Avoca Hockey Club (Irish: Cumann Haca Abhóca) is a field hockey club based at Newpark Comprehensive School in Blackrock, Dublin. The club was originally founded in 1895 and a women's team was added in 1973. Avoca enters various men's and women's teams in junior, senior and veterans leagues and cup competitions affiliated to the Leinster Hockey Association. Avoca men have won both the Men's Irish Senior Cup and the Men's Irish Junior Cup.[1] Avoca Women won the Irish Hockey Trophy in 2022. The club has also represented Ireland in European competitions, finishing third in the 1993 EuroHockey Club Trophy.
Avoca Hockey Club was originally formed in 1895 by past and current students at Avoca School. In 1897 the club won its first national trophy when the second team won the Irish Junior Cup. The modern club was re-formed in 1929. When Avoca School amalgamated with Kingstown Grammar School in 1973 to become Newpark Comprehensive School, the field hockey club retained the Avoca name. In 1996 Avoca celebrated its centenary season by winning the Irish Senior Cup for the first time.[2]
| Season | Winners | Score | Runners Up |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Belfast YMCA [3] | 2–1 | Avoca |
| 1985 | Belfast YMCA | 2–1 | Avoca |
| 1989 | Lisnagarvey | 1–0 | Avoca |
| 1993 | Lisnagarvey | 1–0 | Avoca |
| 1996 | Avoca[4] [5] | 3–2 [6] | Lisnagarvey |
| Season | Winners | Score | Runners Up |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 | Avoca II | ||
| 1965 | Avoca II[7] | 6–0 | Deighton Wanderers |
| 1997 | Avoca II | 2–0 | Cork Harlequins II |
The club has played at the Avoca School/Newpark Comprehensive School site since 1936. The club also shares an astroturf pitch with Dominican College Sion Hill and rents a pitch at Loreto College, Foxrock.[8] [9]
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