County Senior Hurling Championship Group 1 Table

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

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	SD	Pts
1	Tallow	3	2	1	0	5-43	4-36	+10	5
2	Ballygunner	3	2	0	1	4-44	1-33	+20	4
3	Abbeyside	3	2	0	1	5-37	2-46	+0	4
4	De La Salle	3	1	1	1	2-49	4-44	-1	3
5	Fourmilewater	3	1	0	2	2-36	3-35	-2	2
6	Ballyduff Upper	3	0	0	3	1-34	5-49	-27	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.

Photo of the Week

County U21 'A' Hurling Champions, 2007

This week's photo comes from 2007 and shows Pat Flynn, County Board Chairman preparing to present the County U21 'A' Hurling Championship trophy to John Kindregan following Abbeyside's 1-18 to 1-17 extra time victory over De La Salle at Walsh Park on December 22nd. Recently, Waterford County Board decided to name this trophy after Tony Mansfield; a much deserved and fitting tribute to our late chairman.

Club Notes - 24th June

Jack The Joker

No. Drawn - 24

Our ever popular Jack the Joker fundraiser continues this Sunday night in Minnies Bar where the jackpot is €2,800 as on Sunday night last Paudie Morrissey was drawn out of the drum and chose card number 24 which wasn’t the Joker although he did win €50. Rosarie Donovan and Eilis Wilkins 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.

Junior Hurling

On Thursday night last our Junior B team welcomed Modeligo to Abbeyside and recorded a big win on the night.

TEAM: P. BREEN, P. BERGIN, A. O’RAGHNAIGH, J. RYAN, J. MULLEN, D. MORRISSEY, P. COLLINS, N. DEE, D. HICKEY, J. BERESFORD, I. KIELY, O. YOUNG, M. MAHER, J. MOORE, R. RYAN.

SUBS: J. WALSH, R. PROCTOR, T. COLLINS, K. DWANE, J. ORGAN.

Then on Friday night our Junior A Hurling team took on Tallow in Bushy Park and at the end of a high scoring entertaining game it was Tallow who emerged victorious.

TEAM: L. POWER, M. COLEMAN, D. HENLEY, C .McCARTHY, P. LYNCH, G. BREEN, J. DUGGAN, D. FERNCOMBE, C. KINDREGAN, E. ENRIGHT, M. FIVES, S. CROTTY, J. O’BRIEN, L. HURNEY, E.KIELY.

Munster Hurling Final

Any member wishing to order tickets for the Munster Senior Hurling Final is asked to have their order with Jonathan O’Donovan by this Sunday evening.

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 €500.

Juvenile Notes - 24th June

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 3^rd 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.

Minor Hurling

Now that the Leaving Cert has finished Minor Hurling training has started again. Our first game is fixed for Monday June 29^th away to the Brickies.

Under 14

We played the first round of the Division 1 Hurling Championship on Monday night of last week against Tramore. After playing a nice brand of hurling throughout our lads won the game comfortably on a score line of 5-11 to 0-8.

This weekend this group of young players head for Carnew in County Wexford to take part in the annual national Féile Peil competition where they will represent Waterford. We wish everyone involved well and hopefully all the players involved will remember this outing for many years to come. This a great opportunity for all the players involved to test themselves against some of the best players in the country at this age group and we are all sure in the club that they will do the club and their families proud over the weekend.

Under 12

Our Under 12 team played against Cois Brid on Friday night last and everyone involved acquitted themselves well.

Under 9

Our Under 9 team have just finished their Town and Country League in hurling and football. In total they played 8 matches and every one of the group improved as the league went on. This group also travelled to Killeagh last weekend to take part in a hurling blitz. The improvement that was seen from the first game this group played this year to the blitz last weekend was plain for all to see and a big thank you must go to the mentors involved at this age group.

Player Profiles

Nicky Fitzpatrick 

Name: Nicky Fitzpatrick

Age: 7 years

Favourite Food: Pancakes

Favourite Sport: Soccer

Favourite TV: In a Zooma Eleven

Adam Fitzpatrick

Name: Adam Fitzpatrick

Age: 6 years

Favourite Food: Shepherd’s Pie

Favourite Sport: Soccer

Favourite TV: Mr. Bean

Photo of the Week

Mark Gorman and Donncha Enright

This Tuesday night Abbeyside plays Tallow in Round 3 of the County Senior Hurling Championship in Lismore. Our photo this week shows current Senior Hurler Mark Gorman and current Senior Hurling Manager Donncha Enright after an underage football match with the club in October 2000. The two lads are a prime example of the loyalty shown by so many to our club down through the years.

