Teenage hockey starlet named in Irish squad

TEENAGE hockey sensation Emma Stewart has been named in the final Irish squad for the European Championships in Dublin in less than two weeks time.

National coach Riet Kuper has made her final selection for the European Nations Championship in UCD from August 14 to 20 and given her recent strong performances in the Irish side which won the Celtic Cup, it was no real surprise that the 17-year-old from Armagh was included.

Stewart will join a strong Ulster contingent in the 18-strong squad, along with captain Lyndsay McVicar, Jill Orbinson, Angela Platt, Bridgit McKeever, Jenny McDonough, Clare Parkhill and Katherine Smyth.