County Senior Football Championship Group B Table

This is the league table after the latest games in Ballinacourty’s County Senior Football Championship Group.

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	SD	Pts
1	An Rinn	3	2	1	0	7-34	2-28	+21	5
2	Ardmore	3	2	0	1	7-25	3-40	-3	4
3	Ballinacourty	3	1	1	1	3-36	4-25	+8	3
4	Nire	1	1	0	0	4-16	1-7	+18	2
5	Gaultier	4	1	0	3	2-42	10-43	-25	2
6	St. Saviour’s	4	1	0	3	5-34	8-44	-19	2

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.

Conor Prunty - Munster U21 Hurling Champion

Congratulations to Conor Prunty and all the Waterford team and management on their magnificent 2-19 to 0-15 victory over Tipperary in the Munster U21 Hurling Final at Walsh Park last night. Conor becomes only the third Abbeyside man to win provincial honours at this level following Micheál Ó Floinn in 1974 and Dwain Moore twenty years later in 1994.

Club Notes - 27th July

Jack The Joker

No. Drawn - 41

Our ever popular Jack the Joker fundraiser continues this Sunday night in Alice O’Connor’s where the jackpot is €7,200 as on Monday night Philip and Nicole Cliffe were drawn out of the drum and chose card number 41, which when turned was not the Joker though they did win €50. Nora Walsh and Larry Cliffe 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.

Under 21 Hurling

On behalf of all in the club we would like to wish Conor Prunty and all the County Under 21 hurlers the best of luck ahead of tonight’s Munster Final against Tipperary in Walsh Park.

Junior Football

On Friday night last we played Lismore in Cappoquin in our final game of the league section of the championship.  As in all our games in this Championship the team put in a great performance but just came up short of victory. We will now play Collligan in the quarter final of the championship.

Senior Football

We play Ardmore this Saturday night in our third game of the County Championship in Fraher Field at 7:30pm.

All Ireland Semi Final

Any member who wishes to order tickets for the All Ireland Semi Final against Kilkenny is asked to let Jonathan O’Donovan know by this Friday at 6pm.

Summer Camp

Following on the huge success of the Cúl Camps at the start of July we are delighted to say that there will be another camp in our club in August. Organised by our own Michael O’Halloran the 4 day camps run from August 9^th to 12^th and 16^th to 19^th with the camps running from 10 am to 2pm daily. With coaching from county players Colin Dunford, Brian O’Halloran, Thomas Ryan and Fiona Morrissey the camps promise to be action packed, and further details can be got from Michael O’Halloran at 087 7712745 or Eoin Enright at 087 0900727.

Club Bingo

Our club bingo will continue this Sunday night, but it sees a change of venue to The Park Hotel with a jackpot of €2,050.

Juvenile Notes - 27th July

Hurling on the Green

Cruchan, River Lane & Waters Edge hosted our 2nd HOTG session of 2016 on Wed last 20^th July. We had some brilliant sunshine and a big turnout of children, in addition to lots of residents who came out to witness the event.

Special guest on the evening was Caoimhe McGrath, a member of the Waterford Ladies football team. Caoimhe has progressed through our underage structures to emerge as a key member of the ladies football team and also is an accomplished camogie player.

Thanks to the residents & everyone who contributed to making the event such a success and to Eoin Breathnach, Waterford GAA Games Development Officer, who was on hand to support the event.

This week we are heading to McCarthyville on Thursday next 28^th July.  This session covers McCarthyville, Murphy Place, Kyne Park, The Hermitage, Park Lane, Sea Park & surrounding areas. Registration commences at 6:30pm, with activities running from 7 to 8 pm.

Our 4^th session will be held in Páirc Na mBláth, Ballinroad on Wed 3^rd August.

If you enjoyed HOTG, and wish to play more Hurling, Football or Camogie, you are welcome to come along to our Academy sessions on Saturday morning from 10:30 to 11:30 and camogie on Friday evenings from 6pm. New members are always welcome at our Academy sessions.

