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DUNGARVAN
Sports
Incorp. Munster Industrial Advocate Vol. 100
(Reg. in GPO as a Newspaper)
TEL: 058 41205 / 42042
www.dungarvanobserver.ie
Wednesday, 13 February, 2013
DUNGARVAN OBSERVER SPORTS SUPPLEMENT
Young Hurlers take Pat Noctor
Award into custody
By Tom Keith
THE capacity audience which attended the 20th
Annual Sports Awards sponsored by the
Dungarvan District Garda Social Club for the
Pat Noctor Memorial Trophy, were last Friday
night, privileged to see as talented and
successful a line-up of young stars as has ever
graced the stage of Ard Scoil na nDeise.
From
fifty-eight
nominations,
the
Adjudicators had, with considerable difficulty,
whittled the qualifiers down to twelve, but, in
the words of Junior Liaison Officer, Gda. Aidan
McCarthy, ‘the Public Order Unit had almost to
be called’ when it came to deciding the winner.
After deep and lengthy deliberations, the
honour fell jointly to Dungarvan hurlers Patrick
Curran and Ryan Donnelly, whose efforts for
their club, but particularly their contribution to
the capture of the Harty Cup for the
Dungarvan Colleges and their Christian
Brothers School, was enough to win the day.
The audience too acknowledged their
excellence with a standing ovation as Mrs.
Judy Noctor handed over the magnificent Pat
Noctor Memorial trophy to the very worthy
joint winners.
Speaking to MC, Kieran O’Connor, who con-
ducted the business of the evening with his
usual efficiency, Pat and Ryan said they were
thrilled to accept the trophy and the title on
behalf of their school, their Club and the
Dungarvan Colleges team.
It is their hope, they said, that they would
retain the Harty Cup, which they had won last
year and something which had not been
achieved before.
Earlier, Garda John Dwyer, Chairman of the
Garda Social Club had extended a welcome to
the capacity audience and welcomed Mrs. Judy
Noctor, widow of Garda Pat Noctor, as well as
their son Ian and grand-daughter, Anna to the
glittering evening.
He welcomed the Deputy Mayor of
Dungarvan, Cllr. Nicky Sheehan, Mayor of
County Waterford, Cllr. Billy Kyne, Mayor of
Lismore, Cllr. John Pratt as well as Chief Supt.
Pat Murphy to the Awards night. He thanked
the Ard Scoil Board of Management for the
generous use of the Hall, a privilege they had
received for the last twenty years.
Garda Junior Liaison Officer, Aidan
McCarthy, added his welcome to the
attendance and congratulated all of the young
nominees on their honour. He thanked his
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Young Sports Star Award. Judy Noctor presenting the Pat Noctor Memorial Trophy
for the Dungarvan Garda District Social Club Supreme Young Sports Star 2012 to joint
winners Patrick Curran and Ryan Donnelly, both Dungarvan CBS. Included is Garda
Aidan McCarthy, Chairman Garda Social Club.
[Rory Wyley]
Patrick Curran and Ryan Donnelly joint winners of the Pat Noctor Supreme Young Sports Star Awards 2012 centre with the Pat Noctor Memorial Trophy. Also the ten other
final nominees. Included are Judy Noctor, Chief Supt. Pat Murphy, Supt. Michael Leacy, Garda Aidan McCarthy and members of the adjudicating panel.
[Rory Wyley]
FOOTBALLERS
SECURE
SECOND BRACE
OF POINTS
page 3
WATERFORD
GAA RADIO
FUN QUIZ
LAUNCH
WIN TICKETS TO
CHELTENHAM
PREVIEW
NIGHT 2013
page 5
page 15
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GAA
Dungarvan Observer Sports | Wednesday, 13 February, 2013
St. Olivers End of Year Medal Presentation which took place in Ballinameela Community Centre on the 19th January, 2013 - St. Olivers U-11 - Back row (L to R): Aiden Mansfield,
Jack Osbourne, James Buckley, Paul Morrissey, Michael Fogarty, Henry Griffin, Matt McGrath, Ben Power. Front row (L to R): Kieran Sheridan, Cathal Daly, Eddie Walsh, Kieran Aherne, Morgan
Buckley, Ben Kavanagh. Also included are their managers and trainers Matthew Fogarty, Sean Osbourne, Declan Sheridan with John Longan, President of St. Olivers Club; Fr. P. Fitzgerald with
special guest Michael Ryan, Waterford Senior Hurling Manager.
Munster Council Elects New
Chairman and Vice-Chairman
THE annual Convention of the Munster GAA
Council took place on Friday night last in
Bunratty Castle, Co. Clare.
Convention saw Clare man Robert Frost elevated
to the position of Council Chairman having served as
Vice-Chairman for 3 years under outgoing Chairman
Sean Walsh who succeeded Waterford’s Jimmy
O’Gorman to the top position.
Cork’s Jerry O’Sullivan was elected unopposed to
the opposition of Vice-Chairman after the other
nominee Donal Shanahan (Tipperary) withdrew.
County Board Chairman Tom Cunningham led the
Waterford delegation which included Eddie
Cunningham, Pat Grant, Paddy Joe Ryan, Jimmy
O’Gorman and Tomas Kiely.
Waterford delegation at the Munster Council GAA Convention in the Bunratty Castle Hotel, Co. Clare. l-r:
Eddie Cunningham, Pat Grant, Anthony Walsh, Jimmy O’Gorman and Pat Flynn.
[George Hatchell]
Robert Frost new Munster Council Chairman (centre) with former chairmen Sean Walsh, Sean Kelly, Christy
Cooney and Jimmy O’Gorman at the Munster Council Convention in Bunratty Castle Hotel, Co. Clare.
[George Hatchell]
Mass for
Frankie
Walsh R.I.P.
MONTHS mind Mass for the Late
Frankie Walsh, Mount Sion and
Waterford Hurling great, will be
celebrated on this coming Friday,
15th February at 7.30 p.m. in the
Brother Rice / Mount Sion Chapel,
Barrack St. Waterford City. May he
rest in peace.
Lismore Camogie Club
THIRD LEVEL COLLEGE CAMOGIE
This coming weekend Saturday February 16th features the third level
college camogie i.e. The Ashbourne Cup and the Purcell Cup semi-finals,
and this year Lismore Camogie Club has three members taking part in this
fantastic weekend of Camogie. On Saturday, last year’s Ashbourne
Runners-up UL will take on NUIG in the first semi-final and representing
the club for UL is Shona Curran while Sarah Fenton is repersenting NUIG,
this will be a very interesting battle. In the Purcell Cup semi-final last year’s
winners Mary Immaculate College will be playing, and representing the
club in goal is Helen O'Donnell. All in Lismore Camogie Club would like
to wish all three girls the very best of luck!!!!!
BOOK SALE 9th MARCH
The Parents’ Council of Bunscoil Bothar na Naomh Primary School are
holding a book sale on the 9th March, to go towards school funds. Please
hand in unwanted books to Roches Centra or the Credit Union.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Congratulations to Jenny Houlihan on the birth of baby Tommy during the week.
Munster Council Officers pictured at the Annual Convention in Bunratty Castle Hotel. L-R: Mike Fitzgerald,
Limerick, Treasurer; Ed Donnelly, Tipperary PRO; Robert Frost, Clare Chairman; Jerry O‘Sullivan, Cork Vice
Chairman; Simon Moroney, Clare CEO, and Teddy O’Sullivan, Kerry.
[George Hatchell]
Cumann Chamógaíochta na Rinne
SOCIAL /
OÍCHE CHEILLIÚRADH
Níl ach seachtain eile agaibh
chun na ticéidi a fháil do'n Oíche
mór ar an 23ú lá Feabhra. Ticéidí le
fáil ar luach €30 ó Sinéad
Breathnach ach glaoch ar
0879705612. Is féidir glaoch
chomh maith ar Sinéad De Faoite
ar 0872904519.
There is just over a week left to
the Social Night in the Park Hotel
on Saturday, 23rd February. Tickets
at a cost of €30 can be purchased
from Sinéad Breathnach on
0879705612 or from Sinead de
Faoite on 0872904519.
PAT NOCTOR AWARDS
Comhgháirdeachas le Aoife
Landers a cháiligh don babhta
ceannais den gcomórtas thuasluaite.
Congratulations to club player
Aoife Landers who made the final
12 in the above competition
recently.
CRINNIÚ IMREÓRÍ/
PLAYERS’ MEETING
Tá an crinniú a bhí le beith ann
ar an Aoine so an 15ú Feabhra
curtha siar agus caithfear dáta eile
a shocrú
The meeting fixed for next
Friday, 15th Feb. has been cancelled and will have to be re- fixed
for a later date.
Dungarvan Observer Sports | Wednesday, 13 February, 2013
Allianz National Football League
3
Footballers secure second
brace of points
Waterford .......................2-8;
Tipperary .........................0-9.
GOALS win games and two interesting ones in association with a
fine home performance deservedly gave Niall Carew’s team their
second win in Division IV of the
Allianz football league at the
Fraher Field last Saturday night.
The attitude and fitness of all nineteen players used left no room for
complaint and we now have full
league points from two games
played with Limerick next up in
Dungarvan on Saturday, March
2nd.
GOOD START
Unfortunately, the rain arrived
with the Tipperary team and fair
dues to both sets of players who
gave us a fine game in trying conditions. From the comfort of the
stand, the welcome large attendance faced a flagless pole for the
National Anthem as we were
reminded that the Irish flag cannot
be raised after sunset. The €10
admission wasn’t a bone of contention as a very fit looking Deise
team started well with a Paul
Whyte pointed free opening the
scoring in the third minute.
We didn’t have to wait too long
for the first goal of the game as a
Paul Whyte attempt at a point was
received by the Nire’s Darren Guiry
who was hauled down in front of
goal with Tipperay’s No. 7 Brian
Fox picking up a yellow card.
Fethard’s Paul Fitzgerald, who did
well overall in the visitors goal, had
no chance with Paul Whyte’s
penalty kick on six minutes as
Waterford’s tackling and defending in general play was very
impressive.
Brian Fox shrugged off his yellow card to open Tipperary’s scoring in the ninth minute. Wicklow
referee Anthony Nolan’s yellow
card must indeed have been saturated at the end of the seventy
minutes as he dished out nine in
total in what was overall a clean
game with Waterford’s John
Hurney needlessly picking up the
second one in the 18th minute.
From a left legged kick and free
Stradbally’s Robert Ahearne
restored the home team’s four
point lead in the 21st minute only
to be replied to by All-Ireland
minor medal winner Michael
Quinlan who raced through the
Deise defence after 23 minutes to
slot over his only score of the
game.
Tipperary introduced the first of
their four subs, Brian Jones as
Waterford’s wing back Tony Grey
made a great run towards the
town end goal but unfortunately
his final effort went wide of the
post. The Stradbally player was to
make amends at a crucial stage
later on in the game. Following a
wide Paul Whyte (f) made the
score 1-3 to 0-2 after 27 minutes.
Barry Grogan scored the first of his
four points for the visitors with
Rathgormack’s Gavin Nugent
being introduced in the 31st
minute. Patrick Hurney did well to
point from play but a worrying
remainder of the half from a
Waterford
viewpoint
saw
Tipperary raise three unanswered
flags.
Referee Nolan was consistent
throughout in punishing verbal
outbreaks and throwing away the
ball and following a latter indiscretion Barry Grogan (f) pointed in
the 33rd minute followed by two
superb points from play by midfielder George Hannigan and the
overall influential Peter Acheson
(Moyle Rovers). The home team
who probably deserved a bigger
lead on first half fare now led at
the break by 1-4 to 0-6.
BOUNCE BEATS ‘KEEPER
Conor
Sweeney
from
Ballyporeen started the second
half and he pointed a free in the
36th minute, the first score on the
restart. Before that, Liam O Lionain
ran in on goal and opted for the
green flag but his well placed kick
was well saved by Paul Fitzgerald.
Robbie Kiely from Arravale Rovers
was named on the programme
but he didn’t make an appearance
until the 37th minute after which
Waterford scored their second
goal which was indeed a god send
for the home team. The game was
level when Robert Ahearne’s speculative ball looked to have
bounced on the astro-turf and one
way or the other it bounced
before Paul Fitzgerald and over his
head and all the Tipperary goalie
could do was look back and see it
going into his goal. Waterford saw
a lot of the ball after this timely
boost but a number of raids on the
Tipperary defence ended up in Cul
de Sacs with wrong options being
taken and the ball being played
back instead of forwards.
Following what looked like a
free of the soft variety Barry
Grogan reduced the lead to 2-4 to
0-8 as the visitors made a double
substitute in the persons of
Bernard O’Brien (Aherlow) and
Aldo
Matassa
(Clonmel
Commercials). After 48 minutes
Conor Phelan’s surging run out of
the backline was rewarded with a
free which Paul Whyte converted.
WATERFORD’S FITNESS
Barry Grogan (f) scored his side’s
last point with fifteen minutes to
play as Waterford’s fitness shone
with the contributions of subs
Sean O’Hare and Joey Veale also
helping the cause. Four yellow
cards were issued in a six minute
spell, three to Tipperary and the
home team drove on with valuable scores from wing back Tony
Grey (56th minute) and Darren
Guiry (Nire) (59th minute). A Sean
O’Hare ball ended with a foul on
Liam O Lionain which Paul Whyte
kicked over to leave the score at
2-8 to 0-9 with 62 minutes played.
The Deise players were home and
wet at this stage despite a very
close fisted goal scoring chance in
a crowded square by Tipperary
with Waterford’s custodian
Stephen Enright picking up an
injury.
CAPTAIN’S PART
Shane Briggs once again played
a captain’s part throughout in a
fine team effort and one feels if
more of the team in time can think
as fast on their feet as the
Ballinacourty stalwart, this will
enhance the side further.
Waterford's Paul Whyte, who scored 1-4, in action with Tipperary's John Coghlan during their National
Football League, Round 2 match in Fraher Field.
[Sean Byrne//Deise Sport]
SCORERS AND TEAMS
Scorers: Waterford: Paul Whyte 1-4, Robert Ahearne 1-1, Patrick Hurney, Tony
Grey and Darren Guiry (0-1) each.
Tipperary: Barry Grogan 0-4, Brian Fox, Michael Quinlivan, George Hannigan,
Peter Acheson and Conor Sweeney (0-1) each.
Waterford: Stephen Enright, Conor Phelan, Stephen Prendergast, John
Hurney, Maurice O’Gorman, Shane Briggs, Tony Grey, Shane Ahearne, Tommy
Prendergast, Patrick Hurney, Conor McGrath, Liam O Lionain, Darren Guiry,
Robert Ahearne, Paul Whyte. Subs: Gavin Nugent, Sean O’Hare, Joey Veale, Sean
Dempsey.
Tipperary: Paul Fitzgerald, John Coughlan, Paddy Codd, Andrew Morrissey,
Alan Campbell, Ciaran McDonald, Brian Fox, George Hannigan, Liam McGrath,
Donagh Leahy, Alan Maloney, Barry Grogan, Michael Quinlivan. Subs: Brian
Jones, Robbie Kiely, Bernard O’Brien, Aldo Matassa.
Referee: Anthony Nolan (Wicklow).
Tipperary's goalkeeper Paul Fitzgerald is well beaten by Darren Guiry's penalty kick for Waterford’s first goal
during their National Football League, Round 2 match in Fraher Field.
[Sean Byrne//Deise Sport]
Waterford's Shane Ahearne in action with Tipperary's Brian Jones during their National Football League,
Round 2 match in Fraher Field.
[Sean Byrne//Deise Sport]
GAA
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Dungarvan Observer Sports | Wednesday, 13 February, 2013
B l a s t f ro m t h e P a s t
From the files of the Dungarvan Observer, Saturday, 13th April, 1963
Waterford snatches yet
another dramatic victory
gave this game everything they
possessed.
Their six defenders plus agile
Jimmy Hegarty in goal played in
heroic fashion and had the game
gone on for another hour it is
doubtful that they would have
conceded a goal. From the second
minute they enjoyed the lead and
only had it snatched from them for
the first time seven minutes before
the end.
The strong breeze allied to the
dominance of Salmon and Conroy
at midfield saw to it that the first
half for the most part was fought
out in Déise territory. But try as
their forwards might, they possessed neither the craft nor the skill
to penetrate a great defence and
their 0-5 to 0-2 half-time lead was
a poor reward for their efforts.
Consider also that two of those
five points came from midfielder
Conroy – one from a ‘70’ another
from a glorious 90 yards drive and
the real weakness of their scoring
department will be realised.
In the circumstances a three
point lead looked far from sufficient. The general feeling during
the half-time break was that
Waterford’s fleet-footed forwards
would revel in the open space of
Croke Park and would find chinks
in the Connacht men’s defensive
screen through which the match
winning scores would come.
‘
Wilful waste makes
woeful want and the
many chances fritted
away by the Galway
attack cost them dearly
‘
Waterford …………………… 0-9;
Galway ………………………. 0-7
HOW fickle and unreliable the
form book can be when it comes
to the big occasion. On Sunday
last, little fancied Galway came
within an ace of upsetting all the
pre-match predictions when
before approximately 7,000 attendance at Croke Park they were
narrowly and somewhat unluckily
beaten by Waterford in the
National Hurling League semifinal.
A mere two points separated
the teams at the end of a hard
fought but unspectacular game
and it must be stated that Galway’s
trojan efforts over the sixty minutes deserved at least the right of
a second bite at the cherry.
As a hurling spectacle it was a
semi-final that flopped. There was
far too much mis-hitting and misdirected clearances by both sides
and only the close nature of the
scoring retained interest right to
the end.
Descriptively one might say
with justification that it was one of
Waterford’s undistinguished displays. They were clearly perturbed
by the first time pulling of the
Westerners and only in the closing
stages did they succeed in counteracting their unusual style.
By this, however, no criticism of
Galway is intended. They went
about their so formidable task
with little respect for the men that
provided the opposition. Playing
to a set plan that so very nearly
“did the trick” they shot to the
front after two minutes and as
they say in racing parlance were
only caught at the post.
LITTLE STYLE OR GLAMOUR
These dramatic late victories –
Sunday’s was their fifth in-a-row
have become a fashionable part of
Waterford’s hurling make-up, but
there was little style or glamour
attached to this latest game saving
efforts. Missing against the
Tribesmen was the devastating
brand of hurling that has made
them the talk of the country and
instead they nearly plotted their
own defeat by foolishly attempting to play the Westerners at their
own crude and rugged game.
But if that was part of their
trouble on Sunday their shortcomings at midfield came also with a
fraction of proving their undoing.
Practically every ball that dropped
in this vital area was claimed with
consummate and disturbing ease
by either Joe Salmon or Jimmy
Conroy against whom Joe Condon
and John Meaney and later Tony
Cummins could make little impression.
EQUAL TO EVERY DEMAND
Fortunately, for Waterford their
own defence was equal to every
demand. They worked overtime
for three-quarters of an hour trying to off-set the disadvantage of
playing behind a beaten midfield
and if helped by the feebleness of
Galway’s attack, they nevertheless
take the victory bouquets for the
second week in succession.
The Westerners – all fifteen of
them never spared themselves and
DISILLUSIONMENT
That assessment of the situation
transpired to be nothing short of
disillusionment. The second half
started as in the first – with Galway
again calling the tune. Their
defence remained clam-like,
defence continued to reap harvest
and after five minutes their lead
was stretched a point further.
Hurriedly Déise mentors went
about reconstructing their side in
an attempt to gain the initiative.
First Meaney was switched
replaced at midfield by Tony
Cummins and the attack was
altered in drastic fashion. Tom
Cheasty was switched to the left
corner and Grimes took over on
the “40.” Seamus Power went to
the fringe of the square with John
Barron taking Power’s berth at top
of the right.
With
painful
slowness
Waterford began to wear down a
tiring opposition. But that maroon
clad defence was unyielding. They
disputed every ball and it was only
the battle-hardened Cheasty and
the astute and accurate Grimes
that made worthwhile progress.
Only eight minutes remained
when equilibrium was gained for
the first time and then within a
minute Waterford shot to the
front with a point by Barron.
But Galway refused to acknowledge defeat. They stormed the
Déise posts and when a deserved
equaliser came with little over a
minute left for play a replay
looked an odds-on certainly.
WINNING POINTS
Into the thirtieth when Grimes
from outfield secured possession
and lofted over the vital point and
with a minute and a half of overtime gone, Cheasty closed the scoring with a delightful point.
DEFENCE CARRIED THEM
THROUGH
As against Wexford the previous Sunday, the solidity of
Waterford’s defence carried them
through. Percy Flynn displayed all
the coolness of a veteran in goal
and full-backs Cunningham, Flynn
and Byrne cleared their lines on
numerous occasions. Martin Og
Morrissey turned in yet another
masterly display at centre-back,
Larry Guinan cleared repeatedly in
effortless fashion and Jim Irish fitted perfectly into a cast-iron set up.
For most of the hour the side’s
greatest troubles stemmed from a
substandard midfield pairing. Joe
Condon was outplayed by the stylish Salmon and Meaney, until
replaced, contributed little to the
cause.
In the game’s preview we stated
that Galway’s defence was unlikely to be of the same calibre as
Wexford’s. Apologetically to
Galway, that belief was proved
incorrect. Only Grimes, Cheasty
and Flannelly emerged from the
“war” with honours, the remainder receiving precious little scope
to exploit their skill.
DEFENSIVE STARS
Like Waterford, the Westerners
had their stars in defence.
Goalkeeper Jimmy Hegarty made
a series of wonderful saves and
full-back Packie Burke flanked by
Jackie Gill and Tom Conway gave
nothing away.
In the half-line Ned Derrivan
covered acres of ground to great
effect; Jimmy Duggan always had
the beating of Frankie Walsh and
Joe Lyons also played his part.
The efforts of their midfield
partnership of Salmon and Conroy
to sway the game caught the
imagination of the attendance
and no blame can be laid at their
doorstep for defeat.
Wilful waste makes woeful
want and the many chances fritted
away by the Galway attack cost
them dearly. They never ceased
trying to turn their plentiful supply
of the ball into profitable account
but met with little or no success.
Waterford scorers were: Phil
Grimes (0-3), Tom Cheasty (0-3), F.
Walsh (0-2), John Barron (0-1).
Waterford: P. Flynn; T.
Cunningham, A. Flynn, J. Byrne; L.
Guinan, M. Og Morrissey, J. Irish; J.
Condon, J. Meaney; M. Flannelly,
Tom Cheasty, F. Walsh; S. Power, J.
Barron, P. Grimes. Sub: T. Cummins
for Meaney.
Galway: J. Hegarty; J. Gill, P.
Burke, T. Conway; J. Duggan, N.
Derrivan, J. Lyons; J. Conroy, J.
Salmon; M. Regan, T. Sweeney, M.
Cullinane; M. Curtin, S. Gohery, M.
Cullinane.
Referee: J. Hatton, Wicklow.
One of the most popular sponsorship deals for clubs when sponsorship came in to being was a set of
jerseys, and with County champions Stradbally set to celebrate their 2012 SFC title success on Saturday night
next 16th February, our Blast from the Past photograph shows a jersey presentation to Stradbally in times
past. Morris Tedcastles presentation to Stradbally GAA Club left to right: Paddy Flynn, Joe Curran, Chairman;
Dermot O’Brien, John Coffey, Richard Hickey, Paul Mullally, Captain senior football team set of jerseys from
Brian Cunningham, Morris Tedcastles club sponsors; Kieran Heffernan, local stockist; Sean Ahearn, trainer;
Pat Murphy, Morris Tedcastles.
[Kiely)
Brickey’s U-10 - September 1971 – Back row left to right: Donal Dempsey, Michael McCarthy,
John O’Donnell, John Ahearne, Luke O’Brien, Micheál Shine, Martin Whelan. Front row left to
right: Colin Whelan, Dan Kelliher, Kevin Whelan (Killossera), Pat Phelan, Kevin Whelan, Michael
Ronayne, Matthew McCarthy.
West Waterford Intermediate /
Junior Hurling League
LAST year the Western Divisional
Board ran a very successful hurling
league for intermediate and junior
clubs.
Western Board GAA
Fixtures
SATURDAY, 16th FEBRUARY
Albert McGrath Newsagents U-21 B Football:
Nire V Stradbally at Abbeyside 2.30 p.m.
SUNDAY, 17th FEBRUARY
Kearney Catering U-21 A Football:
Clashmore/Kinsalebeg V Comeragh Gaels at Fraher Field 12 Noon
Dungarvan V Ballinacourty at Colligan 2.30 p.m.
St Olivers V An Gaeltacht at Bushy Park 2.30 p.m.
Albert McGrath U-21 B Football:
Ardmore V Ballyduff at Ballinameela 2.30 p.m. T. Walsh
TUESDAY, 19th FEBRUARY
Killrossanty V Tallow at Fraher Field 7.30 p.m.
A total of ten teams took part
and after some excellent games it
was An Rinn and Colligan who
qualified for the final with the
Gaeltacht side coming out on top
in a cracking final. Later in the season An Rinn went on to lift the
County Intermediate Hurling title.
GROUPINGS
The groupings for this year’s
League are as follows:Group 1 - St. Mary’s, Colligan,
Ballysaggart,
Cappoquin,
Fourmilewater,
Shamrocks,
Clashmore/Kinsalebeg.
Group 2 - Geraldines, Modeligo,
Ardmore, Stradbally, Ballinameela,
Brickey Rangers.
First Round Games on Sunday,
March 24th at 12.00 noon.
GAA
Dungarvan Observer Sports | Wednesday, 13 February, 2013
Gaelic
Jottings
5
T.M.
Casement Park
PLANNING application has now been submitted in
respect of the re-development of Casement Park in
Belfast. The Ulster Council has confirmed that the
project is fully funded with grants from the N.I.
Sports Department and from the Central Council of
the GAA in order to achieve a new 40,000 capacity
stadium with the project planned to be up and
running in 2016. Everything now depends on
planning permission being granted.
Fitzgibbon and
Sigerson Cup
competition
ONE of the great GAA success stories of the
modern era has been the number of third level
colleges that are now participating in the
Fitzgibbon (hurling) and Sigerson Cup (football)
competitions and accordingly it’s stupid to see
some silly rules preventing some players from
participating in this year’s competition more
especially in an era of low employment
opportunity and really commonsense should have
been applied here.
New Hurling Club
in Cork
Radio Fun Quiz Launch – At the launch of the Radio Fun Quiz on Tuesday night last in Carriganore were Waterford Senior Hurling and Football managers, Niall
Carew and Michael Ryan. Also in attendance were Richard Tobin, Bob O’Brien, Brendan Tobin, Emer Berry, John Sheehan and Trish Walsh from the Quiz
Committee, Waterford Co. Board Chairman Tom Cunningham; Joe Cleary, Treasurer Waterford Co. Board; Waterford Senior Hurlers, Kevin Moran, Paudie
Mahoney and Noel Connors; Waterford Senior Footballers, Shane Briggs, Gary Hurney and Shane Ahearne and Michael Wadding, Vice-Chairman of the Eastern
Board. The Radio Fun Quiz with Kieran O’Connor and John O’Shea in aid of the Waterford GAA Teams Training Fund will take place live on WLR FM on
Thursday, 21st February at 8.30 p.m. in Pubs all over the county. Teams of 3 or 4: €10.00 per person. Main Sponsor is Azzurri Sport.
[Noel Browne]
IN the West Cork Division a new hurling club has
been set up to be known as St. Patrick’s. The new
club will be an amalgamation of four clubs (i.e.)
Glen Rovers, O’Donovan Rossa, Tadgh
MacCarthaigh and Kilmacabea and the aim is to
have teams participating in competition from U-14
to U-21 grade.
It will be interesting to see how the new club
progresses over the next couple of years.
Dungarvan CBS
Qualifies for the
Munster Final
Magnificent Offaly
Champions
OFFALY senior hurling champions brought off a
truly magnificent victory in the AIB All-Ireland club
semi-final at Portlaoise on Saturday afternoon last
to see off the challenge of Tipperary champions
Thurles Sarsfields by 1-20 to 1-14 after a real thriller
of a game which we viewed courtesy of TG4.
Certainly, Kilcormac-Killoughey are a really skilful
hurling XV and are in the All-Ireland final on merit.
Drawn Thriller
IN the second All-Ireland AIB Club SHC semi-final
defending champions Loughiel Shamrocks and
Galway champions St. Thomas finished on level
terms at Parnell Park on Saturday last, 2-12 to 0-18.
At half-time in extra time St. Thomas, 1-21 to 2-15
and with time up they were still three points to the
good, 1-25 to 2-19. Loughiel Shamrocks earned a
late late 20 metre free and in a dramatic climax
Liam Watson coasted the ball to the net, 1-25 to
3-19 and the teams will now face off in a replay.
Pat Noctor Supreme
Young Sports Star
of the Year 2012
DUNGARVAN duo Patrick Curran and Ryan
Donnelly were named as joint winners of the
annual Pat Noctor Supreme Young Sports Star of
the Year 2012 at the annual event at Ard Scoil na
nDeise on Friday night last. It’s the first time since
2007 that the award has gone to our national
games when Abbeyside/Ballinacourty’s Stephen
Enright was the recipient.
DUNGARVAN CBS Hurlers defeated in the Munster
Colleges (grade B) hurling final by Doon CBS are
back in the 2013 final as a result of a fully deserved
1-22 to 3-7 victory over Rochestown on Saturday
last in Youghal. Dungarvan CBS will now play Tulla
CBS in the provincial final on Saturday afternoon
next, the Clare college have scored a total of eight
goals in their last two games.
Harty Cup Final
ON Sunday, 24th February in Sean Treacy Park,
Tipperary Town with a 2.30 p.m. throw-in,
Dungarvan Colleges will play Templemore in the
Harty Cup Final, who defeated Árd Scoil Rís in their
semi-final replay on Saturday last by 1-13 to 0-14 to
set up a mouth-watering decider as the local side
seek to put Harty Cup titles back-to-back.
Allianz NF League
Fitzgerald’s changes will open their Allianz NHL
campaign at home to Michael Ryan’s Waterford on
February 24th next which is most certainly going to
provide rival hurling supporters with what is
certain to be a keenly contested clash.
Minor Football
Championship
LAST weekend saw the commencement of the
County MFC with games in all three Divisions.
Disappointingly, two clubs have withdrawn from
Division 3, namely Kilmacthomas and St. Carthage’s
which leaves 5 teams in group A and 4 in group B.
The second round of games will be played on the
weekend of February 23rd/24th.
The Big Quiz
THE build-up has started for the big Radio quiz
which is due to take place on Thursday, 21st
February at pubs all over the county. Kieran
O’Connor and Geoff Harris will host the show
which goes out from 8.30. The questions will be
written by Bob O’Brien and they will be designed
for a good night’s fun and entertainment.
The following pubs and clubs have already
entered: Kilgobinet Club in Queallys Lounge,
Modeligo in Deckies Bar, Ballinameala in Kereen
Bar, Ballyduff Upper in The Paddocks Bar, Brickey
Rangers in the Tudor House, Geraldines in Kereen
Bar, Clashmore in the Old Still Pub, Old Parish in
John Pauls, Lismore in Eamonns Place, Ferrybank in
Flynn’s Pub, Passage in Furlong’s Geneva Pub, St.
Mollerans in Walls Bar, Portlaw in The Cotton Mill,
Butlerstown in Holy Cross, Clonea in Clancy’s Bar.
Next week we should have a full list of the pubs
taking part as the County Board have appointed 25
Co-Ordinators, each looking after just two clubs,
and they are all due to report back so that we can
give you the information on where the quiz is
being hosted.
All the money raised will be going to help the
training costs of all the hurling and
football teams.
Sympathy
SINCERE sympathy is extended to Divisional and
County Board Referee Martin Currran on the death
of his uncle Tom Graves, Knockenpower, An Rinn.
Sympathy is also extended to Tom’s sister Rita and
his other nephews Patrick and Tomas.
THE text message spelt out wonderful news on
Saturday night last to the effect that Waterford
senior footballers had come out on top in their
vital Allianz NFL Division IV clash with Tipperary at
the Fraher Field by 2-8 to 0-9 to maintain their
strong challenge for promotion. Despite the very
wet conditions there was a fine attendance at the
Fraher Field to see Waterford record their second
successive league win.
Waterford’s next outing will be on the 2nd
March next, also at the Fraher Field under
floodlights against Limerick as the interest in this
excellent campaign is building by the day.
Clare are Waterford
Crystal Champions
CLARE were crowned Waterford Crystal champions
on Saturday night last when they defeated
Tipperary by 1-21 to 1-13 in the final. Davy
Members of the Abbeyside/Ballinacourty County U-14 Div. 4 winning Hurling Team who were presented with
their medals by Special Guest Darragh Duggan at the presentation function in St. Augustine’s. Included are
Team Manager Jonathan Moore and Chairman Juvenile Club Michael Ferncombe. [Sean Byrne//Deise Sport]
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St. Olivers End of Year Medal Presentation which took place in Ballinameela Community Centre on the 19th January, 2013 - St. Olivers U-14 - Back row (L to R): Tiernan O’Connell,
Eoin Halford, Liam O’Connell, Luke O’Connor, Jack Sullivan, Michael O’Brien, Elliot Stackwood, Owen Ryan, Liam O’Brien, Mark Lynch, Jack Griffin, Rob McGrath, Sean Hallahan. Front row (L to
R): Cian Horwood, Richie Lynch, Louis McGrath, Joe Duggan, P. J. O’Brien, Henry Griffin, Killian Barrett, David Halley. Also included are John Longan, President of St. Olivers Club; Fr. P. Fitzgerald
with special guest Michael Ryan, Waterford Senior Hurling Manager.
Corn Phadraig Colleges Hurling
Corn An Runai
Munster ‘C’ Senior Dungarvan CBS one step
nearer Munster title
Football Final
Wednesday, February 13th
in Mallow at 1.30 p.m.
St. Augustine’s
College
-vSt. Michael’s,
Listowel
ST. Augustine’s College will be aiming to win their first Munster football title since 2004 when they take
on St. Michael’s, Listowel in
Mallow this Wednesday. The Friary
won Corn An Uachtarain that year
on a team that included Richie
Foley, Conor Phelan and Patrick
Hurney. Their previous wins in
Corn an Uachtarain were in 1999
and 2000 with Gary Hurney and
Tadgh Kenneally featuring the first
year when St. Augustine’s defeated Listowel.
