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DUNGARVAN Sports Incorp. Munster Industrial Advocate Vol. 100 (Reg. in GPO as a Newspaper) TEL: 058 41205 / 42042 www.dungarvanobserver.ie Wednesday, 13 February, 2013 DUNGARVAN OBSERVER SPORTS SUPPLEMENT Young Hurlers take Pat Noctor Award into custody By Tom Keith THE capacity audience which attended the 20th Annual Sports Awards sponsored by the Dungarvan District Garda Social Club for the Pat Noctor Memorial Trophy, were last Friday night, privileged to see as talented and successful a line-up of young stars as has ever graced the stage of Ard Scoil na nDeise. From fifty-eight nominations, the Adjudicators had, with considerable difficulty, whittled the qualifiers down to twelve, but, in the words of Junior Liaison Officer, Gda. Aidan McCarthy, ‘the Public Order Unit had almost to be called’ when it came to deciding the winner. After deep and lengthy deliberations, the honour fell jointly to Dungarvan hurlers Patrick Curran and Ryan Donnelly, whose efforts for their club, but particularly their contribution to the capture of the Harty Cup for the Dungarvan Colleges and their Christian Brothers School, was enough to win the day. The audience too acknowledged their excellence with a standing ovation as Mrs. Judy Noctor handed over the magnificent Pat Noctor Memorial trophy to the very worthy joint winners. Speaking to MC, Kieran O’Connor, who con- ducted the business of the evening with his usual efficiency, Pat and Ryan said they were thrilled to accept the trophy and the title on behalf of their school, their Club and the Dungarvan Colleges team. It is their hope, they said, that they would retain the Harty Cup, which they had won last year and something which had not been achieved before. Earlier, Garda John Dwyer, Chairman of the Garda Social Club had extended a welcome to the capacity audience and welcomed Mrs. Judy Noctor, widow of Garda Pat Noctor, as well as their son Ian and grand-daughter, Anna to the glittering evening. He welcomed the Deputy Mayor of Dungarvan, Cllr. Nicky Sheehan, Mayor of County Waterford, Cllr. Billy Kyne, Mayor of Lismore, Cllr. John Pratt as well as Chief Supt. Pat Murphy to the Awards night. He thanked the Ard Scoil Board of Management for the generous use of the Hall, a privilege they had received for the last twenty years. Garda Junior Liaison Officer, Aidan McCarthy, added his welcome to the attendance and congratulated all of the young nominees on their honour. He thanked his (CONTINUED ON PAGE 14) Young Sports Star Award. Judy Noctor presenting the Pat Noctor Memorial Trophy for the Dungarvan Garda District Social Club Supreme Young Sports Star 2012 to joint winners Patrick Curran and Ryan Donnelly, both Dungarvan CBS. Included is Garda Aidan McCarthy, Chairman Garda Social Club. [Rory Wyley] Patrick Curran and Ryan Donnelly joint winners of the Pat Noctor Supreme Young Sports Star Awards 2012 centre with the Pat Noctor Memorial Trophy. Also the ten other final nominees. Included are Judy Noctor, Chief Supt. Pat Murphy, Supt. Michael Leacy, Garda Aidan McCarthy and members of the adjudicating panel. [Rory Wyley] FOOTBALLERS SECURE SECOND BRACE OF POINTS page 3 WATERFORD GAA RADIO FUN QUIZ LAUNCH WIN TICKETS TO CHELTENHAM PREVIEW NIGHT 2013 page 5 page 15 2 GAA Dungarvan Observer Sports | Wednesday, 13 February, 2013 St. Olivers End of Year Medal Presentation which took place in Ballinameela Community Centre on the 19th January, 2013 - St. Olivers U-11 - Back row (L to R): Aiden Mansfield, Jack Osbourne, James Buckley, Paul Morrissey, Michael Fogarty, Henry Griffin, Matt McGrath, Ben Power. Front row (L to R): Kieran Sheridan, Cathal Daly, Eddie Walsh, Kieran Aherne, Morgan Buckley, Ben Kavanagh. Also included are their managers and trainers Matthew Fogarty, Sean Osbourne, Declan Sheridan with John Longan, President of St. Olivers Club; Fr. P. Fitzgerald with special guest Michael Ryan, Waterford Senior Hurling Manager. Munster Council Elects New Chairman and Vice-Chairman THE annual Convention of the Munster GAA Council took place on Friday night last in Bunratty Castle, Co. Clare. Convention saw Clare man Robert Frost elevated to the position of Council Chairman having served as Vice-Chairman for 3 years under outgoing Chairman Sean Walsh who succeeded Waterford’s Jimmy O’Gorman to the top position. Cork’s Jerry O’Sullivan was elected unopposed to the opposition of Vice-Chairman after the other nominee Donal Shanahan (Tipperary) withdrew. County Board Chairman Tom Cunningham led the Waterford delegation which included Eddie Cunningham, Pat Grant, Paddy Joe Ryan, Jimmy O’Gorman and Tomas Kiely. Waterford delegation at the Munster Council GAA Convention in the Bunratty Castle Hotel, Co. Clare. l-r: Eddie Cunningham, Pat Grant, Anthony Walsh, Jimmy O’Gorman and Pat Flynn. [George Hatchell] Robert Frost new Munster Council Chairman (centre) with former chairmen Sean Walsh, Sean Kelly, Christy Cooney and Jimmy O’Gorman at the Munster Council Convention in Bunratty Castle Hotel, Co. Clare. [George Hatchell] Mass for Frankie Walsh R.I.P. MONTHS mind Mass for the Late Frankie Walsh, Mount Sion and Waterford Hurling great, will be celebrated on this coming Friday, 15th February at 7.30 p.m. in the Brother Rice / Mount Sion Chapel, Barrack St. Waterford City. May he rest in peace. Lismore Camogie Club THIRD LEVEL COLLEGE CAMOGIE This coming weekend Saturday February 16th features the third level college camogie i.e. The Ashbourne Cup and the Purcell Cup semi-finals, and this year Lismore Camogie Club has three members taking part in this fantastic weekend of Camogie. On Saturday, last year’s Ashbourne Runners-up UL will take on NUIG in the first semi-final and representing the club for UL is Shona Curran while Sarah Fenton is repersenting NUIG, this will be a very interesting battle. In the Purcell Cup semi-final last year’s winners Mary Immaculate College will be playing, and representing the club in goal is Helen O'Donnell. All in Lismore Camogie Club would like to wish all three girls the very best of luck!!!!! BOOK SALE 9th MARCH The Parents’ Council of Bunscoil Bothar na Naomh Primary School are holding a book sale on the 9th March, to go towards school funds. Please hand in unwanted books to Roches Centra or the Credit Union. CONGRATULATIONS! Congratulations to Jenny Houlihan on the birth of baby Tommy during the week. Munster Council Officers pictured at the Annual Convention in Bunratty Castle Hotel. L-R: Mike Fitzgerald, Limerick, Treasurer; Ed Donnelly, Tipperary PRO; Robert Frost, Clare Chairman; Jerry O‘Sullivan, Cork Vice Chairman; Simon Moroney, Clare CEO, and Teddy O’Sullivan, Kerry. [George Hatchell] Cumann Chamógaíochta na Rinne SOCIAL / OÍCHE CHEILLIÚRADH Níl ach seachtain eile agaibh chun na ticéidi a fháil do'n Oíche mór ar an 23ú lá Feabhra. Ticéidí le fáil ar luach €30 ó Sinéad Breathnach ach glaoch ar 0879705612. Is féidir glaoch chomh maith ar Sinéad De Faoite ar 0872904519. There is just over a week left to the Social Night in the Park Hotel on Saturday, 23rd February. Tickets at a cost of €30 can be purchased from Sinéad Breathnach on 0879705612 or from Sinead de Faoite on 0872904519. PAT NOCTOR AWARDS Comhgháirdeachas le Aoife Landers a cháiligh don babhta ceannais den gcomórtas thuasluaite. Congratulations to club player Aoife Landers who made the final 12 in the above competition recently. CRINNIÚ IMREÓRÍ/ PLAYERS’ MEETING Tá an crinniú a bhí le beith ann ar an Aoine so an 15ú Feabhra curtha siar agus caithfear dáta eile a shocrú The meeting fixed for next Friday, 15th Feb. has been cancelled and will have to be re- fixed for a later date. Dungarvan Observer Sports | Wednesday, 13 February, 2013 Allianz National Football League 3 Footballers secure second brace of points Waterford .......................2-8; Tipperary .........................0-9. GOALS win games and two interesting ones in association with a fine home performance deservedly gave Niall Carew’s team their second win in Division IV of the Allianz football league at the Fraher Field last Saturday night. The attitude and fitness of all nineteen players used left no room for complaint and we now have full league points from two games played with Limerick next up in Dungarvan on Saturday, March 2nd. GOOD START Unfortunately, the rain arrived with the Tipperary team and fair dues to both sets of players who gave us a fine game in trying conditions. From the comfort of the stand, the welcome large attendance faced a flagless pole for the National Anthem as we were reminded that the Irish flag cannot be raised after sunset. The €10 admission wasn’t a bone of contention as a very fit looking Deise team started well with a Paul Whyte pointed free opening the scoring in the third minute. We didn’t have to wait too long for the first goal of the game as a Paul Whyte attempt at a point was received by the Nire’s Darren Guiry who was hauled down in front of goal with Tipperay’s No. 7 Brian Fox picking up a yellow card. Fethard’s Paul Fitzgerald, who did well overall in the visitors goal, had no chance with Paul Whyte’s penalty kick on six minutes as Waterford’s tackling and defending in general play was very impressive. Brian Fox shrugged off his yellow card to open Tipperary’s scoring in the ninth minute. Wicklow referee Anthony Nolan’s yellow card must indeed have been saturated at the end of the seventy minutes as he dished out nine in total in what was overall a clean game with Waterford’s John Hurney needlessly picking up the second one in the 18th minute. From a left legged kick and free Stradbally’s Robert Ahearne restored the home team’s four point lead in the 21st minute only to be replied to by All-Ireland minor medal winner Michael Quinlan who raced through the Deise defence after 23 minutes to slot over his only score of the game. Tipperary introduced the first of their four subs, Brian Jones as Waterford’s wing back Tony Grey made a great run towards the town end goal but unfortunately his final effort went wide of the post. The Stradbally player was to make amends at a crucial stage later on in the game. Following a wide Paul Whyte (f) made the score 1-3 to 0-2 after 27 minutes. Barry Grogan scored the first of his four points for the visitors with Rathgormack’s Gavin Nugent being introduced in the 31st minute. Patrick Hurney did well to point from play but a worrying remainder of the half from a Waterford viewpoint saw Tipperary raise three unanswered flags. Referee Nolan was consistent throughout in punishing verbal outbreaks and throwing away the ball and following a latter indiscretion Barry Grogan (f) pointed in the 33rd minute followed by two superb points from play by midfielder George Hannigan and the overall influential Peter Acheson (Moyle Rovers). The home team who probably deserved a bigger lead on first half fare now led at the break by 1-4 to 0-6. BOUNCE BEATS ‘KEEPER Conor Sweeney from Ballyporeen started the second half and he pointed a free in the 36th minute, the first score on the restart. Before that, Liam O Lionain ran in on goal and opted for the green flag but his well placed kick was well saved by Paul Fitzgerald. Robbie Kiely from Arravale Rovers was named on the programme but he didn’t make an appearance until the 37th minute after which Waterford scored their second goal which was indeed a god send for the home team. The game was level when Robert Ahearne’s speculative ball looked to have bounced on the astro-turf and one way or the other it bounced before Paul Fitzgerald and over his head and all the Tipperary goalie could do was look back and see it going into his goal. Waterford saw a lot of the ball after this timely boost but a number of raids on the Tipperary defence ended up in Cul de Sacs with wrong options being taken and the ball being played back instead of forwards. Following what looked like a free of the soft variety Barry Grogan reduced the lead to 2-4 to 0-8 as the visitors made a double substitute in the persons of Bernard O’Brien (Aherlow) and Aldo Matassa (Clonmel Commercials). After 48 minutes Conor Phelan’s surging run out of the backline was rewarded with a free which Paul Whyte converted. WATERFORD’S FITNESS Barry Grogan (f) scored his side’s last point with fifteen minutes to play as Waterford’s fitness shone with the contributions of subs Sean O’Hare and Joey Veale also helping the cause. Four yellow cards were issued in a six minute spell, three to Tipperary and the home team drove on with valuable scores from wing back Tony Grey (56th minute) and Darren Guiry (Nire) (59th minute). A Sean O’Hare ball ended with a foul on Liam O Lionain which Paul Whyte kicked over to leave the score at 2-8 to 0-9 with 62 minutes played. The Deise players were home and wet at this stage despite a very close fisted goal scoring chance in a crowded square by Tipperary with Waterford’s custodian Stephen Enright picking up an injury. CAPTAIN’S PART Shane Briggs once again played a captain’s part throughout in a fine team effort and one feels if more of the team in time can think as fast on their feet as the Ballinacourty stalwart, this will enhance the side further. Waterford's Paul Whyte, who scored 1-4, in action with Tipperary's John Coghlan during their National Football League, Round 2 match in Fraher Field. [Sean Byrne//Deise Sport] SCORERS AND TEAMS Scorers: Waterford: Paul Whyte 1-4, Robert Ahearne 1-1, Patrick Hurney, Tony Grey and Darren Guiry (0-1) each. Tipperary: Barry Grogan 0-4, Brian Fox, Michael Quinlivan, George Hannigan, Peter Acheson and Conor Sweeney (0-1) each. Waterford: Stephen Enright, Conor Phelan, Stephen Prendergast, John Hurney, Maurice O’Gorman, Shane Briggs, Tony Grey, Shane Ahearne, Tommy Prendergast, Patrick Hurney, Conor McGrath, Liam O Lionain, Darren Guiry, Robert Ahearne, Paul Whyte. Subs: Gavin Nugent, Sean O’Hare, Joey Veale, Sean Dempsey. Tipperary: Paul Fitzgerald, John Coughlan, Paddy Codd, Andrew Morrissey, Alan Campbell, Ciaran McDonald, Brian Fox, George Hannigan, Liam McGrath, Donagh Leahy, Alan Maloney, Barry Grogan, Michael Quinlivan. Subs: Brian Jones, Robbie Kiely, Bernard O’Brien, Aldo Matassa. Referee: Anthony Nolan (Wicklow). Tipperary's goalkeeper Paul Fitzgerald is well beaten by Darren Guiry's penalty kick for Waterford’s first goal during their National Football League, Round 2 match in Fraher Field. [Sean Byrne//Deise Sport] Waterford's Shane Ahearne in action with Tipperary's Brian Jones during their National Football League, Round 2 match in Fraher Field. [Sean Byrne//Deise Sport] GAA 4 Dungarvan Observer Sports | Wednesday, 13 February, 2013 B l a s t f ro m t h e P a s t From the files of the Dungarvan Observer, Saturday, 13th April, 1963 Waterford snatches yet another dramatic victory gave this game everything they possessed. Their six defenders plus agile Jimmy Hegarty in goal played in heroic fashion and had the game gone on for another hour it is doubtful that they would have conceded a goal. From the second minute they enjoyed the lead and only had it snatched from them for the first time seven minutes before the end. The strong breeze allied to the dominance of Salmon and Conroy at midfield saw to it that the first half for the most part was fought out in Déise territory. But try as their forwards might, they possessed neither the craft nor the skill to penetrate a great defence and their 0-5 to 0-2 half-time lead was a poor reward for their efforts. Consider also that two of those five points came from midfielder Conroy – one from a ‘70’ another from a glorious 90 yards drive and the real weakness of their scoring department will be realised. In the circumstances a three point lead looked far from sufficient. The general feeling during the half-time break was that Waterford’s fleet-footed forwards would revel in the open space of Croke Park and would find chinks in the Connacht men’s defensive screen through which the match winning scores would come. ‘ Wilful waste makes woeful want and the many chances fritted away by the Galway attack cost them dearly ‘ Waterford …………………… 0-9; Galway ………………………. 0-7 HOW fickle and unreliable the form book can be when it comes to the big occasion. On Sunday last, little fancied Galway came within an ace of upsetting all the pre-match predictions when before approximately 7,000 attendance at Croke Park they were narrowly and somewhat unluckily beaten by Waterford in the National Hurling League semifinal. A mere two points separated the teams at the end of a hard fought but unspectacular game and it must be stated that Galway’s trojan efforts over the sixty minutes deserved at least the right of a second bite at the cherry. As a hurling spectacle it was a semi-final that flopped. There was far too much mis-hitting and misdirected clearances by both sides and only the close nature of the scoring retained interest right to the end. Descriptively one might say with justification that it was one of Waterford’s undistinguished displays. They were clearly perturbed by the first time pulling of the Westerners and only in the closing stages did they succeed in counteracting their unusual style. By this, however, no criticism of Galway is intended. They went about their so formidable task with little respect for the men that provided the opposition. Playing to a set plan that so very nearly “did the trick” they shot to the front after two minutes and as they say in racing parlance were only caught at the post. LITTLE STYLE OR GLAMOUR These dramatic late victories – Sunday’s was their fifth in-a-row have become a fashionable part of Waterford’s hurling make-up, but there was little style or glamour attached to this latest game saving efforts. Missing against the Tribesmen was the devastating brand of hurling that has made them the talk of the country and instead they nearly plotted their own defeat by foolishly attempting to play the Westerners at their own crude and rugged game. But if that was part of their trouble on Sunday their shortcomings at midfield came also with a fraction of proving their undoing. Practically every ball that dropped in this vital area was claimed with consummate and disturbing ease by either Joe Salmon or Jimmy Conroy against whom Joe Condon and John Meaney and later Tony Cummins could make little impression. EQUAL TO EVERY DEMAND Fortunately, for Waterford their own defence was equal to every demand. They worked overtime for three-quarters of an hour trying to off-set the disadvantage of playing behind a beaten midfield and if helped by the feebleness of Galway’s attack, they nevertheless take the victory bouquets for the second week in succession. The Westerners – all fifteen of them never spared themselves and DISILLUSIONMENT That assessment of the situation transpired to be nothing short of disillusionment. The second half started as in the first – with Galway again calling the tune. Their defence remained clam-like, defence continued to reap harvest and after five minutes their lead was stretched a point further. Hurriedly Déise mentors went about reconstructing their side in an attempt to gain the initiative. First Meaney was switched replaced at midfield by Tony Cummins and the attack was altered in drastic fashion. Tom Cheasty was switched to the left corner and Grimes took over on the “40.” Seamus Power went to the fringe of the square with John Barron taking Power’s berth at top of the right. With painful slowness Waterford began to wear down a tiring opposition. But that maroon clad defence was unyielding. They disputed every ball and it was only the battle-hardened Cheasty and the astute and accurate Grimes that made worthwhile progress. Only eight minutes remained when equilibrium was gained for the first time and then within a minute Waterford shot to the front with a point by Barron. But Galway refused to acknowledge defeat. They stormed the Déise posts and when a deserved equaliser came with little over a minute left for play a replay looked an odds-on certainly. WINNING POINTS Into the thirtieth when Grimes from outfield secured possession and lofted over the vital point and with a minute and a half of overtime gone, Cheasty closed the scoring with a delightful point. DEFENCE CARRIED THEM THROUGH As against Wexford the previous Sunday, the solidity of Waterford’s defence carried them through. Percy Flynn displayed all the coolness of a veteran in goal and full-backs Cunningham, Flynn and Byrne cleared their lines on numerous occasions. Martin Og Morrissey turned in yet another masterly display at centre-back, Larry Guinan cleared repeatedly in effortless fashion and Jim Irish fitted perfectly into a cast-iron set up. For most of the hour the side’s greatest troubles stemmed from a substandard midfield pairing. Joe Condon was outplayed by the stylish Salmon and Meaney, until replaced, contributed little to the cause. In the game’s preview we stated that Galway’s defence was unlikely to be of the same calibre as Wexford’s. Apologetically to Galway, that belief was proved incorrect. Only Grimes, Cheasty and Flannelly emerged from the “war” with honours, the remainder receiving precious little scope to exploit their skill. DEFENSIVE STARS Like Waterford, the Westerners had their stars in defence. Goalkeeper Jimmy Hegarty made a series of wonderful saves and full-back Packie Burke flanked by Jackie Gill and Tom Conway gave nothing away. In the half-line Ned Derrivan covered acres of ground to great effect; Jimmy Duggan always had the beating of Frankie Walsh and Joe Lyons also played his part. The efforts of their midfield partnership of Salmon and Conroy to sway the game caught the imagination of the attendance and no blame can be laid at their doorstep for defeat. Wilful waste makes woeful want and the many chances fritted away by the Galway attack cost them dearly. They never ceased trying to turn their plentiful supply of the ball into profitable account but met with little or no success. Waterford scorers were: Phil Grimes (0-3), Tom Cheasty (0-3), F. Walsh (0-2), John Barron (0-1). Waterford: P. Flynn; T. Cunningham, A. Flynn, J. Byrne; L. Guinan, M. Og Morrissey, J. Irish; J. Condon, J. Meaney; M. Flannelly, Tom Cheasty, F. Walsh; S. Power, J. Barron, P. Grimes. Sub: T. Cummins for Meaney. Galway: J. Hegarty; J. Gill, P. Burke, T. Conway; J. Duggan, N. Derrivan, J. Lyons; J. Conroy, J. Salmon; M. Regan, T. Sweeney, M. Cullinane; M. Curtin, S. Gohery, M. Cullinane. Referee: J. Hatton, Wicklow. One of the most popular sponsorship deals for clubs when sponsorship came in to being was a set of jerseys, and with County champions Stradbally set to celebrate their 2012 SFC title success on Saturday night next 16th February, our Blast from the Past photograph shows a jersey presentation to Stradbally in times past. Morris Tedcastles presentation to Stradbally GAA Club left to right: Paddy Flynn, Joe Curran, Chairman; Dermot O’Brien, John Coffey, Richard Hickey, Paul Mullally, Captain senior football team set of jerseys from Brian Cunningham, Morris Tedcastles club sponsors; Kieran Heffernan, local stockist; Sean Ahearn, trainer; Pat Murphy, Morris Tedcastles. [Kiely) Brickey’s U-10 - September 1971 – Back row left to right: Donal Dempsey, Michael McCarthy, John O’Donnell, John Ahearne, Luke O’Brien, Micheál Shine, Martin Whelan. Front row left to right: Colin Whelan, Dan Kelliher, Kevin Whelan (Killossera), Pat Phelan, Kevin Whelan, Michael Ronayne, Matthew