Juvenile Notes - 18th April

Outdoor Hurling to start Saturday 21st April

Next Saturday morning outdoor hurling starts for the under 6’s, 7’s & 8’s.

Children must be at least 5 years old (Born in 2006) to start.

We would especially welcome any new members to our Saturday morning outdoor hurling sessions. These start on Saturday 21st April and will run each Saturday morning for the summer for most age groups.

Training starts at 10.30am and finishes at 12 noon and costs €2.

Parents/guardians must stay in attendance for the younger age groups.

Yearly membership costs €15 for the 1st child and €10 for each other child. Hurleys can be purchased from the club for €10 each .We can also provide helmets for these sessions or alternatively they can be purchased for €50 each.

Under 9’s (players born in 2003)

Generally, hurling training on Wednesday evenings at 6.00pm – 7.00pm and Friday evening training from 6.00pm to 7.30pm.Teamers will be sent out for each session. Parents are asked to reply to the teamers after each text as each team are only allowed a certain number of free teamer texts.

Under 9 Hurling

Well done to all the under 9 hurlers who over the last 10 days played matches against Fourmilewater, St, Pats & Cois Brid.

Matches this week will be against St. Olivers & Lismore.

Teamers will be sent out to the teams as usual.

Under 13/14

We switched to Hurling last week in U14 and played Dungarvan in the Feile Hurling quarter final in Dungarvan. Our lads put on a good display and came away with a win 0-3 to 2-6. We were out again on Wednesday night in the semi Final against Cois Bhrid, this was much closer game but finished strong to win 2-5 to 1-6. We now are set to meet Lismore in the Western final.

Panel: Jack Kiely, Shane Ahearne, James Beresford, Padraig Moore, Bearach Moore, Gearoid Hallinan, Tom Looby, Neil Montgomery, Patrick Power, Ryan Daly, Darragh McGrath, Tony Collins, Sean Whelan Barrett, Sean Crotty, David Montgomery, Michael Riordan, Tommy Walsh, Seamus Ryan, Mark Twomey.

Sunday 22nd sees our two Under 13 teams in action in football against Affane and Stradbally after a break in this competition for a few weeks.

U12 /U11

The under 11 and 12 Town and country hurling leagues have started up in the past week.

First up was the under 11’s. In Division 1, we played Killeagh at home and our lads played well and won 3-6 to 1-2. Our second team received a walkover. Next Friday 20th we are away to Cois Bhrid and St. Olivers.

Panel: Eoin Ahearne, Michael Kiely, Senan Travers, Ethan Raher, Cian Riordan, Oisin Hallahan, Michael Troy,  David Shields, Patrick Fitzgerald, Sean Roche, David Roche.

Our U12’s started last Friday against Lismore and Cappoquin. These were two very well contested games and at half time both could have gone either way.  In division 1 our lads battled well to record a win over Lismore and in division 3 we conceded 2 lad goals to loose out by 4pts to Cappoquin.

Panels: Shane Kiely, James Riordan, Daithi Brunnock, Johnny Treen, Dean Beresford, Sean Kent, Fergal Roche, Ruairi Cusack, Meldan Dwyer, Jamie Walsh, Ben Flynn, Eoin Ahearne, Michael Kiely, Senan Travers, Ethan Raher, Cian Riordan, Oisin Hallahan, Michael Troy,  David Hayes, Patrick Fitzgerald, Sean Roche, David Roche.

Teamers

Teamer.net, the service we use to contact players about team events is now only allowing each team to have 200 free texts per month. It is vital when you receive a teamer that you respond straight away so as it does not cost your manager money. Also if you have given your email address the teamer notification will automatically go to your email because it is still free so please check your emails as well.  We ask all our members for their cooperation in this so as to keep our running costs down.

Membership Forms

Membership forms and Code of Conduct forms for most age groups have been given out Coaches are asked for their assistance in getting this done in an orderly and efficient manner and parents/guardians and players are asked to sign, complete and return as soon as possible.

Many thanks to all of those who have already completed and returned their forms, your prompt co-operation is much appreciated.

Walk a Mile, Share a Smile

We’re nearing the €1,000 mark, raised for the juvenile club, but we need one last push over the next week or so. It’s finishing Monday week (23rd April), so this week we’re calling on everyone to keeping the efforts going for one more week, so we hope to see you all out walking.

Camogie Notes - 18th April

Matches & Training

U12's are playing a blitz in Cappoquin next Saturday morning next, 21st April. Clubs taking part are Cappoquin, Ballyduff Upper, Abbeyside and Brickey Rangers. Parents are asked to meet at Abbeyside pitch at 10.15 as games start in Cappoquin at 11. There will be training for the under 12 girls on Tuesday evening at 6.30 this is an extra session in preperation for Saturdays outing. Training continues as normal for all groups next Friday evening at 6.30 to 7.30. We are holding our Registration Evening next Friday evening. If anybody is interested in coming along to join please call out to us Friday evening. Membership and Registration for the year costs only €15 for first child, then €10 for any other children in the same family. Hurleys and Helmets can be purchased at a reduced price through the club. You then pay only €2 per week at training session. If any parents wish to get involved in helping with the running of the club/training, please let us know.

Photo of the Week

Joe Power after the 1978 County Senior Football Final

This week's photo shows Ballinacourty captain, Joe Power being carried shoulder-high from the Fraher Field pitch at the end of the 1978 County Senior Football Final.  Just minutes earlier the team had secured its first ever County Senior title with a hard fought 0-13 to 2-4 win over Clashmore.  Delighted supporters rush onto the field to congratulate the players following this historic victory.

