Waterford minor hurlers win 2013 WLRfm/ Granville Hotel overall

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DUNGARVAN
Incorp. Munster Industrial Advocate
Vol. 101
(Reg. in GPO as a Newspaper)
Sports
Tel: 058 41205 / 42042
www.dungarvanobserver.ie
Friday, 17th January, 2014
DUNGARVAN OBSERVER SPORTS SUPPLEMENT
Waterford minor hurlers win 2013 WLRfm/
Granville Hotel overall GAA award
THE Waterford minor hurlers were named as the
overall winners for 2013, in the WLR FM Granville
Hotel GAA awards scheme at a gala banquet last
Saturday night in the Granville Hotel. The victorious
minor side who claimed the All Ireland title back in
September, were one of 10 monthly awards winners
in contention for the overall honour.
Former Kilkenny hurler Eddie Brennan made the
announcement to a packed function room who were
loud in their applause for the minor panel. The eight
times All Ireland medal winner with the Cats was rich
in praise for the team's achievements last season:
"They were well worth their win on the day against
Galway, it was a real team effort with everyone pulling
together for each other. You'd have to say they were
worthy winners back in September.
This generation of Waterford minors grew up being
inspired by the senior team of the past 15 years. I
know myself when I was growing up I wanted to play
for the county team and to be like them so there's no
doubt that this bunch of lads would have been
inspired by the Waterford team of the last decade" he
added.
The "Sunday Game" panellist believes the Deise
can build on last year's win: "Success doesn't come
easy and winning is a brillaint habit and to have that
belief of winning in Croke Park is very important.
Those few minutes after the full time whistle makes
everything worthwhile. I think Waterford are in a very
healthy position going forward with so much young
talent coming through the system".
Waterford minor captain Kevin Daly accepted the
award on behalf of the team and said everyone was
thrilled with the reaction to their win over Galway in
Croke Park back on September 8th. "Hopefully now
we can all push on and try and achieve more with the
county at U-21 and senior level. It's been a wonderful
few months for us but it's a new year and I think we're
all looking forward to getting back to the serious stuff
of playing over the next few weeks," he said.
The minor team received a sunshine holiday along
with a specially engraved Waterford Crystal Trophy.
Jackie Cusack from the Granville Hotel made the
overall presentation to the winners along with further
presentations to the other monthly awards winners Patrick Curran, Michael Walsh, Tom Devine, Jake
Dillon, Maurice Shanahan, Stephen Bennett, Patrick
Hurney, Owen Connors and Barry Murphy.
(SEE PAGE 3)
Jackie Cusack, Granville Hotel and guest speaker Eddie Brennan present the
trophy to the Overall Winner of the WLR FM/Granville Hotel GAA Award for 2013
to Kevin Daly, captain of the Waterford All-Ireland winning Minor Hurling team
who accepted it on behalf of the team.
[Noel Browne]
Jackie Cusack, Granville Hotel and guest speaker Eddie Brennan present the trophy to the Overall Winner of the WLR FM/Granville Hotel GAA Award for 2013 to Kevin Daly, captain of the
Waterford All-Ireland winning Minor Hurling team who are pictured with members of the panel and management team.
[Noel Browne]
UNIVERSITY OF
LIMERICK
DESERVING
WINNERS
Page 2
THE PARK HOTEL
SPORTS
STAR
2013
RAY HAHESSY
WINS
COLLIGAN CUP
BY A SECOND
Pages 8 & 9
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Dungarvan Observer | Friday, 17 January, 2014
WATERFORD CRYSTAL TOURNAMENT …
University of Limerick deserving
winners in Carriganore
University of Limerick...1-11;
Waterford……………...... 0-10
THE words of the late Ned
Power (Tallow) that ‘no hurling should be played in winter’ never seemed more true
than in Carriganore last
Sunday as players, officials
and spectators alike braved
the harsh weather conditions
throughout this 70 minute
preliminary Waterford Crystal
Tournament game. The bottom line at the end of the day
was that the home team
didn’t make full use of the
gale force winds in a lack lustre performance and a total of
17 wides committed then to
defeat when referee Cathal
McAllister blew the final
whistle.
Despite playing against
the conditions in the first half,
UL performed very well and
were just 0-1 behind after 27
minutes (0-4 to 0-3) and two
in arrears at half time (0-6 to
0-4). Once
Galway’s
Jonathon Glynn got to the
end of a Brian Stapleton’s
delivery in the 39th minute to
score the only goal and Tipp’s
Tommy Heffernan pointed
immediately after, the writing
was on the wall for the hosts
and the winners were never
headed there after.
Limerick’s Tom O’Brien
opened the scoring from a
placed ball in the 2nd minute
but unfortunately he had to
retire injured nine minutes
later after a clash with
Waterford’s wing back Philip
Mahony. The home team had
a goal chance in the 5th
minute
when
Ryan
Donnolly’s flick in front of goal
was kept out by Shane
Hassett.
Kevin
Moran
opened Waterford’s account
in the 8th minute with a good
Waterford's Maurice Shanahan gets away from UL's Thomas Ryan during their Waterford Crystal
Cup match played in Carriganore
[Maurice Hennebry/Deise Sport]
score from play but, in
general, the visitors were
hurling with more purpose
and with an extra man back
in defence they were coping
well with their opposing forwards.
Tommy Heffernan (f) and
Jamie Nagle traded mid-half
points before the dangerous
Jonathon Glynn had a UL
goal chance at the city end.
The Deise team went back
into the lead in the 19th
minute when Ryan Donnolly
won a free which Maurice
Shanahan converted and the
lead was stretched to 0-2
when Jamie Nagle fought
hard to set-up fellow midfielder Shane O’Sullivan for a
fine score. Both teams never
looked like scoring a goal and
0-2 each were traded for the
remainder of the half with
Tommy Heffernan rifling over
two frees against the gale
and Shane O’Sullivan and
Maurice Shanahan pointing
for what proved to be an inadequate 0-6 to 0-4 interval
lead. UL hadn’t scored from
play in the first half but they
were in a very good position
WESTERN BOARD MEETING …
Minor and under 21 football
championships start next month
AT the Affiliations meeting of
the Western Board in
Lawlors Hotel last Thursday
evening it was announced
that the Minor Football championship will commence on
the first week in February and
its Under 21 equivalent will
commence on February 14th.
Delegates
were
also
informed that it will be
announced by the County
Board that the Senior
Football Championship will
begin on the 13th April and
the Senior Hurling will start on
April 26th.
The Kilgobinet club successfully applied
to be
regraded to Junior Hurling
(Intermediate Attached) while
the Kilrossanty club didn’t
affiliate in the Minor football
championship which was
arguably the biggest surprise
of the list of changes to the
2013 set up. Cois Bhride, the
Tallow/ Shamrocks combination, have signed up for the
Under 21 championships and
Colligan have affiliated two
hurling teams.
As both Brickey’s and An
Rinn were relegated from
Senior Ranks last year, their
second string football and
hurling sides respectively will
participate in the Junior
(Intermediate
Attached)
championships. Likewise,
Fourmilewater’s second team
will play Junior Hurling
(Intermediate Attached) after
their relegation from the
Intermediate grade. The
Ballymac men won this
Junior County title in 2012.
The
Western
Board
Championship Structure will
take place on Thursday,
January 23rd at 7.30 p.m. As
there are ten teams in the
Intermediate Hurling and just
four in the Junior champi-
onship, the Board will be
recommending to this meeting that two teams will be relegated from the Intermediate
grade this year which should
lead to some interesting
debate. Fair dues to the officers of the Western Board,
who have already met with
the four Junior teams regarding options for the running of
this year’s championship and
all will be revealed shortly.
Before the end of the
meeting,
the
Board
announced that eleven clubs
have new secretaries this
year while any club requiring
extra championship medals
can contact Treasurer John
Jackson.
Following a motion passed
at County Convention, clubs
have until Friday, March 7th
at 5 p.m. to submit their
regradings to the Western
Board.
facing into the second.
Stephen Molomphy and
Ian O’Regan were introduced
for the restart but it was UL,
as expected that dictated the
play and Waterford didn’t
score until the 19th minute of
the second half as they were
now paying the cost for their
nine first half wides. Jonathon
Glynn’s goal and Tommy
Heffernan’s fourth point shot
UL into the lead for a sufficient third time. The hosts
had a second goal chance in
the 40th minute after some
great play by Kevin Moran
and Stephen Molomphy but
the latter’s enforced kicked
effort was saved at the
expense of a ‘65’.
Pauric
Mahony
and
Stephen Roche were introduced in the 43rd and 46th
minutes as the visitors’ lead
was stretched to a clear goal
(1-6 to 0-6) by Padraic Walsh
from Tullaroan who was one
of the best players on view
throughout. UL were five
points clear by the 54th
minute thanks to
Brian
Stapleton and yet another
pointed free from Tommy
Heffernan.
Maurice Shanahan was
the first Waterford forward to
score from play in the 54th
minute but UL’s subs were
proving their worth with
scores by Mikey Ryan and a
gem by Mikey O’Neill near
the sideline on the far side.
Waterford’s third goal chance
resulted from impressive
team play by Jake Dillon,
Stephen Roche and Kevin
Moran but the latter’s well
struck effort went wide of the
post. The winners enjoyed
their greatest lead in the 63rd
minute, 0-7, when Brian
Stapleton scored a point from
his left side near the stand,
similar to Mikey O’Neill’s
effort.
Staring
at
defeat,
Waterford upped their tempo
and the result was three
pointed frees by Maurice
Shanahan after a fourth goal
effort, this time by Jake Dillon,
also went unclaimed. UL won
the second half by 1-7 to 0-4
and this was definitely the
case of the best team winning
the game. The winners now
play WIT at the same venue
this Sunday after beating
Waterford for the second year
in succession, the first by
1-20 to 0-18. Last Sunday
they were missing such notables as Podge Collins,
Séadna Morey, Jason Forde
and Conor Ryan and with all
these players on board they
should well test UCC’s three
in a row Fitzgibbon title ambitions next month.
Number of Scorers: UL
7; Waterford 4.
Scores from Play: UL
1-5; Waterford 0-5.
UL’s Top Three: Padraig
Walsh, Brian Stapleton and
Jonathon Glynn
Waterford’s Top Three:
Kevin Moran, Philip Mahony,
Jamie Nagle.
Observer’s Man of the
Match: Padraic Walsh.
Match Statistics
Waterford
Goals Points Wides
First Half
0
6
9
Second Half
0
4
8
Total
0
10
17
UL
Goals Points Wides
First Half
0
4
2
Second Half
1
7
1
Total
1
11
3
‘65
1
4
5
65
0
0
0
Frees Cards
11
0
12
0
23
0
Frees Cards
6
0
4
0
10
0
Views of the Paying Public
Ned Power was right.
First time seeing scoreboard in Carriganore.
No complaints with £5 admission fee.
It was one day you wouldn’t mind smokers in the stand.
Team sheet ideal for identifying UL players.
Brian Lohan the manager of UL.
Limerick and Wexford were playing an u-21 Hurling
challenge on the astro turf full length pitch simultaneously.
SCORERS AND TEAMS
Scorers – UL: Tommy Heffernan 0-5f, Jonathon Glynn 1-0, Brian
Stapleton 0-2, Tom O’Brien 0-1f, Padraic Walsh, Mikey O’Neill and
Mikey Ryan 0-1 each.
Waterford: Maurice Shanahan 0-6 (5f), Shane O’Sullivan 0-2,
Kevin Moran, and Jamie Nagle 0-1 each.
UL: Shane Hassett (Tipperary); Mark Carmody (Limerick), Jack
Sheehan (Cork), Jack Browne (Clare); Daire Quinn (Tipperary), Dan
Morrissey (Limerick), Padraic Walsh (Capt), (Kilkenny); Bill Maher
(Tipperary), Thomas Ryan (Limerick); Cathal Malone (Clare), Brian
Stapleton (Tipperary), Tom O’Brien (Limerick); Jason Forde
(Tipperary) listed at 13 but didn’t play, Jonathon Glynn (Galway). Subs
Tommy Heffernan (Tipperary), (11), Miket Ryan (Limerick), (42),
Mikey O’Neill (Clare), (46), Pa Ryan (Tipperary) (54).
Waterford: Stephen O’Keeffe; Shane Fives, Barry Coughlan,
Tadhg Bourke; Philip Mahony, Michael Walsh (Capt), Kevin Moran;
Shane O’Sullivan, Jamie Nagle; Shane Walsh, Jake Dillon; Ray
Barry; Ryan Donnolly, Maurice Shanahan, Jamie Barron. Subs:
Stephen Molomphy and Ian O’Regan (ht), Pauric Mahony (43),
Stephen Roche (58).
Referee: Cathal McAllister (Midleton).
GAA Coaching & Games Development
INDOOR BLITZES
The indoor Hurling and
Gaelic Football blitzes take
place over the coming weeks
in all 3 GDA divisions. The
blitzes will take place each
Saturday in February in
Urban & West Divisions and
Saturdays in March in Mid
County Division. GDA’s are
sending full information to all
clubs
AWARD 1 COACH
EDUCATION COURSES
Waterford Coaching &
Games Development will be
running Award 1 Child and
Youth Courses in February &
March 2014. Listed below are
the criteria for those who wish
to take part in the course
including the dates of the
courses. As of now the venue
is TBC it will depend on
where the majority of the
numbers who wish to participate are from but all who wish
to participate will have this
information in plenty of time.
Have Foundation Level
Course completed
Have GAA Garda Vetting
completed
Have ISC/GAA Child
Protection
Awareness
Workshop completed.
Be currently active as a
coach or have at least 1 year
experience as a coach.
Full attendance on all
nights is compulsory to complete course and receive certification
Award 1 Child Dates
Monday, 10th Feb 7 pm10 pm.
Thursday, 13th February 7
pm-10 pm.
Monday, 17th February 7
pm-10 pm
Thursday, 20th February 7
pm-10 pm
Saturday, 22nd February
10 am-3 pm
Monday, 24th February 7
pm-10 pm.
Award 1 Youth Dates
Thursday, 6th March 7 pm10 pm.
Monday, 10th March 7 pm10 pm.
Thursday, 13th March 7
pm-9.30 pm.
Tuesday,
18th
March 7 pm-10 pm.
Thursday, 20th March 7
pm-10 pm.
Saturday, 22nd March 10
am-3.30 pm.
For Award 1 Child Course
anyone interested must be
registered on the course by
Friday 24th January. The
course fee of €50 must be
paid by Mon 3rd Feb.
For Award 1 Youth Course
anyone interested must be
registered on the course by
Friday, 21st February. The
course fee of €50 must be
paid by Thursday, 27th
February.
HURLEY/HELMET
SUBSIDY 2014 NOW
AVAILABLE TO CLUBS
Clubs can avail of the 2014
Hurley/Helmet Subsidy and
make orders on helmets. All
helmets will be subsidized by
€10 and clubs will receive a
rebate of €5 per hurley once
invoices are paid to hurley
maker in full and copies
received by Coaching &
Games. Application forms
and information letters have
been sent to all club secretaries.
FIXTURES
PLANNER
The Waterford C&GD fixtures planner is being
finalised and will be available
for all clubs by 31st January
at latest as part of county fixtures programme
U-11 & U-12 GAELIC
FOOTBALL
Clubs are reminded that
entries for the U-11 & U-12
Gaelic Football are due in by
Wednesday of this week.
Clubs will be sent proposed
gradings by end of this week
and the fixtures will be sent to
clubs by 31st January as part
of the county fixtures plan
FACEBOOK & TWITTER
Don’t forget to join us on
Facebook to see all the news
and pictures from our latest
events. www.facebook.com/
waterfordcoaching. Waterford
C&GD is now on Twitter
@WaterfordGAACG for all
the latest happenings.
WLRFM/GRANVILLE HOTEL GAA AWARDS
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February Monthly winner Patrick Curran from Dungarvan pictured with John Cosgrave, Fiona
O’Brien, Pat and Margaret Curran, Gandi O’Brien and Rose Cosgrave.
[Noel Browne]
The WLR FM/Granville Hotel GAA Monthly Award winners for 2013 were seated from left, Patrick Hurney, Stephen Bennett, Kevin
Daly, Waterford Minors, former Kilkenny hurler and guest speaker Eddie Brennan, Jake Dillon, Tom Devine, standing from left, Pat
Ryan who accepted the award on behalf of Ballysaggart’s Barry Murphy, Pat Curran, Maurice Shanahan, Michael Walsh and Owen
Connors.
[Noel Browne]
April Monthly winner was Tom Devine and he is pictured with his mother Mary O’Brien and
Waterford County Mayor, Cllr. Damien Geoghegan and his wife Natanya.
Pictured was the June Monthly winner, Maurice Shanahan from Lismore with his family, Lynda McCarthy, James Shanahan, Liz Quinn,
Brian Shanahan, Tara Quinn, Pauline and Mary Shanahan.
[Noel Browne]
August Monthly winner was Patrick Hurney and he is pictured with Susan, Carmel and Pakie Hurney.
[Noel Browne]
July Monthly winner Stephen Bennett pictured with Carmel Ryan, James Lenane, Mary Bennett Lenane, Pat and Ann Bennett, Liam
Ryan and Sean Murphy.
[Noel Browne]
Also attending the WLR FM/Granville Hotel GAA
Awards Gala Dinner on Saturday last were
March Monthly winner Michael Walsh with his
Michael and Mary Flynn from Rathgormack.
[Noel Browne]
[Noel Browne] wife Fiona.
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GAA
Waterford County Board
clarifies minor hurling
medal issue
IN relation to stories circulating on social media regarding
the All-Ireland Minor Hurling
winners medals, Waterford
County Board wish to issue
the following statement:
received 24 official All-Ireland
Final winners’ medals for our
minor hurlers from Croke
Park as is the norm for minor
All-Ireland winning teams.
ordered additional medals to
ensure that all members of
the Minor panel received winner’s medals.
Unfortunately five of the
additional medals were incorrectly stamped/engraved and
will have to be replaced. As
soon as Waterford County
Board became aware of the
issue, we contacted the supplier with a view to correcting
the problem.
regrets any embarrassment
1884 Comóradh an Chéad Triocha Bliain 2014
130th Anniversary of the founding of the GAA
“Weekly extract from the Waterford Year Book 1984”
caused to any panel member
who received an incorrectly
stamped medal and we can
assure them that they will
receive the correct medal as
soon as we have them.
would also like to point out
that All Ireland winners’
medals cost in excess of
€300 each and the value of
the additional medals being
reported on social media is
totally inaccurate.
McKenna Computers
Website of the Week
66 Main Street, Dungarvan (058) 45590
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The peerless Tom Cheasty with the County Junior Hurling final Cup in 1983 after he inspired Ballyduff Lower to victory.
Google: Tallow GAA Club Waterford
IF this spell of bad weather persists and you
have some hours to pass, then, you could do
a lot worse than to visit the Tallow GAA
Website. There is huge content in this site
and it surely must have been a labour of love
for Liam O Maolcathaigh and Mark Baldwin
who have compiled a site that the club can
be justifiably proud of. The story of the Tallow
club is clear to follow here thanks to the written content, photographs and, very interestingly, the videos of some of its famous occasions and successes over the years.
There are 16 plus pages to view on this
site and, as it says, a broad brush stroke of
the history of the club from its foundations in
1887 right up to January 2014 is included for
all to enjoy.
SITE FEATURES
NEWS: Up to Date.
HISTORY: Detailed.
FIXTURES AND RESULTS: 2013
Included.
CLUB PERSONNEL: Listed.
TEAMS: Line outs from recent years.
TOURS: From 1970’s to 2010.
MEMBERSHIP: Generous Rates.
GROUNDS AND FACILITIES: Story of
same from 1963.
ROLL OF HONOUR: Golden Days in the
1970’s and 80’s.
EAMONN DE PAOR: Excellent Feature
on Tallow’s Legendary Trainer.
JUVENILE: Cois Bhride’s Details.
CAMOGIE: Officers.
GALLERY: Hundreds of Photos.
VIDEOS: Courtesy of David O’Brien.
CLUB LEISURE GEAR: Available in
Walshe’s Shop, Tallow.
CAUGHT THE EYE:
Gaeilge agus Bearla a usaid.
Viewing of 60 videos available including
Senior Title wins of the 80’s.
A 33 member club committee.
Club Lotto standing order form can be
downloaded.
All weather pitch, hurling wall and ball
alley.
Tours to London, Boston, Barcelona,
Germany and Budapest.
Lismore Camogie Club Captures the Club
of The Year for a second year in-a-row
LISMORE Camogie Club
captured The Club of the
Year for 2013 for the second
year in a row.The Club was
proven once again to be a
highly responsible and
respected club within and
outside the County.
The following are the
reasons
why
Lismore
Camogie
captured
the
coveted award for 2013:
1 Participated in all grades
and competitions during the
year including attending and
hosting Under 8 & 10 go
games blitzes.
2. Fulfilled all our fixtures
on schedule, while facilitating
other clubs when requested.
3. Supplied referees for
our own and other clubs fixtures.
4. Showed true club spirit
when we came back in 2013
to win the senior league and
senior county championship.
We then went on to capture
the Munster intermediate club
championship for the third
time in four years
5. We had many players
dedicated to and playing a
major role in all intercounty
teams from U-12 to adult.
6. Administration wise we
held many officer positions on
the Co. Board, Secretary,
Registrar,
Assistant
Secretary, Delegates to
Munster council, with each
person doing their job to the
highest of standards and having a key function in the successful
operation
of
Waterford Camogie.
6. Helped the County
board with their fundraising
endevours over the year.
7. The continued work in
liaison with the schools in our
area, and our efforts to foster
good relations with our local
ladies football club and our
excellent relationship with the
local GAA Club were major
factors in our award.
8. Our promotion of our
club and camogie regularly
on face book, radiio and in
local newspapers.
TABLE QUIZ
Lismore Camogie Club
held a fundraising table quiz
in aid of our upcoming all
Ireland
semi-final
on
February 2nd on Friday night
last, January 10th in
Eamonns Place.
The quiz was very well
supported and everyone had
a very enjoyable night.
Thanks to all who attended
on the night. Thanks to all our
sponsors on the night and
Eamonn Walsh for the use of
his premises, all who helped
out on the night and those
who donated prizes for both
the quiz and the raffle.
Thanks also to those who
donated money that were
unable
to
attend.
Congratulations to our quiz
winners Rita, Audrey and
Arron Doocey and Dan
Geoghegan and all our raffle
winners: Marie Doocey, P. J.
Coughlan, Rita Doocey,
Declan
Doocey,
Jane
Russell, Patsy Buckley,
Martina
Landers,
Dan
Geoghegan,
Kayleigh
Conway, Dan McCormac and
Ruth Geoghegan.
Well done to Geraldine
Barry and her team of Kate
Heneghan, Laura Buckley,
Breda Geoghegan, Martin
Landers, Una Walsh and
Mary Russell who helped to
make the night run so
smoothly, and all who helped
to sell tickets and collected
money on the night.
ALL-IRELAND
SEMI-FINAL
The
All-Ireland
Intermediate Club semi-Final
is set for February 2nd in
Kinnegad, Co. Westmeath
with a 2 o'clock throw-in.
We urge all householders
and business to show their
support by displaying the
Black and Amber over the
coming weeks.
SUPPORTERS’ BUS
A supporters’ bus for the
girls All Ireland semi-Final is
being organised by Eilish
McGlone.
Please contact Eilish on
(086) 1223015. Eilish needs
to have all names by Monday
January 20th.
TALLOW 1975 JUNIOR FOOTBALL LEAGUE WINNERS. Back Row: (L to R ), Dave Doyle R.I.P.,
John Hartigan R.I.P., Jimmy Cox, Dennie Cunningham, Liam Fraser, Tom Drohan, Jimmy Hogan,
Billy Sheehan, Jimmy Cunningham R.I.P., James Tobin R.I.P. Front Row: (L to R ), Eddie
Cunningham, John Lyons, Michael Hartigan, Paddy Norris, Tom Doyle, Ned Power R.I.P., John
Henley, Mutty Curley.
Forde’s
Youghal Road, Dungarvan,
Co Waterford. 087 2674890
Dungarvanstatoil@cablesurf.com
Forde’s Daybreak
Forecast Corner
HARTY CUP: (4 GAMES): Thurles CBS, Hamilton High School Bandon, Charleville
CBS, Ard Scoil Ris, Limerick.
Waterford Crystal S.H.: UL, UCC, Tipperary and Clare.
To Date: Correct: 0. Incorrect 1.
Lismore Camogie Chairpeson Mary Russsell accepting the Club
of the Year award from former County Chaiperson Tricia
McCarthy.
Lismore Camogie Club Quiz night winners (standing) Arron
Doocey, Dan Geoghegan (Sitting) Rita and Audrey Doocey.
GAA
Taking part in the Annual Kill GAA Club Long Puck competition were Aisling Allen, Aoife Breslin
and Aleisha McDonnell. St. Annes.
[Sean Byrne//Deise Sport]
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Taking part in the Annual Kill GAA Club Long Puck competition were Philip Browne, Bryan Browne, Brian Phelan, David and Kieran
Cheasty, Butlerstown GAA Club.
From the Files of the Dungarvan Observer – 50 years ago. Saturday, 1st February, 1964. By John A. Murphy
1964 County Board Convention …
Motions generate lively debate
OF the 33 motions listed, 14 were passed,
8 defeated, 4 were ruled out of order, 5
withdrawn and two referred to the incoming
County Board. The controversial motions
were undoubtedly the ones tabled by the
Ballyduff Lower Club and included their
successful one in requesting that Rule 27
(Foreign Games Rule) be open for discussion every year instead of evey third year
as at present. This motion goes before
Congress at Easter but from the trend in
former years is unlikely to be carried.
In his excellent address to the
Convention, the Chairman Mr. Jamie
Moloney, said:
The reports of the Divisional Boards
show an upwards trend in the number of
clubs affiliated to the Association in the
county. This is ample proof of the popularity
enjoyed by our national pastime and of the
ever-increasing number of young men and
boys participating in our games every year.
I sometimes wonder, however, if we are
using this to the best advantage. Since its
foundation the GAA has played an outstanding part in the life and history of the
nation and with its ever increasing popularity now more than ever can we help in the
national development. Last year, I mentioned the need for men of character and
integrity in charge of clubs. Today, I repeat
this. The Club is the cradle of the
Association and it is from his cradle days
that the mind and character of the individual member must be moulded so that
he may develop into a true Gael and a true
sportsman.
While there are many influences outside
our organisation which tend to counteract
our efforts and belittle our ideals, there is
sometimes the greater danger from the
enemy who lurks within our fold. We all
understand that it is human nature to rebel
against being governed but while rules and
bye-laws remain we must submit ourselves
to them. Those rules are drawn up at
Convention time and at Congress by the
individual members themselves. They are
the members’ rules and when we rebel
against them we are in fact rebelling
against ourselves. I therefore appeal to
each member to be loyal to the aims and
high ideals of the Association and to be
obedient to its rules whether on matters of
administration or conduct on the field of
play.
