Western U14 Division 1 Football Champions

Congratulations to our U14 players and management team on their hard fought extra time win over The Nire in the Western Division 1 Football Final played at Fraher Field this afternoon. Trailing by 2-2 to 0-2 at half time, the lads put in a storming second half performance to level the scores at 2-3 apiece at the end of the game. A goal with the last kick of the first period of extra time set the team up for a 3-5 to 2-6 victory, thereby securing back to back titles at divisional level.

Colin Foley (Captain) receiving the Western U14 Football
Division 1 Championship Shield from Tom Cronin,
Western Bord na nÓg Chairman

Western U14 Division 1 Football Champions, 2016

Surprise Visit by U2

Shortly after 9:00am this morning a helicopter carrying world renowned rock band, U2 with all four members (Bono, The Edge, Larry Mullen and Adam Clayton) on board, touched down in our club grounds for a brief visit to the town. Following their engagements in Dungarvan, the lads returned to the field before departing for Dublin at around 11:30am. All four were very complimentary of our grounds, posed for photographs and signed autographs. They also graciously signed a hurley for the club to mark the momentous occasion.

U2 Visits Abbeyside / Ballinacourty GAA Club Grounds

L to R: Helicopter Pilot, Bernard Shields, Jason O'Donovan, Bono, The Edge, Larry Mullen, Martin 'Switchy' O'Donnell, Ian Kiely, Paddy Keohan, Adam Clayton, Niamh Enright, Jonathan O'Donovan, Helicopter Pilot.

Hurley signed by the members of U2

Helicopter which carried U2 to Abbeyside / Ballinacourty
GAA Club Grounds

Meeting with GAA President

GAA President, Aodán Ó Fearghaíl visited Scoil Gharbháin today to help launch this year's Féile na nGael which will be jointly hosted by Waterford and Tipperary from June 17th to 19th. Abbeyside / Ballinacourty will be hosting Abbeyleix from Co. Laois while the Camogie club will host Na Brídeoga from Mayo. Below are photos of today's event with the GAA President.

Club Notes - 25th May

Jack The Joker

No. Drawn - 35

Our ever popular Jack the Joker fundraiser continues this Sunday night in Alice O’Connors where the jackpot is €5,400 as on Sunday night last Ken Walsh and Jim Egan were drawn out of the drum and chose card number 35, which when turned was not the Joker though they did win €50. The Breen Family and Shaun Hallahan 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, Abbeyside Post Office and Crotty’s Corner Bar.

Junior Hurling

Our Junior B Hurlers played their first match in the championship on Saturday evening last when they played Shamrocks in Colligan. On the night the team turned in a very good performance to get off to a winning start against a side who had defeated us in last year’s divisional semi final.

TEAM: J.P. McGRATH, P. COLLINS, D. BYRNE, A.O RAGHNAIGH, T. COLLINS, D. MORRISSEY, J. MULLEN, D. HICKEY, N. DEE, J. ORGAN, K. DWANE, O. YOUNG, S. LANIGAN, M. MAHER, K. DEE.

SUBS: E. BRACKETT, R. CONWAY, J. WALSH.

Intermediate Football

We play our third match of the Western Championship this Friday night when we play Ballyduff Upper in Fraher Field at 7:30pm.

Senior Football

This Saturday night we play Clashmore in the County League in Abbeyside at 5pm.

Junior Football

Our Junior Footballers play their third game of the championship this Saturday night when they play Sliabh gCua in Colligan at 7:30 pm.

Booking of Pitches

As teams start back training over the next few weeks we remind all team managers that they must book the pitches/astro turf with Michael O’Donovan prior to training.

Club Bingo

Our club bingo will continue this Sunday night in the CBS Hall with a jackpot of €1600.

