GAA CLUB NOTES
Dungarvan Observer | Friday, 3 July, 2015
Dungarvan JOHN MEEHAN TOURNAMENT Generously sponsored by the Meehan Family, this very enjoyable four team tournament was staged in our club grounds last Saturday morning. Ballyduff emerged winners in a thrilling final with Cappoquin and our own boys won the Plate final against Kilrossanty. Thanks to everybody who helped out on the day, referees Stephen O’Donovan, Brendan Cullinane, Conor Duggan and Pat Kiely and to the parents who provided refreshments and to our catering group. Liam Moore took some lovely photos and a special thanks to Conor Lannon, Country Store for his generous supply of fruit. Thanks also to Ballyduff, Kilrossanty, Cappoquin and our own team under Pat Curran and Trevor Galvin for taking part. Our own team lined out as follows. Robbie Wall, Rian O’Dwyer, Jake Ducey, Mark Loftus, Sam Dalton, Micheal Power, Mark McGarry, Kevin Crotty, Oisin Cummins, Brian Curran, Jack Mulligan, Shay Cullinane, Darragh Harty.
INTERMEDIATE FOOTBALL Our final Group game against Ballinameela will take place this Friday evening in Ballinameela at 8 pm. We will then play Sliabh gCua in a relegation play off on a date to be confirmed. SARGENT CUP We play Passage in the semi-final of this year’s Senior Hurling Sargent Cup in the Fraher Field this Sunday at 2 pm. MINOR HURLING Our minors paid the price for a slow start to this game when Passage beat us by the minimum of scores in our own field last Saturday evening. We trailed by 0-11 to 0-4 at half-time and the goal we badly needed to get back into the game unfortunately arrived that bit too late despite a dominant second half by our team. This was our first championship game and we are out again on Wednesday July 15th, away to Cois Bhride in Tallow at 7.30 pm. Dungarvan : Stephen Donovan; Mark Boland, Peter Queally, Conor Hayes; Mick Devine, John Curran , John Devine; Sean Crotty 0-1, Glen Waters 1-2; Aidan Kirwan 0-1, Darragh Lyons 0-3 (2f), Jack Lacey 0-2f; Conor Donovan, Luke Rossiter, Brendan Cullinane. Sub: Kealan Daly.
Thanks to our ladies who served refreshments to both clubs after the game. DEISE DRAW Thanks to everybody who supported the June Deise Draw last week and everybody who sold tickets. GOLDEN GOAL The club is currently selling Golden Goal tickets for next week’s eagerly awaited to Munster Senior Hurling Final and we would appreciate your support for this important fund raiser. Thanks to everybody who has bought tickets to date. LOTTO ON-LINE Last Monday was our inaugural day for the facility of playing the club lotto on line. There may well be a few teething problems for perspective users of this way of doing the lotto but it should prove very successful. Thanks to Paddy and Mary Fitzgerald for coming up with this idea and to Megan Daly for the countless hours she spend in getting it up and running. Buyers on their phone will get a reminder every Monday to play the Lotto. This week’s Lotto numbers are 10,12, 15 and 20. There was no winner. Next week’s jackpot is worth €8,900. The winner of the €100 was Ned Whelan, O’Connell St. Thanks to everybody who buys and who sells the lotto. UNDER 11’s Our under 11’s travel to the Seana Phobail last week for a very enjoyable Town and Country Hurling game with An Ghaeltacht. We came out on top in this one but lost out to Abbeyside in the Burgery Grounds last Monday evening. This was our final game and thanks to our team Secretary, Una Mulligan for all her work along with team trainers Pat Curran and Trevor Galvin. UNDER 14’s We play De La Salle in our own field this Wednesday in the County Hurling championship at 7 pm and this game should be well worth a visit. We are currently on four points from three games played. WESTERN BOARD FIXTURE Emmetts play Sean Phobail in our club grounds this Saturday, July 4th in the Premier Junior Football