Jack The Joker
Our ever popular Jack the Joker fundraiser continues this Sunday night
in Crotty’s Bar where the jackpot is €4,200 as on Sunday night Paddy King was
drawn out of the drum and chose card number 31 which wasn’t the Joker but he
did win €50. Pat Earley and Ken and Jim won €25 each. As well as our group of
ticket sellers tickets can be purchased from Village Flowers, Spar, Mousies
Takeaway, Minnies Bar, Abbeyside Post Office and Crottys Corner Bar.
Under
21 Hurling
Pride of place this week must go to our Under 21 hurling team
who captured the Western Title on Saturday night after putting in a great
performance against Dungarvan. Whilst our neighbours had a very good record in
this championship in recent years, heading into Saturday’s game, our young team
played with great character and showed no little skill from start to finish.
Great credit must go to both sets of players for serving up such an
entertaining game in extremely poor conditions as it looked like the heavy fog
was going to result in the game being cancelled at one stage. After that game
Brian Looby accepted the cup on behalf of the team and in a very eloquent
speech he thanked the management team for all the wonderful work they put into
preparing the team, the supporters for the great support they gave the team and
our opponents Dungarvan for a hard fought but fair match. Fittingly he paid a poignant
tribute to Mick Collins who was a selector with the team before his untimely
death earlier this year.
TEAM: L. POWER, C. McCARTHY, B. LOOBY, M. COLEMAN,
J. DUGGAN, C. PRUNTY, M. TWOMEY, J. ELSTED, D. McGRATH, N. MONTGOMERY, J. BERESFORD,
S. CLIFFE, E. KIELY, S. DALY, T. LOOBY.
SUBS: P. COLLINS, K. DWANE, S. WHELAN BARRETT, D. LOOBY.
We now look forward to the County Final this Sunday in Fraher
Field at 1:30 pm where our opponents are De La Salle. Interestingly it is 50
years since we won the very first County Under 21 Championship to be played in
Waterford, when in 1966 we also defeated De La Salle. We urge all our
supporters to please come along on Sunday and support the team as they attempt
to bring the Tony Mansfield Cup back to Abbeyside for the first time.
AGM
Our AGM took place on Friday night last in Abbeyside School Hall, where
before a good attendance the club activities on and off the field were
reviewed. Firstly Club Treasurer Packie Hurney presented an excellent set of
accounts, which if anything highlighted the huge amount of work that goes into
raising the money required to run a club of our size. The costs associated with
running a club fielding 6 adult teams and so many juvenile teams continue to
rise, whilst we still have commitments to meet due to our development work over
the past number of years. Despite this our club remains on a sound financial
footing and Packie is to be commended for this. Club Secretary Jonathan O’Donovan
then gave the meeting a most comprehensive report on all club activities during
2016. As ever with Jonathan it covered all areas of the club’s workings leaving
nothing or nobody out. Jonathan was thanked for the extremely efficient way he
carried out his duties as Secretary during his term, as he is stepping down
from the position and our new Secretary certainly has a tough act to follow.
Our Club Chairman Bernard Shields then gave his Chairman’s address where
he also touched on a wide variety of club activity, whilst thanking all the
players who wore the club jersey with such pride during the year and the club
volunteers who do such a multitude of jobs 12 months a year to keep the club
going. It was an emotional night for Bernard as he was stepping down as
Chairman, after previously serving as Club Secretary for so many years. Bernard
will not be lost to the club as he is our new Club President, an honour richly
deserved for a man who has given a life time of service to our Club. The
election of officers then took place with following being elected:
Presidents: Austin Flynn, Liam
Enright, Éamonn Keane, Joseph Organ, Jimmy O’Leary, Fr. Michael Enright, P.E.,
Bernard Shields
Vice Presidents: Fr. Michael Brennock, OSA, Fr. Colin
Fives, OSA, Fr. Ned Hassett, PP
Chairman: Michael Briggs
Vice Chairman: Michael Cosgrave
Secretary: Tomás Kiely
Assistant Secretary: Eleanor McGrath
Treasurer: Packie Hurney
PRO: Neil Moore
Membership Officer: Pat Keane
Children’s Officer: Bríd Slevin
Committee: Joe Cleary, Michael O’Donovan, Jack O’Hare, Jim O’Mahony, Ian Kiely,
Conor Clancy, Willie Kiely, Sean McGrath, Ger Collins.
Keyrings
There are still a limited number of club keyrings available to purchase
costing €5. These would make an ideal stocking filler for any club supporter
and they can be purchased from Jack O’Hare.
Inter-Provincial
Football
On Sunday last Munster were defeated by Ulster in the Inter provincial
Football semi final in Parnell Park, Dublin. We were delighted to see Patrick
Hurney chosen on the Munster team and all in the club congratulate Patrick on
this wonderful honour.
Christmas Raffle
Tickets are currently on sale from any committee member for our Annual
Christmas Raffle. We appeal to all our supporters to please support this raffle
as best you can to help us raise the funds required to run our club.
Club Bingo
This week our club bingo session continues in the CBS Hall at 8pm with a
jackpot of €1200
