{"id":32440,"date":"2023-05-24T17:40:10","date_gmt":"2023-05-24T17:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.volleyballireland.com\/?post_type=latest-news&p=32440"},"modified":"2023-05-31T15:46:18","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T15:46:18","slug":"delahunty-names-ireland-squad","status":"publish","type":"latest-news","link":"https:\/\/www.volleyballireland.com\/latest-news\/delahunty-names-ireland-squad\/","title":{"rendered":"Delahunty Names Ireland Squad"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Ireland Snr. Women Head Coach Mark Delahunty has named a 14-strong squad for this weekend’s Small Countries Association Championships in Luxembourg.<\/p>

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The Dubliner has selected eight players aged under 20, with a quintuplet of Newbridge teenagers, as well as experience in UCD duo Regina Halpin and captain Emily Frazell. This is also a call up for Net Force Cork’s All Star nominee Sylwia Gomes.<\/p>

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Delahunty is excited about the challenge ahead, “Luxembourg has become a home-from-home for us at this stage and to go there again for the SCA tournament is really exciting. The fact that the majority of the girls have all been there before and played in that amphitheatre will hopefully help us settle and just go out and play. We’ll be up against some new challenges and old frenemies, so it will be interesting to see our progression over the last 6 months to a year.”<\/p>

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Ireland will face Luxembourg in the showpiece game on Friday evening (7pm Irish time) before an early start against Malta (10am Friday). Results of those matches will mean either a Semi Final or a 5th place playoff Sunday. Iceland, Scotland and Northern Ireland make up pool B.<\/p>

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Delahunty added, “Whatever happens I am proud of the group, and how they’ve come together and supported each other.\u00a0 We just need to believe and execute our processes. Perhaps we’ll surprise a few people. Great venue, great organisation and great volleyball await.”<\/p>

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You can still support Ireland’s fundraising campaign here > https:\/\/gofund.me\/c0fa41c2<\/p>

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1 raffle entry will be awarded for every 25EUR donated. There are some great prizes including hotel vouchers, a Jameson Experience tour and a \u20ac350 Robovac G30 Hybrid vacum and mop kindly donated by Rory at www.microwarehouse.ie<\/a><\/p>

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The Team:<\/strong><\/p>

Emily Frazell, UCD<\/p>

Regina Halpin, UCD<\/p>

TJ Sweeney, Munster Thunder<\/p>

Maria Jones, Munster Thunder<\/p>

Ciara Lowe, Newbridge<\/p>

Sophie Quinlivan-Nolan, Newbridge<\/p>

Emma Byrne, Newbridge<\/p>

Eimear Byrne, Newbridge<\/p>

Jess Dowling, Newbridge<\/p>

Carly Donaghy, Santry<\/p>

Sylwia Gomes, Net Force Cork<\/p>

Grace Moloney, Naas<\/p>

Caitriona ni Riordain, Munster Thunder<\/p>

Roisin Roantree, Aztecs<\/p>

Mark Delahunty, Head Coach<\/p>

Edyta Jozwiak-McMullan, Assist. Coach<\/p>

Patricia Somers, Team Manager<\/p>

Cillian Braken-Conway, Statistician<\/p>

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