The Friary boys will be hoping
for the same result today,
Wednesday following wins over
Clashmore, 4-15 to 1-7. Colaisti an
Phiarsaigh, 5-14 to 3-6 and
Rathmore 2-11 to 2-6. Their efforts
will be spearheaded by Brian
Looby, Tadgh Bourke, Tom Devine,
Seamus Keating and David
Gartland.
ST. AUGUSTINE’S FOOTBALL
HISTORY
St. Augustine’s College has long
been the dominant force on the
Waterford Colleges Football scene.
As far back as 1956 the boys from
the "Old Friary" captured the
Frewen Cup, the Munster Colleges
Under 16 'A' title. The College
senior footballers were particularly
to the fore in Munster competition
in the late 70's and early 80's.
During this period Friary teams
under the management of former
Principal Fr. Pat Moran contested
three consecutive Munster Senior
'A' Finals and current coach Ger
Walsh was a member of the 1979
side beaten by Cork kingpins
Coláiste Chríost Rí who were led by
Dave Barry. Fortunes declined in
the late 80's as the boarding school
was phased out and the Friary
reverted to the Senior 'B' competition, Corn an Uachtaráin. St.
Augustine’s contested finals in
1991 and 1996 without success
before the emergence of a double
winning side in 1999/2000. That
side included current County football stars Gary Hurney, Shane
Briggs and John Phelan and InterCounty hurling star Michael 'Brick'
Walsh. The 2000 team went all
the way to the All Ireland Final
only to be defeated by the John
O'Mahony led St. Nathy’s
Ballaghadereen in a tremendous
contest at O'Moore Park
Portlaoise. The team also included such players as John
Hurney, Niall Hennessy, Eamonn
Walsh and Billy Harty who were
members of Waterfords historic
Under 21 Munster winning side of
2004. That same year the Friary
again
captured
Corn
an
Uachtaráin with a side featuring
hurling star Richie Foley and current Waterford Senior Footballers
Conor Phelan and Patrick Hurney.
The school has in recent years
enjoyed a major hurling revival in
its amalgamation with the local
CBS culminating in an historic first
ever Harty Cup in 2012. Hurling is
certainly the huge attraction but
these players enjoy their football
as well and it is to their credit that
in an age when there is little room
for the dual player they have given
sufficient commitment to reach
this decider. Team captain Brian
Looby, Tadhg Burke, Tom Devine,
Seamus Keating, David Gartland
and Eamonn Crotty are all members of the Coláistí Dhúngarbháin
side which will endeavour to
regain the famed Harty Cup.
An interesting footnote to
today’s final against St. Michael’s is,
that when these two teams last
clashed at senior level, in a 1st
round fixture back in 1998 St.
Augustine’s were the victors by a
single point on the amazing score
line 5-7 to 5-6. Gary Hurney starred
for St. Augustine’s and none other
than Tadhg Kenneally featured for
St. Michael’s. Spectators would
surely settle for a similar contest
today. All in Waterford football
circles wish the Friary well and
may the best team win.
PANEL: 1. Kevin Dwane
Ballinacourty; 2. Conor Tobin
Naomh Brid; 3. Brian Looby (capt.)
Ballinacourty; 4. Jack Mullaney
Stradbally; 5. Ciarán O'Neill
Brickey Rangers; 6. Tom Devine
St. Pats; 7. Ross Browne Naomh
Brid; 8. David Gartland Ardmore;
9. Seamus Keating Ardmore; 10.
Joe Allen (Dungarvan); 11. Tadhg
Burke Clashmore/Kinsalebeg; 12.
Brian French Old Parish/Ardmore;
13. Michael Troy St. Pats; 14.
Conor Prunty Ballinacourty; 15.
Michael Maher (Ballinacourty);
16. A.N. Other; 17. Thomas
Conway Ardmore; 18. Michael
Sweeney Stradbally; 19. Joe
Murphy Ardmore; 20. Eoin
O'Brien Stradbally; 21. Cathal
Cusack Stradbally; 22. Eamonn
Crotty Ballinacourty; 23. Sean
Houlihan Brickey Rangers; 24.
Eoin Kiely Ballinacourty; 25. Kevin
Dee Ballinacourty; 26. Maurice
Sweeney Stradbally.
Dr. Harty
Cup Final
Munster Senior ‘A’ Hurling
Final
Dungarvan Colleges
-vOur Lady’s, Templemore
on Sunday, February 24th
at 2.30 p.m.
in Tipperary Town
Dungarvan CBS .............…. 1-22;
Rochestown College ......…. 3-7.
AT the end of the third quarter in
this Munster ‘B’ Senior hurling
semi-final at the Copper Alley,
Youghal, Dungarvan CBS led their
Cork opponents by 1-18 to 0-7. The
concession of three goals in the
final ten minutes put a slightly better gloss on the final scoreline as
the local CBS team advanced to
their fourth consecutive Munster
final.
EVEN FIRST HALF
Rochestown presented a determined and physical challenge last
Saturday and their speedy forwards presented a consistent
threat to the Dungarvan defence.
In an even first half, the CBS led by
0-7 to 0-5 after twenty seven
minutes played. Rochestown’s
Mark O’Connor had scored four of
his side’s points, two each from
play and from frees and he set up
lively corner forward Mark Dolan
for their fifth score. Patrick Curran,
who finished the game with a
total of 1-12, scored three points
with Colin Dunford, Cormac
Curran, Christy Breathnach and
Ryan Donnelly raising one white
flag each.
IMPORTANT GOAL
Rochestown were the type of
team that gave this semi-final
everything and one could sense
that the longer they were in contention the more their confidence
grew and the more difficult it
would be to shake off their challenge and to win this game.
Patrick Curran also realised this
and in the 28th minute he took on
the expected physical challenge of
the Cork defence to solo along the
endline and with little space batted the ball into the net. He followed up with a pointed free in
the 30th minute to leave the halftime score at 1-8 to 0-5.
FREE SCORING THIRD
QUARTER
Last year’s beaten finalists
scored ten points to two in a fifteen minute spell characterised by
impressive team play superbly
marshalled by captain Colin
Dunford playing deep in the middle of the field. Patrick Curran
notched four scores and there
were also very well taken points
from play by Christy Breathnach
(2), Micheal Harney, Colin
Dunford, Cormac Curran and
Aaron Donnelly.
It was just as well that this wasn’t a closer game as Rochestown
won the final quarter by 3-0 to 0-4
with a kicked goal from Cathal
Cormac and two green flags from
frees by their top scorer Mark
O’Connor. Dungarvan’s final four
points all came from the stick of
Patrick Curran (f) in a well
deserved win for the local boys. All
the usual suspects played well here
with Michael Cronin, Cian Culloo,
Kieran Barron and Jack O’Donnell
also hurling well in a defence
where one feels Kevin Daly is more
at home in the No. 6 jersey.
In a busy time for all these players who come from nine different
clubs and who also have minor
and U-21 club championship to
play as well as an important exam
date for some in June, the Corn
Phadraig final against a free goal
scoring Tulla CBS (Clare) team will
be played this Saturday in Golden,
Tipperary, at 3.00 p.m.
Scorers: Dungarvan CBS: Patrick
Curran 1-12, Christy Breathnach
0-3, Colin Dunford and Cormac
Curran (0-2) each; Ryan Donnelly,
Micheal Harney and Aaron
Donnelly (0-1) each.
Team: Gavin
Power
(Dungarvan), Michael Cronin
(Ardmore),
Kevin
Daly
(Dungarvan), Cian Culloo (St.
Olivers), Jack O’Donnell (Brickeys),
Kealan Looby (St. Olivers), Kieran
Barron (Touraneena), Colin
Dunford (Colligan), Micheal
Harney (Bonmahon), Micheal
Shine (St. Olivers), Darragh Lyons
(Dungarvan), Criostoir Breathnach
(An Rinn), Patrick Curran
(Dungarvan). Sub: Aaron Donnelly
(Dungarvan) (46th minute).
Corn Phadraig Munster
Senior ‘B’ Final
Golden, Co. Tipperary
Saturday, February 16th
at 3 p.m.
DUNGARVAN CBS
-VST. JOSEPH’S, TULLA
DUNGARVAN CBS contest their fourth consecutive Corn Phadraig
Final in Golden this Saturday when they face a very formidable Clare
team, St. Joseph’s from Tulla. The local CBS upset the odds to defeat
St. Pauls from Waterford in the 2010 final but they had to play second
fiddle the next two years to Cashel CBS and Doon CBS respectively.
This year they have not been tested to-date but this is about to
change and the ‘Brothers’ will have to be bang in-form if they are to
regain the title and defeat this Clare outfit. Tulla have scored eight
goals in their last two games beating Borrisoleigh by 4-8 to 0-10 in the
quarter-final and Youghal by 4-9 to 0-12 in the semi-final. Tulla are not
conceding many goals and Dungarvan aren’t scoring many while the
Clare school are conceding a fair few points and the CBS are recording high totals here. It will be interesting to see if these trends
continue on Saturday. All roads lead to Golden then for what should
be another exciting game of Colleges hurling.
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J.J. Kavanagh and Sons Senior
Hurling Championship Fixtures
AT a meeting of County GAA
C.C.C.C. on Monday, 4th
February,
fixtures
were
finalised for the opening three
rounds of the County SHC.
Champions De La Salle will
open the defence of their title
at Fraher Field on Saturday, 4th
May when they take on
Ballyduff Upper. Beaten finalists Dungarvan will play
Roanmore also at Fraher Field
on Sunday, 5th May at 2.00
p.m. Fixtures are as follows:
GROUP ONE
De La Salle
Fourmilewater
Tallow
Lismore
Ballyduff Upper
An Rinn
ROUND ONE
Saturday, 4th May
at 7.30 p.m.
Ballyduff Upper v De La Salle at
Fraher Field. Referee - Tim
O’Byrne.
Sunday, 5th May
at 3.30 p.m.
Fourmilewater v Lismore at
Fraher Field. Referee - Ml.
Wadding.
at 7.00 p.m.
Tallow v An Rinn at Cappoquin.
Referee - Maurice Condon.
ROUND TWO
Saturday, 11th May
at 6.00 p.m.
De La Salle v An Rinn at Fraher
Field. Referee - Thomas Walsh.
Sunday, 12th May
at 7.00 p.m.
Ballyduff Upper v Lismore at
Tallow. Referee - Pat Casey.
at 3.00 p.m.
Tallow v Fourmilewater at
Cappoquin. Referee - Jim Murphy.
ROUND THREE
Sunday, 9th June
at 3.30 p.m.
De La Salle v Fourmilewater at
Fraher Field. Referee - Ml.
Wadding.
at 2.00 p.m.
Ballyduff Upper v An Rinn at
Fraher Field. Referee - Alan
Kissane.
at 7.00 p.m.
Tallow v Lismore at Ballyduff
Upper. Referee - Tommy
O’Sullivan.
ROUND FOUR
Weekending 30th June
Lismore v De La Salle at Walsh
Park.
An Rinn v Fourmilewater at
Fraher Field.
Tallow v Ballyduff Upper at
Lismore.
ROUND FIVE
During August
De La Salle v Tallow at
Leamybrien.
Fourmilewater v Ballyduff
Upper at Fraher Field.
Lismore v An Rinn at Fraher
Field.
GROUP TWO
Dungarvan
Mount Sion
Abbeyside
Ballygunner
Roanmore
Passage
ROUND ONE
Sunday, 5th May
at 2.00 p.m.
Roanmore v Dungarvan at
Fraher Field. Referee - Paul Foley.
Friday, 3rd May
at 7.00 p.m.
Mount Sion v Ballygunner at
Walsh Park. Referee - Tommy
O’Sullivan.
Saturday, 4th May
at 6.00 p.m.
Abbeyside v Passage at Fraher
Field. Referee - Ml. O’Brien.
ROUND TWO
Sunday, 12th May
at 3.30 p.m.
Dungarvan v Passage at Walsh
Park. Referee - Dessie O’Leary.
at 2.00 p.m.
Roanmore v Ballygunner at
Walsh Park. Referee - Ml. O’Brien.
Saturday, 11th May
at 7.30 p.m.
Abbeyside v Mount Sion at
Fraher Field. Referee - John
Condon.
ROUND THREE
Sunday, 9th June
at 3.30 p.m.
Dungarvan v Mount Sion at
Walsh Park. Referee - Thomas
Walsh.
at 2.00 p.m.
Roanmore v Passage at Walsh
Park. Referee - Pat Casey.
Saturday, 8th June
at 7.30 p.m.
Abbeyside v Ballygunner at
Walsh Park. Referee - Martin
Curran.
ROUND FOUR
Date To Be Confirmed
Ballygunner v Dungarvan at
Fraher Field.
Passage v Mount Sion at Walsh
Park.
Abbeyside v Roanmore at
Walsh Park.
ROUND FIVE
Weekending 2nd September
Dungarvan v Abbeyside at
Fraher Field.
Mount Sion v Roanmore at
Walsh Park.
Ballygunner v Passage at Walsh
Park.
Quarter-Finals 14th / 15th
September.
County Senior Hurling SemiFinals 28th / 29th September.
County Senior Final - Sunday,
13th October.
Munster Club v Tipperary or
Limerick - Sunday, 10th November.
J. J. Kavanagh and Sons Senior
Football Championship Fixtures
THE opening round games in
the County SFC will take place
on Friday 12th, Saturday 13th
and Sunday, 14th April with six
games down for decision. The
opening game on Friday 12th
is an all Western clash with
Ballinacourty taking on An
Rinn in Fraher Field. County
Champions Stradbally will
open the defence of their title
on Saturday 13th against
Gaultier in Walsh Park.
GROUP ONE
Stradbally;
Clashmore / Kinsalebeg;
Kilrossanty;
Ardmore;
Gaultier;
St. Saviours.
ROUND ONE
Saturday, 13th April
at 7.00 p.m.
Gaultier v Stradbally at Walsh
Park.
Clashmore / Kinsalebeg v
Ardmore at Fraher Field.
Sunday, 14th April
at 3.30 p.m.
Kilrossanty v St. Saviours at
Walsh Park.
ROUND TWO
Saturday, 20th April
at 7.30 p.m.
Stradbally v St. Saviours v
Kilmacthomas.
Gaultier
v
Ardmore
v
Leamybrien.
Sunday, 21st April
at 3.30 p.m.
Kilrossanty v Clashmore /
Kinsalebeg at Fraher Field.
ROUND THREE
Weekending 16th June
Stradbally v Clashmore /
Kinsalebeg.
Gaultier v St. Saviours.
Kilrossanty v Ardmore.
ROUND FOUR
Weekending 21st July
Ardmore v Stradbally.
St. Saviours v Clashmore /
Kinsalebeg.
Kilrossanty v Gaultier.
ROUND FIVE
During August
Stradbally v Kilrossanty.
Clashmore / Kinsalebeg v
Gaultier.
Ardmore v St. Saviours.
GROUP TWO
The Nire
Ballinacourty
Rathgormack
An Rinn
Brickey Rangers
Ballinameela
ROUND ONE
Sunday, 14th April
at 7.00 p.m.
Brickey Rangers v The Nire at
Fraher Field.
Friday, 12th April
at 8.00 p.m.
Ballinacourty v An Rinn at
Fraher Field.
Saturday, 13th April
at 7.00 p.m.
Rathgormack v Ballinameela at
Leamybrien.
ROUND TWO
Sunday, 21st April
at 2.00 p.m.
The Nire v Ballinameela at
Fraher Field.
Brickey Rangers v An Rinn at
Fraher Field.
Saturday, 20th April
at 7.30 p.m.
Rathgormack v Ballinacourty at
Fraher Field.
ROUND THREE
Weekending 16th June
The Nire v Ballinacourty.
Brickey Rangers v Ballinameela.
Rathgormack v An Rinn.
ROUND FOUR
Weekending 21st July
An Rinn v The Nire.
Ballinameela v Ballinacourty.
Rathgormack v Brickey Rangers.
ROUND FIVE During August
The Nire v Rathgormack.
Ballinacourty v Brickey Rangers.
An Rinn v Ballinameela.
Quarter-Finals on weekend of
September 21st.
Semi-Finals on weekend of
October 5th / 6th.
County Senior Football Final on
Sunday, 20th October.
Munster Club Championship v
Limerick on Sunday, 3rd November
at a Waterford venue.
St. Olivers U-14 who played against Lismore on Sunday.
Sargent Cup Senior Hurling League
FOLLOWING the recent decision at a County Board meeting, the Sargent Cup will be
presented to the winners of
the County SHL.
First Round games will take
place on Wednesday, 24th
April with Round Two on the
following Sunday.
The fixtures are as follows:GROUP ONE
An Rinn; Lismore; Ballygunner;
Dungarvan;
Mount
Sion;
Fourmilewater.
ROUND ONE
Wednesday, 24th April
at 7.30 p.m.
An Rinn v Ballygunner at An
Rinn.
Lismore v Mount Sion at
Lismore.
Fourmilewater v Dungarvan at
Ballymacarbry.
ROUND TWO
Sunday, 28th April
at 12.00 noon
An Rinn v Fourmilewater at An
Rinn.
Mount Sion v Dungarvan at
Mount Sion.
Ballygunner v Lismore at
Ballygunner.
ROUND THREE
Saturday, 18th May
at 7.30 p.m.
Lismore v An rinn at Lismore.
Fourmilewater v Mount Sion at
Ballymacarbry.
Dungarvan v Ballygunner at
Dungarvan.
ROUND FOUR
Monday, 3rd June
at 2.30 p.m.
Dungarvan v An Rinn at
Dungarvan.
Fourmilewater v Lismore at
Ballymacarbry.
Ballygunner v Mount Sion at
Ballygunner.
ROUND FIVE
Friday, 21st June
at 7.30 p.m.
Mount Sion v An Rinn at Mount
Sion.
Lismore v Dungarvan at
Lismore.
Ballygunner v Fourmilewater at
Ballygunner.
GROUP TWO
Tallow
Abbeyside
Roanmore
De La Salle
Passage
Ballyduff Upper
ROUND ONE
Wednesday, 24th April
at 7.30 p.m.
Passage v Tallow at Passage.
Abbeyside v De La Salle at
Abbeyside.
Roanmore v Ballyduff Upper at
Roanmore.
ROUND TWO
Sunday, 28th April
at 12.00 noon
Tallow v Ballyduff Upper at
Tallow.
Passage v De La Salle at Passage.
Roanmore v Abbeyside at
Roanmore.
ROUND THREE
Saturday, 18th May
at 7.30 p.m.
Abbeyside v Tallow at
Abbeyside.
Ballyduff Upper v Passage at
Ballyduff Upper.
De La Salle v Roanmore at De La
Salle.
ROUND FOUR
Monday, 3rd June
at 2.30 p.m.
De La Salle v Tallow at De La
Salle.
Ballyduff Upper v Abbeyside at
Ballyduff Upper.
Roanmore v Passage at
Roanmore.
ROUND FIVE
Friday, 21st June
at 7.30 p.m.
Tallow v Roanmore at Tallow.
Abbeyside v Passage at
Abbeyside.
Ballyduff Upper v De La Salle at
Ballyduff Upper.
Phelan Cup Senior Football League
THE programme of games for
this year’s County Senior
Football League have been
announced by the County
Board C.C.C.C. The winners will
be presented with the Phelan
Cup which in previous years
was a separate knock-out competition.
The opening round of
games will take place on
Sunday, March 3rd with a 12.00
noon throw-in for all six
games.
GROUP ONE
Kilrossanty;
Rathgormack;
Brickey Rangers; Gaultier; Nire;
Stradbally
ROUND ONE
Sunday, 3rd March
at 12.00 noon
Kilrossanty
v
Nire
at
Leamybrien.
Gaultier v Rathgormack at
Gaultier.
Stradbally v Brickey Rangers at
Stradbally.
ROUND TWO
Monday, 1st April
at 2.30 p.m.
Kilrossanty v Stradbally at
Leamybrien.
Nire v Gaultier at Ballymac.
Rathgormack v Brickey Rangers
at Rathgormack.
ROUND THREE
Saturday, 6th April
at 7.00 p.m.
Rathgormack v Kilrossanty at
Rathgormack.
Nire v Stradbally at Ballymac.
Gaultier v Brickey Rangers at
Gaultier.
ROUND FOUR
Saturday, 25th May
at 7.30 p.m.
Gaultier v Kilrossanty at
Gaultier.
Stradbally v Rathgormack at
Stradbally.
Brickey Rangers v Nire at Bushy
Park.
ROUND FIVE
Saturday, 13th July
at 7.30 p.m.
Brickey Rangers v Kilrossanty at
Bushy Park.
Rathgormack v Nire at
Rathgormack.
Stradbally v Gaultier at
Stradbally.
GROUP TWO
Ballinameela
Ardmore
St. Saviours
An Rinn
Clashmore
Ballinacourty
ROUND ONE
Sunday, 3rd March
at 12.00 noon
Ballinameela v Clashmore at
Ballinameela.
Ardmore v An Rinn at Ardmore.
Ballinacourty v St. Saviours at
Abbeyside.
ROUND TWO
Monday, 1st April
at 2.30 p.m.
Ballinameela v Ballinacourty at
Ballinameela.
Clashmore v An Rinn at
Clashmore.
St. Saviours v Ardmore at
Ballybeg.
ROUND THREE
Saturday, 6th April
at 7.00 p.m.
Ardmore v Ballinameela at
Ardmore.
Clashmore v Ballinacourty at
Clashmore.
An Rinn v St. Saviours at An
Rinn.
ROUND FOUR
Saturday, 25th May
at 7.30 p.m.
Ballinameela v An Rinn at
Ballinameela.
Ballinacourty v Ardmore at
Abbeyside.
Clashmore v St. Saviours at
Clashmore.
ROUND FIVE
Saturday, 13th July
at 7.30 p.m.
St. Saviours v Ballinameela at
Ballybeg.
Ardmore v Clashmore at
Ardmore.
An Rinn v Ballinacourty at An
Rinn.
P.S. – County League Semi-Finals
on Saturday, July 27th with the
Final scheduled for Saturday,
August 3rd.
GAA
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Dungarvan Observer Sports | Wednesday, 13 February, 2013
Western Board Championship
season commences this weekend
THIS coming Saturday and Sunday
sees the commencement of the
divisional championship year for
2013 with six games down for
decision in the U-21 FC. There are
three games in the Kearney
Catering (A) grade on Sunday with
the local derby meeting of
Ballinacourty and Dungarvan in
Colligan, a repeat of last year’s
final.
The honour of kicking off the
championship year goes to the
Nire and Stradbally in the Albert
McGrath Newsagents (B) grade
when they meet at Abbeyside on
Saturday afternoon.
The remaining of games in the
(B) sector will be played on Sunday
afternoon. The Board must be
complimented on keeping admission prices at €5 with e3 concessions.
The Divisional Board C.C.C.C.
were due to meet earlier this week
to put dates and venues on the
opening rounds of the Adult hurling and football championships.
(A)
Ballinacourty
-vDungarvan
At Colligan
on Sunday, 17th at 2.30 p.m.
This opening round game at
Colligan on Sunday afternoon was
a repeat of last year’s divisional
final which Ballinacourty won
after extra time by 1-16 to 0-11.
Both sides will be short a number
of players from those teams but it
will be another keenly contested
local
derby
encounter.
Ballinacourty will have Philip
Cashin in goal and along with Ross
Dunford, Colm Kindregan, the
Eoin Bergin, Brian Looby, Ronan
Sheehan and Collins brothers Evan
and David, they have the numbers
of a good side.
The Blues will be keen to
revenge last year’s defeat and with
Conor Mulcahy between the posts
assisted by Darren Duggan, Luke
Egan, Sean Ryan, Conor Sheridan,
Ryan Donnelly and the Curran
brothers they will have to make a
big effort here.
As in any local derby game it
could go either way but we give a
hesitant vote to Dungarvan.
Clashmore/Kinsalebeg
-vComeragh Gaels
at the Fraher Field on Sunday,
February 17th at 12 noon
This could be one of the closest
games of the weekend and there
has been very little between these
teams at underage level.
Comeragh Gaels reached the B
decider last year where they lost
out to Brickey Rangers by 2-5 to
0-8. While Clashmore were defeated by Ballinacourty in the (A) semifinal. Comeragh Gaels i.e. St. Pats
were comfortable winners of the
Divisional Minor (A) championship
last year. In Kevin Sheehan, Colin
Dunford, Eoin Kearns, Gavin
Whelan and the Tobin brothers
amongst others they have fine
footballers with Sheehan currently
on the county senior panel.
Clashmore will look to Darren
Foley, Tadgh Bourke and the
O’Connors to lead them here but
Comeragh Gaels could shade it.
(A)
An Gaeltacht
-vSt. Olivers
at Bushy Park on Sunday,
February 17th at 2.30 p.m.
Another local derby game out
at Bushy Park as these great rivals
do battle for a semi-final place and
a meeting with Brickey Rangers.
There has never been much
between these sides at underage
level and the Gaeltacht sides may
come out on top here.
(B)
Nire
- v Stradbally
at Abbeyside on Saturday,
February 16th at 2.30 p.m.
The opening game of this year’s
championship will take place at
Abbeyside on Saturday afternoon.
At minor level Nire have been the
more successful and they should
record victory here.
(B)
Kilrossanty
-vTallow
at Fraher Field on Tuesday,
February 19th at 7.30 p.m.
With county senior player Paul
Whyte in their ranks, Kilrossanty
will be strong favourites to come
out on top here and secure a semifinal spot. Tallow are fielding on
their own at U-21 level this year
with assistance from Shamrocks.
(B)
Ardmore
-vBallyduff
at Ballinameela on Sunday,
February 17th at 2.30 p.m.
At Ballinameela on Sunday
afternoon, Ardmore with Ml.
Cronin, Seamus Keating and David
Gartland in their starting XV
should prove too strong for
Ballyduff who will look to Eoin
Scanlan, Kevin Carey, Cian Leamy,
Jamie Hannon, Connor Geary and
Mikey Kearney etc. etc. to lead
them here and push Ardmore all
the way.
Waterford Ladies Gaelic football …
Intermediate team overcome by Galway
Galway …………………….. 3-13;
Waterford ……………………. 2-7
THE Déise ladies made the long
journey to St. Jarlath’s Park in
Tuam to play against the home
county in the second round of the
Tesco National Football league.
Both teams were out to prove a
point in this fixture, Waterford
were hoping to redeem themselves after last week’s heavy
defeat to Kerry and Galway felt
that they had thrown away a glorious chance to defeat a Kildare
team that had two players in the
sin-bin at one stage of the second
half.
This was a much improved performance by a Waterford team
and the girls opened the scoring
early on when Michelle Ryan
scored a free. Galway replied with
a free of their own to level matters
before Michelle Ryan converted a
penalty which resulted in Galway’s
Emer Flaherty being sin-binned.
Michelle Ryan tacked on two more
points from frees before Gillian
O’Connor and Roisin Leonard capitalised on two lapses in concentration in the Deise defence to leave
the half time score Galway 2-7 to
Waterford’s 1-5, this in spite of
Waterford having the greater
share of possession and playing
the better football.
In the second half Waterford
again opened brightly and
Michelle Ryan pointed a free,
Galway replied in kind with three
points of their own to leave eight
points between the teams with
ten minutes to go. With eight minutes to go a very impressive Aileen
Wall beat the Galway goalkeeper
and scored a wonderful goal to
narrow the gap to five points. A
Galway point stretched the lead
and a break away goal in the final
minute of the game by one of the
Galway substitutes left the final
score Galway 3-13 to Waterford
2-7. A highlight of the game was
the unerring accuracy of Galway’s
Edel Concannon in free taking
from the ground.
The Waterford team lined out
as follows Aimee Jordan, Roisin
Tobin, Ann Dunphy, Nora Dunphy,
Mary Foley, Karen McGrath, Aoife
Landers, Michelle McGrath, Elaine
Power, Linda Wall, Shona Curran,
Mairead Wall, Aileen Wall,
Michelle Ryan, Sinead Ryan.
Subs introduced Trish Fitzgerald
for Sinead Ryan, Louise Ryan for
Shona Curran and Tracy Fennell for
Roisin Tobin.
This was a much better performance by the Waterford girls, the
final margin of nine points is scant
reward for the efforts that they
put in during the game against a
Galway team who reached the
Senior All-Ireland semi-final last
season. Waterford have probably
played their two hardest league
games of the season and should
take major heart from their display
and look forward with confidence
to the next game which will be a
home game against Westmeath
on Sunday next.
WATERFORD V WESTMEATH
PREVIEW
Waterford welcome the ladies
from Westmeath to Dungarvan on
Sunday next for round three of the
National
Football
league.
Westmeath had a good win last
Sunday by beating a disappointing
Fermanagh team. The Deise ladies
after the disappointment of the
game against Kerry showed a
major improvement in the game
against Galway and this should
stand to them against Westmeath.
Westmeath have some outstanding players and clinched promotion from Division 3 of the league
by defeating Leitrim in a replay.
Westmeath were crowned All
Ireland Intermediate champions in
2010 and the only game they lost
in the championship that year was
a defeat by the Deise girls in St.
Molleran’s in the early rounds of
the championship. As a result
Waterford won’t fear the challenge of the Westmeath girls and
have the girls to stop the
Westmeath threat. In defence
players like Karen McGrath, Aoife
Landers and Mary Foley are more
than capable of containing the
Lakeland forwards. Up front
Michelle Ryan top scored again
last week and the Wall sisters
Linda, Mairead and Aileen have
the ability to give good performances.
Throw-in next Sunday is at 2.00
p.m. at a venue to be confirmed,
which will be announced on WLR
and on the Waterford Ladies Web
Site and Facebook and Twitter
pages during the week and the
girls would be delighted to get a
good crowd to the game to support them in their bid to get their
league campaign up and running.
Naomh Brid Under 8 Hurlers who recently took part in the Ballyduff Upper Indoor Hurling Blitz.
J. J. Kavanagh Minor Football
Championship Results
Sunday, February 10th
Division 1
Gaultier 1-5; De La Salle 0-6.
Ballinacourty 5-6; Nire 0-7.
Dungarvan 1-13; Roanmore 2-6.
Rathgormack v. Clashmore (conceded by Clashmore).
DIVISION 2
Brickeys 0-11; Stradbally 3-2.
Naomh Brid 3-7; St. Olivers 2-7.
Tramore 0-7; Clan na nGael 0-5.
DIVISION 3 GROUP 1
St. Mary’s 4-9; St. Saviours 2-6.
Kilmacthomas v. Kilrossanty (conceded by Kilmacthomas).
DIVISION 3 GROUP 2
Ardmore 1-13; Cois Bride 2-5.
Lismore v. Affane (conceded by
Lismore).
P.S: Both St. Carthages and
Kilmacthomas have withdrawn from
Division 3 of the minor football championship.
DIVISION 1: BALLINACOURTY
IMPRESSIVE WINNERS
Ballinacourty ....................… 5-6;
Nire ....................................…..0-7.
Following a 0-4 to 0-2 half-time
lead, five second half goals by
Ballinacourty secured them a comfortable win in Ballymacarbry. Sub
Tadgh Prendergast raised two
green flags and the other goal
scorers were Lee Mulhearne, Sean
Daly and Kevin Dee with David
Looby kicking some impressive
points from frees. Best for the Nire
were Conor Gleeson and Dermot
Ryan.
Ballinacourty: Kevin Dwane, Brian
McGinn, Jack Duggan, Patrick Collins,
John Elsted, Brein Looby, Stephen Cliffe,
Conor Prunty, Lee Mulhearne, Mikey
Coleman, Eamon Crotty, David Looby,
Cathal O’Donovan, Timmy McGrath,
Kevin Dee. Subs: Laurence Power,
Tadgh Prendergast, Sean Daly, Eoin
Kiely, Ruairi Conway.
Nire: Shane Mullins, Anthony
Gilman, Stephen Ryan, Jack Guiry,
Conor Tierney, Tomas Cooney, Jake
Mulcahy, Dermot Ryan, Gearoid Hearn,
Shane O’Meara, Conor Gleeson, Ciaran
Looney, Darragh Morrissey, Dylan Guiry,
Fergus Condon. Subs: Cian Morrissey,
Ross Lonergan, Ciaran Ryan.
Referee: Gavin Whelan (Colligan).
DIVISION 1:
SECOND HALF RECOVERY
GIVES BLUES HOME WIN
Dungarvan .....................…. 1-13;
Roanmore .........................…. 2-6.
Roanmore were deservingly in
front by 1-4 to 0-6 at half-time in
Dungarvan thanks to a fine goal
by midfielder Paul O’Toole and
points by Daniel Pender (2f), Evan
Keohan and Maurice Shanahan.
The home team improved in
the second half with Patrick
Curran scoring from frees and
from play and 1-1 by Lee Donnelly
settled the contest despite a late
goal from the penalty spot by
Daniel Pender.
Scorers: Dungarvan: Patrick Curran
0-8, Lee Donnelly 1-1, Gavin Power,
Fionn Hallahan, Joe Allen, Aaron
Donnelly (0-1) each.
Roanmore: Daniel Pender 1-3, Paul
O’Toole 1-0, Maurice Shanahan 0-2,
Evan Keohan 0-1.
Dungarvan: John Havens, Shane
Duggan, Jack Morrissey, Billy Egan,
Donnachadha Kirwan, Kevin Daly,
Darragh Lyons, Joe Allen, Aaron
Donnelly, Richie Forsey, Gavin Power,
Rian Crotty, Fionn Hallahan, Patrick
Curran, Lee Donnelly. Subs: Eamon
Ryan, Ciaran Dee.
Referee: Thomas Walsh (Nire).
DIVISION TWO: HONOURS
EVEN AT BUSHY PARK
Stradbally .........................…. 3-2;
Brickey Rangers .............…. 0-11.
Goals usually win games but on
this occasion they only secured a
draw for a Stradbally team that
found it difficult to put the ball
over the bar. Brickeys led at halftime by 0-4 to 1-0 and with eleven
scores to five and a missed second
half penalty they must feel that
they left this one behind them.