Championship at 7.30 pm. UNDER 16’s We commence our County U-16 Hurling championship this Monday, July 6th in our club grounds at 7 pm. versus Tramore. Come along and support the boys in the comfort of your new stand. WELL DONE Congratulations to Jennifer Tutty on winning our recent club facebook competition for a new Dungarvan T-Shirt and to our sponsor Ger Wyley for his generosity to the club once again. ON INTERNATIONAL DUTY Well done to our adult player Michael Walsh, Congress Villas on his exploits in the goal for the Irish Soccer team at the recent European championships. Michael kept a number of clean sheets and everyone in the club is proud of him playing for Ireland. SYMPATHY The club extends its sincere sympathy to the
Moloney and Sheehan families on the recent death of Bert Hannon and to the Roche and Donnelly families on the death of Mary Lowndes. May they rest in peace. JIM POWER TOURNAMENT We welcome the Power family from Kilmac to the club this Saturday for the Annual under 14 Inter County Football Tournament in memory of their dad Jim. Visiting teams this year are Cork, Tipperary and Clare. The first game gets underway at 11 am. Be sure and come out and see the Senior Inter County stars of the future in action. DUNGARVAN LADIES FOOTBALL U-14 County Final: The U-14s played Old Parish over the weekend in the U14C county final in Stradbally. The girls gave it all they had however Old Parish ran out deserving victors on the day on a score line of Dungarvan 3-5; Old Parish 2-12. Also a big thank you to Fordes Daybreak who sponsored the team. Training: U-6-U-11 training continues every Thursday from 6.30-7.30. All new faces are always welcome to attend. There will also be a meeting at 6.00 to discuss the plans for our fun day all parents welcome to attend. Minor/Intermediate takes place every Monday and Thursday at 7.30. Fundraising: The club would like to thank everybody who helped out with the flag day and also to everybody who supported the club.
Stradbally VIKING MARATHON Last Saturday the community spirit which is the hallmark of Stradbally was on show in Waterford. 19 men and women from our community took part in the Viking Marathon in aid of our pitch development fund. Over the past 12 weeks they have trained very hard under the stewardship of Walter Drohan and their efforts were rewarded with some excellent times. Stradbally GAA would like to thank each and everyone of the runners and those who have sponsored them. We would like to especially thank Walter Drohan for his guidance, the runners really enjoyed his training even though many of them dreaded the Wednesday night's sessions!! Finally, we would like to thank Tom Norris of MW Keller and son solicitors for sponsoring the tops, it was great to see the red and white of Stradbally on display. Chief motivator for this fundraiser was again Brendan Breen. U-14 FOOTBALL FINAL U-14 (Division 3) Co. Football Championship Final, STRADBALLY 4-8; TRAMORE 3-3, well done to both teams for serving up such an entertaining encounter, a late surge by the Reds saw Stradbally deservedly lift the title after a terrific contest which was a credit to both teams. Thanks as well to referee Gavin Whelan (Colligan), linesmen Conor Donovan and Jack Lacey, and umpires Stephen Donovan and Conor Whelan...... Congratulations to STRADBALLY Team: 1 Eoin Fitzgerald. 2 Barry O’Brien, 3 Declan Keane, 4 Liam Og Corbett, 5 Alo Gough, 6 Alan ShawHamilton, 8 Daniel Fenlon, 9 Sean Navin (capt), 21 Liam Fennell,11 Eoin Pollack, 7 Mikey Mullaney, 15 Seadna MacAoire, 14 Pa Skehan. Fir Ionaid who all played their part when they came on. 12 Kyle Preston, 17 Shane Murphy, 18 James Gough, 19 Joseph Fenlon, 22 Fionn Sweeney, and Dylan Clancy. Scorers: Daniel Fenlon 0-3, Seadna MacAoire, 1-0 Pa Skehan, 2-1 Sean Navin, 0-2 Liam Fennell, 1-0 Kyle Preston, 0-1 Eoin Pollack, 0-1.
