Future of game at national level in the hands of clubs
Debate in recent years has centred on whether to expand the Irish Hockey League from a seven-game competition spread throughout the season to a full-season, 18-game format, taking participant clubs out of their provincial leagues.
Forums were held during the consultation process earlier this year by the Irish Hockey Association’s competitions committee in Dublin, Cork and Belfast, with travel costs, meritocracy and the need for different competition formats on the men’s and women’s side among the flashpoint issues. The IHA believes it now has a proposal which tackles the majority of concerns, and clubs are being asked to vote for or against a “full IHL” at an EGM in the Stillorgan Park Hotel on Sunday.