Club Notes - 17th June

Jack The Joker

No. Drawn - 43

Our ever popular Jack the Joker fundraiser continues this Sunday night in Minnies Bar where the jackpot is €2,600 as on Sunday night last Christy Dunford was drawn out of the drum and chose card number 43 which wasn’t the Joker although he did win €50. Shirley and Maria and Richie Ryan 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

It was a busy few days for our Senior Hurlers last week with two games in the Sargent Cup Competition. On Wednesday night we welcomed Fourmilewater to Abbeyside and at the end of a close game we emerged victorious. Then on Saturday evening we traveled to Lismore, where at the end of a high scoring game it was the home side who ran out winners. On Tuesday night next we play Tallow in round 3 of the County Championship in Lismore at 7:30 pm.

Junior Hurling

This Thursday night our Junior B Hurlers play Modeligo in Abbeyside at 7:30 pm and then on Friday night our Junior A team play Tallow in Bushy Park also at 7:30 pm.

Intercounty Activity

On behalf of all in the club we would like to wish the Waterford Under 21 Hurlers the very best of luck ahead of their Munster Championship game against Cork tonight in Cork, where Donncha Enright is a selector and Brian Looby is a member of the panel. We also wish the Waterford Senior Footballers the very best of luck ahead of their All Ireland Qualifier game against Offaly in Fraher Field on Saturday.

Worthy Cause

This July our own Jonathon Moore will depart for Ethiopia where he will take part in a volunteer project building a school for some of the most impoverished children in the world. To help him raise funds for this project he is holding a golf classic in West Waterford Golf Club this Friday and we would ask all club members to support this worthy cause as best you can. Tee times can be booked through West Waterford Golf Club.

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 €450.

Juvenile Notes - 17th June

Under 6 and 7

On Saturday morning last we took part in an under 6 and 7 blitz against Fourmilewater at the Burgery. In glorious weather everyone from both sides acquitted themselves well and a good day was had by all.

Under 8

The under 8 season is currently in full swing with lots going on. We played in the second night of the Western Football tournament in Clashmore on the 3^rd June and a great night was had by all. We host the final night of this tournament on this Wednesday night the 17th June at 18.30. The group also had two teams in Carriganore for a hurling blitz last Saturday morning and all the lads played some great hurling on the day. The Tuesday night wall ball sessions are really paying off for this group. A big thank you must go to all the parents who bring their kids out to training and providing transport to the blitz games. Play and Stay games for the under 8 team start with hurling on Monday the 22^nd in Dungarvan. As always new members are always welcome to join at any stage throughout the year.

Under 10

Wednesday the 10th we continued the U10 Western Football Tournament. Host club for the night was Kilrossanty, so we headed off to Lemybrien on a beautiful summers evening. First up was Affane, and not since we beat Tramore by one point to nil in the minor football county final of 1959 did Ballinacourty record the same score line in a game, but that was the score on the night. Cormac got the point for us. Our 2nd game was against Clashmore. A much closer game than the 1st night saw us lose by four points. In to the B final again on the night and we met a much stronger St. Olivers outfit than on the first night we played them and we lost out by a couple of goals. Final night will be played in Cappoquin on Wednesday 24th where we will bring our full squad. Panel on the night: Conor Gough, Jake Fitzgerald Drummey, Jake O Donnell, Cathal Sweeney, Ethan Keohan, Jack O Donovan, Sean Walsh, Cormac Dunne Fitzgerald, Darragh Walsh, Sam Phelan. Missing on the night was Brian Callaghan, who we wish a speedy recovery from a broken collar bone sustained recently. We also wish his brother Sean well who also broke his arm during the past week.

Under 13

We had a great win last Saturday in the Under 13 Football Championship Final against Gaultier. This was a great team performance full of determination, skill and a never say die attitude.

We started very well with Daire and Alec winning the midfield battle and kicked 7 unanswered points in the first 10 minutes, then Gaultier got going and scored three points. We then scored the first goal of the game where DJ Kiely slipped through the defence to finish to the net. Then Gaultier really came into the game and brought the game back to a two point game .We exchanged points in the second half with the opposition, and the game was very tight when Ben O Donovan rose high above the goalie to fist the ball to the net.

Our defence were playing really well, with Niall, Daniel, Jamie, James, Sean and Colin cutting out several scoring chances. The forwards of Willy, Eoin, DJ, Tadgh, Ben and especially Jack battling very hard and taking their scoring chances. We then introduced Oisin, Joe and Rian as legs were getting tired.

