated by our continued striving for Into the breach, M Cullen, Bangor Floodlit the subsequent addition of a premier tier in R Rea, H Hennessey, A McGreevey, excellence, enjoyment and success in our K Howard, D Hood, Tournament, 1981 recent years. It is true Knock 1st XI has had sport. fluctuating fortunes recently however we are currently in eager anticipation of a high- In the 90’s there were many adjustments to stakes playoff to determine whether we return the rules of the game in order to make it a to the Premier League next season. more attractive spectacle for our large and loyal following! No longer is there an off-side Let us not forget the current status of the trap. In the early decades if a penalty corner teams through-out the club with the 2nd XI was awarded the whole team had to go behind holding their place in the top league for 2nd the goal line to defend it. The bully off has XI teams (Junior 1) and the 3rd XI positioned vanished - always a favourite with younger in Junior 7. Also the newly formed Veterans players arguing who should restart the game. 2nd XI, 1980's team won their league and are into the play- Knock 2nd XI, late 1990’s, offs for the Veteran League Cup. with coach M Keenan

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KLHC 1st XI, Centenary Season (2009-10), Capt C Irvin, coach H Milligan and umpire, A Cullen

D Hagan, at our Balmoral pitch, 2010

KLHC 2nd XI, Knock 3rd XI, Junior Centenary Season Plate Final, 1997-98 (2009-10), Capt J Magee. coach S Goldblatt (missing)

In an ever-changing world where sport is constantly challenged with young people being more socially aware, sophisticated and well-travelled than in days gone by, Knock has done well to retain its high standards and strong enthusiastic squads committed to KLHC 3rd XI, Centenary Season Saturday matches when faced with rivalling J Carlisle and R Fowler, Capt L Givan, careers, rugby internationals, hen weekends ready for action, 2010 Coach G Floyd and holidays.

The club has endeavoured to move with the times and develop our plans accordingly. For the past 14 years we’ve been hosting an annual U18 tournament in memory of

Gordon McIlroy. Julie Doak has been a great Inaugural KLHC Veterans Team, member and ambassador for the club being Centenary Season (2009-10) , capt A Loane. involved in coaching Ulster U16 while still playing regularly, currently to be found at the J Cuddy and C Magee top of the leader board for goals scored in thwart the opposition, 2010 Senior Ulster.

14 15 Knock Ladies Hockey Club CENTENARY 2010 Festival of Hockey SEPTEMBER 2009 A club can never survive without fresh young blood coming in to revitalise and renew it, and so we owe a debt of gratitude to Aine Loane for her commitment and drive in developing our Junior section. It is wonderful to see all the young ones bouncing around the Shaw’s Bridge pitch on a Sunday, at our Festival of Hockey centenary celebration and then joining our club photograph at the end of the season. (Further information on our Juniors is provided in Knock Past Players and Veterans, Selection of KLHC 2nds and 3rds, a later section of this publication). Festival of Hockey, 19 Sept 2009 Festival of Hockey, 19 Sept 2009

We hope we have honoured this huge milestone, our Centenary, in a fitting manner. Our opening event was the Festival of Hockey on 19 September 2009 at Shaw’s Bridge, which catered for all ages and aimed to recognise the contributions of past members, current players and our youth in exhibition Julie Doak, formidable striker matches. Also one hundred red and green balloons were ceremoniously launched into the bright blue sky to C Kane, Knock Veteran on the ball, with P Best and S Henderson in support, Festival of Hockey, 19 Sept 2009 symbolise the dedication, achievements and commitments of our founder and Our closing event is the Centenary Dinner, 8th May past members over the last ten decades 2010 at the Ramada Hotel, situated just beside our of Knock Ladies hockey. current clubhouse at Shaw’s Bridge, which will include a photographic and memorabilia exhibition of the clubs first one hundred years. We look forward with great anticipation to the next decades, confident that those who follow us will continue to carry Knock’s proud tradition into the future.

Hilary Milligan KLHC 1st XI, President's XI, A Cullen (umpire), H Milligan Presentation of award to KLHC from UHU, (coach) and K Lee (President, UHU), Festival of Hockey, 19 Sept 2009 19 Sept 2009

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Knock attacking corner, E McDermott pushes out, ball hand stopped A Rough Guide to Indoor Hockey All behind the line please - Knock defensive corner Knock Indoor Squad, mid 1980's For Knock players in the late 70s and 80s, our In remembering the success we experienced commitment was not just to the outdoor it is important that a special tribute should than a ‘domestic’ incident. The bruises Would we change any of it? In spite of the arthritic game but also to indoor hockey, which over be paid to our coach, Gordon McIlroy. may have faded but the memories remain knees and gnarled fingers, I would not swap a that period was played at club, provincial and Gordon was not only a superb tactician with fresh. We all look back on those days with second. For those of us who played and trained and national levels. During those years Knock an encyclopaedic knowledge of hockey, he great fondness and cherish the sweated together we will always remember the experienced phenomenal success, winning was also a tremendous motivator whose friendships forged during those years. intensity of the time, the excitement of competing, every indoor league title and the All Ireland team talks were guaranteed to send us out The rivalry may have been fierce but the friendship and the fun – and of course the sweet Club Championship on several occasions, as on court prepared to do battle with the quickly disappeared as we gathered taste of success! well as providing many players for the Ulster fiercest opponents. Not so much ‘weapons’ afterwards at the Glenavna Hotel in Mary Cullen (Lennon) and Irish representative teams. At the as ‘women’ of mass destruction! Each Whiteabbey to enjoy a drink, talk hockey inaugural Interprovincial Championship in match was like a cup final, the rivalry was and politely explain to the umpires (who 1982 Ulster fielded two teams, with five intense and every game was hotly contested were allowed to come too) where they Knock players being selected for the A team to the final whistle. The speed and had made the wrong decisions! and one for the B team. Ulster A won this first competitive nature of the sport provided competition and went on to win every immense excitement for the faithful band of Our dedication to the sport was total. The successive series throughout the following supporters who followed the team cost of success was high in terms of time decade. The presence of so many Knock religiously on dreary winter Sunday and personal commitment. We trained players was pivotal to the total dominance afternoons (no doubt the promise of dinner three or four times per week and often Ulster enjoyed during this period. Knock and drinks after each session was also a played on both Saturday and Sunday. We players also figured prominently at factor in ensuring a maximum attendance). missed many family and social occasions international level, the high point being on behalf of the team. Ireland’s victory in the Home Countries series Indoor hockey was not without its perils. Without a second thought I travelled with in 1987. In addition to players, Knock also had Every week we put life and limb on the line the Ulster squad to Cork with a four a strong backroom presence, providing for Knock. As a young teacher I struggled to month old baby and continued to coaching, managerial and umpiring staff at convince my pupils that the black eyes I breastfeed her throughout the every level. tried to conceal behind dark glasses on a tournament – a whole new meaning to Monday morning were due to hockey rather ‘time out’.