Scorers: Brickeys: Cormac O’Grady
0-3, Cormac Curran, Cian O’Halloran
(0-2) each; Carthach Barry, Kieran
O’Neill, Conor Morrissey and Stevie
Ahearne (0-1) each.
Stradbally: Stephen Keane, Jack
Mullaney and Andrew Kirwan (1-0)
each; Maurice Sweeney and James
Whelan (0-1) each.
Brickeys: John Blackwell; Kevin
McCarthy, Shane Nugent, Jonathan
O’Hanlon; Kieran O’Neill, Jack
O’Donnell, Sean Houlihan; Cormac
Curran, Carthach Barry; Stevie Ahearne,
Cormack O’Grady; Darragh O’Grady,
Cian O’Halloran, Conor Morrissey.
Stradbally: Mark Walsh; Maurice
Sweeney, Darren McKuckian, Jack
Navin; Andrew Kirwan, Cathal Cusack,
Michael Ahearne; Walter Cullinane,
Jack Mullaney; Ciaran Cusack, Robert
Finn, Paul Tobin; Michael Sweeney, Eoin
O’Brien. Subs: James Whelan, Stephen
Keane, Nickey Power, Daniel Weldon.
Referee:
Timmy
Organ
(Ballinacourty).
DIVISION TWO
Naomh Brid ......................…. 3-7;
St. Olivers ................,,,,......…. 2-7.
Naomh Brid led by 2-4 to 1-2 at
half-time in this closely contested
game with Tom Devine scoring
their two goals and Jason
Morrissey replying for Olivers. The
Geraldines/Ballinameela combination improved in the second half
winning it by 1-5 to 1-3 but Naomh
Brid half-time lead guaranteed
them the two championship
points. The second half goal scorers were Cian Ryan for St. Olivers
and Jason Sheehan for the winners.
Scorers: Naomh Brid: Tom Devine
2-0, Michael Troy 0-5, Jason Sheehan 11, Conor Tobin 0-1.
St. Olivers: Jason Morrissey 1-4, Cian
Ryan 1-0, Aidan Dwyer, Cian Culloo and
Michael Kiely (0-1) each.
Naomh Brid: John Carroll; Ronan
Gleeson, John McGrath, Richard
McGrath; Ross Browne, Evan Hickey,
Tom Devine; P. J. Coffey, Niall Whelan;
Conor Tobin, Dean Cliffe, Michael Troy.
St. Olivers: Donagh Looby; Robert
Shine, Paul Curran, Mark Ronayne; Cian
Culloo, Kealan Looby, Michael Kiely;
Aidan Dwyer, Michael Shine; Michael
Whelan, Jason Morrissey, Michael
Culloo; Adam Curran, Shane Kenny, Eric
Kennefick. Subs: Cian Ryan, Jack
Sullivan.
Referee: John Condon (An Rinn).
DIVISION THREE: ARDMORE
OFF TO WINNING START
Ardmore .........................…. 1-13;
Cois Bhride .......................…. 2-6.
With fourteen scores to eight,
Ardmore were worthy winners of
this first round game last Sunday.
They had ten points on the board
at half-time to Cois Bhride’s two
and a second half David Gartland
goal secured the win. Cois Bhride’s
goal scorers were Stefan Tobin and
Ryan Gray.
Scorers: Ardmore: David Gartland
1-2, Tom Power 0-4, Charlie Bryan,
Senan Freyne, James Kennedy (0-2)
each; Joe Murphy 0-1.
Cois Bhride: Stefan Tobin 1-3, Ryan
Gray 1-0, Kelvyn O’Farrell 0-2, Adam
Crawford 0-1.
Ardmore: Dylan Troy; Thomas
Conway, Christopher Power, Sean
Veale; Michael Cronin, Joseph Murphy,
William Barron; David Gartland, Charlie
Bryan; James Kennedy, James Veale,
Senan Freyne; Tom Power, Daniel
Tierney, Stephen Keating.
Cois Bhride: David Tobin; Michael
O’Neill, Colm Roche, Paul O’Mahony;
Adam Crawford, Noel Condon, Jack
Tobin; Matthew Aherne, Robbie
Beecher; Michael Tobin, Stefan Tobin,
Pedro Henrique, Sean Curley, Kelvyn
O’Farrell.
Referee: Pat Walsh (Nire).
• Thanks to all the above referees for providing match information.
GAA CLUB NOTES
Dungarvan Observer Sports | Wednesday, 13 February, 2013
St. Olivers
CLUB LOTTO
Last week’s winner was Conor Mulhall on the ball number
21.
UNDER 8
Our Under 8's have played two blitzes the last two
Saturday mornings in Ballinameela hall. Lots of smiling faces
and plenty of helping out, thanks to all.
UNDER 9
There is an under 9 tournament for Declan’s team this
Saturday in the hall. Details to follow by club text.
UNDER 14
Our Under 14 team had their first run out of the year in
Lismore last Sunday morning. We played a very strong
Lismore side and lost our first football game of the season. We
were due to play Monday night in a blitz. Detail to follow next
week.
MINOR
Our Minor Team had their first game of 2013 last Sunday
in Aglish at noon. We were up against a very fancied Naomh
Brid side and we lost out narrowly by a single goal 2-7 to 3-7.
Our next game is due to be against Stradbally on the 24th.
However, the continued success of the Harty Cup team may
postpone that game. Details by Club text. Training continues
this week.
UNDER 21
Our Under 21's have been training hard and have had a
few good challenge matches over the last few weeks. We
have our first Championship game this Sunday in Bushy Park
at 2.30 p.m. vs a very good An Gaeltacht team. The manager,
selectors and team would appreciate a big turn-out from the
club, so please come along this Sunday and cheer the lads on.
MEMBERSHIP
Membership is now due - €50 per family and €25 per individual. All players playing with their senior club are asked to
pay their main membership to St. Olivers.
BAG PACK
We have secured the 26th and 27th April as dates for our
Bag Pack in Dunnes Stores. This is a major fundraiser for the
club and everyone is expected to do their bit. Just 2 hours from
everyone over the two days will be needed. Please text Jackie
the times you are available. 087 753 2049 Thanks.
Abbeyside/Ballinacourty
JACK THE JOKER
Our popular Jack the Joker Fundraiser will continue this
Sunday night in Kennedy’s Live where the Jackpot will be
€8,050 as on Sunday night Lee O’Donnell was drawn out of
the drum but did not find the Joker, however he did win €50,
while Sean Kiely and Eoghan Cosgrave 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.
UNDER 21 FOOTBALL
This Sunday we take on Dungarvan in the first round of the
Western Championship in Colligan at 2:30 p.m. where all support would be greatly appreciated.
CLUB BINGO
Our Bingo continues this Sunday night when we will return
to our normal venue of the CBS Hall where the jackpot is
€1,000.
INTER-COUNTY ACTIVITY
On Saturday night last Waterford Senior Footballers continued their good start to the National League with a victory
over Tipperary in Fraher Field. Representing our club on the
team were Stephen Enright, Shane Briggs, John and Patrick
Hurney and Sean O’Hare.
COUNTY BOARD QUIZ
On Thursday, February 21st the County Board is holding a
Table Quiz throughout the County with the questions being
aired on WLR FM buy our own Bob O’Brien and Kieran
O’Connor. There was a fantastic turnout of club personnel last
month for the footballers quiz so it would be great to see a
big turnout in Minnies Bar at 8:30 pm on the night to support
our County. Teams of three or four cost €10 a person.
CLUB PITCH
All managers are asked to note that the main club pitch
remains closed and managers are asked to ensure that they
have booked the training pitch before arranging training. We
would ask that managers arranging Challenge games would
book the field at least five days in advance with Michael
O’Donovan.
MEMBERSHIP
Membership fees are now due and can be paid to
Jonathon Donovan or Kevin Tobin or indeed any member of
the club committee. We would ask that all players make an
effort to pay their membership as soon as possible as training
has now resumed with a number of Championships beginning in the next number of weeks.
DEISE DEVELOPMENT DRAW
Over the next number of weeks members of our club will
once again be calling to the people of our Parish seeking your
support for the Deise Development Draw which will begin at
the end of March. The format of the draw is similar to previous years with nine monthly draws costing €10 a month.
Each month there will be a prize fund of €15,600 so as well as
supporting our club you will be in with a chance of winning
some fantastic prizes.
JUVENILE SECTION
Harty Cup Fundraiser: A five a side soccer tournament
will be held in the Friary hall on Sunday, 17th February in aid
of the Harty cup training fund. €10 per person charge will
apply. Contact Darragh Duggan on 0862662403 if you would
like to enter a team by Thursday. All support will be greatly
appreciated.
Minor Football: Minor footballers travelled to the Mill
Field in Ballymacarbry on Sunday morning last the 9th to play
the Nire in their opening round of the County championship.
Great football was played by all and thankfully we got our
campaign off to a winning start.
Indoor Hurling: Indoor hurling continues every Friday
night beginning at six o’clock for five and six year olds. Please
note a one way system is in operation in the Friary grounds.
The joker fundraiser will be on sale every Friday during indoor
hurling. We appeal to parents to support this as it goes to
development of club grounds. This development will ensure
safe and top class training facilities for our children into the
future.
Membership: Membership is now being taken up. Players
are reminded that as the championships are starting soon this
needs to be paid as soon as possible.
U-14: Our under 14 championship gets off to a start this
weekend. Our first game is against the Brickey Rangers at
10:30 a.m. on Sunday morning. Support would be appreciated here.
U-8: Well done to our Under 8 panel who over the last two
weekends took part in the Waterford Coaching and games
which were held in Ballinameela and Kilgobinet. Our panel
was divided into two groups, one going to Ballinameela and
the other to Kilgobinet for the indoor hurling in week one,
and then the same venues for the football the following
week. A special thanks to the parents for travelling with the
boys to get them there and for making sure they all had the
mouth guards which is mandatory for football. Training this
Friday night, 15th March, in the Friary hall at 6.45 p.m. Watch
out for the teamer and please reply.
ABBEYSIDE LADIES FOOTBALL CLUB
We will host an information night this Friday night in the
clubhouse at 6.30 p.m. We invite all parents and guardians
and anyone who may be interested in helping out with the
girls in any way possible to attend this meeting. We're looking
forward to seeing you there!
Affane/Cappoquin
AFFANE/CAPPOQUIN GAA PRESENTS FINBAR FUREY
Affane Cappoquin GAA are proud to announce an intimate session with Finbar Furey on Saturday, April 27th in the
Community Development Hall Cappoquin.
Our first week of sales for tickets for Finbar has been
astounding; tickets are not yet printed however orders have
been taken and awaiting delivery. Please remember Finbar is
for one night only so don’t delay in purchasing tickets before
disappointment, limited seating is available on the night.
If you want to hear and see Finbar preform his iconic titles
such as, the Lonesome Boatman, When You Were Sweet Sixteen, Green fields of France and so much more contact Maria
affanecappoquingaa@gmail.com or 0863497150.
LOTTO RESULTS
11th February 2013. €6,100 No winner. Numbers Drawn: 1,
14, 19, 28. €20 consolations winners: Paddy Jim Feeney c/o
Central Bar; John Jackson, Ballyduff; Cian Wilkinson, Tourin;
Brian McCarthy, Carrigeen; John Mansfield, Kilclogher; Next
week’s draw will take place on the 18th February
THREE TO ANSWER
Who was goalkeeper for Cappoquin in the 1995 County
Intermediate hurling final against St. Mollerans?
Who was full back for Affane in when they defeated
Portlaw in the County intermediate football county final?
Cappoquin are the only Waterford club to contest the AllIreland Feile Na Gael Division 1 u-14 hurling final in 1974 when
they were narrowly defeated in Limerick by Na Piarsaigh
(Cork) in the final who captained the side on that occasion?
LAST WEEK’S ANSWERS
1. Cappoquin's captain when they won their first Western
U-21 hurling Championship in 1971 was Denis McCarthy.
2. Cappoquin/Affane achieved the County A minor double
in 1978 and the County B minor double in 1988.
Affane opponents in the 1973 and 1974 County senior
football finals were John Mitchels and Dunhill.
MEMBERSHIP
Annual membership is now due. Players, current members
and new members please get in contact with club treasurer.
CONTACT US
If anyone would like to contribute to our weekly club notes
please forward them to affanecappoquingaa@gmail.com
also keep up to date with our club by checking out our club
facebook.
Ardmore
UNDER 14 FOOTBALL
Ardmore 7-5; Clashmore 5-6.
Our Under-14 Footballers lined out on Sunday morning at
home to play our neighbours Clashmore. Ardmore started
well, but it was not long before Clashmore began to take control with some fine running from their centre back and mid
field paring. At the half time break it was Clashmore that had
the score advantage. For the opening minutes of the second
half Clashmore continued with some well take scores.
Ardmore did respond well and put some excellent patterns of
football together and capitalised on some fine goal opportunities. Ardmore did finish stronger and came away winners on
a score of 7-4 to 5-6. with both sides scoring 11 scores each. It
showed how balanced the teams were.
Panel of the day – Neil Power; Adam Power; Jack Keane;
Brian Walsh; Nathan Byrne; Padraig Foley; Harry Yellop; James
Flavin; Thomas Ahern; Lee Morrissey; David Walsh; Ciaran
Keating; Jack Walsh; Seamus Cronin; Gerry Lynch; David Lynch.
MINOR FOOTBALL
Ardmore 1-13; Cois Brid 2-5.
After the Under-14 Match the morning continued with our
Minor’s partnered up against Cois Bride. Ardmore took control of the game quickly with Charlie Byrne & Tom Power taking the some fine scores. This was followed up with well taken
points from Senan Freyne, James Kennedy David Gartland &
Joseph Murphy. At Half time Ardmore had a good advantage
on a score line of 0-10 – 0-2.
The second half team talk for Cois Brid worked as they
upped a gear and took the game to Ardmore. With a goal
and 2 points within 15 minutes we now only had a 3-point
advantage to play with. We squandered some fine passages
of play and began to make silly mistakes. Ardmore did settle
back to its game plan and with Tom Power free taking we
began to stretch the lead again to 5 points. Cois Brid responded with a goal. With minutes remaining it was David Gartland
that struck the final blow with an well take goal to seal it for
Ardmore on a score line of 1-13 to 2-5.
Panel for the day – Dylan Troy; Christopher Power; Tomas
Conway; Sean Veale; Michael Cronin; Joseph Murphy; David
Gartland; William Barron; Charlie Bryan; James Kennedy;
James Veale; Tom Power; Senan Freyne; Daniel Tierney;
Michael O’Neill; Stephen Keating, Eoin Conway.
CBS SCHOOLS HURLING
Congratulations to Michael Cronin and his Dungarvan CBS
Team mates on fine win over Rochestown on Saturday as they
progresses to the Schools Hurling Munster Final.
SENIOR TRAINING
Reminder to all that our Seniors will be commencing training this Friday 15th at 7.00 p.m. as we prepare for the 2013
campaign across both Senior Football & Intermediate Hurling.
UNDER-21
Our Under 21’S will be lining out on Saturday 16th and we
will have an update on next week’s notes on how they progressed.
MINOR COUNTY
Cork played Waterford in Ardmore in a Minor hurling challenge on Saturday morning last. The game itself was certainly
value to both team managements as some great performances were had from both sides. coming out on top at the
end of third period on a scoreline of 0-16 to 1-10.
MEMBERSHIP
Anyone wishing to play in coming weeks must have their
membership paid. Contact Peg Freyne Club Secretary right
away.
UNDER 21
Change of venue. Match now on against Ballyduff Upper
in Ballinameela on Sunday next at 2.30 p.m. 17/2/2013.
HARTY CUP
Best of luck to our three players on this very talented team
of Seamus Keating, David Gartland and Michael Cronin as the
Deise College v. Templemore in the Munster Final on February
23rd, venue not yet finalised.
LOTTO
Result 11/2/2013: Jackpot Not Won. Numbers drawn were
3-12-13-26. Winners of €20 were: Rosarie Pallister, Liam Foley,
Loll Hennessy, Sandra Foley and Tom & Jerry. Next week’s
Jackpot of €5,600 at Kiely’s Cross Bar.
Clais Mhór/Cionn tSáile Beag
GAA CLUB VALENTINE’S BINGO
Our next Club Bingo night is our Valentine’s Bingo night
which takes place tonight at 8 p.m. at the GAA Clubhouse.
This Bingo night is being held in aid of Clashmore National
School so we hope to see as many parents and locals as possible coming along to what promises to be the usual mix of
witty banter and great prizes as well as a super raffle which
will be held on the night by the school so indeed there should
be fun to be had for young and old to and we hope to see
you all there tonight!
U-21 FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
As our Minor Footballer's first round game against
Rathgormack last week did not go ahead, the privilege falls to
our U-21 Footballers of being the club's first adult team to play
this season as they take on Clan na Gael at the Fraher Field on
Sunday at 12 noon which is a knock-out game so a tough challenge indeed for our lads as they take on a combined team
who are able to draw on the resources of a few clubs for this
one but we wish the players and their mentors the very best
of luck in this match and hope to see a good crowd going
along to the Shandon Field to cheer them on.
WLR RADIO FUN QUIZ
It is that time of year again when the County Board will
hold their WLR FM Radio Fun Quiz on Thursday, February 21st
at 8.30 p.m. in pubs all over the County, with our own local
quiz being held in Salmon's Bar on the night. The proceeds
will of course go toward the County Team training fund and
the format is the same as other years with the first two rounds
to be completed by each team at the start of proceedings and
the remaining rounds to be broadcast across the airwaves on
WLR FM. The cost of entry will be €10 per person with teams
consisting of either 3 or 4 contestants so some great fun is
promised throughout the night with the usual high standard
of sporting and general knowledge questions so we hope to
see you all there!
SEASON TICKET ACTIVATION
For any of our members who may have bought season
tickets from the County Board over the last few weeks you will
now need to activate your ticket which has been ongoing
since January 28th and will continue until the end of February.
Ticket holders should present themselves with the Personal
Details section of the Season Ticket leaflet completed and the
Season Ticket card to either Fraher Field or Walsh Park, at
which point a digital image of the Season Ticket Holder shall
be taken during the activation process for your season ticket
card. Activation times at the Fraher Field will be between 5
and 7 p.m. on Mondays and 10 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. on
Saturdays until the end of February so please make sure to
complete this process so that your season ticket will be fully
redeemable. Also a quick reminder to anyone else who might
be interested in buying a season ticket, can you please register your interest with Club Secretary John Foley as soon as possible.
CLASHMORE/KINSALEBEG JUVENILES
U-8 Football: Our U-8 footballers were in action over the
weekend where they were involved in a tournament in
Ballinameela. This team is full of really exciting young players
and they have worked very hard over the winter and they
played really brilliant football on the day. The team has been
coached by Ger Ryan who has done an excellent job coaching
the stars of the future and he has received great help from
Valerie O'Shea also. Shane Kenefick and Jack O'Donovan have
helped this team also and it's mighty to see the lads getting
involved in coaching at such a young age. So well done to the
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Owen Phelan helping out on the night at the St.
Olivers medal presentation night at the Ballinameela
Community Centre.
players and the coaching team and of course thanks to all the
parents who have been really helpful. Keep up the good
work!
U-14 Football: Our U-14 footballers were in championship
action for the first time over the weekend when they took on
a very strong Ardmore team over in the seaside venue. The
lads played some great stuff in the match and were unlucky
to lose by 5 points in the end. They have more games to come
and if they play as well again they are sure to get the results.
Barry Kinsella and Roger Ryan are involved with this team and
they are doing a great job with the lads.
Eamon Lombard Tournament: The annual Eamon
Lombard U-14 football tournament took place in Clashmore
last Monday night and it was fantastic to see the place
buzzing with players, spectators and organisers alike. There
were six teams involved - Clashmore/Kinsalebeg, Cois Bride,
Ardmore, Youghal, The Nire and St. Olivers. The teams were
split into two groups of three with the top teams to play the
Cup final and the second placed teams to play in the Shield
final. After some great displays, we won the Cup final by 3-3
to 0-5, beating The Nire in the final. In the Shield final,
Ardmore just edged out Cois Bride by 2-6 to 2-2. A great night
was had by everyone in attendance. Well done to the organisers who had everything laid on perfectly. Thanks to the
referees and umpires on the night, all the parents and also big
thanks to those serving tea and sandwiches. All in all, a brilliant night.
Kilrossanty
CLOTTO SPONSORED BY KILL AGRICULTURAL LTD.
Clotto Results No Winner of a Jackpot of €7,200 held in
Crotty’s Inn, Leamybrien on 10/02/13. Numbers were 01, 7, 8,
16. €30 won by the following people Tom Casey, Knockyelan;
Mary Riordan, Kilrossanty. Seller’s prize of €30 Robbie Whelan,
Knockyelan. Next Clotto to be held in Micilin’s Bar, Kilrossanty
on 17/2/13 for a Jackpot of €7,300.
LADIES FOOTBALL
Kilrossanty/Brickeys Football Club is organising a Cake Sale
and Coffee Morning in St. Bridget’s, Kilrossanty this Sunday
morning February 17th after 10:30 Mass. Please support this
fundraiser by baking something for the sale or by coming
along and supporting the sale.
Ballinameela
MEMBERSHIP
Membership can be paid to Colin Walsh for the coming
year. Family membership is €75, membership is €50 for adults,
€25 for students and €5 for those who have also paid with
St.Olivers.
FIXTURES
We have received the fixtures for the opening
Championship games in the senior football and intermediate
hurling championships. We are due to play Rathgormack on
the weekend of the 14th April and Nire on April 21st. The
intermediate hurling championship commences the weekend
of 11th may against Abbeyside.
TRAINING
Training continues per usual on Monday, Wednesday and
Friday nights in the hall.
2013 M. Donnelly GAA
Inter Provincial
Hurling Semi-Final
Munster v Ulster
Sunday, February 17th at 12:30 pm
Morgan Athletic Grounds Armagh
Referee: Patrick Murphy (Carlow)
Next Round – the winners play Connacht or
Leinster in the Final on Sunday, March 3rd
Admission Prices
General Admission - €10, €9
OAP’s / Students - €5, €4
Under 16s free.
GAA CLUB NOTES
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Dungarvan Observer Sports | Wednesday, 13 February, 2013
St. Olivers minors receiving their County and Western medals. Back row: Jason Morrissey, Joe Shine (capt.), Brendan Phelan, Micheal Shine, Stephen Halley, Keelan Looby, Shane Kenny, Mark Ronayne. Front row: Donagh
Looby, Cian Culloo, Mike Kiely, Cian Ryan, Micheal Culloo, Mikey Phelan, Robert Shine. Also included are Fr. Fitzgerald and Michael Ryan, County senior hurling manager, who presented medals and selectors Lar Looby,
Micheal Phelan and Paddy Hally. Missing from photo Adam Curran, Aiden Dwyer, Eric Kenefick and Paul Curran.
Dungarvan
CLUB LOTTO
Club Lotto numbers drawn were: 4, 23, 25, 27. No jackpot
winner. €100 winner David Whelan c/o Bingo. Jackpot
€11,900 next week.
DARTS
We are now well into the run up for the Darts challange
with "Barney"which takes place on Sunday, 7th April at
Lawlors Hotel. Tickets are on sale from Conor Lannen, Brian
Dillon Dillon’s Bar and Grace O’Callaghan. There are 20 Darts
challanges on the night where the best Dart players of West
Waterford will take on Barney, one of these will be a match
against a club member who will be the winner of our own
challenge which will take place in the Shandon Arms at a date
yet to be confirmed. More on this next week.
PAT NOCTOR AWARD
Well done to Ryan Donnelly and Patrick Curran on being
joint winners of the Pat Noctor Supreme Sports Star 2012. It
was a great achievement for the two boys and just goes to
show that if you put in the hard work you will get the
accolades. Well done to to all their families and especially to
their mothers Margaret and Cathriona for getting them to
matches and to training all over the County. We would also
wish to congratulate club member Darragh Lyons who won
great praise from the Ajudicators for his versitility in all the
sports he participates in.
MINOR FOOTBALL
Well done to our Minor footballers on a good win against
Roanmore on Sunday. Final score: Dungarvan 1-13; Roanmore
2-6.
Panel: Rian Crotty, Fionn Hallahan, Gavin Power, Eamonn Ryan, Mark
Power, Jack Morrissey, Kevin Daly, Lee Donnelly, Shane Duggan, Billy
Egan, Patrick Curran, Richard Forsey, Darragh Hayes, John Havens,
Donnachadha Kirwan, Aaron Donnelly, Luke Rossiter, Pius O’Shea,
Darragh Lyons, Conor Donovan, Aidan Kirwan, Lohn Curran, Glen
Waters, Ciaran Dee.
CHAMPIONSHIP AND SARGENT CUP DATES
Just a few dates for your diary.
Sargent Cup:
v Fourmilewater in Ballymac on Wednesday, 24th April at
7.30 p.m.
v Mt. Sion in Mt. Sion on Sunday, 28th April at 12.00 noon.
v Ballygunner in Dungarvan on Saturday, 18th May at 7.30
p.m.
v An Rinn in Dungarvan on Monday, 3rd June at 2.30 p.m.
v Lismore in Lismore on Friday, 7th June at 7.30 p.m.
Semi-Final - Monday, 5th August.
Final - Saturday, 10th August.
Championship:
v Roanmore in Fraher Field on Sunday, 5th May at 2.00
p.m.
v Passage in Walsh Park on Sunday, 12th May at 3.30 p.m.
v Mt. Sion in Walsh Park on Sunday, 9th June at 6.30 p.m.
LADIES FOOTBALL QUIZ
Our Ladies football club will be holding a Quiz in Paddy
Foley’s on Friday, 22nd February. We would ask all our club
members to support the cause and fill Paddys on the night.
CUL CAMPS
I know it is hard to think of Summer in these dark days but
we have just got the dates for the Cul Camps which is sponsered again this year by Kellogs. Monday, 22nd July to Friday
26th is the dates that the club have been given and you can
book through the Kellogs website or through the club.
RADIO FUN QUIZ
This Quiz will take place in Paddy Foley’s on Thursday, 21st
February at 8.30 p.m. Our Co-ordinator is Tony Ryan. Kieran
O’Connor and John O’Shea from WLR will give the questions.
Each team can comprise of 3 or 4 and the cost is €10 per person. This quiz is in aid of of the Waterford Teams training fund
and the main sponser is Azzuri Sports. We would ask all club
members to support this venture.
OLD HELMETS AND HURLEYS
We would ask any members to bring any old helmets or
hurleys up to the club where they can be used by newcomers
to the club if they do not have them for their first training session.
QUIZ ANSWERS
1. Paul and Eoin Kelly play for Mullinahone.
2. Ken Hogan was Tipperary manager in 2004.
3. Referee John Sexton hails from Limerick.
4. Tom Feeney played with Sarsfields of Cork.
5. Brendan Cummins plays for Ballybacon Grange.
QUIZ QUESTIONS
1. In the Colaisti Dungrbhain semi-final game v Thurles
who wore number 25?
2. How many players did Thurles have on their panel?
3. How many Harty Cups have Thurles CBS won?
4. Which famous Waterford TD was a sub on 1952 Dean
Ryan Dungarvan CBS team?
5. How many Railway Cup medals has Paul Flynn won?
CORN PADRAIG
Congratulations to all our club members on the
Dungarvan CBS team who won their semi-final against
Rochestown on Saturday. Tulla CBS await them in the final.
UNDER 8 AGE GROUP
For the second consecutive Saturday morning our under 8
age group didn’t have the luxury of a late lie in bed as they
gathered at 9.45 a.m. to head out to Bohadoon for an indoor
football programme organised by the Games and
Development Committee. With five teams gathered at the
venue meaning a total of 10 games (10 min per game) had to
be played as each team had to play each other, it certainly was
a more manageable programme than its hurling counterpart
the week before and proceedings were helped considerably
by the co-operation of the participating teams. As this would
have been the first time that we would have kicked any football needless to say we were a bit guilty of the odd pick up off
the ground, maybe a slight bit of over-carrying, the odd throw
when a hand-pass was required and certainly some wayward
kicking. Games against St. Patricks, Ballinacourty/Abbeyside,
Nire and Brickeys were to prove quite enjoyable and as the
games flowed on we were managing to get to grips with the
skills involved and our performance improving immensely.
Indeed special word of mention to Brian Curran who in the
opening games had been frustrated to see his shots hit all
parts of the metal goalposts but eventually was to find the net
in the later games much to his satisfaction and capped a truly
memorable week-end in that household.
Panel: Brian Curran, Joseph McGuire, Caoimhe Meehan, Christopher
Hennessy, James Maye, Jamie McCarthy, Dylan Joyce, Eddie Burke, John
Meehan.
Many thanks to those who provided transport to and from
the venue and gave of their time on a busy Saturday.
This completes the schedule of events for our Under 8 age
groups and this Saturday, 16th February it is the turn of the
Under 9 section with their first week of indoor hurling action.
Again transport will leave the C.B.S. at 9.45 a.m.
SPORTS CENTRE
Glad to say that the Sports Centre is now available again
from Monday next 18th February after the recent influx of
Eastern Europeans on their training camp endeavours in
preparation for the 2016 Olympics in Rio. This means that all
training sessions are now able to resume in their previous time
schedules.
The Friday evening sessions will resume at 5.00 p.m. on the
22nd February. This session caters for our youngest age group
and is a gentle and enjoyable introduction to the game of
hurling. So if you have a child who you want to partake in a
little bit of healthy exercise please feel free to bring them
along. All equipment including hurlies and safety helmets will
be supplied. The session will last for just one hour and will be
an enjoyable one for all.
DUNGARVAN LADIES FOOTBALL NOTES
Medal Presentation: A delightful function was held in
the Park Hotel last weekend when the girls of Dungarvan
Ladies Football were presented with their medals for their
wonderful achievements. The girls won Under 12 championship and were runners up in the Under 12 blitz. The
Under 13, 14 and 15 teams were A champions and the Under
16 team won the B championship. Guest of Honour Michelle
Ryan congratulated the girls on their achievements and
wished them continued success in the future. She urged them
to continue the dedication that they were giving to their football and to train hard. She also stated that Dungarvan had
players on every county panel that played last year and hoped
that many of the underage girls would go on to wear the
county jersey with pride.
Junior Team: The start of year meeting for the adult
players took place in the clubhouse on Friday last. It was great
to see such a large number of players turn up and all are raring to go for next season. Training is starting on Friday night
15th in the field at 7.30 p.m. and any other player who wishes to play this season is more than welcome to come along.
Fundraising Quiz night: A fun Table Quiz will take place
in Paddy Foley’s on Friday, 22nd February starting at 9.00 p.m.
This promises to be an enjoyable night for everybody. It would
be great if everybody associated with the club would make an
effort to attend and enter a team. Teams of four and the cost
is €20 per team.
Modeligo
(Sponsored by Denn Feeds)
BECOME A CLUB MEMBERSHIP FOR 2013!
Over the last couple of years, the way you could become a
member of Modeligo GAA & Camogie Club was given a new
approach, as the club introduced a Standing Order process,
through which an you could secure individual or family membership, with additional benefits such as the cost of our indoor
hurling sessions fully paid for the year, the cost of your Deise
Draw ticket covered, Naomh Brid membership paid and entry
into a Prize Draw for €1,000 being just some of these benefits.
While it is not compulsory to pay this way, and there are other
options available, it has proved to be far more beneficial to all
the members who are currently subscribed to this system. The
club plans to hold a Club Night in late March, at which we will
properly launch this years membership scheme. Details of this
event will be included in these notes closer to the date, but
anyone interested in signing up as a member can simply contact our Membership Officer, John Fitzgerald, (Derra Lower,
Modeligo) or any of our club's committee, who can provide all
the relevant details.
However, a short brekdown of the membership plans are
as follows;
A SINGLE PAYMENT OF €240 OR €20 PER MONTH BY
STANDING ORDER:
This entitles you to the following:
Family GAA / Camogie Club Membership
Family Naomh Brid Membership
Deise Draw Ticket ( worth €90 )
Entry to €1,000 Members Draw
Free Indoor Hurling for kids
2 Entries to Draws for Inter-county match tickets
UNDER 21 MEMBERSHIP: A SINGLE PAYMENT OF €120 OR
€10 PER MONTH BY STANDING ORDER:
Individual GAA / Camogie Club Membership
Individual Naomh Brid Membership
Deise Draw Ticket ( worth €90 )
Entry to €1,000 Members Draw
Free Indoor Hurling for kids
1 Entry to Draws for Inter-county match tickets
A SINGLE PAYMENT OF €120 OR €10 PER MONTH BY
STANDING ORDER:
Individual GAA / Camogie Club Membership
Deise Draw Ticket (worth €90)
1 Entry to Draws for Inter-county match tickets
FAMILY STANDARD MEMBERSHIP FOR €50
Family GAA / Camogie Club Membership
2 Entries to Draws for Inter-county match tickets
SINGLE STANDARD MEMBERSHIP FOR €30
Individual GAA / Camogie Club Membership
1 Entry to Draws for Intercounty match tickets
So as stated before, anyone interested in signing up as a
member can simply contact our Membership Officer, or any of
our club's committee, who can provide all the relevant details.
BACK TO TRAINING
The club will resume training for the year over the next few
days and all players will be contacted with details by text with
the arrangements, times anddates.
ANNUAL WLRFM / WATERFORD COUNTY BOARD PUB QUIZ
Please note that the Annual WLRfm / Waterford County
Board Pub Quiz will take place on Thursday night 21st
February. WLRfm presenters Kieran O'Connor and John
O'Shea will broadcast their series of question rounds live on
air, starting at 8 p.m. on the night, with the winning team
from each venue going through to the overall Quiz Final.
Teams can consist of tables of three or four at €10 per person,
with all funds raised going towards the County players training fund. As this is a major fundraiser for the County Senior
Hurling and Football Panels and the County Board it is vitally
important that all put their shoulder to the wheel to make it
a success.
There will be NO County training on the night and the
County Board are asking all clubs to do the same and instead
row in behind the Quiz. Modeligo GAA Club are supporting
this venture and Deckies Bar will play host to us on the night
in question. The local co-ordinator for the Quiz is Club
Secretary, Katie Barry, Chapel Road, so get in touch with her
to book your table or for further information.
