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Jenny McAuley
Jenny McDonough (born 23 April 1981), also known as Jenny McAuley, is a former Ireland women's national field hockey team, Ireland women's field hockey international. Between 2001 and 2009 she made 117 senior appearances for Ireland. She has also played for Belfast Harlequins in the Women's Irish Hockey League. Early years, family and education McDonough was raised in the Malone Road district of Belfast. Both of her parents were dentists. She began playing field hockey at Stranmillis Primary School. Between 1991 and 1999 she attended Methodist College Belfast. Between 1999 and 2003 she attended Newcastle University where she gained a Bachelor of Arts, BA in Accounting, Accountancy and Law. Between 2007 and 2008 McDonough completed a Bachelor of Laws through the Open University. Domestic teams Early years In her youth McDonough played for Methodist College Belfast and Collegians (Belfast), Collegians. She also represented Newcastle University at intervarsity level. Belfast Harl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ireland Women's National Field Hockey Team
The Ireland women's national field hockey team is organised by Hockey Ireland and represents both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland in international women's field hockey competitions, including the Women's Hockey World Cup and the Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship. They have previously competed in the Women's Intercontinental Cup, the Women's Hockey Champions Challenge, Women's FIH Hockey World League and the Women's FIH Hockey Series. The team also competes at the Summer Olympics, though it officially only represents the Republic of Ireland then (using the Republic's flag and national anthem), while still selecting players from the entire island. On 2 March 1896, Ireland played England in the first ever women's international field hockey match. Ireland were finalists and silver medallists at the 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup and competed at the 2020 Olympic tournament. History Early years The Irish Ladies Hockey Union was established in 1894. On 2 Marc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Open University
The Open University (OU) is a Public university, public research university and the largest university in the United Kingdom by List of universities in the United Kingdom by enrolment, number of students. The majority of the OU's undergraduate students are based in the United Kingdom and principally study off-campus; many of its courses (both undergraduate and postgraduate education, postgraduate) can also be studied anywhere in the world. There are also a number of full-time postgraduate research students based on the university campus at Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, where they use the staff facilities for research, as well as more than 1,000 members of academic and research staff and over 2,500 administrative, operational and support staff. The OU was established in 1969 and was initially based at Alexandra Palace, north London, using the television studios and editing facilities which had been vacated by the BBC. The first students ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1981 Births
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Queen's University Belfast
The Queen's University of Belfast, commonly known as Queen's University Belfast (; abbreviated Queen's or QUB), is a public research university in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. The university received its charter in 1845 as part of the Queen's University of Ireland and opened four years later, together with University of Galway (as ''Queen's College, Galway'') and University College Cork (as ''Queen's College, Cork''). Queen's offers approximately 300 academic degree programmes at various levels. The current president and Chancellor (education), vice-chancellor is Ian Greer (obstetrician), Ian Greer. The annual income of the institution for 2023–24 was £474.2 million, of which £105.2 million was from research grants and contracts, with an expenditure of £345.9 million. Queen's is a member of the Russell Group of research-intensive universities, the Association of Commonwealth Universities, the European University Association, Universities UK and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women's Field Hockey Qualifying Tournaments For The 2008 Summer Olympics Squads
The Women's field hockey Qualifying Tournaments for the 2008 Summer Olympics was a series of events in which teams compete for qualification for the 2008 Summer Olympics. Each team has a squad of up to 18 players with random jersey numbers. Qualifying 1 Coach: Tahir Zaman # Emine Muzaffarova # Zarifahon Zeynalova # Feruza Makayeva # Lyudmila Chegurko # Dilfuza Mirzaliyeva (C) # Marina Aliyeva # Myungsoon Mammadova # Liana Nuriyeva # Seon Yeong Rustamova # Bo Kyung Alizada # Mi Kyung Alieva # Viktoriya Shahbazova (GK) # Yu Jin Avodonina (GK) #Zhang Suleymanova #Zhun Mammadova # Inoyathon Jafarova # Ji Eun Khudiyeva # Nazira Hidayatova Coach: Nina Dashko # Yulia Lashuk (C) #Natallia Ambros # Hanna Kisel # Ryta Zhylianina # Volha Tarashcik # Mariya Halinovskaya # Yuliya Laptsevich # Alena Nekhai # Natallia Varabiova # Iryna Kazachok # Hanna Basarevskaya # Mariya Korzh-Tsepun # Alesia Vasilyeva # Sviatlana Bahushevich # Alesia Tratsiakova # Yuliya Mikheichyk # Alesia Piotukh # ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship Squads ...
