The father of a Cookstown player who suffered a serious head injury while playing in Cork on Saturday has praised the efforts of Cork Harlequins supporters in coming to his son’s assistance.

DUTCH stars Teun de Nooijer and Taeke Taekema may miss out on the Olympics after they were dropped from the Netherlands national side.

IRELAND continue to be European hockey’s great entertainers but ultimately saw their slim Olympic qualification hopes dashed by the Netherlands, who claimed a 7-4 victory in a topsy-turvy EuroHockey Nations Championship tie in Germany yesterday.

Ireland 0 Holland 1