'Hurling on the Green' at Cruachán

Minor

Our minor hurling team started their county championship on Wednesday night last week against a very strong De Le Salle team. On the night it was the city team who came away with a comprehensive victory. The lads now have to pick themselves up and were due to be in action in their second game on Monday night last at home to Clonea. At the time of going to print the result of this match was not available but will be included in next week’s notes.

Under 15

Our Under 15 hurling team begin their championship on Saturday next at home to Mount Sion at 3 pm.

Under 14

Our Under 14 hurling team began their county championship on Tuesday night of last week at home to a strong Mount Sion team. On the night the lads hurled well and came away with a draw. Training continues every Monday and Wednesday night at the club grounds.

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.

Under 13

Our Under 13 hurling team were due to play the latest round of their western championship on Monday night last against Cois Brid. At the time of going to print the result of this match was not available but will be included in next week’s notes.

Under 10

Our Under 10 team took on the Brickies in a challenge game over the last week. This group train very hard and seem to be improving with each outing.

Club Notes - 20th July

Jack The Joker

No. Drawn - 21

Our ever popular Jack the Joker fundraiser continues this Sunday night in Alice O’Connors where the jackpot is €7,000 as on Sunday night last Tom Walsh was drawn out of the drum and chose card number 21, which when turned was not the Joker though he did win €50. Thomas Kiely and Timmy Organ 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 Crottys Corner Bar.

Under 21 Hurling

On Wednesday night last the County Under 21 hurlers recorded a fantastic win over Clare in Walsh Park in the Munster Semi Final where Conor Prunty played very well in the half back line. We wish Conor and all the team the very best of luck ahead of next week’s Munster Final against Tipperary again in Walsh Park.

Welcome Home

On behalf of all in the club we would like to welcome Fr Colin Fives home for his annual holidays from the missions in Nigeria. We hope Fr Colin enjoys his break and of course gets to see plenty of wins for the club and Waterford while he is home.

Junior Football

On Friday night last we played  Affane in Bushy Park  in the Western Championship and despite putting in a very brave performance we were defeated by the minimum margin.

Club Bingo

Our club bingo will continue this Sunday night, but it sees a change of venue to The Park Hotel with a jackpot of €2,000.

Juvenile Notes - 20th July

U12 Hurling

Our U12 hurling team travelled up to Lismore for the Pat Montayne Tournament. Firstly we played Cois Bhríde. It was a close game with our opponents leading at half time, we started playing better in the second half and ended up close winners.

In our second match we played St Mary's of Clonmel. It was a great match with incredible scores coming from either end. We had a small lead at half time and managed to keep the advantage and end up winners by a very small margin.

In our 3^rd game we played Lismore. We did not perform at all and ended up losers by a couple of points.

In the final we played Lismore in a rematch of our 3^rd game and it was a much tighter affair with the lads ending up very close winners at the final whistle. Well done to all involved and the panel on the day was: Rian Cosgrave, Jack McGrath, Rory Tyrell, Seánie Callaghan, Michael Walsh, Andrew Norris, Eddie Phelan Fergie Slevin, Charlie Gough, Edmond Sprat, Jack Kiely, Charlie Treen, Eddie Phelan, Dylan O'Regan and Tomás Nee.

Under 11

Sunday morning last we played De La Salle in a hurling challenge. The game was moved to Colligan because Abbeyside was hosting an inter county camogie blitz. We started off slowly but gradually got going and we lead by 2 points at half time with some fine point scoring. DLS improved in the 2nd half and with a couple of unfortunate scores conceded by us DLS won the match. Thanks to Colligan for making their pitch available to us, Ruairí for refereeing and DLS for agreeing to travel to Colligan. Panel on the morning was: Sean Walsh, Kieran Cosgrave, Jake Fitz-Drummey, Aodhán Barrett, Cormac Dunne-Fitz, Cathal Sweeney, Jamie Mulcahy, Daniel Morrisey, Jake O Donnell, Jack O Donovan, Darragh Walsh, Conor Gough, Brian Callaghan, Billy O Donnell, Darragh Cosgrave, Sean Queally. We start the Town and Country Football League soon. Our first game against Youghal is off sadly with the Cork team unable to field. Training continues Fridays 6pm till 7pm.