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Knock Ladies now has a flourishing junior section that meets at 1pm every Sunday at Shaw’s Bridge. This exciting young squad was A selection of KLHC Juniors at the launched four years ago when Aine Loane, a long term Knock player Festival of Hockey, 19 Sept 2009 realised there was a gap in provision for girls of her daughters’ ages so she gathered together a top-quality coaching team who set about introducing the next generation as a new and thriving facet to the club. Starting with just an U10 squad, the junior section now field’s teams from U8 to 13 with around 40 enthusiastic and talented young players training every week and benefiting from the glorious pitch with its perfect running surface at the Shaw’s Bridge facility. KLHC Juniors enjoying the festivities, Festival of Hockey, 19 Sept 2009 Illustrious long term club members Joan Lewis and Laura Blair complete the dynamic coaching team dedicated to the ongoing development of skills and tactics, as well as KLHC Juniors sporting the instilling the girls with the sporting values and spirit of enjoyment distinctive red and green associated with Knock. In addition, at least one member of the club assists each week so that the young girls are exposed to a wide variety of coaches, each giving generously of their time and sharing The coaches issue an open their unique experiences. As the squads have grown, so has the invitation to all Knock members need for more coaches and this year has seen many parents to come and cheer them along volunteering their services, adding another facet to the quality of any Sunday. They are confident teaching on offer; including former Knock players Clare Lenaghan that seeing the excitement and and Katie Bedi alongside Fionnuala McLernon, Barbara McCann, dedication evident in hockey Helen Garrett and Paula Neill. players so young will do your heart good and that the senior In addition to weekly training friendly matches are arranged for teams of the future will surely competition at U12 level with the intention to progress to U14 benefit from the girls’ talent and league next year. spirit. / U18 Youth A Selection of KLHC Juniors, with coaches Knock A Loane and F McLernon April 2010

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June Kirkpatrick Jenny Redpath On leaving Stranmillis in 1956 I joined Knock Hockey Club and was warmly welcomed by the Irwin sisters, Connie (goal-keeper, Ulster) and Lila (centre Knock was my very first hockey club and I have extremely vivid half). Connie was captain, coach, chief organiser and heart and soul of the and happy memories of playing as a schoolgirl in the 'early days' team. I played left back – the perfect position to hear Connie’s words of dressed in green tunics, red blouses and the red sash! Great encouragement or otherwise! visions are embedded in the memory bank, which definitely We played at Bladon Drive, Ewarts (Crumlin Road) and hard pitches on the influenced my entire playing career. Shore Road. Often we had no changing facilities so we just came home in ne our goal keeper -what our muddy clothes by public transport. Few of us had telephones, so it Visions of players like Frankie McIlwai k in week out to keep us was almost impossible to ‘cry-off’ except for something very serious. agility and acrobatics she displayed wee in matches. She was brilliant! Joan Hall who played at right Mrs Hopkins was President and her two daughters Moria and Thelma played back was the wily old fox. She had great sharpness of mind. I for Victorians. We had no club-house so we held team meetings in loved watching her next move. Carol Cooke (Cookie) was White’s Milk Bar to discuss tactics (there was no video analysis in those immaculate on the pitch and that reflected in her neat and days). These meetings were especially important when we played Victorians precise play at right half. I can still see her execute the right as there was always the family connection to lend space to the encounter. hand dodge. Then we had Irene Hamilton who was captain of Knock in my first years. Irene played at centre half and her energy, enthusiasm and will to win was truly infectious. She was a great inspiration to us all.

