Saturday, May 30, 2015

Western U13 Division 1 Football Champions

Congratulations to our U13 players and management team on their excellent 3-6 to 2-3 victory over The Nire in the Western Division 1 Football Final played at Fraher Field this morning. This win secured our third divisional title in four years at this grade.

Niall Buckley accepting the Western U13
Division 1 Football Shield

Western U13 Division 1 Football Champions, 2015

Photo of the Week

Club Blitz
This week's photo shows Larry Cliffe presenting John Gorman with a trophy to mark his team's victory in a club hurling blitz in the mid 1990s. Tremendous work has always, and continues to take place, at underage level in the club, the successes of which have been seen over the years and indeed in the last few weeks.

Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Club Notes - 27th May

No. Drawn - 20
Jack The Joker
Our ever popular Jack the Joker fundraiser continues this Sunday night in Minnies Bar where the jackpot is €2,000 as on Sunday night last Kevin Tobin and Mark Crotty were drawn out and chose card number 20 which when turned was the Joker so both men share the jackpot of €7,200. Kay O’Connor and Isabel Moore won €25 each. As well as our group of ticket sellers tickets can be purchased from Convenience Store Ballinroad, Village Flowers, Spar, Mousies Takeaway, Minnies Bar and Crottys Corner Bar.





Senior Hurling
On Sunday afternoon last we were defeated by Mt. Sion in a very high scoring game in Abbeyside in the Sargent Cup.

Junior Hurling
On Friday night last our Junior B hurlers recorded a very good win over Glen Rovers in the Western Championship in Bushy Park.
TEAM: S. RYAN, P. BERGIN, D. BYRNE, A. O’RAGHNAIGH, C. O’DWYER, D. MORRISSEY, P. COLLINS, J. MULLEN, N. DEE, O. YOUNG, D. HICKEY, I. KIELY, M. MAHER, J. MOORE, R. RYAN.
SUBS: J. BERESFORD, J. ORGAN, S. O’CONNOR, D. O’HARE, T. COLLINS.

Senior Football
This Wednesday night we play Rathgormack in the semi final of the Phelan Cup in Kilmacthomas at 7:30pm.

Intermediate Football
We play Dungarvan in the Western Championship this Friday night at 7pm in Fraher Field.

Junior Football
This Saturday night we play Ballysaggart in Colligan at 7:30 in the Western Championship.

Intercounty Activity
On behalf of all in the club we would like to wish both the Waterford Senior and Junior Footballers the very best of luck, especially to the club players involved, ahead of their Munster Championship games against Tipperary in Thurles this Sunday.

Booking of Fields
With a number of teams starting back training we would like to remind all team managers to please ensure that they book the field with Michael O’Donovan prior to training.

Club Bingo
Our Club Bingo will continue this Sunday night in the CBS Hall where the jackpot is €1,650.


Juvenile Notes - 27th May

Under 10
On a lovely Saturday morning for hurling we headed off to Ballyduff Upper for their annual U10 tournament. We entered division 1 to test ourselves against the best and our first game at 10:30 was against De La Salle, and with 5 points to spare the city side came out on top. After a break we played our next game at 11:30 against Cork side Sarsfields, and lost out by 2 points, conceding a late goal. Last up was a match against Fourmilewater and unfortunately defeat was our lot again by 2 points, again a fortunate goal denying us. Well done to our lads on a tough but good day's hurling. On any given day we can match these teams and with the bit of luck you needcould have won a couple of these games. A big thanks to Ballyduff for the invitation and well done to them on a successfully run tournament. Please god they'll keep it going for many years to come. Panel on the day: Darragh Cosgrave, Kieran Cosgrave, Jamie Mulcahy, Ethan Keohan, Sam Phelan, Cormac Dunne Fitzgerald, Jake Fitz. Drummy, Brian Callaghan, Fionn O Murchu, Conor Gough, Daniel Morrisey, Jake O Donnell, Billy O Connell, Sean Queally, Darragh Walsh, Sean Walsh, Jack O Donovan.

Under 8
The U8’s took part in the first night of the Western Football tournament last Wednesday evening in Bushy Park. The lads played 3 games and a great night was had by all. The next night for this tournament will be Wednesday 4th June when we will travel out to Clashmore. A big thank you to the Brickeys club who ensured all adults and children were looked after on the night.
The U8’s have also started using the wall ball for hurling training every Tuesday evening from 6:30 to 7:30 and this has proved to be a big hit with the boys. New members are always welcome.

