We caught up with the Ulster Hockey Schoolgirls Senior Cup Semi Final between Rainey Endowed and the Royal School Armagh at Lisnagarvey Hockey Club on Wednesday 26th February. Such is the dominance of Ulster Schoolgirls Hockey in Ireland these provincial semi finals are probably of a higher standard than the All Ireland Finals next month and it was a pleasure to cover four class sides in the two semi finals.

We caught up with the Ulster Hockey Schoolgirls Junior Cup Final between Rainey Endowed School and Coleraine Grammar School at Stormont Pavilion on Tuesday afternoon. this was a hard fought contest between two well drilled sides. However, Rainey looked to have the upper hand early in the game with only a phenomenal work rate from Coleraine's captain Ruby Caddoo keeping them at bay.

We caught up with the McDowell Cup final between the Royal School Armagh 2XI and Rainey Endowed 2XI at Stormont on Tuesday afternoon. As expected this was a close game between two talented teams who battled out a tight first quarter, though Rainey looked to have the early advantage in terms of territory and possession.

We caught up with the Gibson Cup Final between Methodist College and Rainey Endowed at Stormont Pavilion on Monday afternoon. In an extremely competitive match, both teams tested their opposition defences without seriously troubling the ‘keepers. Midfield almost cancelled each other out without breaking into the circles so it came as no surprise that halftime arrived scoreless.