Results
| Date | Venue | Home Team | Away Team | ||
| 01.2021 | Murcia (Spa) | Spain | 1 | Ireland | 4 |
| 01.2021 | Murcia (Spa) | Spain | 3 | Ireland | 2 |
| 01.2021 | Murcia (Spa) | Spain | 0 | Ireland | 2 |
| 01.2021 | Murcia (Spa) | Spain | 2 | Ireland | 2 |
| 01.2021 | Murcia (Spa) | Spain | 4 | Ireland | 4 |
Match 5 – Spain 1 Ireland 4
| At Murcia (Spa) | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final |
| Spain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ireland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Quarter | Team | Scorer | Score |
| 1 | Spa | ??? | 1-0 |
| 2 | Irl | Evans | 1-1 |
| 3 | Irl | Duke | 1-2 |
| 4 | Irl | Duke | 1-3 |
| 5 | Irl | O’Flanagan | 1-4 |
Match 2 – Spain 3 Ireland 2
| At Murcia (Spa) | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final |
| Spain | 0 | 2 ?? | 1 ?? | 0 | 3 |
| Ireland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Quarter | Team | Scorer | Score |
| 1 | Irl | Niamh Carey | 0-1 |
| 2 ?? | Spa | ??? | 1-1 |
| 2 ?? | Spa | ??? | 2-1 |
| 3 ?? | Spa | ??? | 3-1 |
| 4 | Irl | Duke | 3-2 |
Match 3 – Spain 0 Ireland 2
| At Murcia (Spa) | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final |
| Spain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ireland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Quarter | Team | Scorer | Score |
| 4 | Irl | O’Flanagan | 0-1 |
| 4 | Irl | O’Flanagan | 0-2 |
Match 4 – Spain 2 Ireland 2
| At Murcia (Spa) | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final |
| Spain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ireland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Quarter | Team | Scorer | Score |
| 1 | Irl | Zara Malseed | 0-1 |
| 2 | Spa | ??? | 1-1 |
| 3 | Irl | Zara Malseed | 1-2 |
| 4 | Spa | Gigi | 2-2 |
Match 5 – Spain 4 Ireland 4
| At Murcia (Spa) | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final |
| Spain | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Ireland | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Quarter | Team | Scorer | Score |
| 1 | Spa | ??? | 1-0 |
| 2 | Spa | Gigi | 2-0 |
| 2 | Irl | Zara Malseed | 2-1 |
| 2 | Spa | ??? (PC) | 3-1 |
| 2 | Irl | Duke | 3-2 |
| 2 | Spa | ??? (PC) | 4-2 |
| 3 | Irl | Lena Tice (PC) | 4-3 |
| 4 | Irl | Lena Tice (PC) | 4-4 |
Report
Ireland won 2, drew 2 and lost 1 match against a Spanish side ranked 7 in the world in Women’s Hockey during a Winter Tour in Murcia, Spain. Having won their first game 4-1 thanks to goals from Evans, Duke (2) and O’Flanagan, Ireland then dropped the second match 3-2 (Niamh Carey and Duke scoring), before taking a 2-1 lead in the series with a 2-0 victory in the third courtesy of two goals from O’Flanagan. Two drawn matches ended the series with goals from Zara Malseed (3), Duke and Lena Tice (2).
References
Images
[1] Federation of International Hockey (2020) FIH-International_Hockey_Federation_Logo [Internet] Available from:https://eurohockey.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/FIH-International_Hockey_Federation_Logo.png [Accessed 23 August 2020]
Websites
[2] Hockey Ireland (2021) Green Army Return from Friendly Spain Series [Internet] Available from: https://hockey.ie/green-army-return-from-friendly-spain-series/ [Accessed 23 January 2021]
Images
[3] Hockey Ireland (2021) 1 [Internet] Available from: https://hockey.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/1.jpg [Accessed 23 January 2021]
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Thanks to Margaret Williams. (UCD)
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