While we may dwell with pleasure on
the past, we must look to the future. In the
Eastern Division Senior hurling is maintaining its high standard but the outlook for
1964 I regret, is not as bright in the
Western half of the county. If current
rumours concerning the regrading of existing clubs are true then the future is gloomy
and I urge the incoming Board to go into
the matter immediately with the object of
seeking the cause of this decline and making an effort to rectify the matter before our
senior hurling competition sinks to a competition confined to one division. It is sad to
see hurling strongholds like Dungarvan,
Cappoquin and Lismore unable to field a
Senior team. This must eventually have an
adverse effect on our Inter-County team.
MOTIONS
The first motion, in the name of the
Abbeyside club, sought to have the County
Senior football team regraded to Junior, but
was decisively defeated.
Moving the motion, Mr. Seamus O’Brien
said they were not pressing it very strongly,
and more or less wanted the clubs to discuss it. They have been considering the
record of the County’s Senior football
teams over the past half century. They had
made no progress, and the standard of
football in the county today was not as high
as in other counties. They could not hope
to win an All-Ireland in the senior grade,
and it might be best if they went junior for a
few years at least. They believed they
would have a great chance of winning a
Junior All-Ireland. Carlow and Fermanagh,
he added, had benefitted greatly by regrading.
Mr. Liam Whelan (Kill) said it would be
a bad move to go Junior. They should stay
as they were.
Mr. V. Donoghue (Lismore) said in 1936
the county was regraded Junior in football
and they had a most unfortunate experience by being defeated in the Munster
final. The only football honours won by the
county was the Provincial junior title in
1948, but that year they also had a senior
team. The motion had nothing to defend it,
and was only a defeatist attitude.
Mr. Jim Cullen (Ardmore) said the footballers in the county got very little and by
going Junior they would be cutting out
another 20 players.
The Chairman, Mr. Moloney said it
would be a very bad move to go Junior. In
Munster they could beat Clare, Tipperary
and Limerick and could always give Cork
good challenge. He believed it would be
very bad for the game in the county.
Mr. O’Brien (Abbeyside) said he did not
agree it would be a backward step.
The motion was then put to the meeting
and was heavily defeated.
Another motion by Abbeyside, asking
that players transferring to and playing with
another club, be compelled to remain with
his new club for a period of at least two
years, was ruled out of order by the
Chairman.
Mr. O’Brien said it would bring more
stability to the clubs and would give them
more authority.
Ruling the motion out of order, the
Chairman said it was seeking to amend a
rule that was non-existent.
RULE 27
A great deal of interest was centred on
the Ballyduff Lr. motion seeking that playing
rules be amended only once in five years,
and that rule 27 (excluding games) be
revised every year.
Speaking for the motion, Mr. Eamonn
Cheasty said his club believed that the
opportunity should be given to members of
the Association to discuss the foreign
games rules every year rather then evey
three years, as at present. The time had
come, he said, when that rule no longer
served a purpose in its present form. They
felt it should be considered every year.
The Ballygunner club seconded the
motion.
Mr. Jim Cullen (Ardmore) asked why
Rule 27 was so very important that it
should be discussed every year, and all the
other rules only once every five years.
Mr. Cheasty: The others are only playing
rules and they could not be changing them
every year.
The motion was carried by 65 votes to
58.
A motion by they same club that Rule 28
be rescinded relating to attending foreign
dances was well beaten.
Speaking for the motion, Mr. Cheasty
said that some counties had no Vigilance
Committees. These committees were
sneaking on the activities of others and
reporting to the County Board. Last year in
the Co. Waterford they had suffered as a
result of this committee and anyone who
said they did not was not facing facts.
Because of that their club would like to see
the rule abolished.
Mr. Seamus Power (Mount Sion) said
allegations had been made that the
Vigilance Committee did not act impartially,
warranted a comment from the Chairman.
The Chairman said he would make
reference to that statement when dealing
with another motion that had been listed.
Mr. Jim Cullen said that people were
going around boasting that they had
attended the particular function which led
to the suspension of a County player.
Mr. P. Flanagan (Tramore) said as long
as there was a rule 27 they would have to
have a Vigilance Committee.
They same club’s motion that the foreign
games rule be rescinded was not accepted
by the Chairman as it was not the year for
discussing it at Congress.
“DID ACT IMPARTIALLY”
Another Ballyduff motion asking that an
investigation be held into the failure of the
Vigilance Committee to report fully and
impartially during 1963, was also ruled out
of order by the Chairman.
In ruling so, Mr. Moloney said the
Vigilance Committee was the preserves of
the Chairman. No one knew who they were
and they were trying to act to the best of
their ability. Any names submitted to him
had been dealt with according to rule.
Ballygunner Delegate: We should
appoint a Vigilance Committee to look after
the Vigilance Committee.
Chairman: If we had genuine Gaels we
would have no need for this Committee.
Mr. Dick McAllister (Brickey Rangers):
Why didn’t the Vigilance Committee report
everyone that was at the function being
referred to.
Mr. Cheasty: We do not think they carried out their duties impartially. I have no
objection to the suspension itself as the
rule was there and anyone that violated it
knew the consequences. But everyone
knows the Committee did not act impartially last year. It is futile trying to say they
did.
The Chairman said the only ones that
would know that the Vigilance Committee
did not act impartially were the ones that
were there themselves.
Mr. Cheasty: I do not mind the suspensions, but when members of the Vigilance
Committee go to these places and see
who were there and then do not want to
see everyone that was there it is a definite
reflection on their integrity.
Chairman: I am not accepting this
motion as it is out of order.
FOURMILEWATER MOTION
FAILS
A Fourmilewater motion that the Senior
hurling championship be played off in two
Divisions led to a lengthy discussion and
was only narrowly defeated by a vote of 8574.
Mr. Liam Ryan (Fourmilewater) said the
Chairman in his address had mentioned
the poor standard of hurling in the West,
and this motion was an effort to safeguard
the game in that Division. He felt if the
Senior championship was broken up into
two divisions like the Junior hurling it would
help to keep alive the game in the West.
The reason for clubs seeking regrading
he said was because they feared their fate
in the Senior grade. “What would happen
hurling in Fourmilewater if we met Mount
Sion in the opening round? This is the only
hope to keep hurling alive in West
Waterford.” he said.
John Fraher (Cappoquin): Waterford
hurling is at the cross roads, and now is the
time to look into the matter. I think it is a
very good thing to create competition in the
West, and if we had that a few years ago
we would not have had the regradings we
are having this year.
Seamus Power: As much as we appreciate the plight of hurling in the West I must
oppose this motion very strongly. Clubs in
the West would only have to play two
games and would then be in the county
final.
Mr. Fraher: If this is carried we will have
the same number of clubs in the West as
last year plus Fourmilewater.
The motion was put to the convention
but was defeated by 11 votes.
“ENGLISH DANCES”
Clubs running socials with English
dances was strongly criticised by Johnny
Coffey (Fourmilewater) when moving a
motion that Rule 29 be strictly enforced.
The Chairman said Clubs were
masquarading under the name of social
clubs and were running dances. But is was
very hard to get proof.
Mr. Coffey: We have GAA clubs openly
running dances.
Chairman: Some clubs have not the
gumption to run ceilis. They hope to “twist
their way” through the Association.
PLAYING FIELD FOR
KILMAC
The last motion on the Clar was from the
Kilmacthomas Club asking the Convention
to instruct the incoming County Board to
set up a Committee comprised of representatives of the County and Divisional
Boards and the Kilmacthomas club, with a
view to procuring a suitable playing field at
Kilmacthomas.
The Chairman, Mr. Moloney said that
while it would be a very good thing if
Kilmacthomas had their own playing field
he did not know if it was the County
Board’s duty to buy one for them. But if the
Kilmacthomas club went about getting one
the County Board would give them every
assistance.
A Kilmacthomas delegate said they had
a pitch in mind but they were one of the
poorest club’s in the county.
Mr. Nicholas McGrath suggested that
the incoming County Board consider the
possibility of it. They could help the club
that way, and the Board should remember
that it has more duties then running a
championship.
Mr. Seamus Grant (Mount Sion): There
are extenuating circumstances in
Kilmacthomas and all they are looking for
is help from the Board.
On the suggestion of the Chairman it
was agreed to discuss the matter at the first
meeting of the incoming Finance
Committee.
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GAA
At the All-Ireland Minor Hurling Medals Presentation Night in the Woodlands Hotel were Michael
Murphy, Mark and Sean O'Regan and Pat Flynn.
Harty Cup Munster Senior Schools Hurling Quarter-Final
Organising Committee of the All-Ireland Minor Hurling Medals Presentation Night in the Woodlands Hotel with seated from left:
Brendan Tobin, Chairman; Robert Frost, Chairman Munster Council; Liam O'Neill, President GAA; Micheal O Muircheartaigh MC;
Tom Cunningham, Chairman Co. GAA Board and Seamus Cleere. Standing from left: Richard Tobin, John Sheehan, John Murphy,
Michael Wadding, Sean Breathnach, John Jackson and Pat Casey.
Harty Cup progress on the line
against fancied Bandon side
Dungarvan CBS
-vHamilton High School,
Bandon
On Wednesday, January
15th
In Castlemartyr
at 1.30 p.m.
HARTY Cup action returns
after the Christmas break on
today Wednesday, January
15th when the four Quarter
Finals in this year’s series
take place in four different
venues around the province.
The match with the most significance locally is, of course,
the clash of Dungarvan CBS
and Hamilton High School
Bandon as the ‘Brothers’ are
the only Deise school remaining in the competition.
Without the services of the St.
Augustines players this season, many shrewd followers
of the game are of the opinion
that the CBS have done well
to qualify for this stage of the
competition but that their
days as champions are numbered as they face a team
that have really impressed to
date and have a freshness
about them comparable to
that of Dungarvan Colleges
over the past two years.
Bandon finished second in
Group 3, their only defeat
being at the hands of one of
the championship favourites,
Ard Scoil Ris, Limerick in a
high scoring 4-20 to 3-14
encounter. In a tough Group,
they defeated St. Flannan’s
Ennis by 2-16 to 2-11, St.
Coleman’s College Fermoy
by 1-20 to 0-15 and De La
Salle Waterford by 2-15 to
0-8. In their four games they
have scored a total of 8-65
and conceded 6-54. This represents an average of 2-16
for and 1-15 against. This
portrays an impressive forward sextet though perhaps
a suspect defence which
hopefully the CBS can
expose in Castlemartyr.
When Bandon defeated
St. Flannan’s, they led by 2-9
to 0-6 at half time after playing with the strong wind but
they didn’t cave in in the second half which was a sign of
quality team, losing the half
by just 2-5 to 0-7. Hamilton’s
main man is their centre forward Michael Cahalane, who
plays at centre forward and
who scored a total of 1-8
against ‘Flannan’s’. When
Waterford beat Cork in the
Minor thriller in Pairc Ui Rinn
last year, Cahalane goaled
after just 50 seconds and he
contributed another point
later on. The Bandon team
includes a tight full back line
in their captain Micheal
Sweeney at number 3, and
Andrew O’Connell and Niall
Murray in the corners. Their
free scoring forwards include
the speedy duo Eoin O’Reilly
and Jonathan Mulcahy, ball
winner Darragh Curran and
goalgetter Trevor Horgan.
Hamilton High School are the
current Cork Senior champions, beating Midleton by
2-18 to 2-8 and their results
have shown that they are in
the quarter finals on merit and
they will be fancying their
chances of making the last
four at the expense of players
with two Harty Cup medals.
Dungarvan CBS made a
good start to this season’s
campaign with an impressive
1-16 to 0-14 win over
Western rivals Blackwater
C.S. at Fraher Field. They
followed this up with wins
over Midleton by 1-10 to 0-12
and against Rochestown by
1-15 to 1-10, the latter without the services of one of their
top scorers, the injured
Patrick Curran. Everything
was going full swing, therefore, until the CBS met
Nenagh CBS in their final outing but, the Tipp team, who
had not won any of their previous three games, deservingly took their first brace of
points, with an 0-14 to 0-9 victory.
In contrast to Hamilton
H.S. Dungarvan have scored
3-50 in their three games and
they have conceded 1-50.
This represents an average
of 0-15 for and 0-12 against,
which isn’t the more encouraging statistic of the two
teams playing today. Poor
displays
in challenge
matches over the Christmas
period hasn’t improved their
recent form so it appears that
it will take a huge effort from
the team today to keep on
track for a three in a row title
attempt locally.
Shaun Murray should
again man the goal for the
CBS and he has been a right
find this year at number 1.
Jersies number 2 and 4 will
be more than likely worn by
Michael Cronin and Cian
Culloo while Kevin Daly and
Shane Nugent will most likely
have numbers 3 and 6
respectively on their backs.
Jack O’Donnell and Darragh
Lyons are tipped to play in the
half back line and of the six
backs mentioned we will
have to wait and see who will
get the task of marshalling
Bandon’s
danger
man
Michael Cahalane. Cormac
Curran has been the CBS
leader on the field to date and
if he can repeat this form it
could ignite a strong local
challenge. Brickeys have
enjoyed a strong presence on
the team and
Cormac
O’Grady should complete a
Bushy Park pairing i lar na
pairce. Up front. Conor
Morrissey, Carthavh Barry,
Micheal Shine, Eamonn
Crotty and Aaron Donnolly
are scoring forwards while
the return of Patrick Curran
from injury should be both a
scoring and a morale boost
for the ‘Brothers’ in this difficult game.
It’s under no illusions so
that the County’s remaining
team in the series will travel to
Castlemartyr, but, playing to
their full potential, a semi final
spot can be secured by players who have the experience
of digging deep in previous
crucial games.
Once again the 1.30 pm
starting time militates against
the working follower of the
game and there is no doubt
but if all the knockout ties
were held on weekends,
there would be much bigger
attendances at fixtures such
as this.
At the All-Ireland Minor Hurling Medals Presentation Night in the Woodlands Hotel were from left: Joe Cleary, Treasurer Co. GAA
Board; Timmy O'Keeffe, Secretary; Liam O'Neill, President GAA; Tom Cunningham, Chairman Co. GAA Board; Robert Frost, Chairman
Munster Council and Jimmy O'Gorman.
At the All-Ireland Minor Hurling Medals Presentation Night in the Woodlands Hotel were Patrick, Mary, Jim, Mickey, Brian, James
and Kieran Kearney, Ballyduff Upper.
At the All-Ireland Minor Hurling Medals Presentation Night in the Woodlands Hotel were Ann, Katie, Daithi and Emer Foran, Eleanor
Reade and Maurice Foran.
GAA
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Gaelic
Jottings
Handball tradition
holding good
THE successful Handball tradition in the
County was further enhanced over the
Christmas period when a large group of
players and supporters from the St.
Augustines College based club once
again travelled to America for the
championships there. All the young
Deise handballers gave of their best at
this level and pride of place went to
Dungarvan clubman Darragh Lyons who
convincingly won the under 17 All
American Title.
The local club has made great
progress in recent years under the
guidance of Bro. Finbarr Spring and
his fellow handball enthusiasts and it is
encouraging to see their dedication to
the game rewarded as it was recently.
The sport of handball goes back a
long way locally with alleys in many
places around the county in days gone
by. The Kilgobinet alley was a big draw
in the Dungarvan area with such as
Mossie Butler, Declan Mulcahy, Pat
McGrath, Pat Noctor, John Kiely, Jim
Hurley, John Wall, John Joe Wright,
Martin Sandford, Christy Phelan, Colm
Bannon. Stephen Lyons, the McCarthy
brothers Martin and Pat, Anthony Kelly
and many more enjoying many hours of
enjoyment at this well appointed venue.
Handball has stood the test of time and
going on recent events this is set to
continue.
McGrath Cup
THE kingpins of Munster football Cork
and Kerry have qualified for the final of
this year’s McGrath Cup senior football
competition. The Rebels had a facile
6-16 to 0-7 win over U.L. at Mallow.
While Kerry were pushed all the way by
C.I.T. in Tralee before emerging 2-12 to
0-13 winners. It was interesting to hear
Cork Manager Brian Cuthbert say on
Sunday last how important it was to paly
three games in the competition.
Interestingly the so called 4 weaker
counties in the Province namely
Waterford, Clare, Limerick and Tipperary
withdrew from the competition in protest
at the seeded draw in the Munster SFC.
Kerry have not lost a game in the
competition in 7 years and they will be
hoping to extend that to 8 years in next
Sunday’s final.
Boost for
Westmeath
WESTMEATH GAA have received a
major boost ahead of the commencement of the National Football League.
The County Board have signed a three
year sponsorship deal with Renault
Ireland which includes all County teams
in both hurling and football. This is an
exciting deal for any county in the
current economic climate with many
counties struggling to find a sponsor.
Crystal Cup SH
FOR the second year in succession
Waterford senior hurlers bowed out of
the Crystal Cup competition to
University of Limerick. At wind and rain
lashed Carriganore on Sunday last the
Limerick College were winners on a 1-11
to 0-10 scoreline. Elsewhere Limerick
hammered Tralee I.T. 10-17 to 0-9, while
Tipperary had a facile 3-20 to 0-5 win
over Limerick I.T. U.L. return to
Carriganore this weekend where they
will face W.I.T. in a quarter-final tie.
Meanwhile, W.I.T. continued their
pre-paration for the Fitzgibbon Cup on
January 30th with a challenge game on
Monday night against Leinster Club
champions, Mt. Leinster Rangers.
Waterford senior hurlers were in action
last night, Tuesday against the Brian
Whelahan managed Offaly in a
challenge game played at Tinryland, Co.
Carlow. They hope to have another
game at the weekend.
Camogie Club
Semi-Final
LISMORE Camogie Club will contest
the All-Ireland Intermediate championship club semi-final on Sunday,
February 2nd at Kinnegad, Co.
Westmeath with a 2 p.m. throw-in. Their
opponents will be Ulster champions,
Leitriona/Fontenoys, Co. Down who will
provide formidable opposition.
Meanwhile, congratulations to Lismore
club on being named Waterford Club of
the Year. A well deserved honour in
recognition of their achievements in
2013.
The Park Hotel Waterford Sports Star for December has gone to Ballysaggart’s Stephen Bennett for his outstanding man of the match
display for Ballysaggart in their historic Munster final victory over Limerick Champions Feenagh / Kilmeady in Mallow. This display
rounded off a fantastic year for Stephen who was top scorer for his club throughout both the Waterford championship & Munster club
campaign where they beat both the Cork & Tipperary champions – while he was also one of the star players for Waterford Minor hurlers
who captured the All Ireland minor title in September
Mark Ronayne, Park Hotel presents the December Sportstar Award to Stephen Bennett. included are Ger Lawton and Neil Gough,
Adjudicators with Seamus Kearney and Pat Veale, Ballysaggart GAA Club.
[Sean Byrne//Deise Media]
West Championship
County Board
Draws
Meeting
THE draws and groupings for the
Western Board championships will be
made on Thursday night next at the
second Board meeting of the year. The
meeting on the 23rd inst. will take place
in Lawlors Hotel, Dungarvan at 7.30
p.m. The groupings in the various
grades will be awaited with interest. In
the intermediate hurling championship
there will be 10 teams so we assume it
will be two groups of five.
The teams are: An Rinn, Stradbally,
Shamrocks, Brickey Rangers,
Ballinameela, Ballysaggart, Cappoquin,
Tourin, Abbeyside and
Clashmore/Kinsalebeg. In intermediate
football there will be seven teams with
seven teams also in the JFC Premier
section.
There will be four teams in the
Premier Junior Hurling Championship.
New Club Chairman
THE Annual General Meeting of the
Kilrossanty club saw Kevin Lonergan
who previously served as Secretary
elected to the position of Chairman with
Jason Dee as Secretary. In Kilgobinet,
Mattie Fahey has taken over as
Chairman from the long serving Paddy
Lynch while Claire Walsh will continue
as Secretary.
Another role for
Cody
KILKENNY senior hurling Manager,
Brian Cody has been appointed a
selector with his club James Stephens
Senior team. He will now patrol the sidelines with club and county and it is
another example of the trust and
integrity in which he is held. Would it be
allowed to happen in any other county?
THE first County Board Meeting of 2014
will take place on Monday, January 27th
in Lawlors Hotel, Dungarvan at 7 p.m.
This meeting will ratify affiliations,
Transfers and declarations. The format
for the senior hurling and football
championships for the year ahead will
be finalised.
New role for
Michael Ryan
THE Observer understands that former
Waterford Senior Hurling Manager,
Michael Ryan is set to return to team
management in 2014. The
Fourmilewater clubman will be involved
with St. Mary’s, Clonmel in the Premier
County’s Intermediate championship.
Harty Cup
DUNGARVAN CBS will be in Harty Cup
Munster Colleges SHC action today,
Wednesday when they play Hamilton
High School, Bandon in the quarter-final.
This game will be played in
Castlemarthyr at 1.30 p.m.
West U-21 FC
THE opening round games in the
Divisional U-21 (A) and (B) football
championships will be played on the
weekend of February 15th and 16th.
St. Augustine’s Fixture
ST. Augustine’s play Pallaskenry in the
Munster Colleges Hurling championship
in Cashel today Wednesday at 12.30 pm.
Enright ruled out
of S.F. panel
WATERFORD Senior Football Manager,
Niall Carew will have to plan without first
choice goalkeeper Stephen Enright for
the forthcoming National League
campaign.
The Balllincourty clubman has withdrawn from the panel due to work
commitments in Dublin. The 24 year old
was handed his first championship start
in a qualifier game against Wicklow in
2012 by then manager John Owens.
Carlow Football
Trainer
IRELAND and Leinster rugby player
Sean O’Brien has joined Anthony
Rainbow’s backroom team with the
Carlow senior footballers. Currently, out
of rugby action with a dislocated
shoulder, O’Brien has been on the
sideline with Carlow in the O’Byrne Cup
games. The Tullow man has been
helping out at training as well as being a
motivational coach. O’Brien when
recovering from injury a few years ago
trained with the footballers.
Scór Na Seachtaine
Cork GAA
Website a big hit
BRIAN Stapleton’s point from under the
stand in the 63rd minute of UL’s game
against Waterford last Sunday at
Carriganore.
THE official Cork GAA website saw an
increase in traffic of more than one
million visitors in 2013.
The site received a total of 4.45
million hits, an increase of 26% on the
3.35 million in 2012.
The months of July, August and
September in 2013 all reported more
than 500,000 hits, something that never
happened before in three consecutive
months.
The involvement of the Cork senior
hurlers in an All-Ireland final and replay
contributed to the increase but club
activity accounted for the two days with
most views.
Sympathy
SINCERE sympathy is extended to
husband Dick; sons Ger and Eamon;
daughter Paula; sisters, brother, grandchildren and extended family of the late
Brigid Clancy, Seskin, Stradbally. Brigid
had a long association with the GAA at
local and Divisional level.
Sympathy is also extended to
brothers Fr. Jimmy, Larry and Pad
(Treasurer, Ballyduff Upper GAA Club);
sister Sadie; nephews, nieces and
extended family of the late Owen Flynn,
Ballinlovane, Ballyduff. Owen bred
Imperial Commander to win the
Cheltenham Gold Cup in 2010 and the
Ryan Air Chase in 2009.
The Observer also extends sympathy
to husband John; sons Gerard, Barry
and Christy; daughters Trina and Lisa;
parents Jerry and Catherine; mother-inlaw, grandchildren, sisters, brothers and
extended family of the late Eileen
Murphy, Coole, Ballysaggart. Her sons
Barry and Christy are members of the
Ballysaggart JH team that won
Divisional County and Munster honours
in 2013.
Sympathy also to sons John, Pat,
Denis and Brendan; daughters Sarah
and Pauline; brother Paddy; daughtersin-law, sons-in-law and extended family
of the late May Fitzgerald, Magaha,
Cappagh. The late May was sister of the
late Denis McGrath, former Chairman of
the West Divisional Board.
May they rest in peace.
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SPORTS STARS
Strong line-up for 23rd
Park Hotel Awards
IT’S that time of year again, when
the turkey is a memory, the
Christmas tree is in the back
garden and the decorations are
back in the attic. Little Christmas
has come and gone and Nollag na
mBan has seen the women of
Ireland take a well earned day off
from the kitchen.
One woman who frequents
Hell’s sporting Kitchen is Niamh
Briggs, the toast of Irish, European
and World rugby and she and her
eleven
esteemed
sports
colleagues must battle it out in a
little over two weeks to see who
takes the greatest sporting
accolade the Deise has to offer.
The Park Hotel Supreme Award
is still the most coveted prize in
Waterford sport and, on Saturday,
25th January next, the cream of
sports stars south of the Suir will
gather for the 23rd time in The Park
Hotel to see who will wear the
Champion’s crown during 2004.
Over the past twelve months,
there have been so many thrilling
moments on track, field and racecourse; so many major national
and international sporting achievements and so many sporting
heroes worthy of the crown, that
the sterling and long serving jury
will have to burn midnight oil to
produce a winner.
RTE’s Tony O’Donoghue will be
the man in the spotlight as he interviews the cham-pions aspiring to
the Blue Riband which would be
the icing on their cake for 2013, to
add to the honours already won in
their own arenas.
The twelve Monthly Winners
have been decided, the invitations
have gone out and final preparations for the Gala Evening are in
the stout hands of Pierce Flynn.
He is the man who has steered
the Awards through almost a
Park Hotel Individual Monthly
Award Table
10 Awards:
Francis Connors
John O’Shea
8 Awards:
Neil Gough
7 Awards:
Ciaran Power
6 Awards:
David Casey
David McCarthy
Tom Queally
Kelly Proper
5 Awards:
Paul Flynn
4 Awards:
Ben Cronin
Declan Lonergan
Susan Smith
Pat Flynn
Capt. John Ledingham
Seamus Power
Shauna O’Brien
3 Awards:
Michael Ryan
Pat & Milo Murray
Gillian Hayes
Ken McGrath
Hilton Hincks
Shay Barry
Jamie Costin
Dan Shanahan
Stephen Hunt
Tony Browne
Kate Veale
Kevin Moran
Craig Breen
Niamh Briggs
Ciara GrantLadies
Henry De Bromhead
2 Awards:
John Treacy
Robert Power
Alfie Hale
Tommy Lynch
William Harty
Billy O’Sullivan
Paul Power
Shane Robinson
Michael Evans
Alan Kirby
John Kiely
Brid Golden
Gerry Fitzpatrick
Catriona White
Michael Walsh
Anthony Condon
Eoin Kelly
Niamh Whelan
John Mullane
Noel Hunt
Stephen Bennett
Kevin Phelan
Showjumping
Soccer
Boxing
Cycling
Horse Racing
Athletics
Horse racing
Athletics
Hurling
Rugby
Cycling
Athletics
Horse Racing
Showjumping
Golf
Swimming
Ladies Football
Rowing
Basketball
Hurling
Motor cycling
Horse Racing
Athletic
Hurling
Soccer
Hurling
Athletics
Hurling
Motor Car Racing
Ladies Rugby
Soccer
Horse Racing
Athletics
Cycling
Soccer
Soccer
Athletics
Hurling
Soccer
Soccer
Basketball
Soccer
Soccer
Athletics
Basketball
Basketball
Hurling/Football
Showjumping
Hurling
Athletics
Hurling
Soccer
Hurling
Golf
Park Hotel Sports Star
Award 2013
quarter of a century, building its
reputation, enhancing Waterford
sport and acknowledging not just
one champion each year, but
twelve or more who have been
honoured monthly for their
personal or team achievements.