HOTG

Tournore Park hosted our 1^st HOTG session of 2016 on Tuesday last 12^th July. We had a big turnout of children and everyone really enjoyed the activities run by the coaches.

Special guest on the evening was Neil Montgomery, a member of our senior hurling team and county minor hurler in 2016. Neil is a graduate of our Saturday Academy and really made a big impression on the evening.

Thanks to the residents and everyone who contributed to making the event such a success.

This week we are eagerly looking forward to visiting Cruchan, River Lane & Waters Edge on Wednesday next 20^th July. Registration commences at 6.30pm, with activities running from 7 to 8 pm

Our session scheduled for McCarthyville, covering Murphy Place, Kyne Park, The Hermitage, and Park Lane & Seapark has been switched to Thursday 28^th July to avoid clashing with the Munster U21 Hurling Final.

Our 4^th session will be held in Páirc na mBláth, Ballinroad on Wed 3^rd August,

If you enjoyed HOTG & wish to play more Hurling, Football or Camogie, you are welcome to come along to our Academy sessions on Saturday morning from 1030hrs to 1130hrs & Camogie on Friday evenings from 6pm.

Cul Camps

Well done to all who attended the Cul Camps that were run in our club last week. Great numbers were achieved with more than 120 children taking part. This was an excellently run camp and all the children who took part enjoyed the experience immensely. We would like to thank the Waterford Games and Development Committee for making this camp the success it was.

Under 13

Our Under 13 hurling team took on near neighbours Dungarvan on Monday night of last week. On the night the lads put an impressive performance together to end up winners. Well done to all.

Under 16

Our Under 16 hurling team played their first round of the Under 16 Hurling Championship on Tuesday night last away to a very strong Ballygunner side. On the night it was the city side that came away victorious on a scoreline of 3-18 to 1-16. Our next match here is against Roanmore on the 3^rd August.

Minor

Hard luck goes to our minor football team who on Monday night of last week lost the County Final to Gaultir at Walsh Park. On the night our lads never really got going and a goal in either half by the city side separated the teams at the finish. The final score line was 2-3 to 8 points. Despite losing the club are proud of every single one of the lads who togged out on the night because despite defeat they never stopped trying till the final whistle. These lads day will come again. They now move their attention to hurling with the first round of the county championship taking place tonight (Wednesday) at 7.30 against De Le Salle. We wish all involved the very best of luck.

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.

Under 14

Under 14 hurling training continues every Monday and Wednesday night at the club grounds. They were also due to play in the Under 14 hurling championship last night (Tuesday) against Mount Sion at home. At the time of going to print the result of this match was not available but will be included in next week’s notes.

County Minor Football Final Photos

Below are photos of the County Minor Football Division 1 Final played at Walsh Park recently. Many thanks to Seán Byrne Photography for the pictures.

Club Notes - 13th July

Jack The Joker

No. Drawn - 22

Our ever popular Jack the Joker fundraiser continues this Sunday night in Alice O’Connors where the jackpot is €6,800 as on Monday night last John Gorman was drawn out of the drum and chose card number 22, which when turned was not the Joker though he did win €50. Niamh Briggs and Kevin Hally 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.

Senior Hurling League

Our Senior Hurlers played out a draw with Roanmore in their latest game of the Sargent Cup on Friday night last.

Senior Football

On Saturday night last our Senior Footballers were defeated by Clashmore in the Phelan Cup.

Junior Hurling

Our Junior Hurlers had mixed fortunes in their games last week. Firstly on Thursday evening our Junior A side defeated Kilgobnet in Fraher Field, but unfortunately on Friday night our Junior B team lost out to a strong Kilrossanty side again in Fraher Field.

