Senior hockey player, 31, dies suddenly on pitch

CORK Church of Ireland senior men’s player/coach, Andrew Chambers, died suddenly on Saturday.

Senior hockey player, 31, dies suddenly on pitch

The 31-year-old collapsed on the pitch at Garryduff in Rochestown, Cork prior to his team’s Irish Senior Cup clash with Kilkeel on Saturday, and could not be revived. The cause of his death is not yet known.

Former Cork C of I president, Mervyn Kerr, yesterday said club members and the hockey public “were shocked and saddened” by the news.

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