Lynne McEnery, Womens
Boxing won the January Award,
taking the 48kg title and also the
“senior boxer of the tournament”
award in Sweden. Niamh Briggs,
had a superb game against
Scotland in Womens Rugby which
helped her country towards the
eventual Grand Slam. Soccer’s
Jim Goodwin, won his place in
Scotland as Captain of St. Mirren
while in the Ladies game, Ciara
Grant helped Arsenal win the F.A.
Cup for the 6th time in eight years.
Shauna
O’Brien
Became
National Swimming Champion in
the women’s 50m and 100m
butterfly events while Kelly Proper,
won three individual gold medals at
the National Senior Athletics
Championships.
It was a rich year for hurling, with
the younger generation making all
the sen-sational headlines, providing four Monthly Winners.
Tom Devine captained the
Dungarvan Colleges team to an
All-Ireland Senior “A” Colleges
Hurling Championship victory,
while Patrick Curran excelled in
Colleges Championships and was
a prominent member of County
Waterford’s All-Ireland Minor
Hurling Championship team.
Patrick was also top scorer in
Waterford’s All-Ireland victory over
Galway.
However, September saw Kevin
Daly earn his place as the outstanding Captain of the magnificent Waterford Minor Hurling team
that brought the Irish Press Cup
back to Waterford for the very first
time and the hurling tally was
brought to a climax when in
October the Passage forward
Owen Connors, was outstanding in
the remarkable victory over
Ballygunner in the Co. Senior
hurling final.
The fifth hurling place went to
Ballysaggart’s Stephen Bennett,
who was leading marksman and
outstanding in the County Junior
Hurling victory over Tramore, top
scorer in the Munster Junior
Hurling Championship, and helped
bring a first ever provincial title to
Waterford at this level.
Kevin Phelan kept the Golf flag
flying with victories in Ireland and
the US as well as a coveted place
in the 2013 U.S. Open. Robin
Dawson was the other monthly
winner in Golf taking the Irish Boy's
Amateur Open Champion-ship
playing on the Irish Boy's team that
won the Home International
Championship.
Horse Racing supremo, Henry
de Bromhead earned his place
with four very good winners, including a good double in Wexford and
a very good win at Gowran Park
with Buckers Bridge in November.
Those are the twelve from which
the Adjudicators will pick their
winner. It is an unenviable task, but
one which their experience, knowledge and integrity qualify them
admirably.
They
have
a
major
challenge ahead, for rather than
having to find a worthy winner, they
have the task of leaving many who
are suitably qualified behind.
They are up to the task and
some time after 11 p.m. on the 25th
January, the destination of the Blue
Riband of Waterford Sport will be
known.
Park Hotel Sports
Award Readers’
Competition
THE Park Hotel is offering readers the opportunity to
win a VIP Week-end for Two in The Old Ground Hotel,
Ennis, The Imperial Hotel, Cork or the New Park Hotel,
Kilkenny. There is also a runners-up prize for Dinner for
Two in The Park Hotel, Dungarvan.
All you have to do is put your skill against our panel of
Judges and choose which one of The Park Hotel Sports
Stars of the Month (listed across) will be chosen
Waterford’s Supreme Sports Star of 2013 at a Gala
Banquet on Saturday, 25th Jaunary, 2014.
So fill in the coupon straight away and you could be one
of the lucky winners.
RULES
1. The employees and immediate families of The Park
Hotel Group are not eligible to enter.
2. Prizes cannot be refunded for cash.
3. The Judges’ decision is binding and no
correspondence will be entered into.
My choice for the Waterford
Sports Star for 2013 is:
………………………………………………..
Name: ……………………………………….
Address: …………………………………….
……………………………………..…………
Tel. No. (if any): ……………………………
Return to :–
Waterford Sports Star for 2013,
c/o The Park Hotel, Dungarvan, County Waterford.
Closing date for entries is
Friday, 24th January, 2014, at 10.00 a.m.
RESULTS WILL BE PUBLISHED
Park Hotel Waterford
Supreme Sports Stars
Craig Breen who won the Park Hotel Supreme Sports Star of
the Year 2012 award.
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Sean Kelly
Tony Browne
Eddie Power
Susan Smith
Neil Gough
Tony Browne
Ciaran Power
Tom Queally
Paul Flynn
Ken McGrath
John O’ Shea
David Casey
Seamus Power
Dan Shanahan
Dan Shanahan
John O’Shea
Tom Queally
Tom Queally
Kate Veale
Craig Breen
Cycling
Hurling
Golf
Showjumping
Showjumping
Athletics
Boxing
Hurling
Cycling
Horse Racing
Hurling
Hurling
Soccer
Horse Racing
Golf
Hurling
Hurling
Soccer
Horse Racing
Horse Racing
Athletics
Motor Racing
SPORTS STARS
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The Park Hotel Sports Star 2013
JANUARY
FEBRUARY
MARCH
APRIL
SHAUNA O’BRIEN
(Swimming)
Became National Champion in the
women’s 50m and 100m butterfly events
set a new Irish record for the 50m sprint,
later won four senior tiles and broke
Michelle Smith’s record for 100m butterfly.
TOM DEVINE
(Football & Hurling)
Captained the Dungarvan Colleges
team to All-Ireland Senior “A” Colleges
Hurling Championship victory, was a
prominent member of Waterford Co
minor hurling All-Ireland winning team,
and a star defender with St Augustine’s
College in capturing the All-Ireland “C”
football title.
PATRICK CURRAN
(Football & Hurling)
LYNNE McENERY (Boxing)
NIAMH BRIGGS (Rugby)
JIM GOODWIN (Soccer)
At the golden Box Cup tournament in Sweden,
the St Paul’s boxer took the 48kg title and also
picked up the “senior boxer of the tournament”
award.
Played a starring role when Ireland beat Scotland to
take the Triple Crown for the first time and she went on
to help Ireland win the six nations crown, scoring three
tries and kicking 28 points in Ireland’s 2013 success,
including historic Grand Slam.
The Tramore born, 31 year old defender captained his club, St. Mirren FC to an amazing 3-2
victory against Hearts in Scottish League Cup
Final at Hampden Park.
May
JUNE
JULY
Was the outstanding forward with
Dungarvan Colleges in Harty Cup and
Croke Cup victories, man of the match
in the All-Ireland Colleges Final, was in
brilliant form for Dungarvan CBS in their
victory in “B” Colleges Final and again
top scorer in Waterford’s All-Ireland victory over Galway.
AUGUST
CIARA GRANT (Soccer)
KEVIN PHELAN (Golf)
KELLY PROPER (Athletics)
ROBIN DAWSON (Golf)
Helped Arsenal win the F.A. Cup for the 6th time in
eight years when they defeated Bristol Academy 3-0,
enjoyed unprecedented success with the Gunners and
recently she retired as captain of the Republic of
Ireland's lady side.
Of Waterford Castle G.C. and University of North
Florida, he won a Sectional Qualifier and earned a spot
in the field for 2013 U.S. Open. He made the cut and
finished T62. This was his second career appearance
at U.S. Open.
At the National Senior Championships in Morton
Stadium Santry she won three individual gold medals,
in the 100m, 200m, and long jump in addition to the gold
she won as anchor leg on the winning 4 x 100m relay
team and was also named "athlete of the meeting."
Won the Irish Boys’ Amateur Open Championship and made
the 3rd round of the Boy's Amateur Championship, was on the
Irish Boy's team that won the Home International Championship
and he was selected on the Great Britain and Ireland team that
won the Jacques Leglise Trophy with a convincing 15-9 victory
over the Continent of Europe.
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
OWEN CONNORS (Hurling)
HENRY DE BROMHEAD
(Horse Racing)
SEPTEMBER
KEVIN DALY (Hurling)
Was an outstanding Captain of the magnificent Waterford
Minor Hurling team that brought the Irish Press Cup back to
Waterford for the very first time, was a key figure on the
Dungarvan Colleges team that won Harty Cup and All-Ireland
Croke Cup as well as winning another All-Ireland "B" Colleges
medal, with Dungarvan CBS.
The Passage forward was outstanding in the
remarkable victory over Ballygunner in the County
Senior hurling final, scoring a total of one goal and
seven points, as they shocked their neighbours by
scoring two goals and four points in the closing five
minutes.
One of Ireland’s leading National Hunt trainers
in 2013, he had four good winners in November,
including a good double in Wexford and a very
good win at Gowran Park with Buckers Bridge.
STEPHEN BENNETT (Hurling)
Ballysaggart’s leading marksman, was outstanding
in County Junior Hurling victory over Tramore, top scorer
in the Munster Junior Hurling Championship, and helped
bring a first ever provincial title to Waterford at this level
with victory over Limerick Champions FeenaghKilmeedy.
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GAA CLUB NOTES
Dungarvan
NEW OFFICERS
Two new officers have been appointed by the
committee. To say they are new is a small bit offputting as Paddy Fitzgerald has been appointed
Assistant Treasurer and Pat Curran has been
appointed Insurance Officer. We wish them well
in their new jobs.
DEISE DRAW
Tickets will be available for the above Draw at
the end of January. Catherine Lyons has agreed
to be in charge of this for another year. We would
encourage all members to buy a Déise Draw
Ticket and to encourage all they know to do the
same.
CHRISTMAS DRAW
The winners of the Christmas Draw were as
follows:
€200 Voucher from Morrisseys Super Value
(Sponsored by Paddy Foleys)-John O’Brien
Hand Made Quilt Set- Paul Sheehan.
Emerald Tce.
Drinks Hamper- Buddy Power Snr.
Fruit Hamper-Layla Topkaya.
Hallaghans Chemist Hamper- John
Mansfield.
BAG PACK
We would like to thank Morrissey’s Super
Valu for allowing us to have our Christmas Bag
pack in their store. We would like also like to
thank all our members who helped out on the 4
days and also the Super Valu costumers who
gave so generously.
SYMPATHY
The Club extends its deepest wishes of sorrow to the families of Sean Ormonde and Sean
Power. Sean Ormonde’s son John won Minor
and u-21 championship with the Club and Sean
Power’s nephew Aidan Connolly was Junior
Football Captain last year.
PARENT INFORMATION NIGHT
This important event will take place on
Thursday, 30th January at the Cub Grounds at
7.30 p.m. We are asking all parents to come
along and meet and greet their child’s coaches
and to see and avail of the benefits of Club
Membership. On the night we will talk to you on
all aspects of Club Membership and would love
to hear any new ideas or suggestions.
LOTTO
This week’s LOTTO is over €16,000. We
would like to thank anybody who has supported
the LOTTO over the years. Tickets can be bought
at Ard Scoil Bingo, Lynchs Greengrocers,
Countrystore, Walshs Spar, Paddy Foleys and
Hallahans Chemist, Queallys Bar or from committee member. We would ask all members to
encourage all they can to support the LOTTO.
QUIZ
This week we are having Questions on the
Senior club, and again we would ask you to send
your answers to the PRO BY EMAIL patk.cappoquin@yahoo.ie.
1. Who were Dungarvan’s opponents in the
1983 Minor Hurling County Final.
2. What was the final score in the above
match.
3. What year did Dungarvan defeat
Roanmore to become County Junior Football
Champions.
4. Where were the Club Grounds before the
club moved to Clogherane.
5. What was unique about the u-21 Western
Football final win in 1984.
WLR/GRANVILLE HOTEL GAA AWARDS
Well done to the county minors who won this
award on Saturday night and yet again well done
to our three lads Gavin, Patrick and Kevin on a
marvellous achievement. It just goes to show that
all the hard work pays off.
LOTTO NUMBERS
The lotto numbers: 15, 24, 27, 29. No winner.
The winner of the €100 was Jackie Power. Next
week’s Jackpot is €16,200.
Kill
Kill
6k DIRT TRACK CHALLENGE
This Sunday, 19th January sees the first of
three fun runs around the paths, boreens and
fields of Kill. Last year proved a great success
and we are hoping to build on it this time around.
Registration gets underway at 11 am in the G.A.A
Centre with the run/race starting at 11:30 am.
Entry fee is €6, and it's €3 for school kids who
wish to do the 2k course. Refreshments will be
served afterwards and everyone who participates
is in with a chance of winning a spot prize.
If you can't make it this Sunday don't worry we
have another 2 days out. Sunday, 2nd and 9th
February. We ask all our stewards to be in the
GAA grounds by 10:50 am at the latest.
BEST WISHES
To football goalie, Kieran Dunphy, as he
heads to foreign shores this week. Like many,
Kieran is heading to New Zealand for a few
months to try out the climate etc. We hope he
enjoys his time there and we hope to see him
back for the later stages of the championship in
August/September.
CLUB LOTTO
The jackpot worth a massive (6th January) in
REMEMBERING OTHER DAYS – This week we again go back to 1993 to show the Dungarvan GAA team that went to Féile. On July 3rd they defeated Mt. Sion in the County Final with
a score of 4-6 to 2-1 . TEAM L to R Back Row: Pat Curran, Seamus Kiersey, Michael Ahearne, Martin Power, Brian Shanahan, Donie Kelleher, James Burke, Bert Ahearne, Con Hayes,
Kieran McCarthy, Owen Mansfield, Richie Harty, Pat Collins. Middle Row Lto R, Chris Meehan, Jason O’Mahoney, Alan Harney, Graham Nagle, Michael Power, Dermot O’Shea, Diarmuid
Keating, Alan Harty, David Morrissey, John Flynn, Damien Walsh. Front Row Left to Right: John Ahearne, Martin McGovern, Mark Shanahan, Justin Houlihan, Declan Byrne, Derek Truman
and Alan O’Brien.
Dunphy’s Bar. We had no 'match 3's' either so
the two lucky dip prizes went to Joan Power,
Ballingarry and Thomas Mooney, Dunabrattin.
Each receive €25. The numbers drawn were 7,
9, 10 & 18. The next draw will be in Kirwans.
Remember it's €2 a ticket or 3 for €5.
G.A.A NATIONAL CLUB DRAW
Croke Park have very kindly sponsored all the
prizes for a nationwide draw for all the GAA clubs
throughout the country. Tickets cost €10 for this
one off draw with the money going direct to the
club. No costs are incurred, so the more tickets
we sell the more we make, 100% profit guaranteed.
Prizes Include: trip for 2 to the 2014 international rules in Australia; travel vouchers, all
Ireland weekend package, corporate box tickets
for concerts, trip to New York, shopping vouchers
etc. All the moment committee members and
some players are on the prowl selling the tickets
and we would ask all our members to support
them and purchase one. The draw takes place
on St.Patricks Day at the All-Ireland club finals.
WELCOME BACK
All in the club is delighted to see Ben
Gallagher back in the club after a years stint with
senior club Roanmore. A great addition to Kill
footballers and Fenor hurlers.
BIG DEVELOPMENTS
As everyone knows now the big news story in
East Waterford GAA circles last week was the
joint forces of Kill and Fenor in hurling and football for 2014. These eleventh hour negotiations
came to light the weekend before last and it sees
Kill not fielding a hurling ryan and Fenor not fielding a football team with both clubs assisting each
other in the respective codes.
It was no secret that Kill have been struggling
with numbers in the hurling department over the
last 12 months and with the 3 Burns brothers
gone to Dunhill, Stevie Kirwan on the injury list
and Kieran Dunphy gone to New Zealand it was
going to very challenging to say the least for
2014. While I can't speak for Fenor they were in
a similar situation regarding football and so the
clubs put their heads together and come up with
a sensible solution. Naturally, Kill would have to
be in a position to field a hurling team but we are
living in challenging times and it's a trend that will
continue in the years ahead I'm afraid. Transfers
were lodged last Friday to the Board and with 25
requests in, these were mainly for insurance purposes so realistically the club will only have 10/11
hurlers involved with Fenor. So, interesting timed
indeed for all concerned, and let's hope both
clubs can gel and make it work for 2014 at least.
Brickey
Brickey Rangers
Rangers
LOTTO
Last week’s lotto was held in The Local.
Numbers drawn were 3- 21- 24- 27. There was
no winner of the €7,050 jackpot. €25 winners
were Mary McGrath, Ring, Dano Murray, J. J.
Sheehan, and Terence Condon. Next week’s
draw will be held in The Enterprise, where the
jackpot will be €7,200. Tickets €2 each and can
be bought from the usual promoters and outlets.
SYMPATHY
The sympathy of the club is extended to the
Ahearne family, Boreenatrá on the death of Elsie
in the past week. May she rest in peace.
JUVENILE NOTES
Football Training: Football training has commenced this year for 11 year olds up to under 14
on Monday night at 7 p.m. in Bushy Park. All
players to be ready to start at 7 p.m., gumsheilds
mandatory.
Helmets: The club has a number of helmets
for sale at a subsidised rate. Contact Joanie on
0872310220 for same.
First Aid Course: A first aid course will take
place in Bushy Park on Saturday, 21st January
from 09.30 until 4 p.m. Any coach, mentor or parent who wishes to attend please let Joanie know
asap.
Garda Vetting: It will become mandatory this
year that all adults involved with coaching children will need to be garda vetted. Any one of the
coaches who has their vetting completed please
provide a copy to Aoife Landers for reference. If
any of the coaches have not completed the forms
then an application form can be obtained from
Aoife.
New Members: The club always welcomes
new members and it is planned to hold an open
morning for all intending members in February.
Details will be circulated nearer to the date.
Modeligo
INDOOR HURLING COACHING ROTA
The following coaches are asked to please
attend the Indoor hurling sessions for the kids on
the following two Friday nights, and as per the
rota, with the first named person asked to take
responsibilty for opening and locking the hall on
Friday evening. Again, if any of the coaches cannot attend for any reason, please ensure that you
notify another coach to take your place.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 17th: John Fitzgerald;
Tom O'Byrne; Shane Reddy & Michael Troy.
HURLING HELMETS AVAILABLE
The club will have a limited supply of
AZZURRI Hurrling helmets (Medium sized) now
available for sale. These helmets will be available
on a first come, first served basis. It is a requirement that all kids attending the Indoor hurling
sessions wear a helmet when playing in the hall
at all times, but also, when the evenings get
bright again in the Springtime, helmets will also
have to be worn on the playing field, so buying
now at the reduced rate makes sense. For more
details, contact Micheal Power, or any of the
coaches from the Indoor sessions.
WATERFORD MINOR HURLING
CALENDARS
Our Juvenile club, Naomh Brid, have 2014
Calendars featuring the Waterford Minor Hurlers
All-Ireland success are still available, priced €10
each, with all proceeds going towards the
Waterford GAA Players training funds. Please
contact Micheal Power, to order your copy now!
WATERFORD MINOR HURLERS
Following on from the Waterford Minor Hurlers
All-Ireland success, the great achievement of
2013 was rewarded yet again on Saturday night
when the squad were announced as the overall
winners of the WLR fm Granville Hotel GAA
Sports Stars Award, which once again, proved
what an impact their win had in the county.
It was the second big weekend for the Minors,
who had received their All-Ireland medals on the
previous Saturday night at a function in The
Woodlands Hotel in Waterford. Congratulations
once again to all the lads who were part of the
panel, including Tom Devine, who was also nominated as an individual monthly award winner for
the overall Granville Hotel GAA Award, having
been recognised for his excellent performances
throughout the month of April for the Friary,
Dungarvan Colleges, and both the Waterford
Minor Hurling and Football sides.
NAOMH BRID ANNUAL FUNDRAISING
TABLE QUIZ!
Naomh Brid are again holding a fundraising
Table Quiz this year, as they have been over the
past few years. However, this time around, it has
been pushed out a little further into the new year,
taking place instead on Friday, February 7th,
2014 in Deckies. The event kicks off at 9 p.m.
SHARP! All proceeds raised will go towards our
Juvenile Club to fund the playing year ahead.
Please spread the word and also come along
and support them as this is one of their main
fundraising events for the year. Also, if anyone
would like to contribute or sponsor a spot prize
for the raffle to be held on the night, it would be
greatfully accepted and most appreciated.
Further details of this event will follow over the
weeks ahead
NA DEISE LADIES FOOTBALL CLUB
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
It’s a busy weekend for Na Deise Ladies
Football Club next weekend, as they are again
holding holding a fundraising Cake Sale on
Saturday evening next after mass in Touraneena,
and any donations of cakes, pastries, buns or
breads for this fundraiser would be greatly appreciated.
Then on the next day, Sunday, January 19th,
the club hold their Annual General Meeting in
Modeligo Community Centre, starting at 7 p.m.
The meeting is open to all, and anyone willing to
lend a hand for the year ahead or to become
involved with the local club should feel welcome
to come along.
Tallow
SPONSORED BY McGRATH'S PHARMACY, TALLOW
AGM
The Annual General Meeting of CLG Tulach
an Iarainn took place last Friday evening with a
good mixed attendance of young and old where
club matters over the previous twelve months
were dissected and discussed.
The day-to-day accounts were presided over
and presented in the usual efficient manner by
our excellent treasurer Mairead Sheehan and
these painted a picture that is in tune with the
overall picture of the town and the country ie a
difficult 2013 but with renewed hope for 2014.
Less income from sponsorship, club Lotto and
membership meant an overall deterioration of our
financial position by about €5,000 from the end
of 2012. Careful resource and financial management and spending cuts have meant that the
impact of that reduced income has not been felt
as keenly as it could have been.
The Lotto account, presented by Fiona
McDonnell and Donna Buckley showed reduced
sales and increased prizemoney given out
throughout 2013 which led to a reduced contribution to the running of our club in 2013. There
were four jackpots won in 2013 totalling over
€20,000 in prizemoney. Chairman Denis Tobin
expressed thanks to Mick Kearney for his continued generosity in sponsoring the Lotto.
The Deise Draw account was again carefully
managed and maintained by David O’Brien and
he reported a slight decrease in sales but
expressed confidence that he could hold the
numbers he had. This would continue the excellent contribution of the Deise Draw to the development fund of the club and to paying the everincreasing County Board levy which at this stage
makes the temporary Sean Quinn insurance levy
look like a short-term fix.
Chairman Denis Tobin, in his address to the
meeting gave a report on playing matters and
expressed his thanks to all his assistants and fellow board members for their help during the year.
The majority of the outgoing executive mem-
bers were re-elected with Finn McCarthy being
elevated to the position of vice-chairman.
SPONSORSHIP
CLG Tulach an Iarainn is delighted to
announce that McGrath's Pharmacy, Tallow are
the new principal sponsors of Tallow GAA club.
They are a long established business in the town
providing service and employment to countless
Tallow people over the years and we thank
Roger and Helaine McGrath for their generous
support.
MEMBERSHIP
Members of CLG Tulach an Iarainn are kindly
reminded to renew their membership for 2014.
Please contact Lindsay Murphy or any member
of the executive.
GAA NATIONAL CLUB DRAW
Tickets are now available for the GAA
National Club Draw with tickets available at €10
from any committee member. While we realise
that club members and supporters are hardpressed at this time of year, the array of prizes
on offer is extremely tempting. Trips to Australia,
Boston and New York are among the fantastic
prizes available. It must also be stressed that
every penny of your €10 goes to your local GAA
club.
CONGRATULATIONS
Congratulations to Stuart Barry on his recent
marriage to Aileen Courtney from Castlehaven.
COMHBHRON
On behalf of Tallow GAA Club we extend our
sympathy to the Flynn family of Ballinlovane,
Ballyduff Upper, Co. Waterford, on the recent
death of Owen Flynn. Ar dheis Dé ro raibh a
anam.
CONGRATULATIONS
Congratulations to Niamh Mulcahy on her
recent engagement to Kilkenny man P.J.
Delaney.
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Ardmore
MINOR FOOTBALL TRAINING
Minor football training started off last Sunday
under the management team of Dan Carlton,
Conor O'Shea and Alan North. It is great to see
current players taking on these roles in the club
and also good to see former club player, Alan
North coming on board. Full attendance is now
required going forward at training.
SOCIAL TICKETS
Only a few weeks to go to our Social which is
taking place in the Park Hotel. Tickets are available at €30 each from Tom Cronin, Declan
Prendergast and Thomas Power. Music by Bog
the Donkey.
U-21 TRAINING
The U-21s head back to the field for training
is our U-21s. Training under Manager Adrian
O'Donnell will commence on Friday, January
17th, 2014 at 7.30 p.m.
GRANVILLE AWARDS
Well done to Michael Cronin and the
Waterford Minor team on winning the Granville
Sports award for 2013.
ARDMORE GAA LOTTO
January, 13th, 2014 at the Tobar Bar. No winner of the €10,000 jackpot. The numbers drawn
were: 7, 9, 11, 16. Five winners of €20 each
were: Mary Foley, c/o Quinns; Michael Lynch, c/o
Keevers Bar; Kevin Burke, c/o Quinns; Catherine
Geaney, c/o Quinns; Noelle and Fiona, c/o
Round Tower Hotel. Next week’s lotto jackpot of
€10,000 will be at Flemings Bar.
GAA CLUB NOTES
Sliabh
Sliabh gCua/
gCua/
St.
St. Mary's
Mary’s
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
20th January – Touraneena Running Group.
Kirwan Park at 20:00.
4th February – SFL Waterford V Clare. Fraher
Field, Dungarvan at 14:00.
15th February – SHL Tipperary V Waterford.
Semple Stadium, Thurles at 19:00 (this will be the
opening game of the NHL (Saturday Evening).
MEMBERSHIP
Club membership is now due. Player’s €40.
Non Player €20. Student & O.A.P’s €10. Family
€50
*A family consists of 2 parents and all children
U-16.
*Anyone over the age of 16 is considered a
student, player or non player.
Just a reminder to supporters that anyone
who wants to participate in the Parish Divisional
games during the August Bank Holiday weekend
will have to be a member of the club.
TOURANEENA
RUNNING GROUP
A big thank you to everyone who turned up on
Monday night for our run. After 1 or 2 more
weeks, people are going to find their proper pace
and really enjoy improving each week. Again, the
main objective of the run is focused on the construction of a running track around Kirwan Park.
Once the track is in-place, it will benefit parents, children and grand-children forever. It will
be a safe and secure place to exercise in the winter nights and parents can easily monitor their
children.
Our only rules for our running league are:
• Hi Vis Vest is essential - no hi vis, no run.
Headlamp advised!!