Juvenile Notes - 25th May

Under 16

On Saturday last our Under 16’s travelled to Walsh Park to play in the Division 1 Football County Final against De La Salle.  The boys started very well with brilliant defending, passing, tackling, blocking and scoring and led at half time 0-9 to 0-2 playing with a strong breeze.  In the second half they upped their intensity even more and played an excellent team game and ended with a well deserved win 0-13 to 1-2. After the game Eoin Flynn received the cup of behalf of the team. After the match the team returned to the Park Hotel for a celebratory lunch.

Panel: Jake O’Riordan, Eoin Ahearne, Seán Kent, Eoin Flynn Cian Fagan, Dáithí Brunnock Meldan O’ Dwyer, Shane Kiely, James Riordan, Jake Moore, Ben Flynn, Dean Beresford, David Hayes, Michael Kiely, Danny Reynolds, Jamie Walsh, Oisin Hallahan, Senan Travers, Eoin Bohane, Cian O’ Riordan, Ruairi Cusack, David Shields, Sean Roche, Patrick Fitzgerald, Rory Ahearne.

Under 13

Well done to our Under 13 football team who on Sunday morning last produced their best display of the championship so far to win the Western Under 13 Football title. They beat a strong St Pats team in the final by 4-5 to 5 points at the Fraher Field. This team has trained very hard since the start of the championship and after a shaky enough start to the campaign the team improved with every game to be crowned worthy champions at the end. A big thank you must go to all the players, management and parents involved. We now move onto the County Final where we will take on the Eastern champions. 

Minor

Our minor football team took on Dungarvan on Thursday night last at home. Our team played well throughout to come away with victory in the end against a gallant Dungarvan display.

Under 14

We played the county football semi final last Tuesday evening at a rain soaked Tramore. Unfortunately we lost out by the narrowest of margins on the night, but we cannot fault the effort of the lads in training or playing matches. We are due to play a Western Football Final this Saturday morning in Fraher Field versus the Nire. Preparations continue for the Féile which is on the 3 weeks.

U12 Hurling

Our U12s hurlers took on An Ghaeltacht in the fourth round of the Town and Country League. The weather was not the best on the night but the lads played well under the circumstances and won at the final whistle. Our next game is against St Patricks on the 3^rd June. The panel was: Charlie Gough, Oisin Brazil, Andrew Norris, Jack Kiely, Michael Walsh, Fergie Slevin, Charlie Treen, Jack McGrath, Rian Cosgrave, Seanie Callaghan, Rory Tyrell, Tomás Nee, Conor Bohane, Aidan Higgins, Eoin Kiely, Mark McCarthy, Edmond Spratt and Eddie Phelan.

Under 10

Our Under 10 hurling team played a friendly match against An Rinn on Wednesday night last and against Lismore on Monday night last in preparation for the annual Ballyduff Upper blitz which takes place on Friday night next.

Underage Academy - “Mini” All-Ireland Hurling Series

Our “Mini” All-Ireland Hurling Series for U8 & U9 got underway on Saturday morning last at the club grounds. We played a total of six (6) games in the fabulous May sunshine. In Round 1, there was wins for Kilkenny over Dublin, Clare over Tipperary & Galway over Limerick. In Round 2, there was a draw between Dublin & Tipperary, who each scored five goals. Kilkenny recorded their 2^nd win, when they beat Galway, whilst Clare & Limerick, played an exciting draw with a score of four (4) goals each. We will feature a number of games each week & this week, we watched Dublin play Kilkenny & Tipperary.

Dublin versus Kilkenny - Kilkenny made a great start, they were first to score, & with strong performances from Tomas Barrett & Jonathan Tutty, and they quickly built up a halt-time lead of two goals to one. Dublin responded well, with James O’Donnell scoring & who it must be said, was extremely unlucky not to have bagged 3 or 4 goals in the game. Darragh Mansfield stretched the lead for Kilkenny with a fine goal; however further Kilkenny scores were hard earned against a Dublin defence led by Conor Byrne & Caolan Barrett.Kilkenny finished stronger & closed out the game with a two goal advantage, with Sean Kiely & Jack Hurney playing well through-out the game for the winners. Kilkenny go into next week’s games as firm favourites & will be looking to Eoin Hackett, Simon Power & Jake Drummey to keep up the high work rates they put in against Dublin.

