Photo of the Week

Presentation to Vincent Mulligan

L to R: Mrs. Mulligan, Mrs. Margaret Cashin, Tony Mansfield, Greg Fives, Vincent Mulligan, Danny Lenihan.

This week's photo comes from the mid 1980s and shows a presentation made at Clonea Hotel by club officers to Vincent Mulligan to mark his departure from the parish. The event was orgainsed to thank Vincent for his many years of association with CLG Dún na Mainistreach / Baile na Cúirte in which he served as player, selector and club executive member.

Club Notes - 28th May

Jack The Joker

No. Drawn - 47

Our popular Jack the Joker Fundraiser will continue this Sunday night in Kennedy’s Live where the Jackpot will be €4,826 as on Sunday night Seamus O’Brien was drawn out of the drum and picked card 47 which wasn’t the Joker though he did win €50. AC/DC c/o Niamh Enright and Shauna McGrath won €25 each. As well as our group of ticket sellers tickets can be purchased from Convenience Store Ballinroad, The Village Inn, Village Flowers, Kennedys Live, Spar, Mike Kiely’s Butchers  and Mousies Takeaway.

Tickets

Tickets for the Munster Senior Hurling Championship Quarter Final Replay between Waterford and Cork must be ordered on or before Thursday, 29th May. Tickets for the Covered Stand are priced at €20 while those for the Uncovered Stand are €15. Terrace tickets cost €10. Family tickets are also available.

Club Bingo

This Sunday our Club Bingo continues in the CBS Hall at 8:30 pm where the jackpot is €600 but there will be extra prize money on offer at a small extra cost going in the doors.

Intermediate Hurling

This Sunday afternoon we take on Cappoquin in the Western Championship in Fraher Field.

Fundraising Cycle

Preparations for our fundraising cycle from Limerick to Abbeyside in August are now at a very advanced stage. A specially designed cycling jersey has been designed for the cycle and can be purchased by anybody who wishes to do so. Priced at €40 they can be ordered from Michael Cosgrave or Benny Flynn and they could very well become a collectors’ item in years to come as the cycle is on track to be a fantastic success so get your order in quickly to avoid disappointment.

Intercounty Activity

On behalf of all in the club we would like to congratulate Richie Foley and all the Waterford Senior Hurlers on their fantastic performance in Thurles on Sunday last and wish them the very best of luck ahead of the replay next Sunday

Booking of Pitches

All team managers are reminded to please ensure that they have booked the pitch for training or matches with Michael O’Donovan. We would also ask team managers to please try and do as much heavy training in the areas behind the goals.

Juvenile Notes - 28th May

Under 14

Our Under 14’s played the Feile Hurling County Final on Wednesday evening in Fraher Field against Mt. Sion. It took a while for the boys to settle into their rhythm and had a 4 point lead at half time. In the second half we began to play better hurling and won the game 4-9 to 1-1. This was a great achievement for this panel of players having won the Feile Football a few weeks back. This is the second consecutive year the club has achieved this feat.

However the players had no time to rest and enjoy their great win as they had to play the Under 14 Football County Final on Saturday just gone in Walsh Park against De La Salle. This was a very tough game and with signs of fatigue visible in some of our players it was always going to be a tough challenge. With 10 minutess to go we trailed by 4 points. Even though our lads were out on their feet they really dug deep and rallied to win by 3 pts, 3-5 to 3-2.

For these players there is no rest either this week as the fixture list has two under 14 hurling games down for decision.

Panel: Jake O’Riordan, Eoin Ahearne, Daniel Raher , Sean Kent, Fergal Roche, Johnny Treen, Meldan O’Dwyer, Eoin Flynn, Shane Kiely, Dathi Brunnock, Jamie Walsh, Dean Beresford, Ben Flynn, Senan Travers, Cian O’Riordan, Michael Kiely, Sean Roche, Barry Morrissey, Rory Ahearne, Patrick Fitzgerald, David Hayes, Michael Troy, Oisin Hallahan, Danny Reynolds, James Riordan.