• Over 16’s only.
• Runners participate at their own risk.
• €2 per night.
Again, this run is aimed at getting people out
running so we want to see new beginners each
week. Please bring along a friend!!
For more information contact Claire Fitzpatrick
on 086 8932976, Aiden Fitzpatrick on 083
4228778, Maria Gleeson on 087 3234709 or
Mush Keane on 087 9634993.
FITNESS
TRAINING SCHEDULE
All players should have their time for their fitness training schedule this Sunday. If you did not
receive your time or are unsure about it, please
contact John Hallinan on 087 6507227.
CLUB NOTES/FACEBOOK/TWITTER
UPDATES
Please note that if anyone would like
news/information included in our Club
Notes/Facebook/Twitter Updates, they can do so
by: Tel/Txt : 087 9634993, E-mailing - sliabhgcuapro@hotmail.com or by private message
through facebook
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
We would like to extend our Birthday greetings to Mike Murray, Bert Ahearne & Royco Ware
who will be all celebrating during the week.
Happy Birthday lads!!
SLIABH gCUA LOTTO
Both lotto jackpots are very generous at the
moment. Tickets are available for a mere €2 from
local shops, pubs and from each committee
member. Draw takes place each Sunday night.
Contact any member for tickets.
SPORTS
PREDICTION 2014
Our 2014 Prediction Quiz is now launched.
Entry fee is dropped to €15 or you may enter
twice for €20. Prizes will be €800, €150, €100,
€50 and 5 free entries for next year.
Prediction cards can be bought online at sliabhgcuastmarysgaa.com or purchased from
Mike Murray (087) 7428032, J. P. Fitzpatrick
(086) 1909980, Mush Keane (087) 9634993 or
any committee members.
Closing date is 26th January and no late
entries can be accepted.
FANCY A TRIP TO AUSTRALIA FOR THE
2014 INTERNATIONAL RULES SERIES??
First prize in the new GAA draw is Match tickets, flights and accommodation to the 2014
International Rules Series in Australia. A dream
come true for most people. Other prizes include
a trip to New York for Paddy’s Day in 2015, All
Ireland Tickets that include corporate hospitality
and accommodation.
Also up for grabs are travel vouchers, shopping vouchers and much much more.
Tickets are a mere €10 and are available from
anyone at the Sliabh gCua/St. Mary’s GAA Club.
Contact Mike Murray (087) 7428032, J. P.
Fitzpatrick (086) 1909980, Mush Keane (087)
9634993 to secure your tickets.
NAOMH BRID
TABLE QUIZ
Naomh Brid will again be holding a fundraising
Table Quiz, as they have been over the past few
years. However, this time around, it has been
pushed out a little further into the New Year, taking place instead on Friday, February 7th, 2014
in Deckies. The event kicks off at 9 p.m. SHARP!
All proceeds raised will go towards our Juvenile
Club to fund the playing year ahead.
Please spread the word and also come along
and support us as this is one of our main
fundraising events for the year. If anyone would
like to contribute or sponsor a spot prize for the
raffle to be held on the night, it would be gratefully
accepted and most appreciated. The Quiz
always promises to be a bit of craic, and never
disappoints so please come along, bring a few
friends and be part of the fun!
HARTY CUP
QUARTER-FINAL
Best of luck to Dungarvan CBS when they
take on Cork side, Hamilton High School from
Bandon on Wednesday 15th. The match takes
place in Castlemartyr at 1:30.
DEEPEST
CONDOLENCES
The Club would like the offer their sincere
sympathy to the Foley family, Kilcooney on the
sad and untimely death of Patricia during the
week. To her husband Tom, sons Thomas,
Simon and John, and her daughters Joanne,
Louise and Katrina, along with their families we
extend our deepest condolences.
Clonea
MEMBERSHIP
Reminder that 2014 membership is now due.
Non players €30, Players €50, Players Under 21
and Minor €30. All players are asked to ensure
that they are fully paid up before 31st March 2014
CARDS
Winners last week were Sean Roche and Ger
Power. Cards continue this Thursday night in
Clancys at 9 p.m. Jackpot is €200.
CLONEA
CAMOGIE
Indoor Camogie: Indoor Camogie continues
every Wednesday night from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. for
girls born in 2006 and 2007. Cost is €3 per player
and Indoor Hurleys will be provided.
Membership: Membership for the 2014 can
now be paid. At €15 per player this represents
fantastic value for money and gives your child an
opportunity to play the fastest growing ladies
sport in Waterford.
Registration forms and more details available
from Kevin on 086-2215401.
All players must be fully registered members
of Clonea Camogie club to train and take part in
games. If there are parents with girls, of any age,
who have an interest in playing Camogie please
contact Kevin Barry on 086-2215401.
CLONEA JUVENILE
HURLING BLOTTO
Next draw is 25th January 2014 and jackpot
is now €3,900. Please support us.
MEMBERSHIP
Membership at €15 per player is now due for
2014. All players must be fully paid up members
to participate in training and games. Membership
forms are available from Kevin on 086-2215401.
CONDOLENCES
The Club wishes to offer its condolences to
the Cahill family, Clonea, on the sad passing of
Mary recently.
UNDER 15 HURLING
Our Under 15’s are in action next Sunday with
two Super Touch games in Leamybrien.
INDOOR HURLING
Indoor Hurling every Friday in the
Rathgormack Hiking Centre. All children MUST
be in Primary school. Times are 6 pm to 7 pm for
children born in 2008 and 2009, 7 pm to 8 pm for
children born in 2007 and 2006 and 8 pm to 9 pm
for children born in 2005 and 2004. Cost is €3 per
session. Players must bring their own Helmets
and a drink.
Indoor Hurling for girls born in 2006 and 2007
every Wednesday from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Any
queries contact Roisin on 087-2472007.
Kilgobinet
SYMPATHY
The club would like to extend its sympathy to
the Hickey family, Ballyneety on the death of
Elizabeth recently. May she rest in peace.
CONGRATULATIONS
The club would like to congratulate Ricky
Keane and Niamh Wall on their recent engagement. Ricky was one of the stars of the 02, 03
winning Co. finals teams.
A new national club draw has been introduced
this year. All the prizes are sponsored by Croke
Park and all proceeds from the draw stay in the
club. Tickets are €10 each and are available from
all committee members.
The draw will take place on St. Patrick’s Day,
please support this draw if you can as it will be a
great source of income for the club. The prizes
are all substantial and are as follows;
1. A trip for two to get behind the Irish team for
the International Rules series in Australian 2014.
The complete package for two includes match
tickets, airline tickets and accommodation.
2. The Ultimate Football package 2014. The
complete package for two includes All Ireland
Football Final tickets, All Stars banquet tickets
and airline tickets to Boston for the All Stars 2014
tour complete with hotel accommodation.
3. Two Corporate Box tickets for a concert of
your choice in Croke Park in 2014 with pre-con-
cert hospitality.
4. Travel voucher to the value of €1,500.
5. All-Ireland Football Final package 2014.
The complete package for two includes
Corporate Box tickets to the All Ireland Football
Final with pre match lunch and corporate hospitality and overnight accommodation for two
nights (Saturday & Sunday one room) in a Dublin
hotel. Dinner for two in a top Dublin Restaurant
on the Saturday evening is also included in this
package.
6. All Ireland Hurling Final package 2014. The
complete package for two includes Corporate
Box tickets to the All Ireland Hurling Final with pre
match lunch and corporate hospitality and
overnight accommodation for two nights
Saturday & Sunday one room) in a Dublin Hotel.
Dinner for two in a top Dublin Restaurant on the
Saturday evening is also included in this package.
7. Shopping voucher to the value of €1,000 at
a retailer of your choice.
8. All Ireland Football & Hurling Final package
2014. The complete package for two includes
Premium tickets for the All Ireland Hurling and
Football Finals with overnight accommodation
(one room) for one night for both weekends in a
Dublin hotel.
9. Two Premium tickets for a concert of your
choice in Croke Park in 2014. 10. A trip for two to
New York for St. Patrick’s Day 2015 which
includes airline tickets and three nights hotel
accommodation.
Any of these would be a great prize if your
name was pulled out, best of luck to all who purchase these tickets.
HALL AND GYM
The hall and gym are open and available for
bookings. Bookings can be made for all parties:
Communions, Confirmations, birthdays etc as
well as for sporting activities. For all details please
contact Mary: 0872813935.
SPEEDY RECOVERY
The club would like to wish Kieran Byrnes a
speedy recovery from his recent surgery. We
hope to see him fit and ready for this year’s Club
Fun Day!
SOCIAL
We are bringing back our Annual Social after
a break last year. It will be held in the Park Hotel
on Saturday, 8th February.
More details to follow next week and our tickets will also be available next week from all committee members. Keep an eye on the club
Facebook for up to date details also.
St.
St. Patricks
Patricks
CARDS –
PROGRESSIVE 45 – 9/1/14
Winners: Michael Beresford ands Donal
Fraher. Runners-Up: Cora Kiely and Eibhlin
Drohan, Tom Byrne and Pat Knightly. Lucky
Table: Cait Quinlan and Bridget Flynn
AGM
The club held its AGM on Sunday last, 12th
January, 2014 in the Kilgobinet Centre and our
officers for 2014 are as follows:
Chairperson: Michael Walsh; Vice Chairman:
Mary Fahey; Secretary: Shane Hallahan
Treasurer: Garvin Riordan; PRO: John Kiely;
Membership Officer: Don Nix; Childrens Officer:
Mary Fahey Deise Draw Co-ordinator: Marian
Dennehy.
Management team will be finalised at our next
meeting to be held on Tuesday, 21st January, at
7 pm.
INDOOR HURLING
Monday Nights: U-7 6.30 – 7.30; U-8 7.30 –
8.30; Saturday U-8 2 pm. All of these training
sessions are held in the Kilgobinet Centre.
Lismore
MAIN SPONSOR EAMONN’S PLACE
LOTTO RESULTS
There was no winner of this week’s draw held
on Monday, 13th January. The drawn numbers
were: 8, 10, 22 & 24. The consolation winners
were: Pat Foley, Jamie Alcock, Caroline
Hornibrook and John Heneghan Jr. Next week’s
jackpot is €20,000.
Naomh Brid
TABLE QUIZ
We are holding a Fun Quiz in Deckies Lounge
Modeligo on Friday, 7th Feb. at 9 p.m. Teams of
four. All ages are welcome – From 9 to 90!
Reductions for schoolchildren. Raffle also on
night. All support greatly appreciated.
UPCOMING EVENT
The Under 8/ Under 9 Indoor Tournament
commences shortly.
In previous years we have travelled to
Ballyduff Upper. This is a well established tournament, being well managed with referees on
duty for each game.
This a great introduction for the boys.
It runs from 10 until 12.30 each Saturday in
February and covers football and hurling.
Under 8 for first two weeks, Under 9 for
second two weeks.
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Villierstown beaten by Fews in the E Final of the Allianz Cumman na mBunscol Western
Primary Schools Boys Football Championship played in Dungarvan GAA Grounds.
Details for this years tournament should be
out soon.
GUMSHIELDS / MOUTHGUARDS
Gumshields are compulsory for all football
games.Players must ensure to have their
gumshields for training and competition.
St.Anne's
AnnesCamogie
Camogie
St.
and
& Football
Football
REGISTRATION NIGHT
Our Club Registration Night takes place on
Monday, 3rd February 2014 in Dunhill GAA
Centre between 7 pm and 8 pm. We look forward
to seeing you all there.
PRESENTATION NIGHT
Our Club Presentation Night is on Saturday,
18th January at 8.30 pm in Harney's Pub, Dunhill.
This will be a night which will remind us of our
fantastic achievements during 2013 and we will
also be joined by Dunhill GAA for the presentation of their medals too. It will be a great night
and we hope to see you all there.
Ballymacarbry
Ballymacarbry
Ladies
Ladies
Football
Football
The Ballymacarbry Ladies Football Club will
hold a Church Gate collection this coming weekend on Saturday, 18th January in Fourmilewater
Church and on Sunday, 19th January in The Nire
Church. Any support is greatly appreciated.
The AGM for Ballymacarbry LGFC will take
place this coming Sunday, 19th January in the
Community Centre at 6.30 pm. All players, parents, mentors and any new people who may be
interested in joining the club or helping out are
welcome to attend.
As another new year begins we are glad to
announce that the Underage training has begun
again. It will take place every Thursday from 6-7
in the Community Centre. It is €3 per child or €5
per family. All children from Junior Infants up to
6th Class are welcome. Gumshields are compulsory and need to be worn by all girls. All new players are welcome to attend and join in the fun.
Fourmilewater
MINI LOTTO
No jackpot winner. Numbers drawn were: 15,
18, 19. Next week’s jackpot €600. Match 2 number winners: Aine Moore, Deepark; Eddie Ryan,
Knockadola; Mary O’Gorman, Glasha; Eileen
and Aileen McGrath, Nire Road; Niall Morrissey,
Knockadola.
45 CARD DRIVE
Played at Doocey’s Oriel Bar on Friday night,
10th January. Winners: Oliver O’Hara and James
Gough; Michael Power and Richard Harte.
Lucky tables x 2: Mai Kennedy and Nellie
Nugent; John O’Gorman and Michael Ahern.
John
John Mitchells
Mitchels
INTERMEDIATE FOOTBALL
We are now awaiting the dates for the league
and the structure of the groups for the championship. Now is the time for players to start individual training in preparation for a return to the
field next month.
There are some good rates in the local
Jimmy’s Gym. Contact Kieran
UNDERAGE
We held our AGM on Monday night. Details to
follow next week.
NEW BORN
Congratulations to Michael Doggy Power and
Julie on the birth of baby John over the
Christmas. I'm sure it made it an even more special time for all the family.
CLUB GEAR
Anyone still to collect orders can they please
contact Neil or Molly this week.
St. Olivers
CLUB LOTTO
This week’s winning number was 1 and the
winner was Ciaran Cotter.
MEMBERSHIP
2014 membership is now due and will be collected this Friday at training and at the Medal
Presentation night. Individual is €30 and Family
membership is €60. This year will see each
member/Family get a GAA ticket for the draw.
MEDAL NIGHT
We have our medal presentation night on this
Friday at 8 pm in Ballinameela Hall. Medals will
be given out for the success from 2013. All
welcome.
UNDER 8
We returned indoors last week and had a
great turn-out at training. There will be training
again this Friday from 18.30- 19.00. It will only be
30 minutes this Friday due to the medal presentation night.
UNDER 10
We returned indoors last week and this week
will be hurling training. There will be training again
this Friday from 19.00-19.30. It will only be 30
minutes this Friday due to the medal presentation
night.
UNDER 12
We returned indoors last week are back on
every Friday. There will be training again this
Friday from 19.30 - 20.00. It will only be 30
minutes this Friday due to the medal presentation
night.
MINOR
The Minor Championship starts off on the 2nd
February.
UNDER 21
The under 21 Championship begins on the
14th February.
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GAA CLUB NOTES
Geraldines
Geraldines
MEMBERSHIP
Membership is now overdue; the club needs
the finances in early to offset expenses like Team
Affiliations and Players Insurance. The club cannot play players who have not paid their membership as they are uninsured. This leads to an
issue with affiliating teams because if players do
not take up membership then they cannot play,
so should we bother affiliating certain teams at
all? Basically, if you are interested in playing and
want to be guaranteed a team to play on; pay
your membership to Steven Ronayne now. We
appreciate your co-operation.
PARK HOTEL
We have arranged with The Park Hotel that
all members would be able to avail of their Gym
facilities at a cost of €5 per visit. If you want to
improve your fitness before the serious training
begins, then this would be a good place to begin.
LOTTO
There was no winner of the lotto this week.
The numbers drawn were 2, 13, 17 and 29.
Winners of €20 were Evan Tobin, Ann Brien,
Fiona Tobin, Sophie and Dylan Mernin, Evan
Tobin. Next draw will take place on the 10th of
January and the jackpot is €3,950 and 3 tickets
for a €5. The draw will be in Kereen Bar.
FIT4LIFE
76 people showed up for the first Aglish Fit 4
Life, which is a huge number for the first night of
any event. To the 76 who turned up, well done,
to anyone thinking of doing it, head down to the
Aglish Community Hall at 7.30 pm, it will be great
fun. Due to the success of the first night, Aglish
Fit 4 Life is going to run on Tuesdays and
Fridays. Again, your level of fitness doesn’t matter, it the enthusiasm that counts. Participants
must wear Hi-vis vests, come along and bring a
friend with you, the more the merrier. More info
on Facebook aglishfunrun or 0868474285. Cost
is €2 per night with all money collected going to
the Children's Hospital, Crumlin.
GAA NATIONAL CLUB DRAW
The GAA has launched an initiative to raise
much needed funds for local clubs. These tickets
have been issued to players and committee
members, so if you want to be in with a chance
to win some superb prizes and support the club,
then get in contact with one of the lads. If you are
involved with the club and have not received tickets, then contact Declan, get your tickets and
start selling them. Do a bit of fundraising now and
be left alone for the rest of the year (maybe)!
These tickets will also be available at Hurley’s
shop.
Tickets cost €10 with some incredible prizes
including:
Trip to the 2014 international Rules series in
Australia. (2 persons, match tickets, airline tickets
and accommodation)
The Ultimate Football Package 2014. (2 persons, All-Ireland Football Final Tickets, All-stars
banquet and tour tickets to Boston)
2 Corporate Box concert tickets with pre-concert hospitality in Croke Park in 2014.
Travel Voucher to the value of €1,500.
All-Ireland Football Final package 2014. (2
persons, Corporate Box tickets, Corporate hospitality and 2 nights accommodation)
All-Ireland Hurling Final package 2014. (2 persons, Corporate Box tickets, Corporate hospitality and 2 nights accommodation)
Shopping Voucher to the value of €1,000 at a
retailer of your choice.
All-Ireland Football and Hurling Final package
2014. (2 Premium tickets and overnight accommodation for both)
2 Croke Park Premium concert tickets in
2014.
Trip to New York for St. Patricks Day 2015. (2
persons, airline tickets and 3 nights’ accommodation)
If there is anything that you would like to have
included in the notes, please contact me on 087
6495845.
AnGhaeltacht
Gaeltacht
An
BRONNADH NA MBONN DO 2013
Ba é Liam Ó Lonáin, peileadóir sinsear le Port
Láirge, a bhí mar aoi speisialta ar an 30ú Eanair
i Halla Pobail na Rinne. Bhí boinn peile an chontae le bronnadh ar na peileadóirí mionúir agus fé
16 agus boinn an Iarthair fé 16 le bronnadh
chomh maith. I láthair chomh maith, bhí cathaoirleach CLG na Rinne Noel Ó Murchadha agus
thug sé ardmholadh do imreoirí óga chlub na
Gaeltachta as a gcuid iarrachtaí i rith na bliana
agus mhol sé do gach éinne a bhí i láthair
smaoineamh air go bhfuil an imreoir is laige
chomh tabhachtacht leis an imreoir is láidre ar an
bpáirc agus níos tabhachtaí ná sin arís, an cairdeas a thagann as a bheith páirteach sa CLG.
Labhair Liam Ó Lonáin faoin obair dian atá ar
siúl ag na hoiliúineoirí sa chlub faoi aois agus
ghaibh sé buíochas as an tacaíocht atá á fháil ag
na scoileanna Gaeltachta ó chlubanna na Rinne
agus an tSean Phobail. Mhol sé na imreoirí óga
as a bheith páirteach in imeachtaí an CLG, atá
sláintiúil agus go dtabharfaidh sé chun cinn iad i
ngach gnéith den saol.
Tugadh aitheantas do Chriostóir Breathnach
agus Bryan Frinseach, a bhuaigh boinn uile
Éireann i 2013. Bhuaigh Criostóir boinn iomána
le Port Láirge, Coláistí na nDéise agus Scoil na
mBráithre. Bhuaigh Bryan bonn peile le Coláiste
Abhaistín. Tugadh aitheantas chomh maith do
Mheánscoil San Nioclás as cluiche leathcheannais iomána na Mumhan a shroisint don chéad
uair agus do Scoil Náisiúnta Bhaile Mhic Airt as
an craobhchomórtas a bhuachaint don chéad
uair le os cionn scór bliain. Aithníodh go raibh
mí-ádh ar Scoil Náisiúnta na Rinne sa chluiche
ceannais iomána i 2013.
Bhí iar-chathaoirleach Bord na nÓg an chontae Seán Breathnach i láthair agus aithníodh a
chuid oibre le blianta fada dílis don Chumann
Lúthchleas Gael sa chontae. Toghadh Seán mar
leas-chathaoirleach ar CLG na Rinne le deanaí,
mar sin is deas a fheiscint go mbeidh sé
gníomhach fós sa CLG. Labhair cathaoirleach
na Gaeltachta Tomás Mac Craith faoin obair cóitseála atá ar siúl faoi láthair acu siúd a thugann a
gcuid ama go fial flaithiúilach do aos óg an
cheantair.
Ar deireadh, tháinig laochra na hoíche aníos
chun a gcuid boinn a bhailiú ó Liam Ó Lonáin
agus d'aithin duine nó beirt duine fásta a bhí i
láthair go bhfuil cupla orlach ar a laghad sa bhreis
ag na lads óga seo thar a muintir rompu. Chuir
rúnaí na Gaeltachta Fionn Mac Giolla Chuda
deireadh leis an oíche agus mhaoigh sé do gach
éinne go mbeadh traenáil ag tosnú arís go luath
don pheil, mar go mbeidh na babhtaí den
gcraobhchomórtas ag tosnú go luath i Mí
Feabhra.
PEIL FÉ 8
Ba iad an dream is óige - geall leis - an dream
is luaithe ar an bhfód do 2014, nuair a thugadar
cuairt ar Pháirc Uile Aimsire an tSean Phobail
chun seisiún peile a dheanamh le Liam Ó
Lonáin. Bhí deichniúir i láthair ar an lá, ach tá súil
againn go mbeidh sé seo ag dul i méid.
CRUINNÍU CINN BHLIANA 2014
D'fhill an AGM ar an Rinn arís i 2014, tar éis
dó a bheith i bPáirc Cholmáin i 2013 agus bhí
slua maith ann ar an oíche. Chuir an cathaoirleach Tomás Mac Craith fáilte roimh na baill agus
léigh an rúnaí Fionn Mac Giolla Chuda miontuairiscí na bliana do 2013, leanta ag tuairisc an
rúnaí.
Ansin, bhí tuairisc bliaintiúil airgidis an chisteora á chur i láthair ag Stiofán Ó Cuirrín agus
tugadh ardmholadh do as a chuid oibre cruinn,
soléir.
Aithníodh go raibh roinnt mhaith
infheistíochta deanta i 2013 i dtreallamh agus go
raibh laghdú ar an ioncaim ó na bailiúcháin airgid.
Mholadh go mbeidh géarghá le coiste imeachtaí
sa chlub chun dul i gcabhair le fiontair dá shórt
agus le cúrsaí bídh do bhronntaí, blitzes &rl.
Thug an cathaoilreach óráid misniúil uaidh ag
feachaint siar ar 2013 agus chun cinn ar 2014
agus cuir sé dóchas i mbaill an chlub go mbainfimís an méad is fearr as an mbliain do aos óg
an cheantair agus go bhfaighimís breis-fuinneamh a chur isteach i gcúrsaí maoinithe an
chlub.
I dtoghadh na n-oifigeach, chuaigh na daoine
céanna chun cinn don cathaoirleacht, rúnaí agus
cisteoir. Cheapadh Seán Uada mar leaschathaoirleach ansin agus dúirt an rúnaí go
mbeadh sé sásta cúram an OCP a thógaint ar
féin arís do 2014, ach le cead tacaitheoir a
roghnú.
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ar Twitter @anghaeltachtclg agus ar ríomhphost:
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Stradbally
Stradbally
OPERATION TRANSFORMATION
Operation Transformation is in full swing at the
moment, with over 200 people registered so far,
the walks are on Monday and Wednesday nights
at 8 pm, and the circuit training will be taking
place on Friday nights in Sallyfort. This is a
tremendous success, so anyone can come along
at anytime and register, and fall in at any time that
will suit themselves. We would ask drivers to be
extra careful on those nights, as a lot of walkers
will be on the roads
MELISSA FENNELL
Well done to Melissa Fennell who is taking
part in the WLR Shape Up Challenge.
MINOR TRAINING
Minor training is well underway at the
moment, The first game is due to be played on
the 2nd February.
AGM
Our annual adult AGM was postponed last
Sunday, and will now take place on Friday
evening next at 8 p.m. sharp.
UNDERAGE AGM
A very successful Underage AGM took place
last Thursday night in the Club. Full details next
week,
LATE BRIGID CLANCY
It was with sad regret that we learned of the
death of Brigid Clancy. Brigid was a fantastic club
member over the years, and was always
involved in the running of the GAA Club. She will
be sadly missed, especially by her husband Dick
and family. May She rest in peace.
LADIES NOTES
Medal Presentation: Our medal presentation
night will take place this Saturday night 18th
January at 8:30 p.m. in Stradbally GAA club.
This is for our U-12, 15 and Minor champions
and also our U-13, 14 and Intermediate teams
who were runners up in their respective championships. We hope to see all the girls parents,
family and friends on the night as they receive
their county medal.
AGM: Our Ladies AGM will take place on
Thursday. 23rd January at 7:30 in the Stradbally
GAA Club. We encourage all present members
and new members who would like to get involved
with the club to attend.
Abbeyside/
Abbeyside/
Ballinacourty
Ballinacourty
JACK THE JOKER
Our popular Jack the Joker Fundraiser will
continue this Sunday night in Kennedy’s Live
where the Jackpot will be €8,154 as on Sunday
night Fintan Cliffe was drawn out of the drum and
picked card 23 but did not find the Joker, yet he
did win €50. Stephen O’Reilly and Dylan and
Jake Hehessey won €25 each.
JUVENILE MEDAL PRESENTATION
This Friday night our Juvenile Medal
Presentation will take place in St. Augustine’s
College at 8 p.m. 2013 was a fantastic year for
our Juvenile Section with many Western and
County Titles won and this promises to be a great
night.
As with all these presentation ceremonies we
will have a Guest of Honour to present the
medals, but this year we really have something
special, as this year we have a person who was
voted the best player in the world in her sport in
2013.
I speak, of course, of Niamh Briggs who has
graciously agreed to take time out of her busy
work and training schedule to join us on the night
and no doubt she will have some words of wisdom for our young players of the future.
CLUB BINGO
This Sunday our Club Bingo will move to the
Park Hotel at 8:30 pm where the jackpot is €850.
MEMBERSHIP
With a number of football Championships due
to get underway in the next number of weeks we
would ask that all players and indeed non-players
make a special effort to pay their membership to
our Membership Officer Kevin Tobin as soon as
possible.