Tipperary versus Dublin - This was a very even game, ending five goals each. Either team could have taken the honours however a draw was the fairest result. Louis Simms & Jack Fischer were outstanding for Dublin & never stopped working. Kaelen Barry & Archie Mattiuzzi were very influential for Tipperary, who also had Matthew Walsh, Rian Keohan & Diuran Norris playing well. Tipperary led at half time by two goals to one. It could have been a Tipperary win, only for some excellent saves from Andrew Duggan in the Dublin goal. Charlie Burns raised a number of green flags for Tipperary, who also had good performers in Colm Poland & Oisin Navin.

This week’s games will be as follows:-

Round 3

Dublin (v) Limerick

Clare (v) Galway

Kilkenny (v) Tipperary

Round 4

Dublin (v) Clare

Galway (v) Tipperary

Kilkenny (v) Limerick

Come along

If you are between the ages of 7 & 9 & would like to participate in the Mini All-Ireland League, please come out to the club grounds on Saturday morning & you will get a game.

Kelloggs Cúl Camp

Our camp for the Kelloggs Cúl Camp this year is from the 4^th to the 8^th July. This is always a great camp and we always have big numbers attending. To book your place on this camp you can do so online on www.kelloggsculcamps.gaa.ie.

Bag Pack

The juvenile club are holding their annual bag pack fundraiser on Thursday 2^nd, Friday 3^rd and Saturday 4^th June in Garveys SuperValu. This fundraiser is vital to raise adequate funding for the juvenile club and all parents are asked to help out volunteering their time. We respectfully ask parents to volunteer two hours on any one of these days to achieve a successful outcome. Please contact our juvenile secretary Audrey on 087 (6987388) if you would be willing to help. All help would be very much appreciated. Thank you.

Camogie Notes - 25th May

U14

On Saturday last we hosted a Camogie Féile blitz where we hosted teams from Slieverue, Castlelyons, Tramore & Dungarvan. The day began at 12:30 with all games following the Féile rules, all teams played 4 games of 30 minutes each. The whole day was coordinated by Fiona Morrissey with assistance from Sarah. Thanks to the 3 referees Timmy, Dominic & Sean. Thanks to the ladies who kept us all sustained throughout the days and especially to young Aoibhinn who kept the kitchen in tip top condition all day long. This was a great experience for the girls.

On Tuesday evening last we travelled to Ring to play Ring for the second time in the championship the girls played their hearts out in what can only be described as atrocious conditions. On Thursday evening next we travel to Cappoquin to play Cappoquin all girls to be in Cappoquin for 6:20 this is a rescheduled fixture.

U10

Eddie travelled to St. Ann's with the U10s on Saturday morning. A great morning was had by the girls in brilliant sunshine.

U6 - U10 Training

Training continues on Friday evening from 6:00 to 7:00pm.

Western U13 Division 1 Football Champions

Well done to our U13 players and management on their fantastic 4-4 to 0-5 win over St. Pat's in this morning's Western Division 1 Football Final played at Fraher Field. This victory secured a two-in-a-row and fourth in five years of divisional titles at this grade.

U13 Western Football Champions, 2016

County U16 Division 1 Football Champions

Congratulations to our U16 players and management team on their excellent 0-13 to 1-2 victory over De La Salle in the County U16 Division 1 Football Final played at Walsh Park this morning. This win sees us retain the title won last year and is the third victory in four years at this grade.

Photo of the Week

Western & County Minor 'A' Hurling & Football Champions, 2003

Back Row (L to R): Bernard Gorman, Stephen Power, Cian Moloney, Brian Scanlon, Eoin Enright, Peter Phelan, Michael Browne, Mark Gorman, Philip Wade, Daryl Ryan, Kelvin Brady.

