Club Notes - 29th June

Jack The Joker

No. Drawn - 20

Our ever popular Jack the Joker fundraiser continues this Sunday night in Alice O’Connors where the jackpot is €6,400 as on Sunday night last Neil Moore was drawn out of the drum and chose card number 20, which when turned was not the Joker though he did win €50. Chris Morrissey and Kitty Morley 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.

Intermediate Football

On Saturday night last our Intermediate Football recorded a very good win in their fourth game of the Western Championship when they defeated Geraldines in Bushy Park thanks to a very good display of football. After suffering a big defeat in the first game of the championship the team have bounced back very well and a victory over Dungarvan this Friday night would guarantee that we qualify for the knock out stages of the championship.

TEAM: R. RYAN, G. BREEN, M. LAVAN, D. HENLEY, N. DEE, J. ELSTED, J. RYAN, L. HURNEY, J. BERESFORD, E. ENRIGHT, M. GORMAN, A. O’CONNOR, E. KIELY, J. O’BRIEN, T. MURRAY.

Junior Football

We were defeated by Shamrocks in the Western Junior Football Championship on Sunday morning last in Ardmore. Whilst it was unfortunate to lose the match the team can be very proud of the performance that they gave on the day. This Saturday night they play Tallow at 7:30 in Cappoquin.

Senior Hurling League

We play Cappoquin this Saturday night at 7:30 in Abbeyside in the Sargent Cup.

Hooli Long Puck

Following Waterford’s great win over Clare last Sunday the weekend of the Munster Final in July is sure to be full of excitement as hurling fans look forward to what will surely be a cracker of a game. Why not get into the spirit of the weekend by taking part in the first Hooli Long Puck in Dungarvan GAA Grounds on Saturday July 9^th, which is in aid of the Kevin Bell Repatriation Trust. Held in remembrance of the late David Hoolihan it promises to be a great success with entry forms available in Alice O’Connors and entrance is €10 per person. That night there will be the prize giving ceremony and raffle with wonderful prizes held in Lawlors Hotel, which should help get everyone in the form for the Munster Final the following day. For further information contact Michael O’Halloran.

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 €1,850.

Juvenile Notes - 29th June

Under 11

The U11's were due to play their last Town & Country match against Fourmilewater on Friday 24th last at the Mill Field, but at the request of FMW this game will now ahead in Abbeyside on Sunday morning the 3rd at 11am. We had a good run out with the U12's last week and hope to do it a few more times this year. Training goes ahead this Friday 6-7pm.

Under 14

Hurling for this age group continues at the pitch every Monday and Wednesday evenings in preparation for the championship.

Flag Day

If you would be interested in helping out with our flag day this weekend please contact club committee member Damien Cliffe. This is a vital fundraising weekend for the club so all help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Best of Luck

Best of luck goes to two clubmen who tonight (Wednesday) play for the Waterford minor hurling team in the Munster semi final in Walsh Park against Limerick. The two representatives we have are Darragh McGrath and Neil Montgomery. We wish these two and their colleagues well and hopefully they can qualify for a Munster Final.

Under 10

Our Under 10 football team play the last round of their football blitz in Ballinameela tonight (Wednesday) and play a hurling challenge on this Saturday morning against Ballybacon/Grange. Hopefully the lads will do themselves justice in these matches as they have been training really hard of late.

Under 16

We play the first round of our Under 16 hurling championship at home to Passage at 12 o clock on Sunday morning the 3^rd July.

Congratulations also to Michael Kiely on winning the County Under 16 Poc Fada last week and now goes on to The Burren to represent his club and county in the Munster final. This Saturday 2^nd July and all in the club wish Michael the very best of luck.

Kelloggs 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.

Academy

Our academy training sessions will continue this Saturday morning for players between under 5 and under 10 at the club grounds between 10.30 and 11.30.

Hurling on the Green - 2016

HOTG is back in 2016 & coming to a green near you very soon. The committee are currently finalising plans for this year’s HOTG, which will run in July & August. More details over the coming weeks.

Club Notes - 22nd June

Féile

Pride of place this week undoubtedly has to go to all the members who helped out in any way to make the Féile last weekend such a resounding success. It was plain to see that a huge amount of work had gone into preparing for the weekend and all those involved can be extremely proud of how the weekend went as all the visitors to our grounds from Laois, Mayo, Meath and Tipperary were full of praise for how well the pitches looked and how professionally things were run in the field. On the field our young team played some wonderful hurling in all of their games, before being knocked in the semi final by JK Brackens of Tipperary, in a game where the referee certainly proved the theory of the “home” team getting all the decisions. Whilst losing in such a manner is a tough experience for any team, the happy memories and the friendships which were formed, will hopefully be the things that the team will remember in the years to come. Off the field there were also some great friendships formed between ourselves and members of our visiting teams, especially after Friday night’s enjoyable gathering in Alice O’Connor’s. Once again well done, to all our hardworking committee, on a job truly well done.

Jack The Joker

No. Drawn - 1

Our ever popular Jack the Joker fundraiser continues this Sunday night in Alice O’Connors where the jackpot is €6,200 as on Monday night last Darragh Cosgrave was drawn out of the drum and chose card number 1, which when turned was not the Joker though he did win €50. Liam Briggs and Maria O’Sullivan 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.

