Banteer News

Eddie Dunbar Excels To A Top 10 Finish In The Tour Of Romandy

Eddie Dunbar sits behind Oscar Onley as he leads the select group up Thyon 2000, the monster summit finish at Tour de Romandie

Eddie Dunbar’s result in the hardest stage of the 6 day race finishing 9th on the stage and jumping him from 30th place overall to a 9th place overall was the tonic Eddie needed to kick start his year.

This 9th place finish when racing in the top pro peloton proves Eddie is back again competing with considerable pressure on his shoulders, especially after his very disappointing start to the season with injury.

Eddie missed most of the season to date after breaking his hand in his first race for Jayco AlUla. He faced two months away from racing, as the injury was more complex than expected, and he is now showing positive signs with his performance last week.

Eddie proved one of the strongest on the big final climb. He would have secured a better finish had

the key attacks not gone off the front of the select group just as he was caught after attacking solo. Overall, the performance shows his form – especially his climbing – is on the up exactly when it needs to be as he faces into just the second Grand Tour of his career, starting next Sun.

This is the kind of chance Irish cycling fans have wanted for Eddie for a long time – a team who believes in his ability on the big climbs willing to race all-in for him on those hardest mountains. If Eddies form continues to improve with a bit of recovery in the week ahead, we can look forward to him doing something special at the Giro.

It was vital that Eddie could arrive at the Giro in good enough form to give himself a chance to prove the team was right to sign him as Grand Tour leader. Thankfully, despite his crash on the first day of the new campaign, Eddie appears to be on course for the Giro and best of luck to him.

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Camp in Banteer

Banteer Lyre Juvenile GAA Cul camp takes place on 3rd to 7th July

Banteer underage soccer camp takes place on 19th, 20th and 21st July

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Banteer Bingo

Banteer Bingo Tuesday night’s at Banteer Community Centre @ 8:30, playing for jackpot of €3300. Looking forward to seeing everyone.

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Congratulations to Banteer National School who are the Scoil Mhuire Town League Girls Champions for 2023. They won a very tight final against Kilbrin National School on a scoreline of 15-13. Two fantastic teams who battled all the way.

A big congratulations to Anina May Cremin who was the MVP of the tournament with some huge performances. Congratulations to Derinagree National School who are the Scoil Mhuire Town League Boys Champions for 2023. They won a very tight final against Kanturk National School on a scoreline of 9-7. Two fantastic teams who battled all the way through the group stages to the finals.

A big congratulations to Conor Lane of Kanturk NS who was the MVP of the tournament with some huge performances.

Well done to all of the players, coaches and parents who took part this season. And a massive thank you to our Scoil Mhuire Kanturk students who made the tournament a massive success through their voluntary hard work

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GAA-Junior Hurling League Rd. 4.

Banteer enjoyed a deserved 0-14 to 0-11 victory over visitors Freemount in a low scoring battle at Banteer on Saturday April 29th last.

It was the visitors who did all the running in the opening quarter leading 0-4 to 0-2, with Alan Coughlan & Tadghy Sexton pointing for the hosts.

The second quarter saw both sides exchange points with Philpott (2), Coughlan & Stephen Kelleher all on target. Half Time Score Banteer 0-6 Freemount 0-7.

The second half saw the boys in red & white take over completely hitting 0-7 without reply, through Philpott 0-5, Sexton & David Shine with the homeside defence standing strong Freemount found it impossible to break down the Banteer rearguard, Banteer ahead 0-13 to 0-7 on 52 mins.

The visitors did make some inroads though, reducing the gap to a single goal margin, out-pointing Banteer 0-4 to 0-1 in the closing 5 minutes. However the hosts held their nerve with Banteer enjoying a merited three point win in the end.

Team: K Roche, K Sexton, J McAuliffe, C Coughlan, R O’ Connell, R O’ Connor, A Coughlan, D Shine, C Shine, E O’ Brien, L Philpott, T Sexton, E Wilson, K Barry & S Kelleher. Subs: M Twomey, A Kearney & C O’ Neill.

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GAA -Junior Hurling League Rd. 3.

Banteer suffered a disappointing loss away to Newmarket on Thursday evening April 27th last.

Banteer started off brightly and were level with their hosts 0-3 a piece after 10 mins with the visitors unlucky not to have goaled through a Luke Philpott effort that the Newmarket keeper had to save smartly at the 8 min mark.

Two more points from Philpott saw Newmarket ahead 0-6 to 0-5 on 20 mins.

However the homeside hit a major purple patch outscoring the visitors 1-6 to 0-2 Banteer points from Philpott & Donal Wilson to lead 1-12 to 0-7 at the short whistle.

The 2nd half saw Banteer struggle to get a grip on the game as the hosts goaled again quickly upon the restart. Though Banteer did outscore the homeside 0-5 to 0-2 to trail 2-16 to 0-12 after 45 mins. It was Newmarket who had the final say on proceedings dominating the closing exchanges to emerge 2-24 to 0-14 victors.

Team: K Roche, J McAuliffe, C O’ Keeffe, C Coughlan, C Shine, K Tarrant, R O’ Connell, D Wilson, A Coughlan, E Wilson, T Sexton, D Shine, S Kelleher, L Philpott & D Roche. Subs: M Twomey, E O’ Brien & A Kearney.