Middle Row (L to R): Jim O'Mahony, Shane Donnelly, Jason O'Brien, Eddie Casey, Patrick Hurney, Ronan Fleming, John Kindregan, John Gorman, Cillian Barry, Anthony Whelan, Eoin Brackett, Seamie Murray, Pajo Lanigan, Paudie Donnelly.

Front Row (L to R): Declan Byrne, Joey Mullen, Séamus Shields, Mark Fives, Simon Hanrahan, Patrick Lynch, Richie Foley, Tiernan Murray, Mark Ferncombe, John Cosgrave.

This week's photo comes from the club social of 2004 and shows the Minor Hurling and Football panels that won the Western and County Titles the previous year. This was the third time in the club's history that the Minor Double was completed and the first since 1976.

Club Notes - 18th May

Jack The Joker

No. Drawn - 23

Our ever popular Jack the Joker fundraiser continues this Sunday night in Alice O’Connors where the jackpot is €5,200 as on Sunday night last Kay O’Connor was drawn out of the drum and chose card number 23, which when turned was not the Joker though she did win €50. Noah Landers and Bridget Kiely 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, Abbeyside Post Office and Crotty’s Corner Bar.

Junior Hurling

Our Junior B Hurlers will play their first match in the championship this Saturday when they play Shamrocks in Cappoquin at 7pm.

Senior Hurling

We played Roanmore on Friday night last in our first game of the County Championship in Kill. The team gave a very good performance on the night especially in the first half to emerge as six point winners. Our next game is against Cappoquin on the second weekend in June.

TEAM: S. ENRIGHT, J. DUGGAN, E. COLLINS, S. O’DONOVAN, C. PRUNTY, R. FOLEY, J. O’MAHONY, D. COLLINS, E. BERGIN, N. MONTGOMERY, J. HURNEY, S. DALY, M. FERNCOMBE, M. O’HALLORAN, P. HURNEY.

SUBS: M. GORMAN, S. CROTTY.

Munster Championship

If any member wishes to order tickets for the Waterford/Clare Munster Championship match they are asked to please let Jonathan O’Donovan know as soon as possible.

Booking of Pitches

As teams start back training over the next few weeks we remind all team managers that they must book the pitches/astro turf with Michael O’Donovan prior to training and also managers are asked to remember that the main pitch remains closed until further notice.

Club Bingo

Our club bingo will continue this Sunday night in the CBS Hall with a jackpot of €1550.

Sympathy

On behalf of all in the club we would like to send our sympathies to the family and many friends of the late Trevor Crotty, Dungarvan who passed away so tragically last week. Our thoughts and prayers are also with all the members of Dungarvan GAA Club as they come to terms with the untimely passing of another of their valued playing members.

Juvenile Notes - 18th May

Under 11

On Monday May 9th we played our second game in the Town & Country League when we headed to Blackwater Community School in Lismore. On a wet & miserable night we came up short against a good Lismore side. Then on Saturday May 14th we headed back to the same venue when we were invited to participate in the Ber Ryan Memorial Tournament held annually for U11's. First up we played St. Mary's of Clonmel and with the last puck off the game Mary's got a 'lucky' goal to win by that score. After a break we played Bride Rovers of Cork and after a poor first half we got going in the second half to lose out by a couple of points in the end. Big well done to the boys who played on the day. Thanks to Lismore for the invite & hospitality shown to us. The panel on the day was Conor Gough, Sean Queally, Jake Fitzgerald Drummey, Kieran Cosgrave, Billy O Connell, Daniel Morrissey, Jake O Donnell, Fionn Murchu, Cormac Dunne Fitz, Brian Callaghan, Darragh Cosgrave, Jack O Donovan.

Under 13 and 10

We played in the Under 13 Western semi final on Friday night last in football in Tallow versus Cois Brid. We achieved victory on the night and have set up a Western Final spot where we take on St Pats on Sunday next. We wish all involved well.