The article listed the confirmed squad lists for 2007 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship between August 18 to August 25, 2007. Pool A Head coach: Marc Lammers Head coach: Danny Kerry Head coach: Gene Muller Head coach: Franco Nicola Pool B Head coach: Michael Behrmann Head coach: Pablo Usoz Head coach: Svitlana Makaieva Head coach: Tahir Zaman References {{DEFAULTSORT:2007 Women's Eurohockey Nations Championship Squads Squads 2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 Women's Intercontinental Cup
The 2006 Women's Hockey Intercontinental Cup was the seventh edition of the women's field hockey tournament. The event was held from 25 April–6 May, in Rome, Italy. England won the tournament for the second time after defeating South Korea 2–1 in the final. Japan finished in third place, defeating the United States 4–1. The tournament served as a qualifier for the 2006 FIH World Cup in Madrid, with the top five teams qualifying automatically. Qualification Except for Africa, all other four confederations received quotas for teams to participate allocated by the International Hockey Federation based upon the FIH World Rankings. Those teams participated at their respective continental championships but could not qualify through it, and they received the chance to qualify through this tournament based on the final ranking at each competition. Squads Below is the list of participating squads. Head Coach: Adil Pashayev Head Coach: Kim Chang-Back Head Coach: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship
The 2005 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship was the 7th edition of the women's field hockey championship organised by the European Hockey Federation. It was held from 14 to 20 August 2005 in Dublin, Ireland. Qualified teams * * * * * * * * Format The eight teams were split into two groups of four teams. The top two teams advanced to the semifinals in order to determine the winner in a knockout system. The bottom two teams played in a new group with the teams they did not play against in the group stage. The last two teams were relegated to the EuroHockey Nations Challenge. Results ''All times were local (UTC+0).'' Preliminary round Pool A ---- ---- Pool B ---- ---- Fifth to eighth place classification Pool C Points obtained in the preliminary round are carried over into Pool C. * ---- First to fourth place classification Semifinals ---- Third and fourth place Final Final standings See also * 2005 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 Women's Field Hockey Olympic Qualifier
The 2004 Women's Hockey Olympic Qualifier was held in Auckland, New Zealand from 19 to 28 March 2004. The top five teams qualified to the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Squads Head Coach: Markus Weise Head Coach: Bobby Crutchley Head Coach: Riet Kuper Head Coach: Kazunori Kobayashi Head Coach: Ian Rutledge Head Coach: Valentina Apelganets Head Coach: Lim Heung-Sin Head Coach: Pablo Usoz Head Coach: Tetyana Zhuk Head Coach: Beth Anders Umpires *Chieko Akiyama ( JPN) *Judith Barnesby ( AUS) *Peri Buckley ( AUS) *Renée Cohen ( NED) *Ute Conen ( GER) *Carolina de la Fuente ( ARG) *Marelize de Klerk ( RSA) *Jean Duncan ( GBR) *Lyn Farrell ( NZL) *Sarah Garnett ( NZL) *Jun Kentwell (USA) *Minka Woolley ( AUS) Results Preliminary round Pool A ---- ---- ---- ---- Pool B ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Classification round Ninth and tenth place Fifth to eighth place classification =Cros ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2003 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship
The 2003 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship was the sixth edition of the women's field hockey championship organised by the European Hockey Federation. It was held from 1 until 13 September 2003 in Barcelona, Spain. This was the last EuroHockey Nations Championship with 12 teams. The 4 teams ending 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th were relegated to the first EuroHockey Nations Trophy. The 8 remaining teams played in the 2005 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship. Qualified teams * * * * * * * * * * * * Format The twelve teams were split into two groups of six teams. The top two teams advanced to the semi-finals in order to determine the winner in a knockout system. The 3rd and 4th placed teams from each pool played for the 5th to 8th place, while the 5th and 6th placed teams from each pool played for the 9th to 12th place. The last four teams were relegated to the EuroHockey Nations Challenge. Results ''All times were local (UTC+2).'' Preliminary round Pool A ---- -- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2001 Women's Intercontinental Cup
The 2001 Women's Hockey Intercontinental Cup was the sixth edition of the women's field hockey tournament. The event was held from 17–30 September, across two host cities, Abbeville and Amiens in France. England won the tournament for the first time after defeating Russia 4–0 in the final. Ukraine finished in third place, defeating Japan 4–3 in penalties following a 1–1 draw. The tournament served as a qualifier for the 2002 FIH World Cup in Perth, with the top six teams qualifying automatically. The seventh placed team qualified to the three–match playoff series held in Cannock, which was to be played against the United States. Qualification All five confederations received quotas for teams to participate allocated by the International Hockey Federation based upon the FIH World Rankings. Those teams participated at their respective continental championships but could not qualify through it, and they received the chance to qualify through this tournament based on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
England Women's National Field Hockey Team
The England women's national field hockey team are the current Commonwealth Games champions having previously won silver 3 times. England have also won the 2006 Women's Field Hockey World Cup Qualifier and the 2002 Champions Challenge. History Marjorie Pollard played hockey nearly every year for England from 1921 to 1937. The team toured New Zealand in 1938 and the US in 1947. Notable players were Barbara and Bridget West, Hilda Light and Mary Russell Vick. The teams had to play in long stockings whatever the heat until they were replaced with split skirts and knee high stockings. Competitive record World Cup * 1983 – 5th place * 1986 – 5th place * 1990 – 4th place * 1994 – 9th place * 1998 – 9th place * 2002 – 5th place * 2006 – 7th place * 2010 – * 2014 – 11th place * 2018 – 7th place * 2022 – 8th place Commonwealth Games * 1998 – * 2002 – * 2006 – * 2010 – * 2014 – * 2018 – * 2022 – World League * 2012–13 – * 2014â ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