Much appreciation is due to Noelie Weldon and Mike Navin for doing an excellent job in training these young lads. We are now Champions in U-13 and U-14. The future looks good. DEISE DRAW Well done to Kevin Cunningham who won €1,500 in the Deise Draw last week. SEAN AHEARNE CUL CAMP The Sean Ahearne Cul Camp is now well underway since last Monday and will finish on Friday, July 3rd.The kids are having a ball each day, camp begins at 10.00 a.m. And finishes at 2.30 p.m. Any queries on this camp talk to Tomas Walsh on 087-7681546 who will be happy to answer any questions you might have. MUNSTER FINAL ON BIG SCREEN For those of you who are not going to Thurles on Sunday week you will be able to see the game live in the Social Centre on the big screen, this is a social event, bring the kids along to cheer on The Brick and the Waterford team against our neighbours Tipperary, relax and have your pint and arguments as the game progresses, this is a day out for all the family. MUNSTER FINAL TICKETS Anyone who didn't order Munster Final tickets from Pat Fennell can now purchase tickets on Thursday, 9th July from 5 pm to 7 pm in Fraher Field. They will also be on sale in Walsh Park on Wednesday, 8th July from 11 am to 2.30 p.m. LADIES NOTES Our U-12s had a great win over Na Deise last Wednesday night in the U-12 semi final. They are due to play the final in the coming weeks. U-14: Our U-14 girls have qualified for the A county final after having a good win over Comeragh Rangers last Saturday evening. It was a closely contested contest but our girls came out on top in the end. The final is to be held in the coming weeks. Senior Ladies: Our Senior ladies get their championship underway this weekend when they
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play St. Anne's in Dunhill on Sunday 5th at 7:30 p.m. Minor County Ladies: Best of Luck to the Minor ladies team who take on Tipperary this Saturday, 4th July in Fraher field at 12:30 p.m. Stradbally have Caitriona O'Brien, Grace Heffernan, Rebecca Casey and Chloe Fennell involved with this team.
Sliabh gCua/St. Mary's Marys Sliabh THE BOB KEANE MEMORIAL CUP The Sliabh gCua/St. Mary’s Club were delighted to welcome Tourin to Kirwan Park last Saturday night as they played for the Bob Keane Memorial Cup. The game was doubled up with an Intermediate hurling league fixture. Bob had been a lifelong supporter of our club, fulfilling numerous positions within the club including Joint President until his passing in 2011. A cup was donated by The Keane Family in honour of Bob’s dedication to the club which is played out by St. Mary’s each year. In horrendous conditions, the match was a game of two halves. Playing with the strong wind, St. Mary’s held a substantial lead at the break, mainly through the accuracy of talented minor Mike Kearns. The second half went as expected and Tourin dominated, again assisted by the stiff breeze. With both outfits severely under strength, a tough close clash saw St. Mary’s clinch both points and ‘The Bob Keane Cup’ on a 0-15 to 1-7 scoreline. After the match, Club Chairman Brendan Tobin thanked the Tourin Club for the entertaining game and spoke of Bob’s love for the Sliabh gCua/St. Mary’s Club. Mary Hannon-Coleman (mece) then presented the Cup to St. Mary’s Captain Eoin Kearns. Eoin was also deservedly announced man of the match. St. Mary’s team on the night was Denis Coffey, Brian Whelan, Johnny Ahearne, John Queally, Dermot Tobin, Eoin Kearns, Jack Skehan, Jason Sheehan, Kieran Barron, Dan Flynn, Mike Kearns, Jonathan Carroll, J. P. Fitzpatrick, Aiden Fitzpatrick & Shane Organ.
THANK YOU The Keane Family would like to thank the Tourin club for committing and fulfilling the invitation to play for The Bob Keane Cup. Also, extreme appreciation is forwarded to the St. Mary’s team and management, umpires and linemen. A special word of thanks must be expressed to Marie, Mary, Kay and Kate on preparing and serving refreshments afterwards. PEIL IDIRMHEANACH Sliabh gCua will play the last round of their Championship fixtures this Friday evening. We will play Ballyduff Upper in Fraher Fielad at 8 pm.