As the final whistle blew it was all square so extra time was awaiting us. The extra time was five minutes a side and Gaultier got first run and scored two unanswered points in the first half. On the changeover we moved the ball very quick and up stepped Rian Walsh to find the net and within two minutes we had another goal from Daire Slevin. We defended very well for the last minute and ran out deserving winners. Our goalkeeper David played very well between the posts and stopped several goal chances. Our captain Niall Buckley received the trophy on behalf of the panel and thanked the opposition for a very sporting game. Every panel member whether playing in the final or not contributed to this fantastic win.

County U13 Division 1 Football Champions, 2015

Captain Niall Buckley raises the
County U13 Football Division 1 Championship Shield

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 3^rd 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.

County U13 Division 1 Football Champions

Congratulations to our U13 Football panel and management team on their thrilling 4-9 to 2-12 extra time win over Gaultier in the County Final played at Fraher Field this afternoon. This hard fought victory secured our third county title at this grade in four years.

Captain Niall Buckley receiving the
County U13 Football Championship Shield

County U13 Division 1 Football Champions, 2015

It's been a remarkable footballing season so far for our club. To date, in 2015, we have won the Western and County U13, Western U14, County Féile, County U16, County Minor and Western U21 Division 1 titles.

Photo of the Week

U21 'A' Western & County Football Champions, 2003 

This week's photo comes from the club social held in Clonea Strand Hotel in early 2004 and shows the Ballinacourty U21 football team that won the Western and County titles the previous year. These victories were the first in five years at this grade and began a remarkable domination where five divisional and county titles followed in six years.

Club Notes - 10th June

Jack The Joker

No. Drawn - 5

Our ever popular Jack the Joker fundraiser continues this Sunday night in Minnies Bar where the jackpot is €2,400 as on Sunday night last Bonnie Mills was drawn out of the drum and chose card number 5 which wasn’t the Joker although he did win €50. Eleanor O’Connor and Maurice O’Donnell 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.

Intermediate Football

We played Sliabh gCua in the Western Championship in Colligan on Friday night last and thanks to a very good first half performance we recorded a good win.

TEAM: K. DWANE, N. DEE, M. LAVAN, C. McCARTHY, G. BREEN, R. SHEEHAN, P. LYNCH, L. HURNEY, M. MAHER, D. LOOBY, J. O’BRIEN, R. DUNFORD, S. CROTTY, E. COLLINS, D. FERNCOMBE.

SUB: J. MOORE.

Junior Football

On Saturday night we played Kilgobnet in Fraher Field in the Western Championship and recorded our third win of the Championship. This is a fantastic start to the championship by this team in their first year back in the Championship after a break for a few years.

Senior Hurling

This week we play two games in the Sargent Cup. Tonight, Wednesday June 10^th we play Fourmilewater in Abbeyside at 7:30 pm and then on Saturday we travel to Lismore to play the home team at 7:30pm.

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 €400.

Juvenile Notes - 10th June

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 3^rd 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.

Under 14 and 13

Our Under 14 footballers took part in the County Final last weekend. After a hard fought battle against a very well balanced Gaultier side it was the city team that took the spoils by three goals. Our lads battled away strong throughout and everyone in the club were very proud of the effort all the players gave. We take part in the County Under 13 Football Final this weekend and we all hope we will have a little more luck on the day than we did last Saturday.

Under 12

Our under 12 hurlers played against Dungarvan on Friday night of last week. The lads played very well on the night and came away with victory.

Well Done

Well done to club players Darragh Slevin and Alec Norris who have represented Waterford in the Primary Game over the last fortnight. Both players acquitted themselves well and it was a great honour for both young men to play in the hallowed ground of Semple Stadium.

Golden Goal

The winning time for the golden goal was 26 minutes and 18 seconds. If you have the winning ticket please contact Audrey on (087) 6987388 to collect your winnings before Friday at noon. Everyone in the club would like to thank anyone who purchased tickets for this fundraising event for our Féile team who will travel to Wexford to represent the county soon.

Player Profiles

Darragh Mansfield

Name: Darragh Mansfield

Age: 6 years

Favourite Food: Pasta & Chicken

Favourite Sport: Rugby

Favourite TV: The Amazing World of Gumball

Jack Fisher

Name: Jack Fisher

Age: 6 years

Favourite Food: Stir Fry

Favourite Sport: Soccer

Favourite TV Programme: Mr. Bean

Golden Goal

The winning 'Golden Goal' time in today's Munster Senior Hurling Championship Semi Final between Waterford and Cork was 26 minutes 18 seconds. If you have the winning time, please contact Audrey Hallahan on (087) 6987388 before 12:00 noon on Friday, 12th June 2015. Thanks to everyone who bought and sold tickets for this club fundraiser. All monies are going to send our U14 Footballers to the National Féile Finals at the end of the month.