McCarthy. West Waterford Intermediate / Junior Hurling League LAST year the Western Divisional Board ran a very successful hurling league for intermediate and junior clubs. Western Board GAA Fixtures SATURDAY, 16th FEBRUARY Albert McGrath Newsagents U-21 B Football: Nire V Stradbally at Abbeyside 2.30 p.m. SUNDAY, 17th FEBRUARY Kearney Catering U-21 A Football: Clashmore/Kinsalebeg V Comeragh Gaels at Fraher Field 12 Noon Dungarvan V Ballinacourty at Colligan 2.30 p.m. St Olivers V An Gaeltacht at Bushy Park 2.30 p.m. Albert McGrath U-21 B Football: Ardmore V Ballyduff at Ballinameela 2.30 p.m. T. Walsh TUESDAY, 19th FEBRUARY Killrossanty V Tallow at Fraher Field 7.30 p.m. A total of ten teams took part and after some excellent games it was An Rinn and Colligan who qualified for the final with the Gaeltacht side coming out on top in a cracking final. Later in the season An Rinn went on to lift the County Intermediate Hurling title. GROUPINGS The groupings for this year’s League are as follows:Group 1 - St. Mary’s, Colligan, Ballysaggart, Cappoquin, Fourmilewater, Shamrocks, Clashmore/Kinsalebeg. Group 2 - Geraldines, Modeligo, Ardmore, Stradbally, Ballinameela, Brickey Rangers. First Round Games on Sunday, March 24th at 12.00 noon. GAA Dungarvan Observer Sports | Wednesday, 13 February, 2013 Gaelic Jottings 5 T.M. Casement Park PLANNING application has now been submitted in respect of the re-development of Casement Park in Belfast. The Ulster Council has confirmed that the project is fully funded with grants from the N.I. Sports Department and from the Central Council of the GAA in order to achieve a new 40,000 capacity stadium with the project planned to be up and running in 2016. Everything now depends on planning permission being granted. Fitzgibbon and Sigerson Cup competition ONE of the great GAA success stories of the modern era has been the number of third level colleges that are now participating in the Fitzgibbon (hurling) and Sigerson Cup (football) competitions and accordingly it’s stupid to see some silly rules preventing some players from participating in this year’s competition more especially in an era of low employment opportunity and really commonsense should have been applied here. New Hurling Club in Cork Radio Fun Quiz Launch – At the launch of the Radio Fun Quiz on Tuesday night last in Carriganore were Waterford Senior Hurling and Football managers, Niall Carew and Michael Ryan. Also in attendance were Richard Tobin, Bob O’Brien, Brendan Tobin, Emer Berry, John Sheehan and Trish Walsh from the Quiz Committee, Waterford Co. Board Chairman Tom Cunningham; Joe Cleary, Treasurer Waterford Co. Board; Waterford Senior Hurlers, Kevin Moran, Paudie Mahoney and Noel Connors; Waterford Senior Footballers, Shane Briggs, Gary Hurney and Shane Ahearne and Michael Wadding, Vice-Chairman of the Eastern Board. The Radio Fun Quiz with Kieran O’Connor and John O’Shea in aid of the Waterford GAA Teams Training Fund will take place live on WLR FM on Thursday, 21st February at 8.30 p.m. in Pubs all over the county. Teams of 3 or 4: €10.00 per person. Main Sponsor is Azzurri Sport. [Noel Browne] IN the West Cork Division a new hurling club has been set up to be known as St. Patrick’s. The new club will be an amalgamation of four clubs (i.e.) Glen Rovers, O’Donovan Rossa, Tadgh MacCarthaigh and Kilmacabea and the aim is to have teams participating in competition from U-14 to U-21 grade. It will be interesting to see how the new club progresses over the next couple of years. Dungarvan CBS Qualifies for the Munster Final Magnificent Offaly Champions OFFALY senior hurling champions brought off a truly magnificent victory in the AIB All-Ireland club semi-final at Portlaoise on Saturday afternoon last to see off the challenge of Tipperary champions Thurles Sarsfields by 1-20 to 1-14 after a real thriller of a game which we viewed courtesy of TG4. Certainly, Kilcormac-Killoughey are a really skilful hurling XV and are in the All-Ireland final on merit. Drawn Thriller IN the second All-Ireland AIB Club SHC semi-final defending champions Loughiel Shamrocks and Galway champions St. Thomas finished on level terms at Parnell Park on Saturday last, 2-12 to 0-18. At half-time in extra time St. Thomas, 1-21 to 2-15 and with time up they were still three points to the good, 1-25 to 2-19. Loughiel Shamrocks earned a late late 20 metre free and in a dramatic climax Liam Watson coasted the ball to the net, 1-25 to 3-19 and the teams will now face off in a replay. Pat Noctor Supreme Young Sports Star of the Year 2012 DUNGARVAN duo Patrick Curran and Ryan Donnelly were named as joint winners of the annual Pat Noctor Supreme Young Sports Star of the Year 2012 at the annual event at Ard Scoil na nDeise on Friday night last. It’s the first time since 2007 that the award has gone to our national games when Abbeyside/Ballinacourty’s Stephen Enright was the recipient. DUNGARVAN CBS Hurlers defeated in the Munster Colleges (grade B) hurling final by Doon CBS are back in the 2013 final as a result of a fully deserved 1-22 to 3-7 victory over Rochestown on Saturday last in Youghal. Dungarvan CBS will now play Tulla CBS in the provincial final on Saturday afternoon next, the Clare college have scored a total of eight goals in their last two games. Harty Cup Final ON Sunday, 24th February in Sean Treacy Park, Tipperary Town with a 2.30 p.m. throw-in, Dungarvan Colleges will play Templemore in the Harty Cup Final, who defeated Árd Scoil Rís in their semi-final replay on Saturday last by 1-13 to 0-14 to set up a mouth-watering decider as the local side seek to put Harty Cup titles back-to-back. Allianz NF League Fitzgerald’s changes will open their Allianz NHL campaign at home to Michael Ryan’s Waterford on February 24th next which is most certainly going to provide rival hurling supporters with what is certain to be a keenly contested clash. Minor Football Championship LAST weekend saw the commencement of the County MFC with games in all three Divisions. Disappointingly, two clubs have withdrawn from Division 3, namely Kilmacthomas and St. Carthage’s which leaves 5 teams in group A and 4 in group B. The second round of games will be played on the weekend of February 23rd/24th. The Big Quiz THE build-up has started for the big Radio quiz which is due to take place on Thursday, 21st February at pubs all over the county. Kieran O’Connor and Geoff Harris will host the show which goes out from 8.30. The questions will be written by Bob O’Brien and they will be designed for a good night’s fun and entertainment. The following pubs and clubs have already entered: Kilgobinet Club in Queallys Lounge, Modeligo in Deckies Bar, Ballinameala in Kereen Bar, Ballyduff Upper in The Paddocks Bar, Brickey Rangers in the Tudor House, Geraldines in Kereen Bar, Clashmore in the Old Still Pub, Old Parish in John Pauls, Lismore in Eamonns Place, Ferrybank in Flynn’s Pub, Passage in Furlong’s Geneva Pub, St. Mollerans in Walls Bar, Portlaw in The Cotton Mill, Butlerstown in Holy Cross, Clonea in Clancy’s Bar. Next week we should have a full list of the pubs taking part as the County Board have appointed 25 Co-Ordinators, each looking after just two clubs, and they are all due to report back so that we can give you the information on where the quiz is being hosted. All the money raised will be going to help the training costs of all the hurling and football teams. Sympathy SINCERE sympathy is extended to Divisional and County Board Referee Martin Currran on the death of his uncle Tom Graves, Knockenpower, An Rinn. Sympathy is also extended to Tom’s sister Rita and his other nephews Patrick and Tomas. THE text message spelt out wonderful news on Saturday night last to the effect that Waterford senior footballers had come out on top in their vital Allianz NFL Division IV clash with Tipperary at the Fraher Field by 2-8 to 0-9 to maintain their strong challenge for promotion. Despite the very wet conditions there was a fine attendance at the Fraher Field to see Waterford record their second successive league win. Waterford’s next outing will be on the 2nd March next, also at the Fraher Field under floodlights against Limerick as the interest in this excellent campaign is building by the day. Clare are Waterford Crystal Champions CLARE were crowned Waterford Crystal champions on Saturday night last when they defeated Tipperary by 1-21 to 1-13 in the final. Davy Members of the Abbeyside/Ballinacourty County U-14 Div. 4 winning Hurling Team who were presented with their medals by Special Guest Darragh Duggan at the presentation function in St. Augustine’s. Included are Team Manager Jonathan Moore and Chairman Juvenile Club Michael Ferncombe. [Sean Byrne//Deise Sport] 6 GAA Dungarvan Observer Sports | Wednesday, 13 February, 2013 St. Olivers End of Year Medal Presentation which took place in Ballinameela Community Centre on the 19th January, 2013 - St. Olivers U-14 - Back row (L to R): Tiernan O’Connell, Eoin Halford, Liam O’Connell, Luke O’Connor, Jack Sullivan, Michael O’Brien, Elliot Stackwood, Owen Ryan, Liam O’Brien, Mark Lynch, Jack Griffin, Rob McGrath, Sean Hallahan. Front row (L to R): Cian Horwood, Richie Lynch, Louis McGrath, Joe Duggan, P. J. O’Brien, Henry Griffin, Killian Barrett, David Halley. Also included are John Longan, President of St. Olivers Club; Fr. P. Fitzgerald with special guest Michael Ryan, Waterford Senior Hurling Manager. Corn Phadraig Colleges Hurling Corn An Runai Munster ‘C’ Senior Dungarvan CBS one step nearer Munster title Football Final Wednesday, February 13th in Mallow at 1.30 p.m. St. Augustine’s College -vSt. Michael’s, Listowel ST. Augustine’s College will be aiming to win their first Munster football title since 2004 when they take on St. Michael’s, Listowel in Mallow this Wednesday. The Friary won Corn An Uachtarain that year on a team that included Richie Foley, Conor Phelan and Patrick Hurney. Their previous wins in Corn an Uachtarain were in 1999 and 2000 with Gary Hurney and Tadgh Kenneally featuring the first year when St. Augustine’s defeated Listowel. The Friary boys will be hoping for the same result today, Wednesday following wins over Clashmore, 4-15 to 1-7. Colaisti an Phiarsaigh, 5-14 to 3-6 and Rathmore 2-11 to 2-6. Their efforts will be spearheaded by Brian Looby, Tadgh Bourke, Tom Devine, Seamus Keating and David Gartland. ST. AUGUSTINE’S FOOTBALL HISTORY St. Augustine’s College has long been the dominant force on the Waterford Colleges Football scene. As far back as 1956 the boys from the "Old Friary" captured the Frewen Cup, the Munster Colleges Under 16 'A' title. The College senior footballers were particularly to the fore in Munster competition in the late 70's and early 80's. During this period Friary teams under the management of former Principal Fr. Pat Moran contested three consecutive Munster Senior 'A' Finals and current coach Ger Walsh was a member of the 1979 side beaten by Cork kingpins Coláiste Chríost Rí who were led by Dave Barry. Fortunes declined in the late 80's as the boarding school was phased out and the Friary reverted to the Senior 'B' competition, Corn an Uachtaráin. St. Augustine’s contested finals in 1991 and 1996 without success before the emergence of a double winning side in 1999/2000. That side included current County football stars Gary Hurney, Shane Briggs and John Phelan and InterCounty hurling star Michael 'Brick' Walsh. The 2000 team went all the way to the All Ireland Final only to be defeated by the John O'Mahony led St. Nathy’s Ballaghadereen in a tremendous contest at O'Moore Park Portlaoise. The team also included such players as John Hurney, Niall Hennessy, Eamonn Walsh and Billy Harty who were members of Waterfords historic Under 21 Munster winning side of 2004. That same year the Friary again captured Corn an Uachtaráin with a side featuring hurling star Richie Foley and current Waterford Senior Footballers Conor Phelan and Patrick Hurney. The school has in recent years enjoyed a major hurling revival in its amalgamation with the local CBS culminating in an historic first ever Harty Cup in 2012. Hurling is certainly the huge attraction but these players enjoy their football as well and it is to their credit that in an age when there is little room for the dual player they have given sufficient commitment to reach this decider. Team captain Brian Looby, Tadhg Burke, Tom Devine, Seamus Keating, David Gartland and Eamonn Crotty are all members of the Coláistí Dhúngarbháin side which will endeavour to regain the famed Harty Cup. An interesting footnote to today’s final against St. Michael’s is, that when these two teams last clashed at senior level, in a 1st round fixture back in 1998 St. Augustine’s were the victors by a single point on the amazing score line 5-7 to 5-6. Gary Hurney starred for St. Augustine’s and none other than Tadhg Kenneally featured for St. Michael’s. Spectators would surely settle for a similar contest today. All in Waterford football circles wish the Friary well and may the best team win. PANEL: 1. Kevin Dwane Ballinacourty; 2. Conor Tobin Naomh Brid; 3. Brian Looby (capt.) Ballinacourty; 4. Jack Mullaney Stradbally; 5. Ciarán O'Neill Brickey Rangers; 6. Tom Devine St. Pats; 7. Ross Browne Naomh Brid; 8. David Gartland Ardmore; 9. Seamus Keating Ardmore; 10. Joe Allen (Dungarvan); 11. Tadhg Burke Clashmore/Kinsalebeg; 12. Brian French Old Parish/Ardmore; 13. Michael Troy St. Pats; 14. Conor Prunty Ballinacourty; 15. Michael Maher (Ballinacourty); 16. A.N. Other; 17. Thomas Conway Ardmore; 18. Michael Sweeney Stradbally; 19. Joe Murphy Ardmore; 20. Eoin O'Brien Stradbally; 21. Cathal Cusack Stradbally; 22. Eamonn Crotty Ballinacourty; 23. Sean Houlihan Brickey Rangers; 24. Eoin Kiely Ballinacourty; 25. Kevin Dee Ballinacourty; 26. Maurice Sweeney Stradbally. Dr. Harty Cup Final Munster Senior ‘A’ Hurling Final Dungarvan Colleges -vOur Lady’s, Templemore on Sunday, February 24th at 2.30 p.m. in Tipperary Town Dungarvan CBS .............…. 1-22; Rochestown College ......…. 3-7. AT the end of the third quarter in this Munster ‘B’ Senior hurling semi-final at the Copper Alley, Youghal, Dungarvan CBS led their Cork opponents by 1-18 to 0-7. The concession of three goals in the final ten minutes put a slightly better gloss on the final scoreline as the local CBS team advanced to their fourth consecutive Munster final. EVEN FIRST HALF Rochestown presented a determined and physical challenge last Saturday and their speedy forwards presented a consistent threat to the Dungarvan defence. In an even first half, the CBS led by 0-7 to 0-5 after twenty seven minutes played. Rochestown’s Mark O’Connor had scored four of his side’s points, two each from play and from frees and he set up lively corner forward Mark Dolan for their fifth score. Patrick Curran, who finished the game with a total of 1-12, scored three points with Colin Dunford, Cormac Curran, Christy Breathnach and Ryan Donnelly raising one white flag each. IMPORTANT GOAL Rochestown were the type of team that gave this semi-final everything and one could sense that the longer they were in contention the more their confidence grew and the more difficult it would be to shake off their challenge and to win this game. Patrick Curran also realised this and in the 28th minute he took on the expected physical challenge of the Cork defence to solo along the endline and with little space batted the ball into the net. He followed up with a pointed free in the 30th minute to leave the halftime score at 1-8 to 0-5. FREE SCORING THIRD QUARTER Last year’s beaten finalists scored ten points to two in a fifteen minute spell characterised by impressive team play superbly marshalled by captain Colin Dunford playing deep in the middle of the field. Patrick Curran notched four scores and there were also very well taken points from play by Christy Breathnach (2), Micheal Harney, Colin Dunford, Cormac Curran and Aaron Donnelly. It was just as well that this wasn’t a closer game as Rochestown won the final quarter by 3-0 to 0-4 with a kicked goal from Cathal Cormac and two green flags from frees by their top scorer Mark O’Connor. Dungarvan’s final four points all came from the stick of Patrick Curran (f) in a well deserved win for the local boys. All the usual suspects played well here with Michael Cronin, Cian Culloo, Kieran Barron and Jack O’Donnell also hurling well in a defence where one feels Kevin Daly is more at home in the No. 6 jersey. In a busy time for all these players who come from nine different clubs and who also have minor and U-21 club championship to play as well as an important exam date for some in June, the Corn Phadraig final against a free goal scoring Tulla CBS (Clare) team will be played this Saturday in Golden, Tipperary, at 3.00 p.m. Scorers: Dungarvan CBS: Patrick Curran 1-12, Christy Breathnach 0-3, Colin Dunford and Cormac Curran (0-2) each; Ryan Donnelly, Micheal Harney and Aaron Donnelly (0-1) each. Team: Gavin Power (Dungarvan), Michael Cronin (Ardmore), Kevin Daly (Dungarvan), Cian Culloo (St. Olivers), Jack O’Donnell (Brickeys), Kealan Looby (St. Olivers), Kieran Barron (Touraneena), Colin Dunford (Colligan), Micheal Harney (Bonmahon), Micheal Shine (St. Olivers), Darragh Lyons (Dungarvan), Criostoir Breathnach (An Rinn), Patrick Curran (Dungarvan). Sub: Aaron Donnelly (Dungarvan) (46th minute). Corn Phadraig Munster Senior ‘B’ Final Golden, Co. Tipperary Saturday, February 16th at 3 p.m. DUNGARVAN CBS -VST. JOSEPH’S, TULLA DUNGARVAN CBS contest their fourth consecutive Corn Phadraig Final in Golden this Saturday when they face a very formidable Clare team, St. Joseph’s from Tulla. The local CBS upset the odds to defeat St. Pauls from Waterford in the 2010 final but they had to play second fiddle the next two years to Cashel CBS and Doon CBS respectively. This year they have not been tested to-date but this is about to change and the ‘Brothers’ will have to be bang in-form if they are to regain the title and defeat this Clare outfit. Tulla have scored eight goals in their last two games beating Borrisoleigh by 4-8 to 0-10 in the quarter-final and Youghal by 4-9 to 0-12 in the semi-final. Tulla are not conceding many goals and Dungarvan aren’t scoring many while the Clare school are conceding a fair few points and the CBS are recording high totals here. It will be interesting to see if these trends continue on Saturday. All roads lead to Golden then for what should be another exciting game of Colleges hurling. GAA Dungarvan Observer Sports | Wednesday, 13 February, 2013 7 J.J. Kavanagh and Sons Senior Hurling Championship Fixtures AT a meeting of County GAA C.C.C.C. on Monday, 4th February, fixtures were finalised for the opening three rounds of the County SHC. Champions De La Salle will open the defence of their title at Fraher Field on Saturday, 4th May when they take on Ballyduff Upper. Beaten finalists Dungarvan will play Roanmore also at Fraher Field on Sunday, 5th May at 2.00 p.m. Fixtures are as follows: GROUP ONE De La Salle Fourmilewater Tallow Lismore Ballyduff Upper An Rinn ROUND ONE Saturday, 4th May at 7.30 p.m. Ballyduff Upper v De La Salle at Fraher Field. Referee - Tim O’Byrne. Sunday, 5th May at 3.30 p.m. Fourmilewater v Lismore at Fraher Field. Referee - Ml. Wadding. at 7.00 p.m. Tallow v An Rinn at Cappoquin. Referee - Maurice Condon. ROUND TWO Saturday, 11th May at 6.00 p.m. De La Salle v An Rinn at Fraher Field. Referee - Thomas Walsh. Sunday, 12th May at 7.00 p.m. Ballyduff Upper v Lismore at Tallow. Referee - Pat Casey. at 3.00 p.m. Tallow v Fourmilewater at Cappoquin. Referee - Jim Murphy. ROUND THREE Sunday, 9th June at 3.30 p.m. De La Salle v Fourmilewater at Fraher Field. Referee - Ml. Wadding. at 2.00 p.m. Ballyduff Upper v An Rinn at Fraher Field. Referee - Alan Kissane. at 7.00 p.m. Tallow v Lismore at Ballyduff Upper. Referee - Tommy O’Sullivan. ROUND FOUR Weekending 30th June Lismore v De La Salle at Walsh Park. An Rinn v Fourmilewater at Fraher Field. Tallow v Ballyduff Upper at Lismore. ROUND FIVE During August De La Salle v Tallow at Leamybrien. Fourmilewater v Ballyduff Upper at Fraher Field. Lismore v An Rinn at Fraher Field. GROUP TWO Dungarvan Mount Sion Abbeyside Ballygunner Roanmore Passage ROUND ONE Sunday, 5th May at 2.00 p.m. Roanmore v Dungarvan at Fraher Field. Referee - Paul Foley. Friday, 3rd May at 7.00 p.m. Mount Sion v Ballygunner at Walsh Park. Referee - Tommy O’Sullivan. Saturday, 4th May at 6.00 p.m. Abbeyside v Passage at Fraher Field. Referee - Ml. O’Brien. ROUND TWO Sunday, 12th May at 3.30 p.m. Dungarvan v Passage at Walsh Park. Referee - Dessie O’Leary. at 2.00 p.m. Roanmore v Ballygunner at Walsh Park. Referee - Ml. O’Brien. Saturday, 11th May at 7.30 p.m. Abbeyside v Mount Sion at Fraher Field. Referee - John Condon. ROUND THREE Sunday, 9th June at 3.30 p.m. Dungarvan v Mount Sion at Walsh Park. Referee - Thomas Walsh. at 2.00 p.m. Roanmore v Passage at Walsh Park. Referee - Pat Casey. Saturday, 8th June at 7.30 p.m. Abbeyside v Ballygunner at Walsh Park. Referee - Martin Curran. ROUND FOUR Date To Be Confirmed Ballygunner v Dungarvan at Fraher Field. Passage v Mount Sion at Walsh Park. Abbeyside v Roanmore at Walsh Park. ROUND FIVE Weekending 2nd September Dungarvan v Abbeyside at Fraher Field. Mount Sion v Roanmore at Walsh Park. Ballygunner v Passage at Walsh Park. Quarter-Finals 14th / 15th September. County Senior Hurling SemiFinals 28th / 29th September. County Senior Final - Sunday, 13th October. Munster Club v Tipperary or Limerick - Sunday, 10th November. J. J. Kavanagh and Sons Senior Football Championship Fixtures THE opening round games in the County SFC will take place on Friday 12th, Saturday 13th and Sunday, 14th April with six games down for decision. The opening game on Friday 12th is an all Western clash with Ballinacourty taking on An Rinn in Fraher Field. County Champions Stradbally will open the defence of their title on Saturday 13th against Gaultier in Walsh Park. GROUP ONE Stradbally; Clashmore / Kinsalebeg; Kilrossanty; Ardmore; Gaultier; St. Saviours. ROUND ONE Saturday, 13th April at 7.00 p.m. Gaultier v Stradbally at Walsh Park. Clashmore / Kinsalebeg v Ardmore at Fraher Field. Sunday, 14th April at 3.30 p.m. Kilrossanty v St. Saviours at Walsh Park. ROUND TWO Saturday, 20th April at 7.30 p.m. Stradbally v St. Saviours v Kilmacthomas. Gaultier v Ardmore v Leamybrien. Sunday, 21st April at 3.30 p.m. Kilrossanty v Clashmore / Kinsalebeg at Fraher Field. ROUND THREE Weekending 16th June Stradbally v Clashmore / Kinsalebeg. Gaultier v St. Saviours. Kilrossanty v Ardmore. ROUND FOUR Weekending 21st July Ardmore v Stradbally. St. Saviours v Clashmore / Kinsalebeg. Kilrossanty v Gaultier. ROUND FIVE During August Stradbally v Kilrossanty. Clashmore / Kinsalebeg v Gaultier. Ardmore v St. Saviours. GROUP TWO The Nire Ballinacourty Rathgormack An Rinn Brickey Rangers Ballinameela ROUND ONE Sunday, 14th April at 7.00 p.m. Brickey Rangers v The Nire at Fraher Field. Friday, 12th April at 8.00 p.m. Ballinacourty v An Rinn at Fraher Field. Saturday, 13th April at 7.00 p.m. Rathgormack v Ballinameela at Leamybrien. ROUND TWO Sunday, 21st April at 2.00 p.m. The Nire v Ballinameela at Fraher Field. Brickey Rangers v An Rinn at Fraher Field. Saturday, 20th April at 7.30 p.m. Rathgormack v Ballinacourty at Fraher Field. ROUND THREE Weekending 16th June The Nire v Ballinacourty. Brickey Rangers v Ballinameela. Rathgormack