Under 13
The Under 13 Football County Final goes ahead this Saturday morning in
Walsh Park at 11:45 where we take on Gaultier. Please get down to the game and
show your support for the team.
Bag Pack
Sincere thanks are sent to those who volunteered for bag pack
at the weekend gone by, to those customers who supported us and to Garveys for
allowing us to host the event which was a great success and vital to raise
funds for our juvenile section.
Best
of Luck
All in the club would like to wish our Under 14 hurler Niall
Buckley all the best of luck when he participates in the All Ireland Hurling Skills
competition in Dublin representing Waterford on this Saturday coming.
Under
14
Our Under 14 team became the Western Football Champions on Saturday
of last week in the Fraher Field. This was a very hard fought win and certainly
a game of two halves with the Nire leading 2-2 to 0-2 at half time with Jack
Riordan and Daniel Treen trying hard to contain the Nire forwards. Our second
half performance was a truly excellent effort with our replacement corner backs
Oisin O Riordan and Sean Lanigan taking control and our brilliant full back Jamie
Moylan dominating that section of the field. Our forwards who started slowly, really
got on top and when Ben O’Donovan who received an excellent pass from DJ Kiely
burst through the defence and netted it was game on. Our goal keeper Kevin
Keoghan was really outstanding between the posts and stopped several goal
chances. We were winning possession all over the field with William Beresford
and Conor Kent playing well and our centre back Colin Foley who had a fine hour
providing great ball into the forwards, where Ben O’Donovan netted his second
goal. Our forwards Rian Walsh, Eoin
Flynn, Darragh Slevin, Niall Buckley and Tadgh Collins and substitutes Tony
Dwyer, Joe Flynn all now playing well and winning possession . Just before the
final whistle up stepped our midfielder DJ Kiely who had an excellent game to
kick a point and level the game which put it into extra time.
We started the extra time with some excellent play with our
other midfielder Alec Norris really getting on top in the middle of the field
and then substitute Adam Carroll Lawlor drove the ball into the top corner of
the net to give us a bit of breathing space.
With William Beresford now operating at full forward doing really well, we
battled hard for the final few minutes for a very deserving win with a score
line of 3-6 to 2-7. Our captain Colin
Foley received the trophy after the game. We would also like to wish James
Cowler the best of luck as he returns to the UK and has been a very good player
since he took up GAA only two years ago. Well
done to the entire panel, which also included John Joe Queally, Ronan Foley,
Sean Sullivan, Louis Campbell, Kaylem Beresford and Cathal Cosgrove.
The Under 14 Hurling Championship then threw in last Monday
night when we played Lismore at home. We were slow starting and were down 2-6
to 0-2 at half time but played well in the second half losing out by 2 points.
Our next game is away to Roanmore - result in next week’s notes. Féile is closing in fast with only a couple
of weeks left before this big weekend is here.
Under 11 Hurling
Huge thanks to Donnchadh
Dunne Electrical who has kindly sponsored a set of jerserys for the U11 team
this year. The boys will get to wear them for the first time in their upcoming
Town & Country match against Youghal, when the Cork team visit the Burgery
on Friday evening (June 10th) with throw in at 6:30pm. Report on the match in
next week’s notes.
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| U11 Jersey Presentation by Donncha Dunne Electrical Contractor |
Under 8
Our Under 8 team will
take part in a football blitz on Saturday morning (11th June) next
in the Gold Coast. Hopefully a great day out will be had by all.
Please Note
Please
note that there will not be any underage hurling training for academy players
on Saturday morning the 18th June due to the Féile taking place.
Kelloggs Cúl
Camp
Our
camp for the Kelloggs Cúl Camp this year is from the 4th to the 8th
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.
Underage Academy -
“Mini” All-Ireland Hurling Series
For
the 3rd week running we had glorious sunshine, with three exciting
and competitive games of hurling in round 5 of our “mini” All-Ireland hurling
series. There was a lot hinging on the results of each of the three games and
consequently, we had six (6) very eager teams battling for supremacy. Well done
to Jack Hurney, who for the 2nd wk in a row, had to correct our
score keeper, thanks Jack.
Clare (v) Kilkenny
Series
leaders Kilkenny clashed with Clare & it was the banner men who took the
honours, enabling them to finish level on points with the noresiders. Clare led
at half-time by 3 goals to 2, the main talking point of the game being the
clash of brothers Callum & Jonathan Tutty, who each battled sportingly for
every ball through-out the game. Rian Burke was in fine form for Clare,
contributing four goals, and just when it looked like Kilkenny would take the
advantage Charlie Feeney denied them a goal with a spectacular save. This was
the turning point of the game and Clare went on to take the honours, despite the
best efforts of the under strength Kilkenny men.
Galway (v) Dublin
Dublin
took the honours in this high scoring game,game Galway losing the services of
Oisin Power with a hand injury in the 1st half. The Galway men
re-doubled their efforts to make up for his loss, however it was not to be
& Dublin took the points. Caleb Egan Walsh & Owen Morrissey have to be
singled out for their work rate throughout the game.
Limerick (v)
Tipperary
Without
a doubt this was the hardest fought game of the three between these keenest of
rivals. The bank holiday week-end had a big impact on Limerick and they had to
draft in a guest player, Abigail Henley, who went on to have a stormer in goal
and without a doubt denied Tipp multiple goals. Tipp led siege on the
Shannon-siders goal through the 1st period; however they only
managed to raise one green flag from Matthew Walsh, whilst Nathan Norris had a
stand out game. The equaliser came from the hard working Cathal McGrath.
Kaelan
Barry scored their 2nd goal and this proved the decisive score.
Donal Rowe, Sean Murray, Adam Fitzpatrick, Elliot Henley & Seoin Dowling
deserve mention, as despite having fewer players than Tipp they battled gamely.
The Finals
The
All-Ireland finals will be played on Sunday 12th June, commencing at
3pm (Players to be at the venue for 2.20pm).
In
an amazing turn of events, it will be a repeat of this week’s pairings in the
three (3) finals.
Kilkenny
& Clare will battle for the Abbeyside Cup; Dublin & Galway will play
for the Ballinroad Cup, whilst the Garranbane Cup will go to the winners of
Tipperary & Limerick.
If
the last three weeks are any indicator, we will certainly be treated to three
exceptionally exciting and tight games of hurling – get there early or you miss
out.
Colours for the
final:
Galway,
Clare, & Tipperary will line out in the Abbeyside colours. In Waterford
colours for the day, will be Dublin, Kilkenny & Limerick.
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.
