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Gillian Pinder
Personal information
Born (1992-05-05) 5 May 1992 (age 31) [1]
Height 5 ft 5 in (165 cm)
Playing position Midfielder
Youth career
2005–2011
St. Andrew's College
Senior career
Years Team
200x–2013 Hermes
2012 → Syracuse Orange field hockey
2013–2017 UCD Ladies
2017– Pembroke Wanderers
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011– Ireland 140+
Medal record
World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2018 London

Gillian Pinder (born 5 May 1992) is an

Irish Senior Cup and Women's Irish Hockey League titles with UCD
.

Early years, family and education

Pinder is the daughter of Alan and Mary Pinder. Her father, Alan, is originally from Mullingar.[2] Her sister, Laura, is also a field hockey player and has played for

St. Andrew's College, Syracuse University and University College Dublin.[6][7][8] She graduated from UCD with a Bachelor of Business and Law.[9][10][11]

Club career

St. Andrew's College

Pinder played

Coláiste Iognáid, Galway 3–1 in the final.[7][8][17] On 10 September 2018, after their success at the Women's Hockey World Cup, Watkins and Pinder returned to St. Andrew's to share their experience with the current students at St. Andrew's.[18][19] Pinder also began managing the hockey programme at St. Andrew's.[20][21]

Hermes

In 2008–09 Pinder together with

Pegasus. Her teammates on this occasion included her sister, Laura, Deirdre Duke and Anna O'Flanagan.[23][24][25] In 2012, along with Mary Goode and Audrey O'Flynn, Pinder was a member of the Hermes team that won the Women's EuroHockey Club Champion's Challenge I, defeating Lille Metropole 3–1 in the final.[26]

Syracuse Orange

In 2012 Pinder attended

2012 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship semi-finals.[7][8] At Syracuse, together with Emma Russell and Liz McInerney, Pinder formed a forward line that featured three future Ireland internationals.[29][30]

UCD

Pinder started playing for

2015 EuroHockey Club Champions Cup.[36] In 2016–17 she won a second Irish Senior Cup with UCD when, together with Elena Tice, Katie Mullan and Deirdre Duke, she was a member of the UCD team that defeated Cork Harlequins 1–0 in the final.[37][38][39]
The 2016–17 season also saw Pinder help UCD win their second Women's Irish Hockey League title.
Hermes-Monkstown in a penalty shoot-out.[3][40][41]

Pembroke Wanderers

The 2017–18 season saw Pinder play for Pembroke Wanderers in the Women's Irish Hockey League. Her teammates at Wanderers included Emily Beatty.[42][43][44][45][46]

Ireland international

Pinder represented Ireland at Under-16, Under-18 and Under-21 levels before making her senior debut.[28] She made her senior international debut on 24 April 2011 against France.[6][8] In March 2015 Pinder 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.[47][48] 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.[49] In January 2017 she was also a member of the Ireland team that won a 2016–17 Women's FIH Hockey World League Round 2 tournament in Kuala Lumpur, defeating Malaysia 3–0 in the final.[50] On 12 July 2017 in the 2016–17 Women's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals she scored a "thunderbolt" of a goal against Poland, which was described as one of the highlights of Ireland's 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup qualification campaign.[7][8][51][52]

Pinder represented Ireland at the 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup and was a prominent member of the team that won the silver medal.[53][54][55] She featured in all of Ireland's games throughout the tournament, including the pool games against the United States,[56] India,[57] and England,[58] the quarter-final against India,[59] the semi-final against Spain[60] and the final against the Netherlands.[61] In the semi-final against Spain, Pinder scored twice in the penalty shoot-out. After successfully converting the sudden death penalty, she sent Ireland through to the final.[20][21][62][63][64][65]

Tournaments Place
2013 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship[66][67]
 7th
2014 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge I[68] 2nd
2014–15 Women's FIH Hockey World League[69][70] 15th
→ 2015 Dublin Tournament[47][48] 1st
2015 Women's EuroHockey Championship II[49] 1st
2016 Hawke's Bay Cup[71][72] 5th
2016–17 Women's FIH Hockey World League[50] 13th
→ 2017 Kuala Lumpur Tournament[50] 1st
2017 Women's Four Nations Cup[73] 2nd
2017 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship[74]
 6th
2018 Women's Hockey World Cup[58][60][75] 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2018–19 Women's FIH Series Finals[76][77] 2nd
2019 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship[78][79]
 5th

Occupation

Together with Lizzie Colvin, Nicola Evans, Anna O'Flanagan and Deirdre Duke, Pinder was one of five lawyers in the Ireland squad at the 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup.[11]

Honours

Ireland
UCD
  • Women's Irish Hockey League
    • Winners: 2013–14, 2016–17: 2
  • Irish Senior Cup
    • Winners: 2013–14, 2016–17: 2
  • EY Champions Trophy
    • Winners: 2017
Syracuse Orange
  • Big East
    Regular Season
    • Winners: 2012
Hermes
  • Women's Irish Hockey League
    • Runners Up: 2008–09, 2010–11
  • Irish Senior Cup
    • Runners Up: 2010–11
  • Women's EuroHockey Club Champion's Challenge I
    • Winners: 2012
St. Andrew's College

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