Alison Meeke

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Personal information
Full name Alison Meeke
Born (1991-06-07) 7 June 1991 (age 33) [1]
Playing position Midfielder/Defender
Youth career
2003–2009 The High School, Dublin
Senior career
YearsTeam
200x–200x Corinthian
200x– Loreto
2009 → DCU
2018 → PSI All Stars
National team
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014– Ireland 117+
Medal record
World Cup
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 London

Alison Meeke (born 7 June 1991), also referred to as Ali Meeke, is an Ireland women's field hockey international. She was a member of the Ireland team that played in the 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup final. Meeke has also won Irish Senior Cup and Women's Irish Hockey League titles with Loreto.

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Early years, family and education

Between 2003 and 2009 Meeke attended The High School, Dublin. [2] [3] Between 2010 and 2013 she attended Sallynoggin College of Further Education where she studied Fitness and Personal Training. [2] [4] Since 2017 she has attended St Mary's University, Twickenham where she is studying for a Master's degree in Strength and Conditioning. [2] [5] During her youth, Meeke also played Gaelic football with Ballyboden Wanderers. Together with Nicola Daly, she was a member of the Wanderers team that won 2008 Dublin Ladies Junior E Football Championship. [6] [7] [8]

Domestic teams

Early years

Between 2003 and 2009, Meeke played field hockey for The High School, Dublin. Her teammates and fellow students included Nicola Daly. [3] [9] Meeke and Daly were members the High School team that finished as runners-up in the 2005 Leinster Schoolgirls' Premier League. In the final they lost 2–0 to an Our Lady's, Terenure team captained by Emer Lucey. [10] [11] In her youth Meeke also played for Corinthian Hockey Club. [12] [7] [13] Meeke played for Dublin City University at intervarsity level, featuring in the 2009 Chilean Cup tournament. Her DCU teammates included Hannah Matthews. [14] [15]

Loreto

In 2008–09 Meeke was a member of the Loreto team that won the inaugural Women's Irish Hockey League title. [16] She was also a member of the Loreto team won the 2009–10 Irish Senior Cup. [17] Meeke has also represented Loreto in European competitions. [18] In June 2011 she was a member of the Loreto team that won the EuroHockey Club Champion's Challenge II. [19] In June 2014 she was also a member of the Loreto team that finished third at the European Club Championship Trophy tournament hosted by Leicester Hockey Club. [20] [21] In May 2018 Meeke was named Player of the Tournament as Loreto won the EY Champions Trophy. [22] [23] [24] Meeke's teammates at Loreto have included Nikki Symmons, Lizzie Colvin, Hannah Matthews and Nicola Daly. [16] [19]

PSI All Stars

In December 2018 Meeke played for the Pro Series Indoor International All-Stars in a series of exhibition indoor hockey games against South Africa. [25] [26] [27] [28]

Ireland international

Meeke made her senior debut for Ireland in April 2014 against India. [12] [7] In March 2015 Meeke was a member of the Ireland team that won a 2014–15 Women's FIH Hockey World League Round 2 tournament hosted in Dublin, defeating Canada in the final after a penalty shoot-out. [29] She was also a member of the Ireland team that won the 2015 Women's EuroHockey Championship II, defeating the Czech Republic 5–0 in the final. [30] In 2017 Meeke made her 100th senior Ireland appearance during a series of games against Spain. [31]

Meeke represented Ireland at the 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup and was a prominent member of the team that won the silver medal. [8] [13] [32] [33] [34] [35] She featured in all of Ireland's games throughout the tournament, including the pool games against the United States, [36] India [37] and England, [38] the quarter-final against India, [39] [40] the semi-final against Spain [41] and the final against the Netherlands. [42] [43] In the quarter-final against India, Meeke scored in the penalty shoot–out to help send Ireland through to the semi-final. [39] [40]

TournamentsPlace
2014 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge I [44] 2nd
2014–15 Women's FIH Hockey World League [45] 15th
→ 2015 Dublin Tournament [29] 1st
2015 Women's EuroHockey Championship II [30] 1st
2017 Women's Four Nations Cup [46] 2nd
2017 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship [47] 6th
2018 Women's Hockey World Cup [38] [41] [48] Silver medal icon.svg
2018–19 Women's FIH Series Finals [49] [50] 2nd
2019 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship [51] [52] 5th

Occupation

Meeke works as a field hockey coach and fitness instructor. Since 2011 she has coached at The High School, Dublin and since 2012 she has worked as a fitness instructor at University College Dublin. Since 2017 she has served as an ambassador for DB Sports Tours. [2] [18] [53] Since September 2016 she has also served as an assistant coach at Rathgar Hockey Club. [54] [55]

Honours

Field hockey

Ireland
Loreto

Gaelic football

Ballyboden Wanderers GAA

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