v An Rinn. ROUND FOUR Weekending 21st July An Rinn v The Nire. Ballinameela v Ballinacourty. Rathgormack v Brickey Rangers. ROUND FIVE During August The Nire v Rathgormack. Ballinacourty v Brickey Rangers. An Rinn v Ballinameela. Quarter-Finals on weekend of September 21st. Semi-Finals on weekend of October 5th / 6th. County Senior Football Final on Sunday, 20th October. Munster Club Championship v Limerick on Sunday, 3rd November at a Waterford venue. St. Olivers U-14 who played against Lismore on Sunday. Sargent Cup Senior Hurling League FOLLOWING the recent decision at a County Board meeting, the Sargent Cup will be presented to the winners of the County SHL. First Round games will take place on Wednesday, 24th April with Round Two on the following Sunday. The fixtures are as follows:GROUP ONE An Rinn; Lismore; Ballygunner; Dungarvan; Mount Sion; Fourmilewater. ROUND ONE Wednesday, 24th April at 7.30 p.m. An Rinn v Ballygunner at An Rinn. Lismore v Mount Sion at Lismore. Fourmilewater v Dungarvan at Ballymacarbry. ROUND TWO Sunday, 28th April at 12.00 noon An Rinn v Fourmilewater at An Rinn. Mount Sion v Dungarvan at Mount Sion. Ballygunner v Lismore at Ballygunner. ROUND THREE Saturday, 18th May at 7.30 p.m. Lismore v An rinn at Lismore. Fourmilewater v Mount Sion at Ballymacarbry. Dungarvan v Ballygunner at Dungarvan. ROUND FOUR Monday, 3rd June at 2.30 p.m. Dungarvan v An Rinn at Dungarvan. Fourmilewater v Lismore at Ballymacarbry. Ballygunner v Mount Sion at Ballygunner. ROUND FIVE Friday, 21st June at 7.30 p.m. Mount Sion v An Rinn at Mount Sion. Lismore v Dungarvan at Lismore. Ballygunner v Fourmilewater at Ballygunner. GROUP TWO Tallow Abbeyside Roanmore De La Salle Passage Ballyduff Upper ROUND ONE Wednesday, 24th April at 7.30 p.m. Passage v Tallow at Passage. Abbeyside v De La Salle at Abbeyside. Roanmore v Ballyduff Upper at Roanmore. ROUND TWO Sunday, 28th April at 12.00 noon Tallow v Ballyduff Upper at Tallow. Passage v De La Salle at Passage. Roanmore v Abbeyside at Roanmore. ROUND THREE Saturday, 18th May at 7.30 p.m. Abbeyside v Tallow at Abbeyside. Ballyduff Upper v Passage at Ballyduff Upper. De La Salle v Roanmore at De La Salle. ROUND FOUR Monday, 3rd June at 2.30 p.m. De La Salle v Tallow at De La Salle. Ballyduff Upper v Abbeyside at Ballyduff Upper. Roanmore v Passage at Roanmore. ROUND FIVE Friday, 21st June at 7.30 p.m. Tallow v Roanmore at Tallow. Abbeyside v Passage at Abbeyside. Ballyduff Upper v De La Salle at Ballyduff Upper. Phelan Cup Senior Football League THE programme of games for this year’s County Senior Football League have been announced by the County Board C.C.C.C. The winners will be presented with the Phelan Cup which in previous years was a separate knock-out competition. The opening round of games will take place on Sunday, March 3rd with a 12.00 noon throw-in for all six games. GROUP ONE Kilrossanty; Rathgormack; Brickey Rangers; Gaultier; Nire; Stradbally ROUND ONE Sunday, 3rd March at 12.00 noon Kilrossanty v Nire at Leamybrien. Gaultier v Rathgormack at Gaultier. Stradbally v Brickey Rangers at Stradbally. ROUND TWO Monday, 1st April at 2.30 p.m. Kilrossanty v Stradbally at Leamybrien. Nire v Gaultier at Ballymac. Rathgormack v Brickey Rangers at Rathgormack. ROUND THREE Saturday, 6th April at 7.00 p.m. Rathgormack v Kilrossanty at Rathgormack. Nire v Stradbally at Ballymac. Gaultier v Brickey Rangers at Gaultier. ROUND FOUR Saturday, 25th May at 7.30 p.m. Gaultier v Kilrossanty at Gaultier. Stradbally v Rathgormack at Stradbally. Brickey Rangers v Nire at Bushy Park. ROUND FIVE Saturday, 13th July at 7.30 p.m. Brickey Rangers v Kilrossanty at Bushy Park. Rathgormack v Nire at Rathgormack. Stradbally v Gaultier at Stradbally. GROUP TWO Ballinameela Ardmore St. Saviours An Rinn Clashmore Ballinacourty ROUND ONE Sunday, 3rd March at 12.00 noon Ballinameela v Clashmore at Ballinameela. Ardmore v An Rinn at Ardmore. Ballinacourty v St. Saviours at Abbeyside. ROUND TWO Monday, 1st April at 2.30 p.m. Ballinameela v Ballinacourty at Ballinameela. Clashmore v An Rinn at Clashmore. St. Saviours v Ardmore at Ballybeg. ROUND THREE Saturday, 6th April at 7.00 p.m. Ardmore v Ballinameela at Ardmore. Clashmore v Ballinacourty at Clashmore. An Rinn v St. Saviours at An Rinn. ROUND FOUR Saturday, 25th May at 7.30 p.m. Ballinameela v An Rinn at Ballinameela. Ballinacourty v Ardmore at Abbeyside. Clashmore v St. Saviours at Clashmore. ROUND FIVE Saturday, 13th July at 7.30 p.m. St. Saviours v Ballinameela at Ballybeg. Ardmore v Clashmore at Ardmore. An Rinn v Ballinacourty at An Rinn. P.S. – County League Semi-Finals on Saturday, July 27th with the Final scheduled for Saturday, August 3rd. GAA 8 Dungarvan Observer Sports | Wednesday, 13 February, 2013 Western Board Championship season commences this weekend THIS coming Saturday and Sunday sees the commencement of the divisional championship year for 2013 with six games down for decision in the U-21 FC. There are three games in the Kearney Catering (A) grade on Sunday with the local derby meeting of Ballinacourty and Dungarvan in Colligan, a repeat of last year’s final. The honour of kicking off the championship year goes to the Nire and Stradbally in the Albert McGrath Newsagents (B) grade when they meet at Abbeyside on Saturday afternoon. The remaining of games in the (B) sector will be played on Sunday afternoon. The Board must be complimented on keeping admission prices at €5 with e3 concessions. The Divisional Board C.C.C.C. were due to meet earlier this week to put dates and venues on the opening rounds of the Adult hurling and football championships. (A) Ballinacourty -vDungarvan At Colligan on Sunday, 17th at 2.30 p.m. This opening round game at Colligan on Sunday afternoon was a repeat of last year’s divisional final which Ballinacourty won after extra time by 1-16 to 0-11. Both sides will be short a number of players from those teams but it will be another keenly contested local derby encounter. Ballinacourty will have Philip Cashin in goal and along with Ross Dunford, Colm Kindregan, the Eoin Bergin, Brian Looby, Ronan Sheehan and Collins brothers Evan and David, they have the numbers of a good side. The Blues will be keen to revenge last year’s defeat and with Conor Mulcahy between the posts assisted by Darren Duggan, Luke Egan, Sean Ryan, Conor Sheridan, Ryan Donnelly and the Curran brothers they will have to make a big effort here. As in any local derby game it could go either way but we give a hesitant vote to Dungarvan. Clashmore/Kinsalebeg -vComeragh Gaels at the Fraher Field on Sunday, February 17th at 12 noon This could be one of the closest games of the weekend and there has been very little between these teams at underage level. Comeragh Gaels reached the B decider last year where they lost out to Brickey Rangers by 2-5 to 0-8. While Clashmore were defeated by Ballinacourty in the (A) semifinal. Comeragh Gaels i.e. St. Pats were comfortable winners of the Divisional Minor (A) championship last year. In Kevin Sheehan, Colin Dunford, Eoin Kearns, Gavin Whelan and the Tobin brothers amongst others they have fine footballers with Sheehan currently on the county senior panel. Clashmore will look to Darren Foley, Tadgh Bourke and the O’Connors to lead them here but Comeragh Gaels could shade it. (A) An Gaeltacht -vSt. Olivers at Bushy Park on Sunday, February 17th at 2.30 p.m. Another local derby game out at Bushy Park as these great rivals do battle for a semi-final place and a meeting with Brickey Rangers. There has never been much between these sides at underage level and the Gaeltacht sides may come out on top here. (B) Nire - v Stradbally at Abbeyside on Saturday, February 16th at 2.30 p.m. The opening game of this year’s championship will take place at Abbeyside on Saturday afternoon. At minor level Nire have been the more successful and they should record victory here. (B) Kilrossanty -vTallow at Fraher Field on Tuesday, February 19th at 7.30 p.m. With county senior player Paul Whyte in their ranks, Kilrossanty will be strong favourites to come out on top here and secure a semifinal spot. Tallow are fielding on their own at U-21 level this year with assistance from Shamrocks. (B) Ardmore -vBallyduff at Ballinameela on Sunday, February 17th at 2.30 p.m. At Ballinameela on Sunday afternoon, Ardmore with Ml. Cronin, Seamus Keating and David Gartland in their starting XV should prove too strong for Ballyduff who will look to Eoin Scanlan, Kevin Carey, Cian Leamy, Jamie Hannon, Connor Geary and Mikey Kearney etc. etc. to lead them here and push Ardmore all the way. Waterford Ladies Gaelic football … Intermediate team overcome by Galway Galway …………………….. 3-13; Waterford ……………………. 2-7 THE Déise ladies made the long journey to St. Jarlath’s Park in Tuam to play against the home county in the second round of the Tesco National Football league. Both teams were out to prove a point in this fixture, Waterford were hoping to redeem themselves after last week’s heavy defeat to Kerry and Galway felt that they had thrown away a glorious chance to defeat a Kildare team that had two players in the sin-bin at one stage of the second half. This was a much improved performance by a Waterford team and the girls opened the scoring early on when Michelle Ryan scored a free. Galway replied with a free of their own to level matters before Michelle Ryan converted a penalty which resulted in Galway’s Emer Flaherty being sin-binned. Michelle Ryan tacked on two more points from frees before Gillian O’Connor and Roisin Leonard capitalised on two lapses in concentration in the Deise defence to leave the half time score Galway 2-7 to Waterford’s 1-5, this in spite of Waterford having the greater share of possession and playing the better football. In the second half Waterford again opened brightly and Michelle Ryan pointed a free, Galway replied in kind with three points of their own to leave eight points between the teams with ten minutes to go. With eight minutes to go a very impressive Aileen Wall beat the Galway goalkeeper and scored a wonderful goal to narrow the gap to five points. A Galway point stretched the lead and a break away goal in the final minute of the game by one of the Galway substitutes left the final score Galway 3-13 to Waterford 2-7. A highlight of the game was the unerring accuracy of Galway’s Edel Concannon in free taking from the ground. The Waterford team lined out as follows Aimee Jordan, Roisin Tobin, Ann Dunphy, Nora Dunphy, Mary Foley, Karen McGrath, Aoife Landers, Michelle McGrath, Elaine Power, Linda Wall, Shona Curran, Mairead Wall, Aileen Wall, Michelle Ryan, Sinead Ryan. Subs introduced Trish Fitzgerald for Sinead Ryan, Louise Ryan for Shona Curran and Tracy Fennell for Roisin Tobin. This was a much better performance by the Waterford girls, the final margin of nine points is scant reward for the efforts that they put in during the game against a Galway team who reached the Senior All-Ireland semi-final last season. Waterford have probably played their two hardest league games of the season and should take major heart from their display and look forward with confidence to the next game which will be a home game against Westmeath on Sunday next. WATERFORD V WESTMEATH PREVIEW Waterford welcome the ladies from Westmeath to Dungarvan on Sunday next for round three of the National Football league. Westmeath had a good win last Sunday by beating a disappointing Fermanagh team. The Deise ladies after the disappointment of the game against Kerry showed a major improvement in the game against Galway and this should stand to them against Westmeath. Westmeath have some outstanding players and clinched promotion from Division 3 of the league by defeating Leitrim in a replay. Westmeath were crowned All Ireland Intermediate champions in 2010 and the only game they lost in the championship that year was a defeat by the Deise girls in St. Molleran’s in the early rounds of the championship. As a result Waterford won’t fear the challenge of the Westmeath girls and have the girls to stop the Westmeath threat. In defence players like Karen McGrath, Aoife Landers and Mary Foley are more than capable of containing the Lakeland forwards. Up front Michelle Ryan top scored again last week and the Wall sisters Linda, Mairead and Aileen have the ability to give good performances. Throw-in next Sunday is at 2.00 p.m. at a venue to be confirmed, which will be announced on WLR and on the Waterford Ladies Web Site and Facebook and Twitter pages during the week and the girls would be delighted to get a good crowd to the game to support them in their bid to get their league campaign up and running. Naomh Brid Under 8 Hurlers who recently took part in the Ballyduff Upper Indoor Hurling Blitz. J. J. Kavanagh Minor Football Championship Results Sunday, February 10th Division 1 Gaultier 1-5; De La Salle 0-6. Ballinacourty 5-6; Nire 0-7. Dungarvan 1-13; Roanmore 2-6. Rathgormack v. Clashmore (conceded by Clashmore). DIVISION 2 Brickeys 0-11; Stradbally 3-2. Naomh Brid 3-7; St. Olivers 2-7. Tramore 0-7; Clan na nGael 0-5. DIVISION 3 GROUP 1 St. Mary’s 4-9; St. Saviours 2-6. Kilmacthomas v. Kilrossanty (conceded by Kilmacthomas). DIVISION 3 GROUP 2 Ardmore 1-13; Cois Bride 2-5. Lismore v. Affane (conceded by Lismore). P.S: Both St. Carthages and Kilmacthomas have withdrawn from Division 3 of the minor football championship. DIVISION 1: BALLINACOURTY IMPRESSIVE WINNERS Ballinacourty ....................… 5-6; Nire ....................................…..0-7. Following a 0-4 to 0-2 half-time lead, five second half goals by Ballinacourty secured them a comfortable win in Ballymacarbry. Sub Tadgh Prendergast raised two green flags and the other goal scorers were Lee Mulhearne, Sean Daly and Kevin Dee with David Looby kicking some impressive points from frees. Best for the Nire were Conor Gleeson and Dermot Ryan. Ballinacourty: Kevin Dwane, Brian McGinn, Jack Duggan, Patrick Collins, John Elsted, Brein Looby, Stephen Cliffe, Conor Prunty, Lee Mulhearne, Mikey Coleman, Eamon Crotty, David Looby, Cathal O’Donovan, Timmy McGrath, Kevin Dee. Subs: Laurence Power, Tadgh Prendergast, Sean Daly, Eoin Kiely, Ruairi Conway. Nire: Shane Mullins, Anthony Gilman, Stephen Ryan, Jack Guiry, Conor Tierney, Tomas Cooney, Jake Mulcahy, Dermot Ryan, Gearoid Hearn, Shane O’Meara, Conor Gleeson, Ciaran Looney, Darragh Morrissey, Dylan Guiry, Fergus Condon. Subs: Cian Morrissey, Ross Lonergan, Ciaran Ryan. Referee: Gavin Whelan (Colligan). DIVISION 1: SECOND HALF RECOVERY GIVES BLUES HOME WIN Dungarvan .....................…. 1-13; Roanmore .........................…. 2-6. Roanmore were deservingly in front by 1-4 to 0-6 at half-time in Dungarvan thanks to a fine goal by midfielder Paul O’Toole and points by Daniel Pender (2f), Evan Keohan and Maurice Shanahan. The home team improved in the second half with Patrick Curran scoring from frees and from play and 1-1 by Lee Donnelly settled the contest despite a late goal from the penalty spot by Daniel Pender. Scorers: Dungarvan: Patrick Curran 0-8, Lee Donnelly 1-1, Gavin Power, Fionn Hallahan, Joe Allen, Aaron Donnelly (0-1) each. Roanmore: Daniel Pender 1-3, Paul O’Toole 1-0, Maurice Shanahan 0-2, Evan Keohan 0-1. Dungarvan: John Havens, Shane Duggan, Jack Morrissey, Billy Egan, Donnachadha Kirwan, Kevin Daly, Darragh Lyons, Joe Allen, Aaron Donnelly, Richie Forsey, Gavin Power, Rian Crotty, Fionn Hallahan, Patrick Curran, Lee Donnelly. Subs: Eamon Ryan, Ciaran Dee. Referee: Thomas Walsh (Nire). DIVISION TWO: HONOURS EVEN AT BUSHY PARK Stradbally .........................…. 3-2; Brickey Rangers .............…. 0-11. Goals usually win games but on this occasion they only secured a draw for a Stradbally team that found it difficult to put the ball over the bar. Brickeys led at halftime by 0-4 to 1-0 and with eleven scores to five and a missed second half penalty they must feel that they left this one behind them. Scorers: Brickeys: Cormac O’Grady 0-3, Cormac Curran, Cian O’Halloran (0-2) each; Carthach Barry, Kieran O’Neill, Conor Morrissey and Stevie Ahearne (0-1) each. Stradbally: Stephen Keane, Jack Mullaney and Andrew Kirwan (1-0) each; Maurice Sweeney and James Whelan (0-1) each. Brickeys: John Blackwell; Kevin McCarthy, Shane Nugent, Jonathan O’Hanlon; Kieran O’Neill, Jack O’Donnell, Sean Houlihan; Cormac Curran, Carthach Barry; Stevie Ahearne, Cormack O’Grady; Darragh O’Grady, Cian O’Halloran, Conor Morrissey. Stradbally: Mark Walsh; Maurice Sweeney, Darren McKuckian, Jack Navin; Andrew Kirwan, Cathal Cusack, Michael Ahearne; Walter Cullinane, Jack Mullaney; Ciaran Cusack, Robert Finn, Paul Tobin; Michael Sweeney, Eoin O’Brien. Subs: James Whelan, Stephen Keane, Nickey Power, Daniel Weldon. Referee: Timmy Organ (Ballinacourty). DIVISION TWO Naomh Brid ......................…. 3-7; St. Olivers ................,,,,......…. 2-7. Naomh Brid led by 2-4 to 1-2 at half-time in this closely contested game with Tom Devine scoring their two goals and Jason Morrissey replying for Olivers. The Geraldines/Ballinameela combination improved in the second half winning it by 1-5 to 1-3 but Naomh Brid half-time lead guaranteed them the two championship points. The second half goal scorers were Cian Ryan for St. Olivers and Jason Sheehan for the winners. Scorers: Naomh Brid: Tom Devine 2-0, Michael Troy 0-5, Jason Sheehan 11, Conor Tobin 0-1. St. Olivers: Jason Morrissey 1-4, Cian Ryan 1-0, Aidan Dwyer, Cian Culloo and Michael Kiely (0-1) each. Naomh Brid: John Carroll; Ronan Gleeson, John McGrath, Richard McGrath; Ross Browne, Evan Hickey, Tom Devine; P. J. Coffey, Niall Whelan; Conor Tobin, Dean Cliffe, Michael Troy. St. Olivers: Donagh Looby; Robert Shine, Paul Curran, Mark Ronayne; Cian Culloo, Kealan Looby, Michael Kiely; Aidan Dwyer, Michael Shine; Michael Whelan, Jason Morrissey, Michael Culloo; Adam Curran, Shane Kenny, Eric Kennefick. Subs: Cian Ryan, Jack Sullivan. Referee: John Condon (An Rinn). DIVISION THREE: ARDMORE OFF TO WINNING START Ardmore .........................…. 1-13; Cois Bhride .......................…. 2-6. With fourteen scores to eight, Ardmore were worthy winners of this first round game last Sunday. They had ten points on the board at half-time to Cois Bhride’s two and a second half David Gartland goal secured the win. Cois Bhride’s goal scorers were Stefan Tobin and Ryan Gray. Scorers: Ardmore: David Gartland 1-2, Tom Power 0-4, Charlie Bryan, Senan Freyne, James Kennedy (0-2) each; Joe Murphy 0-1. Cois Bhride: Stefan Tobin 1-3, Ryan Gray 1-0, Kelvyn O’Farrell 0-2, Adam Crawford 0-1. Ardmore: Dylan Troy; Thomas Conway, Christopher Power, Sean Veale; Michael Cronin, Joseph Murphy, William Barron; David Gartland, Charlie Bryan; James Kennedy, James Veale, Senan Freyne; Tom Power, Daniel Tierney, Stephen Keating. Cois Bhride: David Tobin; Michael O’Neill, Colm Roche, Paul O’Mahony; Adam Crawford, Noel Condon, Jack Tobin; Matthew Aherne, Robbie Beecher; Michael Tobin, Stefan Tobin, Pedro Henrique, Sean Curley, Kelvyn O’Farrell. Referee: Pat Walsh (Nire). • Thanks to all the above referees for providing match information. GAA CLUB NOTES Dungarvan Observer Sports | Wednesday, 13 February, 2013 St. Olivers CLUB LOTTO Last week’s winner was Conor Mulhall on the ball number 21. UNDER 8 Our Under 8's have played two blitzes the last two Saturday mornings in Ballinameela hall. Lots of smiling faces and plenty of helping out, thanks to all. UNDER 9 There is an under 9 tournament for Declan’s team this Saturday in the hall. Details to follow by club text. UNDER 14 Our Under 14 team had their first run out of the year in Lismore last Sunday morning. We played a very strong Lismore side and lost our first football game of the season. We were due to play Monday night in a blitz. Detail to follow next week. MINOR Our Minor Team had their first game of 2013 last Sunday in Aglish at noon. We were up against a very fancied Naomh Brid side and we lost out narrowly by a single goal 2-7 to 3-7. Our next game is due to be against Stradbally on the 24th. However, the continued success of the Harty Cup team may postpone that game. Details by Club text. Training continues this week. UNDER 21 Our Under 21's have been training hard and have had a few good challenge matches over the last few weeks. We have our first Championship game this Sunday in Bushy Park at 2.30 p.m. vs a very good An Gaeltacht team. The manager, selectors and team would appreciate a big turn-out from the club, so please come along this Sunday and cheer the lads on. MEMBERSHIP Membership is now due - €50 per family and €25 per individual. All players playing with their senior club are asked to pay their main membership to St. Olivers. BAG PACK We have secured the 26th and 27th April as dates for our Bag Pack in Dunnes Stores. This is a major fundraiser for the club and everyone is expected to do their bit. Just 2 hours from everyone over the two days will be needed. Please text Jackie the times you are available. 