Jack The Joker
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| No. Drawn - 24 |
Our popular Jack the Joker Fundraiser will continue
this Sunday night in Kennedy’s Live where the Jackpot will be €4,228 as on
Sunday night Ann Lawlor was drawn out of the drum and picked card 24 but did
not find the Joker, yet she did win €50. Michael Kiely and The Morning Club won
€25 each.
Junior Hurling
We recorded a very good win over Shamrocks on Sunday
morning last in the Western Championship semi final and we now advance to
Western Final where we take on Brickey Rangers.
TEAM: J.P. McGRATH, A. O’RAGHNAIGH, P. BREEN, D. FERNCOMBE, R. SHEEHAN, L. BERESFORD,
C. ENRIGHT, B. HENLEY, M. MAHER, O. YOUNG, R. RYAN, S. FLYNN, K. KELLEHER, I. KIELY,
G. FLYNN.
SUBS: S. LANIGAN, M. FLYNN, S. KIELY, S. BURNS, M. RAHER.
Senior Hurling
On Sunday evening last we produced a good display of
hurling and team work which saw us defeat Fourmilewater in the Quarter Final of
the County Championship, we now meet Ballygunner in the Semi Final of the
County Championship. We would like to thank the Formilewater club for their
assistance in changing the time of our game due to the tragic circumstances
which struck our club over the weekend.
TEAM: S. ENRIGHT, S. O’DONOVAN, S. O’HARE, J. POWER, J. HURNEY, J. GORMAN, M.
POWER, R. FOLEY, D. COLLINS, M. FIVES, G. BREEN, G. HURNEY, M. GORMAN, P. HURNEY,
M. FERNCOMBE.
SUBS: S. BRIGGS, C. HICKEY, M. O’HALLLORAN, S. CROTTY, T. HANRAHAN.
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| Senior Hurling Panel v Fourmilewater |
Senior Football
This Saturday night we play St. Saviours in Carriganore
in the County Quarter Final at 7:00pm.
Club Bingo
Our Bingo continues this Sunday night in the CBS Hall where
the jackpot is €1550.
Congratulations
On behalf of all in the club we would to congratulate Patrick
Hurney who was awarded The Granville Hotel / WLR FM Sports Star for the month
of August. Patrick was chosen for his performances in the County Championship
Games against Roanmore and Dungarvan and it is a great honor for Patrick, his
family and all in the club.
Table Quiz
Please note that we will be holding a Table Quiz in
Minnies Bar on Saturday night, September 28th at 8pm to raise some
much needed funds for the club and we ask all our supporters to please support
this as best you can.
Sympathy
The past weekend saw the passing of two of our former
players, both of whom gave great service to our club on and off the playing
fields. On Thursday night we learned of the sad passing of Richie Duggan and
hours later news broke of the death of Felix Shields, both deaths leaving the
family friends of Richie and Felix in a deep sense of shock.
Richie Duggan began playing with our underage club in
the early 1980’s at a time when our hurling fortunes were at a low ebb. However
thanks to the hard work and dedication of many people in the club things began
to change slowly but surely and in 1991 Richie was a member of the Minor Hurling
team that defeated Portlaw in the County Final, ending a long wait for a Hurling
County Title in the club. A player of great commitment and no little skill
Richie continued to play adult for the club in the years that followed and his
connection to the club is maintained by his son Jack who is a valued member of
our Minor and Intermediate Hurling teams at present. The affection that Richie
was held in by many people in the club was evidenced by the huge numbers who
turned up to pay their respects on Sunday and Monday last and whilst he will be
missed by all who knew him he will be especially missed by his wife Donna, his
children Jack and Ava, father John Michael, brother Paul and sisters Angela,
Marie and Oliviere. We send our deepest sympathies to all of Richie’s family
and friends.
For many many years the Shields name has been part and
parcel of our club as since Paddy Shields first got involved in our club,
generations of the family continue to work for the club. Felix Shields
certainly continued this family tradition throughout his playing career and
indeed after he had retired from the playing fields. Whilst he will be best
remembered as being a member of the Ballinacourty team of 1978 that claimed a
historic first county title, Felix was equally at home on the hurling field and
was a member of teams in both codes in the club form the 1960’s on. Felix was a
member of our great Under 21 sides of the late 1960’s and early 1970’s that saw
them win three Western Football Championships, two County Championships and one
Western Hurling Championship. Felix was a mainstay of the Ballinacourty team
throughout the 1970’s that came so close to making the breakthrough on numerous
occasions, before finally claiming that first County Title in 1978 with victory
over Clashmore in the Final. In 1979 the County Title was retained after
victory over Ferrybank in the County Final with Felix once again wearing his
favoured number four jersey. Unfortunately the three in a row was foiled in
1980, but in 1981 when the Conway Cup returned to Ballinacourty, Felix was once
again an integral part of the efforts. Felix was a passionate Abbeyside man,
living in Murphy Place for many years and serving as Troop Leader of the 4th
Waterford Abbeyside Scout Troop for a number of years too. Felix passed on his
love of the club to his own children and his son Ciaran won Under 16 and Under
21 County Titles with the club as well as playing on adult teams in both codes.
There was a constant stream of club members calling to
his sister Rita’s house on Saturday and Sunday to pay their respects to one of
our great players where many stories were exchanged many recalling the fine
performances Felix gave in the club jersey. On Monday as he was brought to his
final resting place in Ballinroad, where his son Eoin had been previously laid
to rest, club members formed a fitting and deserved guard of honor for a former
club great. We send our sympathies to all Felix’s family and friends but
especially to his daughters Niamh and Nollaig, sons Ciaran and Eamonn, his
sisters Kathleen, Brid, Margret and Rita and to his brother Bernard.
We would also like to send our sympathies to the
family and friends of the late Tommy O’Mahony, Fenian Place, who passed away
recently. Tommy’s son Tomas played underage football with the club for many
years and won a Minor Football County Title with the club in the 1980s.
