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Fri 04 Apr 2007Early start does not go down wellHOCKEY/Men's and Women's All-Ireland Club semi-finals:The timing of the Glenanne match against Irish championship holders Pembroke in the All Ireland Club semi-finals on Saturday morning in UCD hasn't pleased all of those involved in the game. With two Dublin teams playing each other and therefore amounting to one of the more attractive packages of the day, it was expected the game would get one of the prime slots along with one of the women's semi-finals in the first day's play.As it now stands, Pembroke and Glenanne, who usually spark off each other enough to make their matches lively and often tetchy affairs, will tip off at the rather early hour of 10am. That match is followed by Cork Harlequins' semi-final against Cork C of I with the Sunday final scheduled for Belfield at 1pm.