CLUB SOCIAL
Our Club Social has been fixed for Saturday,
February 15th in the Park Hotel, and it promises
to be a great night where we will be presenting
medals to our victorious Senior and Under 21
Football teams and our Junior Hurling Team.
Tickets costing €25 can be ordered from Michael
Ferncombe, Kevin Tobin, Niamh Enright,
Jonathon Donovan, Tiernan Murray or Neil
Moore.
GAA NATIONAL DRAW
This year the GAA are staging a National
Draw with some truly fantastic prizes on offer.
The prize fund is being fully paid for by Croke
Park meaning that 100% of the money the club
makes from the draw will be kept by the club.
Tickets cost €10 each and are currently available
to purchase from any member of the Club
Committee or the Juvenile Committee.
CLUB COMMITTEE MEETING
There will be a meeting of the Club
Committee this Thursday night at 8 p.m. in the
Clubhouse.
Clais
Mhór/Cionn
Clais Mhór/Cionn
tSáile
Beag
tSáile Beag
GAA CLUB SOCIAL NIGHT
We are very much looking forward to our
upcoming GAA Club Social night which takes
place this Saturday night January 18th at The
Decies Bar, Clashmore beginning at 9 p.m. This
will be a night of celebration of the achievements
of the year past and as usual we will be joined by
the members of Clashmore Ladies Club as they
too celebrate their 2013 season. On the night we
will be presenting our Player-of-the-Year awards
to those most worthy players who led by example
during 2013. Musical entertainment will be provided on the night as well as finger food for all
patrons provided by our hosts at The Decies Bar.
There is of course no cover charge on the night
so no excuse for any of you not to come along
for what should be superb night of entertainment
for all patrons so we hope to see as many of you
as possible coming along on the night!
ON THE TRAINING FIELD
The 2014 season has kicked off for some of
our teams, namely our U-21 and Minor footballers, who are both back in training since last
week with early year championship starts for both
squads. Indeed our U-21 footballers are to play
a challenge in Clashmore on Saturday evening
next so for all of you supporters who are itching
to get back out there on the sidelines we hope to
see you coming along to get behind the lads
here. On a related topic we want to wish a swift
recovery to U-21 selector Michael O'Halloran
who got into a small altercation with a tackle bag
in training during the week and injured himself in
the process so we hope this doesn't hold you
back for too long Michael!
CLASHMORE/KINSALEBEG JUVENILE
GAA CLUB
Date for Your Diary - Club AGM: The juvenile club invites all members and interested parties to the club AGM which will take place next
week on Wednesday, January 22nd at 7:30pm
in the clubhouse. Hopefully we will get a large
crowd in attendance to review the year past and
plan for the next 12 months. There are exciting
times ahead for the juvenile club and we need as
many people involved with the club as we can
possibly get. The election of officers will take
place on the night and we strongly urge as many
parents, coaches and volunteers to make their
way to the AGM if possible.
Back to the Playing Fields: After the Winter
break some teams are already back training in
preparation for their respective championships
and it will be primarily football that will be the
focus for the next few weeks and months. Please
keep an eye on the notes, Facebook and Twitter
for updates re training and games.
CLGna
na Rinne
CLG
Rinne
TORTHAÍ LOTTO CLG NA RINNE 6/1/14
Níor bhuaigh aoinne an pota óir an tseachtain
seo caite. Uimhreacha - 4, 8, 17, 22. Bhuaigh na
daoine seo a leanas €20 an duine - Josephine
McIntosh, Ferdia Ó Ruairc, Ann Mulqueen,
Tomás & Áine Ní Fhaoláin, Seamas MacCraith.
Beidh €1,450 sa phota an tseachtain seo
chugainn agus is i dTigh an Cheoil a bheidh an
tarraingt.
Kilrossanty
Kilrossanty
CLOTTO SPONSORED BY KILL
AGRICULTURAL LTD
CLOTTO RESULTS
No winner of a Jackpot of €11,800 held in
Crotty’s Inn, Leamybrien, on 12/01/14 numbers
were 04, 06, 13, 21. €30 won by the following
people Pa Barron, Glendalligan; Anthony
Mulhearne, Mahonbridge. €30 sellers prize Liam
Brazil, Grawn Next. Clotto held in Miclin’s Bar,
Kilrossanty on 19/01/14 for a jackpot of €11,900.
CLUB SEASON TICKETS 2014
Club season tickets are currently on sale for
new members in Ger Wyley Sports Dungarvan.
The price for 2014 is €100 and €65 for senior citizens. Members who had season tickets in 2013
will be contacted with regards to renewal of their
tickets the sale of tickets shall continue while
stocks last but will cease on January 31st, 2014.
AGM
Kilrossanty GAA held their AGM Friday, 3rd
January, 2014 and the following positions were
appointed or reinstated: President Jimineen
Power; Vice President Honorary Presidents Fr.
John Delaney, Sean Baldwin Dinny O’Brien,
John Flynn, Paddy Dee, and Michael
Prendergast; Chairman Kevin Lonergan;
Treasurer Liam Brazil; Secretary Jason Dee;
Membership Darren Mulhearne; Field officers
Jimineen Power, Jason Dee, Sean Veale; Team
Managers Senior John Kiely; Junior Football Jim
Maher; u-21 Darren Mulhearne.
The club would like to thank our out-going
Chairman Pat Whyte for his time, hard work and
effort put in during the last seven years and we
wish Kevin Lonergan all the best in he's new
position as Chairman.
GYM
It’s great to see so many new faces for the
New Year why not call in and see our facilities
great value to be had as its only €100 for
Membership for the year
CLOTHES BANK
Clothes bank available in the GAA Field for
anyone who needs to get rid of unwanted clothes
SYMPATHY TO THE FAMILY OF SEAN
ORMONDE
The Kilrossanty GAA Club would like to
express their sympathy on the recent passing of
Sean Ormonde, Dungarvan. Sean a winner of
five County Medals in 1951 Sean played in opening rounds of the championship but he couldn’t
play in the final because of his exams in Friary.
Sean began his footballing career with the club
in forwards scoring a last minute goal to defeat
Kill in 1952 County Final in 1956 he won a
Phelan Cup medal defeating a Mount Sion team
0-8 to 0-4 and also in 1957 defeating De La Salle
on a scoreline of 1-05 to 0-6 points. He played in
goal against Mount Sion in the 1957 final defeating them 1-6 to 1-04 and against the Brickeys in
1960 keeping a clean sheet 1-3 to 0-5 points and
again in 1964 Ardmore giving a great performance in goal 2-3 to 0-8 points. Sean also played
in the County Final of 1966 they were defeated
by Kill on a scoreline of 0-7 to 1-2. Sean represented the club as assistant secretary, secretary
and a treasurer in the late 1960s to 1979 and a
Vice President in 1972. Sean was a selector on
a Railway Cup Football team that defeated
Leinster 0-10, Munster 2-14.
As a mark of respect a guard of honour was
formed by club. Pat Whyte on behalf of the
Kilrossanty GAA Club spoke a few words about
this great man.
Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam
JUVENILE NOTES
Annual membership day: On the 26th
January we hold our Annual Membership Day,
this will commence at 11:30 am. Membership
must be paidm it is compulsory. No Membership
No Game.
Scor: Anyone interested in participating in
Scor is also asked to attend Membership Day.
U-15 Hurling Blitz: In Leamybrien this
Sunday, 19th January please come along and
show your support.
Kilrossanty Ladies Football AGM:
Kilrossanty ladies will have their AGM on
Thursday, 23rd January in St. Bridget’s Hall. We
hope as many as possible will come along.
Na Déise
Deise Ladies
Ladies
Na
Footbll
Football
AGM
We will hold our AGM this Sunday, 19th
January, at 7 p.m. in Modeligo Community
Centre. We request one parent of each child to
attend the meeting. If anyone is interested in joining the club this year either as a player or a coach
you are also encouraged to attend.
CAKE SALE
This Saturday, there will be a cake sale held
after 7.30 Mass in Touraneena. If you wish to
bake cakes for the sale please have them there
for 7.20. The cake sale in Modeligo will be held
on Sunday, 2nd February after 10.00 Mass.
These cake sales are very important as there is
a lot of expenditure at this time of the year in the
club. As always, your support is greatly appreciated.
Shamrocks Ladies
Ladies
Shamrock
JUVENILE AGM
Our AGM will take place this Friday, January
17th) at the KGK Hall, Knockanore at 8 p.m.
sharp. All parents are asked to attend. Any senior
players who would like to aid in the development
of the juveniles for the coming season are also
asked to attend. We are hoping to extend the
panels this year and are looking at potentially
establishing an U-16 and minor panel. New
members are always welcome to aid us in the
development of the club. See you all on Friday!
Affane/
Affane/
Cappoquin
Cappoquin
CLUB LOTTO
The numbers drawn in our Club Lotto on
Monday, January 6th were 9-13 -20-27 and there
was no jackpot winner. The five €20 consolation
prize winners were: Martin Power, Belleville;
Shane Coughlan, Lacken; John Dalton Snr.,
Danesfield; Janet Spain, c/o James Morrissey
and Mike Tamplin, c/o Central Bar. This week’s
draw was held on Monday, January 20th.
THREE TO ANSWER
1. What star Waterford hurler was suspended in 1963 after winning the NHL for attending a soccer dance?
2, Who were the last Waterford club to win the
county Senior hurling and football double?
3, Who was manager of Derry when they won
the Sam Maguire Cup in 1993?
AFFANE/CAPPOQUIN GAA
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
The Affane/Cappoquin GAA club AGM took
place last on Sunday, January 5th in the Parish
Hall with a good crowd in attendance. The following officers were elected for 2014: Chairperson
Ned Heffernan; Vice Chairperson Maurice
Cahillane; Secretary Maria Scanlon; Assitant
Secretary James Lacey; Treaurer Not yet
appointed; PRO Michael Murray; School Liaison
Officer James
Lacey; Delegates to
County/Western Meetings - James Devine,
Tommy O’Sullivan and Michael Murray;
Committee:
All the above plus, Ursula
O’Rourke, Donal O’Rourke, Brian Murray,
William Scanlon, John Mansfield, Tom Mansfield,
Mark Mason, Geraldine Murray, Brian Curtin,
Sean Cullinane, Jack Mangan, Sham McCarthy,
Ollie Mangan, Aaron O’Sullivan.
AFFANE/CAPPOQUIN GAA
JUVENILE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
The Affane/Cappoquin Juvenile GAA club
AGM took place recently in the Parish Hall with
a good crowd in attendance with the highlight of
the year being the winning of the Western and
County Premier U-16 hurling titles. The officers
elected for the coming year are as follows:
Chairperson Jimmy Collender; Vice Chairperson
Breda O’Sullivan; Secretary Eilish Curran;
Assitant Secretary Brian Murray; Treaurer Gino
Lomano; Assistant Treasurers Anto Rooney/
Denise Meaney; PRO Michael Murray; School
Liaison Officer James Lacey; Delegates To
County/Western Bord Na nÓg Tommy O’Sullivan
and Michael Murray; Committee: All the above
plus, Geraldine Murray, Brian Curtin, Lar Lyons,
David Sheehan, Sean Cullinane, Pa Lyons, Jack
Mangan, Sham McCarthy, Ollie Mangan, Aaron
O’Sullivan.
TALKING HORSES
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Talking Horses
Upcoming Fixtures
Paddy Power
Dial-a-bet Chase
runner-up
Hidden Cyclone
bids to go one
bettter at Ascot
on Saturday
Thurles – Thursday, 16th January (First Race 1:15)
Dundalk – Friday, 17th January (First Race 6:15)
Naas – Saturday, 18th January (First Race 12:25)
Fairyhouse – Sunday, 19th January (First Race 12:50)
Fairyhouse – Wednesday, 22nd January (First Race 1:05)
Mullins stars as
favourites dominate
at Navan
LAST Sunday at Navan will be a day the bookmakers won’t be keen to
remember, as only a last fence exit prevented the favourites from winning all seven races on the card. Willie Mullins proved dominant, with
Ruby Walsh riding Aklan to win the 2014 Navan Membership Maiden
Hurdle and Un De Sceaux to win the Follow Navan On Facebook
Hurdle, whilst Patrick Mullins rode Milsean to win the Trim INH Flat
Race.
The most valuable race on the card was the Foxrock Handicap
Chase and it was the Terence O’Brien-trained She’s Got Grit that battled
her way to a ½-length victory under Adrian Heskin.
Lordan doubles up
at Dundalk
WAYNE Lordan was the man to follow on Friday evening’s card at
Dundalk, riding a double on the night. He got off the mark in the
Crowne Plaza Hotel Race & Stay Maiden, riding the Eddie Lynamtrained Not Your Call to a comfortable 1¾ lengths victory.
The Lordan brace was completed two hours later courtesy of the
thrilling success of the Willie McCreeery-trained Tetard in the Crowne
Plaza Leading Jockey & Trainer Championship Handicap, with the
four-year-old getting up in the last stride to score by a nose.
Moonlight Cloud
retires
Toner D'Oudairies and Bryan Cooper wins the Thurles Racecourse Supporters Club Chase (Listed) Thurles. [Patrick McCann]
Cooper scores for
Gigginstown at Thurles
BRYAN Cooper got his new
relationship with Gigginstown
House Stud off to the perfect start
at Thurles on Monday week last,
riding Toner D’Oudairies to win the
featured Listed Thurles Racecourse
Supporters Club Chase.
Trained by Gordon Elliott, the
seven-year-old was left in front at
the fourth-last fence and held on by
two lengths.
Elsewhere on the card, Willie
Mullins was in double form,
saddling the Ruby Walsh-ridden
Urano to win the thurles.ie Maiden
Hurdle and the Patrick Mullinsridden Beluckyagain to win the
Holycross Mares Flat Race.
THE sensational French mare Moonlight Cloud has been retired by her
trainer Freddie Head. The six-year-old failed to sign off her career with
a victory when she could only finish sixth in the Hong Kong Mile, but
before that had won three consecutive Group 1 races in France in sensational style.
Moonlight Cloud landed six Group 1 races in all and excelled at
Deauville, where she claimed three consecutive renewals of the Prix
Maurice de Gheest and a Prix Jacques le Marois, but perhaps her most
impressive display came in the Prix de la Foret at Longchamp in
October when she showed remarkable acceleration to score in spectacular fashion.
The Tullow Tank aims
for Leopardstown
THE Tullow Tank will have his next run in the Deloitte Novice Hurdle at
Leopardstown on February 9th before heading to Cheltenham in
March.
Philip Fenton's six-year-old has won his last four races, including two
Grade Ones in December, in the style of a rapidly-improving horse and
will now aim for a top-level hat-trick.
Solwhit ruled out
of Cheltenham
SOLWHIT has been ruled out of an attempt to retain his World Hurdle
title in March by his trainer Charles Byrnes. Byrnes stated: "He's not
going to Cheltenham and he will have to get a longer break. I don't
know if he will be back later in the year - we'll see, as it is not a serious
injury.”
Point-to-Point Fixtures 2014
JANUARY
Sat. 18th North Down (F) Kirkistown, Portavogie, Co. Down. L/H
Sun. 19th Killeagh (H) Knockane, Killeagh, Co. Cork. L/H
Sun. 19th North Kerry (H) at Tralee Racecourse Tralee, Co. Kerry. L/H
Sun. 19th Wexford (F) Moorfields, Ballinaboola, New Ross, Co. Wexford. L/H
Sat. 25th East Down (F) Tyrella, Downpatrick, Co. Down. R/H
Sun. 26th Dungarvan (H) Kilossera, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford. R/H
Sun. 26th North Tipperary (F) Lisboney, Nenagh, Co. Tipperary. L/H
Vautour and Paul Townend holding off Western Boy and Davy Russell to win "The Moscow Flyer Novice Hurdle" GR2 at Punchestown.
[Alain Barr]
Vautour Grinds It Out
At Punchestown
WILLIE Mullins took centre stage at
Punchestown on Saturday, completing a double that included the
featured Grade 2 Moscow Flyer
Novice Hurdle with the promising
Vautour. However, despite his start-
ing price of 1/4, Ruby Walsh had to
work hard on the five-year-old to
secure a ¾-length victory.
The winner is expected to be a
leading Irish hope in the Supreme
Novices’ Hurdle at the Cheltenham
Festival.
The Mullins double was completed
in
the
concluding
Punchestown Rated Hurdle, with
City Slicker grinding out a three
lengths victory.
SHARK Hanlon will definitely
run Hidden Cyclone, runnerup to Benefficient in the
Paddy Power Dial-A-Bet
Chase and the unsuccessful
subject of an appeal against
the result, in Saturday's
Sodexo Clarence House
Chase at Ascot.
The nine-year-old, who is a
11-2 chance for the weekend's big race with Paddy
Power, has twice picked up
some of Paddy's prize money
this season, having before
Leopardstown finished third in
the Paddy Power Gold Cup at
Cheltenham and the Carlow
conjuror thinks he may well
have a Queen Mother
Champion Chase horse on
his hands.
Hanlon said: “He'll definitely run and he came out of
Cheltenham well, but he's
come out of the Paddy Power
Dial-A-Bet Chase brilliantly
and very fresh and I'm very
happy with him as he's in
great form.
“The trip at Ascot will probably suit him because the
ground will be on the slow
side and from there I'm hoping that he will run well and
then we can go back to
England for the Queen
Mother Champion Chase.
“They didn't change the
Paddy Power Dial-A-Bet
Chase result, but it's very hard
for them to do that after the
decision on the day. I just
thought on the day if the two
horses had run to the line
straight, he would probably
have beaten him but it's water
under the bridge now and it's
onwards and upwards.”
Paddy
rates
Hidden
Cyclone a 10-1 shout for
Champion Chase glory.
Hanlon continued: “He'd
have to have a serious
chance on Saturday if we're
thinking of going for the
Champion Chase. There's no
Sprinter Sacre in there so
we'll find out how good the
horse is.”
SODEXO CLARENCE
HOUSE CHASE
Paddy Power: 5-4 Sire De
Grugy, 7-2 Somersby, 11-2
Hidden Cyclone, 9 Fox
Appeal, Special Tiara, 10
Days Hotel, Kauto Stone, 12
French Opera, 20 Oiseau De
Nuit, 33 Lancetto
QUEEN MOTHER
CHAMPION CHASE*
Paddy Power: 4-7 Sprinter
Sacre, 3 Sire De Grugy, 8
Captain Conan, Benefficient,
10 Hidden Cyclone, Al Ferof,
14 Baily Green, Dodging
Bullets,
Hinterland,
Kid
Cassidy, Arvika Ligeonniere,
16 Twinlight, Somersby, 20
bar
*Non Runner, Money Back
as with the Champion Hurdle,
World
Hurdle,
and
Cheltenham Gold Cup.
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ATHLETICS
20th ANNUAL ALLROUNDER SPORTS WINTER LEAGUE
Ann O’Donovan shows
how it’s done
Sean Curran of Grattan Square, Dungarvan and a member of West Waterford AC was the Combined
Credit Union’s Athlete of the Month Award Winner for the month of December, following his
achievement in taking 9th place in the All Ireland Cross Country U-17 event. From left: Pat Murphy,
St. Dominic Credit Union; Sean Curran, Robert Grace, Waterford Credit Union and Mary O'Mahony,
Lisduggan Credit Union.
[Aileen Drohan/Photozone]
MUNSTER CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS
Aoife Hamilton takes individual gold and
leads West Waterford to team gold
THE Munster Juvenile InterCounty Relays & Junior &
Senior
Cross
Country
Championships took place in
Cashel,
Co.
Tipperary
Sunday last and it was a most
successful day for West
Waterford’s Junior Ladies.
Aoife Hamilton wrote her
name into the Munster athletics history books when taking
a resounding win, a very well
deserved accolade for this
dedicated young lady who is
a great example for others
with her dedication to training.
Aoife collected 2 gold medals
on the day when leading her
club team to gold also. Cliona
Ryan another great youngster with bags of potential
proved her worth also
Sunday with a superb 3rd
place and a bronze individual
West Waterford Athletic Club Juveniles
Weather forces cancellation
of Juvenile Colligan Cup
THE Juvenile Colligan Cup
fell foul of last Sunday’s
heavy downpours and unfortunately we had to cancel the
event. We turned up on
Sunday ready to go and so
did a hardy bunch of young
athletes but at 1.00pm the
rain was at its heaviest and
the wooden bridge could
have doubled as a skating
rink so unfortunately we
made the decision not to run
the juvenile race. We hope to
have another date shortly for
this event.
EAST MUNSTER
SCHOOLS CROSS
COUNTRY
The East Munster Schools
Cross Country will be held in
W.I.T. Sports Campus,
Carriganore on Thursday,
January 30th with a 12.30
p.m. start. The entry forms
have been sent to the
schools.
Competition is
always keen in this event as
athletes have to qualify for the
Munster schools cross country. The first 15 and the first
three teams in each race will
qualify for the Munster
Schools Cross Country which
will be held in C.I.T. on
Thursday, February 13th and
the All Ireland will also be
Held in C.I.T. on Saturday,
March 8th.
If anyone is available to
help on Thursday, January
30th could they get in contact
with Mary Ashe.
Training will continue on
Mondays at 6 pm and
Wednesday and Friday at 4
pm for those competing in the
schools cross country.
MUNSTER SPORTS
STAR AWARDS
The annual Munster
Sports Star Awards will be
held in the Tower Hotel on
Saturday, January 25th at 8
p.m. West Waterford athlete
Mícheál Power will receive
the cross country award at
the banquet. If anyone is
interested in attending the
event, tickets €35 please contact Mary Ashe asap.
medal for her collection.
It didn’t end there as there
as with sterling performances
from Lucy O’Brien in 4th
place and Katie Hamilton 6th
the Ladies secured a famous
victory for West Waterford
AC.
Well done to there coach
Tony Shalloe and all their
mentors for there work with
this group of young athletes.
Gold for Gough at
combined events
JOE Gough West Waterford
AC celebrated his birthday
last Saturday in style when
taking gold in the masters
over 50 at the Woodies DIY
National combined events
championships which were
held at the AIT arena Athlone.
Joe had 3 firsts on the day, in
the 60 metres, the long jump
and the 1,000 metres clocking an excellent 3.02 here. He
also took 4th in the shot to
seal a gold medal winning
performance.
Aglish Fun
Run date set
SHORT COURSE LEAGUE
75 OUT of 91 runners all finish within a minute or our winner Ann O’Donovan
What a fantastic way to
start the Winter League in
2014, to predict your own
time! The clock started at 30
minutes and slowly but surely
the hall stared to empty out
with runners heading out the
Youghal road on their first
Winter League run this year.
The conditions were tough
with wind and rain however it
didn’t deter runners from taking on this challenge which
was a great race and very
tight at the finish line.
The winner on the night
was Ann O’Donovan who
clocked 0:00, well done Ann
super judgement! The top 5
runners faster than their predicted times were Angeline
Drennan
+1,
Eoghan
McCarthy +2, Majella Keogh
+2, Marie O’Donovan +2 and
Marian Kilduff +2. All of these
5 runners were within 2
seconds of Ann and judged
there run almost to perfection!!
The top 5 runners slower
than their predicted times
were Lisa O’Sullivan +3,
Eddie Dee +6, Tommy
Lenihan +10, Melissa Keith
+13 and Mairead Murphy
+15.
Well done, it’s not an easy
task and you came very
close. On another Nancy
Foley would have been
delighted with her run, running 3:45 faster than she
thought as would Ian Cliff
4:26, Stephan Lannon 4:54
and Bill Keevers 6:55, well
done ye were just running too
well!! There were 22 runners
slower than their predicted
time and 67 runners faster on
the night. 75 runners out of 91
all finished within a minute of
the winner Ann, so well done
to everybody on what was a
very close call.
AGNES MURPHY TAKES
THE SPOILS IN THE
LONG ROUTE
Congratulations to Agnes
Murphy who was first past the
Ann O'Donovan winner of the
short course guess your time
run at Wednesday nights 20th
Annual All rounder sports winter league.
post after the clock hit zero
last week and she hit the line
at exactly 0.00. Well done
Agnes. It was not easily
earned as there were so
many that were so close.
In fact, Nikki Kiely and
David Regan were exactly
spot on with their predicted
time as well but it was Agnes
who was first in the finishing
tunnel. It was a great night for
accuracy which was the aim
of the night as a grand total of
20 runners were within 10
seconds of their predicted
time.
It was almost a Modeligo
double as Niamh O’Donovan
finished the long route just
one second slower than predicted and it was her mam
Anne that secured the victory
in the short route, Vince is
certainly passing on all his
running expertise!! Well done
Niamh.
There were also a few
familiar faces in the top ten.
Yev Chizikov is always there
or thereabouts and he will be
well pleased with being just 2
seconds slower than predicted, Ray Burke was the
same so well done Ray.
THE 2nd annual Aglish fun
run takes place on Easter
Monday, 21st April, 2014.10k
run/5k run or 5k walk, entry
fee €7 or a donation.
Registration from 11.00 a.m.,
walk starts 11.30 a.m. run
starts
11.45
a.m.
Refreshments afterwards in
Aglish Community Hall.
Numerous spot prizes, sponsorship cards available on
request, facebook aglishfunrun@gmail.com mobile 0868474285.
LIVE now! Be bold and brave
and make things happen for
yourself today. Run and push,
push and run. Live now! Be
bold and brave and make
things happen for yourself
today. Run and push, push
and run.
Allrounder
Sports Shop
Physical Therapist and
Massage therapist and is
based at the Complementary
Health Clinic, Tournore.
Abbeyside. She can be contacted at 087-1218721. Our
thanks go to Suzana for
donating these prizes to the
winter league as she did for
this year’s summer series
also. The winners of the
vouchers for week 8 were
Marian Dennehy (long) and
Sarah O'Brien (short). All
vouchers won can be collected as you register for this
week’s league at the registration table.
SOLAS NA MARA
VOUCHER WINNER –
WEEK 8
Solas Na Mara (Seaweed
Baths), which is located on
the pier side at Heilbhic, An
Rinn, have kindly sponsored
a voucher for each week of
the Winter League.
These baths have been
used in Ireland for over a
hundred years to aid in the
treatment of arthritis, joint &
muscular conditions, skin
conditions and poor circulation.
For week 8, the prize goes
to Agnes Murphy who was
the winner on the long course
by correctly predicting her
time. A hot seaweed bath is
an ideal way to recover from
your winter training.
Our thanks to all at Solas
Na Mara for donating these
prizes. Solas Na Mara can be
contacted for appointment on
058 46052.
DR ANITA GLEESON
CHIROPRACTIC CLINIC
VOUCHER WINNER WEEK 8
Dr. Anita Gleeson BSc,
MSc, DC is a Registered
Chiropractor working from
Dungarvan
Chiropractic
Clinic, Alternative Health
Centre,
Main
Street
Dungarvan. Anita has kindly
donated to the league a free
Initial Consultation to her
Chiropractic Clinic which will
be awarded each week to the
most improved runner on the
short course route. The winner of the voucher for week 8
of the league is Ann
O'Donovan, who was winner
on the short course by correctly predicting her time. Our
thanks to Anita for this kind
donation to the league and
she can be contacted for
appointment on 058-44299.
