Ali Meeke will become the first Irish woman to play in the Pro Series Indoor festival in South Africa later today following her selection for the International All Stars team. Ali Meeke will become the first Irish woman to play in the Pro Series Indoor festival in South Africa later today following her selection for the International All Stars team. The call-up was something of a surprise for Meeke with indoor hockey in Ireland only just beginning the green shoots of a comeback. Nonetheless, the Leinster league has expanded this term to ten teams and gets under way tomorrow, significantly boosted by the decision to re-introduce an Irish international indoor team in 2020. "Unfortunately the indoor scene is not as big in Ireland," Meeke says of the situation.

Source: Irish Independent December 15, 2018 02:48 UTC