Photo of the Week

Abbeyside Senior Hurling Team v De La Salle, 1966

Back Row (L to R): P. Langan, J. Woods, T. Mansfield, J. Browne, L. Enright, A. Flynn (Capt.), E. Moore, D. Whelan.

Front Row (L to R): J. Cosgrave, P. Enright, J. Flynn, P. Hogan, B. Shields, J. Hogan, P. McGovern, P. O'Shea.

This week's photo shows the Abbeyside Senior Hurling team that defeated De La Salle, 0-12 to 1-5, in the first round of the County Championship at Fraher Field in July. In the next round, played a full three months later, the Village lads were heavily beaten by a Ballygunner side that would go on to win the county title that year.

Club Notes - 3rd June

Jack The Joker

No. Drawn - 11

Our ever popular Jack the Joker fundraiser continues this Sunday night in Minnies Bar where the jackpot is €2,200 as on Sunday night last Caroline Lynch was drawn out of the drum and chose card number 11 which wasn’t the Joker although she did win €50. Josh Conroy and Paddy Power staff 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 Football

On Wednesday night last we played Rathgormack in the semi final of the Phelan Cup in Kilmacthomas and came away with a very big win. We now advance to the final where our opponents are The Nire.

Intermediate Football

We played Dungarvan in the Western Championship in Fraher Field on Friday night last and thanks to a very good first half performance we recorded a good win. This Friday we play Sliabh gCua in Colligan at 7:30pm

Junior Football

On  Saturday night we played Ballysaggart in Colligan in the Western Championship and recorded our second win of the Championship. This Saturday night we play Kilgobnet in Fraher Field at 6:30 pm.

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 €1,700.

Juvenile Notes - 3rd June

Under 13

Our under 13’s played in the western semi final Tuesday of last week against Kilrossanty in Abbeyside. We played some good football on the night to record a 5-8 to 0-11 victory and qualification for the western final. The final was played in Fraher Field last Saturday against the Nire. This was the third occasion this year that both of these teams met in this grade, with the Nire coming out on top on both previous occasions. This didn’t faze our boys and they started well and we were leading at half time by a goal. If the second half with the aid of a slight breeze the team applied more pressure on their opponents to record a 3-6 to 2-3 win. This was a great display by all the panel of players. Next up here is a county final on Saturday 13th June against Gaultier.

Panel: David Byrne, Niall Buckley, Sean Sullivan, Jamie Moylan , Daniel Treen, James Cowler, Darie Slevin, Alec Norris, Ben O Donovan, Colin Foley, Eoin Flynn, Tony Dwyer, Stephen Lake, Tadbh Collins, Callum Beresford, Ronan Foley, D J Kiely, Rian Walsh, Joe Flynn, John Joe Quealy, William Beresford, Oisin Riordan, Conor Kent, Sean Óg Flynn, Louis Cambell, Jack Riordan.

We would like to wish DJ Kiely a speedy recovery from his recent injury and hope to see him back on the playing fields soon.

The Under 14 County Final takes place on Saturday 6th June at 11:45 against Gaultier in Fraher Field. Please come out and support this team and we wish everyone involved well.

Under 10

Last Wednesday night (May 27th) we went to Ballinameela to play in the U 10 Football tournament. First up for us was St. Oliver's and the boys won fairly easily, but the tables were reversed when we played Clashmore, where we came out the wrong side of a one sided game. That meant we qualified for the B final on the night. Our opponents were the Brickeys. A tight game saw us level at half time but in the 2nd half we got the goals that swung the game in our favour. We sit on 4 pts in the group with two more nights to go. We travel to Kilrossanty on June 10th with the other half of our squad. Panel on the night was Jack O Donovan, Sean Walsh, Billy O Connell, Sean Queally, Jamie Mulcahy, Kieran & Darragh Cosgrave, Daniel Morrissey, Fionn Murchu, Aodhan Barrett.

Bag Pack

We held our annual bag pack over the weekend at Garveys. This was a very successful event and everyone involved in the club would like to thank everyone who gave up of their time to help on the day in any small way. Also a big thank you to Garveys SuperValu for allowing us to have this event on their premises year in year out.

Best of Luck

Best wishes are sent to all in the club who are sitting their Junior and Leaving Cert exams this week.

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 3^rd 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.

Player Profiles

 

Jack McGrath

Name: Jack McGrath

Age: 5 years

Favourite Food: Cheese

Favourite Sport: Football

Favourite TV Programme: Sports

Aidan Callaghan

Name: Aidan Callaghan

Age: 5 years

Favourite Food: Fruit

Favourite Sport: Hurling

Favourite Film: The Titanic