Junior Football

This Friday night we play Affane in Bushy Park at 7:30 in the Western Championship.

All Ireland Quarter Final

If any member wishes to order tickets for the All Ireland Quarter Final they should let Jonathan O’Donovan know by this Friday evening.

Hooli Long Puck

The inaugural Hooli Long Puck went ahead last weekend and despite the weather not being too cooperative it proved to be an outstanding success and great credit must go to the organising committee and all in Dungarvan GAA Club for the huge amount of work they put into the day which helped raise funds for a truly great cause.

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, but it sees a change of venue to The Park Hotel with a jackpot of €1,950.

Juvenile Notes - 13th July

Primary Game

Well done to Rian Walsh who represented Waterford in the Primary Game on Sunday last in Limerick. On a day where all did not run smoothly for our senior team, Rian represented his club, family and county with pride. This was a wonderful achievement for this very talented player and hopefully it will be the first of many big Munster championship matches for the player.

Under 16

We were due to play our first championship match in the Under 16 Hurling Championship last night (Tuesday) against Ballygunner. At the time of going to print the result of this match was not available but will be included in next week’s notes.

Under 14

Under 14 hurling training continues every Monday and Wednesday night at the club grounds.

Under 13

We played our first championship match in the Under 13 Hurling Championship on Monday night last against Dungarvan. At the time of print the result of this match was not available but will be included in next week’s notes.

Under 10

We took part in an Under 10 hurling blitz in Carriganore on Monday night of last week. We played some fantastic hurling throughout and came away with two wins and one defeat.

Minor

On Wednesday night last we took on neighbours Dungarvan in the county minor football semi final. Despite missing a few regulars the lads raised their efforts on the night to come away with victory. We have now set up a county final date which was due to be played on Monday night last against a strong Gaultir outfit. Again at the time of going to print the result of this match was not available but will be included in next week’s notes. We wish all the players and management involved well in their pursuit of victory.

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

The summer holidays have arrived, so that means it is time for “Hurling on the Green”, the 2016 Edition. We really hope lots of children and their parents come out and have an action-packed fun evening during our annual community programme.

Our 2016 schedule commences on Tuesday the 12^th July in Tournore Court (inner green) covering Tournore Court, Tournore Park, Tournore Gardens, Cluain Garbháin, The Burgery, Sallybrook, White Strand, Monksfield and surrounding areas.

On Wednesday the 20^th July, the fun will occur in Cruachán/Riverlane. This session will cover Pinewood, Riverlane, Cruachán, Monang, Southways, Strandside and surrounding areas. 

Our 3^rd evening will be held on Wednesday the 27^th July in McCarthyville covering Kyne Park, Murphy Place, Seapark, The Hermitage and surrounding areas.

Our 4^th evening will be held in Ballinroad in Páirc na mBláth covering Kilminion, An Grianán, Knocknagranagh and surrounding areas.

Registration will open from 6.30pm each evening with fun and games commencing at 7pm. Each session will finish at 8pm sharp.

Club Notes - 6th July

Jack The Joker

No. Drawn - 36

Our ever popular Jack the Joker fundraiser continues this Sunday night in Alice O’Connors where the jackpot is €6,600 as on Sunday night last Ambrose O’Connell was drawn out of the drum and chose card number 36, which when turned was not the Joker though he did win €50. Michael Queally and Tony Brady 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 Friday night last our Intermediate Football played their last game of the group stages of the Western Championship against Dungarvan in Fraher Field. Despite playing very well for the hour it was our neighbours who emerged as winners, and we must now await results in other games to see if we have done enough to qualify for the knockout stages of the championship.

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

SUBS: C. McCARTHY, D. SWEENEY, C. O’DWYER.

Junior Football

We were defeated by Tallow in the group stages of the Western Championship on Saturday night last.

