Photo of the Week

Minor & U21 Selectors at Club Social, 2004

L to R: Seamie Murray, Jim O'Mahony, Paudie Donnelly, Padjoe Lanigan, Bernard Gorman, Tony Mansfield.

This week's photo comes from the club social of 2004 and features the selectors who masterminded championship victories in the Minor and U21 grades in 2003. Honours secured by the team included the Western & County Minor 'A' Hurling, Western & County Minor 'A' Football and Western & County U21 'A' Football. 

Happy Christmas

CLG Dún na Mainistreach / Baile na Cúirte would like to wish all its members and supporters a very Merry Christmas and a happy and healthy New Year.

Christmas Raffle Results

Listed below are the prizewinners in our Christmas Raffle which took place on Monday, 23rd December in Minnies Bar. We would like to thank everyone who sold and purchased tickets for the draw. Your support is greatly appreciated.

1st Prize: €200 - Michael Hanrahan

2nd Prize: Christmas Hamper - Katie O'Regan

3rd Prize: Turkey & Ham - Vera Collins

4th Prize: Cheese & Wine Basket - Patrick Crowther

5th Prize: Bottle of Brandy - Michael Chester

6th Prize: Bottle of Whiskey - Terin Egan Walsh

Photo of the Week

1954 County Senior Hurling Semi Final v Mount Sion

Back Row (L to R): Paddy Whelan, M. McGovern (background), J. Clancy, L. Whelan, A. Flynn, G. Flynn, M. O'Connor, P. O'Connor, T. Collender.

Front Row (L to R): P. Browne, A. Foley, J. O'Connor, Patcheen Whelan, N. McGovern, J. Hogan, D. Whelan.

This week's photo comes from 1954 and the County Senior Hurling Championship Semi Final between Abbeyside and Mount Sion at Fraher Field. The Village men qualified for this stage of the competition following tight victories over Dunhill and Cappoquin. However, they were well beaten (7-4 to 3-2) in the penultimate round by the great Monastery team of that era.

Club Notes - 18th December

Jack The Joker

No. Drawn - 51

Our popular Jack the Joker Fundraiser will continue this Sunday night in Kennedy’s Live where the Jackpot will be €7,250 as on Sunday night Barbara Clancy was drawn out of the drum and picked card 51 but did not find the Joker, yet she did win €50. Helen Rossiter and The Morning Club won € 25 each.

Christmas Number One

Every year there is always considerable interest in what song is at number one in the charts for Christmas but this year we would appeal to all our supporters to help make a very special song number one. The song “My Hero” was written by students of Presentation Secondary School, Clonmel is a tribute to their teacher Alice Strain who was tragically killed during the year. Alice was of course a sister of Vera Collins and it would be great to see this wonderful tribute to Alice beat off stiff competition from X Factor etc to claim the number one spot. The song can be downloaded from itunes and all profits from the single go to the St. Vincent de Paul Charity. If possible please download the song by midnight on Thursday night.

Club Christmas Draw

Tickets are currently on sale from any Club Committee member for our Annual Christmas Raffle which will take place in Minnies Bar on Monday night, December 23^rd at 9pm. Tickets are priced at €2 each or three for €5 and we ask all our supporters to please support the draw.

Best Wishes

Last week our own Gary Hurney announced his retirement from the Inter County Football team and all of us in the club would like to congratulate Gary on his distinguished career with the County. Over the course of his career Gary represented his County in both codes at Minor, Under 21 and Senior, as well as playing Inter Provincial Football for Munster on a number of occasions. Throughout this time Gary remained totally committed to his club and despite suffering a number of very serious injuries the number of games that he missed could nearly be counted on one hand. Once again we congratulate Gary, not on his retirement, but on what he achieved during his playing days with the county and we hope to continue to see him lining out for us for many years to come, whilst he enjoys a little bit more time with Tammy, Lochlain and Jarlath.

Club Bingo

This Sunday our Club Bingo continues in the CBS Hall where the jackpot is €700.

Team Managers

Anybody who is interested in managing any of our adult teams next year is asked to inform Jonathan O’Donovan by January 8^th.

Club Social

Our Club Social has been fixed for Saturday February 15^th in the Park Hotel, and we will have more details on this in the coming weeks. It promises to be a great night where we will be presenting medals to our victorious Senior and Under 21 Football teams and our Junior Hurling Team.

Seasons Greetings

On behalf of all in the club we would like to wish all our members a Happy and Peaceful Christmas. We would also like to welcome home any members who have traveled home for Christmas, and it is great to see Daryl Ryan and Eoin Brackett home from Australia for the Christmas period. Finally we would like to thank the editor and staff of the Dungarvan Leader and Dungarvan Observer for all their help and assistance throughout the year and wish them a Merry Christmas. Nollaig Shona agus Athbhliain faoi Mhaise daoibh go léir.

Juvenile Notes - 18th December

Under 15 and Under 16 Australian Visit

Everyone involved with the club would like to send out a big thank you to anyone who helped in any way to making the trip of the Australian touring side so successful last Monday night week last. From the parents who took in children to Babs Kiely and her staff at the Friary College for providing the food after the game a big thank you to everyone. Without everybody’s help the staging of this very successful compromise rules game would not have been possible. The games themselves were interesting to say the least. Each game consisted of the normal football in the first half and the oval-ball in the second half. In the under 15 game we were up against very strong opponents and despite trying very hard on the night the Aussies were physically too strong for us and we got beaten in this game. However the under 16 squad all put their shoulder to the wheel to make sure we weren’t going to lose both games and matched their opponents in the physical stakes and came away in the end with a hard fought win. Thank you to all the players who played on the night. I think it’s fair to say they all enjoyed the experience and will remember it for a long time to come. Thank you to our field committee for having the grounds looking so great for this time of the year. It was a credit to everyone involved. Thank you to the parents who brought desserts and cakes with them to the Friary after the game to help feed our local players and parents as well as our touring visitors. After the game our chairman Michael Ferncombe made a presentation to all the touring Australian players as well as thanking them for visiting as well as the Man of the Match awards. Overall a very successful night was had by all and we would most like to thank the touring side for giving us the opportunity to host them and to their referee who helped our lads beforehand with the rules. Well done to all.

Happy Christmas

Everyone on the juvenile committee would like to wish all our supporters players and parents well over the Christmas. Happy Christmas and New Year to one and all and hopefully we will see ye all again soon in the New Year.

Photo of the Week

2011 County Board Convention

L to R: Neil Moore, Tony Mansfield, Jonathan O'Donovan

This year's Waterford County Board Convention will take place on Monday, 16th December in Lawlor's Hotel.  This week's photo brings us back two years to the Convention of 2011 and shows club officers, Neil Moore, Tony Mansfield and Jonathan O'Donovan prior to the meeting.