Clashmore/Kinsalebeg INTERMEDIATE HURLING CHAMPIONSHIP Our Intermediate hurlers were back in championship action last Tuesday night in a refixed game against An Rinn down in Bushy Park and a good crowd was present here on what was a fabulous evening for a game. Our lads hit the ground running here and the scores flowed early on with the likes of Sean Fleming getting on the scoresheet with a handful of good scores and dynamic full forward John Prendergast knocking in two well-taken goals to leave the half-time score at 2-11 to 1-03. The second half saw more of the same with the Gaeltacht men struggling to keep up to the pace of the game and a further goal from J.P. helped our team to a 3-21 to 1-13 win at the end, so well done to all involved. This result leaves us joint-top of our group with one game remaining against Ballinameela but that final fixture may be a long way off yet depending on the County teams. Team: 1. M. McGrath, 2. C. Bourke, 3. J. Seward, 4. S. Bourke, 5. C. Faherty, 6. T. Bourke, 7. P. O'Rourke, 8. D. Allen, 9. A. Trihy, 10. E. O'Halloran, 11. S. Fleming, 12. B. O'Halloran, 13. P. Prendergast, 14. J. Prendergast, 15.C. O'Keeffe. Subs Used: R. Fitzgerald for C. O'Keeffe, P. Nugent for C. Bourke.
MUNSTER HURLING FINAL TICKETS With the Munster Hurling Final fast approaching, can anyone looking for tickets please contact either Tim Bourke on 086-8565600 or Billy O'Halloran on 087-2671090 as early as possible to make sure you get your preferred choice. CLASHMORE/KINSALEBEG JUVENILES (Twitter: @ckgaaclub Facebook: www.facebook.com/ckgaaclub) Club Nursery - FOOTBALL This Saturday at 10 a.m.: The Club Nursery takes place once again this Saturday, July 4th at 10 am and this week we will be doing FOOTBALL so please remember to bring mouthguards. We initially planned to run the Nursery for four weeks but the demand from parents and the overall response has been so positive we will extend it for another few weeks at least. We had over twenty kids playing again last Saturday so the big crowds just keep on coming. The Nursery is absolutely FREE for any child that is a club member and a mere €10 to register if a child is not a member yet and FREE subsequent to this. Any boys and girls aged from 5 to 8 are welcome to attend and will be split up as per their age group to make things easier. Parents please try to ensure all kids have mouthguards please, these are mandatory since
Presentation to the winning joint Ballyduff captains David Barry and Jack Keating at the John Meehan Tournament. the new rule was brought in. The Nursery runs from 10 am to 11 am sharp each Saturday and we will continue to run it until the 11th July. We will take a break for the Cúl Camp and revisit it then if parents wish us to keep it on and get involved. As usual, there is free tea and snacks and kids TV on in the Club Room so plenty to keep everyone occupied. U-8 Play and Stay Blitzes: The U-8 Play and Stay Blitzes have been taking place in Clashmore the last two Monday's and will take place the next two Monday evenings also. This is a six team weekly blitz where every team plays two games and where everyone gets a game. We had hurling last week and this week and we have football this Monday, 6th and Monday week, the 13th starting at 7 pm. The five clubs competing are Clashmore/Kinsalebeg, Cois Bhride, Ardmore, St. Olivers and Naomh Carthaigh. Any parents with boys or girls that are aged from 5 years to 8 years are more than welcome to bring them along to play, they are guaranteed game time and all the young players absolutely love it. Cúl Camp Takes Place July 20th-24th!: The GAA Kellogg's Cúl Camps will be swinging into action shortly. The camp is open to any boys and girls born in 2009 or earlier (ie any child turning 6 in this calendar year and up to 13 years). This year the camp runs from Monday, July 20th to Friday, July 24th from 10 am to 2:30 pm each day. Katie Fleming is the Camp Co-ordinator for Clashmore and she can be contacted on 0879499266 to apply or indeed answer any questions. Super Valu GAA Kit for Kids: The club is hoping to get people to support us in our attempt to get some gear and kit for our teams by shopping in Super Valu Youghal. More information is available on their website www.supervalu.ie.