Senior Hurling League

Our Senior Hurlers recorded a comprehensive win over Cappoquin on Saturday night last in the Sargent Cup and this Friday night we travel to Roanmore to play the home side in the next round of the Sargent Cup.

Minor Football

We play Dungarvan tonight, Wednesday July 6^th at 7pm in Fraher Field in the County Semi Final.

Hooli Long Puck

As always this weekend being the weekend of the Munster Final 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 €1,900.

Juvenile Notes - 6th July

U12 Town & Country League

Our Under 12 team entertained Lismore at the club grounds for our final game in the Town & Country League. It was an enthralling encounter with both teams coming up with outstanding scores. Our boys played very well throughtout the game and ended up victorious at the final whistle. Our team was as follows: Rian Cosgrave, Eoin Kiely, Jack McGrath, Rory Tyrell, Seánie Callaghan, Michael Walsh, Andrew Norris, Charlie Gough, Jack Kiely, Charlie Treen, Conor Bohane, Oisín Brazil and Aidan Higgins. Well done to all involved.

Under 11

On a beautiful sunny Sunday morning last (July 3rd) in Abbeyside the U11's played their final Town & Country Hurling match against Fourmilewater. With two walkovers received, one win and one defeat, we wanted to finish with a victory and the boys duly obliged with probably their best performance for a long while when they beat a very strong Fourmile outfit and deservedly came away with the two points. Sean in goal made a couple of vital saves and with the strong defensive display from Jake F, Cathal, Jamie, Cormac & Kieran they kept the visitors chances to a minimum. Daniel and Jake O in midfield worked their socks off. Darragh W, Jack, Fionn, Brian & Darragh C caused their back line no end of trouble with a great forward line display. Conor, Ethan, Aodhan and Sam all played their part when introduced. Well done to all. Attention now turns to football but we'll have a couple of hurling challenges in the near future. Best wishes from us all to Sam Phelan who moves away this week. Sam made great progress when he joined the panel. Keep it up with your new club. Training continues Friday evenings 6 - 7pm.

Minor

Hard luck goes out to Darragh McGrath and Neil Montgomery who were part of the Waterford minor hurling team that lost out to Limerick in the Munster semi final in Walsh Park on Wednesday night last. Both did themselves proud throughout the course of the year.

Thank You

Thank you to anyone who helped out in any way with our flag days last weekend. This was a vital fundraiser and without help of parents and committee members this would not be possible to run.

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.

Under 16

Our Under 16 hurling team were due to play against Passage on Sunday morning last but this game was postponed at Passage’s request. This game will now have to be scheduled for a later date.

Under 10

Our Under 10 team played a football blitz in Ballinameela on Wednesday night last week. After some great football being played on the night our lads came away in third place overall. They were also due to play a hurling blitz last night (Tuesday) in Carriganore. At the time of going to print the results of this blitz were not available but will be included in next week’s notes.

Hurling on the Green - 2016

The summer holidays have arrived, so that means it is time for “Hurling on the Green”, the 2016 Edition. We really hope lots of children and their parents come out and have an action-packed fun evening during our annual community programme.

Our 2016 schedule commences on Tuesday the 12^th July in Tournore Court (inner green) covering Tournore Court, Tournore Park, Tournore Gardens, Cluain Garbháin, The Burgery, Sallybrook, White Strand, Monksfield and surrounding areas.

On Wednesday the 20^th July, the fun will occur in Cruachán/Riverlane. This session will cover Pinewood, Riverlane, Cruachán, Monang, Southways, Strandside and surrounding areas. 

Our 3^rd evening will be held on Wednesday the 27^th July in McCarthyville covering Kyne Park, Murphy Place, Seapark, The Hermitage and surrounding areas.

Our 4^th evening will be held in Ballinroad in Páirc na mBláth covering Kilminion, An Grianán, Knocknagranagh and surrounding areas.

Registration will open from 6.30pm each evening with fun and games commencing at 7pm. Each session will finish at 8pm sharp.