Our home base was at the Shore Road Playing Fields and I ulie Doak o I finish – I never remember matches being cancelled. We played in rain, hail, J d I say when d tart or shoul ontribute a looded goal circles and the Lough Shore gales - . Where do I s move on and c snow, ice, f Mmm… finish perhaps ot ready f the gravel pitch engrained in I should say (though I’m n the lot! I still have a momento o don’t think her than play we get experiences rat my left knee! Life long friendships were made and when little with my t yet!) nning about jus together Hilary (Hennessey Milligan) the craic is mighty. Fond give up the ru ince I joined to r the 1st XI s of Donabate and will you ever forget hitching the lift have played fo ome would memories n fortunate to lly scoring. (S lin en route to a hockey I have bee playing, especia from the stunned priest in Dub I still enjoy his house Knock at 15 and well!!) international ?!! Little did we know he was parking at ff the pitch as we did that o important and he was asking what we were doing sitting in the back of his say and still is, an cial side was, a dly took us to Londonbridge Road in the end! playing, the so ey tours were car! He kin As well as t and our hock ock Club spiri nt socialising. part of the Kn ey and exubera never forget mpetitive hock Rich and happy memories of times past - times I'll bination of co e to have com been fortunat as I got my career up and running. May I wish everyone at ecades, I have Ulster n, for over 2 d best players in congratulations on reaching the 'centenary' On reflectio some of the Knock heartfelt ith and against portunity to upport and friendships that layed hockey w ave had the op milestone. I'll never forget all the s p delighted to h ament in 2000 njoyable reland and was rovincial tourn enabled me to start playing senior hockey in such an e and I Senior Interp e t Ulster in the “Player of th and rewarding way. Thank you. Here's to the next century! represen rer and awarded s top goal sco ith a broken where I wa e tournament w also played th Tournament”. I mb..ouch! he necessary thu players with t inue to provide years! nock can cont successful Hopefully K ave another 100 our Club to h skills to enable Memoirs of Knock’s 100 years

22 23 Memoirs of Knock’s 100 years Easter Monday dawned, bright but cool, and fortified again by a hearty breakfast, off we headed to the final game. Well, I cannot remember Gloria Kershaw who we played but WE WON and on my 4th or 5th attempt we raised the Cross Cup and we each received a piece of Galway Crystal which e words The Cross Cup. What is that many of those reading thes I still have to this day. After appropriate celebrations, food and ties, may ask? Was it ‘cross’ing Ireland through several coun singing, we all headed home. Eventually early on Tuesday morning, Hilary he North and South? Was it named after it’s Sponsors and t left my flat in Wellington Park, a tired by happy Easter Bunny. It was just Company who made a ‘fine’ writing instrument in a factory great fun and great memories. outside the appropriately named ‘City of the Scribes’? Is it something to do with Good Friday – a cross! PS Easter Tuesday saw us make an appearance at the Garvey 6-a-side tournament at Blaris in poor weather. Even then we had become the What was the attraction of heading away from Belfast in accustomed to the sight of Pegasus filling a cup. No great surprise veral 1970’s on Good Friday, after work, in a family car with se at that! team-mates, to arrive in the West of Ireland late that evening? The attraction, from a distance, was the ‘craic’ and an All Ireland hockey tournament held annually each Easter. Easter is a variable feast which could be late March, early, mid or sometimes in late ould throw up Macken April. You could imagine that the West of Ireland c Eilish my P.E the advice of a considerable variety of weather, cold but never particularly warm; 74 following ock back in 19 ardly ever completely dry. Hardy annuals could also recall I joined Kn We wet and h Hennessey. ar in my life. onal patches of sunshine. SO it eacher Miss memorable ye snow and hail in between occasi t of the most p and I learnt ith great hope as the start irst Irish ca was, year after year, the intrepid ‘Knockers’ set off w It w p, I got my f Schools Cu to conquer all before them in Galway. Most years we travelled won the d. s to train har pe than with great expectations but in 1977 my dream of what it wa more in ho n the morning hool match i success was realised. nsisted of sc Saturdays co My t sisted of ed by lunch a ne. This con Our ever present and inspirational leader on and off the pitch was follow tockmans La de biscuits nesseys" on S tic home-ma essey. Borrowing her mothers (the redoubtable and "Chez Hen es and fantas on to Hilary Henn up, sandwich It was then we filled it with Carol Cooke and ome-made so those days. noon feared Mrs Sheila Hennessey) car h utritionists in for the after as nobody e didn't need n nty of energy myself plus glad rags and gear (less gear in those days - w der I had ple ark - no won owned more than one stick). Topping up with petrol in Stockman’s Dixon P t. Arriving in Galway at 8.15 pm we match. we Lane we headed South and Wes y suited us- Square and f and it reall booked into our modest accommodation just off Eyre just taking of hockey was on account of there being no pubs open in the Republic on Good Indoor ay with - bunch of e player to pl ufficient with us to relax and assiduously prepare had a great s my favourit Friday, we had s ra (Beggs) wa g. players. Sand the for the game the following mornin to know the rest of just seemed ure some of we s doing. I'm s ach other wa Playing on the ‘grit’ at the Greenfields ground just on the what e us ce for annoyed with re was no pla Galway we had a successful and heartening start to team got mind you the outskirts of ing to them, t match that ‘bullyed off’ at 11 for not pass . the tournament by winning our firs th Knock. soon be told in in the a Donnas wi t, you would am. We followed our opening success with a second w Prim ng your weigh weren't pulli afternoon. Tired but happy we returned to our hotel to change, eat If you and I wish e with Knock n the town’ to enjoy the evening. Returning at regular from my tim and go out ‘o great friends morning, we were all there for I have some intervals on Saturday night/Sunday best for matches, club all the the mandatory breakfast and team talk prior to the two the Good Luck. xt 100 years. morning and afternoon. To our considerable joy we won them both. the ne Four played, four won and so we marched on to the Cross Cup Monday. Final on Memoirs of Knock’s 100 years

