Eugene Magee (born 1 April 1986) is an Ireland men's field hockey international. He was a member of the Ireland team that won the bronze medal at the

2015 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship The 2015 Men's EuroHockey Championship was the 15th edition of the men's EuroHockey Nations Championship, the biennial international men's field hockey championship of Europe organised by the European Hockey Federation. It was held from 21 to 29 A ...

. He also represented Ireland at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

and at the 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup. At club level he has won

Men's Irish Hockey League The Men's Irish Hockey League is a field hockey league organised by Hockey Ireland that features men's teams from both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The league was first played for during the 2008–09 season. It replaced the All ...

, Irish Senior Cup and Kirk Cup titles with

Banbridge Banbridge ( ) is a town in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies on the River Bann and the A1 road and is named after a bridge built over the Bann in 1712. It is in the civil parish of Seapatrick and the historic barony of Iveagh Upper ...

. He has also scored for three clubs –

HGC HGC can stand for: *Harvard Glee Club *Hercules Graphics Card *HGC (field hockey), a Dutch field hockey club located in Wassenaar, South Holland on the border of The Hague *HGC Global Communications HGC Global Communications Limited, formerly k ...

, KHC Dragons and Banbridge – in the

Euro Hockey League The Euro Hockey League is an annual field hockey cup competition organized by the EHF for the very top field hockey clubs in Europe. The competition was launched at the start of the 2007-08 field hockey season when it merged and replaced the men ...

Early years, family and education

Magee's hometown is Ballela in County Down. He completed his elementary education at All Saints Ballela. In his youth Magee initially played

hurling Hurling (, ') is an outdoor Team sport, team game of ancient Gaelic culture, Gaelic Irish origin, played by men and women. One of Ireland's native Gaelic games, it shares a number of features with Gaelic football, such as the field and goa ...

, representing Down/South Down at minor level. He continued to play hurling occasionally for Ballela, even after deciding to concentrate on

field hockey Field hockey (or simply referred to as hockey in some countries where ice hockey is not popular) is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with 11 players in total, made up of 10 field players and a goalk ...

. He played in two Down Junior Hurling Championship finals for Ballela. In 2008, he scored four goals when helping Ballela lift the Down title with a win over Clonduff. In 2015 he scored a point in their extra-time victory over Newry Shamrocks. Between 1997 and 2004, Magee attended

Banbridge Academy Banbridge Academy is a grammar school in Banbridge, Northern Ireland, founded in 1786. , the Principal is Robin McLoughlin, previously a headmaster of Grosvenor Grammar School. McLoughlin succeeded Raymond Pollock (1995-2014). Former headmaste ...

where he first began to play field hockey. In a 2015 interview with ''

The Irish News ''The Irish News'' is a Compact (newspaper), compact daily newspaper based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is Northern Ireland's largest-selling morning newspaper and is available throughout Ireland. It is broadly Irish nationalist in its viewp ...

'', Magee stated, "I quickly discovered that many of the hurling skills were easily transferable and I became quite good at hockey." Between 2004 and 2009, he attended

Ulster University Ulster University (; Ulster Scots: or ), legally the University of Ulster, is a multi-campus public research university located in Northern Ireland. It is often referred to informally and unofficially as Ulster, or by the abbreviation UU. It i ...

where he gained a BSc in Quantity Surveying. Between 2013 and 2014, he attended

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 ...

where he gained a master's degree in Software Development. Magee's brother, Owen Magee, has also played field hockey for both

and

Ireland Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ...

and hurling for Ballela.

Domestic teams

Banbridge

Magee began his senior career with

. While playing for Banbridge, he also represented

Ulster Ulster (; or ; or ''Ulster'') is one of the four traditional or historic provinces of Ireland, Irish provinces. It is made up of nine Counties of Ireland, counties: six of these constitute Northern Ireland (a part of the United Kingdom); t ...

at interprovincial level and Ulster Elks at intervarsity level. After brief spells playing professionally with

and Adelaide Hotshots, in 2009 Magee left Banbridge for KHC Dragons. After four seasons away, Magee re-joined Banbridge in 2013. In 2014 he helped Banbridge win the Eurohockey Champions Challenge I. In 2014–15 he captained Banbridge as they won both the Kirk Cup and the Irish Senior Cup. In 2016 he was a member of the Banbridge team that finished as runners up to

Lisnagarvey Lisnagarvey or Lisnagarvy ()Placenames NI
is a

in the EY Champions Trophy. In 2016–17 he a member of the Banbridge team that won a national double, winning both the Irish Senior Cup and the

. He scored twice in the Irish Senior Cup final as Banbridge defeated Monkstown 3–1. He also represented Banbridge in the 2016–17 Euro Hockey League.