087 753 2049 Thanks. Abbeyside/Ballinacourty JACK THE JOKER Our popular Jack the Joker Fundraiser will continue this Sunday night in Kennedy’s Live where the Jackpot will be €8,050 as on Sunday night Lee O’Donnell was drawn out of the drum but did not find the Joker, however he did win €50, while Sean Kiely and Eoghan Cosgrave won €25. We appeal to all our supporters to continue purchasing the tickets as the funds raised will go towards our ongoing development works at the club grounds. UNDER 21 FOOTBALL This Sunday we take on Dungarvan in the first round of the Western Championship in Colligan at 2:30 p.m. where all support would be greatly appreciated. CLUB BINGO Our Bingo continues this Sunday night when we will return to our normal venue of the CBS Hall where the jackpot is €1,000. INTER-COUNTY ACTIVITY On Saturday night last Waterford Senior Footballers continued their good start to the National League with a victory over Tipperary in Fraher Field. Representing our club on the team were Stephen Enright, Shane Briggs, John and Patrick Hurney and Sean O’Hare. COUNTY BOARD QUIZ On Thursday, February 21st the County Board is holding a Table Quiz throughout the County with the questions being aired on WLR FM buy our own Bob O’Brien and Kieran O’Connor. There was a fantastic turnout of club personnel last month for the footballers quiz so it would be great to see a big turnout in Minnies Bar at 8:30 pm on the night to support our County. Teams of three or four cost €10 a person. CLUB PITCH All managers are asked to note that the main club pitch remains closed and managers are asked to ensure that they have booked the training pitch before arranging training. We would ask that managers arranging Challenge games would book the field at least five days in advance with Michael O’Donovan. MEMBERSHIP Membership fees are now due and can be paid to Jonathon Donovan or Kevin Tobin or indeed any member of the club committee. We would ask that all players make an effort to pay their membership as soon as possible as training has now resumed with a number of Championships beginning in the next number of weeks. DEISE DEVELOPMENT DRAW Over the next number of weeks members of our club will once again be calling to the people of our Parish seeking your support for the Deise Development Draw which will begin at the end of March. The format of the draw is similar to previous years with nine monthly draws costing €10 a month. Each month there will be a prize fund of €15,600 so as well as supporting our club you will be in with a chance of winning some fantastic prizes. JUVENILE SECTION Harty Cup Fundraiser: A five a side soccer tournament will be held in the Friary hall on Sunday, 17th February in aid of the Harty cup training fund. €10 per person charge will apply. Contact Darragh Duggan on 0862662403 if you would like to enter a team by Thursday. All support will be greatly appreciated. Minor Football: Minor footballers travelled to the Mill Field in Ballymacarbry on Sunday morning last the 9th to play the Nire in their opening round of the County championship. Great football was played by all and thankfully we got our campaign off to a winning start. Indoor Hurling: Indoor hurling continues every Friday night beginning at six o’clock for five and six year olds. Please note a one way system is in operation in the Friary grounds. The joker fundraiser will be on sale every Friday during indoor hurling. We appeal to parents to support this as it goes to development of club grounds. This development will ensure safe and top class training facilities for our children into the future. Membership: Membership is now being taken up. Players are reminded that as the championships are starting soon this needs to be paid as soon as possible. U-14: Our under 14 championship gets off to a start this weekend. Our first game is against the Brickey Rangers at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday morning. Support would be appreciated here. U-8: Well done to our Under 8 panel who over the last two weekends took part in the Waterford Coaching and games which were held in Ballinameela and Kilgobinet. Our panel was divided into two groups, one going to Ballinameela and the other to Kilgobinet for the indoor hurling in week one, and then the same venues for the football the following week. A special thanks to the parents for travelling with the boys to get them there and for making sure they all had the mouth guards which is mandatory for football. Training this Friday night, 15th March, in the Friary hall at 6.45 p.m. Watch out for the teamer and please reply. ABBEYSIDE LADIES FOOTBALL CLUB We will host an information night this Friday night in the clubhouse at 6.30 p.m. We invite all parents and guardians and anyone who may be interested in helping out with the girls in any way possible to attend this meeting. We're looking forward to seeing you there! Affane/Cappoquin AFFANE/CAPPOQUIN GAA PRESENTS FINBAR FUREY Affane Cappoquin GAA are proud to announce an intimate session with Finbar Furey on Saturday, April 27th in the Community Development Hall Cappoquin. Our first week of sales for tickets for Finbar has been astounding; tickets are not yet printed however orders have been taken and awaiting delivery. Please remember Finbar is for one night only so don’t delay in purchasing tickets before disappointment, limited seating is available on the night. If you want to hear and see Finbar preform his iconic titles such as, the Lonesome Boatman, When You Were Sweet Sixteen, Green fields of France and so much more contact Maria [email protected] or 0863497150. LOTTO RESULTS 11th February 2013. €6,100 No winner. Numbers Drawn: 1, 14, 19, 28. €20 consolations winners: Paddy Jim Feeney c/o Central Bar; John Jackson, Ballyduff; Cian Wilkinson, Tourin; Brian McCarthy, Carrigeen; John Mansfield, Kilclogher; Next week’s draw will take place on the 18th February THREE TO ANSWER Who was goalkeeper for Cappoquin in the 1995 County Intermediate hurling final against St. Mollerans? Who was full back for Affane in when they defeated Portlaw in the County intermediate football county final? Cappoquin are the only Waterford club to contest the AllIreland Feile Na Gael Division 1 u-14 hurling final in 1974 when they were narrowly defeated in Limerick by Na Piarsaigh (Cork) in the final who captained the side on that occasion? LAST WEEK’S ANSWERS 1. Cappoquin's captain when they won their first Western U-21 hurling Championship in 1971 was Denis McCarthy. 2. Cappoquin/Affane achieved the County A minor double in 1978 and the County B minor double in 1988. Affane opponents in the 1973 and 1974 County senior football finals were John Mitchels and Dunhill. MEMBERSHIP Annual membership is now due. Players, current members and new members please get in contact with club treasurer. CONTACT US If anyone would like to contribute to our weekly club notes please forward them to [email protected] also keep up to date with our club by checking out our club facebook. Ardmore UNDER 14 FOOTBALL Ardmore 7-5; Clashmore 5-6. Our Under-14 Footballers lined out on Sunday morning at home to play our neighbours Clashmore. Ardmore started well, but it was not long before Clashmore began to take control with some fine running from their centre back and mid field paring. At the half time break it was Clashmore that had the score advantage. For the opening minutes of the second half Clashmore continued with some well take scores. Ardmore did respond well and put some excellent patterns of football together and capitalised on some fine goal opportunities. Ardmore did finish stronger and came away winners on a score of 7-4 to 5-6. with both sides scoring 11 scores each. It showed how balanced the teams were. Panel of the day – Neil Power; Adam Power; Jack Keane; Brian Walsh; Nathan Byrne; Padraig Foley; Harry Yellop; James Flavin; Thomas Ahern; Lee Morrissey; David Walsh; Ciaran Keating; Jack Walsh; Seamus Cronin; Gerry Lynch; David Lynch. MINOR FOOTBALL Ardmore 1-13; Cois Brid 2-5. After the Under-14 Match the morning continued with our Minor’s partnered up against Cois Bride. Ardmore took control of the game quickly with Charlie Byrne & Tom Power taking the some fine scores. This was followed up with well taken points from Senan Freyne, James Kennedy David Gartland & Joseph Murphy. At Half time Ardmore had a good advantage on a score line of 0-10 – 0-2. The second half team talk for Cois Brid worked as they upped a gear and took the game to Ardmore. With a goal and 2 points within 15 minutes we now only had a 3-point advantage to play with. We squandered some fine passages of play and began to make silly mistakes. Ardmore did settle back to its game plan and with Tom Power free taking we began to stretch the lead again to 5 points. Cois Brid responded with a goal. With minutes remaining it was David Gartland that struck the final blow with an well take goal to seal it for Ardmore on a score line of 1-13 to 2-5. Panel for the day – Dylan Troy; Christopher Power; Tomas Conway; Sean Veale; Michael Cronin; Joseph Murphy; David Gartland; William Barron; Charlie Bryan; James Kennedy; James Veale; Tom Power; Senan Freyne; Daniel Tierney; Michael O’Neill; Stephen Keating, Eoin Conway. CBS SCHOOLS HURLING Congratulations to Michael Cronin and his Dungarvan CBS Team mates on fine win over Rochestown on Saturday as they progresses to the Schools Hurling Munster Final. SENIOR TRAINING Reminder to all that our Seniors will be commencing training this Friday 15th at 7.00 p.m. as we prepare for the 2013 campaign across both Senior Football & Intermediate Hurling. UNDER-21 Our Under 21’S will be lining out on Saturday 16th and we will have an update on next week’s notes on how they progressed. MINOR COUNTY Cork played Waterford in Ardmore in a Minor hurling challenge on Saturday morning last. The game itself was certainly value to both team managements as some great performances were had from both sides. coming out on top at the end of third period on a scoreline of 0-16 to 1-10. MEMBERSHIP Anyone wishing to play in coming weeks must have their membership paid. Contact Peg Freyne Club Secretary right away. UNDER 21 Change of venue. Match now on against Ballyduff Upper in Ballinameela on Sunday next at 2.30 p.m. 17/2/2013. HARTY CUP Best of luck to our three players on this very talented team of Seamus Keating, David Gartland and Michael Cronin as the Deise College v. Templemore in the Munster Final on February 23rd, venue not yet finalised. LOTTO Result 11/2/2013: Jackpot Not Won. Numbers drawn were 3-12-13-26. Winners of €20 were: Rosarie Pallister, Liam Foley, Loll Hennessy, Sandra Foley and Tom & Jerry. Next week’s Jackpot of €5,600 at Kiely’s Cross Bar. Clais Mhór/Cionn tSáile Beag GAA CLUB VALENTINE’S BINGO Our next Club Bingo night is our Valentine’s Bingo night which takes place tonight at 8 p.m. at the GAA Clubhouse. This Bingo night is being held in aid of Clashmore National School so we hope to see as many parents and locals as possible coming along to what promises to be the usual mix of witty banter and great prizes as well as a super raffle which will be held on the night by the school so indeed there should be fun to be had for young and old to and we hope to see you all there tonight! U-21 FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP As our Minor Footballer's first round game against Rathgormack last week did not go ahead, the privilege falls to our U-21 Footballers of being the club's first adult team to play this season as they take on Clan na Gael at the Fraher Field on Sunday at 12 noon which is a knock-out game so a tough challenge indeed for our lads as they take on a combined team who are able to draw on the resources of a few clubs for this one but we wish the players and their mentors the very best of luck in this match and hope to see a good crowd going along to the Shandon Field to cheer them on. WLR RADIO FUN QUIZ It is that time of year again when the County Board will hold their WLR FM Radio Fun Quiz on Thursday, February 21st at 8.30 p.m. in pubs all over the County, with our own local quiz being held in Salmon's Bar on the night. The proceeds will of course go toward the County Team training fund and the format is the same as other years with the first two rounds to be completed by each team at the start of proceedings and the remaining rounds to be broadcast across the airwaves on WLR FM. The cost of entry will be €10 per person with teams consisting of either 3 or 4 contestants so some great fun is promised throughout the night with the usual high standard of sporting and general knowledge questions so we hope to see you all there! SEASON TICKET ACTIVATION For any of our members who may have bought season tickets from the County Board over the last few weeks you will now need to activate your ticket which has been ongoing since January 28th and will continue until the end of February. Ticket holders should present themselves with the Personal Details section of the Season Ticket leaflet completed and the Season Ticket card to either Fraher Field or Walsh Park, at which point a digital image of the Season Ticket Holder shall be taken during the activation process for your season ticket card. Activation times at the Fraher Field will be between 5 and 7 p.m. on Mondays and 10 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. on Saturdays until the end of February so please make sure to complete this process so that your season ticket will be fully redeemable. Also a quick reminder to anyone else who might be interested in buying a season ticket, can you please register your interest with Club Secretary John Foley as soon as possible. CLASHMORE/KINSALEBEG JUVENILES U-8 Football: Our U-8 footballers were in action over the weekend where they were involved in a tournament in Ballinameela. This team is full of really exciting young players and they have worked very hard over the winter and they played really brilliant football on the day. The team has been coached by Ger Ryan who has done an excellent job coaching the stars of the future and he has received great help from Valerie O'Shea also. Shane Kenefick and Jack O'Donovan have helped this team also and it's mighty to see the lads getting involved in coaching at such a young age. So well done to the 9 Owen Phelan helping out on the night at the St. Olivers medal presentation night at the Ballinameela Community Centre. players and the coaching team and of course thanks to all the parents who have been really helpful. Keep up the good work! U-14 Football: Our U-14 footballers were in championship action for the first time over the weekend when they took on a very strong Ardmore team over in the seaside venue. The lads played some great stuff in the match and were unlucky to lose by 5 points in the end. They have more games to come and if they play as well again they are sure to get the results. Barry Kinsella and Roger Ryan are involved with this team and they are doing a great job with the lads. Eamon Lombard Tournament: The annual Eamon Lombard U-14 football tournament took place in Clashmore last Monday night and it was fantastic to see the place buzzing with players, spectators and organisers alike. There were six teams involved - Clashmore/Kinsalebeg, Cois Bride, Ardmore, Youghal, The Nire and St. Olivers. The teams were split into two groups of three with the top teams to play the Cup final and the second placed teams to play in the Shield final. After some great displays, we won the Cup final by 3-3 to 0-5, beating The Nire in the final. In the Shield final, Ardmore just edged out Cois Bride by 2-6 to 2-2. A great night was had by everyone in attendance. Well done to the organisers who had everything laid on perfectly. Thanks to the referees and umpires on the night, all the parents and also big thanks to those serving tea and sandwiches. All in all, a brilliant night. Kilrossanty CLOTTO SPONSORED BY KILL AGRICULTURAL LTD. Clotto Results No Winner of a Jackpot of €7,200 held in Crotty’s Inn, Leamybrien on 10/02/13. Numbers were 01, 7, 8, 16. €30 won by the following people Tom Casey, Knockyelan; Mary Riordan, Kilrossanty. Seller’s prize of €30 Robbie Whelan, Knockyelan. Next Clotto to be held in Micilin’s Bar, Kilrossanty on 17/2/13 for a Jackpot of €7,300. LADIES FOOTBALL Kilrossanty/Brickeys Football Club is organising a Cake Sale and Coffee Morning in St. Bridget’s, Kilrossanty this Sunday morning February 17th after 10:30 Mass. Please support this fundraiser by baking something for the sale or by coming along and supporting the sale. Ballinameela MEMBERSHIP Membership can be paid to Colin Walsh for the coming year. Family membership is €75, membership is €50 for adults, €25 for students and €5 for those who have also paid with St.Olivers. FIXTURES We have received the fixtures for the opening Championship games in the senior football and intermediate hurling championships. We are due to play Rathgormack on the weekend of the 14th April and Nire on April 21st. The intermediate hurling championship commences the weekend of 11th may against Abbeyside. TRAINING Training continues per usual on Monday, Wednesday and Friday nights in the hall. 2013 M. Donnelly GAA Inter Provincial Hurling Semi-Final Munster v Ulster Sunday, February 17th at 12:30 pm Morgan Athletic Grounds Armagh Referee: Patrick Murphy (Carlow) Next Round – the winners play Connacht or Leinster in the Final on Sunday, March 3rd Admission Prices General Admission - €10, €9 OAP’s / Students - €5, €4 Under 16s free. GAA CLUB NOTES 10 Dungarvan Observer Sports | Wednesday, 13 February, 2013 St. Olivers minors receiving their County and Western medals. Back row: Jason Morrissey, Joe Shine (capt.), Brendan Phelan, Micheal Shine, Stephen Halley, Keelan Looby, Shane Kenny, Mark Ronayne. Front row: Donagh Looby, Cian Culloo, Mike Kiely, Cian Ryan, Micheal Culloo, Mikey Phelan, Robert Shine. Also included are Fr. Fitzgerald and Michael Ryan, County senior hurling manager, who presented medals and selectors Lar Looby, Micheal Phelan and Paddy Hally. Missing from photo Adam Curran, Aiden Dwyer, Eric Kenefick and Paul Curran. Dungarvan CLUB LOTTO Club Lotto numbers drawn were: 4, 23, 25, 27. No jackpot winner. €100 winner David Whelan c/o Bingo. Jackpot €11,900 next week. DARTS We are now well into the run up for the Darts challange with "Barney"which takes place on Sunday, 7th April at Lawlors Hotel. Tickets are on sale from Conor Lannen, Brian Dillon Dillon’s Bar and Grace O’Callaghan. There are 20 Darts challanges on the night where the best Dart players of West Waterford will take on Barney, one of these will be a match against a club member who will be the winner of our own challenge which will take place in the Shandon Arms at a date yet to be confirmed. More on this next week. PAT NOCTOR AWARD Well done to Ryan Donnelly and Patrick Curran on being joint winners of the Pat Noctor Supreme Sports Star 2012. It was a great achievement for the two boys and just goes to show that if you put in the hard work you will get the accolades. Well done to to all their families and especially to their mothers Margaret and Cathriona for getting them to matches and to training all over the County. We would also wish to congratulate club member Darragh Lyons who won great praise from the Ajudicators for his versitility in all the sports he participates in. MINOR FOOTBALL Well done to our Minor footballers on a good win against Roanmore on Sunday. Final score: Dungarvan 1-13; Roanmore 2-6. Panel: Rian Crotty, Fionn Hallahan, Gavin Power, Eamonn Ryan, Mark Power, Jack Morrissey, Kevin Daly, Lee Donnelly, Shane Duggan, Billy Egan, Patrick Curran, Richard Forsey, Darragh Hayes, John Havens, Donnachadha Kirwan, Aaron Donnelly, Luke Rossiter, Pius O’Shea, Darragh Lyons, Conor Donovan, Aidan Kirwan, Lohn Curran, Glen Waters, Ciaran Dee. CHAMPIONSHIP AND SARGENT CUP DATES Just a few dates for your diary. Sargent Cup: v Fourmilewater in Ballymac on Wednesday, 24th April at 7.30 p.m. v Mt. Sion in Mt. Sion on Sunday, 28th April at 12.00 noon. v Ballygunner in Dungarvan on Saturday, 18th May at 7.30 p.m. v An Rinn in Dungarvan on Monday, 3rd June at 2.30 p.m. v Lismore in Lismore on Friday, 7th June at 7.30 p.m. Semi-Final - Monday, 5th August. Final - Saturday, 10th August. Championship: v Roanmore in Fraher Field on Sunday, 5th May at 2.00 p.m. v Passage in Walsh Park on Sunday, 12th May at 3.30 p.m. v Mt. Sion in Walsh Park on Sunday, 9th June at 6.30 p.m. LADIES FOOTBALL QUIZ Our Ladies football club will be holding a Quiz in Paddy Foley’s on Friday, 22nd February. We would ask all our club members to support the cause and fill Paddys on the night. CUL CAMPS I know it is hard to think of Summer in these dark days but we have just got the dates for the Cul Camps which is sponsered again this year by Kellogs. Monday, 22nd July to Friday 26th is the dates that the club have been given and you can book through the Kellogs website or through the club. RADIO FUN QUIZ This Quiz will take place in Paddy Foley’s on Thursday, 21st February at 8.30 p.m. Our Co-ordinator is Tony Ryan. Kieran O’Connor and John O’Shea from WLR will give the questions. Each team can comprise of 3 or 4 and the cost is €10 per person. This quiz is in aid of of the Waterford Teams training fund and the main sponser is Azzuri Sports. We would ask all club members to support this venture. OLD HELMETS AND HURLEYS We would ask any members to bring any old helmets or hurleys up to the club where they can be used by newcomers to the club if they do not have them for their first training session. QUIZ ANSWERS 1. Paul and Eoin Kelly play for Mullinahone. 2. Ken Hogan was Tipperary manager in 2004. 3. Referee John Sexton hails from Limerick. 4. Tom Feeney played with Sarsfields of Cork. 5. Brendan Cummins plays for Ballybacon Grange. QUIZ QUESTIONS 1. In the Colaisti Dungrbhain semi-final game v Thurles who wore number 25? 2. How many players did Thurles have on their panel? 3. How many Harty Cups have Thurles CBS won? 4. Which famous Waterford TD was a sub on 1952 Dean Ryan Dungarvan CBS team? 5. How many Railway Cup medals has Paul Flynn won? CORN PADRAIG Congratulations to all our club members on the Dungarvan CBS team who won their semi-final against Rochestown on Saturday. Tulla CBS await them in the final. UNDER 8 AGE GROUP For the second consecutive Saturday morning our under 8 age group didn’t have the luxury of a late lie in bed as they gathered at 9.45 a.m. to head out to Bohadoon for an indoor football programme organised by the Games and Development Committee. With five teams gathered at the venue meaning a total of 10 games (10 min per game) had to be played as each team had to play each other, it certainly was a more manageable programme than its hurling counterpart the week before and proceedings were helped considerably by the co-operation of the participating teams. As this would have been the first time that we would have kicked any football needless to say we were a bit guilty of the odd pick up off the ground, maybe a slight bit of over-carrying, the odd throw when a hand-pass was required and certainly some wayward kicking. Games against St. Patricks, Ballinacourty/Abbeyside, Nire and Brickeys were to prove quite enjoyable and as the games flowed on we were managing to get to grips with the skills involved and our performance improving immensely. Indeed special word of mention to Brian Curran who in the opening games had been frustrated to see his shots hit all parts of the metal goalposts but eventually was to find the net in the later games much to his satisfaction and capped a truly memorable week-end in that household. Panel: Brian Curran, Joseph McGuire, Caoimhe Meehan, Christopher Hennessy, James Maye, Jamie McCarthy, Dylan Joyce, Eddie Burke, John Meehan. Many thanks to those who provided transport to and from the venue and gave of their time on a busy Saturday. This completes the schedule of events for our Under 8 age groups and this Saturday, 16th February it is the turn of the Under 9 section with their first week of indoor hurling action. Again transport will leave the C.B.S. at 9.45 a.m. SPORTS CENTRE Glad to say that the Sports Centre is now available again from Monday next 18th February after the recent influx of Eastern Europeans on their training camp endeavours in preparation for the 2016 Olympics in Rio. This means that all training sessions are now able to resume in their previous time schedules. The Friday evening sessions will resume at 5.00 p.m. on the 22nd February. This session caters for our youngest age group and is a gentle and enjoyable introduction to the game of hurling. So if you have a child who you want to partake in a little bit of healthy exercise please feel free to bring them along. All equipment including hurlies and safety helmets will be supplied. The session will last for just one hour and will be an enjoyable one for all. DUNGARVAN LADIES FOOTBALL NOTES Medal Presentation: A delightful function was held in the Park Hotel last weekend when the girls of Dungarvan Ladies Football were presented with their medals for their wonderful achievements. The girls won Under 12 championship and were runners up in the Under 12 blitz. The Under 13, 14 and 15 teams were A champions and the Under 16 team won the B championship. Guest of Honour Michelle Ryan congratulated the girls on their achievements and wished them continued success in the future. She urged them to continue the dedication that they were giving to their football and to train hard. She also stated that Dungarvan had players on every county panel that played last year and hoped that many of the underage girls would go on to wear the county jersey with pride. Junior Team: The start of year meeting for the adult players took place in the clubhouse on Friday last. It was great to see such a large