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rie Gibson Hilary Milligan stories, Ma few funny ave A ard Park and h Irene Hamilton addressed to Miss astle at Don e In 1968 I received a letter from to play Newc get there. W o my school re scheduled ld take us to Hennessey, inviting me to join Knock Ladies. It came t We we w long it wou e decided estimated ho cold day so w when I was a pupil and that began a love affair which still lasts to badly over as a freezing b, we ur early. It w arby was a pu hat makes a club special? Friendship, commitment, arrived an ho only place ne the this day. W indoors. The e then asked deavour and the sheer love of the take shelter r everyone. W r challenge, competition, team en to hot ports fo about an hou in and ordered dy for us in sport. went ame order rea ckey. This to have the s excellent ho land-lord me and played paid a e won the ga started. You k has meant travelling the length and breadth of and he did. W e the games luded, Playing for Knoc t ports befor ary Gregg inc ers jumped into a trench on here the ho rt. People, M et Ireland and beyond. In Cork, two play is w d got your po in order to g . In Galway every week an d to the 3rds our return home from an all Ireland Senior Cup match pound f being droppe he extreme o (Cross Cup) where one player cracked ribs but insisted on going went to t s! p like a mummy. In Dublin for the All Ireland the hot port r into goals padded u win the Mino y Arms, the Irish equivalent play offs to g Indoor League we stayed in the Carne got to the on kept playin drank. ame 3rds team the oppositi of Fawlty Towers where they hoovered around us while we That s ight game and kept getting t was a very t sual 10% but Edinburgh where the coach’s car got a flat tyre in the middle of League. I s giving her u ohn In ary Gregg wa s boyfriend J ot lost, unable to find their accommodation. us offside. M arol Haldane’ wed the night and players g ffside trap. C she was allo ght by this o ld Mary when w cau ay line and to r a nil all dra at the half w the game afte There are so many memories. Jean Cunningham arriving late to a stood ent onto win her run. We w t! ame at UUJ carrying the half time oranges on a plate, trips up and to start alty shoot ou g ime and a pen the gravel. Jean sits picking out the grit while after extra t n in the oranges land on ere driving dow riving at a game at Queen’s Best and I w we are still playing with 10. Or Jean ar Galway, Pat he front seat them en ockey tour to g my wine in t with her wet red socks flying from the windows to dry On h busy drinkin something metro. I was ber Pat saying route. I have made so many friends. Joan, Barbara, Mary G and Mary her mini I do remem ry I r hit a bump. ing don’t wor e out in the evenings. Do you remember the when the ca and me reply the C – the ladies who din f Oh dear me had gone in r a Pegasus match the effect o e suspension headline ‘Joan Lewis’ Career in jeopardy afte to turned out th how one of !? spill any! It ere but some where she lost the 1st joint of her finger. Joan was in her prime didn’t ddle of nowh at got into ere in the mi hed her car P car. We w d us. We ditc ay. r-loads foun tched to Galw ssed a game. Even announcing a pregnancy the other ca rma and I hi Commitment? We never mi r cars and No g after us, new age players of the othe always lookin in was difficult if it was during the season. The one sible one and ot to Galway being the sen e eventually g would not cope. Imagine no rugby matches, no city breaks, hen Hilary ift we got. W behind every l even weddings. We were the first club to have a male followed rning. weekends or rs of the mo s, and then Gordon McIlroy he early hou re coach, Norman Houston, Instonian t re was nowhe es who had a tch when the who took us to the top. He was one of those coach ver on the pi ine. This is aylor falling o ff the back l discerning and knowledgeable eye. He is sadly missed and would have Annie T e ball was o ear her and th d the centenary year. anywhere n originated. thoroughly enjoye Taylor award how the Anne Norma, Julie, Jen, Denise, Rosie, Joanne, do you remember when the Knockers came to Ardglass for the Vikings boat race? The village has never been the same. ‘The Dancing Queen’ took on a different meaning. It would be impossible to write about all the experiences of over quite a few decades....! I am so proud to have played my hockey at Knock following in my aunt and my mother’s footsteps. I would wish all of you who play, to hold the club in your heart and carry it with pride into the next century. Memoirs of Knock’s 100 years