NAOMH BRID/ ST. PATS IN MINOR FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
Our Minor Footballers (assisted by St. Pats) started their
championship action for 2013, when they played the opening
game in the Minor Division 2 football County championship
on Sunday last, February 10th against St. Olivers in Aglish. The
lads came away with a three point win after a close enough
game, and well done to all involved. A good start to the year
then for this group, and for the juvenile club, which hopefully is a sign of things to come.
COMERAGH GAELS UNDER 21'S
Our Under 21 Footballers are also due to be in championship action early in 2013, when they are to assist Comeragh
Gaels against Clashmore in their football championship tie, on
Saturday, February 16th next. However, at the time of writing,
there is some uncertainy as to whether this fixture will go
ahead or not, so please check elsewhere if this is the case.
DUNGARVAN CBS INTO MUNSTER FINAL
Congratulations to Dungarvan CBS on their excellent 1-22
to 3-7 win on Saturday last against Rochestown College at
Youghal GAA Grounds. The local school side now advance to
the Munster Secondary Schools Senior "B" Hurling Final
against Tulla of Clare on Saturday next. Naomh Brid/St. Pats
are represented on this panel by Kieran Barron, Colin Dunford
and Rian Reddy and we wish them and their fellow panelists
all the very best for the final.
COLAISTÍ NA DÉISE ADVANCE TO HARTY CUP FINAL
The Dungarvan Colleges squad will face Templemore on
February 24th, following the Tipperary sides win over Ard
Scoil Ris in the 2013 Harty Cup-Semi final replay on Saturday
last. For the second year in succession, the local schools have
qualified for the Munster title decider, and will attempt to
defend their Munster Secondary Schools Senior "A" Dr. Harty
Cup title. Best wishes to all in the Dungarvan Colleges panel
and their selectors from all in Modeligo GAA Club, especially
to our own Tom Devine who is also the captain of the of the
panel.
Dungarvan Observer Sports | Wednesday, 13 February, 2013
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GAA CLUB NOTES
St. Olivers u-16 hurling County medal presentation. Back row: Eoin Halford, Luke O’Connor, Mike O’Brien, Mikey Phelan, Mike Kiely, Micheál Shine (capt.), Cian Culloo, Mark Ronayne, Micheál Culloo, Donagh Looby.
Front row: Owen Ryan for Paul Curran, Liam O’Connell, Jack Sullivan, Jack Griffen, David Halley for Danny Hamill, Robert Shine, Mark Lynch, Tiernan O’Connell, Richie Lynch. Also included in photo are Fr. Fitzgerald and
Michael Ryan, County senior hurling manager, who presented medals, and Pat Looby selector, John Longan, President.
Ballysaggart
CLUB LOTTO €5,125
Lotto Results - 5th February, 2013: Jackpot €5,000.
Numbers Drawn: 3, 6, 11, 28. No Winner: €20 winners: Breeda
Veale, Sinead Hale, Con Ahern. Next Draw - 12th February,
2013. This week’s Jackpot is €5,125.
WEEKEND AWAY
On Saturday, 16th February the annual weekend away
takes place. Bus departs at 11.00 a.m. Saturday. All names to
Matty Meagher.
CLOTHES AND PHONE COLLECTION
Many thanks to all who donated clothes collection on
Saturday last. A large number of Bags were left in. The club
appreciates your effort. If you missed out we will collect again
on Saturday next, 16th February. All clothes and phones can
be handed in at the dressing rooms on Saturday between 9.30
a.m. and 10.30 a.m. Any donation big or small will be appreciated. Note morning collection on this occasion.
TABLE QUIZ
On Thursday, 21st February Waterford GAA in conjunction
with WLR are holding their annual pub Table quiz. This year
Ballysaggart club will host a round at Meaghers. We ask that
as many as possible support the quiz which is a great fun
night. Questions will be live on WLR from 8.30 p.m. onwards.
Teams will consist of three or four people at €10 per person.
BALLYSAGGART COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
COMPANY
The results for the January Non-stop Draw are: €60 prize
went to Geraldine Moore, €40 to Mikey Daly and the €20
went to Dave Fennessy. In the February draw congratulations
to Siobhan and Michael Moore who won €60, to Diarmuid
and Una Walsh who won €40 and the €20 went to
Bernadette Nugent. Thank you to all for your continued support and our next draw will take place on Monday night,
March 4th at 8.00 p.m.
PARISH COUNCIL MEETING
A meeting shall be held on Tuesday, 19th February at 8.00
p.m. in the Community Centre to discuss our plans for preparation of the celebration of the centenary of St. Mary’s Church
Ballysaggart.
Kill
6K DIRT TRACK CHALLENGE
It’s all systems go for our 'novel' 6km fun run or walk, if you
so wish, for the two Sundays in question. First up is Sunday,
24th February where the runners will leave the village outside
the dressing rooms at 11:30am. and onwards towards
Gardenmorris, and 6km later we will finish back in the G.A.A
grounds after a route taking in the fields, paths and woodlands around our scenic village. Registration can be paid at
11.a.m. onwards and it’s very reasonably priced at €6 and €5
for juveniles (U-16). As the title suggests this is a 'challenge'
and not a race. There will be no prizes for 1st, 2nd or 3rd but
we will have spot prizes for everyone that has taken part, as
their name will be put in a hat. Refreshments will be served
afterwards in the dressing rooms.
Then on Sunday, 3rd March we will do it all over again,
where hopefully you can beat your time from the previous
Sunday. All monies raised will go towards our dressingroom
fund. We hope all clubs will support our day, as well as the
general public.
CLUB LOTTO
The jackpot worth €4,150 wasn't won at last Monday
nights draw (4th Feb) in Dunphy’s Bar. We had no 'match 3's'
either, so the lucky dip prizes went to Eddie Power, Ballingarry
and Pauline Kirwan, Carrigeen and each receive €25. The
numbers drawn were 1, 13, 18 & 26. Next draw in Kirwan’s.
W.L.R RADIO FUN QUIZ
As we all know, the County Bord coffers are not in healthy
state and to go some way towards recifying it, the Board are
organising a table quiz via the radio. Thursday, 21st February
is the night in question and it will be hosted by WLR's John
O'Shea and Kieran O'Connor. Procedings get underway at
8:30 pm, and we in the club are hosting it in Dunphy’s Bar. We
urge all members to support the night, all monies raised is in
aid of Waterford Teams Training Fund. Its teams of 3/4 and its
€10 per person. Hope to see as many as possible.
NEW MANAGMENT TEAM
Peter Kirwan, Joe Kennedy, Darren Power and Andy
Crowley are our managment team for our Junior footballers
and hurlers for 2013. They had a well attended meeting last
Friday night in the dressingsrooms and training commenced
last Sunday Morning and will continue every Tuesday night
and either Thurs/Fri night and Sunday Mornings. We wish all
concerned the very best of luck.
FIXTUERS
After an Eastern Board meeting last week the fixtures for
the year were revealed. We are straight into action on the
weekend of 23rd/24th Feb. and for the next 6 weeks after as
the football league kicks in. This league is for intermediate
and junior teams and Kilmac are our first opponents followed
by Portlaw the following week.
Championship takes place on Friday, 12th April and Mount
Sion (away) are the first team we will meet in the Junior grade
since 1994. Fenor are next in line by the following week
before Ferrybank close out the month of April with another
game.
Hurling kicks in then on Friday, 3rd May with our neighbours Ballydurn (at home) standing in our way before we
entertain St. Pauls the following week. So plenty to look forward to in the weeks and months ahead.
U-21 FOOTBALL
St. Mary’s get their u-21 football championship campaign
off the ground this weekend when we take on Portlaw or
Kilmac in Dunhill this Saturday, 16th Feb. at 2 p.m. This game
may change, so check with officicals before travelling.
Meanwhile, St. Marys Minor footballers got off to a flying
start with a 4-9 to 2-6 win over St. Saviours in Ballybeg last
Sunday morning, 10th Feb. Well done to all concerend.
U-14 FOOTBALL
Our first match of the u-14 Western championship took
place last Sunday away to An Ghaeltacht. Unfourtunately, we
were short the services of some key players due to other commitments. The final score was An Ghaeltacht 4-4; The Nire
2-4. Well done to all players and supporters there is a long year
ahead.
Fourmilewater
St. Anne's Camogie and Football
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AGM
The AGM of the Field Committee will take place tonight,
Wednesday, 13th February in the Community Centre at 8 p.m.
sharp.
RESULTS OF 45 CARD DRIVE
Played at Doocey’s Oriel Bar on Friday night. Winners: Tom
Brazil and Jimmy Quinn. Joint second: Mai Kennedy and Nellie
Nugent; Mary Guiry and Pat Guiry.
Lucky tables x 2: John O’Connor and Michael Ahern; Joe
Loughnane and Oliver O’Hara.
RESULTS OF MINI LOTTO
Lotto drawn at Doocey’s Oriel Bar on Saturday night last.
No jackpot winner. Next week’s jackpot €3,000. Match 2 winners: Nellie Moore, Dungarvan; Willie and Chrissie, c/o
Doocey’s Bar; Ann Wall, Knockanaffrin; Seamus Guiry,
Knockanaffrin; Pat Power, St. Martin’s Place.
NIRE/FOURMILEWATER JUVENILES
Our first U-8 Hurling blitz of 2013 took place in Bohadoon
on Saturday, 2nd February. After great anticipation the action
got underway with a game against Brickeys. It took us a while
to get used to our surroundings and only for some great
defending by Adam and Seamie we were only down by a
goal at half time. The game was turned on its head with the
introduction of Tadhg who scored two goals in quick succession.
Next up was An Ghaeltacht, right from the off we were on
the front foot, Ciaran and Sean H began to dominate the midfield, and with Jake producing some fine ground strokes we
eased to victory. After some refreshments we faced
Abbeyside. Some fantastic saves by Billy in goals kept us in the
game and with Kevin driving us forward we got our just
rewards with a couple of goals by Evan.
Our final game was against St. Pats, the calming influence
of Eoin at the back kept the St. Pats attack at bay, great support play from Cian provided plenty supply for Michael who
was clinical up front.
Thanks to the parents who travelled and hopefully we will
have many more successful outings during 2013.
PRESENTATION NIGHT
Our club presentation night took place last Saturday.
Chairperson Orlaith Brady started the night by thanking all
the mentors and players. She commented on the hard work,
time and dedication that the Senior girls put in and this was
rewarded by winning the County Final this year. She also mentioned of how this hard work is being put into the underage
groups too by their mentors.
Seamus Prendergast presented the medals to the Senior
girls. Jennie Simpson, who captained our senior camogie team
this year, made presentations to the management team; Davy
Phelan, John Walsh, Michael Kavanagh and Anthony Raher
for all their work throughtout the year.
Mary Harney was presented with flowers from the club for
all the support Harney's pub has given to St. Anne's club
throughout the year.
DJ on the night was Tyrone Power and photographer was
Jason King. A great night was had by all and Best Wishes to all
the team from underage up to senior level for 2013.
U-12S AND U-14S
U-12s and U-14s are back training on Saturdays from 1.30
p.m. to 3.00 p.m. in Dunhill GAA Pitch.
REGISTRATION EVENING
A Registration Evening for the club will take place on
Monday, 4th March in Dunhill GAA Centre from 7 p.m. to 8
p.m.
Shamrocks
CLUB LOTTO
The numbers drawn on the 9th Feb. were 5-6-11-27 and
there was no winner. €20 winners were Chrissie Walsh, Pat &
Mary Casey, James Walsh, P.M.D.L. and Sandra Giles. Next
week's jackpot will be €7,300, so get your tickets from the
usual sources.
DEISE DRAW
The Deise Draw resumes again with the first draw taking
place on the last Friday in March. There are numerous cash
prizes to be won and the first prize of €10,000 each month is
not too shabby. You can get your tickets from any committee
member or from secretary Ann O'Keeffe.
COMMITTEE MEETING
The next committee meeting will take place next Tuesday
week, 19th February, and all members are requested to
attend.
THE CATS COLLECT AGAIN
Kilkenny clubs Clara and Thomastown were victorious in
the Intermediate and Junior club finals played in Croke Park
last Sunday. Nothing unusual about that, more unusual was
the fact that both opposing teams came from over the pond
in England including Fullen Gaels from Manchester with our
own Thomas Goulding between the posts. Fullen Gaels made
a real fight of it and certainly lost nothing in defeat.
Ballyduff Upper
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U-21 FOOTBALL
Ballyduff are in action in the first round of the u-21
Western football championship this Sunday against Ardmore.
Game is provisionally set for 3pm in Ballinameela. All support
welcome. The team played a challenge match versus Tallow
last Saturday, winning by four points.
SENIOR HURLING
Senior and Junior training continues on Tuesday and Friday
nights at 7.30 p.m. and Sunday mornings at 10 a.m. The draw
for the Senior County championship pitted us against De La
Salle, Lismore, Ring, Tallow and Fourmilewater. The first round
versus De La Salle will be played on the weekend of May 5th.
LOTTO
The numbers drawn in last week’s lotto were 1-4-15-24.
There was no jackpot winner. €30 winners were Seamie Daly,
Bernard and Joe Murphy, Will Hickey, Martin Kenny. The numbers drawn in the previous week's lotto were 10, 12, 21, 28.
There was no jackpot winner. €30 winners were Brian Barry,
Mossie Casey, Grainne Murphy, Mike Hannon (The Paddocks).
Clonea
SCRAP COLLECTION
This coming weekend marks the end of our scrap collection
drive for field development. Over the year it has received a
great response from the people of the parish and beyond and
any bits and pieces of scrap left around will be gratefully
accepted by the club. Collection can be arranged by calling
0872260991 (club phone) or contacting committee members.
MEMBERSHIP
With the training and playing season drawing near we ask
that any players who haven't paid their membership to please
do so to membership officer Alan Power. It stands at €50 for
players and €30 for non-playing members.
CARDS
Cards this Thursday in Clancys at 9.15 p.m. sharp and the
jackpot stands at €220.
CLONEA JUVENILE
MEMBERSHIP
Membership for 2013 is now due for all players.
Membership is €15 per player with a Family Rate of €40 for 3
or more players. Any player who has not paid up their membership by 31st March 2013 will be not be allowed to take part
in matches. Membership can be paid to any of the relevant
coaches or at our Membership night on Tuesday, 5th February
2013, from 7 pm to 8.30 pm in the Clubhouse. All members
are asked to complete updated Membership and Code of
Conduct forms which are now available.
BLITZES
On Saturday, 16th February our U-7s will participate in a
fun Blitz in Ballyduff Lower at 12 noon. On Saturday, 22nd
February 2013 our U-8 will participate in a fun Blitz. More
details given nearer the time.
INDOOR HURLING
Indoor Hurling for girls and boys continues every Friday in
the Hiking Centre in Rathgormack. Children born in 2008
from 6 pm to 7 pm, children born in 2006 and 2007 from 7 pm
to 8 pm, and children born in 2004 and 2005 from 8 pm to 9
pm. Cost is €3 per child. Indoor hurleys will be supplied but all
children must wear their own helmets. Helmets at a subsidised
price of €40 will be available from the Club.
SPONSORED WALK
Our Annual Sponsored Walk takes place this year on
Sunday, 28th April, 2013 from the Clubhouse in Clonea.
Sponsorship cards are now being distributed and we are asking every family to take a card.
BLOTTO
Our next draw is on Saturday, 23rd February 2013 with
music by The Bally Ramblers. This is guaranteed to be a great
fun filled night and we would appeal to all to come along and
support and enjoy some great music.
Kilmacthomas
CONGRATULATIONS
The club would like to congratulate William McGrath on
his recent success representing Ireland at the Special Olympics
Tournament in South Korea. Willie has lined out for
Kilmacthomas at various levels over the years.
INTERMEDIATE TRAINING
Training resumes again Tuesday night at 7.30 p.m. for intermediate, junior and U-21 teams.
U-21
The u-21 game that was fixed for Saturday, 9th was called
off, no notice of a re-fixture as yet.
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GAA CLUB NOTES
Brickey Rangers
CLUB LOTTO
Last week’s lotto was held in The Local with the following
numbers being drawn: 1, 16, 25, 29. We had no jackpot winner therefore next week’s draw which will held in Bridie Dees
carries a jackpot of €9,750. €25 to each of the following: The
Cotter Family, Tony Tobin, Canice Brophy and Ned Connors.
Tickets cost €2 each and are available from the usual outlets
and promoters.
MINOR FOOTBALL:
Brickeys 0-11; Stradbally 3-2.
Exciting encounter finishes all square. Sunday morning the
first of our championships of 2013 kicked off with a really
exciting game of football in Bushy Park. Stradbally nullified
our early lead with some goals and it wasn't looking good for
the home team. But great work rate and smart football they
fought back and with 2 points in injury time earned a well
deserved point. This was a great team performance with
everyone putting their shoulder to the wheel. Hopefully, the
lads will push on now at training. With a few more lads to
return to the panel hopeful this will be another competitive
year for the young Brickey men.
Team: John Blackwell, Jonathon Hanlon, Shane Nugent, Kevin
McCarthy, Ciaran O'Neill, Jack O'Donnell, Sean Houlihan, Cormac
Curran, Carthach Barry, Ryan O'Neill, Cormac O'Grady, Stevie Ahearne,
Darragh O'Grady, Cian O'Halloran, Conor Morrissey. Subs: Paul Drohan,
Cathal Curran.
JUVENILE NOTES
INDOOR HURLING BLITZ
An indoor hurling blitz for under 9's will take place next
Saturday at Bohadoon. All players to be at the venue togged
out at 10.15 for a 10.30 am start. Players will be notified by
text.
INDOOR HURLING
Indoor hurling will recommence in Dungarvan Sports
Centre on Wednesday, 20th at 6 pm.
PRESENTATION OF MEDALS
Our under 14 who won their Divisional final in Under 14
hurling were presented with their medals on Friday night last
in Bushy Park. The medals were presented by the our own
County players namely Conor Phelan and Conor McGrath.
Chairman John McGrath opened proceeding by congratulating the boys as they not only won the hurling but contested
no less than 5 other divisional finals. He thanked the mentors
Colin Whelan, Michael and John Curran for their commitment
for the past 12 months, he also wished the boys well for the
coming year. Light refreshments were served with thanks to
the parents.
UNDER 14 FOOTBALL
Our under 14 make their Division 1 debut in Abbeyside V's
Abbeyside in the first round of the Championship on Sunday
next at 10.30 a.m. All support appreciated.
LADIES FOOTBALL NOTES –UNDERAGE
Brickeys/Kilrossanty underage ladies football club have
organised a Cake Sale/Coffee Morning in St. Brigid’s Hall,
Kilrossanty on Sunday, February 17th, from 10.30 a.m. Any
parents who would like to donate baked goods for this can
drop them into Albert McGrath’s on Saturday, February 16th
or before 10 am on Sunday, 17th and they’ll be collected from
there. This is a much needed fundraiser for our underage club,
and all monies raised goes towards the expenses involved in
running the club, referees, equipment etc., so your support
would be greatly appreciated.
COUNTY TRAINING FUND QUIZ NIGHT
The County Training Fund Quiz will take place in The Tudor
House on Thursday night, 21st February, commencing at 8.30
pm. Teams of 4 – Cost €10 per person. More details next week.
CONGRATS
Best wishes of the club are extended to the CBS senior
hurlers who will contest the Munster Final of the Corn Padraig
competition on Saturday next where they take on St. Joseph’s
of Tulla in the final. The game is fixed for a 3 pm start in
Golden. The club is represented by Cormac Curran, Jack
O’Donnell, Carthach Barry and Cormac O’Grady along with
Shane McGrath (mentor).
Well done to Conor Phelan, Conor McGrath and Mark
Cummins who were on County football duty last weekend
when they accounted for a fancied Tipperary side in the
second game of the league.
45 CARD DRIVE
West Waterford Golf Club is the place to be this Friday
night if you would like to play a game of 45. The game commences at 8.30 pm with all the money being paid out in prizes.
SYMPATHY
The sympathy of the club is extended to the Buest family,
Ballyduff on the death of Maria which occurred in the past
week. May she rest in peace.
St. Patrick’s
CARDS
Result of 45 Card drive for the 7/02/2013 played in
Coolnasmear Hall on Thursday nights. Winners: Fr Cooney &
Michael Flynn, 2nd Liam Dalton & Alan Fitzgerald. Lucky
Table: Johanna & Tom Barron.
INDOOR HURLING
Monday Nights, 6.30 – 7.30 p.m., Under 6’s – Olivia Butler,
Niall Phelan & Stephen Coffey in charge. 7.30 – 8.30 p.m.
Under 9’s, Pat Knightly, Maurice Butler & John Kiely in charge.
Wednesday Nights 6.30 – 7.30 p.m., Under 11’s Garvin
Riordan, Benny Dunford & Joe Booth in charge. 7.30 – 8.30
p.m. Girls, Catherine Hickey & Michael Walsh in charge.
UNDER 8 FOOTBALL BLITZ
Last Saturday the boys under 8’s played Dungarvan,
Abbeyside, the Brickeys and the Nire in Bohadoon. It’s the first
time some of these boys and girls wore a St. Pat’s Jersey.
Present Sean Flavin, Eoin Flavin, David Butler, Luke Dunford,
Eanna Drohan, Eoin Dennehy, Mark Power, Adam Daly, Liam
Dukes, Michael D Beresford, Katie Whelan and Darcy Coft.
Next Saturday it’s Under 9 Hurling Blitz at the same time 10.15
a.m. in the Kilgobinet Centre.
PATRICIA WALSH CUP
The club would be grateful if the recipient of this beautiful
Trophy handed it back as hopefully this Summer we will be
Dungarvan Observer Sports | Wednesday, 13 February, 2013
reviving this Under 14 inter-club 7 a side Tournament. They
can contact any club member.
CLG na Rinne
AR PÁIRC NA hIMEARTHA: PEIL FAOI 14
D’imir buachaillí óga na Gaeltachta an chéad chluiche den
tsraith i gcoinne An Uidhir i bPáirc Uí Shíothcháin maidin Dé
Domhnaigh seo caite. Thosnaigh ár leads go láidir agus bhí
comhoibriú breá eatarthu ar fud na páirce agus iad go maith
chun cinn ag leath am. Cé gur dhein an freasúra iarracht
smacht a fháil ar an gcluiche sa dara leath níor éirigh leo an
lámh in uachtar a fháil ar an bhfoireann áitiúil. Sé’n scór
deiridh a bhí ann ná An Ghaeltacht 4-4; An Uidhir 2-4. Maith
sibh leads. Ní neart go cur le chéile! Beidh na buachaillí ag tabhairt aghaidh ar fhoireann Naomh Oilibhéir an Domhnach
seo chugainn. A great win over the Nire for our U-14’s in their
first outing of 2013.
OIFIGEACH NA bPÁISTÍ
Cuireadh oíche eolais ar fail do chlubanna an Chondae ar
an 6ú Feabhra. Mar chuid don chlár, thug Oifigeach na bPáistí
do chlub na Rinne Eleanor Uí Chatháin cuir i láthair ar feidheamma an oifigeach insan chlub. Bhí an-chuid eolas ar fail &
bhain gach éinne taithneamh as an oíche.
BAILIÚCHÁN ÉADAÍ
Ná deanaigí dearmad ar an bailiúchán éadaí ar siúl ar an
Satharn seo, an 16/2/2013. Ag an Halla Pobail a bheidh sé idir
10 r.n. agus 1 i.n. Fáilte roimh éadaí páistí agus daoine fásta,
péirí bróg, croiseanna, málaí láimhe, cuirtíní, éadaí leapa,
tuáillí etc. Don’t forget to clear out those closets for this Sat
16th!
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Shinéad de Faoite (087 2904519). Bígí linn...is cinnte go
mbeidh oíche go maidin ann!
LOTTO CLG NA RINNE
Torthaí Lotto 04/02/2013: Ní raibh aon buaiteoir den phota
an tseachtain seo. €20 an duine do Liam de Grás, Everest
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CLUB GEAR
Hoodies for all ages are now available to order. Designs
and sizes are available to try at adult and underage training
sessions.
INTERMEDIATE FOOTBALL
Training starts this Friday evening at 7pm on the astroturf
in Kilmac. Our first game in the league is a week later against
Gaultier. The league games will be played 6 weeks consecutively. The Eastern Board must be complimented on this initiative which will benefit all teams involved.
UNDERAGE
Our U-8's were the first team to take to the field this year
in Ballyduff on Saturday. On a beautiful morning they played
3 games and performed really well throughout. The important aspect of these games is every child gets to play and experience different positions during the matches. Children develop at different stages and this format helps them all to
improve together.
TRAINING
Our underage training starts this Sunday at 11 a.m. on the
astro turf in Kilmac. Gumshields are now compulsory as per
the new GAA guidelines for training and matches.
ALL-IRELAND
Robbie Power a new addition to the club played for Fullen
Gaels against Thomastown Kilkenny on Sunday last in the
Junior Hurling All-Ireland. Robbie put in a great display scoring 1-9 in some atrocious conditions in Croke Park.
Unfortunately, it wasn't enough eventually being beaten
2-17 to 2-14.
Rathgormack
MINOR FOOTBALL
Our minors rearranged first match of the championship
against Clashmore/Kinsalebeg again failed to go ahead last
weekend for the second week-in-a-row.
U-21 FOOTBALL
We had a very comfortable start to the U-21 championship
last Sunday away to Ferrybank, when we ran out easy winners
on a score line of 2-15 to 0-2. We have a far tougher test next
Saturday when we take on De La Salle in the eastern semifinal. A venue has not been selected at the time of submitting
the notes but the match goes ahead next Saturday afternoon
at 2 p.m.
SENIOR FOOTBALL
Rathgormack will kick-off their 2013 senior football championship campaign on Saturday, 13th April against
Ballinameela in Leamybrien followed a week later, 20th April,
when they will take on Ballinacourty in Fraher Field. They will
start their county football league campaign on Sunday, 3rd
March when they play away to Gaultier.
MEMBERSHIP
All club members are now reminded that this year’s membership is now due and should be paid to any team manager,
or to our new club registrar, Michael Crotty. The cost is the
same as last year, €10 for all juveniles up to and including
minors, €30 for U-21’s and non-playing members, and €60 for
St. Oliver's under 8 at the blitz in Ballinameela Hall last Saturday.
adult playing members.
JUVENILE INDOOR FOOTBALL
Now that the springtime is here, it’s time for our young
juveniles to dust off their boots and playing gear as indoor
football returns for U-6, U-8 and U-10’s on Wednesday, 20th
February and will continue every Wednesday until the end of
March when we will move outside for the summer. Notices
will be sent to all players in the schools in the coming week
and we would ask that all players bring along their yearly
membership fee and signed forms on our first night back.
Times for the Wednesday night sessions are as follows:
U-6 (born 2007 & 2008) - 6-7 p.m., U-8 (born 2005 & 2006)
–7-8 p.m., U-10 (born 2003 & 2004) – 8-9 p.m. The U-6 session
is for boys and girls, while all other sessions are for boys only.
Melleray
TRAINING
Training resumed on Monday night last. It’s time for all
players to dust off the cobwebs of Winter and put in the effort
required.
SOCIAL
A great night was had by all at our Community Social on
Saturday night last. A host of talent on the night were being
scrutinised on the night by our Scor Committee.
QUIZ
Don’t forget Melleray Community Quiz on Saturday night
next in the Sportsman Bar, Cappoquin. So, come along and
support a very worthy cause. This year the quiz is in aid of the
St. Mary’s Hall Building Fund.
GLENVIEW UTD. AFC
Accrington Celtic 1; Glenview Utd. 0.
Having had a resounding 3-0 win the previous week, we
travelled to Accrington with high hopes. Both sides needed a
win to strength their chances. In a closely fought contest it was
the home side who gained revenge with a late strike to secure
all three points.
Cois Bhride
(Sponsored by Cunningham's Hardware, Tallow)
MINOR FOOTBALL
Ardmore 1-13; Cois Bhride 2-6
Our Minor Footballers begin their Championship last
Sunday in Ardmore where they faced the host club Ardmore
in wet and heavy conditions. Playing against the strong wind
in the first half we trailed by two points after 15 minutes, however Ardmore added on 5 unanswered points before halftime to go in at the break leading by 0-9 to 0-2. In the second
half aided by the strong wind we had the majority of the possession, but unfortunately could not convert it into scores as
we kicked some very poor wides. However goals from Stefan
Tobin and Ryan Gray brought us to within a point of Ardmore
and they needed an injury time goal to hold out for the win.
Next up is a home game versus An Gaeltacht in a few weeks
time.
U-14 FOOTBALL
Our U-14 Footballers travelled to Clashmore last Monday
night to play in the 6 team Eamonn Lombard Tournament. In
our first game we played St. Olivers and after conceding a
goal in the opening minute we settled as points from Billy
Hynes and a goal from Mark Stewart ensured we held on for
a deserved win. In our next game we played The Nire. Again
we were slow to start conceding 1-3 in the opening minutes
before we rallied with goals from Billy Hynes and Liam
Motherway and pointed frees from Darragh Buckley taking
us in at half-time leading by 2-2 to 1-3. In the second half The
Nire scored a controversial goal with the referee having blown
his whistle for a free allowed the Nire player the advantage to
score what proved to be the winning goal. As a result we qualified for the shield final, but unfortunately a slow start again
was to cost us Ardmore scored a goal in the first minute.
However we fought back and it took a last minute Ardmore
goal to ensure they won the shield. Our thanks to Clashmore
for their invite to a very well organised tournament, and their
hospitality on the night. Our U-14 Footballers now turn their
attention to the U-14 Football Championship where they
travel to Ballymacarbry this Sunday morning to play The Nire
at 10.30 a.m. Players will be notified of arrangements by text.
U-8/U-9 INDOOR HURLING & FOOTBALL
Our U-8 Team travelled to Ballyduff last Saturday morning
to play in an Indoor Football Tournament. Next Saturday
morning it’s the turn of our U-9 Hurlers who play in Ballyduff
with a 10.30 a.m. start.
ALL-IRELAND CLUB JUNIOR HURLING FINAL
Hard luck to Fullen Gaels from Manchester who were narrowly defeated by Kilkenny Champions Thomastown in the
All-Ireland Junior Club Final in Croke Park last Sunday. The
Fullen Gaels goalkeeper was none other than former Cois
Bhride player and mentor Tom Goulding. Tom played an
important part in Fullen Gaels winning the 2012 Warwickshire
Senior Hurling Championship and made some crucial saves in
their run in reaching last Sunday’s Junior All-Ireland.
Colligan
CLUB LOTTO
There was no winner of the club lotto held in Quills Bar on
Monday, February 4th last, the numbers drawn were 3, 18, 21
& 24. The €20 lucky ticket winners were as follows: Marion
Cliffe, Michael Moloney, Betty Healy, Liam Fraher. Last
Monday night's jackpot (February 11th) was worth €12,500.
Please check out the results via the club Facebook page, they
will be published in next week's notes as well. The club lotto
takes place every Monday night in Quills Bar at 9:30 p.m, tickets: €2 each, we appreciate the support.
MINOR FOOTBALL
Naomh Bríd Minor footballers (assisted by St. Pats) began
their division 2 County-wide Minor football championship
campaign with an impressive victory over St. Olivers in Aglish
on Sunday afternoon last (February 10th) where it finished
Naomh Bríd 3-7; St. Olivers 2-7, a great start to the campaign,
next up for the lads is a home tie against Tramore in Colligan
on February 24th.
U-21 FOOTBALL (COMERAGH GAELS)
This weekend it's the turn of Comeragh Gaels U-21 footballers (an amalgamation of Colligan, Kilgobinet, Touraneena
and Modeligo) as they take on Clashmore / Kinsalebeg in the
Quarter-Final of the Western “A” Knock-out Championship,
the game takes place on Sunday afternoon next (February
17th) in Fraher Field and will now throw-in at the earlier time
of 12:00 noon. We wish the lads the very best of luck and we
urge as many people as possible to come along and give support please.
WATERFORD FOOTBALLERS MAKE IT 2 OUT OF 2
Waterford Footballers recorded their second successive win
in division 4 of the Allianz NFL following a hard fought yet
fully deserved victory over Tipperary under floodlights in
Fraher Field on Saturday night last (2-8 to 0-9). A terrific start
to the campaign and promotion is now very much on track.
We are represented on the panel by Sean Dempsey and
Johnny Wall. Next up for Niall Carew's charges is a home tie
against Limerick on Saturday, March 2nd under lights again in
Fraher Field.
DUNGARVAN CBS QUALIFIES FOR CORN PHADRAIG FINAL
Dungarvan CBS qualified for their 4th consecutive Corn
Phadraig Munster B Senior Hurling Final following a very
impressive victory over Rochestown of Cork at the Youghal
venue on Saturday afternoon last where it ended Dungarvan
CBS 1-22; Rochestown 3-7. Colin Dunford had a superb game
at midfield and it what was an excellent team performance.
They now go forward to the Munster Final which takes place
on Saturday afternoon next (February 16th) in Golden where
Tulla of Clare will provide the opposition. Throw-in is at 3 p.m.
and we wish Colin and his team-mates all the very best on
Saturday.
RADIO FUN QUIZ IN AID OF CO. TEAMS
The Annual WLR FM / Waterford County Board Pub Quiz
will take place on Thursday night, 21st February. This is a major
fundraiser for the County Senior Hurling and Football Panels
and the County Board, so we urge as many people as possible
to support the quiz on the night. Our venue will be Quill’s Bar
and the radio fun quiz will get underway at 8:30 p.m. with
Kieran O'Connor and John O'Shea. Teams of 3 or 4: €10 per
person. Please come along and support.
Dungarvan Observer Sports | Wednesday, 13 February, 2013
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GAA CLUB NOTES
St. Oliver’s End of Year Medal Presentation which took place in Ballinameela Community Centre on the 19th January, 2013 - St. Olivers U-12 - Back row (L to R): Kevin Walsh, Gearoid
O’Brien, Kieran Aherne (Killian Barrett for Ronan Barrett), Elliot Stackwood, Jack Griffin, P. J. O’Brien, Liam O’Brien, Paul Morrissey, Cian Horwood, Sam Hallahan, Matt McGrath, Eddie Walsh. Front
row (L to R): Morgan Buckley, Cathal Daly, Michael Fogarty, Rob McGrath, Henry Griffin, Joe Duggan, Jack O’Hara. Also included are their manager and trainer William O’Brien and Matthew
Fogarty with John Longan, President of St. Olivers Club; Fr. P. Fitzgerald with special guest Michael Ryan, Waterford Senior Hurling manager.