(Chiropractic treatment is
covered by all the main health
care insurers).
David McCarthy scores on
victorious European team
An Ghaeltacht Aird Mhór AC Running quote
AN Ghaeltacht Aird Mhór Athletics Club will hold its AGM in the
GAA Clubhouse, Ardmore, this Thursday, 16th January at 7.00
p.m. We encourage current members to attend and parents of
children intending to join the Club this year are also very
welcome to come along.
We wish all our members and supporters a very Happy New
Year and we look forward to a successful and enjoyable
athletics season in 2014.
Michael
Coleman
and
Padraig Begley were just
three seconds slower than
predicted so they obviously
kept the training going over
the
Christmas.
Liam
Kavanagh and Tom Moroney
crossed the line together just
4 seconds slower than predicted and such was the pace
to get to the finish line Noel
Drohan, Brid Veale and Jim
Wilson were all clocked at 5
seconds outside of their time.
Commiserations to those
who had only just reached
home and as they crossed
the line they heard the clock
go off. Paul McGrath was just
one second faster than predicted and equally unlucky
were Josie Ui Chuirrin, Alan
Cullen and Tom Kiely as all
three were just twos seconds
too fast. Tom Leahy and Colin
Lyons were just in ahead of
them, 3 seconds too fast and
Paschal Proctor was another
to almost get it spot on as he
was just 4 seconds too fast.
Well done to all the runners and it’s back to the normal system for this week.
The following are the top
ten in the long route:
Alice Fitzgerald
325
Delores Reddy
498
Tony Ferncombe
500
Geraldine Barry
506
Linda Bradfield
530
Nikki Kiely
538
Claire Kennedy
546
Conor O’Neill
583
Luke Cunningham
592
Kenneth Reddy
598
TEAM COMPETITION WEEK 4
We had joint best scoring
teams in week 4 of our team
competition at the All rounder
sports winter league. Both
teams "Handsome Dudes"
with team members, Michael
Dunford, Jim Barry and Brian
Kirwin and "The Gooners"
whose team members are
Conor O’Neill, Niall Collins
and Michael Callaghan both
finished the week on 63
points.
We also have new leaders
in the overall competition with
the "3 Sisters (Claire Walsh,
Martina Walsh and Mary
Veale) taking over at the top
of affairs.
SUZANA MALIKOVA
VOUCHER WINNERS week 8
For this years winter
league Suzana Malikova has
once again come on board as
a friend of the winter league
by sponsoring two vouchers
for each week of the league.
Suzana is a Neuromuscular
Sponsored
by
Winner of the long course guess your time run last Wednesday
night at the 20th Annual Allrounder Sports Winter League Agnes
Murphy Nix with league sponsor Pearse Moloney.
THE annual Bupa Great Edinburgh cross Country event took
place last Saturday in Hollyrood Park, Scotland.
In the senior men's race over 8k West Waterford's David
McCarthy was a scoring member of the European team who
claimed the gold team medals. David finished 11th here in a
top class field. Chris Derrick of the USA was the race winner.
In the senior ladies race Fionnuala Britton ran a superb race to
finish 2nd behind Brittons Gemma steel. Fionualla lead the
European team to silver team medals behind the British.
ATHLETICS
15
MICHAEL ROCHE CARPETS SERIES
26th ANNUAL KIELY MONUMENTAL COLLIGAN CUP
Ray Hahessy by a second
THE inclement weather we
have been experiencing
these past couple of weeks
continued in earnest again
Sunday afternoon for the 26th
staging
of
the
Kiely
Monumental Colligan Cup. A
little earlier the McGrath
newsagent’s Juvenile event
was postponed and will be refixed for another day.
With the difficulties securing race permits these days it
was decided that the Senior
race should go ahead, ironically by starting time of 2 pm
the rain thankfully had more
or less stopped and it made
for an enjoyable race for all
who participated.
So well done to all the runners that took part and thanks
to you all for supporting this
great race. Thanks also to the
spectators who withstood the
conditions and came out to
support the runners as they
covered the three and a half
laps of the wood.
By the time all runners had
been sent on their way by our
clockman Liam O’Donnell at
the start line and they had the
3 and a half laps covered
totalling a distance of 5 miles
they were well and truly
grouped together all were
within a couple of hundred
metres as they approached
the finish line.
It was a difficult Sunday to
predict times, with the under
foot conditions wet and
mucky and only 16 runners
were on the right side of the
clock and a whopping 88
were all too fast. Mixed
among those who were on
the right side was Ray
Hahessy who claimed victory
for the first time. Ray went
one better from his last year’s
performance when he was so
close finishing in 2nd place, a
second on the wrong side of
the clock but this year he was
also a second but this time he
got on the right side of the
clock to record a famous and
most popular victory and
become the 22nd annual winner of the event.
Conor Murray was 2nd
behind Ray, 12 seconds out
with Tom Moroney 3rd 18
seconds out, two of our
friends from Waterford AC
filled 4th and 5th places when
Keith O’Driscoll was 21
seconds out and Brian
Cuddihy 22 seconds off the
mark. Michael Dunford and
Colin Lyons were most
unlucky as both were just 2
seconds too fast. Next year
guys.
FIRST FIVE MEN:
Ray Hahessy
Conor Murray
Tom Moroney
Keith O’Driscoll
Brian Cuddihy
DIANE BEHAN CLAIMS
LADIES SHIELD
IN the Ladies shield race it
was Waterford’s Diane
Behan who claimed victory
over
West
Waterford’s
Corinna Walsh. Diane finished 6th overall in the race
and was 22 seconds off her
predicted time but on the right
side of the clock. Corinna
finished 10th overall 49
seconds
outside
her
predicted time.
Both these Ladies have
run on many successful
teams together over many
years and both are still as
enthusiastic for the sport as
ever.
The unusual stat from the
Ladies event this year was
despite the big ladies entry in
the race only Diane and
Corinna were on the right
side of the finish clock; in
other words all the other
female runners were all faster
than the times they predicted.
VICTOR MULLINS CUP
GOES TO KEITH
O’DRISCOLL
Victor Mullins was the creator of this style of race and it
was he who came up with the
handicap timing system
which has been used now for
the past 22 years in this
event.
Each year Victor presents
the Victor Mullins Cup to the
first person on the right side
of the clock that has never
ran the Colligan Cup before.
This year’s winner was
Keith
O’Driscoll
from
Waterford who was delighted
he made the trip to the event
as he was also among the
overall prize winners when
finishing 4th.
Our thanks go to Victor for
his help and involvement with
this race each year.
MANY THANKS
Our thanks to all concerned with last Sunday’s
Kiely Monumental Colligan
Cup race which was held on
a difficult day for anyone to be
out. A huge thanks to our
great sponsors and local
athletics supporters for 26
unbroken year’s David and
Margaret Kiely of Kiely
Monumental.
We thank Margaret Kiely
for her attendance on Sunday
to present all the winners with
their prizes. Unfortunately,
David was a little under the
weather on the day and
Colligan Wood wasn’t the
place to be last Sunday with
any kind of sickness.
To the numerous people
who looked after the entries
especially Brid and Megan.
Thanks to Liam our expert
chip timing operator another
successful event last Sunday,
not even the weather could
stop this man.
Thanks to Ann Dunford for
looking after the prizes for the
race. Thanks to Liam
O’Donnell who looked after
the race start, to John and
David Coleman for photos
and Conor and Jamie for
everything else.
Thanks to our stewards
who braved the elements on
a bad day to be standing out.
Our stewards never leave us
down no matter what the
weather, a big thank you
here.
Many thanks to John
O’Halloran and the staff at
Coillte who worked so hard all
of last week getting the wood
back in order after the huge
amount of damage done with
the inclement weather.
Without all their help we
couldn’t have staged the
event at all.
A special thanks also to
Pat Dunford who was out with
shovel and pick on Saturday
making the under foot conditions a little safer for us all in
the wood.
22ND ANNUAL KIELY MONUMENTAL COLLIGAN CUP. Pictured are Brian Cuddihy 5th, Conor Murray 2nd, Mrs. Margaret, Kiely
Monumental race sponsor, Ray Hahessy winner, Tom Moroney 3rd and Keith O'Driscoll 4th.
Pictured is winner of the Colligan shield for Ladies Diane Behan, Waterford AC, Margaret Kiely of
Kiely Monumental, race sponsor, Corinna Walsh 2nd and Michael Roche, sponsor of overall race
series.
22nd ANNUAL JOHN TREACY DUNGARVAN
TEN MILE ROAD RACE
Minister Leo Varadker to lead
out 2,000 runners
WE are delighted to
announce that Minister for
Transport, Tourism and Sport
Leo Varadkar TD will be participating in the John Treacy
Dungarvan 10 on Sunday,
January 26th.
The Minister, a keen runner has very close family connections here in Dungarvan
will be among the 2,000 runners facing the starter’s gun
at 1 pm on the day. We had
had good elite fields in the
past, but this year’s elite end
of the business sees without
question the best of the best
in the country with both
national marathon champions male and female running.
There’s 4 sub 2.15 male
marathoners in the field and
to cap it there’s 6 sub 3 hour
female marathoners taking
part.
So the scene is set now for
the club’s premier road race
of the year and the race gets
under way at the Youghal
Road at 1 p.m. sharp. The
club and town are in an
advanced stage of preparation for our big day and its all
hands on deck now to ensure
that all race day systems are
in place.
It has been a very busy
few weeks preparing for what
will be the largest road race
ever held in the town as a
huge field of 2,000 runners
are fully signed up to run. The
race now in its 22nd year
pays tribute to one of the
great’s of Irish athletes our
own John Treacy. John plays
a hands on role in the event
and will participate once
again this year. Hopefully,
now the weather will play its
part too.
We are also delighted to
report that we have a huge
local entry which is very
encouraging and for all those
for whom this will be their first
ten mile, keep up the good
work your almost there now.
JOHN TREACY
DUNGARVAN 10 RACE
NOTICE
ARE YOU RUNNING OR
HELPING?
The numbers will be
posted out early next week
and you will all receive your
number by mid week along
with all the information you
need to know regarding the
race.
This means, of course, all
you have to do on race day is
to be at the start line no later
than 12.45 p.m. with your
number and its chip attached
to the back you will have it
pinned it to the FRONT of
your club running singlet.
When you have finished the
race and cross the finish line
you will be asked to remove
your race number, on returning your race number at the
goodie bag area you will
receive a substantial goody
bag with lots of treats for you
to enjoy after the race and
you will also receive a high
quality dri-fit Nike running top.
After the race refreshments
will be provided in the sports
centre.
On the subject of refreshments, just to say once again,
this is one race where the
club really relies on the goodwill and the support of our
loyal club members. This
race is the biggest undertaking by the club each year and
as a result we rely heavily on
your support.
At the winter league last
week and tonight forms were
handed out to all the runners
as we are seeking people
that might be in a position to
help out in any way. We need
people to steward the course
and also to make sandwiches
for after the race.
If you haven’t already filled
out one of these forms and
may be able to help out, we
would appreciate you filling
one out. Each runner is
asked to state in what
capacity they will be able to
help out and to give us their
contact details.
We will in turn contact you.
The club needs as many
members and friends to help
us make this a great race and
a great day for West
Waterford.
Athlete of the Year Winter
quarter winner
THE club’s athlete of the year
competition for the 2013
season
finished
on
December 31st. After the last
3 months, the winter quarter
we must congratulate Ray
Hahessy who claimed the
club’s athlete of the year
accolade for that quarter.
Ray had a very busy
quarter with notable performances in the club’s James
Hughes cross country race,
The Brickey 5, Turkey Trot
and Waterford half marathon
as well as the various
leagues throughout the 3
month period, Onra Power
also finished up with 13
points for those month’s but
as Onra is a previous monthly
winner Ray gets the accolade, Sharon Higgins and
Corinna Walsh had joint 3rd
placings with 12 points each.
We will shortly be
announcing the overall winner of athlete of the year for
2013. Incidentally, Ray
capped off a memorable
week as not alone did he win
this competition but on
Sunday he won the Kiely
Monumental Colligan cup.
The top 10 for the autumn
quarter were as follows:
Ray Hahessy
13
Onra Power
13
Sharon Higgins
12
Corinna Walsh
12
Cathal Gleeson
11
Tom Leahy
11
David Towey
11
Paul Brunnock
10
Yev Chizhikov
10
Pictured right is Dermot Dwyer, Glaxosmithkline, associate sponsors of the John Treacy Dungarvan 10 mile road race on Sunday,
January 26th, 2013. Also pictured are James Veale, chairman West Waterford Athletic Club and John Treacy.
16
GENERAL SPORT
Dungarvan draw away
to unbeaten Clonakilty
Clonakilty .......................... 0;
Dungarvan ........................ 0.
ON Sunday last Dungarvan
made the long journey to
Clonakilty through the worst
weather imaginable. After we
got changed, the rain wind
and hail stopped magically
and we did an intense warm
up. This game was our most
important game to date as
Clonakilty are just one point
ahead of us at the top of
league and they haven't been
beaten yet this year. The
game started at an unreal
pace with Dungarvan on top
and attacking for the first ten
minutes.
Dungarvan changed their
game plan this week as
Clonakilty have a first division
player who is Munster's top
goal scorer and she needed
to be marked out. This was
the tough job was given to
Aoife McGovern who had her
hands full but was more than
capable of keeping her under
control.
Emma Dunne slotted back
into midfield after being out
with injury, she played a wonderful game controlling the
midfield with her strength and
skill. Clonakilty played the
whole game at a furious pace
attacking in droves and once
inside the circle, they looked
very dangerous with some
close shots.
However,
Dungarvan's
defence of Lucinda Shrubb,
Tina
Landers,
Lindsey
Keane, Denise Egan and
Julie Harty worked tirelessly
supporting eachother and
cleared all of Clonakilty's
attacks effectively.
Twenty minutes into the
game, there was a quick pass
to the left winger who ran at
the Dungarvan goal and only
for the quick moving of
Lucinda who had to slide
tackle and take ball and
player out, to stop a certain
goal.
Dungarvan got one corner
in the first half, Aoife passed
to Lindsey who passed back
to Aoife however the
Clonakilty defence seemed to
predict the move and cleared
their lines. In the forward line
Ann Marie Tutty, Sharon
Duggan and Maria Conroy
played super hockey passing
skilfully amongst eachother,
but the Clonakilty defence
was so strong they continued
to keep Dungarvan out.
At half-time it remained 00, Lindsey gave us a good
talk to keep focused and
keep up the pressure.
Clonakilty had the tip off
and from the off they attacked
and won a series of short corners. This game was so
entertaining with end to end
stuff and neither side willing to
give anything away.The
umpire in this half gave
Dungarvan nothing and gave
Clonakilty so many chances
in total around 12 short corners from which they never
converted.
Dungarvan's defence for
short corners of Lindsey,
Aoife, Emma, Tina and had
their hands full to clear their
lines under pressure. On one
occasion Clonakility had a
direct shot on goal which
Lucinda saved but such was
the power behind the shot
that it reflected high in the air
and she had to palm the ball
from above her head for a
second save.
Aine Lynch and Olivia
Phelan came on in the
second half and both created
some super chances with
their fitness and skill rattling
the Clonakilty defence.
As time was running out
Dungarvan got a quick break
from our superb young midfielder Heather Shanahan
who gave a great pass to Lisa
Fitzgerald who in turn caused
hassle in the forward line with
her speed and won our second corner of the game. From
this, Lindsey made a perfect
stop but had her shot saved
as the keeper dived but as
lindsey tried for the rebound
You can contact us by phoning 058-44055
Our email address is: goldcoastgolf@cablesurf.com.
Our website is: www.goldcoastgolfclub.com
ANNUAL MASS FOR
DECEASED MEMBERS
Our annual Mass for
deceased members of the
Gold Coast will be held in the
Gold Coast Golf Hotel on
Friday, 17th January at 7.30
p.m. All members, their
families and friends are welcome to attend.
RESULTS
Wed., 8th – Friday, 10th
January: Premium Butchers
at Dawn Meats WL Week 10:
1st: Michael Kavanagh (5) 38
pts; Gross: John White (5) 32
pts.
Saturday 11th/Sunday,
12th January: Premium
Butchers at Dawn Meats WL
Week 10: 1st: Paul Lawton
(21) 44 pts.
Cat 0-8: John White (5) 36
pts.
Cat 9-13: Mark Lenihan
(10) 36 pts.
Cat 14-17: Rogie Cashin
(17) 35 pts.
Cat 18+: Willie Joe
O’Connor (26) 37 pts.
FIXTURES
Tuesday, 14th January:
Open Seniors, 50+, Ladies
and Gents.
Wed. 15th/Friday, 17th
January: Premium Butchers
at Dawn Meats Winter
League.
Friday, 17th January:
Open 18 Holes Stableford.
Saturday
18th/Sunday
19th January: Premium
Butchers at Dawn Meats
Winter League.
Tuesday, 21st January:
Open Seniors, 50+, Ladies
and Gents.
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Club App on your mobile
phone go to appcatch.com
and type in Gold Coast and
download the app. It is free
and the app contains details
of all that is going on in the
Golf Club.
10 HOLES COMPETITION
FOR LEGS OF LAMB
Following the success of
the Ham competitions held
before Christmas, where a
record amount of members
won Hams, we now look to
Easter and start off our Legs
of lamb competitions. The
same rules will apply, as soon
as fifteen players have
played a new competition will
start.
PREMIUM BUTCHERS AT
DAWN MEATS WINTER
LEAGUE WEEK 10
Once again the weather
interfered with the completion
of a round in the winter
league but a number of
matches were completed
and below are the results of
the completed matches:
Ballinacourty v Dunhill:
Donal Coughlan 28 Derek
Power 34
Mark Lenihan 36 John
White 37
Michael
Lenihan
29
Micheal White 34
Bob O'Brien 34 Johnny
Ryan 28
Pepe Martello 27 David J
Veale 23
Copper
Coast
v
Abbeyside:
James Hayes 33 Tom
Considine 27
Leo Wall 26 Rogie Cashin
35
Tomas Wall 34 Dean
Golds 34
Nire/Touraneena
v
Dungarvan:
Brian Fahey 33 Kiki
Cullinan 34
Tony Sheehan 28 Brian
O'Connor 34
Copper Coast v Deise:
James Hayes 33 Stephen
Greene 35
Billy Power 33 JJ Henley
22
Nicky Hayes 23 Noel
Sammon 31
Leo Wall 26 Rafael
Alvarez 25
Tomas Wall 34 Francis
O'Connor 29
Joe Curran 31 Jack Kelly
24
Dungarvan Credit Union Racketball Final
the keeper stayed lying on
the ball which should have
resulted in a penalty flick but
Clonakilty were awarded a hit
out despite our protests.
Again Clonakilty attacked and
now both sides were getting
tired but not willing to give up.
When the full time whistle
went, we had to be content
with a draw.
Dungarvan should be
happy with their performance
as no player could have given
any more. Forwards came
back to support mid-field, and
the mids in turn supported
their defence, the fresh legs
coming on was invaluable
today in such a fast paced
game. Lucinda made some
wonderful saves to keep us in
it to the end. Overall, it was a
fantastic team performance,
well done to all.
Two
weeks
ago,
Dungarvan beat Waterford
3-0 at home, with great goals
coming
from
Aoife
McGovern, Elsa Griffin, and
Ann Marie Tutty.
We will play Church of
Ireland at home next
Saturday at 2 pm.
Team: Lucinda Shrubb
(goalie), Tina
Landers,
Lindsey Keane, Julie Harty
(captain), Denise Egan, Aoife
McGovern, Emma Dunne,
Heather Shanahan, Sharon
Duggan, Ann Marie Tutty,
Maria Conroy, Aine Lynch,
Olivia Phelan, Lisa Fitzgerald.
THE conclusion of the
Dungarvan Credit Union sponsored racketball team tournament took place at the centre
last Friday night, 10th January
when the teams of Ray Moore
and Paddy Walsh were in
opposition. This tournament
proved very popular with all, as
participants were guaranteed a
minimum of 5 matches as the
format used was 'round robin'.
With Ray ko'd, Paddy's team
were awarded the first rubber to
put his team 2 points ahead. At
number 3 Alan Manahan
returned the situation to parity
as playing very well as he has
done throughout the whole
competition he saw off the gallant efforts of Niall Fahey as he
won 15-2, 15-8. So with the
final finely balanced it all hinged
on the 2's for Ray it was Liam
Waters while for Paddy there
was Eddie Dee. This was one
of the most exciting and keenly
contested ties in the whole
competition and while the
record books will point to a 2-0
15-13, 15-11 to Eddie those
present will all agree it was
much closer than that as both
men sweated buckets for their
team in pursuit of glory but as
they say there can only be one
winner and on this occasion it
was Eddie and Paddy's team
that were victorious and
claimed the Credit Union
Trophy.
Raymond Moore on behalf
of the Credit Union thanked all
those who participated in the
competition which had run
smoothly over the last few
months, he congratulated
Paddy Walsh the tournament
director on a very well organised event and said that the
Credit Union were delighted to
PREMIUM BUTCHERS AT
DAWN MEATS WINTER
LEAGUE WEEK 11
Draw for Week 11:
Ballinacourty v Deise:
Donal Coughlan v Ger
Bagg
Mark Lenihan v Stephen
Greene
David Shanley v John
Coade
Michael Lenihan v J. J.
Henley
Nicky Dee v Michael Wall
John Hughes v Tommy
Long
Lee Crotty v Noel
Sammon
Bob O'Brien v Michael
Whelan
Micheal McGrath v Frank
Waters
Alan Landers v Rafael
Alvarez
Paddy Walsh v Francis
O'Connor
Pepe Martello v Mick
Cronin
Paul O’Dea v Jack Kelly
Dunhill v Copper Coast:
Derek Power v Gerry
Whelan
John White v James
Hayes
Michael Kavanagh v
Dermot Ahern
Micheal White v Billy
Power
Tom White v Niall Curran
John W Walsh v Brendan
Power
Brian Dunbar v Nicky
Hayes
Johnny Ryan v Fred Mc
Guckian
Jack Moore v Liam Clancy
Willie Moore v Leo Wall
John Queally v Tomas
Wall
David J Veale v Darren
Power
Nicholas Power v Joe
Curran
Abbeyside
v
Nire/Touraneena
Declan Kiely v John
Hallinan
Tom Considine v Johnny
Lynch
Conor Clancy v Brian
Fahey
Ian Pericho v Tony
Sheehan
Daniel Flynn v Roy Ware
Austin Kiely v Niall O'Brien
John McGrath v Tom
Reynolds
Maurice Fennell v Willie
Flavin
John Burns v Paul
Ahearne
Rogie Cashin v John
Nugent
Dean Golds v Tom Queally
Peter Fitzgerald v Sean
Moynihan
Tony Lonergan v Jimmy
Beresford
Dunhill v Dungarvan:
Derek Power v Pat Power
John White v
David
O'Connor
Michael Kavanagh v Kiki
Cullinan
Micheal White v Brian
O'Connor
Tom White v
Jimmy
O'Dwyer
John W Walsh v Anselm
Hayes
Brian Dunbar v Martin
Walsh
Johnny Ryan v Andy
Travers
Jack Moore v
Patsy
Walsh
Willie Moore v John D
Walsh
John Queally v Bryan
Keohan
David J Veale v Des
O'Brien
Nicholas Power v Michael
Wal
see several young members,
new members and old members taking part and hoped they
would all keep up this great
game which gives a marvellous
workout, a big calorie burn in 40
minutes and you don't have to
be worried by the weather as
you can play your game be
showered and on your way
home in under an hour.
RACKETBALL LADDER
The club’s very successful
Racketball ladder is now in full
swing as round 4 is currently
being played. Leading the way
is current Champion and number 1 Ger Foley who after an
earlier blip is outfoxing all pretenders to his crown. After 3
rounds the leaderboard reads
1) Ger Foley 12 pts, 2) Paddy
Walsh Snr 9 pts, 3) Michael
Walsh, Paddy Walsh jnr, Kevin
Tutty and Dave Power all tied
on 5 pts. Some early scores
from round four sees Ger keep
hid good form going as he has
defeated Paddy Walsh and
Kevin Tutty 2-0 while Kevin saw
off the challenge of Paddy 2-1.
It’s fantastic to see 2 former
under age Munster squash
players back on court in this
new code as Emmet Byrne and
Donnacha O’Dea make a welcome return.
I'm sure it won't be long
before they surge up the divisions and perhaps challenge
Gerry for the top spot. Emmet
had a fine 2-0 win over the very
fit Liam Waters, Eddie Dee had
a 2-0 win over Alan Manahan
and Joe Hart had a tough 2-1
win over Kyle Hackett a young
talented prospect who will be
hoping to emulate his grandfather Patsy on the Crystal
courts.
Back Lto R Alan Manahan, Liam Waters, Ray Moore (Dungarvan Credit
Union). Front Niall Fahey, Eddie Dee and Paddy Walsh.
FIXTURE DIARY NOW
ONLINE ON OUR
WEBSITE
The 2014 Fixtures are now
online at www.goldcoastgolfclub.com.
The diary contains all the
fixtures for the coming year
as well as records of all the
main competition winners
during 2013. It also contains
many photos of presentations
held during 2013 and there
are short pieces on various
rules that come into play on a
regular basis. Of special note
is the diagram of how to fix a
ball mark on the green. It also
contains a list of both committees that have the responsibility of running the Ladies
and Gents clubs for the year.
Any observations on the diary
would be most welcome.
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:
€220
Student up to 23 years:
€120
Senior Citizen: €400
Junior: €85
LADIES NOTES
Fixtures: Moorings sponsored Winter League. Round
7 Monday, 13th January to
Sunday, 19th January. Any
member who has not played
round 6 due to the bad
weather on Sunday may play
it this week plus round 7.
Enter twice, play twice. All
entered scores stand. See
Winter League Rules 2013 /
2014 (Point 4)
10 hole ongoing competition for a voucher.
Annual Mass: The Annual
Mass for deceased members
of the Golf Club will take
place on this Friday, 17th
January at 7.30 p.m. We
would ask as many members
as possible to make the effort
to attend on the night.
Ladies
Coaching:
Coaching sessions will be
arranged in January at the
Academy in Fota. Dates to be
announced. Anyone interested should put their name
on the sheet provided in the
Kiosk.
Golf Insurance: Just a
reminder that golf insurance
is available to all members.
Talk to Brendan or Mark for
full details.
Date for your Diary:
Captain's Drive - In will take
place on Sunday, 23rd
February.
Moorings
sponsored
Winter League: Due to the
heavy rain on Sunday four
players were unable to complete their round in the
Moorings Winter league so
four matches remain to be
completed to end round six.
The following are the
matches to be completed:
Helena Fitzgerald v Mary
Kiely.