26 27 Memoirs of Knock’s 100 years other end of the pitch! At the time of going to print, we have won our league and are through to the play-offs for the Veteran League Cup! How fitting that a new and successful chapter for Knock Jen Irwin Hockey has begun during this year of consideration and celebration of the past. I have had the pleasure to be associated with Knock Ladies for almost twenty years. It all began for me at the start of the 1991 Finally I hope that many other members of Knock Ladies Hockey Club season when a friend, Deborah Galway reliably informed me that it both current and future will be able to enjoy as many years as I have would be good to join Knock 3rd XI as you did not really have to had at the club, both playing and socialising and that the Club will train. I was also intrigued by the rumour of hot ports at the flourish for the next 100 years. breezy Boucher Road pitches, for medicinal purposes of course! This sounded like the club for me. I knew nothing of the fantastic history and talented players of Knock and little did I know that I would get the opportunity to play senior league hockey for oline Irvin the late great Car Ladies in 2006 ten years and be coached for half that time by joined Knock ushy tailed, I ast, Gordon McIlory and the remaining time by Knock legend Hilary h faced nor b e years in Belf Not so fres clubs over th e of the highlights for me was reaching the Final of a few other iversity days Milligan. On ing played for y Glasgow Un gh we lost, our team and club by (hav spectively). M ships and the Ulster Shield in 1995. Althou and London re hockey, friend he occasion. Glasgow for the great ew far outshone the opposition in terms of celebrating t foundations ver the past f learly laid the oy at Knock o I am honoured to have played with some great players, most of all c lucky to enj , Elaine Reid, at I have been f Laura Edgar s been an inspirational player, coach and leader fun th ide the likes o pagnaro Julie Doak. Julie ha played alongs and Sonia Cam super to see her win years. Having , Jess Tyrell on the pitch for so many years and it was erry Crawford e to play with er- ecca White, K to come hom player of the tournament when she played for Ulster in the int Reb easy decision sity, it was an in January 2000. As time went on, it was great to see the at Univer pros once again! now are stalwarts of Knock such as hese legends arrival of new players who t respectable finished a very Sharon and Laura Edgar. or Knock, we players ear I played f e lost a few The first y er the years w ng fortunately ov g, our ever agi feature of the 90’s for me was the annual hockey tour to table but un pregnancy bu Another mid hat well know retain our nburgh, when a real mix of age groups arily) due to t struggled to the Grange Hockey Club, Edi (tempor ations and we n we to have great fun on e to job reloc a sad day whe and players from across the club got together 1st XI and du ague. It was y the Premier le but also man and off the pitch, which we did in abundance. All I can say is ‘No ng position in rs were shed, stro and a few tea ! True to ated last year es next year? Tour Talk’. were releg n some match a we would wi d have enjoyed ughs - surely rom defeat an h time for la ounced back f w new Moving on to the post-millenium years, it was very muc nock 1st XI b dition of a fe form, K lped by the ad dy), the me to hang up my senior league hockey boots and don a pair for k this year, he and Jud Cud winning strea an, Jo Dickson s been a great experience. The team now sits agee, Dani Hag ty, Sharon the 2nd XI, which ha rs (Colleen M atie Connaugh or 2nd XI teams and I playe XI players (K er proudly in Junior 1, the top-flight league f some past 1st top goal scor y return of le), our great am delighted to have played in this league at this late stage of m aw, Jo Carlis ry Milligan). gar, Denise Sh coach (Hila reer. Ed ver committed hockey ca oak) and our e (Julie D strong, lay alongside a ay that the inaugural privilege to p nd Bringing me bang up to date, I am proud to s , it has been a ntenary Year a 1st XI Captain n this our Ce Knock Veterans team was formed this year. Distinguished players As d, especially i cessful, d vibrant squa e to be a suc olette Kane, Patricia Best, Caroline McErlean, Susie skilful an will continu ons such as C ith that Knock ckey celebrati enaghan and Elaine Shanks have have every fa enjoy the ho Henderson, Rosie McVea, Claire L I ll continue to ome thrills e club and wi years! come out of retirement to play. We already have had s sociabl r the next 100 the pitch) ove and spills, including Jo Doak successfully standing in as goal- (on and off keeper one week, despite one of us putting one past her and scoring an own-goal! We did not have time to worry about it, as the s player redeemed herself immediately and scored one at the nameles Memoirs of Knock’s 100 years

28 29 Knock Ladies Hockey Club Knock Ladies Hockey Club CENTENARY 2010 CENTENARY 2010

Many of the memoirs in this booklet mention the all-important social side CLUB LIFE of Knock Ladies Hockey Club, which can be briefly summarised pictorially OFF THE FIELD below.

The girls on Tour, Scotland, 2005 S McKillen, G McIlroy and J Neill

KLHC members in fancy dress

The Knockers on Tour, Edinburgh, Easter 2000

We even took to the seas, Ardglass Viking Boat Race, 1999

KLHC Christmas Dinner 2009 C Crawford, L Alexander and S Begley

A quick break from pre-season training to see Jenny Young on her wedding day, 2002

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2ND XI KLHC Successes Title Date(s) Qualifying League Section 4 2006/07 1st XI Knock 2ND XI – in existence at least since 1931/32, formerly named as Knock A, then renamed Knock 2nd XI from 1976/77. Title Date(s)

All Ireland Senior Cup* 1913 1921 1925 1928 1911/12 1912/13 1913/14 1914/15 UWHU Ulster Shield 1915/16 1919/20 1920/21 1921/22 1922/23 1923/24 1924/25 1927/28 1947/48 UWHU Ulster Shield Finalists 1981/82 1984/85 1995/96 Senior Plate 1975/76 1978/79 Senior League Section 1 Winners 1947/48 Senior League Section 2 Winners 1990/91 1992/93 1996/97 2003/04 2nd XI, winners Qualifying 4, 200-07, capt P Johnston. KLHC Indoor Squad and officials, All-Ireland Champions, 198 Knock were the first team to win the All Ireland Senior Cup in its inaugural year of 1913. Knock 1ST XI has been present in Senior League since its inception. 3RD XI Title Date(s) Minor League, Section 2 Winner 1985/86 Minor League Winners 1986/87 Junior Plate Finalists 1997/98 Knock 3Rd XI – there is a record of Knock 3rds in 1931/32, then later re-established 1954/55 season in Junior League Section A, existing until 1960/61 season. From the 1985/86 season Knock 3rd XI has been continually in place.

Knock 4th XI – established circa 1994, withdrew 1998/99.

INDOOR Title Date(s) The Delvin Cup 1975 The UUJ Tournament, the MMB Trophy 1970’s-1980’s and the UCD Trophy All Ireland Karen Aston Cup* 1982/83 Indoor League Division 1 1981/82 1982/83 Indoor U19 League 1985/86 Indoor U20 League 1986/87 * Knock were the first team to win the All Ireland Karen Aston Cup in its inaugural year of 1983. A Loane and A Keenen, Ulster Shield Final, Nov 1995

32 33 Knock Ladies Hockey Club CENTENARY 2010 Hall of Fame Individual Achievements Ms C Rodden: 1925, 1927, 1929

Knock Ladies Hock Club Ms Forsythe: 1921 Ms McKeown: 1922, 1923 Ms Malcolm: 1922, 1923 Ms Ferguson: 1922, 1923 Ms Armstrong: 1924, 1925 Life Members, Irish Hockey Union Ms McBride: 1924 Ms Shillington: 1924 • Sheila Hennessey, 1987 Ms K Kirkwood: 1926, 1927, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1935, Mrs Connie Mackie (nee Rodden) 1936, 1936