number of players turn up and all are raring to go for next season. Training is starting on Friday night 15th in the field at 7.30 p.m. and any other player who wishes to play this season is more than welcome to come along. Fundraising Quiz night: A fun Table Quiz will take place in Paddy Foley’s on Friday, 22nd February starting at 9.00 p.m. This promises to be an enjoyable night for everybody. It would be great if everybody associated with the club would make an effort to attend and enter a team. Teams of four and the cost is €20 per team. Modeligo (Sponsored by Denn Feeds) BECOME A CLUB MEMBERSHIP FOR 2013! Over the last couple of years, the way you could become a member of Modeligo GAA & Camogie Club was given a new approach, as the club introduced a Standing Order process, through which an you could secure individual or family membership, with additional benefits such as the cost of our indoor hurling sessions fully paid for the year, the cost of your Deise Draw ticket covered, Naomh Brid membership paid and entry into a Prize Draw for €1,000 being just some of these benefits. While it is not compulsory to pay this way, and there are other options available, it has proved to be far more beneficial to all the members who are currently subscribed to this system. The club plans to hold a Club Night in late March, at which we will properly launch this years membership scheme. Details of this event will be included in these notes closer to the date, but anyone interested in signing up as a member can simply contact our Membership Officer, John Fitzgerald, (Derra Lower, Modeligo) or any of our club's committee, who can provide all the relevant details. However, a short brekdown of the membership plans are as follows; A SINGLE PAYMENT OF €240 OR €20 PER MONTH BY STANDING ORDER: This entitles you to the following: Family GAA / Camogie Club Membership Family Naomh Brid Membership Deise Draw Ticket ( worth €90 ) Entry to €1,000 Members Draw Free Indoor Hurling for kids 2 Entries to Draws for Inter-county match tickets UNDER 21 MEMBERSHIP: A SINGLE PAYMENT OF €120 OR €10 PER MONTH BY STANDING ORDER: Individual GAA / Camogie Club Membership Individual Naomh Brid Membership Deise Draw Ticket ( worth €90 ) Entry to €1,000 Members Draw Free Indoor Hurling for kids 1 Entry to Draws for Inter-county match tickets A SINGLE PAYMENT OF €120 OR €10 PER MONTH BY STANDING ORDER: Individual GAA / Camogie Club Membership Deise Draw Ticket (worth €90) 1 Entry to Draws for Inter-county match tickets FAMILY STANDARD MEMBERSHIP FOR €50 Family GAA / Camogie Club Membership 2 Entries to Draws for Inter-county match tickets SINGLE STANDARD MEMBERSHIP FOR €30 Individual GAA / Camogie Club Membership 1 Entry to Draws for Intercounty match tickets So as stated before, anyone interested in signing up as a member can simply contact our Membership Officer, or any of our club's committee, who can provide all the relevant details. BACK TO TRAINING The club will resume training for the year over the next few days and all players will be contacted with details by text with the arrangements, times anddates. ANNUAL WLRFM / WATERFORD COUNTY BOARD PUB QUIZ Please note that the Annual WLRfm / Waterford County Board Pub Quiz will take place on Thursday night 21st February. WLRfm presenters Kieran O'Connor and John O'Shea will broadcast their series of question rounds live on air, starting at 8 p.m. on the night, with the winning team from each venue going through to the overall Quiz Final. Teams can consist of tables of three or four at €10 per person, with all funds raised going towards the County players training fund. As this is a major fundraiser for the County Senior Hurling and Football Panels and the County Board it is vitally important that all put their shoulder to the wheel to make it a success. There will be NO County training on the night and the County Board are asking all clubs to do the same and instead row in behind the Quiz. Modeligo GAA Club are supporting this venture and Deckies Bar will play host to us on the night in question. The local co-ordinator for the Quiz is Club Secretary, Katie Barry, Chapel Road, so get in touch with her to book your table or for further information. NAOMH BRID/ ST. PATS IN MINOR FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP Our Minor Footballers (assisted by St. Pats) started their championship action for 2013, when they played the opening game in the Minor Division 2 football County championship on Sunday last, February 10th against St. Olivers in Aglish. The lads came away with a three point win after a close enough game, and well done to all involved. A good start to the year then for this group, and for the juvenile club, which hopefully is a sign of things to come. COMERAGH GAELS UNDER 21'S Our Under 21 Footballers are also due to be in championship action early in 2013, when they are to assist Comeragh Gaels against Clashmore in their football championship tie, on Saturday, February 16th next. However, at the time of writing, there is some uncertainy as to whether this fixture will go ahead or not, so please check elsewhere if this is the case. DUNGARVAN CBS INTO MUNSTER FINAL Congratulations to Dungarvan CBS on their excellent 1-22 to 3-7 win on Saturday last against Rochestown College at Youghal GAA Grounds. The local school side now advance to the Munster Secondary Schools Senior "B" Hurling Final against Tulla of Clare on Saturday next. Naomh Brid/St. Pats are represented on this panel by Kieran Barron, Colin Dunford and Rian Reddy and we wish them and their fellow panelists all the very best for the final. COLAISTÍ NA DÉISE ADVANCE TO HARTY CUP FINAL The Dungarvan Colleges squad will face Templemore on February 24th, following the Tipperary sides win over Ard Scoil Ris in the 2013 Harty Cup-Semi final replay on Saturday last. For the second year in succession, the local schools have qualified for the Munster title decider, and will attempt to defend their Munster Secondary Schools Senior "A" Dr. Harty Cup title. Best wishes to all in the Dungarvan Colleges panel and their selectors from all in Modeligo GAA Club, especially to our own Tom Devine who is also the captain of the of the panel. Dungarvan Observer Sports | Wednesday, 13 February, 2013 11 GAA CLUB NOTES St. Olivers u-16 hurling County medal presentation. Back row: Eoin Halford, Luke O’Connor, Mike O’Brien, Mikey Phelan, Mike Kiely, Micheál Shine (capt.), Cian Culloo, Mark Ronayne, Micheál Culloo, Donagh Looby. Front row: Owen Ryan for Paul Curran, Liam O’Connell, Jack Sullivan, Jack Griffen, David Halley for Danny Hamill, Robert Shine, Mark Lynch, Tiernan O’Connell, Richie Lynch. Also included in photo are Fr. Fitzgerald and Michael Ryan, County senior hurling manager, who presented medals, and Pat Looby selector, John Longan, President. Ballysaggart CLUB LOTTO €5,125 Lotto Results - 5th February, 2013: Jackpot €5,000. Numbers Drawn: 3, 6, 11, 28. No Winner: €20 winners: Breeda Veale, Sinead Hale, Con Ahern. Next Draw - 12th February, 2013. This week’s Jackpot is €5,125. WEEKEND AWAY On Saturday, 16th February the annual weekend away takes place. Bus departs at 11.00 a.m. Saturday. All names to Matty Meagher. CLOTHES AND PHONE COLLECTION Many thanks to all who donated clothes collection on Saturday last. A large number of Bags were left in. The club appreciates your effort. If you missed out we will collect again on Saturday next, 16th February. All clothes and phones can be handed in at the dressing rooms on Saturday between 9.30 a.m. and 10.30 a.m. Any donation big or small will be appreciated. Note morning collection on this occasion. TABLE QUIZ On Thursday, 21st February Waterford GAA in conjunction with WLR are holding their annual pub Table quiz. This year Ballysaggart club will host a round at Meaghers. We ask that as many as possible support the quiz which is a great fun night. Questions will be live on WLR from 8.30 p.m. onwards. Teams will consist of three or four people at €10 per person. BALLYSAGGART COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMPANY The results for the January Non-stop Draw are: €60 prize went to Geraldine Moore, €40 to Mikey Daly and the €20 went to Dave Fennessy. In the February draw congratulations to Siobhan and Michael Moore who won €60, to Diarmuid and Una Walsh who won €40 and the €20 went to Bernadette Nugent. Thank you to all for your continued support and our next draw will take place on Monday night, March 4th at 8.00 p.m. PARISH COUNCIL MEETING A meeting shall be held on Tuesday, 19th February at 8.00 p.m. in the Community Centre to discuss our plans for preparation of the celebration of the centenary of St. Mary’s Church Ballysaggart. Kill 6K DIRT TRACK CHALLENGE It’s all systems go for our 'novel' 6km fun run or walk, if you so wish, for the two Sundays in question. First up is Sunday, 24th February where the runners will leave the village outside the dressing rooms at 11:30am. and onwards towards Gardenmorris, and 6km later we will finish back in the G.A.A grounds after a route taking in the fields, paths and woodlands around our scenic village. Registration can be paid at 11.a.m. onwards and it’s very reasonably priced at €6 and €5 for juveniles (U-16). As the title suggests this is a 'challenge' and not a race. There will be no prizes for 1st, 2nd or 3rd but we will have spot prizes for everyone that has taken part, as their name will be put in a hat. Refreshments will be served afterwards in the dressing rooms. Then on Sunday, 3rd March we will do it all over again, where hopefully you can beat your time from the previous Sunday. All monies raised will go towards our dressingroom fund. We hope all clubs will support our day, as well as the general public. CLUB LOTTO The jackpot worth €4,150 wasn't won at last Monday nights draw (4th Feb) in Dunphy’s Bar. We had no 'match 3's' either, so the lucky dip prizes went to Eddie Power, Ballingarry and Pauline Kirwan, Carrigeen and each receive €25. The numbers drawn were 1, 13, 18 & 26. Next draw in Kirwan’s. W.L.R RADIO FUN QUIZ As we all know, the County Bord coffers are not in healthy state and to go some way towards recifying it, the Board are organising a table quiz via the radio. Thursday, 21st February is the night in question and it will be hosted by WLR's John O'Shea and Kieran O'Connor. Procedings get underway at 8:30 pm, and we in the club are hosting it in Dunphy’s Bar. We urge all members to support the night, all monies raised is in aid of Waterford Teams Training Fund. Its teams of 3/4 and its €10 per person. Hope to see as many as possible. NEW MANAGMENT TEAM Peter Kirwan, Joe Kennedy, Darren Power and Andy Crowley are our managment team for our Junior footballers and hurlers for 2013. They had a well attended meeting last Friday night in the dressingsrooms and training commenced last Sunday Morning and will continue every Tuesday night and either Thurs/Fri night and Sunday Mornings. We wish all concerned the very best of luck. FIXTUERS After an Eastern Board meeting last week the fixtures for the year were revealed. We are straight into action on the weekend of 23rd/24th Feb. and for the next 6 weeks after as the football league kicks in. This league is for intermediate and junior teams and Kilmac are our first opponents followed by Portlaw the following week. Championship takes place on Friday, 12th April and Mount Sion (away) are the first team we will meet in the Junior grade since 1994. Fenor are next in line by the following week before Ferrybank close out the month of April with another game. Hurling kicks in then on Friday, 3rd May with our neighbours Ballydurn (at home) standing in our way before we entertain St. Pauls the following week. So plenty to look forward to in the weeks and months ahead. U-21 FOOTBALL St. Mary’s get their u-21 football championship campaign off the ground this weekend when we take on Portlaw or Kilmac in Dunhill this Saturday, 16th Feb. at 2 p.m. This game may change, so check with officicals before travelling. Meanwhile, St. Marys Minor footballers got off to a flying start with a 4-9 to 2-6 win over St. Saviours in Ballybeg last Sunday morning, 10th Feb. Well done to all concerend. U-14 FOOTBALL Our first match of the u-14 Western championship took place last Sunday away to An Ghaeltacht. Unfourtunately, we were short the services of some key players due to other commitments. The final score was An Ghaeltacht 4-4; The Nire 2-4. Well done to all players and supporters there is a long year ahead. Fourmilewater St. Anne's Camogie and Football MAIN SPONSORS CULLINANE RACING AGM The AGM of the Field Committee will take place tonight, Wednesday, 13th February in the Community Centre at 8 p.m. sharp. RESULTS OF 45 CARD DRIVE Played at Doocey’s Oriel Bar on Friday night. Winners: Tom Brazil and Jimmy Quinn. Joint second: Mai Kennedy and Nellie Nugent; Mary Guiry and Pat Guiry. Lucky tables x 2: John O’Connor and Michael Ahern; Joe Loughnane and Oliver O’Hara. RESULTS OF MINI LOTTO Lotto drawn at Doocey’s Oriel Bar on Saturday night last. No jackpot winner. Next week’s jackpot €3,000. Match 2 winners: Nellie Moore, Dungarvan; Willie and Chrissie, c/o Doocey’s Bar; Ann Wall, Knockanaffrin; Seamus Guiry, Knockanaffrin; Pat Power, St. Martin’s Place. NIRE/FOURMILEWATER JUVENILES Our first U-8 Hurling blitz of 2013 took place in Bohadoon on Saturday, 2nd February. After great anticipation the action got underway with a game against Brickeys. It took us a while to get used to our surroundings and only for some great defending by Adam and Seamie we were only down by a goal at half time. The game was turned on its head with the introduction of Tadhg who scored two goals in quick succession. Next up was An Ghaeltacht, right from the off we were on the front foot, Ciaran and Sean H began to dominate the midfield, and with Jake producing some fine ground strokes we eased to victory. After some refreshments we faced Abbeyside. Some fantastic saves by Billy in goals kept us in the game and with Kevin driving us forward we got our just rewards with a couple of goals by Evan. Our final game was against St. Pats, the calming influence of Eoin at the back kept the St. Pats attack at bay, great support play from Cian provided plenty supply for Michael who was clinical up front. Thanks to the parents who travelled and hopefully we will have many more successful outings during 2013. PRESENTATION NIGHT Our club presentation night took place last Saturday. Chairperson Orlaith Brady started the night by thanking all the mentors and players. She commented on the hard work, time and dedication that the Senior girls put in and this was rewarded by winning the County Final this year. She also mentioned of how this hard work is being put into the underage groups too by their mentors. Seamus Prendergast presented the medals to the Senior girls. Jennie Simpson, who captained our senior camogie team this year, made presentations to the management team; Davy Phelan, John Walsh, Michael Kavanagh and Anthony Raher for all their work throughtout the year. Mary Harney was presented with flowers from the club for all the support Harney's pub has given to St. Anne's club throughout the year. DJ on the night was Tyrone Power and photographer was Jason King. A great night was had by all and Best Wishes to all the team from underage up to senior level for 2013. U-12S AND U-14S U-12s and U-14s are back training on Saturdays from 1.30 p.m. to 3.00 p.m. in Dunhill GAA Pitch. REGISTRATION EVENING A Registration Evening for the club will take place on Monday, 4th March in Dunhill GAA Centre from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Shamrocks CLUB LOTTO The numbers drawn on the 9th Feb. were 5-6-11-27 and there was no winner. €20 winners were Chrissie Walsh, Pat & Mary Casey, James Walsh, P.M.D.L. and Sandra Giles. Next week's jackpot will be €7,300, so get your tickets from the usual sources. DEISE DRAW The Deise Draw resumes again with the first draw taking place on the last Friday in March. There are numerous cash prizes to be won and the first prize of €10,000 each month is not too shabby. You can get your tickets from any committee member or from secretary Ann O'Keeffe. COMMITTEE MEETING The next committee meeting will take place next Tuesday week, 19th February, and all members are requested to attend. THE CATS COLLECT AGAIN Kilkenny clubs Clara and Thomastown were victorious in the Intermediate and Junior club finals played in Croke Park last Sunday. Nothing unusual about that, more unusual was the fact that both opposing teams came from over the pond in England including Fullen Gaels from Manchester with our own Thomas Goulding between the posts. Fullen Gaels made a real fight of it and certainly lost nothing in defeat. Ballyduff Upper (MAIN SPONSOR - KENNEALLY STEEL) U-21 FOOTBALL Ballyduff are in action in the first round of the u-21 Western football championship this Sunday against Ardmore. Game is provisionally set for 3pm in Ballinameela. All support welcome. The team played a challenge match versus Tallow last Saturday, winning by four points. SENIOR HURLING Senior and Junior training continues on Tuesday and Friday nights at 7.30 p.m. and Sunday mornings at 10 a.m. The draw for the Senior County championship pitted us against De La Salle, Lismore, Ring, Tallow and Fourmilewater. The first round versus De La Salle will be played on the weekend of May 5th. LOTTO The numbers drawn in last week’s lotto were 1-4-15-24. There was no jackpot winner. €30 winners were Seamie Daly, Bernard and Joe Murphy, Will Hickey, Martin Kenny. The numbers drawn in the previous week's lotto were 10, 12, 21, 28. There was no jackpot winner. €30 winners were Brian Barry, Mossie Casey, Grainne Murphy, Mike Hannon (The Paddocks). Clonea SCRAP COLLECTION This coming weekend marks the end of our scrap collection drive for field development. Over the year it has received a great response from the people of the parish and beyond and any bits and pieces of scrap left around will be gratefully accepted by the club. Collection can be arranged by calling 0872260991 (club phone) or contacting committee members. MEMBERSHIP With the training and playing season drawing near we ask that any players who haven't paid their membership to please do so to membership officer Alan Power. It stands at €50 for players and €30 for non-playing members. CARDS Cards this Thursday in Clancys at 9.15 p.m. sharp and the jackpot stands at €220. CLONEA JUVENILE MEMBERSHIP Membership for 2013 is now due for all players. Membership is €15 per player with a Family Rate of €40 for 3 or more players. Any player who has not paid up their membership by 31st March 2013 will be not be allowed to take part in matches. Membership can be paid to any of the relevant coaches or at our Membership night on Tuesday, 5th February 2013, from 7 pm to 8.30 pm in the Clubhouse. All members are asked to complete updated Membership and Code of Conduct forms which are now available. BLITZES On Saturday, 16th February our U-7s will participate in a fun Blitz in Ballyduff Lower at 12 noon. On Saturday, 22nd February 2013 our U-8 will participate in a fun Blitz. More details given nearer the time. INDOOR HURLING Indoor Hurling for girls and boys continues every Friday in the Hiking Centre in Rathgormack. Children born in 2008 from 6 pm to 7 pm, children born in 2006 and 2007 from 7 pm to 8 pm, and children born in 2004 and 2005 from 8 pm to 9 pm. Cost is €3 per child. Indoor hurleys will be supplied but all children must wear their own helmets. Helmets at a subsidised price of €40 will be available from the Club. SPONSORED WALK Our Annual Sponsored Walk takes place this year on Sunday, 28th April, 2013 from the Clubhouse in Clonea. Sponsorship cards are now being distributed and we are asking every family to take a card. BLOTTO Our next draw is on Saturday, 23rd February 2013 with music by The Bally Ramblers. This is guaranteed to be a great fun filled night and we would appeal to all to come along and support and enjoy some great music. Kilmacthomas CONGRATULATIONS The club would like to congratulate William McGrath on his recent success representing Ireland at the Special Olympics Tournament in South Korea. Willie has lined out for Kilmacthomas at various levels over the years. INTERMEDIATE TRAINING Training resumes again Tuesday night at 7.30 p.m. for intermediate, junior and U-21 teams. U-21 The u-21 game that was fixed for Saturday, 9th was called off, no notice of a re-fixture as yet. 12 GAA CLUB NOTES Brickey Rangers CLUB LOTTO Last week’s lotto was held in The Local with the following numbers being drawn: 1, 16, 25, 29. We had no jackpot winner therefore next week’s draw which will held in Bridie Dees carries a jackpot of €9,750. €25 to each of the following: The Cotter Family, Tony Tobin, Canice Brophy and Ned Connors. Tickets cost €2 each and are available from the usual outlets and promoters. MINOR FOOTBALL: Brickeys 0-11; Stradbally 3-2. Exciting encounter finishes all square. Sunday morning the first of our championships of 2013 kicked off with a really exciting game of football in Bushy Park. Stradbally nullified our early lead with some goals and it wasn't looking good for the home team. But great work rate and smart football they fought back and with 2 points in injury time earned a well deserved point. This was a great team performance with everyone putting their shoulder to the wheel. Hopefully, the lads will push on now at training. With a few more lads to return to the panel hopeful this will be another competitive year for the young Brickey men. Team: John Blackwell, Jonathon Hanlon, Shane Nugent, Kevin McCarthy, Ciaran O'Neill, Jack O'Donnell, Sean Houlihan, Cormac Curran, Carthach Barry, Ryan O'Neill, Cormac O'Grady, Stevie Ahearne, Darragh O'Grady, Cian O'Halloran, Conor Morrissey. Subs: Paul Drohan, Cathal Curran. JUVENILE NOTES INDOOR HURLING BLITZ An indoor hurling blitz for under 9's will take place next Saturday at Bohadoon. All players to be at the venue togged out at 10.15 for a 10.30 am start. Players will be notified by text. INDOOR HURLING Indoor hurling will recommence in Dungarvan Sports Centre on Wednesday, 20th at 6 pm. PRESENTATION OF MEDALS Our under 14 who won their Divisional final in Under 14 hurling were presented with their medals on Friday night last in Bushy Park. The medals were presented by the our own County players namely Conor Phelan and Conor McGrath. Chairman John McGrath opened proceeding by congratulating the boys as they not only won the hurling but contested no less than 5 other divisional finals. He thanked the mentors Colin Whelan, Michael and John Curran for their commitment for the past 12 months, he also wished the boys well for the coming year. Light refreshments were served with thanks to the parents. UNDER 14 FOOTBALL Our under 14 make their Division 1 debut in Abbeyside V's Abbeyside in the first round of the Championship on Sunday next at 10.30 a.m. All support appreciated. LADIES FOOTBALL NOTES –UNDERAGE Brickeys/Kilrossanty underage ladies football club have organised a Cake Sale/Coffee Morning in St. Brigid’s Hall, Kilrossanty on Sunday, February 17th, from 10.30 a.m. Any parents who would like to donate baked goods for this can drop them into Albert McGrath’s on Saturday, February 16th or before 10 am on Sunday, 17th and they’ll be collected from there. This is a much needed fundraiser for our underage club, and all monies raised goes towards the expenses involved in running the club, referees, equipment etc., so your support would be greatly appreciated. COUNTY TRAINING FUND QUIZ NIGHT The County Training Fund Quiz will take place in The Tudor House on Thursday night, 21st February, commencing at 8.30 pm. Teams of 4 – Cost €10 per person. More details next week. CONGRATS Best wishes of the club are extended to the CBS senior hurlers who will contest the Munster Final of the Corn Padraig competition on Saturday next where they take on St. Joseph’s of Tulla in the final. The game is fixed for a 3 pm start in Golden. The club is represented by Cormac Curran, Jack O’Donnell, Carthach Barry and Cormac O’Grady along with Shane McGrath (mentor). Well done to Conor Phelan, Conor McGrath and Mark Cummins who were on County football duty last weekend when they accounted for a fancied Tipperary side in the second game of the league. 