Under 16
Last Saturday morning our Under 16 Footballers took to Fraher Field in the Division 1 Football County Final against De La Salle. The previous time both teams played earlier this year we had a slight advantage of 4 points, so this was set up to be a good game and go down to the wire.
We got off to a slow start and conceded a penalty and despite a great initial save from Aaron the rebound found the net. We trailed in the early stages by 0-1 to 1-2. We settled in after about 15 minutes and picked off a number of good points to lead at half time 0-8 to 1-2. Early in the second half the city side fought back and were a point up with 15 minutes to go 0-9 to 2-4. At this point our boys dug deep and put in a great closing 15 minutes to record a 2-11 to 2-5 win. This was a great result for the panel who trained well since the end of January.
We would like to wish the players on this panel doing exams well and the others after a short break will start preparing for the Hurling championship.
Panel: Aaron Beresford, David Montgomery, Shane Ahearne, Jack Kiely, Mark Towmey Bearach Moore, Jamie Walsh, Tom Looby, Shane Kiely Dáithí Brunnock, Ben Flynn, Pádraig Moore, Cian Fagan, James Riordan, Seán Whelan-Barrett, Adam Clarke, Eoin Fynn, Seán Kent, Danny Reynolds, Tommy Walsh, Jake O’Riordan, Dean Beresford.

Under 14
Our Under 14’s went to Fraher Field on Sunday morning to play the Western Football Final against An Ghaeltacht. This was the 4th time this year that both these teams met in football. This was a very entertaining game with some excellent football played by both teams. Our boys proved too strong and ran out winners 6-6 to 2-6.
Next up here is the County Final on the 6th June in Fraher Field against Gaultier.
Panel: Tadhg Collins, Sean Roche, Michael Troy Patrick Fitzgerald, Colin Foley, Eoin Ahearne, Alec Norris, Senan Travers, Rory Ahearne, Cian O Riordan, Oisin Hallahan, Dáire Slevin, David Hayes, Danial Raher, David Shields, Cathal Cosgrave, Ben O Donovan, Danial Treen, Jamie Moylan, Calum Beresford, Niall Buckly, Eoin Flynn, DJ Kiely, Michael Kiely, James Cowler.

Minor Football
Our minor football team got a great week for the club in football going on Wednesday night last when they contested the County Minor ‘A’ Football Championship at the Fraher Field. This was a tough encounter throughout against a very well balanced Gaultier fifteen. We trailed at the break by a point and were lucky in some respects to be only down by the minimum. However after the break we came out and kept the city team scoreless while kicking some great scores of our own. The final score line was Ballinacourty 2-6 Gaultier 1-4. There were great scenes of jubilation at the final whistle when our team captain David Looby raised the cup for the first time in ten years. A big thank you must go to the panel of players and especially all the team mentors involved who have put in so much time and effort into this group since January. The team had a meal on Saturday in the Park Hotel after the Under 16 Final because it was too late after the game on Wednesday night to get food.
Our attentions at this grade now turn to hurling and hopefully after the exams this team will train just as hard at the small ball to try and be as successful as they were at football. Well done to all.

Outdoor Hurling
Our outdoor hurling sessions continue again on Saturday morning, 30th May at our club grounds. These sessions will include under 6, 7 and 8s and will run from 10.30 to 11.30. Our under 9 team will train between the time of11.30 and 12.30 at our wall ball. All are welcome to attend and it would be great to see some new faces. Helmets will be available to buy at a discounted rate at these sessions.

Under 10, 11 and 12
The under 10 team will train between the time of 6 and 7 on a Friday evening at the wall ball and the under 11 team between 7 and 8 on a Friday night. Our under 12 team will train between 7 and 8 on a Wednesday night again at the wall ball. Again all are welcome to attend.

Kelloggs Cúl Camps
The Waterford GAA Cúl Camps are back again this year and this year they will take place in Abbeyside /Ballinacourty from June 29th to the 3rd July. Our club co-ordinator is Audrey and she can be contacted on (087) 6987388 for any information regarding these camps. Alternatively you can find information on these camps and book your place on kelloggsculcamps.gaa.ie.


Camogie Notes - 27th May

Blitz
The Abbeyside U12 Camogie players travelled to Dunhill to play the 2nd blitz of the year. Due to Communions in other clubs Abbeyside and St Anne’s were the only 2 clubs playing. We played 12 aside games with 4 quarters of 12 minutes. The girls had a good workout coming out on top in a well contested game with excellent skillful camogie on display. Thanks to all parents who assisted in ensuring all of the girls had transport to the venue. Thanks to St Anne’s for the excellent hospitality.