Life Members, Ulster Women’s Hockey Union Ms S Kirkwood: 1924, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, • Sheila Hennessey, 1988 1931 • Joyce Neill, 1996 Ms L Wishart: • Hilary Milligan, 2004 (youngest player to play for Ireland, age 13), S Hennessey, Life member, IHA, with 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, daughter, H Milligan, 1931, 1932, 1933 President UWHU, Winifred Templeton Award, Ulster Women’s Hockey Union Ms B Corry: 1927 • Hilary Milligan, 2005 Ms O Corkey: 1931, 1933, 1934 Mrs Blake: 1931 Outdoor Representation Ms V Marshall: 1935, 1937, 1938 (represented at Senior level unless otherwise stated) Ms Vivien Mitchell : Ireland U23 - 1976/77, 1978/79 Ireland Four Knock Players in Ireland Team, Ms N Garrett: 1908 Vancouver, 1979, V Mitchell, Ms Sandra Beggs Ireland U23 Ms Pollock: 1909, 1912 H Hennessey, E Macken, S Beggs (Johnston): -1977/78, 1977/78 Ms Hughes: 1909, 1910 Senior - Ireland winners of the Triple Ms Graham: 1909, 1912 Crown for the first time in 27 years, Ms Smiley: 1911, 1912, 1920 1978/79,1979/80 Ms Gaffikin (Mrs Charley/Charters): 1911, 1912, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, Ms Eilish Macken: Ireland U23 –1977/78, 1977/78 1924, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930 Senior) - Ireland winners of the Triple H Milligan receiving her Life Crown for the first time in 27 years, membership, UWHU, 2004 Ms McMordie: 1911 1978/79 Ms Wilson: 1911, 1912 Ms McClinton: 1911, 1912 Ms Hilary Hennessey: 1979/80, 1980/81, 1982/83 Ms Steele-Nicholson: 1911 Ms Margaret Sloan: 1983/84 Ms P Archdale: 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, Ms Kathryn Howard: Ireland Schools - 1983/84, 1927, 1928, 1929 Ireland U21 – 1985/86 Ms Ewart: 1920 Ms Alma McCormick: Ireland Schools - 1983/84, Ms Taylor: 1920, 1921 Ireland U21 – 1985/86 Ms Addy: 1921 Ms Aine McErlean: Ireland Schools - 1983/84’ Ms Dalziel: 1921 Ms Colette Kane: Ireland U21- 1984/85, Ms B Rodden: 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, Ireland U21 – 1985/86 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931 Ms Doreen Elliot: Ireland U21 – 1985/86

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Ulster Ms E Toland: 1935 Ms N Garrett: 1908 Ms V Marshall: 1935, 1937, 1938 Ms Pollock: 1909, 1912 Ms S Hennessey: 1936, 1940’s (captain) Ms Hughes: 1909, 1910 Ms P McCann: 1936, 1940’s Ms Graham: 1909, 1912 Ms Vivien Mitchell: 1977/78, 1978/79 Ms Smiley: 1911, 1912, 1920 Ms Sandra Beggs (Johnston): Ms Gaffikin (Mrs Charley/Charters): 1977/78, 1978/79, 1979/1980 1911, 1912, 1920, 1921, 1922, Eilish Macken: 1977/78 1923, 1924, 1925, 1927, 1928, Ms Hilary Hennessey: 1977/78, 1978/79, 1979/1980 1929, 1930, 1931 Ms Margaret Sloan: Ulster U23 - 1980/81, 1984/85 Ms McMordie: 1911 Ms Kathryn Howard: Ulster U21 – 1983/1984, Ulster U21 – Ms Wilson: 1911, 1912 1984/1985, 1986/1987 Ms McClinton: 1911, 1912 J Doak, Player of the Tournament, (Senior), 1987/1988 Ms Steele-Nicholson: 1911 Inter-pros, 2000 Ms Caroline Fusco: Ulster U21 – 1983/1984 Ms P Archdale: 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, Ms Alma McCormick: Ulster U21-1984/1985, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1929 Ulster U21 – 1985/1986 Ms Ewart: 1920 Ms Colette Kane: Ulster U21 – 1983/1984, 1984/85 Ms Taylor: 1920, 1921 (Senior), Ulster U21-1984/1985, Ms Addy: 1921 1985/86 Ms Dalziel: 1921 Ms Doreen Elliot: Ulster U21- 1984/1985 U21 – Ms B Rodden: 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1985/1986, Ulster U21 – 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1987/1988 1931 Ms Julie Doak: 1999/2000 Ms C Rodden (Mrs Mackie): 1925, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1931, (Senior) - player of the tournament 1932, 1933 Ms Forsythe: 1921 Ms Nicola Gracey: Ulster U21 – 1985/1986 Ms McKeown: 1922, 1923 Ms Claire Staley: Ulster U21 – 1985/1986 Ms Malcolm: 1922, 1923 Ms Naoimh Stewart: Ulster U21 –1985/1986 Ms Ferguson: 1922, 1923 Ms Emma Ferguson: Ulster Juniors – 2000/2001 Ms Armstrong: 1924, 1925 Ms McBride: 1924 Coaching Ms Shillington: 1924, 1930 Ms Hilary Hennessey, coach, Ulster Schools, 1981/1982 Ms Smith: 1925 Ms Hilary Hennessey, coach, Irish Schools, 1983/84 Ms K Kirkwood: 1926, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1936 Ms Hilary Hennessey, coach, Irish Schools, 1984/85 Ms S Kirkwood: 1924, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, Ms Hilda Blair, coach, Ulster U21, 1984/85 1930, 1931 Ms Hilary Hennessey, coach, Irish U21, 1985/86 Ms L Wishart: 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, Ms Hilary Hennessey, coach, Irish U21, 1986/87 1932, 1933 Ms Hilary Hennessey, coach, Irish U21, 1987/88 Ms B Corry: 1927, 1930, 1931 Ms Wallace: 1928 Ms Julie Doak, Assistant Coach, Ulster U16, 2008/09 Ms Mitchell: 1930 Ms Julie Doak, Assistant Coach, Ulster U16 2009/10 Ms O Corkey: 1931, 1933, 1934 Colette Kane, Irish and Ulster Mrs Blake: 1931 player, indoor and outdoor Ms B Simpson: 1931 Ms Wheeler: 1931, 1933 Ms J Weir: 1931, 1932, 1933 Ms O Feeny: 1933