Martina Corkery v Ellen
Foley.
Aisling Fennell v Esther
McGuckian.
Peig Foley v Julie Lawlor.
GOLF
DUNGARVAN GOLF CLUB
Tel. Office 058-43310, Fax. 058-44113, Pro Shop 058-44707.
Website: www.dungarvangolfclub.com; Email: dungarvangc@eircom.net
GENTS GOLF
Unfortunately, the weather
was the winner this weekend
with the course opening late
on Saturday due to frost.
However, a 9 hole competition took place on full greens
and
Cathie
O’Mahony
Whelan showed her male
playing partners how to play
the game. Cathie made 3
birdies on route to shooting
21 points. Johnnie Regan
showed his liking for a short
sprint shooting 23 points.
Members are reminded that
when the weather is poor,
regular updates are posted
on the top of the timesheet.
VALENTINE’S NIGHT:
Resident chef Tom Daly is
taking
bookings
for
Valentine’s night, Friday 14th
February. Members are
urged to book early as this is
a popular social evening with
superb food and music to
dance the night away. Invite a
few friends and enjoy a great
night.
ANNUAL
SUBSCRIPTIONS
Annual subscriptions fell
due on 1st October and
many thanks to those who
have already paid. For any
queries or assistance please
contact Secretary Manager
Irene Lynch at 058-43310 or
email at dungarvangc@eircom.net.
NOTES FROM THE
PROSHOP
Resident
PGA
Professional David Hayes is
now receiving the 2014 range
of equipment from all the
leading brands. Watch out
for the new Callaway XHot2,
Cobra and Green Lamb. You
can follow the new releases
on David’s online catalogue
at www.davidhayesgolf.com.
If you would like to receive
news of special offers please
email David at golfpro@eircom.net.
JUNIOR NOTES
Tuition for our beginners
and PreJuniors recommences this Saturday 18th at
Lismore
Golf
Club
Phone 058-54026.
Email: lismoregolfclub@eircom.net
Website: www.lismoregolf.org
MEN’S RESULTS &
FIXTURES
Monday 6th to Sunday,
12th January, 2014 – 12
Holes Singles Stableford,
sponsored By Dungannon
Plant Sales: 1st Liam Power
(16) 28 pts. B3; 2nd Peter
Whelan (14) 28 pts.
The first singles competition of the year outright went
to Liam Power with an
impressive 28 pts. Liam took
advantage of the fine
Saturday afternoon weather
to card the winning score and
beating club captain Peter
Whelan into second on a
count back to the last three
holes. Good scoring from
both men and a sign of the
level of competition to come
for the next few weeks in the
Spring League.
FIXTURES
Monday 13th to Sunday,
20th January – 12 Hole
Singles Stableford, sponsored by Waste Recovery
Services, Fermoy.
DERMOT O’LEARY AGRI
SPRING LEAGUE
Our Annual Spring League
is due to start on Monday,
13th January, 2014. Again
this popular competition will
be sponsored by Dermot
O’Leary Agri Ltd. The draw
has taken place for the
teams, sections and categories. The first round will be
running for two weeks, until
Sunday, 26th January. There
are 4 scores to count out of 6
each week with the league
running for 6 weeks.
The winner of each section qualifies for the semifinals along with the best runner-up.
MEMBERSHIP
Membership is due again
and to those yet to pay it or
thinking of joining for the year
please contact the club or
Martin Power for payment
options and details.
LISMORE LADIES GOLF
NOTES
All our committees have
been put in place and are
ready for action under the
leadership of Lady Captain
Patricia Lonergan. First on
our agenda is the very popular Spring League. February
2nd is the date which has
been set for the start of the
this so Ladies you may consider having a go at the
January ongoing to get some
much needed practice in
before February is upon us.
The competitions committee
have been kind enough to
allow us two weeks for the
first round to give us ample
opportunity to do our bit for
the team.
We now revert back to the
Old course for 12 holes for
our 12 hole ongoing. That
means 3rd Tee box is at the
bottom of the Hill and the
12th tee box is at the top of
hill to the left of 2nd/11th
3 pm under the watchful eye
of Club Professional and
Waterford County Coach,
David Hayes. Tuition for our
elite juniors continues next
Monday, 20th at Tinhalla
Driving Range. We depart the
clubhouse at 7 pm sharp and
Adult members are welcome
to attend.
Our Elite squad includes
Gabriel
Leacy,
Jack
Mullaney, Jake O’Riordan,
Michael Troy, Paddy Dwane,
Conor Foley, Jack Dwane,
Ethan Raher, Niall Buckley,
Sean Whelan Barrett, Daniel
Treen, Charlie Treen, John
Treen, Daniel Raher & Shane
Kiely.
All enquiries regarding
Junior Golf at Dungarvan can
be
directed
to
Club
Professional, David Hayes.
David can be contacted at
058-44707 or email at golfpro@eircom.net. You can
also follow Junior activities on
the club website or like us on
Facebook.
DUNGARVAN GENTS
RESULTS
Wed/Thurs 8th/9th 16
Holes Open Singles & Winter
League: 1st Jack Elstead
(18) 38 pts; 2nd Thomas
Whelan (16) 36 pts; Gross
Jimmy O’Donnell 30 pts;
CSS 37 pts
Sat 11th 9 Holes: Winner
John Regan (11) 23 pts.
DUNGARVAN GENTS
FIXTURES:
Monday, 13th 16 Holes
Green. Players on 3rd Tee
have priority. Ladies please
take note.
RESULTS
JoJo Tobin finished off a
pretty good year with a decisive win in the December
ongoing, with Brid Henry and
Helen Farrow claiming the
last two prizes of the year.
Let’s hope these ladies can
carry some of this form
through to the League in the
coming weeks.
Sunday, December 1st –
Tuesday, December 31st,
Monthly Ongoing, 11 hole
S/ford. – 1st JoJo Tobin (19)
29 pts.; 2nd Brid Henry (21)
24 pts.; 3rd Helen Farrow
(16) 22 pts.
FIXTURES
January 1st – January
31st – 12 hole S/ford ongoing. €4 entry & €3 re-entry.
Sunday, February 2nd –
Saturday, February 15th, 1st
Round Spring League, 9 hole
re-entry. €3 entry €2 re-entry.
SPRING LEAGUE
The sign-up sheet is up on
the notice board for the
League so ensure your name
is up or contact the competitions committee to put your
name in. This year the
League will consist of 3 x 9
holes, 3 x 12 holes and 1 x 18
hole to finish up what we
hope will be a hard fought
close encounter.
SYMPATHIES
The ladies would like to
express
our
deepest
Sympathies to Lady ViceCaptain Amanda Power on
the sudden passing of her
dad Ambrose. We also send
sympathies to The Hales
family on the recent passing
of Stephen who was a
Gentleman well known and
respected by many of the
ladies during his many years
at the club and to Mary
Ahearne on the recent passing of her father.
Open Seniors Singles; Thurs.
16th Gents 16 holes Open
Singles; Fri. 17th 16 Holes
Singles; Sat 18th Gents 16
Holes Singles; Sun 19th
Gents 16 Holes Singles
DUNGARVAN LADIES
RESULTS
Saturday, 11th 9 Holes: 1st
Cathie O’Mahony Whelan
(11) 21 pts, 2nd Christine
O’Keeffe (27) 18 pts.
DUNGARVAN LADIES
FIXTURES
Monday, 13th 16 Holes
Open Seniors Singles: Tues
14th 11 Holes Singles: Sat
18th Ladies 16 Holes
Progressive 45 Results
9th Jan: Winners Tom
Osbourne & Percy Hallahan,
Tom Ahearne & Maurice
Tobin, Tom Melody & Michael
Kelleher. Last 5 Mary
O’Donovan & Noreen Tobin.
Lucky Table Tom Phelan &
Michael Fitzgerald.
YOUNGONES
8th January Winner: Pat
Flanagan (19) 18 pts, 2nd
Christine O’Keeffe (27) 17
pts. Next Competition: Wed.,
15th January at 11.30 am.
SIXTY.COM
Next
Competition:
Wednesday, 15th at 1.30
p.m.
DEISE GOLF WINTER
LEAGUE SEMI-FINALS
(15th to 19th January)
The Deise Golf Winter
League Semi-Finals on
account of weather have
been re-scheduled to 15th
17
January to 19th January, the
line-up is as follows:
Phil Mickelson (Winners
Group A) versus Henrick
Stenson (Runners-Up Group
B)
Tiger Woods (Runners-Up
Group A) versus Darren
Clarke (Winners Group B).
Best of luck to all partici-
Preparing for the Captains Drive In at West Waterford Golf Club were Bertie Hallahan, Captain.
Margaret O'Sullivan, Lady Captain and Aaron Crotty, Junior Captain.
West Waterford
Golf & Country Club
Telephone: 058-43216. Fax: 058-44343.
E-mail: info@westwaterfordgolf.com
Website: www.westwaterfordgolf.com
COMPETITION
RESULTS
Weekly Club Competition
week ending Sunday, 5th
January
Category 1. 1st. Eoin
Conway (5) – 37 pts, 2nd.
John C. Walsh (6) – 34 pts
back 8.
Category 2. 1st. Richie
Hurley (13) – 37 pts, 2nd.
Tommy Butler (13) – 36 pts
back 8.
Category 3. 1st. Frank
North (14) – 38 pts, 2nd.
Eamon Power (17) – 36 pts
back 3.
Category 4. Pat Lennon
(19) – 34 pts, 2nd. Noel
Murray (20) – 33 pts.
FIXTURES
Monday, 13th January –
Sunday, 19th January. Club
competition including final
week of Round 1 Comeragh
Oil Winter League.
CAPTAIN’S DRIVE-IN SUNDAY, 12TH JANUARY
Lady Captain Margaret
O’Sullivan, Captain Bertie
Hallahan and Junior Captain
Aaron Crotty held their
Captains Drive-In on Sunday.
Despite the bad weather a
large crowd was present to
support our captains for
2014. The indoor putting
competition proved to be a hit
with the ladies and gents with
Michael O’Dwyer emerging
as the supreme champion on
pating in the semi-finals and
a big thanks to all players
who took part in the qualifying
rounds and to sponsor
Graham Nagle.
the day.
PUTTING COMPETITION
RESULTS
Juniors. Darragh Herlihy.
Ladies Winners. Geraldine
O’Connor and Lila O’Dwyer.
Gents Winners. Michael
O’Dwyer and Phil Kinsella.
Overall Winner. Michael
O’Dwyer.
MEMBERS DRAW
RESULTS
€500 Ollie Broderick;
€200 Eddie Stack; €100 Luke
Swayne; €100 Martina
Murphy; €50 Marie Curran;
€50
Desmond
Curran.
Congratulations
to
all
Prizewinners.
Draw for free half sub
2015: Winner Nora Flynn;
2nd Keith Hickman; 3rd. Mary
Barron.
WINTER
LEAGUE
The Comeragh Oil sponsored Winter League is well
underway and round 1 will
finish on Sunday, 19th
January. Thank you to all
those who have played so far
and we hope to see the
remainder entering round 1
this week. The weekly competition runs in conjunction
with the League and there
are eigth prizes each week.
Remember you can play any
day and re-enter as often as
you wish. Your team needs
you so return a card regard-
less of the score. There are
4 cards to count per team for
each round.
SOCIAL
CALENDER
Saturday, 25th Jan., Reg
at 8.30 p.m. and starts at 9
p.m. Texas Holdem Poker
series held in 3 venues: WW,
Deckie’s and Doocey’s.
Friday 31st Jan. 8.00 p.m.
Cards night Progessive 45.
Saturday, 15th Feb 8.00
p.m. Dance night Valentines
night old-time dancing, Ticket
only.
Friday, 28th Feb. 8.00 p.m.
Fun Quiz night.
CHALLENGE TROPHY
Now that the Christmas
revelry is over it might be a
good time to resume rivalries
in the Challenge trophy.
Groups from clubs, pubs,
work places and all non affiliated golfers are welcome to
participate. We look forward
to welcoming you to West
Waterford.
WEST WATERFORD IN
TOP 10 OF IRELAND’S
HIDDEN GOLF
COURSES
An idyllic rural setting
makes West Waterford one
of the most peaceful courses
you’ll ever play. Those are
not my words but those of
Kevin Markham who has
published a book entitled
Hooked which he describes
as an amateur guide to the
golf courses of Ireland. Kevin
travelled the country to experience at first hand what the
courses had to offer. One
section deals with the top 10
hidden golf courses in which
West Waterford comes in at
number eight. Among his
comments on the course he
describes West Waterford as
having everything you expect
of a parkland: big trees,
slopes gentle hillsides,
doglegs, a river – but the
location, routing and variety
of holes gives it that something extra. Those of us who
know the course can appreciate the positive comments
made by Mr. Markham but if
you wish to enjoy the experience for yourself why not pay
us a visit. Only by doing so
can you appreciate what we
have to offer and experience
for yourself the renowned
West Waterford welcome.
WEST WATERFORD
GOLF CLUB LADIES
NOTES
CAPTAIN’S DRIVE-IN
The Captain’s Drive-in
took place on Sunday, but
due to the inclement weather,
the Scramble was replaced
by a Putting competition. On
behalf of the Ladies members, we wish Captain Bertie
Hallahan and Lady Captain
Margaret O’Sullivan all the
best for the year ahead.
FIXTURES
The 1st round of the
Winter League ends on
Thursday, 16th January.
2nd Round of Winter
league commences on
Friday, 17th January - 13 hole
singles.
9 hole January – 2 cards to
count.
18
SOCCER
Dungarvan United FC
WEEKLY REVIEW
Unfortunately, the weather
got in the way once again last
weekend when it saw all our
school boy games being cancelled. The girl’s u-14 game
went ahead against Piltown
but they were unlucky to lose
the game. The weather on
Saturday looked promising
and our Division 1A and
Youth game were due to go
ahead on Sunday, but that
was short lived when the
weather changed once again
Sunday morning and due to
the heavy rain both games
were called off.
This coming weekend we
see our two U-12 teams play
at home, our U-12A team
meet Bohemians at 10.30 am
and U-12B play St. Pauls with
a later kick off of 12.15 pm.
Our U-14A team also have a
kick off of 12.15 pm when
they play away to Ferrybank.
U-16B meet Kilmacow away
at 2.30 pm. Best of luck to all
our school boy teams and
their managers this weekend.
Any parents travelling to
Ferrybank and Kilmacow we
appreciate your support. The
club is still in search of a filing
cabinet if anyone knows of
one please let us know.
CLUB HOUSE/ASTRO
TURF RENTAL
Dungarvan united has fabulous facilities on offer for
rental at very reasonable
rates. For children’s parties
we can offer the use of the
club house with half the astro
turf. We also have bar facilitates which makes the club
house a great place to have
that party, whether it is a significant birthday or you just
fancy having a party why not
give us a call to find out more.
Contact 087 - 0607226.
U-11A TEAM
Our league game was
cancelled Saturday, but that
didn’t stop us travelling to
Ballinroad for a friendly, it didn’t go our way but all the boys
enjoyed the game. Don’t forget training this Saturday
January 18th from 10.15 am
to 11.15 am, don’t forget your
shin guards and €2.
U-11B TEAM
After our league game
against Ballyduff being cancelled we were fortunate to
have our fabulous astro turf to
train on Saturday morning.
We had a great turn out and
Mike Carlin soon had the lads
warming up. We could see
how busy Santa had been
with all the new boots and jerseys the boys turned up in.
After some drills we had a
game between our selves.
Don’t forget training this
Saturday January 18th from
10.15 am to 11.15 am, don’t
forget your shin guards and
€2.
ACADEMY
CANCELLATIONS
If any parent has any
doubts whether Academy
training takes place any
Saturday they can call the following number 086 –
3053109 to confirm for certain as to what is happening
on the day.
ACADEMY TRAINING
Academy training is going
very well with in excess of
seventy children attending
each Saturday. Coaching
kicks off at 11.30 am. New
children always welcome.
Why not come along and give
it a go our training times are
as follows.
2006-2007 1 pm to 2.15
pm
2004-2005 2.30 pm to
3.30 pm
Parents please be aware
that all children must be
accompanied to training by
an adult, each child must
wear shin guards, bring a non
fizzy drink and two euro contact 086 3053109 for any further assistance.
GIRLS ACADEMY
New girls are always very
welcome any girls who are
aged between 6 and 12 why
not come and give it a go. It
takes place each Saturday
between 11.30 am and 12.30
pm, all you need is shin
guards, non fizzy drink and
two euro. Why not give us a
call for further information on
086 8865829.
ACADEMY
REGISTRATIONS
Parents please take note
that upon bringing your
child/children to the academy
you will be required to register
them on the first day. Contact
086 8865829 for further
assistance.
CLUB GEAR
The next order for club
gear will be the first weekend
in February we have many
items available some of those
are Polo tops, Track suit tops,
Windbreakers, rain jackets
we even have spare boot
laces. Anyone wishing to look
or purchase any of the above
items please make contact,
all items must now be paid for
in postal order form when
ordering to secure your item.
Contact details 087 6326611
or 0044 7739326065
CLUB LOTTO DRAW
We had no Jackpot winner
this week. Numbers drawn
were 12, 21, 9. €100 winner
Brid O’Brien. Next week’s
Jackpot €2,250. If any parent
would like to support our lotto
please contact any committee member or your child’s
manager who also have lotto
cards to hand or at academy
time. Thank you to everyone
for their continued support.
SYMPATHY
Everyone involved in
Dungarvan United FC would
like extend their the sympathy
to the Power family on the
death of Sean recently may
he rest in peace.
WEEKEND RESULTS
All Schoolboy and Junior
League Games were postponed.
U-14 Girls: Dungarvan 1;
Piltown 4
FIXTURES
Saturday, 18th January:
U-12A
League:
Dungarvan A v Bohs A KO
10.30 a.m.
U-12B
League:
Dungarvan B v St Pauls KO
12.15 p.m.
U-14A League Ferrybank
A v Dungarvan KO 12.15
p.m.
U-16B League Kilmacow v
Dungarvan KO 2.30 p.m.
Sunday, 19th January:
2A League Carrick v
Dungarvan KO 11 a.m.
U-12 Girls Cappoquin v
Dungarvan KO 2 p.m.
WATERFORD WOMEN’S
LEAGUE
U14 Girls: Dungarvan 1;
Piltown 4
Piltown
leapfrogged
Dungarvan into second place
with a deserved win in Kilrush
on Saturday. It was the worst
first half performance by the
team since they came
together two and half seasons ago. Piltown went in at
half-time 3-0 and it looked like
the Blues might be overrun
after the break. But the girls
picked themselves up brilliantly and took the game to
the visitors throughout the
second half.
Emily had a close range
strike saved by the Piltown
goalkeeper early on and then
pulled one back soon after.
Piltown went further ahead in
the closing minutes but on the
second half performance the
girls will still be in with a good
chance in the away fixture.
SCHOOLBOY PLAYERS
PROFILES
an equaliser but then Railway
started to take control of the
game playing into the strong
wind and Jason O’Keeffe
scored what proved to be the
winner and our safe passage
into the next round.
KENNEDY CUP 2014
Tom Browne is back in
charge of the Waterford
Schoolboys Kennedy cup
squad for this season and we
would like to wish him and all
his backroom team the very
best for the season.
Hopefully, come June they
will be challenging for honours in Limerick.
UNDER 12
DEVELOPMENT SQUAD
Well done to Tireoghan
Flynn who has made the last
30 of the Waterford under 12
development squad. This
squad will be cut down to 18
next week and hopefully Tiger
will make that as he is a
player who has some great
talent and works hard at his
game.
FAI EMERGING TALENT
PROGRAMME
We have two lads on the
emerging talent programme
again this season. Andy
Molumby is part of the senior
squad and Jason Molumby is
part of the junior squad.
Both lads are fine players
and have been excellent all
season so far. We wish them
well for the remainder of the
programme.
ACADEMY ON
MONDAYS
On Monday evenings our
hugely
popular
soccer
Academy will continue in the
Community
Centre,
Cappoquin.
This Academy has been
going for many years and if
you look at our under 11 team
this season all have come
Kilmacthomas FC
DIVISION 3
Mooncoin ......................... 6;
Kilmac ................................ 1.
NOT the start we hoped for
but a brave effort was not
enough against the second
placed team. The boys continue to put in a good effort on
the pitch and are showing
very good commitment in
training.
DIVISION 2B
Tramore ............................. 0;
Kilmac ................................ 2.
A good start to the new
Year campaign and three
valuable point on the board
the lads were up for the game
and started in a good frame
of mind. David Power gave
us the lead with a powerful
shot after some good work in
midfield. We held the ball well
and tried to work openings
when ever we could. Our
defence were solid and dealt
with the Tramore attack with
ease. Our second goal came
from Martin Coffey who made
no mistake in front of goal.
Three valuable points as we
face a big test next weekend
when we take on leaders
Bolton.
NEW YEAR
GREETINGS
We wish all our supporters
well in the new Year and hope
it is a good one. Thanks to all
who support our weekly Lotto
and to all the local busineses
who help out with sponsorship.
DEEPEST SYMPATHY
To all who lost loved one
during the holiday season we
extend our deepest sympathy. May they rest in peace.
Manchester United Supporters’ Club Waterford
Branch
MEETING THIS FRIDAY
three games on the spin at
but has stated they are
Name: Pete Finnegan
Age: 10
Position
on
team:
Defender
Team: U-11A
Favourite
team:
Manchester United
Favourite player: Nemanja
Vidic
Favourite food: Ham
Hobbies: Soccer, Tennis
and Rugby
Ambition:
Professional
tennis player
Railway Athletic FC
JUNIORS BATTLE INTO
NEXT ROUND
Well credit is due to both
Railway and Kinsalebeg for
playing a fine game of soccer
last Sunday morning when
you take into consideration
the weather conditions. This
was the only game to survive
the weather last Sunday and
both teams battled it out for a
place in the next round of the
Ned Barry cup.
Railway were short a few
on Sunday but the lads dug in
and when Stephen Kennefick
scored with a great strike
after only ten minutes it was
the perfect start for us.
Playing with the strong wind
we struggled to get the ball
down and as a result didn't
add to our tally before the
break.
In the second half
Kinsalebeg threw everything
at us and were rewarded with
Helvick New Year’s Day Swim 2013 in Aid of Scoil Naisiunta Na Rinne. Pictured are Micheal Kiely
with Paudie and Aaron Crotty who participated.
[Michael Kiely]
through our Academy which
is what it really is all about.
We will again cater for
Boys/Girls aged from 4 to 9
and will start with 4/5/6 year
olds from 6 pm to 6.45 pm.
Then we will have 7/8/9
year olds from 6.45 to 7.30. It
costs only two euro per child
up to a max of 5 euro per
family of three or more.
MATCH SPONSORS
This season we are having
most games sponsored and
we would like to thank everyone who has agreed to sponsor games for us.
For a modest fee you can
have your name alongside
our weekly match reports and
we will try and give you as
much publicity during the
season as possible.
For more information on
this you can get in touch with
any of our club members.
There will be a meeting
this Friday night, January
17th at 7.30 pm sharp. It will
be preceded by a committee
meeting at 7.15 pm sharp in
Lawlors Hotel. A full attendance is requested for both
meetings please.
CHRISTMAS TO FORGET
Along with all the fixture
congestion comes the overload and weird results (at
times) over the Christmas
peroid. This season however
United had a run of results to
forget. In every match there
was an argument for getting
what our efforts deserved.
We cannot hide behind losing
Old Trafford, just not acceptable. Hopefully, now we can
go on a decent run following
the home victory over
Swansea. The one plus was
the goalscoring form of
Danny Welbeck who has got
6 in 8 games while carrying
the forwards efforts while
short the services of Rooney
and Van Persie.
TRANSFER
WINDOW
The Transfer Window
opened on January 1st and
as yet we have seen no activity. It is dangerous to press
the panic button as David
Moyes knows who he wants
unavailable in Janurary. This
is not to say we wouldn't and
more importantly couldn't do
with some new faces or a
return to full fitness of the
WHOLE squad. We wait with
anticipation of these possible
sceniaro's panning out.
APPLICATION
REMINDERS
All who have put their
names down for any match
upto and including the Aston
Villa match in March need to
contact the secretary asap to
arrange payment for tickets.
The deadlines are looming
and it is going to be too late
once the dates have passed!!
Dungarvan RFC under 16s defeat
Waterpark
SF Dungarvan 24;
Waterpark 10
Neil Montgomery (2 tries)
plus conversions (2), Dan
O’Keeffe (try), Jamie McKelvie.
(Try).
Following the disappointment in losing a league final
before Christmas the squad
bounced back in the best possible fashion with a win over old
rivals Waterpark. Despite missing several key players we
showed great heart and determination. Playing with a strong
breeze we were only 5-5 at
half-time. Waterpark pressed
hard in the opening minutes of
the second half and a tough
second half looked likely.
However, our forwards
played with conviction and our
backs ran into both the opposition and a strong wind a driving
rain. We added 3 more tries
and only conceded one try.
This was testimony to the
determination and commitment
we spoke about as a squad in
an honest review of what happened in Clonmel. Redemption
was our goal and we certainly
started after Christmas with that
in mind. Further opportunity
presents itself in the coming
weeks. As runners-up in the
East Munster league we qualified for the pan-Munster competition after Christmas. We
play Old Crescent, Tralee and
Muskerry in 3 successive
weeks commencing with the
Limerick side at home in
Dungarvan RFC on Saturday
next. Kick-off is scheduled for
12.30 p.m. and all available
players are requested to be at
training on Wednesday as a
matter of priority. Supporters
welcome.
U-16s squad on the day:
Tony Collins, Eoin Bray, Jamie
McKelvie, Jack Mullany, James
Ali, Cathal Dee, l Breccan
Gibson, Ben Hitchman, Dan
O’Keeffe, Larry Brazel. Douglas
Petit, Conor Hayes, Pat
Connors, Nicky Connors,
Jordan Corby, Fionn Gibson –
Kiely and Neil Montgomery.
Our u-15s played Youghal u15s (plus a few u-16s) in a
friendly match last weekend.
When our strongest 15 were on
the park we actually drew 2
tries each with Youghal which
was an excellent result.
However when we put on out
our smaller and newer players
we conceded too much pace
and strength despite the best
efforts of the players concerned.
Youghal ran in several tries.
As it was the first outing this
year for the u-15s it was actually a good result. With a full
squad (we are still missing a
few players) there is no reason
not to believe that we would
beat the same Youghal team in
the future and we hope to get
an opportunity to do so. It was
also a good warm up for a forthcoming u-15 league match
against Fethard which we have
a real chance of winning. This
would place us in a 3rd place
play-off against a less strong
team from the Northern Region.
Again training for all u-14s
and u-15s Wednesday at 7 pm
and Saturday at 10.30 a.m. A
gentle reminder to all players
and parents to pay overdue
subs and training fees.
