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Full name | Peter Caruth | |||||||||||||
Born | Belfast, Northern Ireland | 4 June 1988|||||||||||||
Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||
Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | |||||||||||||
Playing position | Forward/Midfielder | |||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||
19xx–20xx | Campbell College | |||||||||||||
Senior career | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | |||||||||||||
20xx–2012 | Annadale | |||||||||||||
2012–2013 | Braxgata (Belgium) | |||||||||||||
2013–2016 | Monkstown | |||||||||||||
2016– | Annadale | |||||||||||||
National team | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Caps | Goals | |||||||||||
2008– | Ireland | 148 [1] | (27) | |||||||||||
Coaching career | ||||||||||||||
2016– | Annadale | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Peter Caruth (born 4 June 1988) is an Ireland men's field hockey international. He was a member of the Ireland team that won the bronze medal at the 2015 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship. He also represented Ireland at the 2016 Summer Olympics. At club level he has won Men's Irish Hockey League titles and the EuroHockey Club Trophy with Monkstown and the Kirk Cup with Annadale.
Caruth is from Belfast, Northern Ireland. He was educated at Gilnahirk Primary School, Cabin Hill School and Campbell College. [2] [3] [4]
In 2022, Caruth came out as gay, becoming the first Irish men's international hockey player to do so. [5]
As a youth Caruth played field hockey for both Campbell College and Annadale. The 2012–13 season saw him play for Braxgata in the Men's Belgian Hockey League. [3] [6] [7] [8]
In 2013 Caruth began playing for Monkstown in the Men's Irish Hockey League. [3] [7] [8] He subsequently helped Monkstown win the league title in both 2013–14 and 2014–15. [3] In the 2013–14 league final he scored twice as Monkstown defeated Banbridge 2–1. [9] [10] [11] [12] Together with Graham Shaw and Kyle Good, Caruth was also a member of the Monkstown team that won the 2014 EuroHockey Club Trophy. He again scored in the final as Monkstown defeated HC OKS-SHVSM of Ukraine 2–0. [13] [14] Caruth also played for Monkstown in the 2014–15 and the 2015–16 Euro Hockey Leagues. [15]
In 2016 Caruth re-joined Annadale, this time as a player/coach. [16] In 2016–17 he guided Annadale to promotion form the Ulster Senior League to the Men's Irish Hockey League. [17] [18] He also scored a hat-trick as Annadale defeated Cookstown 8–1 in the Kirk Cup final. [19] [20] In 2018 Caruth and Anndale again played in the Kirk Cup final but this time, they lost to Banbridge. [21]
Caruth made his senior debut for Ireland in October 2008 in a 2–2 draw with Argentina. [2] [3] He had previously played for Ireland A. [22] He made his major tournament debut at the 2009 Men's Hockey World Cup Qualifiers. [3] Caruth was a member of the Ireland team that won the 2011 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge II. [23] He also helped Ireland win Men's FIH Hockey World League tournaments in 2012 [24] and 2015. [25] At the 2014–15 Men's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals, Caruth made his 100th senior appearance for Ireland. [26] Caruth was also a member of the Ireland team that won the bronze medal at the 2015 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship. [27] He also represented Ireland at the 2016 Summer Olympics. [28] [29] [30]
In addition to his role as a player/coach with Annadale, Caruth has also coached at Muckross Hockey Club and Campbell College. [3] [26] [48]
The Ireland men's national field hockey team is organised by Hockey Ireland and represents both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland in international men's field hockey competitions, including the Men's Hockey World Cup and the EuroHockey Nations Championship. They have previously competed in the Men's Intercontinental Cup, the Hockey Champions Challenge, the Men's FIH Hockey World League and the FIH Hockey Series. The team also competes at the Summer Olympics, though it officially only represents the Republic of Ireland then, while still selecting players from the entire island. On 26 January 1895 Ireland played in the first ever international field hockey match when they defeated Wales 3–0 in Rhyl. Ireland were finalists and silver medallists at the 1908 Summer Olympics. Ireland were also bronze medallists at the 2015 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship.
Monkstown Hockey Club is a field hockey club based at Rathdown School in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland. The club was founded in 1894 and was originally based in Monkstown, County Dublin. The club's senior men's team plays in the Men's Irish Hockey League and the Men's Irish Senior Cup. The club's senior women's team plays in the Women's Irish Hockey League and the Women's Irish Senior Cup. Reserve teams play in the Men's Irish Junior Cup and the Women's Irish Junior Cup. Monkstown have also represented Ireland in European competitions, winning the 2013–14 EuroHockey Club Trophy.
Elena Joy Neill, also referred to as Lena Tice, 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. Tice is also an Ireland women's cricket international. She was a dual Ireland women's cricket and field hockey international by the age of 17. In 2011, she made her senior international cricket debut, aged just 13 years and 272 days. As a result, after Pakistan's Sajjida Shah, Tice became the second youngest player in the history of cricket, male or female, to make their international debut playing in an official One Day International or Twenty20 International. She also represented Ireland at the 2014 ICC Women's World Twenty20. Tice has also won Irish Senior Cup and Women's Irish Hockey League titles with UCD Ladies' Hockey Club.
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Kyle Good is an Ireland men's field hockey international. He was a member of the Ireland team that won the bronze medal at the 2015 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship. He also represented Ireland at the 2016 Summer Olympics. At club level he has won Men's Irish Hockey League titles, the Irish Senior Cup and the EuroHockey Club Trophy with Monkstown. He also played for three clubs – Three Rock Rovers, KHC Dragons and Monkstown – in the Euro Hockey League.
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