36 37 Knock LHC Hall of Fame Knock LHC Hall of Fame Individual Achievements Office Bearers, Ulster Women’s Hockey Union

Year Role Name The 1960’s 1987/88 Past President Miss Mirdza Oak Indoor (represented at Senior level unless otherwise stated) 1919/20 Honorary Secretary Miss Garrett Year Role Name Senior Indoor Selection Committee Mrs Mary Cullen 1920/21 Honorary Secretary Miss Garrett 1960/61 Senior Vice President Miss I Brandon U21 Indoor Selection Committee Mrs Joan Lewis Ireland 1923/24 President Mrs Charters Senior Selection Committee Miss I Brandon Ulster Rep, Honorary Secretary Miss Rodden 1961/62 Senior Vice President Miss I Brandon Irish U21 Selection Committee Miss Hilary Ms Hilary Hennessey: 1981/1982, 1984/85 (including 1924/25 Senior Vice President Mrs Charters Senior Vice President Miss I Brandon Hennessey representing Ireland at the European Championships), Honorary League Secretary Miss Brandon 1963/64 Senior Vice President Miss I Brandon Chairman, Umpires' Association Mrs Joyce Neill Honorary Treasurer Miss Garrett 1964/65 Senior Vice President Miss I Brandon Treasurer, Umpires' Association Miss Mirdza Oak 1985/1986 (Capt) 1925/26 Senior Vice President Mrs Charters 1965/66 Senior Vice President Miss I Brandon 1988/89 Past President Miss Mirdza Oak Honorary League Secretary Miss Brandon 1966/67 Senior Vice President Miss I Brandon U21 Indoor Selection Committee Miss N Cammock Honorary Treasurer Miss Garrett 1967/68 Senior Vice President Miss I Brandon U19 Indoor Selection Committee Miss Hilary Ms Margaret Sloan: 1981/1982, 1983/84 1926/27 Senior Vice President Mrs Charters 1968/69 Senior Vice President Miss I Brandon Hennessey Ms Rhoda Campbell: 1981/1982 Honorary League Secretary Miss Brandon 1969/70 Senior Vice President Miss I Brandon Ulster Rep, Irish Ms Mary Cullen: 1983/84, 1985/86 Honorary Treasurer Miss Garrett Council Member Mrs Sheila Hennessey U21 Selection Committee Miss Hilary 1927/28 Senior Vice President Mrs Charters Hennessey Ms Norma Cammock: 1984/85 (including representing Honorary Treasurer Miss Garrett The 1970’s Treasurer, Umpires' Association Miss Mirdza Oak Ireland at the European Championships), 1985/1986, 1928/29 Senior Vice President Mrs Charters Year Role Name Committee Member, Honorary Secretary Miss Brandon 1973/74 Honorary Treasurer Miss Mirdza Oak Umpires' Association Mrs Joyce Neill 1986/1987 (including representing Ireland at the Honorary Treasurer Miss Garrett 1974/75 Honorary Treasurer Miss Mirdza Oak 1989/90 Treasurer, Umpires' Association Miss Mirdza Oak European Championships) 1929/30 Senior Vice President Mrs Charters 1975/76 Honorary Treasurer Miss Mirdza Oak Honorary Secretary Miss Brandon Assistant Honorary Secretary Mrs Sheila Hennessey The 1990’s Honorary Treasurer Miss Garrett 1976/77 Assistant Honorary Secretary Mrs Sheila Hennessey Year Role Name 1930/31 Senior Vice President Miss Brandon Honorary Treasurer Miss Mirdza Oak 1994/95 Committee member/Coaching Assoc Mrs Hilary Milligan N Cammock in action for Ms Colette Kane: 1984/85 (including representing Ireland at the Honorary Treasurer Miss Garrett 1977/78 Honorary Treasurer Mrs Sheila Hennessey Indoor Assoc, Treasurer Miss Norma Ireland v England, 1931/32 Honorary Secretary Miss Brandon Junior Selection Committee Mrs Joyce Neill Cammock European Championships), 1985/1986 Honorary Treasurer Miss Garrett 1978/79 Honorary Treasurer Mrs Sheila 1995/96 Chair, Coaching Association Mrs Hilary Milligan European Indoor Hockey Committee Member Miss Rodden Hennessey 1996/97 Chair, Coaching Association Mrs Hilary Milligan Chamionships,1985 1932/33 Honorary Treasurer Miss Garrett Junior Selection Committee Mrs Joyce Neill Club Representative, Council Mrs Aine Loane Committee Member Miss Brandon Schools Selection Committee Miss Hilary 1997/98 Chair, Coaching Association Mrs Hilary Milligan Ms Kathryn Howard: 1986/1987 (including representing Ireland at the 1933/34 Senior Vice President Miss Brandon Hennessey 1998/99 Club Representative, Council Mrs Mary Cullen Honorary Treasurer Miss Garrett 1979/80 Senior Vice President Mrs Sheila Hennessey 1999/00 President Elect Mrs Hilary Milligan European Championships) 1934/35 Senior Vice President Miss Brandon Intermediate Selection Committee Mrs Joyce Neill Club