U12
The U12 championship is starting on Tuesday 2nd June and will continue every Tuesday for 5 weeks into July. Opposition and venues to be confirmed. Navy skorts must be worn for the U12 championship.
We are entering a team in the U13 summer league this year, dates to be confirmed. Girls playing U12 this year and who played U12 last year are eligible to play in this. Training for this group continues Friday evenings in Abbeyside field from 17:00-18:00.
Panel for the day: Laura Murray, Megan Foley, Hannah Walsh, Emma Reynolds, Ellen Power, Cliodhna Roche, Kaia McGovern, Heather O Reilly, Ellie Daly, Moya Kiely, Caoimhe Ni Mhurchu & Lauren Maher.


Sunday, May 24, 2015

Western U14 Division 1 Football Champions

A massive well done to our U14 players and management team who won the Western Division 1 Football Championship Final this morning at Fraher Field. The young boys defeated An Ghaeltacht 6-6 to 2-6 in windy conditions, thereby securing our thirteenth divisional title at this grade and first since 2003. A remarkable five days has seen the club win one Western and two County Football titles. Congratulations to all involved.

Michael Troy accepting the Western U14
Division 1 Football Shield

Western U14 Division 1 Football Champions, 2015


Saturday, May 23, 2015

County U16 Division 1 Football Champions

Congratulations to our U16 Football panel and management on their superb 2-11 to 2-5 victory over De La Salle in this morning's County Division 1 Football Final played at Fraher Field. This win secured our seventh title at this grade and our second in three years.

Seán Whelan Barrett receiving the County U16
Division 1 Football trophy

County U16 Division 1 Football Champions, 2015

Photo of the Week

Abbeyside Panel - 2008
County Senior Hurling Championship Final
Further to last week's programme cover for the 2008 County Senior Hurling Championship Final, this week's photo shows the team and substitutes that lined out on that miserable day in November.  Six of the starters in 2008 lined out at the beginning of the match against De La Salle last Saturday night.

Wednesday, May 20, 2015

County Minor 'A' Football Champions

Congratulations to our Minor Football players and management team on their magnificent and hard fought 2-6 to 1-4 victory over Gaultier in the County Minor 'A' Football Final played at Fraher Field this evening. A fantastic campaign, which saw the team win all six games of the group stages and two knockout matches, has brought our sixteenth county title at this grade and our first in ten years.

Captain David Looby lifts the County Minor Football trophy

County Minor 'A' Football Champions, 2015

Club Notes - 20th May

Jack The Joker
No. Drawn - 44
Our ever popular Jack the Joker fundraiser continues this Sunday night in Alice O’Connor’s Bar where the jackpot is €7,200. On Sunday night last Kevin and Nora Tobin were drawn out and chose card number 44 which wasn’t the Joker although they did win €50. Bonnie Mills and Marie and Shirley won €25 each.  As well as our group of ticket sellers tickets can be purchased from Convenience Store Ballinroad, Village Flowers, Spar, Mousies Takeaway, Minnies Bar and Crotty’s Corner Bar.


Senior Hurling
On Saturday night last we recorded a fantastic victory over De La Salle in the second round of the County Championship in Fraher Field. The team played great hurling on the night to maintain our unbeaten run in both Championships to date this year.  Our next game in the Championship is against Tallow, for which no date has been finalised. This Sunday we play Mt. Sion in the County League in Abbeyside at 2pm.
TEAM: S. DALY, E. BERGIN, C. PRUNTY, S. O’DONOVAN, M. POWER, S. O’HARE, E. COLLINS, D. COLLINS, R. FOLEY, P. HURNEY, J. HURNEY, M. O’HALLORAN, M. FERNCOMBE, G. HURNEY, S. CLIFFE.
SUBS: B. LOOBY, D. McGRATH.

Senior Hurling Panel v De La Salle

Junior Hurling
On Sunday afternoon last our Junior Hurlers continued their winning start to the Championship with a good win over Kilgobnet in Bushy Park.
TEAM: L. POWER, M. COLEMAN, D. HENLEY, S. O’GORMAN, P. LYNCH, S. BRIGGS, S. O’CONNOR, D. FERNCOMBE, C. KINDREGAN, E. ENRIGHT, M. FIVES, J. POWER, J. O’BRIEN, L. HURNEY, J. O’RIORDAN.

This Friday night our Junior B team play Glen Rovers in Bushy Park.

Minor Football
We would like to wish our Minor Football team the very best of luck ahead of their County Final against Gaultier in Fraher Field tonight at 8:30 pm.