Tourin
GAA COMMITTEE MEETING
A meeting of Tourin GAA Committee will take place tonight Wednesday at Tourin Community Hall at 8.30 p.m. – all
requested to attend.
WLR RADIO FUND QUIZ
There will be a fun radio quiz held on Thursday, 21st
February at 8.30 pm in pubs around the county. Tourin will
he hosting their team(s) at Roses West End Bar, Lismore on this
night – it would be appreciated if club members or indeed any
one interested in taking part come along on the night. It
costs €10 per person with a maximum of 4 people on a team.
The money raised from this will go towards the County
Hurling and Football teams training fund.
ZUMBA WILL BE BACK
Zumba fitness will resume shortly on Friday nights – more
details available in the coming weeks.
KILBREE WINNER
Congrats to Jimmy Collender, Kilbree as his horse Kilbree
Chief won his race at the Tallow Point-to-Point recently. Ride
on Jimmy!!
IT’S A GIRL
Congrats to former Tourin player James (Bob) Manahan
and his wife Collette on the recent arrival of a baby girl.
WATERFORD WIN
Congrats to the Waterford Senior football panel and new
manager Niall Carew on their two recent wins in the National
Football League.
BADMINTON NEWS
The mixed badminton league has now commenced.
Details of match fixtures will be distributed to all players this
week. Tourin will have played Dunmore on the 11/2/12 –
more details next week. Please note that entries for the
County Mixed Badminton Championships will close on
February, 21st. Grade 5, 6, 7 and Novice will play in Ferrybank
on 19th February while grades 1, 2, 3, and 4 will play at the
Cappoquin Community Centre on Tuesday, 19th March. All
entries to Trudy Kennedy at 087 9615217. The mens County
singles championships will take place on the 4th March in
Cappoquin – entries close 25th Feb, the ladies county singles
will take place in Ferrybank on the 7th March – all entries to
Trudy Kennedy at 087 9615217. (NO LATE ENTRIES).
Lismore
MAIN SPONSOR EAMONN’S PLACE
LOTTO RESULTS
There was no winner of the draw held on Monday night,
11th February. Drawn numbers were: 3, 8, 17 & 27.
Consolation winners: Barney Prendergast, Pat O’Gorman,
Michael & Joe Walsh and Michael Coleman.
Jackpot for next draw on Monday, 18th February: €17,450.
SYMPATHY
The club would like to extend sympathy to the O’Farrell
family of Ballyanchor, Lismore, on the death of John, recently
at Oaklodge Nursing Home, Cloyne.
QUIZ NIGHT
The quiz night in conjunction with WLR (all proceeds going
to the Waterford Teams Training Fund) will take place in
Eamonn’s Place on Thursday, 21st February, at 8:30 p.m. Teams
of 3 or 4 at €10 per person. Please support.
CHELTENHAM PREVIEW NIGHT
This will be held on Monday, 25th February, 2013, in The
Park Hotel, Dungarvan, at 8:00 p.m.
Confirmed Panel: Alastair Down (Racing Post), Mike
Cattermole (Channel 4 Racing), Davy Russell, David Casey,
Henry de Bromhead, & Noel Cummins.
Phone Link with Paul Nicholls.
Tickets now available at €10 with a complimentary €5 bet
with Paddy Powers.
CLUB SEASON TICKETS
Any member wishing to avail of the club season ticket
(Adult €85, Senior Citizen €50) contact Joe Pollard @ 085
1770247.
NAOMH CHÁRTHAIGH JUVENILE
SCÓR NA bPÁISTI 2013
Scór Na bPáisti qualifier for Lismore primary school girls
and boys will be held on Friday, 16th March in Knockanore.
We are looking for children who enjoy singing, acting, playing
music and storytelling. Lismore has been poorly represented in
recent years in Scór so it’s time for us to make a comeback and
show the County some of our very talented young people!
Please contact Becky O'Keeffe or Ber Coughlan if interested. If
you specialise in any of the above categories, your help will be
very much welcomed and appreciated. 0879793049.
INDOOR HURLING
The under 8's took part in the tournament in Ballyduff and
did very well. This weekend it is our under 9's turn in which
they will take part in the tournament in Ballyduff also.
FOOTBALL
Our under 14's got off to a flying start in their football campaign against St. Olivers. There next game is away to Ardmore
next Sunday.
REGISTRATION
Thanks to everyone who made the effort to come and pay
their registration on registration night. If you have not paid
the registration yet, you can do so by giving it Becky O'Keeffe
as soon as possible.
OPERATION TRANSFORMATION
We are now halfway through and going very well.
Individual team weighs next week.
A big thank you to the Lismore GAA for the prize of membership of the gym.
Costelloe and Nicola Fennell who were on duty in the ladies
County football team last Sunday against Galway in Tuam.
DÉISE DRAW TICKETS
Déise Draw tickets are now available and can be got from
any committee member. We would urge all our wonderful
supporters to join the draw, as the income generated from
this draw is vital in the running of our club. We know times
are tough and money is scarce but we know that you the best
supporters in Waterford will come to our aid.
Tallow
SPONSORED BY TALLOW AREA CREDIT UNION
PUB QUIZ
On Thursday, 21st February, at 8.30 p.m. a pub quiz, broadcast live on WLRfm, will take place in aid of the Waterford
teams training fund. Teams can be of up to four people, with
entry at €10 per person.
SENIOR HURLING
Training this week Tuesday and Friday at 7:30 p.m. and
Saturday at 4.00 p.m., all senior and junior panellists to attend.
TALLOW GAA LOTTO –
SUPPORTED BY KEARNEY'S RESTAURANT TALLOW
11/2/’13 Numbers Drawn 6, 17, 22, 24. No Winner.
Consolation Prizes: John Tobin, Jimmy O’Brien, Bobby
Mangan, Susan Garvey. Promoter Timmy.
Next Draw 18/2/’13 Lukie’s. Jackpot €2,000.
CHANGE OF FIXTURE
Please note that the u-21 game against Kilrossanty is
changed to Tuesday, February 19th, at 7.30 in Fraher Field.
Geraldines
LOTTO
There was no winner of the lotto this week, the numbers
drawn were 4, 13 and 19. Winners of €20 were Jack Osborne,
Johnny O’Brien, Patrick Harrington, Caitlin O’Donovan and
Kitty Longan and Mary Downing.
Next weeks jackpot is €1,250 and the draw is in The
Cruiscín.
MEMBERSHIP
Membership for the coming year is as follows: players €50,
non-players €30, students €20 and St. Oliver's players €5.
Membership officer is Steven Ronayne.
TRAINING
Training continues this week on Wednesday and Friday
nights.Anybody with news from around the parish can contact me on 087-9851222.
Stradbally
SOCIAL
The long awaited Social is on next Saturday night in the
Park Hotel at 8 pm sharp. All the organising is now done and
all is set to be a memorable night, come and enjoy the music,
song and dance, and show your appreciation to all the players involved in last year’s success. As this is also the Ladies social
what a night is in store for everyone
TABLE QUIZ
A Table Quiz in aid of the Waterford Footballers and
Hurlers will be held on Thursday Night at 8 p.m. in the
Clubhouse. A quiz is always good fun so come along and support the lads at the same time, all are welcome. The proceeds
of the quiz will go towards the County Hurling and Football
training fund
UNDER AGE TRAINING
Training of Under 6 and Under 8 boys and girls will take
place in Sallyfort Farm on Friday evening from 6-30 pm to 730 pm, a tremendous amount of work is being done with
these youngsters, and full marks to Kevin Gough, Greg
Keane, Ray Davis, and Nina Fee. These kids are the future of
our club. A huge thank you to all the parents for bringing
along their kids.
TRAINING IN FIELD
Training for the U-10, U-11, U-12 will take place on Friday
night from 6-30 p.m. to 7-30 p.m. in the field, these training
sessions are very well attended. A big thank you to John
McGrath, Brian Fennell, Jim Skehan, and Eamon Clancy for all
the work and effort put in on these nights, Training at this age
group will pay off in the years to come.
SCRAP SATURDAY
Hope you are gathering up all the scrap left lying around
your place for the Scrap Saturday which will be held in March.
Old batteries are of special interest so bring them along.
MINOR FOOTBALL
Our minor footballers had their first outing of the season
last Sunday morning against the Brickeys in Bushy Park. The
game was a draw Stradbally 3-2; Brickeys 0-11.
The team was: M. Walsh, M. Sweeney., D. McGuckian, J.
Navin, A. Kirwan, C. Cusack, M. Ahearne, W. Cullinan, J.
Mullaney, Ciaran Cusack, R. Finn, P. Tobin, D. Weldon, M.
Sweeney, E. O’Brien. Subs: S. Keane, J. Whelan, N. Power, A.
Finn, S. Barry, A. Dineen.
COUNTY PLAYERS
Well done to Tony Grey, Shane Ahearne and Robert
Ahearne who helped Waterford defeat Tipperary in Fraher
Field on Saturday night in the football league. Also to Grainne
Abbeyside/Ballinacourty Juveniles - Last year’s ladies under 14 team in the club’s new jerseys
kindly sponsored by Twomey's Eurospar, Abbeyside.
Dawn Meats Waterford Inter-Firms County Champions 1984. Back row: Ray Kirwan, Paul Mooney,
Pierce Whyte, Ger Power, Peter Kavanagh, Eoin O’Brien, David Kiely, Paudie Casey, Dick Strang, Ger Mooney
(manager), Billy McCormack, Bobby Coady. Front row: Ned Power, Mike Kiely, Fintan O’Brien, Martin
Ormonde, John White, Michael Dee, Sean Power, Michael Corkery, Michael Queally.
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SPORT
Young Hurlers take Pat Noctor
Award into custody
Joint winners of the Pat Noctor Supreme Sports Star Award 2012 Patrick Curran and Ryan Donnelly with
Patrick’s parents Pat and Margaret, brother Cathal and grandmother Sheila Curran.
[Rory Wyley]
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Garda colleagues for their help in
preparing for the important and
prestigious event, as well as the
many people whose help always
contributes to the success of the
evening.
Expressing his delight and
pleasure at being at the very
special occasion of the twentieth
event, Supt. Michael Leacy, District
Officer, Dungarvan said that when
he thought about the night
beforehand, it struck him immediately about how time flies by.
“When we began these awards
back in 1994,” he said, “we all
looked considerably younger. It
also occurred to me that those
nominated here tonight were not
even born then.
“I asked myself why these
awards have lasted so long,” he
continued, “and what is the lasting legacy of Pat Noctor. I feel it is
the concept of people working for
others and for the community. Pat
believed in the notion of service to
the people and worked his whole
life in the pursuit of that goal.
“I know there is much debate in
the media and a certain derision
about public service and what it
means to communities, but it is my
belief that there is no nobler calling than to work in the service of
others.
“This is epitomised by the service of teachers, doctors, nurses,
fire service and gardai, who work
every hour of every day in the service of others. This work requires
commitment and sacrifice, but it is
a noble pursuit and a worthwhile
calling and we should remember
tonight our late colleague, Garda
Aidan O’Donoghue who made
the ultimate sacrifice in the service
of the community.”
He wished all of the nominees
every success in their careers ahead
and thanked everyone for their
help in arranging what is a very
successful event each year.
He thanked the adjudicators
John A Murphy, Kieran O’Connor,
Jim Landers and Mary Ashe for
their dedication and patience and
Garda Aidan McCarthy together
with the other Gardai and administrative staff of the station for
arranging the excellent evening.
He sent the best wishes of all
present to Adjudicator, John A.
Murphy, the man who prepares
the citations and who is presently
indisposed, wishing him a full and
speedy recovery.
He thanked the Mayors for
their attendance, as well as Chief
Supt. Pat Murphy and had a
special word of thanks for the
Brass Band for their recital before
the programme and their fanfares
for each nominee.
The
Mayor
of
County
Waterford, speaking also on
behalf of his Mayoral colleagues,
said he was privileged to be present twenty years after the inception of the Award. I recall that first
winner, he said, Jamie Costin, an
elite athlete and an Olympian who
went on to have a distinguished
career in athletics.
Turning to the twelve young
nominees he said: “You are winners already, winners in your clubs
and role models for other young
sportspeople. You are worthy
ambassadors for your families,
your clubs and your communities.”
He said that working for the
community ‘must never be devalued, must never be underestimated and always be
encouraged’.
As each citation was read and as
each nominee came to the stage
they were presented with their
scroll by super sportsmen Jamie
Costin and Gary Hurney.
Ian Noctor, son of the Garda in
whose honour the award is made
annually said that the first award
was made not long after his father
died.
“We did not realise back then,”
he said, “that this award would be
going strong or stronger twenty
years on. For those of you who did
not know my father, he was a
dedicated sportsman and followed every form of sport from
football to golf, showjumping and
handball. You name it, he loved it.
I am glad to say that his granddaughter Anna who is here this
evening is following in his footsteps and is very attached to horses as well as camogie. Maybe some
year, she too will sit up here as one
of the twelve. I continue to be
astounded by the standard of
achievement in sport in this Garda
District.”
He paid tribute to the leadership of Supt. Leacy and thanked
Eddie Fitzpatrick, who is now
retired, but who steered the
Award so successfully in the twenty years since its inception, now
handing over to his successor,
Aidan McCarthy. He thanked the
adjudicators and wished John A.
Murphy a speedy return to good
health.
Concluding the proceedings
former International athlete,
Jamie Costin congratulated the
young sportspeople on their dedication and their achievements to
date.
You must remember that there
will be only one winner here this
evening,” he said, “When times
get tough, as they will, you must
knuckle down, face the challenges
and believe in yourselves.
“I want you all to walk away
from here tonight believing in
yourselves and aspire to the very
best you can. You may be disappointed, but you are in a very
good position. You must continue
to train hard and get out there
over the next weeks and years and
give competition your full commitment so that you will succeed.”
The evening was rounded off
with light refreshments served by
the Social Committee.
TWELVE NOMINEES
The twelve nominees were:
Laura Connors (Showjumping);
Patrick Curran (Hurling); Ryan
Donnelly
(Hurling);
Aoife
Hamilton (Athletics);
Seamus
Keating (Rugby); Katy Laffan
(Martial Arts); Aoife Landers
(Handball), Hannah Landers
(Ladies Football); Darragh Lyons
(Handball); Steve McMahon
(Rugby); Andrew O’Connor
(Soccer); Kate Veale (Athletics).
M.C. for the night Kieran O'Connor interviewing joint winners Patrick
Curran and Ryan Donnelly.
[Rory Wyley]
Dungarvan Observer Sports | Wednesday, 13 February, 2013
West Waterford Athletic Club Juveniles
Tough conditions at Aviva Munster
Schools Cross Country
WEST Waterford’s athletes competing at the Aviva Munster
Schools cross country championships in Carriganore last
Thursday helped five local schools
qualify for the Aviva All-Ireland
Schools championships. Rain early
in the day made conditions very
tough for the athletes but they
ploughed through the mud and
up the hills to give their all for their
schools. The highest place West
Waterford finisher on the day was
Hannah Power. Competing for the
Ard Scoil she crossed the line in 3rd
place in the junior girls race. With
individual medals for the top six
several other West Waterford
athletes made it onto the podium
including Emma Hallahan (St.
Augustine’s) 4th in the Minor girls,
Michéal Power (St. Augustine’s)
4th in Junior boys, Sinead Flynn (St.
Augustine’s) 5th in the inter girls
and Sean Curran (CBS) 6th in the
inter boys. Others to finish in the
top 10 were Aoife Hamilton
(Meanscoil San Nioclas) who
finished 7th in the junior girls
Cliona Ryan (Ard Scoil) 8th in the
inter girls,
Lucy O’Brien
(Blackwater C.S.) 8th in the senior
girls, Rachel Wyley (St. Augustine’s)
10th in the minor girls and Patrick
Walsh (CBS) 10th in the minor boys
and all have qualified for the AllIreland championships. In addition
Kate McGrath, Sarah Walsh, Chloe
Fennell, Caoimhe Dwyer, Dairina
Ni Sheanlaoich, Bronagh Condon
and Sarah Wyley all qualified with
the St Augustine’s and Ard Scoil
teams that finished first and
second in the team events. Aidan
McKenna (St. Augustine’s) Niall
Blackwell and Shane O’Riordan
(both CBS) and Meg Ryan (Scoil
San Nioclas) all finished in the top
twenty but just missed out on a
place in the all Irelands championships.
PAT NOCTOR SUPREME YOUNG
SPORTS STAR AWARDS
Athletics enjoys a very proud
tradition in the Pat Noctor awards
with athletes having won the
award on 9 occasions over the past
20 years. Kate Veale has won the
award an unprecedented four
times was one of the finalists last
Friday night. Injury curtailed Kate’s
achievements this year and
although she competed in the
world championships she did not
reach the same heights as she had
done in other years.
Her achievements brought her
to the final twelve but were not
enough for a fifth win. Kate now
heads into senior athletics and we
wish her the best as she makes this
difficult transition. Aoife Hamilton
was a first time finalist at this event
after an outstanding Cross
Country season that saw her win
individual medals at All-Ireland
level and lead her County and
province to gold medals. She is one
to watch in the future.
Congratulations to this years joint
winners Ryan Donnelly and Patrick
Curran.
The juvenile committee of West
Waterford A.C. would like to
extend their deepest sympathies
to Julie and the Buest family on
the death of their mother Marie.
Waterford glory at Aviva
Munster Schools Cross
Country Championships
THERE was glory for young
Waterford athletes at the Aviva
Munster Schools Cross Country
Championships on Thursday. The
event, which took place on the
Carriganore course at the
Waterford Institute of Technology,
saw 12 medals for the county.
First up was Molly Hutchinson
from Ursuline Waterford who had
a third place finish in the Minor
girls race. Next it was the Junior
girls race with Hannah Power from
Ard Scoil na nDeise taking an individual bronze medal, while St.
Augustine’s Dungarvan and Ard
Scoil na nDeise finished first and
second respectively in the Junior
Girls team event securing places at
the All-Ireland final next month.
In the Junior Boys team event
there was a second place for De La
Salle while St. Augustine’s picked
up more silverware finishing just
behind them in third. Aisling
Quinn was the hero for Ursuline
Waterford as she took gold in the
Girls Intermediate race, which also
helped Ursuline to a third place
finish in the Girls Intermediate
team event, with St. Augustine’s
securing a second place spot.
In the Senior Girls race there
was more glory for Waterford.
Aedin O’Keeffe from Ursuline
Waterford finished second in the
Senior Girls final, taking an individual silver.
It was her medal that also
helped her school to second place
in the team event with Blackwater
CS from Lismore finishing behind
them in third. All of whom are
not guaranteed a place at the
Aviva All-Ireland Schools Finals
next month.
The Aviva All-Ireland Schools
Cross Country Championships will
be held at the University of Ulster
in Jordanstown on the 9th March.
For more information on the Aviva
Schools
Cross
Country
Championships log on to the
Athletics Ireland Website.
September winner Aoife Hamilton, West Waterford A.C. with her brother Liam Hamilton, attending the
Combined Credit Unions Supreme Juvenile Athlete of the Year 2012 awards ceremony in the Tower Hotel.
[Aileen Drohan/Photozone]
Dungarvan Observer Sports | Wednesday, 13 February, 2013
TALKING HORSES
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Talking Horses
Upcoming Fixtures
Thurles – Wednesday 13th February (First Race 2:05)
Thurles – Thursday 14th February (First Race 2:05)
Dundalk – Friday 15th February (First Race 6:20)
Gowran Park – Saturday 16th February (First Race 2:00)
Navan – Sunday 17th February (First Race 2:10)
Punchestown – Wednesday 20th February (First Race 2:05)
Mullins rules supreme at
star-studded Leopardstown
CHAMPION Trainer Willie Mullins took no prisoners on Saturday’s starstudded card at Leopardstown, saddling the winner of three of the
four Grade 1s as part of an amazing four timer. The highlight of his day
unquestionably came in the featured Hennessy Gold Cup, with his Sir
Des Champs getting revenge over the valiant Flemenstar by 11/4 lengths
under Davy Russell.
The most dramatic of Mullins’ wins came in the Dr. P.J. Moriarty
Chase, with his Boston Bob rallying back from seemed certain defeat
to snatch the verdict by a nose under Paul Townend.
That formed the middle leg of a treble for Townend on Mullins’
other two winners, with him riding Champagne Fever to a 11/4 lengths
success in the Deloitte Novice Hurdle and Tennis Cap to an all-the-way
31/2 lengths victory in the paddypower.com iPhone Fast Bet Handicap
Hurdle.
The Mullins and Walsh
Show at Clonmel
WILLIE Mullins and Ruby Walsh were in dominant
form at Clonmel on Thursday, completing a remarkable four-timer on the card.
They got off the mark in the opening Surehaul
Race Day Maiden Hurdle, with Sarabad making all for
a 29 lengths success, and their tallies were doubled 30
minutes later by the easy 61/2 lengths win of the
Lynam doubles up at Dundalk
EDDIE Lynam, who enjoys such regular success at
Dundalk, was the star performer at the Co Louth track
on Friday evening, completing a double on the card.
His brace was initiated by the length success of
Khyber Pass in the www.dundalkstadium.com Rated
Race and was completed in the Crowne Plaza Hotel
1
Race & Stay Handicap, with Atticus Finch scoring by 1 /2
Ned Buntline out for the Season
NOEL Meade said it is "heartbreaking" that injury has
ruled out smart novice hurdler Ned Buntline for the
rest of the season.
The County Meath trainer spoke about the fiveyear-old in glowing terms after his impressive display
unbeaten Annie Power in the Kilsheelan Mares
Hurdle.
The pick of their wins came in the featured Grade
3 Surehaul Mercedes-Benz Novice Hurdle, with Inish
Island battling to a two lengths success, and their hauls
were topped off by the authoritative 31/2 lengths victory of Call The Police in the Derrygath Chase.
in a Naas bumper in early November and finished third
behind Mozoltov and Don Cossack in the Moscow
Flyer Novice Hurdle at Punchestown earlier this
month, after which the season-ending injury was discovered.
lengths to give 16-year-old Robbie Downey his first
winner.
The aforementioned Lordan went on to complete
a double of his own, riding the Thomond O’Maratrained Denis Of Kerry to an authoritative 11/4 lengths
victory in the first division of the Winter Racing At
Dundalk Handicap.
Paul Beecher from Tallow presenting Laura Connors with her prize at
the Waterford Tipperary Showjumping Awards at the Park Hotel,
Dungarvan.
[David Clynch]
The highlight of Tuesday’s
card at Fairyhouse was the
Racegoer's 25 euros Package
Hurdle and it produced a very
impressive winner in the
shape of the Dermot Weldtrained Rock Critic.
The eight-year-old jumped
exceptionally well on his way
to recording an easy 31/2
lengths success under Robbie
McNamara, with leading
Aintree Grand National hope
Seabass making a fine return
to action back in second.
The pick of the remainder
of the action was the Great
Value Corporate Hospitality @
Fairyhouse Maiden Hurdle
and it saw the Paul Nolantrained Defy Logic run out the
wide-margin winner. The sixyear-old made all the running
and drew right away to score
by 34 lengths under Mark
Walsh.
Down Royal and
Fairyhouse Rescheduled
HORSE Racing Ireland has announced that the
meeting at Down Royal which was due to be
held on Wednesday, 6th February but was cancelled due to waterlogging will now take place
on Tuesday, 12th February.
James Nesbitt special guest
at Cheltenham Preview night
THE organising committee of the
Waterford Cheltenham Preview
night are delighted to announce
that James Nesbitt will be the
special guest at this years’ preview
on Thursday, February 28th at the
Woodlands Hotel.
The Northern Ireland actor who
got his breakthrough television
role playing Adam Williams in the
romantic comedy-drama Cold Feet
has also starred in Murphy’s Law
and alongside Liam Neeson in Five
Minutes of Heaven. Most recently
he played the part of Bofur in the
Peter Jackson directed three-part
The Hobbit.
Nesbitt is a keen fan of horse
racing and heads up the Jimmy
Nesbitt Partnership, owners of
Riverside Theatre who won the
Ryan Air Chase at last year’s
Cheltenham Festival.
Riverside Theatre holds entries
Rock Critic
impresses at
Fairyhouse
As well as that, the meeting at Fairyhouse
which was due to be held on Saturday, 2nd
February being cancelled due to waterlogging
will now take place on Wednesday 27th
February.
Win tickets to
James Nesbitt
in the Ryan Air Chase, The World
Hurdle and the Gold Cup at this
year’s festival and his owners’
insight is sure to add to what is
shaping up to be another wonderful preview evening at the
Woodlands Hotel.
To be in with a chance of winning a pair of tickets
to the Cheltenham preview evening (six pairs to be
won) all you have to do is answer the following
question and send in the answer to the Dungarvan
Observer, Shandon, Dungarvan, by Monday, 25th
February, 2013. Editor’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
Question: Name one of the organisations that will
benefit from the Cheltenham preview evening?
Answer:…………………………………………………...
Name:………………………………………………………
Address:……………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………
Waterford and Tipperary SJAI Chairman Joe Murphy presenting
Seamus Hayes with his prize at the Waterford Tipperary Showjumping
Awards at the Park Hotel, Dungarvan.
[David Clynch
Waterford and Tipperary SJAI Chairman Joe Murphy presenting Francis
Connors with his prize at the Waterford Tipperary Showjumping
Awards at the Park Hotel, Dungarvan.
[David Clynch]
……………………Telephone:……………………………
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ATHLETICS
ALLROUNDER SPORTS WINTER LEAGUE
Dungarvan Observer Sports | Wednesday, 13 February, 2013
Sponsored by
Winter League enters
the final stages for 2013
Allrounder
Sports Shop
THE end of the winter league is
finally in sight. It’s a given that
everyone will pull out all the stops
tonight and next week in the last
ditch attempt to get a personal
best time. Remember, it‚s the person with the least amount of
points that wins and that person
doesn’t always come out of division one.
There are some people in division 2 with lower points than
those in division one so the eventual winner is the person with the
lowest points regardless of the
division he or she is in.
Once again, the weather was in
the runners‚ favour and with 14
great nights so far out of 16, here’s
hoping that the remaining couple
of weeks will be just as good.
STARTING TIMES FOR WEEK 15
It will be fast and furious again
this week as there will be 30
seconds between each group
tonight.
MYSTERY TOUR
The Mystery Tour will take place
on Friday night, February 22nd in a
secret location. The meeting place
will be in Minnie’s Bar Abbeyside
at 7 o’clock and from there the bus
will collect the runners and transport them to the designated location and will bring you back to
Dungarvan at the end of the
night. Anyone wishing to go on
the Mystery Tour must give their
name and €5 at the desk tonight
in order to secure your seat on the
bus. Names will be taken on a first
come, first served basis so don’t be
left at home. Get your name in
a.s.a.p.
JAMES O’DONNELL STILL
LEADS THE LONG ROUTE
The first runner home last week
was newcomer Nicky Connolly in a
great time of 33.30. Kevin
O’Connor has been doing really
well since moving up to the long
route and he continued to show
this improvement when taking
second place in 38.46.
Patrick Holland finished third in
44.27 so he will surely dip below 44
minutes before the end of the
league. In fourth place with 49.59
was Mary Whyte, well done Mary.
Pat Murphy in fifth place with
40.30 will have sub 40 as his target
tonight. Robert O’Connor was
sixth with 35.53. Marian Keane
took 7th place with 44.59 and is
now top of her division as a result.
Anna Ballot in 8th place will be
pleased to have broken 42
minutes with 41.57 and Denise
Nugent in 9th place will be another happy camper with her much
improved time of 44.41. Finally, in
10th place was Patrick Lannen
with a great time of 34.29. The
battle of the divisions was keenly
contested but it’s still James
O’Donnell who is still in the lead
but only just with 21 points to
spare over previous leader Niall
Collins and Jason Dee is still holding onto third.
Division 1:
James O’Donnell
679
Niall Collins
700
Jason Dee
734
Conor O’Neill
766
Tony Hamilton
819
Paul McGrath
830
George Hamilton
847
Angela Tobin
864
Joanne Dunford
915
Michael Dunford
988
Tara Roche
991
Tom Leahy
994
Cathal Gleeson
1006
Damien Casey
1025
Dave Pollock
1037
Divison 2:
Patrick Lannen
Division 3:
Tom Longan
Division 4:
Brigid Coffey
Division 5:
Marian Keane
Division 6:
Thomas Grace
Divison 7:
Patrick Holland
Division 8:
Denis Coffey
Division 9:
Mary Whyte
Division 10:
Elaine Kelly
EAMON FLAVIN LOOKS TO BE
HOME AND DRY IN THE SHORT
ROUTE
First home last week was newcomer Gary Cantwell in a time of
14.12. Emma Duffy in second place
was pleased to have dipped under
21 minutes with 20.58.
The best improver of all the runners that have been doing the
league since the start was Jenny
Devine and she was third overall
on the night with a great time of
22.38. John Leahy who has made a
return from injury was 4th with
16.51 and Sharon Murray is another to make a comeback from
injury and she was in fifth place
with 22.22, well done Sharon.
Finishing in 6th place was Gillian
Roche with a time of 25.17 so she
will surely break 25 minutes
tonight. Ciara Dower who finished
in 7th place with 20.16 was
unlucky not to break 20 minutes
but this will be her target tonight.
Martina Barron (27.21) wasn’t
hanging around as she finished
8th on the best improvers list. In
9th place was James Foley with
16.28 and in 10th place was
Eamon Flavin which has helped
him consolidate his overall lead.
Eamon looks to be a sure winner in the short route but at the
same time it’s not as if he can take
it easy as it’s possible to gain 50 or
so points each night and with 2
nights to go Eamon will still have
to continue to do his best as Edna
Roche and Gerry Cummins are certainly not out of the frame yet.
Division 1:
Eamon Flavin
415
Edna Roche
502
Gerry Cummins
518
Niamh Budds
531
Margaret Budds
575
Ronan Sandford
610
Anne Quinn
617
Patrick Ryan
627
Serena Murray
644
Ciara Dower
658
Micheal Moynihan
677
Liam Sandford
704
John Foley
727
Jennifer Breathnach
742
Division 2:
James Foley
Division 3:
Annette Cahill
Division 4:
Padraig Cosgrave
Division 5:
Jenny Devine
THANKS
We would like to extend a sincere thanks to Pearse Moloney of
the Allrounder Sports Shop for his
continued help, support and sponsorship of the league, thank so
much. Also, thanks to all the stewards and the crew that enable the
league to run smoothly every
week, it’s very much appreciated.
Pictured is Jason Travers a recent winner at the all rounder sports winter league of a sports massage voucher kindly sponsored by Zuzana
Malikova, Zuzana also pictured making the presentation to Jason is a
Neuromuscular Physical Therapist and Massage therapist and is based
at the Complementary Health Clinic, Tournore, Abbeyside. She can be
contacted at 087-1218721.
Thanks so much to you all.
TEAM COMPETITION
The best scoring team on the
long route last week was “JTG”,
the team being Jason Dee, Tom
Condon and Georgie Hamilton.
This has seen them strengthen
their overall lead and they are now
looking like they‚ll be hard to catch
with just 2 weeks left.
The top 5 teams on the long
route are now:
1st JTG: Jason Dee, Tom
Condon, Georgie Hamilton.
2nd The Dunfords: Joanne
Dunford, Michael Dunford,
Bridget Coffey.
3rd TTT: Thomas Grace, Tom
Longan, Tony Hamilton.
4th The 3 Gauntleteers: Mark
Cliffe, Conor O’Neill, Ted O’Leary.
5th Spinsplint Sprinters Mary
Harney, Sinead Moore, Geraldine
Barry.
On the short route, the best
scoring team last week was again
“Clashmore Ramblers”, (Mags
Budds, Shelia Budds, Pat Ryan).
They now have a massive lead in
the competition and it looks like
there will be no catching them.
The top 3 teams on the short
route are:
1st
Clashmore
Ramblers:
Mags Budds, Shelia Budds, Pat
Ryan.
2nd LMM: Lorna Murphy,
Margaret Whelan, Mary Hogan
3rd How slow can we go
Liam
O’Donnell,
Caoimhe
O’Donnell, Catherine Downey.
ZUZANA MALIKOVA SPORTS
VOUCHERS WEEK 14
The winners of the vouchers,
sponsored by Zuzana Malikova,
for week 14 of the winter league
are Anita Lyons (long route) and
Deirdre Mason (short route).
Zuzana is a Neuromuscular
Physical Therapist and Massage
therapist and is based at the
Complementary Health Clinic,
Tournore, Abbeyside. She can be
contacted at 087-1218721.