Under 13

Our under 13’s travel to Walsh Park next Saturday to play in their County Football Final against Gaultier. Please come and support these young players.

This team are out again Monday night to play in the second round of the Under 13 Hurling.

Under 9

Pictured are the boys who took part in the Western Hurling and Football League.

U9 Western Hurling League Panel

Back Row (L to R): Billy O'Connell, Darragh Cosgrave, Darragh Walsh, Seán Walsh, Daniel Morrissey, Cathal Sweeney.

Front Row (L to R): Fionn Ó Murchú, Jack O'Donovan, Kieran Cosgrave, Fionn Dwyer, Jamie Mulcahy, Jake O'Donnell.

Outdoor Hurling

Our underage outdoor hurling continues this Saturday morning the 31st May at the Burgery at 10:30 am. All are welcome. This covers all age ranges from under 5 to under 10. Anyone who has not paid their membership yet is asked to pay it on the morning for insurance reasons. Membership forms will also be given out on the morning. Helmets are compulsory and if required can be purchased at a reduced price of €50. There will be a €2 cost also to cover expenses.

Bag Pack

Our annual bag pack is now fast approaching and we seek volunteers to fill timeslots on the given days. It takes part this year at Garveys Supervalu Dungarvan from the 29 - 31^st May. This is one of main sources of income for the juvenile committee so we urge anyone available to help out on those dates to contact juvenile secretary Niamh Enright on (087) 9705005. Any help would be appreciated no matter how big or small.

Golden Goal

All in the juvenile club would like to thank all those who purchased tickets for our golden goal fundraiser. The winning time was 43 minutes 44 seconds. If you have this ticket we would ask you to contact our club secretary Niamh Enright to claim your prize.

County U14 Football Champions

Congratulations to our U14 panel and management team on their 3-5 to 3-2 victory over De La Salle in the County Final at Walsh Park yesterday. This win caps an unbelievable week for the team, having secured the County Féile Hurling title on Wednesday last.

Photo of the Week

Presentation to Intermediate Hurling Selectors, 2004

L to R: Frank Sweeney, Michael Collins, John Foley & Tony Mansfield

This week's photo was taken at the club social in 2004 which honoured the players and mentors involved in the successful year just passed. Pictures here are the Intermediate Hurling management team that returned Abbeyside to the senior ranks after an absence of some years. The final, played at Walsh Park, saw the Villagers defeat Erin's Own by a single point after an enthralling contest.

County Féile Hurling Champions

Congratulations to our U14 players and mentors who won the County Féile Hurling title this evening with a 4-9 to 1-1 victory over Mount Sion at Fraher Field. This completes a double for the players, who a few weeks ago won the County Féile Football title. It's also the second season in succession that our U14 have won the Féile double.

Club Notes - 21st May

Jack The Joker

No. Drawn - 52

Our popular Jack the Joker Fundraiser will continue this Sunday night in Kennedy’s Live where the Jackpot will be €4,624 as on Sunday night Mick Collins was drawn out of the drum and picked card 52 which wasn’t the Joker though he did win €50. Maria Moloney and Moira Mansfield won €25 each. As well as our group of ticket sellers tickets can be purchased from Convenience Store Ballinroad, The Village Inn, Village Flowers, Kennedys Live, Spar, Mike Kiely’s Butchers and Mousies Takeaway.

Club Bingo

This Sunday our Club Bingo continues in the CBS Hall at 8:30 pm where the jackpot is €550 but there will be extra prize money on offer at a small extra cost going in the doors.

Senior Hurling

On Friday evening last we took on Ardmore in Round 3 the County Hurling League and came away with a good win.

Intermediate Football

On Sunday night last we took on Sliabh gCua in Fraher Field in the Western Championship and thanks to a very strong second half performance we maintained our unbeaten record in the Championship.