Munster Championship Tickets
Any member who wishes to order tickets for the Munster Championship Semi Final game against Cork should give their name to Club Secretary Jonathan O’Donovan by this Sunday night.

Booking of Fields
With a number of teams starting back training we would like to remind all team managers to please ensure that they book the field with Michael O’Donovan prior to training.

Club Bingo
Our Club Bingo will continue this Sunday night in the CBS Hall where the jackpot is €1,600.


Juvenile Notes - 20th May

Minor Football
Best of luck to our Minor football team who play in the County Final tonight Wednesday against Gaultier. Everyone in the club wish all the players and mentors involved the very best of luck.

Congratulations
Eveyone in the club would like to congratulate all the children of the parish who have made their First Holy Communion in recent weeks and to those who will make them in the next few weeks.

Under 16
Our under 16 football team also take part in a county final this Saturday against De La Salle. Like our minor team we wish everyone involved the very best of luck.

Under 14
Our under 14 football team play in a Western Final this Sunday morning. For times of this game please look elsewhere in the issue of this paper.

Outdoor Hurling
Our outdoor hurling sessions continue again on Saturday morning the 23rd May at our club grounds. These sessions will include under 6, 7 and 8s and will run from 10.30 to 11.30. Our under9 team will train between the time of 11.30 and 12.30 at our wall ball. All are welcome to attend and it would be great to see some new faces. Helmets will be available to buy at a discounted rate at these sessions.

Under 10, 11 and 12
The under 10 team will train between the time of 6 and 7 on a Friday evening at the wall ball and the under 11 team between 7 and 8 on a Friday night. Our under 12 team will train between 7 and 8 on a Wednesday night again at the wall ball. Again all are welcome to attend.

Kellogs Cúl Camps
The Waterford GAA Cúl Camps are back again this year and this year they will take place in Abbeyside /Ballinacourty from June 29th to the 3rd July. Our club co-ordinator is Audrey and she can be contacted on (087) 6987388 for any information regarding these camps. Alternatively you can find information on these camps and book your place on kelloggsculcamps.gaa.ie.

U10
Over the last few days we played a couple of challenge matches as we prepare for the Ballyduff Upper Festival of U10 Hurling. First up was Mount Sion, on a beautiful evening in Abbeyside where, after a slow start we played much better in the second half. This is a very good Mt. Sion team and a good learning curve for our lads. Then onSaturday morning just gone we travelled to Lismore, again a lovely morning for hurling. A great game was played by both clubs and you could see that the lads learned from the Mt. Sion game, with improvements all round the pitch. A couple more training sessions before Ballyduff (which is starting for us on Saturday 23rd) and we'll be well prepared for the tournament and we'll give it a right go. We are due to play De La Salle, Fourmilewater and Sarsfield. If we come out of the group we'll be playing the semi-final the following week. Also coming up we have an U10 Western Football Tournament. Dates for your diary regarding the football are: May 27th in Ballinameela,June 10th in Kilrossanty and June 24th in Cappoquin.

Player Profiles

Jack Burns

Name: Jack Burns
Age: 5 years
Favourite Food: Pizza
Favourite Sport: Soccer
Favourite TV Programme: Ben 10

Leonardo Maxwell 

Name: Leonardo Maxwell
Age: 5 years
Favourite Food: Chips & Sweets
Favourite Sport: Football
Favourite TV Programme: Horrid Henry


Monday, May 18, 2015

Photos of County Senior Hurling Championship Victory over De La Salle

Below are some action photos from Abbeyside's 2-17 to 0-20 win over De La Salle in Round 2 of the County Senior Hurling Championship played at Fraher Field on Saturday night last. Many thanks to Seán Byrne Photography for providing us with these pictures.



Abbeyside Senior Hurling Panel v De La Salle

Richie Foley 

Eoin Bergin

John Hurney
Shane O'Donovan


Seán O'Hare


Patrick Hurney

Eoin Bergin
Shane O'Donovan

Seán O'Brien & Michael Collins

Sunday, May 17, 2015

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
Ballygunner
2
2
0
0
3-32
1-16
+22
4
2
Abbeyside
2
2
0
0
4-26
0-33
+5
4
3
Tallow
2
1
1
0
3-30
3-25
+5
3
4
De La Salle
2
0
1
1
2-32
3-32
-3
1
5
Fourmilewater
2
0
0
2
1-20
3-23
-9
0
6
Ballyduff Upper
2
0
0
2
1-22
4-33
-20
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.