Allrounder Sports Winter League
Results for Week 14 - Short Route
1 809 CANTWELL, Gary
2 810 DUFFY, Emma
3 618 DEVINE, Jenny
4 782 LEAHY, John
5 805 MURRAY, Sharon
6 801 ROCHE, Gillian
7 643 DOWER, Ciara
8 792 BARRON, Martina
9 722 FOLEY, James
10 735 FLAVIN, Eamonn
11 730 CASEY, Olive
12 777 ROCHE, Edna
13 616 O'DONNELL, Liam
14 790 McGRATH, Particia
15 684 SHALLOE, Tracey
16 778 CUMMINS, Donagh
17 621 THOMAS, Susan
18 663 BUDDS, Niamh
19 661 BUDDS, Margaret
20 720 SALMON, Breege
21 780 TOBIN, Johnny
22 647 CUMMINS, Gerry
23 793 FITZGERALD, Joanne
24 732 CAHILL, Annette
25 682 KEOGH, Majella
26 729 CASEY, Eleanor
27 655 HALLEY, David
28 691 COSGRAVE, Padraig
14:12
20:58
22:38
16:51
22:11
25:17
20:16
27:21
16:28
17:50
22:09
20:17
22:44
20:55
19:41
18:10
24:15
23:03
18:42
23:15
18:34
16:44
25:36
21:05
24:09
21:12
15:26
17:54
Sponsored by
Allrounder
Sports Shop
29 670 RYAN, Patrick
30 656 MASON, Deirdre
31 642 DALY, Deirdre
32 662 BUDDS, Sheila
33 795 BYRNE, Mary
34 604 POWER, Kay
35 794 BYRNE, Angelia
36 689 CONDON, Rena
37 754 NUGENT, Mark
38 646 QUINN, Anne
39 638 SANDFORD, Ronan
40 697 CASEY, Maire
41 634 CROTTY, Martina
42 674 WHELAN, Margaret
43 653 MOYNIHAN, Micheal
44 789 KELLY, Dervla
45 692 SHINE, Joan
46 693 FENNELL, Noreen
47 605 RYAN, Alice
48 700 LYONS, Anne
49 635 DOYLE, Hannah
50 622 CONDON, Brid
51 640 O'DONOVAN, Anne
52 701 LYONS, Stacey
53 639 SANDFORD, Liam
54 675 HOGAN, Mary
55 773 HAYES, Louise
19:14
23:17
21:05
20:12
24:42
22:00
24:43
19:50
15:09
17:33
20:34
17:19
20:51
19:46
17:39
21:41
22:29
22:30
29:33
23:25
26:36
23:55
24:53
19:08
20:54
25:37
28:33
Allrounder Sports Winter League
Results for Week 14 - Long Route
Place No. Name
1 329 CONNOLLY, Nicky
2 328 O'CONNOR, Kevin
3 289 HOLLAND, Patrick
4 201 WHYTE, Mary
5 317 MURPHY, Pat
6 269 O'CONNOR, Robert
7 93 KEANE, Marian
8 251 BALLOTT, Anna
9 100 NUGENT, Denise
10 71 LANNEN, Patrick
11 280 HAMILTON, George
12 247 COFFEY, Brigid
13 316 WIDGER, Gary
14 206 BREATHNACH, Orna
15 205 KELLY, Elaine
16 98 CRONOLLY, Rita
17 313 NAGLE, Graham
18 142 DEE, Jason
19 140 LONGAN, Tom
20 191 COLLINS, Niall
21 89 FITZGERALD, Michelle
22 125 GRACE, Thomas
23 104 POWER, Valerie
24 154 HARNEY, Mary
25 59 COLEMAN, Karen
26 322 LEAHY, Jeremy
27 266 DALTON, Emma
28 207 BARRY, Geraldine
29 147 O'CONNOR, Johnny
30 46 HAHESY, Raymond
31 1 O'DONNELL, James
32 13 TOBIN, Angela
33 78 DWANE, Cathal
34 114 O'DONOVAN, Marie
35 135 McSHANE, Padraig
36 76 BUDDS, Seamus
37 178 TOBIN, Jackie
38 245 HARTY, Julie
39 310 KIELY, Nikki
40 92 LYONS, Anita
41 54 GENC, Sue
42 38 O'NEILL, Conor
43 272 CASEY, Kevin
44 102 SHEIL, Jacinta
45 190 McGRATH, Paul
46 236 HAMILTON, Tony
47 290 KIELY, Catriona
48 73 POWER, Nicky
49 184 DRENNAN, Angeline
50 80 DEE, Irene
51 294 KIRBY, Dan
52 107 HAYES, Helene
53 213 CUMMINS, Helen
54 112 YOUNG, Shay
55 216 FALCONER, John
56 9 O'RIORDAN, Jennifer
57 282 GLEESON, Cathal E.
58 199 COFFEY, Denis
59 87 MOONEY, Declan
60 305 LUCEY, John
61 238 DWYER, Dermot
62 74 HICKEY, Kevin
63 64 MURPHY, Tomás
64 161 CONDON, Thomas
65 145 ROCHE, Tara
66 84 LEAHY, Tom
67 2 MOORE, Sinead
68 175 LYNCH, Kevin
69 183 ORGAN, Kate
70 52 HIGGINS, Sharon
Time
33:30
38:46
44:27
49:59
40:30
35:53
44:59
41:57
44:41
34:29
43:06
40:19
43:45
47:38
47:39
45:01
33:16
35:23
34:13
33:22
45:48
37:54
45:35
44:18
49:20
55:09
44:33
42:37
32:01
32:47
31:17
39:11
36:20
45:25
39:44
39:18
47:41
45:18
49:51
54:29
47:52
35:33
41:28
50:13
38:14
38:21
42:40
41:21
39:40
50:07
34:16
47:51
47:24
37:54
37:01
50:08
37:45
34:23
36:21
37:53
32:37
34:51
42:18
39:35
42:01
30:55
40:05
32:30
45:05
41:37
Sponsored by
Allrounder
Sports Shop
71 3 CHIZHIKOV, Yevgeniy
72 75 DROHAN, Noel
73 152 DEEGAN, Michael
74 118 DONNELLY, David
75 307 LYNAM, Brett
76 105 KIRWAN, Bryan
77 33 BARRY, Joe
78 262 CUNNIFFE, Nicola
79 267 CAMPBELL, David
80 299 GREENE, Matt
81 90 HARTY, Josie
82 179 FITZGERALD, Pat
83 237 CURRAN, Raymond
84 14 DUNFORD, Ann
85 309 MURPHY, Agnes
86 221 O'CALLAGHAN, John
87 82 O'RIORDAN, Fiona (62)
88 248 DUNFORD, Joanne
89 160 KENNEALLY, Kevin
90 44 MOLONEY, Michael
91 202 GREEN, Adam
92 49 HAYES, Michelle
93 197 CASEY, Damien
94 301 POLLOCK, Dave
95 249 TYNAN, Jackie
96 42 TRAVERS, Jason
97 31 CLIFFE, Mark
98 119 O'REGAN, Niamh
99 153 CONNOLLY, Fergal
100 39 HOGAN, Tom
101 181 McNAB, Gregor
102 66 HOGAN, Stephen
103 121 MALIKOVA, Zuzana
104 293 MURPHY, Micheal
105 106 PROCTOR, Pascal
106 17 O'DONNELL, Ann
107 10 BEGLEY, Padraig
108 304 MASON, Trevor
109 242 SHAW-HAMILTON, Robert
110 6 MULLIGAN, Una
111 45 CURRAN, Rosaleen
112 37 NIEUWENHUIZEN, Patrick
113 239 FRISBY, Pat
114 68 CALLAGHAN, Micheal
115 189 BARRY, Derek
116 226 ORMONDE, Fiona
117 41 FITZGERALD, Adrian
118 57 McNALLY, David
119 151 LYONS, Colin
120 218 RYAN, Michael
121 120 HAYES, Declan
122 144 MASSEY, Anne
123 20 CONDON, Maurice
124 256 O'GORMAN, Paul
125 22 FITZGERALD, Laura
126 124 MOLONEY, Pearse
127 24 DWYER, Anthony
128 72 BURKE, Ray
129 4 CHIZHIKOVA, Diana
130 308 BANNON, Orla
131 128 CANTWELL, Gerry
132 233 COLEMAN, Michael
133 23 HALLISSEY, Geraldine
134 126 WALL, Triona
135 109 POWER, Onra
136 85 DURAND, Michele
137 324 O'GRADY, Cormac
138 69 BRADFIELD, Linda
139 227 ORMONDE, Brian
140 195 WALSH, Corinna
33:41
36:05
41:35
38:45
36:54
37:14
33:52
47:49
37:47
37:40
47:19
33:46
41:37
37:48
44:22
34:44
47:15
40:01
30:05
31:52
43:33
41:39
36:36
47:08
48:36
31:20
33:49
47:28
37:50
37:52
38:29
37:26
41:11
36:23
39:54
39:25
40:40
32:52
40:09
46:36
39:34
35:10
36:04
36:18
35:12
51:28
40:04
38:22
35:22
34:46
43:18
42:29
38:22
42:55
47:17
47:37
37:12
37:51
50:30
48:49
35:42
44:44
49:01
39:48
46:54
46:08
38:46
46:53
45:25
37:46
Waterford Athletes Shine
at Juniors and Under 23s
BIG numbers were the order of the day at the Woodie’s DIY Junior and
U-23 championships held at the superb AIT International Arena on
Sunday, 10th February. There were plenty of athletes set about achieving
new PBs on the ultra-fast track and pleasant surroundings.
Tom Barr (Ferrybank AC) convincingly won the U23 men’s 400m in
47.41 seconds. Ferrybank recorded a one and two in the Junior Women
High Jump with Sorcha Murphy taking first on count back with 1.68m
while clubmate Neasa Murphy equaled the same height for second.
The high jump winning streak continued with Shane O'Dywer
(Ferrybank AC) securing first place in the U-23 mens event with a jump of
2.00m. Clubmate Sean Archer also took the U-23 Men’s Triple Jump in
13.44m.
The U-23 Men’s Pole Vault was won by West Waterford A.C’s Thomas
Houlihan with a vault of 4.60m
Another great weekend’s action is expected at the Woodies DIY
National Indoor Championships will be held in AIT International Arena on
the 15th / 16th February.
Kate Hickey, West Waterford A.C and June winner Orlaith O'Brien,
Ferrybank A.C. at the Combined Credit Unions Supreme Juvenile
Athlete of the Year 2012 awards ceremony in the Tower Hotel.
[Aileen Drohan/Photozone]
Dungarvan Observer Sports | Wednesday, 13 February, 2013
Detailed results can be viewed on:
www.westwaterfordathletics.org
ATHLETICS
17
Course record for Philip Harty
at the Anne Valley 5
THE Anne Valley 5 mile road race
was held last Saturday morning in
Dunhill.
The day in many respects
Conor O'Neill pictured as he
crosses the finish line at last
Saturdays Anne Valley 5.
belonged to West Waterford’s
Philip Harty.
Philip covered the tough Anne
Valley 5 mile course last Saturday
in a time of 25.11 setting a new
course record.
Having finished 2nd last year
to Carrick’s Brian Murphy Sandis
Bralitis had to settle for that same
position again last Saturday.
The winner in 2012 Brian
Murphy was 3rd in a time of
26.34.
The clubs first lady home was
Josie Uí Chuirrin with a time of
36.44; this gave Josie 1st place
over 50.
Niall Collins was in great form
also running a very fast 33.16;
equally a great time was recorded
by Mark Cliffe 33.24, two men in
great shape at the moment.
Another to impress was Paschal
Proctor who in 2012 ran a time of
42.20 last Saturday he clipped
round the same course in 39.05.
Well done to all competitors.
Philip Harty
25.11
Sandis Bralitis
25.48
Niall Collins
33.16
Mark Cliffe
33.24
Tony Ferncombe
34.26
Conor O’Neill
34.54
Trevor Walsh
36.37
Josie Ui Chuirrin
36.44
Conor McEvoy
37.35
Micheal O’Cuirrin
38.34
Paschal Proctor
39.05
Andrea Gaffney
39.22
Sharon Higgins
41.58
Teresa Kiely
42.19
Kevin Casey
42.35
Micheal McCarthy
44.07
David Regan
44.46
Onra Power
45.25
Kevin T. Casey
46.12
Noelle Conway
51.37
Marie Moore
51.37
Group of West Waterford athletes pictured before the start of last Saturday’s Anne Valley 5. l/r: Mark
Cliffe, Conor O'Neill, Tony Ferncombe and Niall Collins.
Waterford Hospice to benefit from 11th
Annual Bausch and Lomb sponsored
Kilmacthomas 5 this Sunday
ON this Sunday, February 17th at
11 a.m. the 11th Annual Bausch
and
Lomb
sponsored
Kilmacthomas 5 mile road race
will take place.
All proceeds from the race
again this year will be donated to
a most worthy cause, Waterford
Hospice.
The race organisers urge run-
Pictured are West Waterford AC athletes Aoife Hamilton and Kate
Veale who were both honored as nominees for the Pat Noctor
Young Sports Star of the year for 2012 at the awards evening last
Friday which was held at Ard Scoil Na nDéise.
Michael Roche Carpets
Spring Series 2012
THE 2013 Michael Roche Carpets
Spring Series is now well under
way with two of the races completed. Next up in the Series is
the 11th annual Bausch and
Lomb 5 on Sunday next February
17th which will be held in
Kilmacthomas at 11 a.m. Entry
to the series this year is free. All
runners who participate in 3 of
the 4 events will be in a draw for
sports vouchers which will be
raffled at the final race in the
series the Déise College
Dungarvan 10K on Sunday,
February 24th at 11 a.m.
The series will, of course, have
an overall winner who will be
the athlete with the lowest
points from 3 of the 4 races.
ners and joggers to come along
and support this year’s benefactors. The organising committee
under the stewardship of Nicola
and Michael Dee have all the
ground work done for this race
now so we request all our members to come along and support
their efforts on the day. Entries
will be taken at the community
given by Bausch and Lomb a very
attractive prize fund will be on
offer for the top competitors and
plenty of spots for down the field
finishers.
The categories are as follows:
MEN - 1st 2nd and 3rd, 1st over
40, 45, 50 and 55.
LADIES - 1st 2nd and 3rd, 1st
over 35, 40, 45 and 50.
Woodies DIY National Florida Marathon
Masters Indoors
win for Richard
JOE GOUGH IN RECORD FORM
Joe Gough continued his record exploits in Athlone last Saturday
at the Woodies DIY national masters indoors when he won the over
60 800m in a time of 2:15.61 to knock five seconds off the old record.
Joe who just turned 60 recently is taking that age category by storm.
He now holds the 800m records in master’s indoor running at O45,
O50, O55 and O60, a remarkable achievement.
Despite running a hugely improved personal best Harry O’Brien
had to settle for 6th in a very competitive over 45 1,500 metres race.
Harry’s time of 4.26 was 6 seconds inside his best ever for the distance.
Terri Gough was also in action in the ladies over 65 category competing in the 60 the 200 and 400 metres but to date we are unable
to attain her results and finally, Brendan Moran had to withdraw
from competition with an injury. We wish Brendan a speedy recovery
to competition.
Anthony Whelan
runs Irish Ultra
Championships
WEST Waterford ACs Anthony Whelan is in action on Saturday week
the 16th February in the Donadea promoted national 50k championships of Ireland. This is Anthony’s first time competing in these
championships which are held over 10 laps of a 5k course. Wishing
Anthony all the best on the day.
hall Kilmacthomas at the top of
the town from 9.30 am, with the
entry fee €8.
Shower facilities will also be
available in this hall after the
event for both men and women.
Kirwan’s Bar is the venue for the
presentation of prizes and cuppa
after. With the help of the very
generous sponsorship kindly
Purcell
ON Sunday, 20th January in Ocala
Florida one of our members
Richard Purcell aged 41 won the
Ocala Marathon in a time of
3:09:58 to qualify for the Boston
Marathon.
Richard formally lived at
Currabaha West, Kilmacthomas,
before moving to Florida where
he now lives with his family. Well
done Richard on this great
achievement.
Pictured right is West Waterford
AC athlete Richard Purcell as he
comes into win the Ocala Florida
Marathon on 20th January last.
In winning the marathon Richard
also achieved the qualifying time
for the Boston Marathon.
Woodies DIY
Under 23 Indoors
Claire Gibbons McCarthy who was second lady overall in the 22nd
Annual John Treacy Dungarvan 10 receives her prize from John
Treacy.
GOLD FOR HOULIHAN AND SILVER FOR COLLINS
Well done to Thomas Houlihan who won the Woodies DIY National
under 23 pole vault championship in Athlone last Sunday with a height
of 4.60 and equally congrats to Claire Collins on her silver medal in the
ladies under 23 high jump.
GOLF
18
You can contact us by phoning 058-44055
Our email address is: goldcoastgolf@cablesurf.com.
Our website is: www.goldcoastgolfclub.com
RESULTS
Friday 8th February: 18
Holes Open: 1st: Jack Kelly (27) 44
pts.
Saturday 9th February: 18
Holes Stableford, CSS 42 ptsL
1st: Johnny Ryan (16) 43 pts; 2nd:
Tom Moore (16) 42 pts; Gross:
Brian O’Connor (8) 30 pts.
Sunday 10th February: Waltz
Competition: 1st: Stephen
Greene, Breda Conway, Jimmy
O’Dwyer 84 pts; 2nd: Andy
Travers, Aisling Fennell, Lee Crotty,
83 pts; 3rd: Paddy Walsh, Raymond
Moloney, Mick Cronin 82 pts.
FIXTURES
Tuesday 12th February: Open
Seniors, 50+, Ladies and Gents.
Friday 15th February: Open 18
Holes Stableford
Saturday 16th February: 18
Holes Stableford
Sunday 17th February: 18 Holes
Stableford
Tuesday 19th February: Open
Seniors, 50+, Ladies and Gents.
NEW 10 HOLE 4 MAN TEAM
SPRING LEAGUE:
Can be played any day of the
week. Three scores to count per
week, from 3 different players.
Players can play as often as they
like. Each player must count at
least twice during league. First
team to reach 400 pts win league
section. Second will be the second
team to reach 400 etc.
Top four teams to contest
match-play in semi-finals. Matchplay will be played as fourballs
over 18 holes and in the event of a
tie holes won will count.
Players without a club will be
accommodated.
Initial entry fee is €5 and entry
to 10 hole competition is €3
All teams must be entered by
Sunday 17th February.
Teams entered so far include:
Brendan O’Brien, Paddy Walsh,
Kieran Cullinan, Benny Kiely.
Tony Sheehan, John Walsh,
Jimmy O’Dwyer, Pat Power.
Maurice
Fennell,
Tom
Considine, Conor Clancy, Declan
Kiely.
Jim Maitland, Joe Curran, Niall
Curran, Liam Clancy.
Martin Murray, Jack Moore,
Tom Moore, Willie Moore.
Brian
O’Connor,
David
O’Connor, Tommy Long, Leo Wall.
PRESENTATION OF PRIZES
AND DRIVE-IN
On Sunday last the Captain’s
Drive-In took place in front of a
large gathering of members. Our
three captains, Andy Travers,
Aisling Fennell and John Elsted all
succeeded in reaching the fairway
despite all the pressure. Later in
the Bunker Bar the presentation of
the Winter League prizes took
place. Maurice Fennell accepted
the prizes for the Abbeyside team
who won the league section, John
White (deputizing for the flu victim Tom White) accepted the
prizes for the Runners-up Dunhill.
John Hallinan accepted the prizes
for the victorious Nire/Touraneena
team and in a very wide ranging
address he thanked everyone
involved in his team, the people
running the league and he also
Lismore
Golf Club
Phone 058-54026.
Email: lismoregolfclub@eircom.net
Website: www.lismoregolf.org
CLUB RESULTS
Monday 4th to Sunday, 10th
February: 12 Hole Singles
Stableford, sponsored by Ger Wyley
Sports, Dungarvan – 1st Eamon
Power (14) 32 pts.; 2nd Tim O’Leary
(16) 30 pts. L3; 3rd Mike Keane (18)
30 pts. L1.
Dermot O’Leary Agri Spring
League Week 2 – Section 1: Frank
Roche 11, Declan Glavin 10, Patsy
Heaphy 10, Brendan Hannon 10,
Richard Ormonde Jnr. 4. Section 2:
Liam Feeney 13, Colm Burke 12,
John Whelan 8, Kevin Roche 7,
Barry Rumley 5. Section 3: John
McGrath 14, Eamon O’Shea 13, Pat
Morrissey 7, Ger Ahern 6, Ted
O’Leary 5.
FIXTURES
Monday 11th to Sunday, 17th
February: 12 Hole Singles
Stableford, sponsored Tom Feerick,
Cappoquin, and 4th round of the
Dermot O’Leary Agri Spring
League.
EAMON PUTS ON THE “POWER”
TO BREEZE TO VICTORY
The winner of the weekend
competition kindly sponsored by
Ger Wyley Sports Dungarvan was
Eamon Power (14) with a blistering
32 points. Eamon had no fewer
than 8 three point holes and one 4
pointer and even managed the lux-
ury of a blank on the ninth as he
coasted to victory. His 32 points was
easily good enough for the win this
week with the highlights of his
round being birdies at the 3rd and
the 12th.
Second place went to a man
who has been showing good form
of late, namely Vice-President Tim
O’Leary (16) who claimed his spot
on a count-back on the last 6. Tim
got off to a flyer with a birdie at the
1st hole and finished in fine fashion
with another birdie at the last to
compile an excellent score of 30
points, his birdie at the last crucial
to winning on the last 6.
Readers of the notes in recent
months are well used to seeing
Michael Keane’s name up in lights
and this week was no different.
Michael claimed third spot on a
count-back winning on the last
hole. Michael actually had recorded
a total tally of 31 points but penalties reduced that to 30 and he still
got to the podium. If Brandt
Snedeker is the hottest form golfer
on the PGA tour right now then we
have no doubt Michael Keane is
certainly the man in Lismore.
The unlucky men this week were
Jamie Keating and Vice Captain
Peter Whelan whose 30 points just
missed out on the prizes. Share a
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wished Tom White a speedy recovery.
MEMBERSHIP NOW DUE
All members are requested to
have part of their annual subscription paid by early January. If members wish they can pay by direct
debit.
Male Membership Rates for
2012 including Levies - Adult: €630;
Husband & Wife €850; Distance
€400; Student over 23 years €230;
Student up to 23 years €120;
Senior Citizen €400; Junior: €85.
WINTER RATES IN THE GOLD
COAST
Winter rates from 3rd January
to the end of March
Monday to Friday Golf €15 or
Golf and Carvery €20.
Saturday and Sunday: Golf €20
or Golf and Carvery €25.
Every Tuesday: Seniors Open,
Ladies & Gents, 50+, €12 or Entry
and Lunch €20.
International Golf Gathering
in Dungarvan's Three Golf
Courses: Sunday, 19th May:
Match between USA/GB players v
players from local clubs and Irish
entries.
Monday, 20th May, Tuesday,
21st May and Wednesday, 22nd
May will feature the three rounds
of the Dungarvan Gathering
International Golf Tournament
and the top 40 will qualify for the
final on Thursday, 23rd May.
Special reduced rates are available
at all the Dungarvan Hotels and a
special package price including
Golf and B&B is available from the
organisers. Dungarvan Golf Club,
Gold Coast Golf Club and West
Waterford Golf Club are all
involved in this very special tournament.
If you know of anyone who
might be interested in playing in
this event please give their address
to any of the three clubs and we
will contact them. The entry fee
this year is €140 and for that
amount you can play a possible 5
rounds of golf if you play in the
match on Sunday. For more details
contact 058 44055 or any of the
three golf clubs
JUNIOR NOTES:
Junior
Competition
on
Thursday, 14th February at 12
noon.
Coaching on Wednesday 20th
February in Fota, please give
names to Bob/Mark asap.
LADIES NOTES
FIXTURES
13 hole ongoing Easter Hamper
competition
10 Hole ongoing lamb competition
Coastal Alliance will be played
in the Gold Coast GC on Thursday,
14th February. Tee time 10.0012.00 noon.
FOTA GOLF ACADEMY
Ladies, our outing to the
Academy is Wednesday, 13th
February, please be there on time
as the lessons begin at 7.30 pm
sharp.
10 HOLE LAMB COMPETITION
Ladies, now is your chance to
secure that leg of Spring lamb to
grace your Easter table!! The com-
petition will consist of 10 players.
Your chances of winning are even
greater. Lamb No. 1 goes to our
Lady Vice Captain, Willie Reynolds
(21) 20 pts. and lamb No. 2 to our
past Lady President, Martina
Corkery (25) 18 pts. Well done to
you both!!
EASTER HAMPER
COMPETITION
Our hamper competition is a 13
hole 2 card event and is sponsored
by Garvey’s Super Valu who have
come onboard this year. We are
running this to the week before
Easter and with the onset of some
lovely spring weather it promises
to be very enjoyable. Keep those
cards coming in for some super
prizes and lots of chocolate!!
CAPTAIN’S DRIVE-IN
Our Captain’s Drive-In took
place on Sunday, 10th February at
9.30 am with a very large turn-out
for the occasion. This was followed
by an 18 hole waltz competition
which proved to be a very enjoyable format with much banter and
laughter from all players.
Presentation of prizes took place in
the Bunker Bar, with ladies and
gents finals of Winter League and
waltz competition, delicious finger
food was served which was greatly appreciated.
We are much indebted to Maria
Quinn of the Moorings Bar &
Restaurant for her sponsorship,
and look forward to having her on
board again next year. Heartiest
congrats to the winning league
team captained by Joan O’Dea
and the runners-up captained by
Mary Kiely who put in a sterling
effort for every round.
I think this may be termed as
Team Work!!
Congratulations
to
Lady
Captain Aisling and Lady President
Breda in coming 1st and 2nd with
their teams in the waltz competition, well done to all!! A big thank
you to everyone involved in making the day such a success, especially Bob who makes sure all goes
smoothly!
thought also for Liam Feeney who
shot a one under round of 29
points and only came approx 10th!!
DERMOT O’LEARY AGRI SPRING
LEAGUE ROUND 3
The scoring this week was a sure
sign that the competitive juices are
in full flow as the league is beginning to hot up. We had one 32, one
31, three 30’s, and no fewer than
seven 29 pointers, which is a fair testament to both the players and the
condition of the course in such trying weather conditions. Whilst our
pre-tournament favourite teams of
Liam Feeney and Eamon O’Shea
are producing the goods as expected, they are not having it all their
own way as the chasing pack are
really putting it up to them.
Remember it is the top team in
each section plus the best overall
runner up team that will go forward. We also have the Plate section and Category prizes for each
line of the league. With 4 scores to
count from 6 each week there is a
lot of golf to be played before we
can determine our semi finalists.
Section 1 is getting tighter and
tighter as the weeks go by. As predicted, positions on the leader
board here are changing from
week to week. Frank Roche holds
the slenderest of leads with 11
points but with 3 more teams on 10
points it could not be tighter.
Declan Glavin and his troops have
been making excellent progress
after a slow start and have now
become the form team. This week
they amassed a staggering total of
114 points, the highest weekly
score to date and claimed the 5
points.
Their team score of 114 consisted
of Declan with 26, Michael O’Grady
27, Alf Barden with 29 and weekly
winner Eamon Power with 32, a
team scoring average of 28.5!!!
Frank Roche in reclaiming top spot
had a weekly score of 113, the 2nd
highest score of the year and they
must consider themselves unlucky
not to have gained all 5 points.
Frank’s 24 along with Pat Lane 29,
Jamie Keating and Tim O’Leary
with 30, was how they amassed
such a fine total. Brendan Hannon
and Patsy Heaphy’s teams will also
have a huge say here so it is anyone’s guess as who the winner will
be.
Section 2 is getting tighter with
Colm Burke and his gang claiming
the 5 points, cutting Liam Feeneys
lead down to the bare minimum.
John Whelan and Kevin Roche and
their men could also still have a say
as this develops. Colm himself looks
to be back to near his best shooting
29 this week on top of two previous
28s. Colm was ably assisted by ViceCaptain Peter Whelan who is also
showing great early season form
with 30 this week to follow up his
28 and 29.
Both men look to be in the
shake-up for their respective categories so they have two goals still
well in their sights. Other excellent
scores in this section were Liam
Feeney, Colum Murphy, and P. J.
Coughlan all with 29.
Section 3 saw the other pre-tournament favourites (Eamon O’Shea)
lose their lead at the top as our
Captain John McGrath and his
team have now taken over the top
spot. Kevin Foley was John’s main
man with 28 as they claimed the
valuable 5 points on a count back
to the fifth card. Although it looks
like a straight shoot out between
John and Eamon and their respective teams, the other team scores
may still have a big bearing on proceedings. Other notable scores in
this section were Ted O’Leary and
Patsy O’Donoghue with 28,
Maurice Cahillane 29, and the
legend that is Michael Keane with
31.
For the rest of you mere mortals
all is not lost as the winning teams
in the early rounds only get 5 points
and with higher points value on
offer towards the end, it means
that there is still lots of points to be
played for.
A.O.B.
Membership for 2013 is now due
so any member who has yet to do
so is reminded to return their subscription as soon as they can. Our
new registrar Martin Power will be
handling subs for the year and he
will be happy to sort out direct
debits for anyone who is interested
in paying their sub in this manner
this year.
For more details please contact
Martin directly or contact any officer of the club.
The club will be holding the next
quiz night in the golf club on Friday,
1st March, with both members and
especially non members most welcome. More details to follow.
LADIES
NEWS
The East Cork Oil sponsored
Spring League got off to a super
start over the last couple of weeks
with any fine day seeing the ladies
out in droves. As you can play as
often as you like, 3 scores to count
each week, everyone was doing
their best for their team no matter
how many times they had to play.
We had some excellent scores in
with ground conditions not seeming to have any ill effect on most of
our participants. Helen Lane has
started this league in the same
form she finished last years one
with a fabulous 27 pts. Patricia
Lonergan had an excellent 22 pts to
claim the no 2 spot with Nora
O’Sullivan fresh from her trip away
notching up 21 pts for third. JoJo
Tobin parred the last three holes to
scape into 4th place ahead of quite
a few others on 20 pts.
RESULTS
Sunday, 27th January to
Saturday, 9th February - Spring
League 1st Round – 9 Holes S/Ford.
Members Prizes: 1st Helen Lane (27)
27 pts; 2nd Patricia Lonergan (16)
22 pts; 3rd Nora O’Sullivan (16) 21
pts; 4th Jo Jo Tobin (21) 21 – 1 = 20
pts L3.
The team contest is as you
would like it at this early stage,
wide open with all to play for.
Positions as follows:J. Cahillane Team E-61; N.
O'Sullivan Team H-61; B. Joyce
Team D-60; A. Power Team F-60, K.
Moynihan Team A-58; M. Condon
Team B-58; P. Lonergan Team C-57;
P B. McCarthy Team G-42.
FIXTURES
Sunday, 10th February to
Saturday, 16th February - only one
week (weather permitting) Spring
League 2nd Rd, 9 Holes S/Ford, €3
entry, €2 re-entry. €10 Team entries
due by round 2. Members Prizes.
Don’t forget ladies to get an
extra bonus point for your team
each week, you must play and
return your card.
Andy Travers, Captain, Aisling Fennell, Lady Captain and John Elstead, Junior Captain at the Captain’s DriveIn the Gold Coast Golf Club, Dungarvan.
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West Waterford
Golf & Country Club
Telephone: 058-43216. Fax: 058-44343.
E-mail: info@westwaterfordgolf.com
Website: www.westwaterfordgolf.com
GENTS NOTES
COMPETITION RESULTS
Club Competition Monday, 4th
February, to Sunday, 10th February
– Category 1: 1st Mike Drohan (5)
39 pts.; 2nd Christy Murphy (2) 36
pts. Category 2: 1st John Brennan
(9) 38 pts.; 2nd Tom Butler (13) 37
pts. back 15. Category 3: 1st Johnny
Sheehan (16) 37 pts.; 2nd Ger
Donnelly (16) 36 pts. Category 4: 1st
Ronan Culloo (22) 39 pts.; 2nd Noel
Baldwin (19) 34 pts. back 8.
COMERAGH OIL WINTER
LEAGUE
The Comeragh Oil Winter
League is progressing nearer the
cut and the battle for places in the
final 16 is on. Helvic Head are clear
of the pack with the big movers
being St Oliver’s up to joint 6th and
Brickey Valley who move into 14th
place. The eight teams that straddle the cut line are only separated
by 10 points.
Round 4 of the League are playing from the 11th – 17th February
over 18 holes, subject to favourable
weather conditions.
Leaderboard – Helvick Head
436, Abbeyside 426, Kilmurray 423,
Imokilly 422, Glenbeg 421,
Knockaun 418, St. Olivers 414,
Rebels 414, Knockadoon 413,
Clashmore 412, Touranore 411,
Canty 410, An Ghaeltacht 405,
Brickey Valley 405, Glenbower 405,
Ballyduff 404, Brickey Rangers 399,
Springfield 398, Ballymacoda 397,
Kinsalebeg 395, Blackwater 391,
An Lachan 389, Carriglea 360.
Challenge Cup Leader Board –
1st Eamonn Power (Old Parish
GAA) 34 pts.; 2nd Shane Dalton
(Clashmore Ramblers), Gearoid
Breathnach (Marine Bar) and Billy
O’Mahoney (Marine Darts) and
Tom Flynn (Flynn Bus Hire) 31 pts.;
6th Vinny Coonan (Clashmore
Ramblers) 30 pts.; 7th Tucker
Curran (Old Parish GAA), Peter
Deady (Old Still Darts) and John
Walsh (Flynn Bus Hire) 29 pts.
Junior Competition Saturday,
9th February – 1st Max Quinn (29)
32 pts.; 2nd Sergei Quinn (33) 30
pts.
FIXTURES
Monday, 11th February, to
Sunday, 17th February – Comeragh
Oil Winter League Round 4 continues in conjunction with Club
Competition – 18 hole Stableford.
This round is for ONE Week Only.
Play any day during this week.
Category Prizes awarded each
week during Winter League.
KILLEAGH GAA AID CANCER
TREATMENT – Monday, 18th
February, 2013
Killeagh GAA are holding a
Ladies & Gents Open Singles competition in aid of Aid Cancer
Treatment (ACT). 1st Prize is the
Margaret Rochford Memorial
Trophy, 2nd Prize is the Tom
Fitzgibbon Memorial Trophy.
There will be Tea and Coffee at
1.15 p.m. and a shotgun start at
1.45 p.m. Dinner will be at 6.15
p.m. Cost of entry for West
Waterford members is €30. More
details can be had by contacting
Ray Rochford at 087-2330054.
CLUB CLASSIC
Our annual Club Classic is due to
take place over the Easter period.
Full details will become available
within the coming weeks. See Club
notes and website for details.
WEST WATERFORD GOLF
CHALLENGE CUP FINAL SET
FOR SATURDAY, 23rd MARCH
Eamon Power holds a com-
DUNGARVAN GOLF CLUB
Tel. Office 058-43310, Fax. 058-44113, Pro Shop 058-44707.
Website: www.dungarvangolfclub.com
Email: dungarvangc@eircom.net
GENTS SPRING LEAGE
SPONSORED BY DAVID HAYES
PGA PROFESSIONAL
SPRING LEAGUE TABLE AFTER
WEEK THREE
SECTION ONE
WK 1, WK 2, WK 3 PTS.
