Hermes Ladies' Hockey Club


Hermes Ladies' Hockey Club was a women's field hockey club based at St. Andrew's College in Booterstown, Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland. The club entered teams in the Women's Irish Hockey League, the Irish Senior Cup and the Irish Junior Cup. In 2016 Hermes merged with the women's team at Monkstown Hockey Club and subsequently played as Hermes-Monkstown. As Hermes-Monkstown, the club represented Ireland in the 2017 EuroHockey Club Champions Cup.

History

Old Wesley Hockey Club

Hermes Ladies' Hockey Club was a successor club of the Old Wesley Hockey Club, originally founded by former pupils of Wesley College. During the 1950s and early 1960s, Old Wesley played at Leinster intermediate level. Traditionally Old Wesley recruited players from Protestant schools. However, in order to make the move to senior status, the club decided to expand its membership to the wider community and change its name. In April 1966 Old Wesley was relaunched as Hermes Ladies' Hockey Club, taking Old Wesley's place in the Leinster Senior Division.

Irish Senior Cup

Hermes won the Irish Senior Cup for the first time in 1997, defeating Muckross 2–1 in the final. They won a second Irish Senior Cup in 1999 defeating Pegasus 3–2 in the final. They were cup winners on two further occasions in 2005 and 2006.
SeasonWinnersScoreRunners up
1974Pegasus2–0Hermes
1997Hermes2–1Muckross
1999Hermes3–2Pegasus
2000Cork Harlequins2–1Hermes
2002Loreto2–2Hermes
2004Pegasus2–1Hermes
2005Hermes2–2Ballymoney
2006Hermes1–0Old Alexandra
2010–11Pegasus3–1Hermes
2014–15Ulster Elks1–0Hermes

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All-Ireland Club Championship

Hermes won the All-Ireland Club Championship on four occasions, in 2003, 2004, 2006 and 2008. In 2008 with a team that included Anna O'Flanagan, Chloe Watkins and Nicola Evans, all still schoolgirls, Hermes won the title after defeating Loreto in the final.
SeasonWinnersScoreRunners up
2003Hermes
2004Hermes
2006HermesPegasus
2007Pegasus3–1Hermes
2008Hermes1–0Loreto

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Women's Irish Hockey League

In 2008–09 Hermes were founder members of the Women's Irish Hockey League. With a team that included Nicola Evans, Anna O'Flanagan, Gillian Pinder and Chloe Watkins, they finished the season as runners up, after losing 2–1 in a penalty shoot-out in the league final against Loreto. Hermes were runners up again in 2010–11, losing 4–1 in the final to Pegasus. In 2015–16, with a team that included Evans, O'Flanagan and Watkins, Hermes won the league title and the EY Champions Trophy. In 2016 Hermes merged with Monkstown and the ladies' team subsequently played as Hermes-Monkstown.
SeasonWinnersScoreRunners up
2008–09LoretoHermes
2010–11Pegasus4–1Hermes
2015–16Hermesn/aPegasus
2016–17UCDn/aHermes-Monkstown

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EY Champions Trophy

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Irish Junior Cup

Hermes second team entered the Irish Junior Cup.
SeasonWinnersScoreRunners up
1979Hermes II
2004Pegasus IIHermes II
2006Hermes II2–1Lurgan
2009Hermes II1–1Railway Union II

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Hermes in Europe

Hermes represented Ireland in European competitions on six occasions. After winning the 1997 Irish Senior Cup they played in the European Cup Winners Cup A Division in Belgium. After winning the 1999 Irish Senior Cup, Hermes finished in third place at the 2000 European Cup Winners Cup A Division tournament in Cologne. In 2012, with a team that featured Mary Goode, Audrey O'Flynn and Gillian Pinder, Hermes won the Women's EuroHockey Club Champion's Challenge I, defeating Lille Metropole 3–1 in the final. After winning the 2016 EY Champions Trophy as Hermes, they played in the 2017 EuroHockey Club Champions Cup as Hermes-Monkstown.

Notable former players

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When the Ireland women's national field hockey team won the silver medal at the 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup, the squad included five former Hermes players – Deirdre Duke, Nicola Evans, Anna O'Flanagan, Gillian Pinder and Chloe Watkins.

Honours