Saturday, May 16, 2015

Photo of the Week

2008 County Senior Hurling Final Programme
Tonight, Abbeyside plays De La Salle in Round 2 of the County Senior Hurling Championship at Fraher Field. This week's photo, a programme cover, brings us back to 2008 and arguably the most significant meeting between the two clubs; the County Senior Hurling Championship Final played at the same venue. On an atrocious day for hurling, there was heartbreak for the Villagers as De La Salle emerged victorious on a scoreline of 0-11 to 0-9.

Wednesday, May 13, 2015

Club Notes - 13th May

Jack The Joker
No. Drawn - 18
Our ever popular Jack the Joker fundraiser continues this Sunday night in Alice O’Connor’s Bar where the jackpot is €7,000. On Sunday night last Buddy Power was drawn out and chose card number 18 which wasn’t the Joker although he did win €50. Dermot O’Shea and Geraldine Callaghan won €25 each. As well as our group of ticket sellers tickets can be purchased from Convenience Store Ballinroad, Village Flowers, Spar, Mousies Takeaway, Minnies Bar and Crotty’s Corner Bar.


Senior Hurling
On Sunday afternoon last we defeated Fourmilewater in the first round of the County Championship in Fraher Field, in a tight game of hurling. This win is a great start to the Championship for the team and this Saturday night we play De La Salle in Fraher Field in the second round of the championship.
TEAM: S. DALY, E. BERGIN, C. PRUNTY, S. O’DONOVAN, M. POWER, S. O’HARE, E. COLLINS, D. COLLINS, R. FOLEY, P. HURNEY, J. HURNEY, M. O’HALLORAN, M. GORMAN, G. HURNEY, S. CLIFFE.
SUBS: D. McGRATH, M. FERNCOMBE.

Junior Hurling
On Friday night our Junior A hurlers got their Western Championship Campaign underway when they defeated Lismore in Bushy Park.
TEAM: L. POWER, M. COLEMAN, D. HENLEY, S. O’CONNOR, P. LYNCH, S. BRIGGS, R. CONWAY, D. FERNCOMBE, J. ELSTED, E. ENRIGHT, G. BREEN, J. DUGGAN, E. KIELY, L. HURNEY, D. SWEENEY.
SUB: M.FIVES.
This Sunday we play Kilgobnet in Bushy Park at 1pm.

Then on Saturday afternoon our Junior B side were defeated by a strong Ring side again in Bushy Park.
TEAM: S. RYAN, P. BERGIN, D. BYRNE, C. O’DWYER, D. HICKEY, D. MORRISSEY, J. MULLEN, N. DEE, J. RYAN, O. YOUNG, R. RYAN, J. ORGAN, J. BERESFORD, J. MOORE, D. O’HARE.
SUBS: J. FITZPATRICK, M. MAHER.
Our next game in this Championship is on Friday May 22nd in Bushy Park against Glen Rovers.

Fundraising Night
This Friday night May 15th the club are holding a Fundraising Night in Creation Nightclub with music provided by the brilliant band “The Waxies”. Tickets for what promises to be a great night cost €10 and are available from all club players and Committee members.

Munster Championship Tickets
Any member who wishes to order tickets for the Munster Championship Semi Final game against Cork should give their name to Club Secretary Jonathan O’ Donovan as soon as possible.

Membership
We would ask all players to please make an effort to get their membership fees paid as soon as possible as any player who suffers an injury in training or matches is not covered by insurance unless they have paid their membership . Membership can be paid to Kevin Tobin or Pa Enright.

Booking of Fields
With a number of teams starting back training we would like to remind all team managers to please ensure that they book the field with Michael O’Donovan prior to training.

Club Bingo
Our Club Bingo will continue this Sunday night in the CBS Hall where the jackpot is €1,550.


Club History
Abbeyside / Ballinacourty GAA Club was formed in 1967 as a result of the amalgamation of Abbeyside Hurling and Football Clubs and Ballinacourty Football Club. It is situated within the Parish of Abbeyside, Ballinroad and Garranbane. Located on the eastern side of the River Colligan, it forms the northern and eastern shorelines of Dungarvan Harbour from Abbeyside Church to Ballinacourty Lighthouse
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Development Fund
Abbeyside/Ballinacourty GAA Club has been growing at a dramatic pace over the past 10 years with the population of our parish increasing rapidly. We must ensure that we have the best facilities for all our players. We want to ensure that the next generation have the facilities that they need and deserve. We are asking supporters and friends to support this project over the next five years.
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Strategic Plan
Past generations have had their visions for the future of our club. These are our current aims and with these achieved we hope to hand on the club to future generations in the same healthy state it was passed onto us.
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