Meanwhile our Under 10 hurling team take on Ring tonight (Wednesday) in a challenge match.

Minor

Our minor football team take on near neighbours Dungarvan in the next round of the minor championship tomorrow night (Thursday). It would be fantastic to see a large Village turnout on the night.

Under 14

We played Ring on Wednesday night last in Ring in the last group game of the Under 14 Football Championship. On the night we came away with victory setting up a semi final match against Tramore which was to be played last night (Tuesday) in Tramore. At the time of going to print the result of this match was not known but will be included in next week’s notes.

Under 16

Our Under 16 football team played Gaultir last Tuesday night in the county semi final in terrible conditions. On the night we fought back well near the end to earn a replay. The replay was played in better conditions on Sunday morning last in Bunmahon where we came away with a comfortable enough victory. The county final will take place on Saturday morning next in Walsh Park against De Le Salle. Best wishes are extended to all involved.

Garveys

Garveys are currently doing a promotion where you get a voucher towards club gear if you spend €40. If anyone gets any of these vouchers we ask that you would hand them into Juvenile treasurer John Dillon or any coach.

Kellogs Cúl Camp

Our camp for the Kellogs Cúl Camp this year is from the 4^th to the 8^th July. This is always a great camp and we always have big numbers attending. To book your place on this camp you can do so online on www.kelloggsculcamps.gaa.ie .

Bag Pack

The juvenile club are holding their annual bag pack fundraiser on Thursday 2^nd, Friday 3^rd and Saturday 4^th June in Garveys Super value. This fundraiser is vital to raise adequate funding for the juvenile club and all parents are asked to help out volunteering their time. We respectfully ask parents to volunteer two hours on any one of these days to achieve a successful outcome. Please contact our juvenile secretary Audrey on 087 (6987388) if you would be willing to help. All help would be very much appreciated. Thank you.

Old Hurleys

The club would like to ask all parents if they have any old hurleys that they no longer use could they give them into any academy coach or to our equipment officer Sean Fischer. We would very much appreciate any hurleys regardless of age or condition. Thank you.

Mini All Ireland

Our 2016 Mini All-Ireland Hurling series involving our U8 & U9 hurlers kicks off next Saturday morning when we will play two rounds, commencing @ 1030hrs.The excitement has been building over the past number of weeks in anticipation of some great games of hurling. The teams are as follows:-

Dublin: Conor Byrne, Jack Fischer, Sean Kiely, Eoin Carroll, Nicky Fitzpatrick, James O'Donnell, Louis Simms, Callum Donnellan and Caolan Barrett.

Clare: Charlie Feeney, Phelim Tyrell, Joey Riordan, Fionnan Lonergan, Rian Burke, Aaron Walsh, Callum Tutty, Conor Dalton and Dan Hayes.

Galway: Oisin Power, Daniel O'Connor, John Dillon, Owen Morrissey, Caleb Egan-Walsh, Shane Enright, Cian Lacey, Sean Og Regan and AJ Hayes.

Kilkenny: Tomas Barrett, Simon Power, Padraig o Niadh, Eoin Hackett, Evan Walsh, Jack Hurney, Darragh Mansfield, Jonathan Tutty and Jake Cummins.

Tipperary: Matthew Walsh, Kaelen Barry, Archie Mattiuzzi, Charlie Burns, Oisin Navin, Colm Poland, Diuran Norris, Rian Keohan and Nathan Norris.

Limerick: Scott Collins, Elliott Henley, Adam Fitzpatrick, Alex Lubek, Fionn Kelly-Foley, Donal Rowe, Sean Murray, Cathal McGrath and Seoin Dowling.