TEAM: R. RYAN, S. O’CONNOR, M. LAVAN, G. BREEN, M. POWER, P. LYNCH, E. BERGIN, L. HURNEY, L. MULHEARNE, M. MAHER, N. DEE, D. FERNCOMBE, T. MURRAY, C. KINDREGAN, D. POWER.

SUBS: P. BERGIN, C. PRUNTY, D. HENLEY, S. O’GORMAN, E. ENRIGHT.

Golden Goal

Our Juvenile Club are currently selling tickets for the Waterford/Cork game in the Munster Senior Hurling Championship. Tickets costing €2 each or three for €5 are currently on sale form all Juvenile mentors and Committee members.

Fundraising Cycle

Preparations for our fundraising cycle from Limerick to Abbeyside in August are now at a very advanced stage. A specially designed cycling jersey has been designed for the cycle and can be purchased by anybody who wishes to do so. Priced at €40 they can be ordered from Michael Cosgrave or Benny Flynn and they could very well become a collector’s item in years to come as the cycle is on track to be a fantastic success so get your order in quickly to avoid disappointment.

Booking of Pitches

All team managers are reminded to please ensure that they have booked the pitch for training or matches with Michael O’Donovan. We would also ask team managers to please try and do as much heavy training in the areas behind the goals.

Juvenile Notes - 21st May

Under 9

Half our under 9 panel completed group one of the West Hurling and Football League on Monday 12th last in the Nire. Group two has a couple more weeks to run.

U9 Panel who took part in the
Western Hurling & Football League

Back Row (L to R): Kyle Moloney, Conor Gough, Jake Fitzgerald Drummy, Tadhg Foley, Billy O'Connell.

Front Row (L to R): Seán Queally, Fionn Dwyer, Jack O'Donovan, Ethan Keohan, Brian Callaghan.

Outdoor Hurling

Our underage outdoor hurling continues this Saturday morning the 24th May at the Burgery at 10. 30 Am. All are welcome. This covers all age ranges from under 5 to under 10. Anyone who has not paid their membership yet is asked to pay it on the morning for insurance reasons. Membership forms will also be given out on the morning. Helmets are compulsory and if required can be purchased at a reduced price of €50. There will be a €2 cost also to cover expenses.

Communion

Everyone in the club would like to send out their congratulations to all those from the parish that have made their First Holy Communions over the past few weeks.

Bag Pack

Our annual bag pack is now fast approaching and we seek volunteers to fill timeslots on the given days. It takes part this year at Garvey’s Supervalu Dungarvan from the 29 to the 31^st of May. This is one of main sources of income for the juvenile committee so we urge anyone available to help out on those dates to contact juvenile secretary Niamh Enright on (087) 9705005. Any help would be appreciated no matter how big or small.

Golden Goal

The juvenile club is running a golden goal competition for the Waterford versus Cork senior hurling game at Thurlus on Sunday next. Support on this fundraiser would be most appreciated as it is going towards the costs of the Feile football competition in Mayo. Tickets can be purchased through any committee member at a price of €2 a ticket or three tickets for a fiver.

Under 16

The under 16 football concluded last Saturday. On Thursday last we travelled to Ballymacarbry to play the Nire in the U16 county semi final. This was our best game of the year and played a very good standard of football and we ran out comprehensive winners on a score line of 2-8 to 4-15. Less than 48 hours later we travelled to Walsh Park to contest the County Final against Gaultier who themselves had a big win in their semi final. This was a cracking game of football from the throw in to the final whistle, with nothing between the two teams and it took a long range free in the 60^th minute to give Gaultier the victory by the minimum of margins, Ballinacourty 3-8 Gaultier 4-6.

Panel: Patrick Power, Jack Kiely, Tiernan Fagan, Shane Ahearne, Tommie Walsh, Padraig Moore, Bearach Moore, Mark Twomey, Darragh McGrath, Ryan Daly, Tom Looby, Sean Whelan Barrett, Michael O’Riordan, James Beresford, John Power, David Montgomery. Aaron Beresford, Neil Montgomery, Tony Collins, Gearoid Hallanan Shane Kiely, James Riordan, Dathi Brunnock, Ben Flynn.