Jack Nicklaus
3 3 3
9
Seve Ballesteros
3 3 3
9
Nick Faldo
1 3 1
5
Arnold Palmer
3 1 1
5
Ben Hogan
0 1 3
5
Gary Player
0 0 0
0
SECTION TWO
WK 1, WK 2, WK 3 PTS.
Sam Sneed
3 3 3
9
Ernie Els
3 3 3
9
Tom Watson
1 3 0
4
Lee Trevino
3 0 1
4
J M Olazabal
0 1 3
0
Ian Woosnam
1 1 1
3
RESULTS
Mon., 4th Open Seniors Over
55. 1. Roger O’Connor (16) 37 CSS
37. Thu. 7th Open Gents 16 Holes
Singles S/F 1. Tom Burke (12) 37,
2nd Maurice Troy (14) 35. Fri. 8th
Gents 16 Holes Singles S/F 1st
Robert Hyde (17) 35, 2. Liam
Carroll (18) 34 CSS 37. Sat. 9th
Gents/Ladies 16 Holes Singles S/F:
1st Tom Curran (11) 39 pts, 2nd
Jimmy Wemyss (11) 37 pts, Gross
John Reynolds (Scr) 33 pts, 3rd
John G Moloney (9) 37 pts, 4th
Conor Carroll (14) 37 pts. C.S.S. 37.
Sun. 10th Gents 16 Holes Singles
S/F: Roger O’Connor 39 pts, 2nd
John Considine 36 pts, Gross John
Reynolds 34 pts. CSS 37 pts.
FIXTURES
Thursday, 14th February to
Sunday, 17th February Gents
Spring League sponsored by David
Hayes PGA Professional. Thu. 14th
Open Gents 16 Holes Singles S/F,
Fri. 15th Gents 16 Holes Singles S/F,
Sat. 16th Gents/Ladies 16 Holes
Singles S/F, Sun. 17th Gents 16
Holes Singles S/F, Mon 18th Open
Seniors Over 55.
JUNIOR FIXTURES: Open
Junior Competition- Weds 13th 10
a.m – 11.30 p.m. Fri. 15th 12.30
p.m. to 2.30 p.m.
LADIES RESULTS
Results:Sat 9th: 16h s/f. 1. June
Hayes (30) 39 pts. 2. Mary Phelan
(21) 35 pts. 3. Anna Harney (30)
35 pts. (back 8).
LADIES FIXTURES
Sat 16th: 16 h s/f.Mon 18th:
GOLF
19
manding lead by 3 pts. from Shane
Dalton, Gearoid Breathnach, Billy
O’Mahoney and Tom Flynn. Vinny
Coonan lies on his own in 6th position with 30 pts. Tucker Curran,
Peter Deady and John Walsh follow up closely with 29 pts.
Players have represented the following clubs/organisations, Quills
Bar, Flynn Bus Hire, Oyster Farm,
Anchor Bar, John Keane’s, Lismore
GAA, Welcome Inn, Colligan
Rockies, Old Still Darts, Dungarvan
Motors, Glanbia, The Local Bar,
Abbeyside GAA, The Rising Sun,
Brickey Rangers, Dungarvan Utd.,
Alice O’Connor’s, Mooney’s and
Modeligo Pattern.
MUNSTER SENIOR SCHOOLS
MATCHPLAY SEMI-FINAL
Best of luck to Thomas and Eoin
Conway of West Waterford Golf
Club and Gabriel Lacey of
Dungarvan Golf Club who represent St. Augustine’s College in the
Munster Senior Schools Matchplay
semi-final against Mallow in Cahir
Park on Monday, March 4th.
SOUTH EAST LEAGUE
2013
West Waterford are drawn in
Group 1 along with Mitchelstown,
Fermoy, Mahon and Gold Coast.
Fixtures are as follows: 24th March
in Mitchelstown vs. Fermoy, 6th
April in Fermoy vs. Gold Coast, 14th
April in Gold Coast vs. Mahon, 21st
April in Mahon vs. Mitchelstown.
West Waterford will host the South
East league on Sunday, 28th April.
JB CARR TROPHY 2013
West Waterford Golf Club will
play Tramore Golf Club in the 1st
Round of the JB Carr Trophy. 1st
Round must be played by 1st April,
2nd Round must be played by 15th
April and 3rd Round by 10th May.
Manager of the JB Carr Trophy for
2013 is Mr. Terry O’Callaghan.
2013 FIXTURE LIST
The Events Schedule for the
2013 golfing year at West
Waterford Golf Club are now available to view at www.westwaterfordgolf.com, by clicking on the
Club tab and going to 2013
Fixtures.
TWENTY YEARS A GROWING
1966 was another memorable
year for the club with Justin Spratt
as Captain, Michael French as
President and Mary Ronayne as
Lady Captain. The club got a huge
boost early in the year with the
election of our founder Captain Pat
Murphy to the Munster Branch of
the Golfing Union of Ireland. It
was great recognition for this relatively new club and for an individual who has devoted most of his
life to the game. The inaugural
Senior Scratch Cup was won by
Johnny Kavanagh from Castletroy,
while John Murphy captured the
Captain’s Prize this year. David
Walsh was to accept the President’s
Prize from Michael French. Our
first ever open week at West
Waterford surpassed our wildest
expectations with members and
visitors turning out in force in perfect golfing conditions.
Over the Christmas the flags at
West Waterford flew at half mast
in a fitting tribute to the memory
of a great friend and legendary
golf course designer Eddie Hackett
who passed on to greener fairways
in the sky.
1997 saw Billy Nugent take over
as Captain and Frank Walsh
assume the duties of President.
Mary Ronayne passed the Ladies
Captaincy to Frances Carroll. Alan
Harty became the first player from
the club to represent Ireland when
he played for the Irish Boys. The
Captain’s Prize was won by Tom
Butler with Jenny Sweeney (RIP)
taking the Lady Captain’s Prize.
Dungarvan CBS represented by
Alan Harty, David Morrissey and
Mark Shanahan won the Munster
Final of the Irish Schools and later
went on to win the Irish Finals. The
boys also won the Munster Final of
the Fred Daly.
Finally the annual Lions Club
WLR Hamper Appeal raised €1,216
for some very worthy causes.
We are indebted to life member
Pat Murphy for his assistance in
compiling the content for this section each week.
FIRST WITH THE NEWS
Get the latest results as they
happen by logging on to
www.westwaterfordgolf.com and
by following the link for Men’s
Winter League. As each round is
completed, scores and current
team positions are updated and
available on the final day of that
round. Other information on
Fixtures and events is also available
on the website.
HISTORIC TALK
The Clubhouse was filled to
capacity on Friday night last as
golfers and non golfers alike
attended the historic talk on the
Blackwater. Guest speaker Mrs.
Eileen O’Callaghan shared her own
experiences combined with her
vast knowledge of the Blackwater
area in a professional presentation
to the large attendance. Based on
the reaction we can look forward
to similar events at West Waterford
in the future. Justin Spratt would
like to thank everyone for their
support and all proceeds go
towards the building of a hospital
in Marimanti, Kenya.
CARDS
Friday, 15th February, 8.30 p.m.
Come along and enjoy a game of
“45” by the stove. All are welcome.
TABLE QUIZ
In aid of Cancer Care Services at
WRH
(Waterford
Regional
Hospital) and St. James’ Hospital,
Dublin, a table quiz will be held at
West Waterford Golf Club on
Friday, 8th March, 2013, at 8.00
p.m. Tables of 4 per team at €10
per person, all are welcome.
CARE OF THE COURSE
We have been most fortunate
to have the opportunity to proceed
with our competitions despite the
unfavourable weather conditions.
This is made possible due to the
Trojan efforts of our course staff.
The Tuesday crew continue to carry
out the extra improvements
around the course. Everyone can
help by repairing pitch marks and
by adhering to the signs and roped
off areas around the course. West
Waterford celebrates its twentieth
anniversary this year and you will
see a number of improvements as
the year progresses. Your support is
greatly appreciated.
JUNIOR NOTES
Next Junior Competition:
Thursday, February 14th, at 10.00
a.m. followed by lesson with Ian
Prendergast.
All juniors please note that play
on Saturdays is only allowed after
1.30 p.m.
Junior Golf Camp: The next
Golf Camp will be held during the
Easter
holidays.
WEST WATERFORD GOLF CLUB
LADIES WINTER LEAGUE
The second round of the winter
league has now been completed
and the team position are as follows – 1. Hostas 212; 2. Crocuses
197;
3.
Tulips
195;
4.
Chrysanthemums 193; 5. Daffodils
186; 6. Peonies 185; 7.
Rhododendrons 169; 8. Snowdrops
159, Hyacinths 159; 10. Camellias
145.
Winner of the Second Round Grainne Smith (22) 30 pts.
The next round is matchplay
and must be played within the
time frame from 11th-24th
February inclusive.
In the event of both players
being unavailable to play their
matchplay within designated time
frame the points must be tossed
for.
Also the 9/13 hole competitions
cannot be played in conjunction
with the matchplay.
VALENTINE SCRAMBLE
The Valentine scramble took
place on Sunday, 10th February,
and was kindly sponsored by John
David Power Pork Products. The
clubhouse was beautiful decorated
for the occasion and thanks to
Bridget and staff for the lovely
food. The winners of the scramble
where Margaret O'Sullivan, Rena
Landers and Aaron Crotty.
FIXTURES
3rd Round of Winter League –
matchplay; 11th – 24th February
inclusive.
9 and 13 hole February.
Open Seniors (55+) 16h s/f. Tues
19th: 11h s/f. Sat 23rd: 16h s/f.
Senior Alliance: Tues 19th.
Waterford.
Junior Alliance: Thurs 21st.
West Waterford.
LADY CAPTAIN’S OUTING
The annual outing organised by
our Lady Captain, Mary Flahavan,
will take place in Mount Juliet
from 24th-26th of March. Details
can be found on noticeboard in
ladies locker room.
A great 2 days golf is promised.
Please put your name on sheet
and pay your deposit to Breda
before Feb 20th.
Ladies 9 hole competitions:
In the event of holes being rotated
or rested, the first nine holes in
play on any given day count for
the ongoing 9 hole and winter
league competitions.
Inter Club Championships:
The handicap ranges are as follows:
Intermediate Cup: 16-22.
Minor Cup: 23-29
Challenge Cup: 30-36.
A list of all players elligible to
play within these categories has
been posted on the noticeboard. If
you do NOT wish to be considered
for a panel, please cross off your
name.
LADIES COASTAL ALLIANCE
Coastal Alliance rescheduled to
Thursday in Gold Coast from 10- 12
noon.
Ladies Home Alliance: The
Home alliance that was due to be
played on 5th and 9th has now
been rescheduled for 12th and
16th February.
MEMBERSHIP FEES DUE
We thank members for making
membership subscription payments already. For any queries or
assistance please contact Irene
Lynch Secretary/Manager on email
on dungarvangc@eircom.net This
e-mail address is being protected
from spam bots, you need
JavaScript enabled to view it or
telephone (058) 43310 ex. 20.
Thank you for your support.
INTRODUCTORY MEMBERSHIP OFFER: New members to
Dungarvan Golf Club are very welcome. Those who have not previously been a member of the
Club, can avail of an Introductory
Membership Offer of just €500
subscription for the 2013 golf season. An application form can be
downloaded from the club website www.dungarvangolfclub.com
or alternatively contact the office
on (058) 43310 if there is any further information or assistance you
require.
LOTTO BONUS BALL
Please support our lotto bonus
ball on a weekly basis. Proceeds
towards course development.
SOUTH EAST SCRATCH
FOURBALL CHAMPIONSHIP 2013
At Dungarvan Golf Club on
Sunday, 14th April - Gent’s Open
Fourball Tournament
36 Holes Strokeplay Handicap
Limit 5
Shotgun Start 8.30 a.m.
€2,000 Prize Fund Kindly sponsored by the PARK HOTEL
Dungarvan
Entry €60 per pair (lunch included)
Limited to first 46 Pairs
Entries close Friday, 5th April
2013 at 5 p.m.
For Bookings Contact: Irene
(058) 43310.
Full payment is required to confirm booking.
SIXTY.COM:
Winners: Colin Glasswell (16)
Frank O’Riordon (21) Sean
Gormley (18) 28 1/8 2nd Roger
O’Connor (16) Gary Morrissey (24)
David Stearn (18) 28 _ 3rd Flor
O’Callaghan (17) Mary A Coffey
(20) Ml Brosnan (27) 30
NEXT
COMPETITON:
Wednesday, 13th February Draw
for partners at 2 p.m
YOUNGONES: Winner: Pat
Flanagan (19) 20 (– 2) 18 pts Best
36h Kolette Enright. Next competition 13th February at 2.30 p.m.
Front 9 DRAW FOR PARTNERS 2.15
p.m.
PROGRESSIVE 45 RESULTS
FOR 7th Feb
WINNERS: Tom Osbourne &
Percy Hallahan; Runners-Up: Pat
McGovern & Michael Kelly;
Thomas Carroll & Michael Harney;
Danny Barry & Frankie Ryan; Pat
Phelan & Eddie Kiely; Jimmy
Hornibrook & John O’Gorman.
LAST 5 Vincent Hayes & Johnnie
McCarthy.
LUCKY TABLE Ger & Mary
O’Donovan.
CHARITY NIGHT
PROGRESSIVE 45
This week’s progressive 45 is in
aid of Downs Syndrome Ireland, a
very worthy cause. All would be
welcome to support this event - a
Valentine’s night with a heart!
Thursday, 14th February at 9 p.m.
JUNIOR GOLF NOTES
UPCOMING FIXTURES
With the mid-term, we are
holding two junior competitions
this week. On Wednesday, 13th we
have an 18 holes singles followed
by presentation.
On Friday, 15th, we have both
an 18 holes singles and a 9 hole singles for our Pre-Juniors and beginners. Both timesheets are available
on the club website.
TUITION
Coaching for our elite squad
continues every Monday for the
month at Tinhalla Driving Range.
Many thanks to Paul, J. P., Don,
Tadgh, Dave and Conor for their
help to date.
Coaching for our beginners and
Pre-Juniors continues every
Saturday at 3 pm under the watchful eye of Club Professional and
Waterford County Coach, David
Hayes. Many thanks to Paul for his
assistance last week.
FIXTURE LIST
We are currently putting the
finishing touches to our fixture list
for the coming season with many
exciting events to look forward to
including a “Golfer of the Year”.
Our matchplays are scheduled to
start at Easter.
ENQUIRIES
Any enquiries relating to junior
golf at Dungarvan can be directed
to club professional, David Hayes.
David can be contacted at 05844707 or email golfpro@eircom.net.
Follow junior activities on our
website or facebook.
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SOCCER
Dungarvan Observer Sports | Wednesday, 13 February, 2013
Dungarvan United FC
FIXTURES
SATURDAY 16th FEBRUARY
1A Dungarvan v De La Salle 2
pm KO.
U-12B League Kilmacow v
Dungarvan United 10.30 am KO.
U-14A League Tramore A v
Dungarvan A 11.45 a m KO.
U-14C League De La Salle B v
Dungarvan B 2.30 pm KO.
U-16A League
Tramore v
Dungarvan KO 2.30 pm.
SUNDAY 17th FEBRUARY
4th Div Otterans v Dungarvan
11 am KO.
Youth B Villa v Dungarvan 2 pm
KO.
U-12 Girls Clashmore v
Dungarvan (Date & Time TBC).
WEEKLY REVIEW
Another busy weekend in our
football calendar starting with the
under 11 grade. Our (B) side were
due to pit their wits against
Kilmacthomas, but unfortunately
this fixture fell by the wayside at
the last minute. Meanwhile, our
11(A) outfit welcomed De La Salle
in a fixture that would see our lads
keep pace with the others teams
at the top of the league. I am glad
to say after a good performance
we emerged winners on the day.
More action followed in the u-13
grade and first up was our (A)
team who welcomed Tramore, this
tie normally proves to be a tight
affair, and so it proved once again,
with the visitors shading it by a
single goal. The afternoon kick-off
saw our (B) team take to the field
against De La Salle, to date this
squad has performed admirably,
but alas on this occasion lost out by
2-1.
WEEKLY LOTTO
No winner of last week’s lotto,
so the jackpot numbers drawn
were: 4, 22, 7, so it now grows to
€2,050. Tommy Reynolds, c/o John
Sullivan was the recipient of the
€100. Please take the time to try
support our club in any way you
can.
LOTTO SUPPORT
As with most clubs running their
own fundraising lotto, we at
Dungarvan United rely heavily on
any extra income. It allows us to
maintain our facilities and equipment needed to function on a
daily basis. We sell lotto tickets in
our club lobby every Saturday
between 1-3 pm. Or simply call
087-6203912, 087-9087017, 0872357075 for any further assistance
needed on buying tickets.
ST. PATRICK’S DAY PARADE
We are in the planning process
for entering this year’s Parade with
our Academy and any other teams
that we may enter, if any Academy
or other parents can help by being
a steward on the day, please contact 087-6203912.
EASTER FOOTBALL CAMP
We intend to hold a football
coaching camp during the Easter
holidays. This will be an enjoyable
few days. Full details in the coming
weeks.
U-14A LEAGUE: TRAMORE
AWAY THIS SATURDAY
We travel to Tramore on
Saturday morning to play the one
side we have not encountered in
the league yet. It will be a tough
match as they have steadily
climbed the table after an indifferent start. We will need to prepare
well as always and give it our best.
TRAINING
We had training yesterday
(Tuesday) and again tomorrow
Thursday to get ourselves ready for
the match Saturday. It is important
that all players attend training ses-
sions and if unable to do so contact
the manager via text or call at 087
1940089 to clarify the non attendance.
SPONSORSHIP CARDS
All players will by now have
received their sponsorship cards
for the MASSIVE FLOODLIGHT
FUNDRAISER. It is imperative that
every effort is made to fill the card
so we can achieve the ultimate
goal for the kids to play their
league matches under lights next
season. It will be a great experience for all the youngsters in the
club to sample and savour. When a
card is full please return to the
manager asap.
WATERFORD WOMEN’S
LEAGUE UNDER 12 GIRLS
Cappoquin 2;
Dungarvan United 4.
After six weeks without a game
the girls picked up where they left
off with another win, this time
away at Cappoquin last Thursday
evening. It’s a very young team this
season with lots of under 10s and
11s. They are doing remarkably
well considering many only started
playing in September.
We will start a girls academy in
early March to run after the current Academy sessions on Saturday
afternoons.
The academy will be for girls
born in 2003 and 2004. It will provide a good opportunity for
younger players to play non competitively and learn the game.
We took a two nil lead in the
first half in Cappoquin with goals
from Dearbhla and Sarah Lacey.
Sarah Duggan Sullivan also went
close shooting narrowly wide after
a great run. Clodagh and Emily
extended our lead to 4 nil in the
second half.
Mary Kate came on in the second half playing very well. She has
made great progress in a few
months. Cappoquin fought their
way back in to the match in the
last 15 minutes scoring two wellearned goals. The match finished
4-2.
The girls were pleased with the
outcome. They have now won
four and drawn one of the five
league games played so far.
Thanks to the parents who gave
lifts and support on a very cold
evening.
CONGRATULATIONS
JENNIFER
Congratulations to Jennifer
Moore,
Childers
Estate,
Dungarvan, who was successful in
the Voice of Ireland singing competition recently. Jennifer is
daughter of Kevin and Trish
Moore and grand-daughter of the
late Matt Hayes. Kevin is the current Dungarvan United FC u-14
manager. Well done from all at the
club.
DRILL OF THE WEEK
2v2 Quick Attacking, Soccer
Drills.
SET-UP
Create a grid approximately 25
X 40 yards. This is a large field for 2
v 2, but this is intentional as it will
create more breakaway situations
and will encourage players to
attack the space while going to
goal.
Place a small goal or Pugg goal
on each end line.
Split the team into 2 equal
groups, one with an alternate jersey color.
Assign each player a partner on
his team. These players will continue to be teammates throughout
the entire soccer drill.
Assign each team a goal to
defend.
2 players from each team step
out to play 2 v 2. The remaining
players should line up across their
defensive end line with a large
supply of balls.
Instructions
Play 2v2 inside the grid to the
small goals.
If a team gets scored on they
step off and two new team members step on with the ball. They
look to get a quick attack on the
team that just scored.
As a team scores they must
quickly transition to stop the quick
attack.
The scoring team stays on the
field and plays 2v2 until they get
scored on.
If the ball goes out of bounds,
the ball restarts from a teammate
on their end line. Players only
switch after their group gets
scored on.
First team to 20 wins.
Variations
Modify the size of the grid and
play 3v3 or 4v4 depending on the
number of players you have.
Coaching Points
Quick transition after scoring a
goal.
Quick attack trying to off balance the defense.
Pick the right time when to beat
a defender on the dribble and
when to pass around defenders.
PLAY WITH SPEED. Make sure
the game is quick, fast paced and a
lot of goals are being scored.
CLUB GEAR
Club gear is now available to
order by any person wishing to kit
themselves or others out with the
latest items.
So, if you are wondering what
to get your child or family member, look no further. Prices are very
competitive indeed.
Call 087-6203912 for any further
enquiries. Any orders taken in
early January 2013 will have to be
paid for in postal order form.
Other items may be available
on request after viewing the catalogue in our clubhouse each
Saturday.
Here are some items available
including price.
Item
Price
Size
T-suit
€60.00
Adult
T-suit
€45.00
Kids
Polo Top
€27.00
Adult
Polo Top
€23.50
Kids
Hats
€12.00 Adult/ Kids
Gearbags
€25.00
Adults/
Kids Bag Pack €23.00
Adults
Padded Jacket €61.50
Adults
All orders are to be made in
bulk form only, we will do our very
best to have gear ordered / delivered as fast as possible to anyone
who places an order. We apologise
in advance for any inconvenience
that may be caused.
CLUB HELP
A lot of work done around our
home in Kilrush Park, but a lot lot
more to tackle. Project such as
floodlights etc. will come on
stream in the very near future and
with these projects comes plenty
of work. Unfortunately, with the
present people being already commanded for other work, we will
need fresh faces to help us out, in
what we see as a very busy future.
Coaching is an integral part of any
club and also in the future we will
be requiring more personnel to
help us in any way they can, please
call 087-6203912 for any assistance.
PARKING AROUND THE CLUB
Safety and activity go hand in
hand when anyone uses our facilities at any time. It can most cer-
tainly be a very busy place indeed
with people coming and going.
Also we ask those using the club,
that they take note of the fact that
we are in close proximity to the
adjoining housing estate. Please
take the utmost care when entering or leaving Kilrush Park.
CLUBHOUSE / ASTRO TURF /
HIRE
Tired of trying to find a parking
space whilst attending a party or
having a social outing why not
hold your very own party in our
well looked after clubhouse and
relax in the comfort of what we
can
provide,
Christening,
Retirement, 21st, 18th and kids
parties, school -activities, exercise
classes, meetings etc., contact John
at 087-0607226 for further
enquiries. Don’t forget our state of
the art astro-turf is also available
during the week and at weekends.
Slots available for Monday are as
follows: 9-10 pm, half pitch. Slots
available Friday 7-8 pm, half pitch.
Enquiries regarding bookings for
Monday and Friday can be done
by contacting 087-6203912.
Slots are available in the morning or afternoon to any schools,
clubs, at off peak rates.
CLUB MEMBERSHIP 2012/ 2013
Schoolboys: €25.00; Youths:
€25.00;
Playing
Member
employed:
€75.00;
Playing
Member – Unemployed: €60; Non
Playing Member: €25.00; Family
Membership: €35.00.
ACADEMY COACHES NEEDED
Due to the volume of children
attending our Academy sessions
we are currently looking to
increase the number of coaches
required to look after these numbers, no experience necessary, we
will guide you along, contact 0876203912 for further assistance.
ACADEMY ACTION
As with every week we are kept
very busy with our Academy
teams that saw action in recent
weeks. Anthony, Dixie, Ben kept
their outfit moving by holding a
friendly against Lismore.
JUNIOR BLUES ACADEMY
Our Academy continues to prosper on a weekly basis where we
can see the improvement of all the
kids in attendance, it is of paramount importance to be able to
offer a safe and happy environment to any child who attends, if
we manage to put in the hard
work required and harness the
talent available, it will no doubt
make our future a solid one.
However, we are under no illusion
as to what we need to do in order
to achieve our goals, so please take
note of the following changes
regarding our training time. These
changes have been made in order
to try please everyone possible.
6-7 group born in: 2005, 2006,
2007: 1 pm / 2-15 pm
8-9 group born in 2003, 2004,
2005: 2.30 pm / 3.30 pm.
Also these changes have been
made in order to provide a smooth
change-over after the first session.
Also parents are asked to take
note of the following.
When dropping or collecting
your child/ children please take
care as there will be lots of activity
taking place.
No child is allowed to walk
home alone, parents when collecting children will have to do so at a
designated collection point near
the astro-turf.
Parents are encouraged to stay
and watch their child/children in
action.
Shinpad’s and a drink are com-
pulsory when a child attends.
Further registration on a
weekly basis is during training in
the foyer of the club. All aspects of
registration will be explained on
the day. Contact 087-6203912 for
further details. Come and join us
on our journey, places are filling up
fast don’t loose out and be disappointed.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE
THAT IT IS COMPULSORY THAT
ALL PARENTS ATTEND WHEN REGISTERING AT ACADEMY.
ACADEMY DROP OFF /
COLLECTION POINT
Academy parents are asked to
take note, we have two designated points when dropping off
children and also when collecting.
Dropping Point:
Is directly outside the main
entrance to our astro-turf, please
take care when parking.
Collection Point:
Is located directly in front of the
main pitch, this is well marked out
with signage.
Academy registration &
Shinpads:
Parents are also asked to take
note, that upon a child attending
our Academy they must have their
parent fill out the registration
form.
Also, it is essential that the children become acquainted with
wearing shin-pads, anyone not
wearing the necessary equipment
will not be allowed to train.
79 Day Countdown to
Cork to Dungarvan
sponsored cycle
Saturday, 4th May, 2013
There are only 79 days to prepare for our main fundraising event of
the year. We are asking all our adult players to get €100 sponsorship
for the cycle where all the spend is going towards floodlighting our pitch.
That equates to finding a Euro a day sponsorship each day to the of the
cycle.
The good news is that Dungarvan United AFC have been allocated
€20,000 of Sports Capital Grant Funding towards floodlighting our main
field in Kilrush Park, Dungarvan. The Bad News is that the club has to
raise €30,000 of our own funds by the 1st of August to have floodlights
in Dungarvan for next season.
WE NEED YOUR HELP WITH OUR SPONSORED CYCLE!
* COULD YOU DO THE CYCLE?
* COULD YOU GET SPONSORSHIP FOR SOMEONE TO DO THE CYCLE?
* COULD YOU SPONSOR SOMEONE DOING THE CYCLE?
* SPONSORING ONE OF OUR MANY PLAYERS WHO WILL BE OBTAINING SPONSORSHIP ON OUR CYCLIST’S BEHALF!
* COULD YOU HELP AS A STEWARD?
* COULD YOU HELP IN SOME SMALL WAY?
Contact any of our committee or David Walsh 087-6896983 davidwalsh1@hotmail.com
Pictured above is the Sponsor Card that will be making its way around
the town looking for Sponsorship to help with our floodlights. If you
could fill or part fill a card to help our cause, give David Walsh a call on
087-6896983.
SPORT
Dungarvan Observer Sports | Wednesday, 13 February, 2013
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Clashmore Ramblers FC
BENEFIT NIGHT
The club held the Benefit Night
last Saturday night at The Old Still
and it was a great success. Thanks
to everyone who came on the
night and to the people who
donated even though they couldn’t make it. Without going into
too much detail, the money raised
will benefit the three new members of our community, so once
again thank you to everyone who
supported it.
The club would like to thank
our quizmaster on night Joe
Salmon, our brilliant auctioneer
Patsy Fleming as well as Fiona
Lombard, Liz Salmon, Michelle
Marks, James Salmon, Axel Foley,
Sinead Coughlan, Dave Thomas,
Sue Thomas, PJ and Margaret
Burke for helping to organise the
benefit and to those who helped
on the night.
The winners of the quiz were
‘Mary Whelans’ Brainboxes’, followed by ‘B&S’ in second place and
consolation prizes to ‘The Beating
Chastards’! The prizes winners for
the raffle were as follows;
1st Berry Lombard - Lidl Hamper
2nd Tina Coffey - Solo Hamper
3rd Angie Walsh - Perfume Set
4th Margaret Burke - Today FM
Hoodie
5th Angie Walsh – Bottle of
Proceso and Teresa Russell Hair
Voucher
6th Mary Anne Troy - Baileys
and Wade Barber Voucher
7th Taylor Lombard - Chocolates
and Team Bailey Voucher
8th Geraldine Scanlon - Cans of
Guinness and Love/Hate Box Set
9th Pat Walsh - White and Red
Wine
10th Pierce MacLean - Shower
Set
11th Shane Dalton - Bottle of
Wine
The club to would to say a big
thank you to all the businesses and
local people who kindly donated
items for the night:
Barry Lawlor Photography; Billy
Long; Breda Whelan; Brookes
SuperValu, Youghal; Chris Meehan
Paintings; Cliff House Hotel;
Cummins Bookmakers; Fota Island
Resort, Cork; Helen Bradley; Jane
and Brendan O’Sullivan; John
Hurton; Lidl Ltd.; Mari Mina
Chemist; Marie Roche Specsavers;
Mary
Dineen;Maura
Joyce;
Michael and Oes Lombard;
Murray’s Chemist; Oscar Lawlor;
Pauline Neville-Scott; Pierce
MacLean; P. J. Burke; Sean Foley;
Solo Hair Salon; Team Bailey;
Teresa Russell Hair Salon; The
Decies Bar; The Old Still Bar; The
Rising Sun; Today FM; Tone and
Tan; Village Greengrocers; Wade
Barbers.
Finally, on behalf of Pa, Pam,
Ethan, Matt and Lucy, they would
like to thank everyone who supported them for the benefit night,
everyone’s support was greatly
appreciated.
LOTTO
There was no winner of last
Wednesday night’s lotto with the
letters F U Z and E drawn. The winners of the €20 lucky dip were
Tommy Seward, Piltown; Ann
Kenneally, Kinsalebeg and Brid
Buckley, Village View. Tonight’s
jackpot is €5,250 on in The Old Still
Bar at 10 p.m.
LAST MAN STANDING
There were a few fallers this
week due to Manchester City losing but other than a good few survived. There will no team selection
to be made this weekend due to
FA Cup games, so brush up on
team stats for the weekend after!
U-12 CUP QUARTER FINAL
Cappoquin 1;
Clashmore Rambles 1
(Ramblers win 3-1 on pens)
Our young team put in a superb
performance in Cappoquin on
Saturday last to qualify for another semi final and are all set to challenge for both the league and cup
over the next month or so. Caelin
Rooney gave us the lead but goalkeeper Finn O'Sullivan made some
great saves to keep us ahead but
eventually Cappoquin scored and
the game went to extra time.
The Ramblers piled on the pressure to try and score but in the end
it was penalties to decide the winner. Finn O'Sullivan was the hero
again in the shootout, like last
year’s final as he saved three penalties and Caelin Rooney, Kian Carey
and Josh Fitzgerald all score for us
put us in the semi final. Well done
all concerned!!
WWEC U-12 DEVELOPMENT
SQUAD
Well done to our u-12 players
Kian Carey, Caelin Rooney, Finn
O'Sullivan and Sam Fitzgerald who
lined out for the WWEC U-12
Development Squad in their challenge game against Ballincollig
u-13s from Cork. The WWEC team
won 7-2 with Caelin Rooney
among the goalscorers.
FIXTURES
U-11 League Semi-Final 2nd Leg
Clashmore
Ramblers
v
Castlebridge
on
Saturday,
February 16th at 11.00 a.m. (Agg
Score - Clashmore 1 Castlebridge
3).
U-14 League Semi Final 1st Leg
Clashmore
Ramblers
v
Castlebridge
on
Saturday,
February 16th at 2.00 p.m.
U-8
League
Clashmore
Ramblers v Lismore at Pablo Park
on Saturday, February 2.00 p.m.
U10
League
Clashmore
Ramblers v Lismore at Pablo Park
on Saturday, February 3.00 p.m.
Clashmore Ramblers Junior
team Ned Barry 1st Round home v
Inch Utd on Sunday, February 17th
at 2.30 p.m.
Stradbally FC
MATCHES
Our under-12 had a great away
win to a Bohs side in Waterford
last weekend. Daniel Fenlon
scored a fine goal after a great
build up. Pressure on the Bohs
goal in the second half led to
Darragh Walsh's goal and Darragh
Farrell scored a real striker's goal
near the end to give us a three two
win.
Our under 11's were at home to
league leaders Seaview Celtic on
Sunday and after a great performance, we were gracious in defeat
on a two nil scoreline.
The adult Third Division side
were hosts to neighbours
Ballinroad and after an evenly contested game, we came out on top
on a two one scoreline with
Stephen Lawlor scoring a penalty
in the first half and Kevin Lawlor
getting the winner near the end.
SWIM
The proceeds of the Christmas
Day swim were presented to the
Stradbally Playground group last
Saturday evening at a small social
event in Whelan’s, Stradbally.
€3,100 was the final figure and we
thank all who swam or helped in
any way to raise this total.
The playground group have
almost reached their target but it
will take another couple of
Slieve Russell Pro-Am 2013
ONE of Ireland’s most celebrated Pro-Ams for Irish PGA Professionals
returns with new weekend dates.
THE Slieve Russell Pro-Am, a flagship event for the PGA in Ireland, will
chalk up a 21st anniversary in 2013 and takes place over a weekend for
the first time ever.
The pro-am, which always attracts a top quality field, takes place on
the 8th & 9th June, 2013, at its traditional home of the Slieve Russell
Hotel Golf & Country Club and remains one of the highest prize funds
on the Irish PGA Pro-Am calendar of events.
First played in 1993, the Pro-Am has become one of Ireland’s most
celebrated events for Irish PGA professionals with many famous players
supporting it over the years including major cham-pion Padraig
Harrington and European Tour players Des Smyth, Christy O'Connor Jnr,
Eamonn Darcy and more recently Damian McGrane, Peter Lawrie and
David Higgins from Waterville who won last year’s event for the third
time.
fundraising events to get them
over the line so please continue
you support.