The round 1 games are as follows Dublin v Kilkenny, Clare v Tipperary and Galway v Limerick. The round 2 games are as follows Dublin v Tipperary, Clare v Limerick and Galway v Kilkenny. The Mini Championship will be run off over four (4) wks. The 5 rounds plus play-offs will be played on the first three wks, culminating in the All-Ireland Finals on wk-4.The competition will be exclusively ground hurling, with only goals counting. Since the announcement of the Mini All-Ireland series was made, the U9 & U8 players have all been very busy practicing their ground hurling, with reports spreading of training sessions being conducted in the estates throughout the parish since last Saturday, with the clash of ash reverberating all around Abbeyside & Ballinroad. Will Kilkenny retain their title or will Clare build on the National League success? Could Limerick or Dublin finally make the big breakthrough, or will we see resurgence from the mid west with Galway or Limerick taking the honours? A full report on the six games of the Mini Ireland series, will appear in next week’s edition.

Camogie Notes - 18th May

U12

U12s travelled to Cappoquin on Saturday with Eddie, where they played Tallow, Cappoquin & Ring. With the sun shining down on them this was a great morning’s outing. These group of girls are getting stronger with every outing. Training continues on Friday evening from 6 – 7:00pm for this group.

U10

U10s are to travel to St. Anne’s on Saturday next for their second blitz this year. More details to follow via text during the week.

U14

U14s are away to Ring on Tuesday evening at 6:45. Girls to be in Ring for 6:20 Navy skorts to be worn.

Last Tuesday evening’s game against Cappoquin was postponed due to Cappoquin’s pitch being unplayable. This game has to be rescheduled at a later date.

Blitz

There will be an U14 Blitz next Saturday commencing at 12:30.

Golden Goal

Golden Goals are now on sale from our U14 panel. The money raised will be put towards the cost of hosting Féile.

New Field - Ball Stop Netting

Over the weekend, ball stop netting was erected behind the far end goal of our new field. Many thanks to 'Hiker' McGrath, Michael Briggs, Ian Kiely, Bernard Shields and Eddie Cashin for all their hard work. This is another great addition to our club facilities which we hope to enhance even further over the coming months and years.

County Senior Hurling Championship Group B Table

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

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	SD	Pts
1	Cappoquin	1	1	0	0	0-18	1-6	+9	2
2	Abbeyside	1	1	0	0	1-16	0-13	+6	2
3	Fourmilewater	1	1	0	0	2-11	0-16	+1	2
4	Mount Sion	1	0	0	1	0-16	2-11	-1	0
5	Roanmore	1	0	0	1	0-13	1-16	-6	0
6	Tallow	1	0	0	1	1-6	0-18	-9	0

Results:-      Abbeyside 1-16 Roanmore 0-13

Fourmilewater 2-11 Mount Sion 0-16

Cappoquin 0-18 Tallow 1-6

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 Senior Hurling Panel v Roanmore, 2014

Back Row (L to R): Eoin Bergin, Ross Dunford, Jack Duggan, Laurence Power, Patrick Lynch, Eoin Enright, Mark Ferncombe, Stephen Enright, Patrick Hurney, Gavin Breen, Gary Hurney, Michael O'Halloran, Seán Daly, Shane Briggs, Mark Gorman, Stephen Cliffe, Stephen O'Connor.

Front Row (L to R): John Power, Mark Fives, David Collins, Tiernan Murray, Shane O'Donovan, Brian Looby, Richie Foley, James O'Mahony, Seán O'Hare, Maurice Power, John Hurney, Conor Prunty, Evan Collins.

Last night, Abbeyside began it's County Senior Hurling Championship campaign for 2016 with a 1-16 to 0-13 victory over Roanmore at Kill. This week's photo brings us back two years and the last time we met the city men at the same venue. A tough encounter saw us emerge victorious on a scoreline of 1-20 to 2-12, thereby securing qualification for the knock-out stages of the championship.

Club Notes - 11th May

Jack The Joker

No. Drawn - 53

Our ever popular Jack the Joker fundraiser continues this Sunday night in Alice O’Connor’s where the jackpot is €5,000 as on Sunday night last the Cosgrave family was drawn out of the drum and chose card number 53, which when turned was not the Joker though they did win €50. Colm O’Hare and David Terry 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, Abbeyside Post Office and Crotty’s Corner Bar.

