Pembroke must focus on final

A PLAYER eligibility issue involving defending Irish Senior Cup champions Pembroke Wanderers threatens to overshadow the Dubliners’ quest to retain the trophy when they lock horns with Cookstown at Belfield on Sunday (1.15).

The Irish Hockey Association (IHA) yesterday moved to clarify a query from Mossley regarding the registration of Pembroke’s South African import, Vaughan Erasmus, who played and scored in the latter’s 6-0 quarter-final win at The Glade on February 28.

While Erasmus was seemingly correctly registered with both the IHA and the Leinster Branch in time, visa complications delayed his arrival from November until January.