ACADEMY AND LITTLE DRIBBLERS
Academy is back on, on
Saturday mornings at 10.30 a.m.
This is for children over five years
of age up to twelve. Little
Dribblers for children of three and
four years of age has started back
at 11.40 a.m. each Saturday morning.
This will operate in six week
blocks so this block will be on each
Saturday until the 16th March.
Soccer is only one part of it, its
about ball games, coordination,
movement and balance.
Ballinroad
AFC
BALLINROAD SOCCER CLUB
PITCH DEVELOPMENT LOTTO
DRAW - JACKPOT €4,000
Results of draw held on Sunday,
10th February, 2013. Numbers
drawn as follows: 1, 2, 4, 13. No
winner. €20 winners: Tina Carey,
Mike Veale, John Queally. New
jackpot €4,100. Next draw will be
held in Lord Maguires Pub,
Ballinroad on Sunday, 24th
February, 2013. Thank you for
your support.
Local Children pictured at the Waterford Tipperary Showjumping Awards at the Park Hotel, Dungarvan
[David Clynch]
Waterford Under 12 Soccer Squad
ON Sunday, 10th February 2013
The Waterford U-12 soccer team
played Wexford away in
Duncannon, Co. Wexford. The
match consisted of three 25
minute sessions. Waterford played
against a strong breeze in the first
session. Conditions were also very
heavy under foot. The blues got
off to a great start with a well
taken goal by Tommy Carbery just
after 5 minutes. But it was
Wexford who began to dominate,
scoring in the 14th minute. With
their early momentum lost,
Waterford struggled to reassert
their superiority. Wexford were
unlucky not to have notched up 2
more goals at the end of the first
session, thanks to some great goalkeeping from Andrew Cushin.
The second session started off as
the first session ended with
Wexford scoring just after one
minute of play. Waterford soaked
up the pressure and a break in the
23rd minute resulted in a goal by
Dylan Harrington. Wexford retaliated by scoring two minutes
later leaving them 3-2 ahead
going into the final 25 minute session.
Waterford found their resolve
and started to take control of the
game. In the 18th minute the
Wexford goalie had his kick-out
blocked by James Power who
scored, putting the teams level for
the first time. Waterford continued to dominate, and in injury
time James Power clinched victory
for the Blues. Scoreline 4-3.
The Waterford U-12s travel to
Bandon next Sunday.
Waterford Panel: Scott Hoban,
Adam Duggan, Callum O’Brien
Connolly, James Power, Tommy
Carbery, Conor Butler, Luke
Brennan, Dylan Harrington, Dylan
Wall, Greg Waters,
Philip
Dunwoody, Andrew Cushin,
Devon Moran, Killian Horgan,
Alex Phelan, Jack McDonagh, Jack
Halley, and Ciaran Power.
Management
Team,
Pat
Kiersey, John Murray, Pat Dunphy,
and John Walsh.
Waterford Schoolboys Football League Results & Fixtures
Results
U-11A:
Carrick Utd A 3; Bohemians A 2
Dungarvan Utd A 2; De La
Salle A 1
U-11B:
Ballinroad A 5; Johnville 0
Tramore B 2; Villa B 4
Piltown A 3; Carrick Utd B 0
U-11C:
St. Pauls 2; Piltown B 1
Carrick Utd C 4; Tramore C 2
Kilmacow 0; Villa C 3
U-11D:
Ballyduff 3; Southend Utd B 2
Stradbally 0; Seaview Celtic 2
Bohemians B 4; Park Rangers B 2
U11E:
De La Salle C 1; Bohemians C 1
St. Saviours 4; Piltown C 5
Crystal 1; Ferrybank C 2
Ballinroad B 1; Villa E 3
Under 12 SFAI Cup:
Newbridge 4; Ferrybank 2
U-13A:
De La Salle A 0; Piltown A 2
Dungarvan Utd A 0; Tramore A 1
Carrick Utd A 3; Ballinroad A 3
U-13B:
Seaview Celtic 1; Southend Utd 4
Mooncoin Celtic 3; Villa B 0
Stradbally 0; St. Pauls 6
Park Rgs 2; Bohemians A 7
U-13C:
Tramore B 2; Carrick Utd B 2
Dungarvan Utd B 1; De La Salle B 2
Bohemians B 3; St. Saviours 0
Ballinroad B 7; Portlaw Utd 2
U-15A:
Carrick Utd 6; Ballyduff 0
Bohemians A 1; Ballinroad 1
U-15B:
Johnville 4; Abbeyside 1
Bohemians B 0; Piltown 2
Fixtures
Saturday, February 16th
Under 12 League (Kick-off
10.30 a.m. unless otherwise
stated):
U-12A:
De La Salle A v Mooncoin Celtic
(Tramore)
Bohemians A v Tramore A
(Villa)
Carrick Utd A v Villa A (Portlaw)
Piltown v Ferrybank A (Carrick
Utd)
U-12B:
Kilmacow v Dungarvan Utd
(Southend)
Ballinroad
v
St.
Pauls
(Abbeyside)
Villa B v Park Rangers A
(Bohemians)
U12C:
Railway Athletic v Bohemians B
(Dungarvan)
Carrick Utd B v Portlaw Utd
(Piltown)
Kilmacthomas v Seaview Celtic
(Ballyduff)
U-12D:
Park Rangers B v Bohemians C
(De La Salle)
Ferrybank B v Tramore B (St.
Saviours)
De La Salle B v Stradbally (St.
Pauls) 11.45 am
Saturday, February 16th
Under 14 League (Kick-off
11.45 a.m. unless otherwise
stated):
U-14A:
De La Salle A v Ballinroad
(Tramore) 1.00 pm
Tramore A v Dungarvan Utd A
(Ferrybank)
Ferrybank v Carrick Utd (Park
Rangers) 3.00 pm
U-14B:
Stradbally v Park Rangers
(Ballinroad)
Villa B v Portlaw Utd
(Bohemians)
Railway Athletic v Piltown A
(Dungarvan)
U-14C:
Ferrybank B v Ballyduff
(Kilmacow)
Kilmacow v Piltown B
(Mooncoin)
De La Salle B v Dungarvan Utd
B (Johnville) 2.30 pm
Saturday, February 16th
Under 14 SFAI Cup (Kick-off
2.00 p.m. unless otherwise
stated):
Villa v Cherry Orchard (WSFL)
Saturday, February 16th
Under 16 League (Kick-off 2.30
p.m. unless otherwise stated):
U-16A:
Railway Athletic v Carrick Utd
A (Ballinroad)
Ballinroad A v Villa A
(Abbeyside)
Tramore A v Dungarvan Utd
(Ferrybank)
Ferrybank A v Bohemians A
(Seaview) 1.00 pm
U-16B:
Carrick Utd B v Park Rangers
(Piltown)
SPORT
22
RECENT CLUB WALKS 3-2-13
C GRADE WALK
IN KILROSSANTY,
Leader: Noel Kelly
Rain has a habit of turning the
straightest path into a quagmire.
The 15 C Walkers who braved the
gale force winds on the hill near
Kilrossanty Cross slipped and slid
through heather, grass that had
been clipped away by sheep and
trails that were slick with mud. The
rain sweeping across the valley
didn't stop the walkers from
enjoying the stunning views from
the ridge, especially since we were
up high enough to escape the rain.
Nonetheless, leader Noel Kelly
took the responsible decision of
avoiding the climb to the cross and
instead led us down a slope so
steep that one of the walkers was
heard to remark: "The only
civilised way to get down this slope
is to ski it." Any claims that this
walker and the author of this
update are one and the same person will be vehemently denied.
Thanks to Noel Kelly, who coped
admirably with a landscape drastically altered by constant rain.
B GRADE WALK
CUTEEN
Billy Sheehan led the club’s B
walk on Sunday February 3rd, with
9 in the group (all men). We
immediately decided that this was
a “Yorkie Walk”. Starting at the
wood entrance to Cuteen we
walked over towards the stream in
Cuteen north. Shortly before the
stream we turned west into the
coum and contoured around the
back of spot height 534m which
we nicknamed the "pimple" some
time ago. From there we followed
a good track back to a fence and
climbed to the ridge leading to
Seefin.
Here we met another club
member out on his own and he
joined us for the rest of the walk.
The wind was really wild on top as
we made our way to the shelter on
Seefin. After a break on top we
went down Casey’s road to the
firebreak and met yet another
club member out on a solo walk.
He took a group photo for us
before heading off into the fog.
From the firebreak in the wood
we contoured back to Barr na
Madra gap. Here we met a group
of 18 students from Trinity College
who were spending their weekend hiking in the Comeragh
Mountains. They had walked the
Nire Valley area the day before
and were walking from the
Mauma road to Milk Hill today. It
was nice to meet so many young
people out on the hills. From the
gap we climbed up to
Coumaraglin mountain and carried on around the top of Coum
Dungarvan Observer Sports | Wednesday, 13 February, 2013
Model Holly Carpenter with two time Rás winner and former Olympian Ciaran Power, left and Postman Paul
O'Meara, from Fairview, who works the O'Connell Street route, at the launch of the 2013 An Post Rás, at
the GPO, O'Connell Street, Dublin, which will begin on Sunday, May 19th, in Dunboyne, and finish on
Sunday, May 26th, in Skerries.
[Brian Lawless / SPORTSFILE]
Above Gearhameen Glen.
Eag keeping well to the right of
the cliffs in the strong wind still
blowing.
Heading down the shoulder
from Coum Eag we briefly saw the
club’s C group in the valley below.
After the long and steep descent
we carried on along the forest
track to the cars. This walk was 17k
with a height gain of 860 m taking
us 4 hours 30 minutes to complete.
A GRADE WALK
KERRY 9-2-13
On Saturday, February 9th a
small group headed to Kerry to do
the circuit of the Gearhameen
Glen. Leaving town at 5.45 a.m.
we drove to Killarney and on
through the Gap of Dunloe into
the Black Valley. After making our
way along the narrow winding
road we parked at a small layby
beside the Gearhameen river. We
then walked up the glen at the
side of Lough Reagh as far as a picturesque waterfall where we
turned northwest and made a
long
500m
climb
to
Broaghnabinnea 745m.
Up to this point the weather
had been very kind to us with
great views but this ended as we
approached the summit and the
fog rolled in. From here on it was
mostly fog and mist for the day.
Dropping
down
from
Broaghnabinnea we climbed to
Stumpa Duloigh 784m via a long
rocky ridge with occasional views
into the Bridia Valley on our right
and Lough Dubh on the left.
Leaving Stumpa we descended to
a boggy saddle and climbed a
short distance to Knocknabreeda
569m. After this it was a long and
Gearhameen Horseshoe
slow descent over rough terrain to
the waterfall seen earlier in the
day and back again by the lake to
the car. Overall at 14.5k this was a
short A grade walk, but with
1250m climbing in rough terrain
and fog it took us nearly six hours
to complete.
Satisfied with our day (a must
do walk again on a clear day as the
views are reported to be spectacular) we made our way back
through the gap to Kate Kearney’s
for our usual bowl of soup before
heading home, arriving in
Dungarvan at 18.10 p.m. almost 12
and a half hours after leaving.
BLACKSTAIRS
WALKS
Wexford Hillwalking and
Mountaineering Club has kindly
offered to lead joint walks with us
on Sunday April 7th in the
Blackstairs Mountains. This will
consist of an A/B horseshoe walk
of about 6.5 hours around Mount
Leinster starting at 10.00 a.m. and
a C walk in Blackstairs glen starting
at 10.30 a.m., taking about 4 to 4.5
hours. Both walks will start in
Kiltealy. Refreshment will be
served by Wexford Hillwalking
and Mountaineering Club after
the walks in the pub in Kiltealy.
Walk Organiser: Kevin Moore.
Tel. 058-44989 or 087-7690308.
Please contact Kevin if interested so Car Pooling can be
arranged - Car Pool Fee: €7 –
Leaving Dungarvan at 8.30 a.m.
QUIZ NIGHT
The clubs annual quiz night in
aid of Semra (South East Mountain
Rescue Association) will be held in
Dungarvan Soccer Club on Friday,
15th February at 7.45 p.m.
Norman Graham will be the quizmaster on the night and cost will
be €20 per table of 4.
All are welcome on the night to
support this worthy cause. You
won’t get rich quick but you might
have a fun night out.
Raffle donations to John please
at 058 42405
DOGS NIGHT
The club’s night at the dog racing will be on Friday, March 1st,
leaving Dungarvan at 6.30 p.m.
This will cost €17, and includes
entrance, race card and meal. The
meal is a main course, dessert and
tea or coffee.
This must be booked in advance
with Peter at 087-2308857.
Lismore/Ballysaggart Community Games
ART COMPETITION
Lismore Ballysaggart Community Games Art
Competition will take place in Bun Scoil Bóthar Na
Naomh on Saturday next, February 16th at 11.00 a.m.
to 1.00 p.m. All children from the age of 6 to 15 are
invited to take part.
HANDWRITING COMPETITION
A Community Games handwriting competition for
children u10 will take place on Saturday at 11.00 a.m.
in Bunscoil Bothar Na Naomh.
SWIMMING
REGISTRATION
Registration for children between the age 6 and
15 years who are interested in taking part in the
County swimming competition will take place also
between 11.00 a.m. and 1.00 p.m. at the same venue
on Saturday. Places are limited in this competition so
first come first served.
Cunnigar Pitch & Putt
SPONSORED SCRAMBLE
Our course finally dried out sufficiently for us to hold our first
sponsored competition of the year.
Our Saturday Scramble (sponsored
by Dalton Jewellers, Main Street,
Dungarvan), which had to be cancelled on two occasions due to our
waterlogged course, finally took
place on Saturday, 9th February. It
was great to see so many entrants
in this competition, considering
the long lay-off we had due to the
weather.
Despite the fact that some of
our members were unavoidably
delayed due to road diversions,
the game was completed in diminishing daylight and everyone was
delighted to have the opportunity
to return to playing pitch and putt.
We have to give a “Bualadh Bos”
to the course committee on the
excellent condition of the course,
which they maintained during the
dreadful weather over the past
few weeks.
Scramble Result: Nett: Margaret
Shanahan and Paddy Noonan;
Gross: Mary Walsh and Michael
Delaney.
COMPETITION ENTRIES
In an effort to simplify the
process of entering club competitions, a dedicated phone number
(087-9412570) has now been put
in place to enable competitors to
text their entry on the day of competition. Entries can also be made
by ringing the Clubhouse number
(058-24586). The clubhouse phone
will be manned an hour before
tee-off time. All entries must be
made at least a half hour before
tee-off time. Weather permitting,
our club competitions will be back
to normal from this week.
WEEKLY SNOWBALL
Patsy Hackett was the winner of
the Snowball on Saturday,
February 9th.
CLUB MEMBERSHIP
For the third year in succession,
our membership fees are to be
maintained at their current level.
The club is very aware of the financial constraints on everyone, and
has decided that, with a great deal
of effort, current standards can be
maintained without hitting the
pockets of our members. Already
this year, we have seen some new
people joining up, and hopefully
this
trend
will
continue.
Membership Fees for 2013 are
now being accepted and can be
paid to any committee member.
Please note that, from March
1st, only paid-up members can
enter competitions and all nonmembers will be obliged to pay
green fees to play on the course.
MEMBERSHIP FEES 2013
Family - €150 (Two adults, two
juveniles); Adult - €80; Senior - €50
(Over 60); Juvenile - €45; Life members - €30.
Please note that All Non-members must pay green fees.
Adults €5; Juveniles €3; Club
Hire (2) €2.
CUNNIGAR WEBSITE
Check out our website
www.cunnigarpitchandputt.ie
The website will be updated
regularly with all the latest club
news, upcoming events etc. You
can also follow the club on our
Facebook page.
Pictured above are Paddy Noonan, Margaret Shanahan, Mary Walsh and Michael
Delaney who were prizewinners in our 2-ball Scramble (sponsored by Dalton
Jewellers, Main Street, Dungarvan).
SPORT
Dungarvan Observer Sports | Wednesday, 13 February, 2013
23
Kilmacthomas Badminton Club
LAST week saw the beginning of
the Mixed Leagues. Kilmac have
five teams taking part in the
leagues and all teams were in
action last week.
Kilmac 1 were away to
Dunmore 1 on Monday night. The
team would have hoped for a
much better start, but unfortunately they were on on the
wrong end of a 7-0 scoreline. This
gives the team a lot of work to do
in order to qualify in the top three.
Team: Martin Walsh, David
Nolan, Conor Brown, Eileen
Keohan, Linda Kirwan, Fiona Kiely.
Kilmac 1 play their second league
game at home to new team
Drangan on Monday 11th.
Kilmac 2 travelled to Dunmore
on Tuesday last. The team were
without their captain Derek
Power, and had John O'Rourke
step up to play. The team lost out
5-2 on the night and will hope for
a win in the return fixture.
Team: Thorsten Konekamp,
Sean Walsh, John O'Rourke (s),
Carol Walsh, Fionnuala Hayes and
Rachel Walsh. Kilmac 2 play at
home to Waterford 2 on
Wednesday, 13th February.
Kilmac 3 made the journey to
Lismore on Monday last. James
Hurton stepped in to play for
Gerry Whelan. It turned out to be
a close game with the team coming home with a 4-3 win.
Team: John O'Rourke, Tom
Eade, James Hurton (s), Ann Halley,
Eileen Kirwan and Bridget Walsh.
Kilmac 3 play their next game at
home to Dunmore 3 on Friday,
15th February.
Kilmac 4 opened their league
campaign on Friday night last
against Mullinavat. The team
came away with a 4-3 victory, to
give them a good start to the
league.
Team: Pat Lenane, James
Hurton, Jamie Clooney (s), Siobhan
Lenihan, Hella Weber-Doyle and
Chrissie Shanahan (s).
Kilmac 4 play their next game
away to Modeligo on Tuesday
12th of February.
Kilmac 5 began their league at
home on Wednesday night last.
The team suffered a 4-3 defeat on
the night.
Team: Frank Costigan, Padraig
Lenane, Seamus O'Leary, Celine
Tierney, Chrissie Shanahan (s),
Angela Clooney (s). Kilmac 5 play
their second game of the league
on Monday 11th of February away
to Rathgormack.
MUNSTER VETERANS OPEN
Last week saw our younger club
members in action at the InterCounty juvenile competition, but
this weekend was the turn of our
more experienced players with the
Munster Veterans Open taking
place in Clonlara. Martin Walsh
and David Nolan were the clubs
representatives in this competition. Martin and David had a very
successful day with them winning
the Over 40's men’s doubles competition.
They then faced each other on
opposite sides of the court in the
mixed doubles final, with David
and his partner Ellen O'Neill overcoming Martin and his partner
Mary Walsh.
Well done to both on a successful days badminton.
U-11 & U-15 COUNTY
CHAMPIONSHIPS
Best of luck to our U-11 and U15 players who will be taking part
in the county championships on
Friday next February next in
Lismore.
MIXED COUNTY
CHAMPIONSHIPS
A reminder that the mixed
County championships are almost
upon us. Grades 5, 6, 7, N take
place in Ferrybank on February
19th. Grades 1, 2, 3, 4 take place in
Cappoquin on February 26th.
Dungarvan Harbour Sailing Club
IT’S that time of year again, so hopefully all the polishing and anti-fouling has started. Boat lift on the
20th April. Here’s to a good Summer of fair winds and
sun.
Dinghy Spring League/Racing Coaching is set out as
follows:
Sunday, 24th February - 16.43 (HW) - Coaching
15.00 - 16.00 (FG).
Sunday, 10th March - 16.32 (HW) - Coaching 15.00 16.00 (FG).
Sunday, 24th March - 15.38 (HW) - Coaching 15.00 16.00 (FG).
Sunday, 7th April - 16.25 (HW) - Coaching 15.00 16.00 (FG).
Sunday, 21st April - 14.51 (HW) - Coaching 15.00 16.00 (FG).
Taekwon-Do Club
attend Fun day in Cork
ON Saturday, 2nd February
twenty-one
children
from
Dungarvan Taekwon-do Club
attended
the annual Junior
Taekwon-do Fun-day in the Little
Island Sports Centre, Co. Cork. All
students took part in some fun
Taekwon-Do sparring matches
wearing body protectors. This
event is run by Cork, Waterford
and Tipperary clubs and it is one of
the most popular Taekwon-Do
events, in Munster. This year was
the largest yet with 163 participants all under 12 years of age.
These junior competitions help
children to successfully manage
feelings of anxiety and fear in
order to achieve a good performance. These feelings are the
same ones that bullies and other
real life aggressors prey on. We are
not born confident; it is a learned
habit.
This event though is primarily a
funday, the four different giant
Bouncy castles and obstacle
courses that made certain the
emphasis was on fun. All the
children attending received a
participation trophy a great first
achievement in Taekwon-do. This
day is seen as a stepping stone for
our students before serious
competition.
Our next funday is in
Dungarvan in April.
Dungarvan Taekwon-do Club
trains in St. Augustine’s College the
Friary.
Katie Saunders, Chef d’equipe of Irish Pony Team with
Nicholas, Charlotte and Laura Connors at Presentation of
Awards at the National Pony Ball in Tullamore Bridge Hotel
recently.
Monday and Thursday, classes
for 4-6 years,
7-12 years and 13 years-adult.
Contact Luke on 0877668548
or www.taekwondo.ie
Waterford
Orienteering
WATERFORD Orienteers will host
the 10th event in the Southeast
League on Sunday, 17th February
at Woodstock Gardens, Inistioge,
County Kilkenny.
The Grid reference for the start
at the carpark of the gardens is S
640 364
Courses: Blue: 8km, 210 metres
climb.
Green: 5.9km, 145 metres
climb.
Light Green: 4.2km, 110 metres
climb.
Red: 4.3km, 110 metres climb.
Yellow: 2.4km, 40 metres climb.
Starts will be as normal,
between 11.00 a.m. and 1.00 p.m.
Please do not come at the last
moment if you reckon you will
take a long time on the course!
Anybody bringing a group
should indicate preferred courses
and numbers in advance to ensure
enough maps are printed.
The Southeast Primary schools
(February 20th) and Secondary
schools (February 21st) take place
at Kennedy park, Co. Wexford.
Anybody who has not already
expressed interest in participating
should ring me as soon as possible
on 087-2229677 or email me as
entries close soon.
Special Olympics Team Ireland floorball athletes on arrival home at Dublin Airport, from left: George
Fitzgerald, from Waterford City; William McGrath, from Kilmacthomas, Co. Waterford, and Brendan
O'Sullivan, from Mallow, Co. Cork, who all won bronze medals, in the arrivals hall of Dublin Airport having
returned home from the 2013 Special Olympics World Winter Games in PyeongChang, South Korea.
[Barry Cregg / SPORTSFILE]
TEAM IRELAND TO RETURN HOME TO HEROES’ WELCOME
Waterford athletes return
home with bronze medals!
TEAM Ireland returned home to a
heroes’ welcome on Wednesday
evening following an incredible
performance at the 2013 Special
Olympics World Winter Games in
South Korea.
Team Ireland, which consisted
of 14 athletes and a management
team of eight, returned to Dublin
Airport with an impressive 12
medals – three gold; six silver and
three
bronze
from
their
endeavours on the slopes and the
floorball rink.
George
Fitzgerald
form
Waterford City and William
McGrath from Kilmacthomas
emerged into the arrivals hall of
Dublin Airport carrying additional
cargo in the form of bronze
medals! The Waterford men were
members of Ireland’s first floorball
team at a World Winter Games.
Speaking about Team Ireland’s
performance at the 2013 Special
Olympics World Winter Games
Matt English, Chief Executive
Special Olympics Ireland said
“Representing your country on
the World sporting stage is huge
honour for any athlete but doing
so well and returning with medals
is an incredible achievement. I
would like to pay tribute to every
member of Team Ireland for representing us all so well at these
prestigious Games and for being
such wonderful sporting ambassadors Ireland”.
John Treacy, CEO of the Irish
Sports Council said “We are all very
proud of the Irish team’s performances in South Korea. Everyone
put in a terrific personal display
and it is a bonus to come home
with medals. I want to pay tribute
to the athletes, the support staff at
Special Olympics Ireland and to all
the family members and volunteers who worked so hard to make
this sporting adventure possible”.
Nick Harkness, Acting Chief
Executive, Sport Northern Ireland
said “Sport Northern Ireland
would like to congratulate all of
Team Ireland’s Special Olympics
athletes on their recent achievements at the 2013 Special Olympics
World Winter Games and achieving an impressive 12 medal wins at
these Games. We wish them continued success in their sporting
careers.”
The 2013 Special Olympics
World Winter Games was the
biggest winter sports competition
to take place in the World this year
and the largest winter multi-sports
events ever held in South Korea.
3,300 athletes from 112 countries
showcased their skills and abilities
over the eight days of competition. For further information
about Team Ireland’s involvement
at the 2013 Special Olympics World
Winter Games please visit:
www.specialolympics.ie/wintergames
WEEKEND SPINS
It was another busy couple of
days on the roads last weekend.
While your poor scribe was under
the weather the rest of ye were
getting savage miles in.
On Saturday a group headed
up Colligan to Ballymac before
going over Power's the Pot and
down to Clonmel, going home via
Ballymac, where Emma unleashed
all kinds of hell – a one woman sufferfest according to reports.
Other riders went to Lismore,
Knockanore, Ardmore, and Old
Parish.
The Vee appeared to be the
destination of choice on Sunday
with a couple of groups heading
to Ballymac, Newcastle, and
Clogheen before heading over the
climb and down into Cappoquin.
Weekend spins meet at John
Foley's on Saturdays and The
Square on Sundays at 9:30.
NEW WEBSITE
By the time you read this the
club's new website should be live.
Derek Troy has been performing
trojan work over the last few
weeks and the fruits of his labour
can be seen on dungarvancc.com.
It'll be an excellent and eye-catching point of contact for the club as
well as being an archive of news,
photos, results, handy links, and
articles. There's links to the
Facebook page, as well as Twitter
for the twitterati amongst ye.
There's a nice live Strava feed so ye
can see who's taking the KOM's.
Chapeau Derek. Good job sham.
CYCLING QUOTE
“A winner is someone who
works hard all the time to become
a champion, even when no-one is
watching.” One for all the secret
trainers out there.
If there are any news items you
want to report please email me at
seanoduibhir@gmail.com
Abbeyside/Ballinacourty
Community Games
COUNTY Finals will be held very early this year, so we have to take names
for Abbeyside/Ballinacourty Swimming Trials for 2013, immediately. Girls
and boys U-8, 10, 12, 14, 16.
Closing date for names is today Wednesday, 13th February. Trials will
be held on Thursday, 14th or Friday, 15th, so names later than Wednesday
will NOT be accepted. If you are interested in competing in this years
Swimming Finals, please contact Yvonne Whelan 087-1339012 as soon as
possible.
Any coach/parent/teacher interested in helping with other activities
please contact Yvonne, eg. Chess, Art, Model Making, Athletics, Camogie,
Gaelic Football. For more information go to the Community Games website or contact Yvonne.
It is a great organisation and gives children the chance to partake in
activities they might not get the chance to experience. Hoping we can
build a stronger community through fun for our young children.
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SPORT
Dungarvan Observer Sports | Wednesday, 13 February, 2013
Dungarvan Junior
Hockey Club U-10
Hockey Blitz
DUNGARVAN U-10 Junior hockey team took part in a blitz in
Newtown School Waterford on Sunday, 10th February, 2013. We
had six teams that played teams from Ashton Hockey club, Cork,
Garryduff Hockey Club Cork and our hosts Waterford City Hockey
Club.
Thank you very much to our coach Cashel Kirby who made sure
everything ran smoothly. Well done to all the girls who took part
and played so well.
Picture includes: Caoimhe Ni Mhurchu, Siun ni Mhurchu, Jenna
Walsh, Sorcha White, Caoimhe Horgan, Alison Walsh, Eabha Walsh,
Aeva May Conway, Isobel Connors, Kate Mullany, Charlie Pettit,
Siadbh O’Neill, Ellen O’Neill, Grainne O’Dee, Saoirse Kelly, Lia
Cunningham, Ally Cunningham, Aoife O’Brien, Lily Gough, Eabha
Gough, Andrea Halley, Alex Halley, Maria Louise Twomey, Emma
Fleming, Elizabeth Leonard, Kelly Mulcahy, Cliodhna Roche, Rose
Gantly, Ella Gantly, Ellen Kirwan, Aoibhe Kirwan, Chloe Keane.
Night out at the
dogs for Down
Syndrome
IRELAND’S legendary GAA sports
commentator Marty Morrissey
and children’s presenter Diana
Buncini took to the tracks recently
to launch a nationwide fun filled
family night out at the dogs,
where all proceeds raised will go
to Down Syndrome Ireland.
Funds raised from the Down
Syndrome Ireland Family Night at
the Dogs on Saturday, 16th
February will go directly towards
supporting local projects within
Down Syndrome Ireland branches
as well as a number of national
projects. For information on how
you can help or to purchase tickets, please call 01 4266500
or visit www.downsyndrome.ie
or www.igb.ie
3 World Champions to
compete in Dungarvan Sports
Centre on Thursday night
THIS is the final week of the training camp in Dungarvan for the
Russian and Ireland National boxing teams. On Thursday night
there will be a test match in the
Sports Centre and it is opened to
the public. The match starts at 7.30
p.m. and admission is just €5.
The Russian team includes 3
World Champions and the I.A.B.A.
are bringing in some of Ireland’s
top senior boxers to compete
against them.
Last Thursday night proved to
be a great success but the World
Champions were a bit too strong
for Irelands Junior side. On the
whole the Irish boys held their
own with this very strong Russian
side especially at the lower
weights.
Both teams are enjoying their
time in Dungarvan and are full of
praise for the hospitality shown to
them by the Town Council, the
Sports Centre Staff and the management and staff of Lawlors
Hotel.
Also the assistance of Willie
Bumster Coach Hire for facilitating
the Russian Team.
There will be a farewell DISCO
in DAVITTS on Friday night 8 till 11
p.m. This is a junior Disco with no
alcohol and will be strictly supervised, all are welcome.
Both teams are departing on
Saturday and hopefully we will see
them again in Dungarvan. If not I
have no doubt we will see some of
them in the RIO OLYMPICS this is
the calibre of boxers we have in
Dungarvan on both teams, so
don’t miss your last chance to see
them in action on Thursday night.
West Waterford Autograss Ltd.
INFO AND SIGN-ON DAY,
FEBRUARY 17th
This Sunday the Club are holding an Information day in Rose’s
West End Bar, Lismore, from 2.00
p.m. This is the perfect opportunity for people to find out about
Autograss with all information
available, there will also be DVDs
shown to give people a flavour of
what to expect. Also there is the
chance for people to sign-up and
get there race permits or become
members etc. Note to club members, that this could be very well
your last chance to sign up and
ensure your licence is back before
the first race date of the season
that takes place in Carlow on
Sunday March 10th. It is also the
perfect chance to meet other
members and officials in a relaxed
atmosphere. This is also a chance
for people who maybe do not
have an interest in racing themselves but like motorsport and
want to get involved, there are
various positions that members
can hold to help out and be
involved, also you maybe just want
to be part of a club and enjoy the
social side of it. All this is covered
with in the West Waterford
Autograss Club.
Something that is often forgotten with motorsport and especially Autograss is that it is a family
sport, Juniors can race from 12
Another of our 2012 winners was Sean O’Grady who was voted the Club’s most
improved driver, seen here receiving the Paul & Linda Pearce Perpetual Shield from
Paul Pearce at the Club’s Annual Dinner Dance which took place in Lismore House
Hotel in November.
years up and there are 3 classes for
these. Plus that in 2 of these classes
the car can also be used in the
men’s or ladies classes, so the
junior’s car can be used by the
father or/and the mother or
maybe older brothers and sisters
which offers great value for
money with the car suitable for 3
classes.
So remember that’s this Sunday
in Roses’ West End Bar, Lismore,
from 2.00 p.m. Also if people have
an Autograss car and want to get
it checked out on Sunday, let us
know before hand and we can
facilitate this, just text Eamonn
Sheehy 0876811330 with name
and details and he will look after it.
TABLE QUIZ
Thanks to all those that supported the table quiz in the
Ballyvera Inn, Ballysaggart, on
Saturday night.
FACEBOOK
For this year along with West
Waterford Autograss group on
Facebook the club has also created
a page which will be constantly
updated with all information on
race dates and other information.
Please like this page and keep up
to date with all what’s happening.
The page can be found at
www.facebook.com/wwautograss
and is titled the 2013 Driver of the
Year Championship
DATES FOR
DIARY 2013
Here is the list of confirmed
dates to note for 2013.
Sunday,
February
17th,
Information/Sign-on Day in Rose’s
West End Bar, Lismore, at 2.00 p.m.
Race Dates – Sunday, March
31st; Sunday, April 28th; Sunday,
May 12th; Sunday, June 16th;
Sunday, July 21st (Araglin); Sunday,
August 11th; Saturday & Sunday,
September 7th & 8th (“Irish Fastest
Person on Grass” Event & Final
Round of the AIAS); Sunday,
October 6th; Sunday, October
27th.
Luke Thomas (Red) lands a punch on Russia's Shamil Chechenov during last Thursday's Test International at the Dungarvan Sports Centre.
The man in the middle of the two boxers is Zaur Antia, who was in the
corner with Pete Taylor when Katie took gold at London 2012. Ireland
take on the Russians at the Sports Centre, Dungarvan, for a second and
final time on Thursday night (14th).
[Dan McGrath]
Action from the first Ireland v Russia Boxing Test International at the
Dungarvan Sports Centre last Thursday night. The two countries will
return to action this Thursday night (14th Feb.) at the Sports Centre.
[Dan McGrath]
Waterford Sailor Shortlisted for Award
16 year old Waterford Harbour Sailing Club member Dougie Power has been shortlisted for one of
the Irish Sailing Association’s (ISA) prestigious
annual awards. A total of 25 nominees have been
announced across six categories with Dougie earning his nomination in the Youth Sailor of the Year
category. The winners will be announced at the ISA
7th Annual Awards Ball in the Royal Marine Hotel,
Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin on the 2nd of March as
hundreds of members and supporters of the Irish
sailing community come together for one evening
of celebration.
Dougie Power