A big thank you to everyone involved and hopefully this heartbreaking defeat will be a character building experience in the future.

Under 14

Our under 14’s busy time continues with the Feile Hurling County Final on in Fraher Field Wednesday 21^st followed by football County Final next Saturday 24^th  in Walsh Park and onto the first round of the Hurling championship Monday 26^th.

Under 13

Last Sunday our under 13’s played in the Western football final. This was a good game with some great displays by many players throughout. We were always holding the scoring advantage and won 3-12 to 1-4. We now head to Walsh Park for the county final on 31^st  May.

Panel: Eoin Ahearne, Daniel Raher, Senan Travers, Cian O’Riordan, Michael Kiely, Sean Roche, Barry Morrissey, Rory Ahearne, Patrick Fitzgerald, David Hayes, Michael Troy, Patrick Fitzgerald, Eoin Ahearne, Colin Foley, David Kiely, Oisin Hallahan, Niall Buckley, Daniel Treen, Alec Norris.

Photo of the Week

County Senior Football Champions' Reunion, 2004

This week's photo features players and mentors from the County Senior Football Championship winning teams of 1978, 1979 and 1981 at a reunion to mark 25 years of these successes. This event took place at Clonea Hotel in 2004. Also included are players and committee members from ten years ago.

Club Notes - 14th May

Jack The Joker

No. Drawn - 4

Our popular Jack the Joker Fundraiser will continue this Sunday night in Kennedy’s Live where the Jackpot will be €4,402 as on Sunday night the Breen family were drawn out of the drum and picked card 4 which wasn’t the Joker though they did win €50. Fran and Crow and Bernard Shields won €25 each. As well as our group of ticket sellers tickets can be purchased from Convenience Store Ballinroad, The Village Inn, Village Flowers, Kennedys Live, Spar, Mike Kiely’s Butchers and Mousies Takeaway.

Club Bingo

This Sunday our Club Bingo continues in the CBS Hall at 8:30 pm where the jackpot is €500 but there will be extra prize money on offer at a small extra cost going in the doors.

Senior Hurling

On Saturday evening last we took on Dungarvan in Round 2 the County Hurling League and came away with a win. This weekend we are down to play Ardmore in round 3 of the League.

Intermediate Football

This Sunday night we play Sliabh gCua in Fraher Field in round 3 of the Western Championship.

Golden Goal

Our Juvenile Club are currently selling tickets for the Waterford/Cork game in the Munster Senior Hurling Championship. Tickets costing €2 each or three for €5 are currently on sale form all Juvenile mentors and Committee members.

Fundraising Cycle

Preparations for our fundraising cycle from Limerick to Abbeyside in August are now at a very advanced stage. A specially designed cycling jersey has been designed for the cycle and can be purchased by anybody who wishes to do so. Priced at €40 they can be ordered from Michael Cosgrave or Benny Flynn and they could very well become a collectors item in years to come as the cycle is on track to be a fantastic success so get your order in quickly to avoid disappointment.

Booking of Pitches

All team managers are reminded to please ensure that they have booked the pitch for training or matches with Michael O’Donovan. We would also ask team managers to please try and do as much heavy training in the areas behind the goals.

Juvenile Notes - 14th May

Under 9

We continued the West hurling and football league last Monday evening (6th) with both groups playing at home on a wet and windy night in Abbeyside. Group one came up against a strong Fourmilewater outfit with our visitors taking the spoils while group two met Clashmore and recorded a fine victory. Group one will have concluded on Monday the 12th with football against the Nire, report next week and group two still to meet Clashmore (football) Cappoquin & Ballyduff (both codes) Finally, congratulations to our boys in Garranbane who made their First Holy Communion Saturday 10th and best wishes to the lads in Abbeyside who make it this Saturday 17^th.

