The The Hook - Leinster hockey's only blog's piece in the Irish Examiner Sport today!

Not hockey-related, but this piece of opportunistic sports journalism from the always-inspiring Jonathan Drennan is well worth sharing

As the new hockey season begins, SFH are looking forward to the midterm holidays already. We will be running our usual Halloween camps in Garryduff Sports Centre during the midterm break: Senior - Oct 31st & Nov 1st Junior - Nov 2nd & 3rd Places are limited and bookings are already coming in. So please book in early to avoid disappointment. Email andrew@southernfriedhockey.com or book online at http://southernfriedhockey.com/camps/

A great summer has come to an end. Wishing all our players the best now they are back in school. See you all at Halloween 🏑 #sfhockey #summerisover #hockeyseasonisback

SFH will host the annual 9-aside Club Championships this Christmas in Garryduff. This year we will be running an U16 tournament as well the the U21 tournament over 2 days for boys and girls (one event each day) The tournament is 9 aside, shortened games and open to any Munster club. If clubs feel they don't have enough players to fill a panel of 16, they can look at linking up with another local club in their area. Southern Fried Hockey and Osaka Hockey will sponsor this event with initial prizes of Most Valuable Player (MVP) for men, women and goalkeeper of each tournament. There will be a minimal cost of entry per team to cover pitch hire and umpires expenses.

Osaka Hockey's Brand New 2017 range is in Welch Sports and hockeyworld.ie. Call into the shop to check out the class new sticks and accessories #OsakaHockey #OsakaPeople

Now that's how you take a stroke by Hockey Ireland's Julian Dale ☑️Win stroke ☑️Send keeper the wrong way ☑️Roof the stroke in the top corner #TopClass #Easy

Munster Hockey are running a Pitch & Putt Classic in Garryduff Sports Centre this Sunday 3rd of Sept. Profits to be divided between Munster & your home club. To enter please see details on the poster #munsterhockey

ICYMI... a wondergoal from Robbert Kemperman to kickstart the Dutch comeback from two goals down against Belgium in the yesterday's EuroHockey Championships men's final in Amsterdam, the hosts going on to win 4-2. The type of strike we all dream of!

All of Hockey Ireland's U21 mens and womens games are live this week on https://www.eurohockeytv.org/

Sad not to be involved with this Munster U16 group anymore as life has taken me elsewhere, but excited to see what these girls can do at the interpros! Congrats to all selected but also to every player who has contributed to the development of the group since March! #munsterhockey