45 CARD DRIVE West Waterford Golf Club is the place to be this Friday night if you would like to play a game of 45. The game commences at 8.30 pm with all the money being paid out in prizes. SYMPATHY The sympathy of the club is extended to the Buest family, Ballyduff on the death of Maria which occurred in the past week. May she rest in peace. St. Patrick’s CARDS Result of 45 Card drive for the 7/02/2013 played in Coolnasmear Hall on Thursday nights. Winners: Fr Cooney & Michael Flynn, 2nd Liam Dalton & Alan Fitzgerald. Lucky Table: Johanna & Tom Barron. INDOOR HURLING Monday Nights, 6.30 – 7.30 p.m., Under 6’s – Olivia Butler, Niall Phelan & Stephen Coffey in charge. 7.30 – 8.30 p.m. Under 9’s, Pat Knightly, Maurice Butler & John Kiely in charge. Wednesday Nights 6.30 – 7.30 p.m., Under 11’s Garvin Riordan, Benny Dunford & Joe Booth in charge. 7.30 – 8.30 p.m. Girls, Catherine Hickey & Michael Walsh in charge. UNDER 8 FOOTBALL BLITZ Last Saturday the boys under 8’s played Dungarvan, Abbeyside, the Brickeys and the Nire in Bohadoon. It’s the first time some of these boys and girls wore a St. Pat’s Jersey. Present Sean Flavin, Eoin Flavin, David Butler, Luke Dunford, Eanna Drohan, Eoin Dennehy, Mark Power, Adam Daly, Liam Dukes, Michael D Beresford, Katie Whelan and Darcy Coft. Next Saturday it’s Under 9 Hurling Blitz at the same time 10.15 a.m. in the Kilgobinet Centre. PATRICIA WALSH CUP The club would be grateful if the recipient of this beautiful Trophy handed it back as hopefully this Summer we will be Dungarvan Observer Sports | Wednesday, 13 February, 2013 reviving this Under 14 inter-club 7 a side Tournament. They can contact any club member. CLG na Rinne AR PÁIRC NA hIMEARTHA: PEIL FAOI 14 D’imir buachaillí óga na Gaeltachta an chéad chluiche den tsraith i gcoinne An Uidhir i bPáirc Uí Shíothcháin maidin Dé Domhnaigh seo caite. Thosnaigh ár leads go láidir agus bhí comhoibriú breá eatarthu ar fud na páirce agus iad go maith chun cinn ag leath am. Cé gur dhein an freasúra iarracht smacht a fháil ar an gcluiche sa dara leath níor éirigh leo an lámh in uachtar a fháil ar an bhfoireann áitiúil. Sé’n scór deiridh a bhí ann ná An Ghaeltacht 4-4; An Uidhir 2-4. Maith sibh leads. Ní neart go cur le chéile! Beidh na buachaillí ag tabhairt aghaidh ar fhoireann Naomh Oilibhéir an Domhnach seo chugainn. A great win over the Nire for our U-14’s in their first outing of 2013. OIFIGEACH NA bPÁISTÍ Cuireadh oíche eolais ar fail do chlubanna an Chondae ar an 6ú Feabhra. Mar chuid don chlár, thug Oifigeach na bPáistí do chlub na Rinne Eleanor Uí Chatháin cuir i láthair ar feidheamma an oifigeach insan chlub. Bhí an-chuid eolas ar fail & bhain gach éinne taithneamh as an oíche. BAILIÚCHÁN ÉADAÍ Ná deanaigí dearmad ar an bailiúchán éadaí ar siúl ar an Satharn seo, an 16/2/2013. Ag an Halla Pobail a bheidh sé idir 10 r.n. agus 1 i.n. Fáilte roimh éadaí páistí agus daoine fásta, péirí bróg, croiseanna, málaí láimhe, cuirtíní, éadaí leapa, tuáillí etc. Don’t forget to clear out those closets for this Sat 16th! OÍCHE CHÉILIÚRTHA - CUMANN LÚTHCHLEAS GAEL AGUS CUMANN CAMÓGAÍOCHTA NA RINNE Tá roinnt ticéidí fós ar fail don Oíche Chéiliúrtha ar an 23 Feabhra in Ostán na Páirce, ag tosnú ar 7 i.n. Is ansan a bhronnfar boinn ar ár gcuraidh chondae - Foireann Idirmhéanach na fir agus na mná a raibh blain iontach acu in 2012. Cuirfear béile ceithre chúrsa ar fáil agus is iad ‘Broadstreet Band’ a bheidh ag soláthairt an cheoil don rince agus an dioscó. Tá ticéidí ar fáil ar €30 ó Shinéad Breathnach (087 9750612) nó ó Shinéad de Faoite (087 2904519). Bígí linn...is cinnte go mbeidh oíche go maidin ann! LOTTO CLG NA RINNE Torthaí Lotto 04/02/2013: Ní raibh aon buaiteoir den phota an tseachtain seo. €20 an duine do Liam de Grás, Everest Tutty, Sinéad de Faoite, Tomás & Áine Uí Fhaoláin, Aoife Breathach. Beidh €6,400 sa photo don tseachtain seo chugainn 11/02 so bígí linn I dTig Mhuirithe. CLG NA RINNE AR TWITTER Lean CLG na Rinne ar Facebook & Twitter @CLGnaRinne, agus bí ag faire amach do nuacht faoi Chomortas Peile 2013, ocáid mór a bheidh again sa Rinn ag deireadh mí Bealtaine ar @ComortasPeile13. John Mitchels CLUB GEAR Hoodies for all ages are now available to order. Designs and sizes are available to try at adult and underage training sessions. INTERMEDIATE FOOTBALL Training starts this Friday evening at 7pm on the astroturf in Kilmac. Our first game in the league is a week later against Gaultier. The league games will be played 6 weeks consecutively. The Eastern Board must be complimented on this initiative which will benefit all teams involved. UNDERAGE Our U-8's were the first team to take to the field this year in Ballyduff on Saturday. On a beautiful morning they played 3 games and performed really well throughout. The important aspect of these games is every child gets to play and experience different positions during the matches. Children develop at different stages and this format helps them all to improve together. TRAINING Our underage training starts this Sunday at 11 a.m. on the astro turf in Kilmac. Gumshields are now compulsory as per the new GAA guidelines for training and matches. ALL-IRELAND Robbie Power a new addition to the club played for Fullen Gaels against Thomastown Kilkenny on Sunday last in the Junior Hurling All-Ireland. Robbie put in a great display scoring 1-9 in some atrocious conditions in Croke Park. Unfortunately, it wasn't enough eventually being beaten 2-17 to 2-14. Rathgormack MINOR FOOTBALL Our minors rearranged first match of the championship against Clashmore/Kinsalebeg again failed to go ahead last weekend for the second week-in-a-row. U-21 FOOTBALL We had a very comfortable start to the U-21 championship last Sunday away to Ferrybank, when we ran out easy winners on a score line of 2-15 to 0-2. We have a far tougher test next Saturday when we take on De La Salle in the eastern semifinal. A venue has not been selected at the time of submitting the notes but the match goes ahead next Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. SENIOR FOOTBALL Rathgormack will kick-off their 2013 senior football championship campaign on Saturday, 13th April against Ballinameela in Leamybrien followed a week later, 20th April, when they will take on Ballinacourty in Fraher Field. They will start their county football league campaign on Sunday, 3rd March when they play away to Gaultier. MEMBERSHIP All club members are now reminded that this year’s membership is now due and should be paid to any team manager, or to our new club registrar, Michael Crotty. The cost is the same as last year, €10 for all juveniles up to and including minors, €30 for U-21’s and non-playing members, and €60 for St. Oliver's under 8 at the blitz in Ballinameela Hall last Saturday. adult playing members. JUVENILE INDOOR FOOTBALL Now that the springtime is here, it’s time for our young juveniles to dust off their boots and playing gear as indoor football returns for U-6, U-8 and U-10’s on Wednesday, 20th February and will continue every Wednesday until the end of March when we will move outside for the summer. Notices will be sent to all players in the schools in the coming week and we would ask that all players bring along their yearly membership fee and signed forms on our first night back. Times for the Wednesday night sessions are as follows: U-6 (born 2007 & 2008) - 6-7 p.m., U-8 (born 2005 & 2006) –7-8 p.m., U-10 (born 2003 & 2004) – 8-9 p.m. The U-6 session is for boys and girls, while all other sessions are for boys only. Melleray TRAINING Training resumed on Monday night last. It’s time for all players to dust off the cobwebs of Winter and put in the effort required. SOCIAL A great night was had by all at our Community Social on Saturday night last. A host of talent on the night were being scrutinised on the night by our Scor Committee. QUIZ Don’t forget Melleray Community Quiz on Saturday night next in the Sportsman Bar, Cappoquin. So, come along and support a very worthy cause. This year the quiz is in aid of the St. Mary’s Hall Building Fund. GLENVIEW UTD. AFC Accrington Celtic 1; Glenview Utd. 0. Having had a resounding 3-0 win the previous week, we travelled to Accrington with high hopes. Both sides needed a win to strength their chances. In a closely fought contest it was the home side who gained revenge with a late strike to secure all three points. Cois Bhride (Sponsored by Cunningham's Hardware, Tallow) MINOR FOOTBALL Ardmore 1-13; Cois Bhride 2-6 Our Minor Footballers begin their Championship last Sunday in Ardmore where they faced the host club Ardmore in wet and heavy conditions. Playing against the strong wind in the first half we trailed by two points after 15 minutes, however Ardmore added on 5 unanswered points before halftime to go in at the break leading by 0-9 to 0-2. In the second half aided by the strong wind we had the majority of the possession, but unfortunately could not convert it into scores as we kicked some very poor wides. However goals from Stefan Tobin and Ryan Gray brought us to within a point of Ardmore and they needed an injury time goal to hold out for the win. Next up is a home game versus An Gaeltacht in a few weeks time. U-14 FOOTBALL Our U-14 Footballers travelled to Clashmore last Monday night to play in the 6 team Eamonn Lombard Tournament. In our first game we played St. Olivers and after conceding a goal in the opening minute we settled as points from Billy Hynes and a goal from Mark Stewart ensured we held on for a deserved win. In our next game we played The Nire. Again we were slow to start conceding 1-3 in the opening minutes before we rallied with goals from Billy Hynes and Liam Motherway and pointed frees from Darragh Buckley taking us in at half-time leading by 2-2 to 1-3. In the second half The Nire scored a controversial goal with the referee having blown his whistle for a free allowed the Nire player the advantage to score what proved to be the winning goal. As a result we qualified for the shield final, but unfortunately a slow start again was to cost us Ardmore scored a goal in the first minute. However we fought back and it took a last minute Ardmore goal to ensure they won the shield. Our thanks to Clashmore for their invite to a very well organised tournament, and their hospitality on the night. Our U-14 Footballers now turn their attention to the U-14 Football Championship where they travel to Ballymacarbry this Sunday morning to play The Nire at 10.30 a.m. Players will be notified of arrangements by text. U-8/U-9 INDOOR HURLING & FOOTBALL Our U-8 Team travelled to Ballyduff last Saturday morning to play in an Indoor Football Tournament. Next Saturday morning it’s the turn of our U-9 Hurlers who play in Ballyduff with a 10.30 a.m. start. ALL-IRELAND CLUB JUNIOR HURLING FINAL Hard luck to Fullen Gaels from Manchester who were narrowly defeated by Kilkenny Champions Thomastown in the All-Ireland Junior Club Final in Croke Park last Sunday. The Fullen Gaels goalkeeper was none other than former Cois Bhride player and mentor Tom Goulding. Tom played an important part in Fullen Gaels winning the 2012 Warwickshire Senior Hurling Championship and made some crucial saves in their run in reaching last Sunday’s Junior All-Ireland. Colligan CLUB LOTTO There was no winner of the club lotto held in Quills Bar on Monday, February 4th last, the numbers drawn were 3, 18, 21 & 24. The €20 lucky ticket winners were as follows: Marion Cliffe, Michael Moloney, Betty Healy, Liam Fraher. Last Monday night's jackpot (February 11th) was worth €12,500. Please check out the results via the club Facebook page, they will be published in next week's notes as well. The club lotto takes place every Monday night in Quills Bar at 9:30 p.m, tickets: €2 each, we appreciate the support. MINOR FOOTBALL Naomh Bríd Minor footballers (assisted by St. Pats) began their division 2 County-wide Minor football championship campaign with an impressive victory over St. Olivers in Aglish on Sunday afternoon last (February 10th) where it finished Naomh Bríd 3-7; St. Olivers 2-7, a great start to the campaign, next up for the lads is a home tie against Tramore in Colligan on February 24th. U-21 FOOTBALL (COMERAGH GAELS) This weekend it's the turn of Comeragh Gaels U-21 footballers (an amalgamation of Colligan, Kilgobinet, Touraneena and Modeligo) as they take on Clashmore / Kinsalebeg in the Quarter-Final of the Western “A” Knock-out Championship, the game takes place on Sunday afternoon next (February 17th) in Fraher Field and will now throw-in at the earlier time of 12:00 noon. We wish the lads the very best of luck and we urge as many people as possible to come along and give support please. WATERFORD FOOTBALLERS MAKE IT 2 OUT OF 2 Waterford Footballers recorded their second successive win in division 4 of the Allianz NFL following a hard fought yet fully deserved victory over Tipperary under floodlights in Fraher Field on Saturday night last (2-8 to 0-9). A terrific start to the campaign and promotion is now very much on track. We are represented on the panel by Sean Dempsey and Johnny Wall. Next up for Niall Carew's charges is a home tie against Limerick on Saturday, March 2nd under lights again in Fraher Field. DUNGARVAN CBS QUALIFIES FOR CORN PHADRAIG FINAL Dungarvan CBS qualified for their 4th consecutive Corn Phadraig Munster B Senior Hurling Final following a very impressive victory over Rochestown of Cork at the Youghal venue on Saturday afternoon last where it ended Dungarvan CBS 1-22; Rochestown 3-7. Colin Dunford had a superb game at midfield and it what was an excellent team performance. They now go forward to the Munster Final which takes place on Saturday afternoon next (February 16th) in Golden where Tulla of Clare will provide the opposition. Throw-in is at 3 p.m. and we wish Colin and his team-mates all the very best on Saturday. RADIO FUN QUIZ IN AID OF CO. TEAMS The Annual WLR FM / Waterford County Board Pub Quiz will take place on Thursday night, 21st February. This is a major fundraiser for the County Senior Hurling and Football Panels and the County Board, so we urge as many people as possible to support the quiz on the night. Our venue will be Quill’s Bar and the radio fun quiz will get underway at 8:30 p.m. with Kieran O'Connor and John O'Shea. Teams of 3 or 4: €10 per person. Please come along and support. Dungarvan Observer Sports | Wednesday, 13 February, 2013 13 GAA CLUB NOTES St. Oliver’s End of Year Medal Presentation which took place in Ballinameela Community Centre on the 19th January, 2013 - St. Olivers U-12 - Back row (L to R): Kevin Walsh, Gearoid O’Brien, Kieran Aherne (Killian Barrett for Ronan Barrett), Elliot Stackwood, Jack Griffin, P. J. O’Brien, Liam O’Brien, Paul Morrissey, Cian Horwood, Sam Hallahan, Matt McGrath, Eddie Walsh. Front row (L to R): Morgan Buckley, Cathal Daly, Michael Fogarty, Rob McGrath, Henry Griffin, Joe Duggan, Jack O’Hara. Also included are their manager and trainer William O’Brien and Matthew Fogarty with John Longan, President of St. Olivers Club; Fr. P. Fitzgerald with special guest Michael Ryan, Waterford Senior Hurling manager. Tourin GAA COMMITTEE MEETING A meeting of Tourin GAA Committee will take place tonight Wednesday at Tourin Community Hall at 8.30 p.m. – all requested to attend. WLR RADIO FUND QUIZ There will be a fun radio quiz held on Thursday, 21st February at 8.30 pm in pubs around the county. Tourin will he hosting their team(s) at Roses West End Bar, Lismore on this night – it would be appreciated if club members or indeed any one interested in taking part come along on the night. It costs €10 per person with a maximum of 4 people on a team. The money raised from this will go towards the County Hurling and Football teams training fund. ZUMBA WILL BE BACK Zumba fitness will resume shortly on Friday nights – more details available in the coming weeks. KILBREE WINNER Congrats to Jimmy Collender, Kilbree as his horse Kilbree Chief won his race at the Tallow Point-to-Point recently. Ride on Jimmy!! IT’S A GIRL Congrats to former Tourin player James (Bob) Manahan and his wife Collette on the recent arrival of a baby girl. WATERFORD WIN Congrats to the Waterford Senior football panel and new manager Niall Carew on their two recent wins in the National Football League. BADMINTON NEWS The mixed badminton league has now commenced. Details of match fixtures will be distributed to all players this week. Tourin will have played Dunmore on the 11/2/12 – more details next week. Please note that entries for the County Mixed Badminton Championships will close on February, 21st. Grade 5, 6, 7 and Novice will play in Ferrybank on 19th February while grades 1, 2, 3, and 4 will play at the Cappoquin Community Centre on Tuesday, 19th March. All entries to Trudy Kennedy at 087 9615217. The mens County singles championships will take place on the 4th March in Cappoquin – entries close 25th Feb, the ladies county singles will take place in Ferrybank on the 7th March – all entries to Trudy Kennedy at 087 9615217. (NO LATE ENTRIES). Lismore MAIN SPONSOR EAMONN’S PLACE LOTTO RESULTS There was no winner of the draw held on Monday night, 11th February. Drawn numbers were: 3, 8, 17 & 27. Consolation winners: Barney Prendergast, Pat O’Gorman, Michael & Joe Walsh and Michael Coleman. Jackpot for next draw on Monday, 18th February: €17,450. SYMPATHY The club would like to extend sympathy to the O’Farrell family of Ballyanchor, Lismore, on the death of John, recently at Oaklodge Nursing Home, Cloyne. QUIZ NIGHT The quiz night in conjunction with WLR (all proceeds going to the Waterford Teams Training Fund) will take place in Eamonn’s Place on Thursday, 21st February, at 8:30 p.m. Teams of 3 or 4 at €10 per person. Please support. CHELTENHAM PREVIEW NIGHT This will be held on Monday, 25th February, 2013, in The Park Hotel, Dungarvan, at 8:00 p.m. Confirmed Panel: Alastair Down (Racing Post), Mike Cattermole (Channel 4 Racing), Davy Russell, David Casey, Henry de Bromhead, & Noel Cummins. Phone Link with Paul Nicholls. Tickets now available at €10 with a complimentary €5 bet with Paddy Powers. CLUB SEASON TICKETS Any member wishing to avail of the club season ticket (Adult €85, Senior Citizen €50) contact Joe Pollard @ 085 1770247. NAOMH CHÁRTHAIGH JUVENILE SCÓR NA bPÁISTI 2013 Scór Na bPáisti qualifier for Lismore primary school girls and boys will be held on Friday, 16th March in Knockanore. We are looking for children who enjoy singing, acting, playing music and storytelling. Lismore has been poorly represented in recent years in Scór so it’s time for us to make a comeback and show the County some of our very talented young people! Please contact Becky O'Keeffe or Ber Coughlan if interested. If you specialise in any of the above categories, your help will be very much welcomed and appreciated. 0879793049. INDOOR HURLING The under 8's took part in the tournament in Ballyduff and did very well. This weekend it is our under 9's turn in which they will take part in the tournament in Ballyduff also. FOOTBALL Our under 14's got off to a flying start in their football campaign against St. Olivers. There next game is away to Ardmore next Sunday. REGISTRATION Thanks to everyone who made the effort to come and pay their registration on registration night. If you have not paid the registration yet, you can do so by giving it Becky O'Keeffe as soon as possible. OPERATION TRANSFORMATION We are now halfway through and going very well. Individual team weighs next week. A big thank you to the Lismore GAA for the prize of membership of the gym. Costelloe and Nicola Fennell who were on duty in the ladies County football team last Sunday against Galway in Tuam. DÉISE DRAW TICKETS Déise Draw tickets are now available and can be got from any committee member. We would urge all our wonderful supporters to join the draw, as the income generated from this draw is vital in the running of our club. We know times are tough and money is scarce but we know that you the best supporters in Waterford will come to our aid. Tallow SPONSORED BY TALLOW AREA CREDIT UNION PUB QUIZ On Thursday, 21st February, at 8.30 p.m. a pub quiz, broadcast live on WLRfm, will take place in aid of the Waterford teams training fund. Teams can be of up to four people, with entry at €10 per person. SENIOR HURLING Training this week Tuesday and Friday at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday at 4.00 p.m., all senior and junior panellists to attend. TALLOW GAA LOTTO – SUPPORTED BY KEARNEY'S RESTAURANT TALLOW 11/2/’13 Numbers Drawn 6, 17, 22, 24. No Winner. Consolation Prizes: John Tobin, Jimmy O’Brien, Bobby Mangan, Susan Garvey. Promoter Timmy. Next Draw 18/2/’13 Lukie’s. Jackpot €2,000. CHANGE OF FIXTURE Please note that the u-21 game against Kilrossanty is changed to Tuesday, February 19th, at 7.30 in Fraher Field. Geraldines LOTTO There was no winner of the lotto this week, the numbers drawn were 4, 13 and 19. Winners of €20 were Jack Osborne, Johnny O’Brien, Patrick Harrington, Caitlin O’Donovan and Kitty Longan and Mary Downing. Next weeks jackpot is €1,250 and the draw is in The Cruiscín. MEMBERSHIP Membership for the coming year is as follows: players €50, non-players €30, students €20 and St. Oliver's players €5. Membership officer is Steven Ronayne. TRAINING Training continues this week on Wednesday and Friday nights.Anybody with news from around the parish can contact me on 087-9851222. Stradbally SOCIAL The long awaited Social is on next Saturday night in the Park Hotel at 8 pm sharp. All the organising is now done and all is set to be a memorable night, come and enjoy the music, song and dance, and show your appreciation to all the players involved in last year’s success. As this is also the Ladies social what a night is in store for everyone TABLE QUIZ A Table Quiz in aid of the Waterford Footballers and Hurlers will be held on Thursday Night at 8 p.m. in the Clubhouse. A quiz is always good fun so come along and support the lads at the same time, all are welcome. The proceeds of the quiz will go towards the County Hurling and Football training fund UNDER AGE TRAINING Training of Under 6 and Under 8 boys and girls will take place in Sallyfort Farm on Friday evening from 6-30 pm to 730 pm, a tremendous amount of work is being done with these youngsters, and full marks to Kevin Gough, Greg Keane, Ray Davis, and Nina Fee. These kids are the future of our club. A huge thank you to all the parents for bringing along their kids. TRAINING IN FIELD Training for the U-10, U-11, U-12 will take place on Friday night from 6-30 p.m. to 7-30 p.m. in the field, these training sessions are very well attended. A big thank you to John McGrath, Brian Fennell, Jim Skehan, and Eamon Clancy for all the work and effort put in on these nights, Training at this age group will pay off in the years to come. SCRAP SATURDAY Hope you are gathering up all the scrap left lying around your place for the Scrap Saturday which will be held in March. Old batteries are of special interest so bring them along. MINOR FOOTBALL Our minor footballers had their first outing of the season last Sunday morning against the Brickeys in Bushy Park. The game was a draw Stradbally 3-2; Brickeys 0-11. The team was: M. Walsh, M. Sweeney., D. McGuckian, J. Navin, A. Kirwan, C. Cusack, M. Ahearne, W. Cullinan, J. Mullaney, Ciaran Cusack, R. Finn, P. Tobin, D. Weldon, M. Sweeney, E. O’Brien. Subs: S. Keane, J. Whelan, N. Power, A. Finn, S. Barry, A. Dineen. COUNTY PLAYERS Well done to Tony Grey, Shane Ahearne and Robert Ahearne who helped Waterford defeat Tipperary in Fraher Field on Saturday night in the football league. Also to Grainne Abbeyside/Ballinacourty Juveniles - Last year’s ladies under 14 team in the club’s new jerseys kindly sponsored by Twomey's Eurospar, Abbeyside. Dawn Meats Waterford Inter-Firms County Champions 1984. Back row: Ray Kirwan, Paul Mooney, Pierce Whyte, Ger Power, Peter Kavanagh, Eoin O’Brien, David Kiely, Paudie Casey, Dick Strang, Ger Mooney (manager), Billy McCormack, Bobby Coady. Front row: Ned Power, Mike Kiely, Fintan O’Brien, Martin Ormonde, John White, Michael Dee, Sean Power, Michael Corkery, Michael Queally. 