Outdoor Hurling

Please note that there will be no outdoor hurling this Saturday morning due to the Abbeyside Communion taking place.

Minor Football

Our minor footballers bowed out of the championship at the semi final stage on Sunday last in the Fraher Field against a very strong Nire team. We played well here but just came up short at the finish after a tremendous second half display. We would like to thank all mentors and players for all the efforts over the past couple of months. We were not too far away and this group has the potential to go on and improve as adult players. We would like to congratulate the Nire also and wish them well in the western final.

Under 14 Hurling Feile Final

The under 14 hurling Féile final took place on Wednesday against Mount Sion in the Fraher Field. At time of going to print the result of this match was unavailable but will be included in next week’s notes.

Under 16 Football

Our under 16 footballers take part in the county semi final at the Millfield against The Nire tomorrow evening (Thursday). Best wishes to all involved.

Bag Pack

Our annual bag pack is now fast approaching and we seek volunteers to fill timeslots on the given days. It takes part this year at Garveys Supervalu, Dungarvan from the 29^th to the 31^st of May. This is one of main sources of income for the juvenile committee so we urge anyone available to help out on those dates to contact juvenile secretary Niamh Enright on (087) 9705005. Any help would be appreciated no matter how big or small.

County Senior Football Championship Group 1 Table

This is the league table after the second round of games in Ballinacourty’s County Senior Football Championship Group.

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	SD	Pts
1	An Rinn	2	2	0	0	3-27	0-15	+3-12	4
2	Ballinacourty	2	2	0	0	5-19	1-17	+4-2	4
3	Kilrossanty	2	1	0	1	0-19	2-14	-0-1	2
4	Rathgormack	2	1	0	1	1-18	1-19	-0-1	2
5	Ardmore	2	0	0	2	2-12	4-21	-2-9	0
6	Clashmore	2	0	0	2	0-17	3-26	-3-9	0

The postponed second round fixture between An Rinn and Kilrossanty was played on Sunday night last. Result = An Rinn 1-10 Kilrossanty 0-8.

The first four teams qualify for the quarter finals. The league position of teams on equal points is determined by the result between both teams.

Photo of the Week

Abbeyside Junior Hurlers from the 1950s

This week's photo shows an Abbeyside Junior Hurling team from the 1950s. Following promotion to the senior ranks in 1950, the club fielded a second string team which over the years proved invaluable in bringing players through to the first team and capable of competing for club honours at the highest level.

Club Notes - 7th May

Jack The Joker

No. Drawn - 13

Our popular Jack the Joker Fundraiser will continue this Sunday night in Kennedy’s Live where the Jackpot will be €4,200 as on Sunday night Amanda McCarthy was drawn out of the drum and picked card 13 which wasn’t the Joker though she did win €50. Joe Mulcahy and Jim Egan won €25 each. As well as our group of ticket sellers tickets can be purchased from Convenience Store Ballinroad, The Village Inn, Village Flowers, Kennedys Live, Spar, Mike Kiely’s Butchers  and Mousies Takeaway.

Club Bingo

This Sunday our Club Bingo continues in the CBS Hall at 8:30 pm where the jackpot is €450.

Senior Hurling

On Sunday last we took on De La Salle in the second round of the County Championship where a much improved performance was unfortunately not enough on the day as we were defeated by two points. This Saturday we play Dungarvan in the County League in Dungarvan.

TEAM: S. ENRIGHT, B. LOOBY, S. O’HARE, J. POWER, J. O’MAHONY, R. FOLEY, M. POWER, M. O’HALLORAN, D. COLLINS, M. FERNCOMBE, J. HURNEY, M. FIVES, M. GORMAN, P. HURNEY, G. HURNEY.

SUBS: T. MURRAY, S. CROTTY.

Intermediate Hurling

On Friday night last we played An Rinn in the second round of the Western Championship in Bushy Park where a very good second half performance almost saw us snatch victory, but An Rinn held out for four point victory.