Intermediate Football

This Saturday night our Intermediate Football team will play their fourth game of the Western Championship when they play Geraldines in Bushy Park at 7:30pm

Junior Football

We play Shamrocks this Sunday at 2pm in Ardmore in the Western Championship.

Munster Final Tickets

Any member who wishes to order tickets for the Munster Hurling Final is asked to have their order with Jonathan O’Donovan by this Sunday night at 7pm.

Hooli Long Puck

Following Waterford’s great win over Clare last the weekend of the Munster Final in July is sure to be full of excitement as hurling fans look forward to what will surely be a cracker of a game. Why not get into the spirit of the weekend by taking part in the first Hooli Long Puck in Dungarvan GAA Grounds on Saturday July 9^th, which is in aid of the Kevin Bell Repatriation Trust. Held in remembrance of the late David Hoolihan it promises to be a great success with entry forms available in Alice O’Connor’s and entrance is €10 per person. That night there will be the prize giving ceremony and raffle with wonderful prizes held in Lawlors Hotel, which should help get everyone in the form for the Munster Final the following day. For further information contact Michael O’Halloran.

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 €1,800.

Juvenile Notes - 22nd June

Féile: A Fabulous Weekend of Hurling and Hospitality

Last weekend saw the club hosting a Féile team for the first time since 1997, and it is fair to say that the club certainly did itself proud, as the club grounds never looked so well with everything running like clockwork all weekend. We welcomed Abbeyleix of Laois to Abbeyside and thank you to everyone in the club who helped out in any way, to make this a very enjoyable and successful weekend, with our visitors leaving with some great memories of the club and parish.

The grounds looked extremely well with both pitches in great condition for hurling and camoige, with a special thanks to the Community Employment team and our Chairman who oversaw these works leading up to the weekend.

On the hurling side of things our lads played extremely well over the weekend, beating Trim, Lismore and our visitors Abbeyleix, and St Marys of Clonmel to reach the semi final on Saturday evening. We played JK Brackens from Templemore in Cahir and due to some absolutely crazy decisions by the referee we lost out by a single point. Our players were very upset at the end of the game and rightly so, as it was not a fair way for this team to be finished in the tournament and they would have relished another close encounter with Abbeyleix who went on and won out the competition. Well done to them.

Our panel of players showed huge passion, skill and flair and can be extremely proud of the way they represented themselves and their club last weekend, and we have no doubt that that this bunch will have some great days ahead of them in the future once they stick together and put in the effort in training.

Results

Abbeyside 0-8 Trim 1-3

Abbeyside 2-9 Lismore 1-7

Abbeyside 2-5 Abbeyleix 1-7

Abbeyside 3-10 St Marys Clonmel 0-5

Abbeyside 2-6 JK Brackens 2-7

Panel of Players

Kevin Keoghan, Niall Buckley, Sean O’Sullivan, Sean Lanigan, Jamie Moylan, Daniel Treen, Daire Slevin, Alec Norris, Ben O’Donovan, Colin Foley, Eoin Flynn, Tony Dwyer, Tadgh Collins , DJ Kiely (Capt) , Jack Riordan , Kaylem Beresford, Ronan Foley, Rian Walsh, Joe Flynn, John Joe Quealy, William Beresford, Oisin O Riordan, Conor Kent, Louis Campbell, Adam Carroll Lawlor and Cathal Cosgrave.

A special thanks to the Féile committee for all their work which started last December and a special thanks to our sponsors Garveys, Eurospar, Irish Pride, Fay Milk and our main sponsor, Alice O’Connor’s.

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.

Academy

Our academy training sessions will return this Saturday morning for players between Under 5 and Under 10 at the club grounds between 10.30 and 11.30.

Under 10

Our Under 10 hurling team had a challenge match against Gowran of Kilkenny on Saturday morning last in Kilkenny. This was a tough game for the lads against a team who have produced the likes of Kilkenny hurler DJ Carey over the years. On the morning the lads played with tremendous spirit and a great morning was had by all involved. Former All Ireland winning player Pat O Neill was the manager of Gowran and refereed the game and gave our lads plenty of great advice throughout the match. We also would like to thank Pat as he agreed to come up to Abbeyside sometime over the summer months to do a morning coaching with our players. We look forward to that morning immensely.

Hurling on the Green - 2016

HOTG is back in 2016 & coming to a green near you very soon. The committee are currently finalising plans for this year’s HOTG, which will run in July & August. More details over the coming weeks.

Michael Kiely - U16 County Poc Fada Champion

Congratulations to Michael Kiely who won the U16 County Poc Fada title in the Mahon Falls on Monday night last. Michael will now go on to represent the club and county in the Munster Final on Saturday, 2nd July in the Michael Cusack Centre in the Burren, Co. Clare. All in Abbeyside / Ballinacourty wish Michael the best of luck in the provincial decider.

Michael Kiely, U16 County Poc Fada Champion, 2016

L to R: Eoin Breathnach, Waterford GAA Coaching and Games Committee, Michael Kiely, U16 County Poc Fada Champion and Ciarán Ó Mathúna, An Ghaeltacht, Runner Up.

Féile Photos

Below are a selection of photos of the preparations, games and BBQ which formed part of a very successful Féile na nGael festival which we hosted over the weekend. Munster Council Chairman, Jerry O'Sullivan paid us a visit on Saturday afternoon and was very complimentary of our grounds and organisation of the event. Many thanks to Audrey Hallahan for these photos which are a terrific record of a hugely enjoyable occasion.