Press release

Setanta Sports Trophy at National Hockey Stadium, UCD Belfield, June 13-17

18th May 2007: This June will see both the Irish senior women's and men's hockey teams compete with some of the best hockey nations in the world in an exciting new international hockey tournament to be held in Dublin.

The inaugural Setanta Sports trophy will be held at the National Hockey Stadium, UCD, Belfield from June 13 to 17, and is the first of a three year series which will see key hockey nations being invited to play Ireland in the run up to major hockey championships.

In what promises to be a very exciting tournament, the Irish women, who are sponsored by ESB, will take on Olympic champions Germany, South Africa and Scotland while the Irish men will face Canada, Egypt and Wales.

Setanta Sports, the title sponsor of the event, will be providing full coverage of all matches at the tournament.

This tournament is your chance to see some of the world's top hockey athletes compete in the run up to the European Championships, to be held this year in Manchester in August.

Tickets and full match schedule are available on Hockey.ie. Tickets can be purchased at a special early bird discount of 25% if purchased before 8th June on line.

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