Sports action photography on Sunday 5 January 2025. Photo: John McMurtry. © FRU SPORTS 2025.

Indoor Hockey: Ulster Club Boys U18 Tournament

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We have a couple of matches from the U18 Boys Indoor Hockey Competition held on Sunday 5th January at Antrim Forum.

The boys were a bit exuberant and with the ball whizzing into my area a couple of times and with face masks bouncing off the table holding my equipment I found myself ducking more than taking photos and I left early before anything was damaged.

Match Results

The five teams played in a round robin format with the top two teams, Cookstown and Lisnagarvey, going on to play in a final to decide the champions.

Lisnagarvey completed an indoor’s double with their U18 team joining their U15 team as Champions.

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