Ballyduff Upper Juveniles Ballyduff Upper Juveniles U-8 PLAY & STAY GO GAMES The U-8’s played Naomh Brid and AbbeysideBallinacourty 2 on Monday last, 29th June, two great games! Next Monday, it’s football and they play Abbeyside/Ballinacourty 1 and Dungarvan. Remember to bring gum shields! U-11 TOWN & COUNTRY HURLING LEAGUE – SPONSORED BY GER WYLEY We’ve finished this League after seven matches and well done to all the boys who participated. Thanks to their mentors Sé Joyce, Fergal Hickey and Brendan Bolger. U-12 TOWN & COUNTRY HURLING LEAGUE – SPONSORED BY GER WYLEY This League also finished last week with matches against the Brickey Rangers and Kilrossanty. Well done to all the boys in the 7 games played and thanks to their mentors as mentioned above. U-12 JOHNNY MEEHAN TROPHY On Saturday last the U-12’s travelled to Dungarvan to participate in the Johnny Meehan Trophy. Our first match was against Dungarvan and ended in a draw. The boys then won their next two games against Cappoquin and Kilrossanty and they made it through to the final against Cappoquin. After a great game and lots of excitement, Ballyduff Upper came out winners with a last second goal! Thank you to the Dungarvan Club for their hospitality and inviting us to the Tournament. BORD NA nÓG COUNTY U-16 HURLING CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION 3A We got a Bye in the first round of this championship so our first match will be at home in Ballyduff Upper against Sacred Heart on Monday next, 6th July at 7 pm. There will be seven matches in the Championship and it will run up
until September. KIT FOR CLUBS PROMOTION Thanks to everyone who put their “Kit for Clubs receipts” into the Ballyduff Upper GAA Box in Riordans Supervalu, Fermoy. We’ve reached the target and qualified to receive a training kit for the club!
Kilmacthomas Kilmacthomas THANK YOU FROM BILLY I had a bit of a mis-hap last week damaging my legs. The people that called to my house really uplifted my spirits. To my own family and all the Joy family, friends and relatives, I am privileged to have so many helpful friends. God bless you all, Billy Joy. INTERMEDIATE FOOTBALL We played Newtown last Saturday week in the intermediate football in Kill. This game was anyone’s game right up to the end. We were short some of our best players on the night. In the end Newtown won by two points. This Tuesday night, we play Kill. We hope to have all our players back for this very important match. UNDER 10s Kilmacthomas under 10’s had a great match down the field against Mollerans. There is great work being done with the underage in our club over the past number of years.
Modeligo WESTERN JUNIOR PREMIER FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP; MODELIGO 0 - 15; TALLOW 1 - 10. Our footballers played their final game in the group stages of the championship on Friday night last in Bushy Park where they held out a strong Tallow attack to claim fourth win in the campaign. While it might not have been pretty to watch, the win here now qualifies Modeligo for a League final for the fifth successive year, but also, puts us directly through to the Western Semi-finals of the knockout championship. The team on the night was: Frankie Condon, Nicky O'Donovan, Brian McCarthy, Gary Power, Sean O'Donovan, Kieran McCarthy, Robbie Buckley, Shane Troy, Pa O'Donovan, Rian Reddy, Tyler Walsh, Cian O'Byrne, Michael Troy, Jamie Troy, Mike Bumster. Subs: Paudie McCarthy (for G.Power), Micheál Power (for C.O'Byrne), Reg Fitzgerald, John Power, Nicky Walsh.
WESTERN JUNIOR "B" HURLING CHAMPIONSHIP; GLEN ROVERS 5-17; MODELIGO 0-11. Our Junior Hurling side suffered another heavy defeat on Sunday last against Glen Rovers of Melleray at the Lismore venue. The came up against a strong Melleray side who played a direct style of hurling and may yet have a big say in the outcome of this championship. Modeligo now have just one game left in this grade, which is yet to be arranged against the Brickey Rangers On Sunday last Modeligo lined out as follows: Tom O'Byrne, Nicky Dalton, Jessie Power, Gavin Foley, Richard McGrath, Paudie McCarthy, Shane Hourigan, Mike Bumster, Keith Hickey, Eoin Quinn, JP Ryan, Micheál Power, Reg Fitzgerald, John Power, Steve Bumster. Subs: Kevin O'Neill (for S. Bumster), Nicky Walsh (for Reg Fitzgerald).
SYMPATHY Sincerest sympathy is expressed from all in Modeligo GAA Club to the Hourigan family, Mountain Castle, Modeligo on the recent passing of their grandfather in Co. Offaly over the weekend. A minutes silence was observed before the game on Sunday in Lismore and credit is due to Shane Hourigan who still lined-out for the team on the day. Ar dheis De go raibh a hainm.