14 SPORT Young Hurlers take Pat Noctor Award into custody Joint winners of the Pat Noctor Supreme Sports Star Award 2012 Patrick Curran and Ryan Donnelly with Patrick’s parents Pat and Margaret, brother Cathal and grandmother Sheila Curran. [Rory Wyley] (Continued from page 1) Garda colleagues for their help in preparing for the important and prestigious event, as well as the many people whose help always contributes to the success of the evening. Expressing his delight and pleasure at being at the very special occasion of the twentieth event, Supt. Michael Leacy, District Officer, Dungarvan said that when he thought about the night beforehand, it struck him immediately about how time flies by. “When we began these awards back in 1994,” he said, “we all looked considerably younger. It also occurred to me that those nominated here tonight were not even born then. “I asked myself why these awards have lasted so long,” he continued, “and what is the lasting legacy of Pat Noctor. I feel it is the concept of people working for others and for the community. Pat believed in the notion of service to the people and worked his whole life in the pursuit of that goal. “I know there is much debate in the media and a certain derision about public service and what it means to communities, but it is my belief that there is no nobler calling than to work in the service of others. “This is epitomised by the service of teachers, doctors, nurses, fire service and gardai, who work every hour of every day in the service of others. This work requires commitment and sacrifice, but it is a noble pursuit and a worthwhile calling and we should remember tonight our late colleague, Garda Aidan O’Donoghue who made the ultimate sacrifice in the service of the community.” He wished all of the nominees every success in their careers ahead and thanked everyone for their help in arranging what is a very successful event each year. He thanked the adjudicators John A Murphy, Kieran O’Connor, Jim Landers and Mary Ashe for their dedication and patience and Garda Aidan McCarthy together with the other Gardai and administrative staff of the station for arranging the excellent evening. He sent the best wishes of all present to Adjudicator, John A. Murphy, the man who prepares the citations and who is presently indisposed, wishing him a full and speedy recovery. He thanked the Mayors for their attendance, as well as Chief Supt. Pat Murphy and had a special word of thanks for the Brass Band for their recital before the programme and their fanfares for each nominee. The Mayor of County Waterford, speaking also on behalf of his Mayoral colleagues, said he was privileged to be present twenty years after the inception of the Award. I recall that first winner, he said, Jamie Costin, an elite athlete and an Olympian who went on to have a distinguished career in athletics. Turning to the twelve young nominees he said: “You are winners already, winners in your clubs and role models for other young sportspeople. You are worthy ambassadors for your families, your clubs and your communities.” He said that working for the community ‘must never be devalued, must never be underestimated and always be encouraged’. As each citation was read and as each nominee came to the stage they were presented with their scroll by super sportsmen Jamie Costin and Gary Hurney. Ian Noctor, son of the Garda in whose honour the award is made annually said that the first award was made not long after his father died. “We did not realise back then,” he said, “that this award would be going strong or stronger twenty years on. For those of you who did not know my father, he was a dedicated sportsman and followed every form of sport from football to golf, showjumping and handball. You name it, he loved it. I am glad to say that his granddaughter Anna who is here this evening is following in his footsteps and is very attached to horses as well as camogie. Maybe some year, she too will sit up here as one of the twelve. I continue to be astounded by the standard of achievement in sport in this Garda District.” He paid tribute to the leadership of Supt. Leacy and thanked Eddie Fitzpatrick, who is now retired, but who steered the Award so successfully in the twenty years since its inception, now handing over to his successor, Aidan McCarthy. He thanked the adjudicators and wished John A. Murphy a speedy return to good health. Concluding the proceedings former International athlete, Jamie Costin congratulated the young sportspeople on their dedication and their achievements to date. You must remember that there will be only one winner here this evening,” he said, “When times get tough, as they will, you must knuckle down, face the challenges and believe in yourselves. “I want you all to walk away from here tonight believing in yourselves and aspire to the very best you can. You may be disappointed, but you are in a very good position. You must continue to train hard and get out there over the next weeks and years and give competition your full commitment so that you will succeed.” The evening was rounded off with light refreshments served by the Social Committee. TWELVE NOMINEES The twelve nominees were: Laura Connors (Showjumping); Patrick Curran (Hurling); Ryan Donnelly (Hurling); Aoife Hamilton (Athletics); Seamus Keating (Rugby); Katy Laffan (Martial Arts); Aoife Landers (Handball), Hannah Landers (Ladies Football); Darragh Lyons (Handball); Steve McMahon (Rugby); Andrew O’Connor (Soccer); Kate Veale (Athletics). M.C. for the night Kieran O'Connor interviewing joint winners Patrick Curran and Ryan Donnelly. [Rory Wyley] Dungarvan Observer Sports | Wednesday, 13 February, 2013 West Waterford Athletic Club Juveniles Tough conditions at Aviva Munster Schools Cross Country WEST Waterford’s athletes competing at the Aviva Munster Schools cross country championships in Carriganore last Thursday helped five local schools qualify for the Aviva All-Ireland Schools championships. Rain early in the day made conditions very tough for the athletes but they ploughed through the mud and up the hills to give their all for their schools. The highest place West Waterford finisher on the day was Hannah Power. Competing for the Ard Scoil she crossed the line in 3rd place in the junior girls race. With individual medals for the top six several other West Waterford athletes made it onto the podium including Emma Hallahan (St. Augustine’s) 4th in the Minor girls, Michéal Power (St. Augustine’s) 4th in Junior boys, Sinead Flynn (St. Augustine’s) 5th in the inter girls and Sean Curran (CBS) 6th in the inter boys. Others to finish in the top 10 were Aoife Hamilton (Meanscoil San Nioclas) who finished 7th in the junior girls Cliona Ryan (Ard Scoil) 8th in the inter girls, Lucy O’Brien (Blackwater C.S.) 8th in the senior girls, Rachel Wyley (St. Augustine’s) 10th in the minor girls and Patrick Walsh (CBS) 10th in the minor boys and all have qualified for the AllIreland championships. In addition Kate McGrath, Sarah Walsh, Chloe Fennell, Caoimhe Dwyer, Dairina Ni Sheanlaoich, Bronagh Condon and Sarah Wyley all qualified with the St Augustine’s and Ard Scoil teams that finished first and second in the team events. Aidan McKenna (St. Augustine’s) Niall Blackwell and Shane O’Riordan (both CBS) and Meg Ryan (Scoil San Nioclas) all finished in the top twenty but just missed out on a place in the all Irelands championships. PAT NOCTOR SUPREME YOUNG SPORTS STAR AWARDS Athletics enjoys a very proud tradition in the Pat Noctor awards with athletes having won the award on 9 occasions over the past 20 years. Kate Veale has won the award an unprecedented four times was one of the finalists last Friday night. Injury curtailed Kate’s achievements this year and although she competed in the world championships she did not reach the same heights as she had done in other years. Her achievements brought her to the final twelve but were not enough for a fifth win. Kate now heads into senior athletics and we wish her the best as she makes this difficult transition. Aoife Hamilton was a first time finalist at this event after an outstanding Cross Country season that saw her win individual medals at All-Ireland level and lead her County and province to gold medals. She is one to watch in the future. Congratulations to this years joint winners Ryan Donnelly and Patrick Curran. The juvenile committee of West Waterford A.C. would like to extend their deepest sympathies to Julie and the Buest family on the death of their mother Marie. Waterford glory at Aviva Munster Schools Cross Country Championships THERE was glory for young Waterford athletes at the Aviva Munster Schools Cross Country Championships on Thursday. The event, which took place on the Carriganore course at the Waterford Institute of Technology, saw 12 medals for the county. First up was Molly Hutchinson from Ursuline Waterford who had a third place finish in the Minor girls race. Next it was the Junior girls race with Hannah Power from Ard Scoil na nDeise taking an individual bronze medal, while St. Augustine’s Dungarvan and Ard Scoil na nDeise finished first and second respectively in the Junior Girls team event securing places at the All-Ireland final next month. In the Junior Boys team event there was a second place for De La Salle while St. Augustine’s picked up more silverware finishing just behind them in third. Aisling Quinn was the hero for Ursuline Waterford as she took gold in the Girls Intermediate race, which also helped Ursuline to a third place finish in the Girls Intermediate team event, with St. Augustine’s securing a second place spot. In the Senior Girls race there was more glory for Waterford. Aedin O’Keeffe from Ursuline Waterford finished second in the Senior Girls final, taking an individual silver. It was her medal that also helped her school to second place in the team event with Blackwater CS from Lismore finishing behind them in third. All of whom are not guaranteed a place at the Aviva All-Ireland Schools Finals next month. The Aviva All-Ireland Schools Cross Country Championships will be held at the University of Ulster in Jordanstown on the 9th March. For more information on the Aviva Schools Cross Country Championships log on to the Athletics Ireland Website. September winner Aoife Hamilton, West Waterford A.C. with her brother Liam Hamilton, attending the Combined Credit Unions Supreme Juvenile Athlete of the Year 2012 awards ceremony in the Tower Hotel. [Aileen Drohan/Photozone] Dungarvan Observer Sports | Wednesday, 13 February, 2013 TALKING HORSES 15 Talking Horses Upcoming Fixtures Thurles – Wednesday 13th February (First Race 2:05) Thurles – Thursday 14th February (First Race 2:05) Dundalk – Friday 15th February (First Race 6:20) Gowran Park – Saturday 16th February (First Race 2:00) Navan – Sunday 17th February (First Race 2:10) Punchestown – Wednesday 20th February (First Race 2:05) Mullins rules supreme at star-studded Leopardstown CHAMPION Trainer Willie Mullins took no prisoners on Saturday’s starstudded card at Leopardstown, saddling the winner of three of the four Grade 1s as part of an amazing four timer. The highlight of his day unquestionably came in the featured Hennessy Gold Cup, with his Sir Des Champs getting revenge over the valiant Flemenstar by 11/4 lengths under Davy Russell. The most dramatic of Mullins’ wins came in the Dr. P.J. Moriarty Chase, with his Boston Bob rallying back from seemed certain defeat to snatch the verdict by a nose under Paul Townend. That formed the middle leg of a treble for Townend on Mullins’ other two winners, with him riding Champagne Fever to a 11/4 lengths success in the Deloitte Novice Hurdle and Tennis Cap to an all-the-way 31/2 lengths victory in the paddypower.com iPhone Fast Bet Handicap Hurdle. The Mullins and Walsh Show at Clonmel WILLIE Mullins and Ruby Walsh were in dominant form at Clonmel on Thursday, completing a remarkable four-timer on the card. They got off the mark in the opening Surehaul Race Day Maiden Hurdle, with Sarabad making all for a 29 lengths success, and their tallies were doubled 30 minutes later by the easy 61/2 lengths win of the Lynam doubles up at Dundalk EDDIE Lynam, who enjoys such regular success at Dundalk, was the star performer at the Co Louth track on Friday evening, completing a double on the card. His brace was initiated by the length success of Khyber Pass in the www.dundalkstadium.com Rated Race and was completed in the Crowne Plaza Hotel 1 Race & Stay Handicap, with Atticus Finch scoring by 1 /2 Ned Buntline out for the Season NOEL Meade said it is "heartbreaking" that injury has ruled out smart novice hurdler Ned Buntline for the rest of the season. The County Meath trainer spoke about the fiveyear-old in glowing terms after his impressive display unbeaten Annie Power in the Kilsheelan Mares Hurdle. The pick of their wins came in the featured Grade 3 Surehaul Mercedes-Benz Novice Hurdle, with Inish Island battling to a two lengths success, and their hauls were topped off by the authoritative 31/2 lengths victory of Call The Police in the Derrygath Chase. in a Naas bumper in early November and finished third behind Mozoltov and Don Cossack in the Moscow Flyer Novice Hurdle at Punchestown earlier this month, after which the season-ending injury was discovered. lengths to give 16-year-old Robbie Downey his first winner. The aforementioned Lordan went on to complete a double of his own, riding the Thomond O’Maratrained Denis Of Kerry to an authoritative 11/4 lengths victory in the first division of the Winter Racing At Dundalk Handicap. Paul Beecher from Tallow presenting Laura Connors with her prize at the Waterford Tipperary Showjumping Awards at the Park Hotel, Dungarvan. [David Clynch] The highlight of Tuesday’s card at Fairyhouse was the Racegoer's 25 euros Package Hurdle and it produced a very impressive winner in the shape of the Dermot Weldtrained Rock Critic. The eight-year-old jumped exceptionally well on his way to recording an easy 31/2 lengths success under Robbie McNamara, with leading Aintree Grand National hope Seabass making a fine return to action back in second. The pick of the remainder of the action was the Great Value Corporate Hospitality @ Fairyhouse Maiden Hurdle and it saw the Paul Nolantrained Defy Logic run out the wide-margin winner. The sixyear-old made all the running and drew right away to score by 34 lengths under Mark Walsh. Down Royal and Fairyhouse Rescheduled HORSE Racing Ireland has announced that the meeting at Down Royal which was due to be held on Wednesday, 6th February but was cancelled due to waterlogging will now take place on Tuesday, 12th February. James Nesbitt special guest at Cheltenham Preview night THE organising committee of the Waterford Cheltenham Preview night are delighted to announce that James Nesbitt will be the special guest at this years’ preview on Thursday, February 28th at the Woodlands Hotel. The Northern Ireland actor who got his breakthrough television role playing Adam Williams in the romantic comedy-drama Cold Feet has also starred in Murphy’s Law and alongside Liam Neeson in Five Minutes of Heaven. Most recently he played the part of Bofur in the Peter Jackson directed three-part The Hobbit. Nesbitt is a keen fan of horse racing and heads up the Jimmy Nesbitt Partnership, owners of Riverside Theatre who won the Ryan Air Chase at last year’s Cheltenham Festival. Riverside Theatre holds entries Rock Critic impresses at Fairyhouse As well as that, the meeting at Fairyhouse which was due to be held on Saturday, 2nd February being cancelled due to waterlogging will now take place on Wednesday 27th February. Win tickets to James Nesbitt in the Ryan Air Chase, The World Hurdle and the Gold Cup at this year’s festival and his owners’ insight is sure to add to what is shaping up to be another wonderful preview evening at the Woodlands Hotel. To be in with a chance of winning a pair of tickets to the Cheltenham preview evening (six pairs to be won) all you have to do is answer the following question and send in the answer to the Dungarvan Observer, Shandon, Dungarvan, by Monday, 25th February, 2013. Editor’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into. Question: Name one of the organisations that will benefit from the Cheltenham preview evening? Answer:…………………………………………………... Name:……………………………………………………… Address:…………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………… Waterford and Tipperary SJAI Chairman Joe Murphy presenting Seamus Hayes with his prize at the Waterford Tipperary Showjumping Awards at the Park Hotel, Dungarvan. [David Clynch Waterford and Tipperary SJAI Chairman Joe Murphy presenting Francis Connors with his prize at the Waterford Tipperary Showjumping Awards at the Park Hotel, Dungarvan. [David Clynch] ……………………Telephone:…………………………… 16 ATHLETICS ALLROUNDER SPORTS WINTER LEAGUE Dungarvan Observer Sports | Wednesday, 13 February, 2013 Sponsored by Winter League enters the final stages for 2013 Allrounder Sports Shop THE end of the winter league is finally in sight. It’s a given that everyone will pull out all the stops tonight and next week in the last ditch attempt to get a personal best time. Remember, it‚s the person with the least amount of points that wins and that person doesn’t always come out of division one. There are some people in division 2 with lower points than those in division one so the eventual winner is the person with the lowest points regardless of the division he or she is in. Once again, the weather was in the runners‚ favour and with 14 great nights so far out of 16, here’s hoping that the remaining couple of weeks will be just as good. STARTING TIMES FOR WEEK 15 It will be fast and furious again this week as there will be 30 seconds between each group tonight. MYSTERY TOUR The Mystery Tour will take place on Friday night, February 22nd in a secret location. The meeting place will be in Minnie’s Bar Abbeyside at 7 o’clock and from there the bus will collect the runners and transport them to the designated location and will bring you back to Dungarvan at the end of the night. Anyone wishing to go on the Mystery Tour must give their name and €5 at the desk tonight in order to secure your seat on the bus. Names will be taken on a first come, first served basis so don’t be left at home. Get your name in a.s.a.p. JAMES O’DONNELL STILL LEADS THE LONG ROUTE The first runner home last week was newcomer Nicky Connolly in a great time of 33.30. Kevin O’Connor has been doing really well since moving up to the long route and he continued to show this improvement when taking second place in 38.46. Patrick Holland finished third in 44.27 so he will surely dip below 44 minutes before the end of the league. In fourth place with 49.59 was Mary Whyte, well done Mary. Pat Murphy in fifth place with 40.30 will have sub 40 as his target tonight. Robert O’Connor was sixth with 35.53. Marian Keane took 7th place with 44.59 and is now top of her division as a result. Anna Ballot in 8th place will be pleased to have broken 42 minutes with 41.57 and Denise Nugent in 9th place will be another happy camper with her much improved time of 44.41. Finally, in 10th place was Patrick Lannen with a great time of 34.29. The battle of the divisions was keenly contested but it’s still James O’Donnell who is still in the lead but only just with 21 points to spare over previous leader Niall Collins and Jason Dee is still holding onto third. Division 1: James O’Donnell 679 Niall Collins 700 Jason Dee 734 Conor O’Neill 766 Tony Hamilton 819 Paul McGrath 830 George Hamilton 847 Angela Tobin 864 Joanne Dunford 915 Michael Dunford 988 Tara Roche 991 Tom Leahy 994 Cathal Gleeson 1006 Damien Casey 1025 Dave Pollock 1037 Divison 2: Patrick Lannen Division 3: Tom Longan Division 4: Brigid Coffey Division 5: Marian Keane Division 6: Thomas Grace Divison 7: Patrick Holland Division 8: Denis Coffey Division 9: Mary Whyte Division 10: Elaine Kelly EAMON FLAVIN LOOKS TO BE HOME AND DRY IN THE SHORT ROUTE First home last week was newcomer Gary Cantwell in a time of 14.12. Emma Duffy in second place was pleased to have dipped under 21 minutes with 20.58. The best improver of all the runners that have been doing the league since the start was Jenny Devine and she was third overall on the night with a great time of 22.38. John Leahy who has made a return from injury was 4th with 16.51 and Sharon Murray is another to make a comeback from injury and she was in fifth place with 22.22, well done Sharon. Finishing in 6th place was Gillian Roche with a time of 25.17 so she will surely break 25 minutes tonight. Ciara Dower who finished in 7th place with 20.16 was unlucky not to break 20 minutes but this will be her target tonight. Martina Barron (27.21) wasn’t hanging around as she finished 8th on the best improvers list. In 9th place was James Foley with 16.28 and in 10th place was Eamon Flavin which has helped him consolidate his overall lead. Eamon looks to be a sure winner in the short route but at the same time it’s not as if he can take it easy as it’s possible to gain 50 or so points each night and with 2 nights to go Eamon will still have to continue to do his best as Edna Roche and Gerry Cummins are certainly not out of the frame yet. Division 1: Eamon Flavin 415 Edna Roche 502 Gerry Cummins 518 Niamh Budds 531 Margaret Budds 575 Ronan Sandford 610 Anne Quinn 617 Patrick Ryan 627 Serena Murray 644 Ciara Dower 658 Micheal Moynihan 677 Liam Sandford 704 John Foley 727 Jennifer Breathnach 742 Division 2: James Foley Division 3: Annette Cahill Division 4: Padraig Cosgrave Division 5: Jenny Devine THANKS We would like to extend a sincere thanks to Pearse Moloney of the Allrounder Sports Shop for his continued help, support and sponsorship of the league, thank so much. Also, thanks to all the stewards and the crew that enable the league to run smoothly every week, it’s very much appreciated. Pictured is Jason Travers a recent winner at the all rounder sports winter league of a sports massage voucher kindly sponsored by Zuzana Malikova, Zuzana also pictured making the presentation to Jason is a Neuromuscular Physical Therapist and Massage therapist and is based at the Complementary Health Clinic, Tournore, Abbeyside. She can be contacted at 087-1218721. Thanks so much to you all. TEAM COMPETITION The best scoring team on the long route last week was “JTG”, the team being Jason Dee, Tom Condon and Georgie Hamilton. This has seen them strengthen their overall lead and they are now looking like they‚ll be hard to catch with just 2 weeks left. The top 5 teams on the long route are now: 1st JTG: Jason Dee, Tom Condon, Georgie Hamilton. 