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Bingo
Our regular Sunday night Bingo continues every week
in the CBS Hall. Eyes down at 8.00pm.
Senior Hurling
Last Sunday we travelled east to Walsh Park to
take on Mount Sion in the County Senior hurling semifinal. Conditions were less than ideal with a strong wind
blowing towards the city end. And it was
into this wind we faced in the 1st half, which meant to dig deep to
keep in touch with our opponents. This
the lads did superbly and a series of excellently taken points, and a green
flag allied to excellent defending left us adrift by the minimum at half time. With the foundations laid we pushed on in the
2nd half and having taken the lead shortly after the resumption
pulled away to record a 10-point victory 3-20 to 0-19.
And so, all roads now lead to famed Dan Fraher
Field next Sunday, where once again we go in search of that elusive 1st
Senior hurling title against Ballygunner. 1927 was the first recorded hurling
championship game played by Abbeyside, in the intervening 97 years we have
played in just 6 senior finals, 1955, 1957, 1964, 1969, 2008 & 2018 and on
each occasion unfortunately we came up short.
So, it is an all too rare occurrence that we
appear on this stage, but history has no impact on the present and it does not
weigh on this current group of players. They
will take the field next Sunday, with the support of an entire parish, compete
for every ball, fight for every score and battle to the last.
So get the flags and bunting out, turn the
village blue and gold and please do your best to get over to the Field next
Sunday, these lads deserve all the support we can muster.
Fixtures
County Senior Hurling Championship Final
Abbeyside v Ballygunner – Fraher Field, Sunday, 1st
September, 2:30pm
Results
County
Senior Hurling Championship Semi Final
Abbeyside
3-20 Mount Sion 0-19 – Walsh Park, Sunday, 25th August
Western
Junior ‘A’ Hurling Championship Final
Abbeyside
0-14 Kilrossanty 2-20 – Fraher Field, Friday, 23rd August
County
Minor Hurling Championship Division 1 Plate Semi Final
Abbeyside
0-13 Ballyduff Upper 0-15 – Cappoquin, Wednesday, 21st August
Academy
Our
academy continues every Saturday morning for boys between the ages of 5 and 10. It's always a really fun and enjoyable
experience for the children who come along so make sure to bring your child so
that they can join in the fun and benefit from healthy activities and making
friends.
U10
We
brought 26 boys down to Ballygunner on Saturday morning for a feast of U10
hurling. The games against our city rivals were hotly contested and played with
a great spirit of fun but no quarter given or asked for amongst the teams and
each of the boys gave it their all to win the ball, move it to a teammate and
shoot for a score. The Village boys
really gave a great account of themselves. Next week sees the boys heading city-side
again as they go to Mount Sion to take part in the annual Dickie Roche memorial
tournament. It promises to be a really
enjoyable day.
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U10s in Ballygunner |
U12
The
last week saw the U12s continue with their run of games. First up was a rematch with St Pats that
didn’t disappoint for those watching. Both
teams pushed and tested each other but couldn’t be separated at the final
whistle.
On
Sunday, the lads switched to hurling and made the trip to Mount Sion as the
opening act, before heading into Walsh Park for the same senior fixture. Another closely contested game by both teams
with some good hurling in the mix.
U13
The
division 4 boys travelled to Portlaw last Monday (19th Aug) and put in a good
performance but the result went the way of the home side. Our boys have been doing well though and are
now in with a shout in the plate section of the competition. On the same night, Lismore came to the Burgery
to play our division 1 team but the referee was unable to attend so the fixture
will be played on Wednesday (28th Aug).
U15
The
U15 panel travel to Roanmore on Monday evening (26th Aug) for the final match
of the round robin section of the division 1 hurling championship. The result will determine their seeding for
the semi final draw so best of luck boys.
County
Duty
It
was a busy day of underage intercounty hurling on Saturday when we had no less
than nine boys representing their county across the U14 and U15 age grades.
In
the Arrabawn Cup, for U15's, we had Alex Doyle, Seán Óg O'Regan, Darragh
Sullivan, Jack Hurney and Owen Morrissey from Abbeyside.
In
the Tony Forristal/Sonny Walsh tournaments, for U14's, we had four boys in
action. Fionnán Murray and Killian Hagan
were on the team that lost out in the semi final of the Tony Forristal
tournament to a Kilkenny side that went on to win the final. Dara Byrne and Rian Cliffe played on the team
that won the Sonny Walsh tournament outright, beating Dublin by a point in what
was a very entertaining final.
Well
done to all the boys across both age groups. It's fantastic to have so many of our young
hurlers representing our club at intercounty level. It's a tribute to their dedication and to the
support and encouragement from their families.
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L to R: Fionnán Murray, Dara Byrne, Rian Cliffe & Killian Hagan |
Senior County Final
It
was wonderful to see so many children decked out in the club colours on Sunday
in Walsh Park supporting our senior hurlers in the county semi final. It's fair to say that the workrate, skill and
team play that the senior panel have shown through the championship is a great
example to all of our juvenile members so we ask all families associated with
our club to get over to Fraher Field next Sunday and bring as much colour and
noise as you can muster. Up the
Village!!!
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