Representative, Council Mrs Mary Cullen Honorary Treasurer Miss Garrett Ulster 1935/36 President Miss Brandon The 1980’s 2000-2010 Honorary Treasurer Miss Garrett Year Role Nam e Year Role Name Ms Ann McCormick: 1980/1981 1936/37 President Miss Rodden 1980/81 Club Representative, Council Mrs Joyce Neill 2000/01 President Elect Mrs Hilary Milligan Honorary Treasurer Miss Garrett 1981/82 Club Representative, Council Mrs M Holmes Club Representative, Council Mrs Mary Cullen Ms Ivy Harris: 1980/1981 Committee Member Miss Brandon Senior Selection Committee Mrs Joyce Neill 2001/02 President Mrs Hilary Milligan Ms Mary Cullen: 1981/1982, 1982/83, 1983/84, 1984/85 Umpires Sub-Committee Mrs Charters, 1982/83 Senior Selection Committee Mrs Joyce Neill Club Representative, Council Miss Jen Wilshin Miss Brandon, Committee of Umpires' Association Mrs Joyce Neill 2002/03 President Mrs Hilary Milligan Ms Hilary Hennessey: 1981/1982, 1982/83, 1983/84, Miss Rodden Junior Selection Committee Miss Hilary Club Representative, Council Miss Jen Wilshin 1984/85, 1985/86, 1986/87 1937/38 Committee Member Miss B Rodden Hennessey 2003/04 Club Representative, Council Miss Jen Wilshin 1939/40 Senior Vice President Miss K Kirkwood 1983/84 Chairman, Umpires' Association and 2004/05 Club Representative, Council Miss Denise Millar Ms Margaret Sloan: 1981/1982, 1982/83, 1983/84, 1 Council Nominee Mrs Joyce Neill 984/85 The 1940’s Senior Selection Committee Mrs Joyce Neill Year Role Name Indoor Selection Committee Mrs M Holmes Ms Rhoda Campbell: 1981/1982, 1982/83, 1984/85 1940/41 Council Member Mrs M Hopkins Treasurer, Umpires' Association Miss Mirdza Oak 1941/42 Council Member Mrs M Hopkins 1984/85 President Elect Miss Mirdza Oak Ms Norma Cammock: 1983/84, 1984/85, 1985/86, 1986/87 1942/43 Council Member Mrs M Hopkins Senior Selection Committee Mrs Joyce Neill Ms Colette Kane: 1983/84, 1984/85,1985/86 1943/44 Council Member Mrs M Hopkins Ulster Rep, Irish Senior Miss Neillie Garret, Hon Sec and Hon Ms Kathryn Howard: 1985/86, 1986/87 Selection Committee Mrs Joyce Neill Treasuruer, UWHU, 1930's The 1950’s Ulster Rep, Schools' Selection Ms Joan Lewis: 1986/87 Year Role Name Committee Miss Hilary 1952/53 Council Member Mrs JP Hopkins Hennessey Ms Alma McCormick: Ulster U19 - 1985/86, 1985/86 (Senior) Senior Selection Committee Mrs JP Hopkins Treasurer, Umpires' Association Miss Mirdza Oak Ms Aine McErlean: Ulster U19 - 1983/84’ 1954/55 Council Member Miss C Irwin Committee Member, Umpires' Senior Selection Committee Mrs H Morgan Association Mrs Joyce Neill Ms Naoimh Stewart: Ulster U19 - 1985/86 1955/56 President Mrs JP Hopkins 1985/86 President Miss Mirdza Oak Council Member Miss C Irwin Senior Selection Committee Mrs Joyce Neill Ms Aine McErlean: Ulster U19 - 1985/86 Senior Selection Committee Mrs H Morgan Indoor Selection Committee Miss Rosemary Rea Ms Claire Staley: Ulster U19 - 1985/86 1956/57 President Mrs JP Hopkins Treasurer, Umpires' Association Miss Mirdza Oak Council Member Miss C Irwin Committee Member, Ms Julie Doak: Ulster U19 - 1985/86, Ulster U20 -1986/87, 1957/58 Past President Mrs JP Hopkins Umpires' Association Mrs Joyce Neill Ulster U21 -1987/88 Council Member Miss C Irwin 1986/87 President Miss Mirdza Oak 1958/59 Past President Mrs JP Hopkins Senior Selection Committee Mrs Joyce Neill Notes: 5 players from Knock represented Ulster in the 1983/84 season, 6 in the 1984/85 1959/60 Council Member Miss L Irwin Treasurer, Umpires' Association Miss Mirdza Oak season and 5 in the 1985/86 season (coached by Gordon McIlroy). Ulster won all three Senior Selection Committee Miss I Brandon Committee Member Back row - M Oak, President, UWHU, 1985-87, titles. In addition 5 players from Knock represented Ulster U19’s in the 1985/86 season Senior Vice President Miss I Brandon , Umpires' Association Mrs Joyce Neill Will Stafford, J Neill, Umpires Assoc. Under 19/20 Indoor Coach Miss Hilary (coached by Hilary Hennessey). Ulster also won that title. Hennessey Front row - M Cullen (KLHC), M Harvey (Vic)

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Thanks goes to Impro Printing, The Ramada Hotel Belfast, 3fivetwo Healthcare, J.H. Givan Ltd, Milligan Oil and Scan Alarms for their kind sponsorship of this booklet. A Celebration of 100 Years of Hockey