GENERAL SPORT
19
Ballinroad FC
BALLINROAD YOUTHS
BACK IN LEAGUE
ACTION AGAIN
BALLINROAD 4;
FERRYBANK B 1.
After a seven week lay-off,
Ballinroad Youths got back
into action again with a 4-1
win over a strong but young
Ferrybank team on Sunday.
The game was in doubt after
a morning of heavy rain, but
to the credit of the ground
staff, the pitch in Ballinroad
remained playable. The rain
passed just as the game
started and within twenty
minutes the pitch was dry and
provided a good surface for
the important league game.
Ferrybank’s position at the
bottom of the B Division does
no credit to the quality of the
team. Their results record
shows a series of narrow
defeats to the top teams and
in blustery conditions on
Sunday they demonstrated
that they are well capable of
putting it up to the opposition.
The game started with a
good sweeping passing
movement from Ballinroad
which
saw
Anthony
Fitzgerald, playing in the
unfamiliar position of centre
forward, put through on the
goalkeeper who came well off
his line to intercept him. In the
ensuing tangle between
Anthony, the goalkeeper and
several retreating defenders,
Anthony kept a cool head
and slotted the ball through a
narrow gap for Ballinroad’s
first goal, within two minutes
of the start. The game continued in that pattern.
After twenty minutes
James Kennedy got on the
end of another through ball
and put away the second for
Ballinroad. At that point the
Ballinroad team seemed to
adopt a view that this was
going to be easy and went
through a long period of
sloppy play with several players drifting out of position and
over-carrying the ball. They
paid the price for their lack of
discipline when they stupidly
conceded a free kick on the
edge of their box and then
failed to clear the ensuing
shot.
Ferrybank pounced on the
chance and put the ball low
beyond the diving Kamil
Smolorczyk in goals to give
Ferrybank a goal they
deserved.
A firm talking to at half time
delivered a better performance from Ballinroad in the
second half. The back line of
Conor McCarthy, Jamie
Joyce, Tadhg Prendergast
and Conor Brennan were in
complete control in the second half and Ferrybank’s
chances were reduced to two
long range shots which were
easily dealt with by the
keeper.
The midfield of David
Looby, Ciaran O’Neill, James
Kennedy and Diarmud
Curran moved the ball
around impressively and the
two forwards of Anthony
Fitzgerald and Tom Daly continually split the Ferrybank
defence.
The inevitable third goal
came after twenty minutes of
the second half when Jamie
Joyce cleanly met a James
Kennedy corner at the far
post and headed home.
The substitution of Micheal
O’Neill, making his appearance for the first time in
almost three months after a
groin strain, and the swapping of James Kennedy into
the forward line and Tom Daly
out to the wing position
created a more familiar and
threatening set-up. James
got
his
second
and
Ballinroad’s fourth goal
straight after the swap, again
latching on to another good
through ball and comfortably
finishing with his left foot past
the oncoming keeper.
Daniel Flynn came on for
Diarmuid Curran on the left
wing with twenty minutes to
go and within a few minutes,
following another good passing movement, got on the
end of a great Tom Daly cross
but his shot just skimmed
past the post.
While showing definite
signs of rustiness after the
long break, when Ballinroad
got into their familiar pattern
in the second half they looked
like league contenders.
Ferrybank gave them the
tough game they needed to
get back into form in a good
natured solid game in very
blustery conditions. The
points, at one stage looking
like they might slip away,
were warmly welcomed by
the Ballinroad lads at full time.
Ballinroad team: Kamil
Smolorczyk,
Conor
McCarthy, Jamie Joyce,
Tadhg Prendergast, Conor
Brennan, James Kennedy,
David Looby, Ciaran O’Neill,
Diarmuid Curran, Anthony
Fitzgerald, Tom Daly, Micheal
O’Neill, Daniel Flynn.
Upcoming Fixture: Div
1B: Ballinroad v Ballyduff –
Sunday, 11 a.m.
BALLINROAD SOCCER
CLUB PITCH
DEVELOPMENT LOTTO
DRAW - 12th JANUARY,
2014
Current jackpot €6,400.
Numbers drawn were: 9, 16,
21, 23. No jackpot winner.
Winners of €20 each: Kevin
Power, Maureen Enright,
Killian O’Daly. New jackpot
€6,500. Next draw will be
held in Lord Maguires Pub,
Ballinroad on Sunday, 26th
January, 2014.
Cunnigar Pitch and Putt Club
WE held our A.G.M. at the Clubhouse on
Sunday afternoon last, despite the wind
and the rain we had a great turn out.
The Chairperson Martin Shanahan,
Secretary Sheila Hickey and Treasurer
Jacinta O'Mahony gave their very
detailed reports.
We had a lively discussion on all topics, we then elected the following Officers
for the 2014 season.
President:
William
Browne;
Chairperson: Corinne McGee; ViceChairperson: John O'Shea; Secretary:
Sheila Hickey; Treasurer: Jacinta
O'Mahony; PRO: Patsy Hackett;
Registrar: Patsy Hackett; Ladies
Captain: Maureen Widger; Gents
Captain: John O'Shea; Juvenile Officer:
Corinne McGee; Committee members:
Martin Shanahan, Mary Walsh, Breda
Foley, Michael Delaney, Michael
Havens.
THANKS
The incoming Chairperson Corinne
McGee would like to thank Martin
Shanahan and all the out-going committee for all of their hard work and dedication to the Club over the past year.
MEMBERSHIP
Membership fees for the year 2014
are – Adults €80; Life Members €30;
Over 60s €50; Juveniles €45.
Green Fees – Adult €5; Juveniles €3;
Hire of Clubs €2.
LOTTO BONUS
Number 1, there was no winner.
Anyone who would like to support our
Lotto can do so by contacting any member of the committee, it is only €2 per
number.
Committee meeting will be held on the
16th January, 2014, at 7.30 p.m.
Cappoquin Snooker and Billiards Club
JACK McCARTHY
MEMORIAL BILLIARDS
The draw for this season’s
billiards tournament has
thrown up some exciting ties
with the pick probably being
the game between Martin
McCarthy
and
Darren
Mason. This should be a
cracking game with the winner playing John Walsh or
Michael Casey in the semifinal. The top half of the draw
will see David Mason play
John McGrath with the winner facing Killian O’Sullivan in
the quarter final.
The final tie sees Aaron
O’Sullivan play Martin Reddy
with the winner facing one of
David, John or Killian in the
semi final. Some good
games to be decided over the
next few weeks in what
should prove another exciting
competition especially with
the new rules in place this
season for Billiards.
AA FIRE SAFETY
SCRATCH CUP
The draw for our AA Fire
Safety scratch cup took place
this week with some mouth
watering ties down for decision. One of the ties worth the
watch will definitely be the
game between the O'Sullivan
brothers Aaron and Killian.
This should be a very close
tie with Killian probably the
favourite but Aaron will relish
a crack at the older brother
and it could be worth the
watch. The full draw is
Michael Casey v Martin
Reddy
Tommy O’Sullivan v Ben
O’Keeffe
Martin McCarthy v John
McGrath
Aaron O’Sullivan v Killian
O’Sullivan
Keith Mason v Keith
O’Sullivan
Brendan Walsh v Darren
Mason with one quarter-final
tie which will see John Walsh
v Alex Hennebry.
MARKET HOUSE LEAGUE
The semi-finals of the
Market House League will
see Darren Mason play
Brendan Walsh in the first
semi while Ben O’Keeffe will
face Keith O’Sullivan in the
other. With the handicap sys-
tem in play for the league this
should make for two very
close games. Darren will
fancy his chances against
Brendan but if he does give
Brendan any chances then
he will be punished as
Brendan is one of the top
players in the club when he is
in amongst the balls.
Ben will be fancied to beat
Keith in the second semi-final
but Keith will not go down
easily and will battle to the
end. If Keith does win this
semi final it wont be too much
of a surprise as again he can
score well if he gets any
chances. Two games that will
be well worth the watch.
JOIN US ON FACEBOOK
Why not keep in touch with
us by friend requesting us on
Facebook where you can see
what is going on within the
club. Darren Mason has been
busy taking pictures and
downloading them onto the
page which will give you all
the latest news from the club
at the click of a button. Also
dates for tournaments etc will
be posted on the site.
NEW MEMBERS
WELCOME
Over the years we have
had many people come and
go in the club and now is the
time for any new members to
come along and enjoy the
wonderful facilities we have
on offer. Two fantastic tables
for people to enjoy and they
are well worth a game on and
who knows you may even
enjoy it so much that you will
come back for more. If you
have any interest in a few
games why not call in any
night and see what is on offer.
We cater for all abilities and if
wanted we can provide top
class coaching.
MEMBERSHIP
We will be keeping the
club membership the same
this season. Only €30 for an
Adult and €20 for under 18s.
Fantastic value for the season so join up asap and get
into as many tournaments as
possible, that's how we will all
improve our game lads.
Membership has been filling
up nicely at present which is
great to see.
DCC LICENSE RENEWAL
2014 licences are now
available for renewal via the
on line system with Cycling
Ireland Website. This is a
new system this year so once
you have logged in (the login
option is top right) click on the
member tile and it should
take you into your profile.
If you have any problems,
you can also click on the
video tile and this will take
you through a step by step
renewal process.
This year as you renew
your licence with Cycling
Ireland it will give you the
option to pay your club fees
as part of the renewing
process. Having said that I do
understand from those members who have renewed, they
experienced problems with
this option. With that in mind
on the 18th of January we will
be running a License
Renewal Afternoon session
in Cyclesports.
DCC CLUB GEAR ORDER
The club is putting together
an order for club gear at the
moment, the deadline for
your order to be in by is the
18th of January - if we do not
meet the minimum quantities
on some items, we will let you
know as they will not be
ordered.
There are two order forms
available on the Club Website
- Excel Spreadsheet and
PDF - please complete them
and return them (with your
LIONS CLUB SPIN – Paddy Morrissey and John Coffey from the
Dungarvan Cycling Club presenting a cheque of €260 to John
Dwane of the Lions Club. Thanks to all those who donated.
deposit) to Paddy Morrissey
at Cyclesports. Alternatively
you can return your order
form via email to info@dungarvancc.com or at the
License Renewal Day on the
18th of January
DCC GROUP CHARTERS
The Committee is working
towards appointing Group
Captain and Vice Captains to
liase with the Committee on
any issues arising from the
groups as has happened in
the past. So that each member has a better understanding of what their responsibilities and roles are the
Committee has drawn up a
Group Charter. This is available on the Club Website please read this over and if
there are any questions contact Derek Troy via email to
info@dungarvancc.com or
086-3109440.
CYCLING QUOTE
“I check the weather, I put
on my gear, I go out and do
my spin, then when I'm back
do I decide if it was too wet or
not.” – John James Kelly.
CONTACT US
Be sure to check the club
website at dungarvancc.com
for up to date news, blasts
from the past, Strava
updates, and links to our
Facebook and Twitter feeds.
If there are any news items
you want to report please
email us at info@dungarvancc.com
Dungarvan Boxing Club
Sarah Kiely through to All-Ireland
Novice championships
DUNGARVAN boxer Sarah
Kiely is through to the semifinals of the All-Ireland Novice
Championships in Dublin
next Friday night.
Sarah is boxing Ciara
Corcoran from Brosna boxing
club and if she wins she’ll be
through to the finals the following week end.
THE RUSSIANS ARE
COMING !!!
This is the second year
that the Russian National
boxing team has come to
Dungarvan. They will arrive
on Saturday, 25th January
and will take part in a 10 day
training camp in the Sports
Centre.
On Sunday, the 26th the
Russian’s will be joined by the
Irish National Team who will
also take part in the training
camp.
The Irish Team will be the
Champions from the National
Finals which are on Friday
the 24th January in the
National Stadium.
The Russian Team will
return home on the 5th
February and the Irish team
will take part in a training
camp in Russia from the 19th
to the 24th February.
These training camps are
preparation for the World
Youth Championships in
Bulgaria in April.
There will be two TEST
MATCHES which will be
open to the public; the first is
on Thursday the 30th
January and Tuesday the 4th
February at 7 p.m.
This will be a great opportunity to see the best boxing
team in the World in action
against the best of the Irish.
The Russian Team
enjoyed their stay in
Dungarvan last year and they
requested to come back
here, they were offered other
locations but they chose
Dungarvan. The location of
Lawlors Hotel was ideal as it
was close to the Sports
Centre and the old railway
track in Abbeyside was excellent for jogging and outdoor
training.
The hospitality shown to
them by the Town Council,
the people of Dungarvan and
the local boxing Club was
much appreciated by the
BOXING FEDERATION OF
RUSSIA.
A letter of thanks was sent
to the Town Council.
NEW FACEBOOK PAGE
FOR DUNGARVAN
HILLWALKING CLUB
Dungarvan
Hillwalking
Club has entered the 21st
century with a brand new
Facebook page. The page
will give information about
walks and club events and
will be full of scenic pictures
of popular walk routes used
by the club.
The page aims to give
people a flavour of the club’s
activities and encourage
them to take to the hills. The
club also hopes that the
Facebook page will appeal to
younger people who want to
give hillwalking a try.
People who want to
access the page can go to
www.facebook.com/dungarvanhillwalking,
or
type
Dungarvan Hillwalking Club
into the search box on
Facebook.
Membership of Dungarvan
Hillwalking Club continues to
grow and attendance at the B
and C walks is on the up. To
join, why not come along to
the
TSB
Carpark
in
Dungarvan at 1 p.m. for the C
walk and 10 a.m. for the B
Walk.
Or visit www.dungarvanhillwalking.org to find out
more about the club.
20
GENERAL SPORT
Dungarvan Rugby Club Kilmacthomas trained horse wins
UNDER 18
Fethard 0; Dungarvan 7
For the second week in a
row we were away from
home in the under 18
Development League when
we travelled to Fethard last
Sunday. We already played
Fethard in the League at
home in November which
Fethard won by a single point
with the conversion of a last
minute penalty. It was the
second game on the Fethard
pitch that morning and with
heavy rain before and during
the game the pitch was just
about playable. Due to two
players picking up knocks at
Saturday training run by
Munster Coach John O’Neill
we again started this game
with 15 players.
Within a minute our numbers were reduced to 14
when one of our centres had
to come off when he picked
up a knock on the knee and
was unable to continue. It
was necessary to move one
of our second row players
into the centre and play with
7 forward in the scrum and
line-out for the rest of the
game.
We were playing into a
strong breeze and it was
impossible to get out of our
own half. There were only
two occasions when we got
into the opposition half. Time
and time again Fethard were
nearly over our try line only
for our defence to hold the
line intact.
Players put in tackle after
tackle over and back the field
to keep our line intact at halftime. It was great to see how
disciplined and organised our
defence was, keeping a
great flat line and when
Fethard tried to use the overlap and extra man we somehow got cover and the attacking player was driven into
touch.
At half-time we knew we
had a chance at 0-0 as we
would have the elements with
us in the second half.
The second half was
similar to the first but it was
Fethard who had to defend.
Time and time they kept
Dungarvan from crossing the
line. The pitch at this stage
was a mud bath and it was
getting hard for the players to
keep their feet. The ball was
covered in muck and hard to
hold especially with hands
that were muddy and cold.
Any ball kicked out of defence
by Fethard was swallowed up
by our full back who carried
back at the defence with
great support from backs and
forwards.
The pressure eventually
paid off and after we had
been stopped on numerous
occasions, we kept recycling
and a couple of great passes
put our out-half in to the left of
the posts.
The kick was converted
and we were seven points to
the good with 20 minutes left
to play. Fethard to their credit
tried with all their might to get
back into the game but great
defending and worsening
conditions kept them scoreless to the end.
Great credit to the two
teams who served up a great
game in the conditions but
especially to Dungarvan who
had to play 58 minutes with
only 14 players.
This was a fabulous team
performance and any one of
our 14 players could have
been man of the match.
Training with the senior
panel is at 7.30 pm on
Tuesday and Saturday morning at 10.30
Team: Patrick O’Dwyer, Jack
Hurley, Stephen Keating, Darach
Ó Cathasaigh, Simon Lawrence,
Dean O’Brien, Richard Carroll,
Adam Carey, Matthew Henley,
Daniel Slevin, Eoin Dwyer, Seán
Veale, Killian Monks, Thomas
Shaw-Hamilton, and Michael
Phelan
MUNSTER COACHING
John O’Neill a coach with
Munster Rugby came last
Saturday morning to coach
our under 16 and 18 teams
between 10.30 and 12.00 in
what turned out to be a very
informative training session
for our younger teams.
He will also be coming
again to help coach the other
age groups.
Kilmacthomas Badminton Club
KNOCK-OUT CUP
Three of our four teams
have now been in action in
the Knock-Out Cup competitions with Kilmac 2 and
Kilmac 4 playing their opening games last week. The
Kilmac 2 team of Thorsten
Konekamp,
Jason
Kavanagh, Ian Kearney,
Fiona Kiely, Natalie Brown
and Rachel Walsh traveled to
Dunmore to take on
Dunmore 2. The team knew
a tough task lay ahead playing in Dunmore. Jason and
Thorsten got the team off to a
winning start with a straight
sets win in the opening game.
Fiona and Natalie follow on in
similar fashion with a win in
first ladies. Thorsten and Ian
made it 3-0 to Kilmac, with
Fiona and Rachel making it
4-0. The mixed games
proved to be the most exciting of the night, with both
games going to three sets.
Jason and Natalie got off to a
good start winning the opening set, but had to fight hard
to in the third set to ensure
victory. The final game saw
Ian and Rachel play together.
The pair had a tough battle
on their hands losing the first
set, but fought back very well
to claim the final two sets and
give the team an impressive
6-0 victory on the night. The
home leg of the match takes
place
in
Kilmac
on
Wednesday, 15th January at
8 p.m.
Kilmac 4 played their
opening game at home
against Ballyduff 2 on Friday
night last. The team started
very well winning the opening
three games, with Bryan
Kavanagh and Michael
Brown winning first mens
doubles. Bridget Walsh and
Edel Firth followed this with a
win in first ladies doubles.
Brian got his second win of
the night when he partnered
Padraig Lenane in second
mens doubles.
Unfortunately Bridget and
Niamh Flavin did not have
such luck in their ladies doubles with the Ballyduff team
claiming their first point. It was
one game each in the mixed
with Michael and Edel unfortunately losing out, but
Padraig and Niamh managed
to have an impressive win in
their mixed game. This gives
the Kilmac team a 4-2 lead
ahead of their away fixture in
Ballyduff on Wednesday next
at 8 p.m.
Team: Bryan Kavanagh,
Michael Brown, Padraig
Lenane, Bridget Walsh, Edel
Firth and Niamh Flavin.
JUVENILE COUNTY
CHAMPIONSHIPS
On Saturday last January
11th the Under 13 and Under
17 County championships
were held in Kilmac. Our only
representative in the U-17
competition was Irinel Lineen.
He competed in both the singles and doubles, and had
some good performances in
both. There was a large club
entry in the U-13 competition.
In total we had ten boys and
four girls competing. All our
players put in a great effort
throughout the day, and in the
plate singles we saw two all
Kilmac finals, with Aoife
Scurry and Mide Delaney fac-
ing each other in the final.
Mide was victorious on this
occasion. In the boys plate
final. Daniel Delaney and
Sean Walsh faced each
other. After a very good
game, it was Daniel who
emerged victorious. Well
done to everyone who took
part and to those who helped
organise the competition on
the day.
Our competitors were:
Alan
Mulcahy,
Louis
Gallagher, Jack Wickham,
Cormac McCarthy, Dermot
Behan, Marty Morrissey,
Sean Walsh, Pa Skehan,
Daniel Delaney, Declan
Keane, Eve Halley, Tao
Behan, Aoife Scurry and
Mide Delaney.
KIERSEY CUP
The count down to Kiersey
Cup 2014 is now on with
under two weeks to go. There
will be a slight change to this
year’s competition, with it
becoming a two day event.
Section 3 for grades H and
Novice will take place on
Saturday, January 25th
beginning at 2 p.m. Sunday,
January 26th will see Section
2 for Grades F and G begin at
11 a.m., which will be followed by Section 1 for players graded A-E. The cost of
entry is €10 with re-entry to
the section above yours €5.
Everyone is guaranteed at
least two games, with plate
competitions in all sections.
Entries by text to Martin 0872604521.
For further updates on the
competition, keep an eye out
on our Facebook page and
website.
Open lightweight race at Tinahely
By Dick White
www.talkinhorses.ie
WHAT
a
day!
Congratulations
to
the
Shillelagh and District Hunt
for their trojan work in staging
the first point to point of 2014
in the Eastern Region. With
conditions pretty atrocious as
had been promised by Met
Eireann they managed to
deliver a seven race card on
the day.
The entry level at 101 had
clearly suggested that few if
any divides would be required
but with a near 75% declaration rate overall the 7 year old
and older maiden was
divided giving us our seven
races. Despite the heavy rain
the track stood up the racing
pretty well with most horses
able to get through it easily
enough.
Given the weather and the
attraction of staying indoors
the attendance was a little
sparse, but hey that was their
loss!!
The racing highlight was
the Slaney Foods sponsored
Open Lightweight where 7 of
the original entry were
declared.
With
neither
Nedzers Return nor The Last
Derby racing the warm order
on the day was the County
Waterford trained Boxing
Along. This former track winner notched his sixth win
between the flags here after
leading all of the way.
Ridden by Paul Power and
trained by Vincent Halley in
Kilmacthomas,
County
Waterford the Witness Box
10 year old was very impressive here. Speaking afterwards his winning trainer
stated "Yes he did that well,
he was fresh here today and
jumped well. He had a little
cut and didn't race since mid
December, but the break
seemed to do him good."
Halley who trains the horse
for his father Laurence indicated afterwards that the winner would go to Thurles next
for a Hunters Chase at the
end of the month. This puts
Halley level with David
Christie in the National
Trainers championship and
he might well have more winners to come!
Power is an important part
of the Halley operation at
present with the 26 year old
riding out 2 days a week at
the yard. With 16 track winners and just 50 point to
pointer winners to his name
the Waterford City based
Power is an accomplished
amateur jockey.
His career has seen him
qualify as a Quantity
Surveyor but it is to racing
and the horse industry that he
is now focussed. In addition
to working for Halley, Power
also rides out 3 days per
week
for
Henry
De
Bromhead’s
County
Waterford yard and he also
works for Kieran Purcell at his
County Kilkenny base.
14 of the original entry of
16 horses faced the starter in
the
ultra
competitive
Woodenbridge Hotel Winners
of One contest with the market leader Venitien De Mai
maintaining his unbeaten
record here.
Owned by Alan Potts of
Sizing Europe fame and
trained by the legendary Jim
Dreaper, the French bred 5
year old son of Network was
always prominent under a
good ride by Jamie Flynn to
win from Bally Beaufort.
Dreapers son Tom indicated
afterwards "That was perfect,
he looks like a fair horse, we
will stay point-to-pointing and
go hunter chasing with him,
as we did with Gooyella"
Racing opened with Jamie
Codd cementing his lead in
the jockeys championship
when winning the Casey
Enterprises 5 and 6 year old
mares maiden. Here the
Mayglass, County Wexford
man won on Scarlet Feather
for County Westmeath based
William Ross.
Owned and bred by
Salome Brennan who is a
long time patron of the Ross
yard, plans for the 6 year old
Flemensfirth mare "could see
her return to the track but she
would prefer a bit of better
ground" according to her
trainer. The horses went a
good gallop in this race but a
tightly bunched pack were still
in contention 3 fences from
home with Codd asserting to
win.
Brightwells
Bloodstock
sponsored the 5 year old
geldings maiden and this
went to the Steven Clements
ridden Blacklion for Colin
Vincent Halley and Paul Power after winning the Tinahely Open.
McKeever
and
WW
Dennison. This Kayf Tara
horse had the form of the
race with a nice third at
Lingstown on his last start.
McKeever commented: “He
has had two good solid runs,
he scoped bad the last day
and it was treated. He is a different horse now, but the
ground was a bit soft and he
will go to the sales.”
Noel Dooly is a Co.
Waterford man that has
moved to Courtnacuddy in
Co. Wexford where he now
trains a string of 15 horses
which includes 2 point-topointers. Dooly and a large
welcoming party were on
hand to welcome Grand Isola
back after winning the Central
House sponsored 6 year old
geldings maiden in the hands
of Patrick O'Sullivan.
O'Sullivan a 21 year old
had been a conditional jockey
on the track but reverted back
to the amateur ranks and the
Kerry native now based in
County Wexford is hopeful of
riding further winners following this first winner of the season.
The Older horses maiden
was divided with the
AgriMaster Farm Insurance
seeing J. J. Slevin take the
first divide on Amithereyet for
his father Shay and his
mother Liz.
This race saw Slevin bide
his time as Harley Dunne set
a scorching pace on Gray
Mick. This horse couldn't
keep the gallop up in these
conditions and had been
passed before falling at the
last. Slevin came home a distance clear on the 7 year old
son of Saffron Walden of the
second with Shay Slevin
commenting "The famine is
over, we will go for a winners
next. He ran well here a year
ago and he cant have it too
soft".
Michael McConville was
beaming from ear to ear after
winning the last race of the
day, the second divide of the
Older horses maiden on his
own horse Kerrib Castle.
One of only 4 horses
trained by his father Stephen
at their Portadown, County
Armagh base the winning
jockey was recording his fifth
career win on the 8 year old
Winged Love gelding. With a
second placed effort in a
Hunters
Chase
at
Downpatrick to his credit he
was the stand out choice in
the race and so it proved.
The
25
year
old
McConville works full time in
the family’s construction business but he hopes to stay
point-to-pointing and try
another Hunters Chase with
this horse.
your list of “Things to Do” in
2014, why not aim for the
local one? Entry for the
Dungarvan Triathlon 2014 will
be on-line only and will open
on February 1st.
Please see www.facebook.com/DungarvanTriathlo
n2014 for more information
on the route etc.
If you are interested in
Triathlon or want to find out
more about the club check
out our Facebook page
www.facebook.com/TriedTest
edDungarvan
Mark Cliffe, Tried & Tested
Triathlon Club Dungarvan,
coming into finish in Dunmore
East.
Tried & Tested
Triathlon Club
INFORMATION/OPEN
NIGHT
Tried & Tested will hold an
Information/Open Night in the
Park Hotel on Thursday,
January 23rd from 7.30-8.30
p.m. This night is open to all
who are interested in
Triathlon, whether as club
members or those who would
like to participate in the Club’s
Dungarvan Triathlon on June
28th next.
We will do our best to
answer all your questions,
e.g. about equipment, training
and competing and any others you may have. There will
be plenty of club members,
many of whom competed for
the first time in 2013, available on the night to chat to
about their experiences in the
sport, so far. Please mark the
date on your calendars and
come along.
This information night is
open to everyone and is of
course free of charge.
DUNGARVAN TRIATHLON
2014
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