TEAM: L. POWER, S. O’CONNOR, G. BREEN, L. BERESFORD, C. KINDREGAN, P. LYNCH, E. BERGIN, J. DUGGAN, E. ENRIGHT, B. HENLEY, L. HURNEY, R. RYAN, S. CLIFFE, S. DALY, J. ELSTEAD.

SUB: D. HENLEY.

Junior Hurling

Our Junior hurlers got the defense of their Western Title off to a good start on Monday last with a very good win over Colligan in Fraher Field.

TEAM: S. KIELY, J. FITZPATRICK, D. BYRNE, S. O’GORMAN, J. RYAN, D. MORRISSEY, P. COLLINS, D. FERNCOMBE, M. MAHER, O. YOUNG, I. KIELY, N. DEE, S. LANIGAN, D. O’HARE, S. O’CONNOR.

SUBS: C. ENRIGHT, P. BERGIN, D. HICKEY, R. COSGRAVE, J. WALSH.

Golden Goal

Our Juvenile Club are currently selling tickets for the Waterford/Cork game in the Munster Senior Hurling Championship. Tickets costing €2 each or three for €5 are currently on sale form all Juvenile mentors and Committee members.

Inter County

We would like to congratulate the Waterford Minor Football team on their victory over Clare on Tuesday last in the Munster Championship. Conor Prunty and John Elstead both played in the game whilst David Looby and Stephen Cliffe were both on the panel and the team are of course trained by Gary Hurney. We would like to wish them all the very best of luck ahead of the Munster semi final against Cork tonight.

Booking of Pitches

All team managers are reminded to please ensure that they have booked the pitch for training or matches with Michael O’Donovan. We would also ask tem managers to please try and do as much heavy training in the areas behind the goals.

Juvenile Notes - 7th May

Under 9

On a beautiful Monday evening (Apr 28th) in Abbeyside, group one played Lismore in football. After a close and entertaining match the boys came out on top, more than making up for the disappointment of the hurling the week previous. Unfortunately the lads in group two had no game as Tallow were not able to travel. On Tuesday last (May 6th) both groups hopefully will have played FMW and Clashmore at the club grounds in hurling. Report will be included in next week’s notes.

Minor Football

Our minor football team plays in the county semi final this Sunday morning against the Nire. The Nire should have defeated us in the round robin series and a big improvement all round will be required here if we are to come away with victory.

Under 16

Our under 16 footballers are still waiting on news of who they will play against in the county semi final.

Under 14

Our under 14 hurling team play in the Western Feile Final on this Thursday evening at the Fraher Field at 6.30pm.

Outdoor Hurling

Our underage outdoor hurling continues this Saturday morning the 10th May at the Burgery at 10.30 am. All are welcome. This covers all age ranges from under 5 to under 10. Anyone who has not paid their membership yet is asked to pay it on the morning for insurance reasons. Membership forms will also be given out on the morning. Helmets are compulsory and if required can be purchased at a reduced price of €50. There will be a €2 cost also to cover expenses.

Photos of County Senior Hurling Championship Match v De La Salle

Click here to see photos of Abbeyside's County Senior Hurling Championship clash with De La Salle on Sunday last. Once again, many thanks to Seán Byrne Photography for providing us with these pictures.

County Senior Hurling Championship Group 1 Table

This is the league table after the second round of games in Abbeyside’s County Senior Hurling Championship Group.

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	SD	Pts
1	De La Salle	2	2	0	0	4-28	3-21	+1-7	4
2	Roanmore	2	1	1	0	2-22	1-23	+0-2	3
3	Fourmilewater	2	1	0	1	0-31	1-23	+0-5	2
4	Passage	2	0	2	0	1-31	3-25	+0-0	2
5	Lismore	2	0	1	1	4-21	2-35	-0-8	1
6	Abbeyside	2	0	0	2	1-26	2-32	-1-6	0

The first four teams qualify for the quarter finals. The league position of teams on equal points is determined by the result between both teams.