HGC

In 2007 Magee played for

in the

Hoofdklasse The Vierde Divisie (; "Fourth Division"), formerly known as Hoofdklasse () is the second-highest league of amateur football in the Netherlands, and the fifth tier in general. Background The league was divided into two sections: Saturday and Sunda ...

and the

2007–08 Euro Hockey League The 2007–08 Euro Hockey League was the inaugural season of the Euro Hockey League, Europe's premier club field hockey tournament organized by the EHF. The final was played between UHC Hamburg and HGC at the Hazelaarweg Stadion in Rotterdam, ...

. His teammates at HGC included Iain Lewers, John Jermyn,

Barry Middleton Barry John Middleton (born 12 January 1984) is a British field hockey player. He played as a midfielder and forward for England and Great Britain and is the most capped British hockey player in history and captained his country for many years. ...

and Bram Lomans.

Adelaide Hotshots

In March 2008, following the 2008 Men's Field Hockey Olympic Qualifier, Magee played for Adelaide Hotshots in the

Australian Hockey League The Australian Hockey League (AHL) was Australia's premier national domestic field hockey competition.AHL Webpage
D ...

KHC Dragons

Between 2009 and 2012 Magee played for KHC Dragons in the Men's Belgian Hockey League. He helped Dragons win national league titles and represented them in the

2010–11 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number, numeral, and glyph. It is the first and smallest positive integer of the infinite sequence of natural numbers. This fundamental property has led to its unique uses in other fields, ranging from science to sp ...

and

2011–12 Euro Hockey League The 2011–12 Euro Hockey League was the fifth season of the Euro Hockey League, Europe's premier club field hockey tournament organized by the European Hockey Federation, EHF. It was held at four different locations from October 2011 to May 2012 ...

s. He helped them finish third in the 2011–12 competition.

Crefelder HTC

Magee spent the 2012–13 season playing for Crefelder HTC in the

Bundesliga The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional association football league in Germany and the highest level of the German football league system. The Bundesliga comprises 18 teams ...

. His teammates at Crefelder HTC included Ronan Gormley.

Ireland international

Magee made his senior debut for

in 2005 against

Belgium Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. Situated in a coastal lowland region known as the Low Countries, it is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeas ...

. He was a member of the Ireland teams that won the 2009 Men's EuroHockey Nations Trophy and the 2011 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge II. Magee also helped Ireland win

Men's FIH Hockey World League The Men's FIH Hockey World League was an international field hockey competition organised by the International Hockey Federation. The league also served as a qualifier for the 2014 Men's Hockey World Cup, 2014 and 2018 Men's Hockey World Cups an ...

tournaments in

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

and

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

. In May 2015 Magee made his 200th senior appearance for Ireland in a game against

France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...

. After Ronan Gormley, he became the second Ireland men's international to reach the 200 mark. Gormley reached his double century earlier in May 2015. He was a member of the Ireland team that won the bronze medal at the

. He also represented Ireland at the

and at the 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup. In June 2017 Magee was a member of the Ireland team that won the Hamburg Masters, defeating

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

4–2 in the final. He retired from international hockey after Ireland failed to qualify for the

2020 Summer Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...

Employment

Magee has worked as a quantity surveyor and as a software engineer.

Honours

;

*Hamburg Masters **''Winners'': 2017 *

Round 1 **''Winners'': 2012 Cardiff *

Round 2 **''Winners'': 2015 San Diego, 2017 Belfast **''Runners up'': 2013 New Delhi * Men's FIH Series Finals **''Runners up'': 2019 Le Touquet * Men's Hockey Champions Challenge II **''Winners'':

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

**''Runners up'':

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

* Men's EuroHockey Nations Trophy **''Winners'':

*Men's Field Hockey Olympic Qualifier **''Runners up'':

*Men's Hockey Investec Cup **''Runners up'':

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

;

*Eurohockey Champions Challenge I **''Winners'': 2014: 1 *

**''Winners'': 2016–17 : 1 * Irish Senior Cup **''Winners'': 2014–15, 2016–17: 2 * Kirk Cup **''Winners'': 2014–15: 1 * EY Champions Trophy **''Runners-up'': 2016: 1 ; KHC Dragons *Belgium Hockey League **''Winners'': 2009–10, 2010–11: 2

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Magee, Eugene 1986 births Living people Alumni of Queen's University Belfast Alumni of Ulster University Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Field hockey players from County Down Gaelic games players from County Down Ireland international men's field hockey players Irish expatriate field hockey players Irish male field hockey players Irish software engineers Male field hockey forwards Male field hockey midfielders Male field hockey players from Northern Ireland Olympic field hockey players for Ireland People educated at Banbridge Academy Quantity surveyors 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players KHC Dragons players HGC (field hockey) players Men's Irish Hockey League players Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey players Men's Belgian Hockey League players British male field hockey players Irish expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate sportspeople from Northern Ireland in the Netherlands Expatriate sportspeople from Northern Ireland in Australia Expatriate sportspeople from Northern Ireland in Germany 21st-century British sportsmen