Club Notes - 11th April

Under 21 Football County Champions

On Sunday last our under 21 footballers got the year off to the best possible start and gave all in the club a boost in moral with a great victory in the County Under 21 Football final as they defeated Roanmore by ten points in Walsh Park. Whilst the margin of victory was decisive in the end it was only in the final ten minutes of the game that the team pulled away for victory as up to that stage the result was in the melting pot. Leading by three points at half time the team had to show great heart and no little skill to emerge as winners as Roanmore got a great start to the half with a goal from a penalty. However as they have shown all the year this team possess great character and they displayed this in the final 20 minutes of the game to win our first County Title at this grade since 2008.

A special word of thanks must go to the huge band of supporters who turned up to support the team which gave the lads a great lift. It is greatly appreciated that so many were prepared to travel to Walsh Park on Easter Sunday to support this team. After the game John O’Leary presented the cup to team Captain Michael O’Halloran who spoke eloquently on behalf of the team. Michael tanked the team selectors Eddie O’Halloran, Laurence Hurney, Timmy Organ, Neil Moore and Michael O’Donovan as well as Michael Ferncombe. He also paid tribute to the entire panel of players who had put so much hard work into training since January. Michael gave special mention to Colm O’Hare who is unavailable for selection but who had played with the team for many years whilst he also thanked our sponsors Jack O’Hare, John Queally, Brian and Alice O’Connor and Jack Murphy. Before thanking Roanmore for a sporting game he dedicated the win to Jack Lacey who had played in all the games to date in this Championship, and of course to Pa, Mary and Mollie Enright.

On returning to the parish the team were treated to a fabulous meal in The Gold Coast and we thank the staff for their hospitality.

TEAM: P. CASHIN, D. DEE, D. HENLEY, B. LOOBY, N. DEE, M. POWER, C. HICKEY, M. O’HALLORAN, R. SHEEHAN, S. CROTTY, R. DUNFORD, E. COLLINS, S. DONOVAN, J. POWER, D. COLLINS.

SUBS: C. KINDREGAN, D. MORRISSEY, B. McCULLAGH, C. O’DWYER, G. MORRISSEY, B. HENLEY, A. KEANE

Joker Fundraiser

Our popular Jack the Joker Fundraiser will continue this Sunday night in The Stables Bar where the Jackpot will be €5,774. This week Amanda c/o Paddy Powers was drawn out of the drum but did not find the joker but did win €50 while Bridget Morrissey and Mark Crotty won €25. We appeal to all our supporters to continue purchasing the tickets as the funds raised will go towards our ongoing development works at the club grounds.

Club Bingo

Our club bingo will continue in the CBS Hall this Sunday night where the Jackpot is €400.

Booking of Pitches

We would like to ask all team managers to please ensure that they have booked the pitch with Bernard Shields before they arrange training sessions.

Senior Hurling

This Thursday night we play Fourmilewater in Abbeyside in our first game in the County League at 7pm.

Senior Football

On Sunday night we play Ardmore in the County League in Ardmore at 7pm.

Membership

Please note that membership can now be paid to Jonathan O’Donovan or any member of the committee.

Deise Development Draw

The first Deise Development Draw for the year took place on Friday night last in Stradbally and we had two winners. Kieran Organ won €1,000 whilst John Hughes won €250.

Club Website

Our club website has undergone a major renovation recently and is well worth a visit to catch up on all the upcoming fixtures and recent results as well as containing some photos from previous years. Log onto www.abbeycourtygaa.com to see for yourself.

Juvenile Notes - 11th April

Bag Pack

Our Annual bag packing took place over the Easter weekend in Garveys SuperValu.  Many thanks to those who got involved. The money raised goes to the running of our juvenile club.

Teamers

Teamer.net, the service we use to contact players about team events is now only allowing each team to have 200 free texts per month. It is vital when you receive a teamer that you respond straight away so as it does not cost your manager money. Also if you have given your email address the teamer notification will automatically go to your email because it is still free so please check your emails as well.  We ask all our members for their cooperation in this so as to keep our running costs down.

Membership Forms

Membership forms and Code of Conduct forms for most age groups have been given out Coaches are asked for their assistance in getting this done in an orderly and efficient manner and parents/guardians and players are asked to sign, complete and return as soon as possible.

Many thanks to all of those who have already completed and returned their forms, your prompt co-operation is much appreciated.

New Members Welcome!

If anyone is interested in having their child join our club, we would invite them to come out to the pitch and speak with the coaches who will be happy to answer any questions you might have.

We would also encourage any of our existing young members to bring a friend with them to their next training session and they can see at first hand what our club can offer them.

U16

Our under 16 footballers battled to a hard fought draw against Tramore in the championship on Saturday last.

Feile Football

Hard luck to the lads who were beaten in the Feile Final against Dungarvan. It was a close and the boys were unlucky to be beaten in the end. 

Camogie Notes - 11th April

Training

Camogie training continues every Friday evening from 6.30 to 7.30 for all age groups. New members welcome any parent or guardian who would like to get involved would be very welcome just talk to any of the coaches.

County U21 'A' County Champions

Congratulations to the Ballinacourty Footballers on their magnificent 2-18 to 2-8 victory over Roanmore in the U21 'A' County Football Final at Walsh Park today.  Some fantastic teamwork and scoring saw the lads power to a thoroughly deserved win.