Junior B Hurling

Our Junior B Hurlers begin their championship campaign this Sunday at 12 noon when they take on Geraldines in Dungarvan Club Grounds.

Senior Hurling

We play Roanmore this Friday night in our first game of the County Championship in Kill at 7:30 pm.

Booking of Pitches

As teams start back training over the next few weeks we remind all team managers that they must book the pitches/astro turf with Michael O’Donovan prior to training and also managers are asked to remember that the main pitch remains closed until further notice.

Club Bingo

Our club bingo will continue this Sunday night in the CBS Hall with a jackpot of €1500.

Juvenile Notes - 11th May

U12 Hurling

Our U12s travelled to Tallow to take on Cois Bhride in the third round of the Town and Country League. The lads played very well throughout the game and won at the end. A special thanks must go to Neil Moore who refereed the game at the last moment. Our next match is against An Rinn in 2 weeks time. The panel was: Charlie Gough, Oisin Brazil, Andrew Norris,Jack Kiely, Michael Walsh, Fergie Slevin, Charlie Treen, Jack McGrath, Rian Cosgrave, Seanie Callaghan, Rory Tyrell, Tomas Nee, Conor Bohane and Aidan Higgins.

Minor Football

Our minor football team took on Clashmore/Kinselbeg in their latest round of the Minor Football County Championship. After an impressive display throughout our lads came away with victory in the end. Our next match up here is pencilled in for the 19^th of May.

Under 16

Our U16 football team were due to play in the county semi final at home to Gaultir last night (Tuesday) at 7pm. At the time of going to print the result of this match was not known but will be included in next week’s notes.

Under 13 and 10

Our Under13 football team are due to play in the western semi final this week against Cois Brid. The time of this game and date can be gotten from either the players involved or the management team. Everyone wishes all the players involved the very best of luck.

The Under 10 team were due to play a hurling blitz in Carriganore last Saturday morning but due to poor weather the blitz had to be cancelled but will be run off at a later date.

Under 14 and Féile

The Under 14 team play their last league game away to Ring tonight (Wednesday). A full report on this match will be available next week. Meanwhile Féile preparations are going really well at present with the date of the event very fast approaching. All credit must go to the committee that was formed for this event and everyone who is involved in the project in any small way. We will be launching a Golden Goal for the Waterford versus Clare championship match shortly and all support would be greatly appreciated.

Kelloggs Cúl Camp

Our camp for the Kelloggs Cúl Camp this year is from the 4^th to the 8^th July. This is always a great camp and we always have big numbers attending. To book your place on this camp you can do so online on www.kelloggsculcamps.gaa.ie.

Bag Pack

The juvenile club are holding their annual bag pack fundraiser on Thursday 2^nd, Friday 3^rd and Saturday 4^th June in Garveys SuperValu. This fundraiser is vital to raise adequate funding for the juvenile club and all parents are asked to help out volunteering their time. We respectfully ask parents to volunteer two hours on any one of these days to achieve a successful outcome. Please contact our juvenile secretary Audrey on 087 (6987388) if you would be willing to help. All help would be very much appreciated. Thank you.

Facebook for Féile

You can now check out the new Facebook page Abbeyside/Ballinacourty and Camogie Féile 2016 for updates on the upcoming feile news. A big thank you must go to Sharon Kiely for setting this up.

Membership

We would ask all parents who have not yet paid the membership to do so as soon as possible for insurance reasons.

Underage Hurling

Our weekly juvenile training sessions for five to nine year olds continues this Saturday morning between 10.30 and 11.30. We had another big number out last Saturday morning for hurling and football sessions and hopefully this will continue.

Old Hurleys

The club would like to ask all parents if they have any old hurleys that they no longer use could they give them into any academy coach or to our equipment officer Sean Fischer. We would very much appreciate any hurleys regardless of age or condition. Thank you.