2nd The Dunfords: Joanne Dunford, Michael Dunford, Bridget Coffey. 3rd TTT: Thomas Grace, Tom Longan, Tony Hamilton. 4th The 3 Gauntleteers: Mark Cliffe, Conor O’Neill, Ted O’Leary. 5th Spinsplint Sprinters Mary Harney, Sinead Moore, Geraldine Barry. On the short route, the best scoring team last week was again “Clashmore Ramblers”, (Mags Budds, Shelia Budds, Pat Ryan). They now have a massive lead in the competition and it looks like there will be no catching them. The top 3 teams on the short route are: 1st Clashmore Ramblers: Mags Budds, Shelia Budds, Pat Ryan. 2nd LMM: Lorna Murphy, Margaret Whelan, Mary Hogan 3rd How slow can we go Liam O’Donnell, Caoimhe O’Donnell, Catherine Downey. ZUZANA MALIKOVA SPORTS VOUCHERS WEEK 14 The winners of the vouchers, sponsored by Zuzana Malikova, for week 14 of the winter league are Anita Lyons (long route) and Deirdre Mason (short route). Zuzana is a Neuromuscular Physical Therapist and Massage therapist and is based at the Complementary Health Clinic, Tournore, Abbeyside. She can be contacted at 087-1218721. Allrounder Sports Winter League Results for Week 14 - Short Route 1 809 CANTWELL, Gary 2 810 DUFFY, Emma 3 618 DEVINE, Jenny 4 782 LEAHY, John 5 805 MURRAY, Sharon 6 801 ROCHE, Gillian 7 643 DOWER, Ciara 8 792 BARRON, Martina 9 722 FOLEY, James 10 735 FLAVIN, Eamonn 11 730 CASEY, Olive 12 777 ROCHE, Edna 13 616 O'DONNELL, Liam 14 790 McGRATH, Particia 15 684 SHALLOE, Tracey 16 778 CUMMINS, Donagh 17 621 THOMAS, Susan 18 663 BUDDS, Niamh 19 661 BUDDS, Margaret 20 720 SALMON, Breege 21 780 TOBIN, Johnny 22 647 CUMMINS, Gerry 23 793 FITZGERALD, Joanne 24 732 CAHILL, Annette 25 682 KEOGH, Majella 26 729 CASEY, Eleanor 27 655 HALLEY, David 28 691 COSGRAVE, Padraig 14:12 20:58 22:38 16:51 22:11 25:17 20:16 27:21 16:28 17:50 22:09 20:17 22:44 20:55 19:41 18:10 24:15 23:03 18:42 23:15 18:34 16:44 25:36 21:05 24:09 21:12 15:26 17:54 Sponsored by Allrounder Sports Shop 29 670 RYAN, Patrick 30 656 MASON, Deirdre 31 642 DALY, Deirdre 32 662 BUDDS, Sheila 33 795 BYRNE, Mary 34 604 POWER, Kay 35 794 BYRNE, Angelia 36 689 CONDON, Rena 37 754 NUGENT, Mark 38 646 QUINN, Anne 39 638 SANDFORD, Ronan 40 697 CASEY, Maire 41 634 CROTTY, Martina 42 674 WHELAN, Margaret 43 653 MOYNIHAN, Micheal 44 789 KELLY, Dervla 45 692 SHINE, Joan 46 693 FENNELL, Noreen 47 605 RYAN, Alice 48 700 LYONS, Anne 49 635 DOYLE, Hannah 50 622 CONDON, Brid 51 640 O'DONOVAN, Anne 52 701 LYONS, Stacey 53 639 SANDFORD, Liam 54 675 HOGAN, Mary 55 773 HAYES, Louise 19:14 23:17 21:05 20:12 24:42 22:00 24:43 19:50 15:09 17:33 20:34 17:19 20:51 19:46 17:39 21:41 22:29 22:30 29:33 23:25 26:36 23:55 24:53 19:08 20:54 25:37 28:33 Allrounder Sports Winter League Results for Week 14 - Long Route Place No. Name 1 329 CONNOLLY, Nicky 2 328 O'CONNOR, Kevin 3 289 HOLLAND, Patrick 4 201 WHYTE, Mary 5 317 MURPHY, Pat 6 269 O'CONNOR, Robert 7 93 KEANE, Marian 8 251 BALLOTT, Anna 9 100 NUGENT, Denise 10 71 LANNEN, Patrick 11 280 HAMILTON, George 12 247 COFFEY, Brigid 13 316 WIDGER, Gary 14 206 BREATHNACH, Orna 15 205 KELLY, Elaine 16 98 CRONOLLY, Rita 17 313 NAGLE, Graham 18 142 DEE, Jason 19 140 LONGAN, Tom 20 191 COLLINS, Niall 21 89 FITZGERALD, Michelle 22 125 GRACE, Thomas 23 104 POWER, Valerie 24 154 HARNEY, Mary 25 59 COLEMAN, Karen 26 322 LEAHY, Jeremy 27 266 DALTON, Emma 28 207 BARRY, Geraldine 29 147 O'CONNOR, Johnny 30 46 HAHESY, Raymond 31 1 O'DONNELL, James 32 13 TOBIN, Angela 33 78 DWANE, Cathal 34 114 O'DONOVAN, Marie 35 135 McSHANE, Padraig 36 76 BUDDS, Seamus 37 178 TOBIN, Jackie 38 245 HARTY, Julie 39 310 KIELY, Nikki 40 92 LYONS, Anita 41 54 GENC, Sue 42 38 O'NEILL, Conor 43 272 CASEY, Kevin 44 102 SHEIL, Jacinta 45 190 McGRATH, Paul 46 236 HAMILTON, Tony 47 290 KIELY, Catriona 48 73 POWER, Nicky 49 184 DRENNAN, Angeline 50 80 DEE, Irene 51 294 KIRBY, Dan 52 107 HAYES, Helene 53 213 CUMMINS, Helen 54 112 YOUNG, Shay 55 216 FALCONER, John 56 9 O'RIORDAN, Jennifer 57 282 GLEESON, Cathal E. 58 199 COFFEY, Denis 59 87 MOONEY, Declan 60 305 LUCEY, John 61 238 DWYER, Dermot 62 74 HICKEY, Kevin 63 64 MURPHY, Tomás 64 161 CONDON, Thomas 65 145 ROCHE, Tara 66 84 LEAHY, Tom 67 2 MOORE, Sinead 68 175 LYNCH, Kevin 69 183 ORGAN, Kate 70 52 HIGGINS, Sharon Time 33:30 38:46 44:27 49:59 40:30 35:53 44:59 41:57 44:41 34:29 43:06 40:19 43:45 47:38 47:39 45:01 33:16 35:23 34:13 33:22 45:48 37:54 45:35 44:18 49:20 55:09 44:33 42:37 32:01 32:47 31:17 39:11 36:20 45:25 39:44 39:18 47:41 45:18 49:51 54:29 47:52 35:33 41:28 50:13 38:14 38:21 42:40 41:21 39:40 50:07 34:16 47:51 47:24 37:54 37:01 50:08 37:45 34:23 36:21 37:53 32:37 34:51 42:18 39:35 42:01 30:55 40:05 32:30 45:05 41:37 Sponsored by Allrounder Sports Shop 71 3 CHIZHIKOV, Yevgeniy 72 75 DROHAN, Noel 73 152 DEEGAN, Michael 74 118 DONNELLY, David 75 307 LYNAM, Brett 76 105 KIRWAN, Bryan 77 33 BARRY, Joe 78 262 CUNNIFFE, Nicola 79 267 CAMPBELL, David 80 299 GREENE, Matt 81 90 HARTY, Josie 82 179 FITZGERALD, Pat 83 237 CURRAN, Raymond 84 14 DUNFORD, Ann 85 309 MURPHY, Agnes 86 221 O'CALLAGHAN, John 87 82 O'RIORDAN, Fiona (62) 88 248 DUNFORD, Joanne 89 160 KENNEALLY, Kevin 90 44 MOLONEY, Michael 91 202 GREEN, Adam 92 49 HAYES, Michelle 93 197 CASEY, Damien 94 301 POLLOCK, Dave 95 249 TYNAN, Jackie 96 42 TRAVERS, Jason 97 31 CLIFFE, Mark 98 119 O'REGAN, Niamh 99 153 CONNOLLY, Fergal 100 39 HOGAN, Tom 101 181 McNAB, Gregor 102 66 HOGAN, Stephen 103 121 MALIKOVA, Zuzana 104 293 MURPHY, Micheal 105 106 PROCTOR, Pascal 106 17 O'DONNELL, Ann 107 10 BEGLEY, Padraig 108 304 MASON, Trevor 109 242 SHAW-HAMILTON, Robert 110 6 MULLIGAN, Una 111 45 CURRAN, Rosaleen 112 37 NIEUWENHUIZEN, Patrick 113 239 FRISBY, Pat 114 68 CALLAGHAN, Micheal 115 189 BARRY, Derek 116 226 ORMONDE, Fiona 117 41 FITZGERALD, Adrian 118 57 McNALLY, David 119 151 LYONS, Colin 120 218 RYAN, Michael 121 120 HAYES, Declan 122 144 MASSEY, Anne 123 20 CONDON, Maurice 124 256 O'GORMAN, Paul 125 22 FITZGERALD, Laura 126 124 MOLONEY, Pearse 127 24 DWYER, Anthony 128 72 BURKE, Ray 129 4 CHIZHIKOVA, Diana 130 308 BANNON, Orla 131 128 CANTWELL, Gerry 132 233 COLEMAN, Michael 133 23 HALLISSEY, Geraldine 134 126 WALL, Triona 135 109 POWER, Onra 136 85 DURAND, Michele 137 324 O'GRADY, Cormac 138 69 BRADFIELD, Linda 139 227 ORMONDE, Brian 140 195 WALSH, Corinna 33:41 36:05 41:35 38:45 36:54 37:14 33:52 47:49 37:47 37:40 47:19 33:46 41:37 37:48 44:22 34:44 47:15 40:01 30:05 31:52 43:33 41:39 36:36 47:08 48:36 31:20 33:49 47:28 37:50 37:52 38:29 37:26 41:11 36:23 39:54 39:25 40:40 32:52 40:09 46:36 39:34 35:10 36:04 36:18 35:12 51:28 40:04 38:22 35:22 34:46 43:18 42:29 38:22 42:55 47:17 47:37 37:12 37:51 50:30 48:49 35:42 44:44 49:01 39:48 46:54 46:08 38:46 46:53 45:25 37:46 Waterford Athletes Shine at Juniors and Under 23s BIG numbers were the order of the day at the Woodie’s DIY Junior and U-23 championships held at the superb AIT International Arena on Sunday, 10th February. There were plenty of athletes set about achieving new PBs on the ultra-fast track and pleasant surroundings. Tom Barr (Ferrybank AC) convincingly won the U23 men’s 400m in 47.41 seconds. Ferrybank recorded a one and two in the Junior Women High Jump with Sorcha Murphy taking first on count back with 1.68m while clubmate Neasa Murphy equaled the same height for second. The high jump winning streak continued with Shane O'Dywer (Ferrybank AC) securing first place in the U-23 mens event with a jump of 2.00m. Clubmate Sean Archer also took the U-23 Men’s Triple Jump in 13.44m. The U-23 Men’s Pole Vault was won by West Waterford A.C’s Thomas Houlihan with a vault of 4.60m Another great weekend’s action is expected at the Woodies DIY National Indoor Championships will be held in AIT International Arena on the 15th / 16th February. Kate Hickey, West Waterford A.C and June winner Orlaith O'Brien, Ferrybank A.C. at the Combined Credit Unions Supreme Juvenile Athlete of the Year 2012 awards ceremony in the Tower Hotel. [Aileen Drohan/Photozone] Dungarvan Observer Sports | Wednesday, 13 February, 2013 Detailed results can be viewed on: www.westwaterfordathletics.org ATHLETICS 17 Course record for Philip Harty at the Anne Valley 5 THE Anne Valley 5 mile road race was held last Saturday morning in Dunhill. The day in many respects Conor O'Neill pictured as he crosses the finish line at last Saturdays Anne Valley 5. belonged to West Waterford’s Philip Harty. Philip covered the tough Anne Valley 5 mile course last Saturday in a time of 25.11 setting a new course record. Having finished 2nd last year to Carrick’s Brian Murphy Sandis Bralitis had to settle for that same position again last Saturday. The winner in 2012 Brian Murphy was 3rd in a time of 26.34. The clubs first lady home was Josie Uí Chuirrin with a time of 36.44; this gave Josie 1st place over 50. Niall Collins was in great form also running a very fast 33.16; equally a great time was recorded by Mark Cliffe 33.24, two men in great shape at the moment. Another to impress was Paschal Proctor who in 2012 ran a time of 42.20 last Saturday he clipped round the same course in 39.05. Well done to all competitors. Philip Harty 25.11 Sandis Bralitis 25.48 Niall Collins 33.16 Mark Cliffe 33.24 Tony Ferncombe 34.26 Conor O’Neill 34.54 Trevor Walsh 36.37 Josie Ui Chuirrin 36.44 Conor McEvoy 37.35 Micheal O’Cuirrin 38.34 Paschal Proctor 39.05 Andrea Gaffney 39.22 Sharon Higgins 41.58 Teresa Kiely 42.19 Kevin Casey 42.35 Micheal McCarthy 44.07 David Regan 44.46 Onra Power 45.25 Kevin T. Casey 46.12 Noelle Conway 51.37 Marie Moore 51.37 Group of West Waterford athletes pictured before the start of last Saturday’s Anne Valley 5. l/r: Mark Cliffe, Conor O'Neill, Tony Ferncombe and Niall Collins. Waterford Hospice to benefit from 11th Annual Bausch and Lomb sponsored Kilmacthomas 5 this Sunday ON this Sunday, February 17th at 11 a.m. the 11th Annual Bausch and Lomb sponsored Kilmacthomas 5 mile road race will take place. All proceeds from the race again this year will be donated to a most worthy cause, Waterford Hospice. The race organisers urge run- Pictured are West Waterford AC athletes Aoife Hamilton and Kate Veale who were both honored as nominees for the Pat Noctor Young Sports Star of the year for 2012 at the awards evening last Friday which was held at Ard Scoil Na nDéise. Michael Roche Carpets Spring Series 2012 THE 2013 Michael Roche Carpets Spring Series is now well under way with two of the races completed. Next up in the Series is the 11th annual Bausch and Lomb 5 on Sunday next February 17th which will be held in Kilmacthomas at 11 a.m. Entry to the series this year is free. All runners who participate in 3 of the 4 events will be in a draw for sports vouchers which will be raffled at the final race in the series the Déise College Dungarvan 10K on Sunday, February 24th at 11 a.m. The series will, of course, have an overall winner who will be the athlete with the lowest points from 3 of the 4 races. ners and joggers to come along and support this year’s benefactors. The organising committee under the stewardship of Nicola and Michael Dee have all the ground work done for this race now so we request all our members to come along and support their efforts on the day. Entries will be taken at the community given by Bausch and Lomb a very attractive prize fund will be on offer for the top competitors and plenty of spots for down the field finishers. The categories are as follows: MEN - 1st 2nd and 3rd, 1st over 40, 45, 50 and 55. LADIES - 1st 2nd and 3rd, 1st over 35, 40, 45 and 50. Woodies DIY National Florida Marathon Masters Indoors win for Richard JOE GOUGH IN RECORD FORM Joe Gough continued his record exploits in Athlone last Saturday at the Woodies DIY national masters indoors when he won the over 60 800m in a time of 2:15.61 to knock five seconds off the old record. Joe who just turned 60 recently is taking that age category by storm. He now holds the 800m records in master’s indoor running at O45, O50, O55 and O60, a remarkable achievement. Despite running a hugely improved personal best Harry O’Brien had to settle for 6th in a very competitive over 45 1,500 metres race. Harry’s time of 4.26 was 6 seconds inside his best ever for the distance. Terri Gough was also in action in the ladies over 65 category competing in the 60 the 200 and 400 metres but to date we are unable to attain her results and finally, Brendan Moran had to withdraw from competition with an injury. We wish Brendan a speedy recovery to competition. Anthony Whelan runs Irish Ultra Championships WEST Waterford ACs Anthony Whelan is in action on Saturday week the 16th February in the Donadea promoted national 50k championships of Ireland. This is Anthony’s first time competing in these championships which are held over 10 laps of a 5k course. Wishing Anthony all the best on the day. hall Kilmacthomas at the top of the town from 9.30 am, with the entry fee €8. Shower facilities will also be available in this hall after the event for both men and women. Kirwan’s Bar is the venue for the presentation of prizes and cuppa after. With the help of the very generous sponsorship kindly Purcell ON Sunday, 20th January in Ocala Florida one of our members Richard Purcell aged 41 won the Ocala Marathon in a time of 3:09:58 to qualify for the Boston Marathon. Richard formally lived at Currabaha West, Kilmacthomas, before moving to Florida where he now lives with his family. Well done Richard on this great achievement. Pictured right is West Waterford AC athlete Richard Purcell as he comes into win the Ocala Florida Marathon on 20th January last. In winning the marathon Richard also achieved the qualifying time for the Boston Marathon. Woodies DIY Under 23 Indoors Claire Gibbons McCarthy who was second lady overall in the 22nd Annual John Treacy Dungarvan 10 receives her prize from John Treacy. GOLD FOR HOULIHAN AND SILVER FOR COLLINS Well done to Thomas Houlihan who won the Woodies DIY National under 23 pole vault championship in Athlone last Sunday with a height of 4.60 and equally congrats to Claire Collins on her silver medal in the ladies under 23 high jump. GOLF 18 You can contact us by phoning 058-44055 Our email address is: [email protected]. Our website is: www.goldcoastgolfclub.com RESULTS Friday 8th February: 18 Holes Open: 1st: Jack Kelly (27) 44 pts. Saturday 9th February: 18 Holes Stableford, CSS 42 ptsL 1st: Johnny Ryan (16) 43 pts; 2nd: Tom Moore (16) 42 pts; Gross: Brian O’Connor (8) 30 pts. Sunday 10th February: Waltz Competition: 1st: Stephen Greene, Breda Conway, Jimmy O’Dwyer 84 pts; 2nd: Andy Travers, Aisling Fennell, Lee Crotty, 83 pts; 3rd: Paddy Walsh, Raymond Moloney, Mick Cronin 82 pts. FIXTURES Tuesday 12th February: Open Seniors, 50+, Ladies and Gents. Friday 15th February: Open 18 Holes Stableford Saturday 16th February: 18 Holes Stableford Sunday 17th February: 18 Holes Stableford Tuesday 19th February: Open Seniors, 50+, Ladies and Gents. NEW 10 HOLE 4 MAN TEAM SPRING LEAGUE: Can be played any day of the week. Three scores to count per week, from 3 different players. Players can play as often as they like. Each player must count at least twice during league. First team to reach 400 pts win league section. Second will be the second team to reach 400 etc. Top four teams to contest match-play in semi-finals. Matchplay will be played as fourballs over 18 holes and in the event of a tie holes won will count. Players without a club will be accommodated. Initial entry fee is €5 and entry to 10 hole competition is €3 All teams must be entered by Sunday 17th February. Teams entered so far include: Brendan O’Brien, Paddy Walsh, Kieran Cullinan, Benny Kiely. Tony Sheehan, John Walsh, Jimmy O’Dwyer, Pat Power. Maurice Fennell, Tom Considine, Conor Clancy, Declan Kiely. Jim Maitland, Joe Curran, Niall Curran, Liam Clancy. Martin Murray, Jack Moore, Tom Moore, Willie Moore. Brian O’Connor, David O’Connor, Tommy Long, Leo Wall. PRESENTATION OF PRIZES AND DRIVE-IN On Sunday last the Captain’s Drive-In took place in front of a large gathering of members. Our three captains, Andy Travers, Aisling Fennell and John Elsted all succeeded in reaching the fairway despite all the pressure. Later in the Bunker Bar the presentation of the Winter League prizes took place. Maurice Fennell accepted the prizes for the Abbeyside team who won the league section, John White (deputizing for the flu victim Tom White) accepted the prizes for the Runners-up Dunhill. John Hallinan accepted the prizes for the victorious Nire/Touraneena team and in a very wide ranging address he thanked everyone involved in his team, the people running the league and he also Lismore Golf Club Phone 058-54026. Email: [email protected] Website: www.lismoregolf.org CLUB RESULTS Monday 4th to Sunday, 10th February: 12 Hole Singles Stableford, sponsored by Ger Wyley Sports, Dungarvan – 1st Eamon Power (14) 32 pts.; 2nd Tim O’Leary (16) 30 pts. L3; 3rd Mike Keane (18) 30 pts. L1. Dermot O’Leary Agri Spring League Week 2 – Section 1: Frank Roche 11, Declan Glavin 10, Patsy Heaphy 10, Brendan Hannon 10, Richard Ormonde Jnr. 4. Section 2: Liam Feeney 13, Colm Burke 12, John Whelan 8, Kevin Roche 7, Barry Rumley 5. Section 3: John McGrath 14, Eamon O’Shea 13, Pat Morrissey 7, Ger Ahern 6, Ted O’Leary 5. FIXTURES Monday 11th to Sunday, 17th February: 12 Hole Singles Stableford, sponsored Tom Feerick, Cappoquin, and 4th round of the Dermot O’Leary Agri Spring League. EAMON PUTS ON THE “POWER” TO BREEZE TO VICTORY The winner of the weekend competition kindly sponsored by Ger Wyley Sports Dungarvan was Eamon Power (14) with a blistering 32 points. Eamon had no fewer than 8 three point holes and one 4 pointer and even managed the lux- ury of a blank on the ninth as he coasted to victory. His 32 points was easily good enough for the win this week with the highlights of his round being birdies at the 3rd and the 12th. Second place went to a man who has been showing good form of late, namely Vice-President Tim O’Leary (16) who claimed his spot on a count-back on the last 6. Tim got off to a flyer with a birdie at the 1st hole and finished in fine fashion with another birdie at the last to compile an excellent score of 30 points, his birdie at the last crucial to winning on the last 6. Readers of the notes in recent months are well used to seeing Michael Keane’s name up in lights and this week was no different. Michael claimed third spot on a count-back winning on the last hole. Michael actually had recorded a total tally of 31 points but penalties reduced that to 30 and he still got to the podium. If Brandt Snedeker is the hottest form golfer on the PGA tour right now then we have no doubt Michael Keane is certainly the man in Lismore. The unlucky men this week were Jamie Keating and Vice Captain Peter Whelan whose 30 points just missed out on the prizes. Share a Dungarvan Observer Sports | Wednesday, 18 February, 2013 wished Tom White a speedy recovery. MEMBERSHIP NOW DUE All members are requested to have part of their annual subscription paid by early January. If members wish they can pay by direct debit. Male Membership Rates for 2012 including Levies - Adult: €630; Husband & Wife €850; Distance €400; Student over 23 years €230; Student up to 23 years €120; Senior Citizen €400; Junior: €85. WINTER RATES IN THE GOLD COAST Winter rates from 3rd January to the end of March Monday to Friday Golf €15 or Golf and Carvery €20. Saturday and Sunday: Golf €20 or Golf and Carvery €25. Every Tuesday: Seniors Open, Ladies & Gents, 50+, €12 or Entry and Lunch €20. International Golf Gathering in Dungarvan's Three Golf Courses: Sunday, 19th May: Match between USA/GB players v players from local clubs and Irish entries. Monday, 20th May, Tuesday, 21st May and Wednesday, 22nd May will feature the three rounds of the Dungarvan Gathering International Golf Tournament and the top 40 will qualify for the final on Thursday, 23rd May. Special reduced rates are available at all the Dungarvan Hotels and a special package price including Golf and B&B is available from the organisers. Dungarvan Golf Club, Gold Coast Golf Club and West Waterford Golf Club are all involved in this very special tournament. If you know of anyone who might be interested in playing in this event please give their address to any of the three clubs and we will contact them. The entry fee this year is €140 and for that amount you can play a possible 5 rounds of golf if you play in the match on Sunday. For more details contact 058 44055 or any of the three golf clubs JUNIOR NOTES: Junior Competition on Thursday, 14th February at 12 noon. Coaching on Wednesday 20th February in Fota, please give names to Bob/Mark asap. LADIES NOTES FIXTURES 13 hole ongoing Easter Hamper competition 10 Hole ongoing lamb competition Coastal Alliance will be played in the Gold Coast GC on Thursday, 14th February. Tee time 10.0012.00 noon. FOTA GOLF ACADEMY Ladies, our outing to the Academy is Wednesday, 13th February, please be there on time as the lessons begin at 7.30 pm sharp. 10 HOLE LAMB COMPETITION Ladies, now is your chance to secure that leg of Spring lamb to grace your Easter table!! The com- petition will consist of 10 players. Your chances of winning are even greater. Lamb No. 1 goes to our Lady Vice Captain, Willie Reynolds (21) 20 pts. and lamb No. 2 to our past Lady President, Martina Corkery (25) 18 pts. Well done to you both!! EASTER HAMPER COMPETITION Our hamper competition is a 13 hole 2 card event and is sponsored by Garvey’s Super Valu who have come onboard this year. We are running this to the week before Easter and with the onset of some lovely spring weather it promises to be very enjoyable. Keep those cards coming in for some super prizes and lots of chocolate!! CAPTAIN’S DRIVE-IN Our Captain’s Drive-In took place on Sunday, 10th February at 9.30 am with a very large turn-out for the occasion. This was followed by an 18 hole waltz competition which proved to be a very enjoyable format with much banter and laughter from all players. Presentation of prizes took place in the Bunker Bar, with ladies and gents finals of Winter League and waltz competition, delicious finger food was served which was greatly appreciated. We are much indebted to Maria Quinn of the Moorings Bar & Restaurant for her sponsorship, and look forward to having her on board again next year. Heartiest congrats to the winning league team captained by Joan O’Dea and the runners-up captained by Mary Kiely who put in a sterling effort for every round. I think this may be termed as Team Work!! Congratulations to Lady Captain Aisling and Lady President Breda in coming 1st and 2nd with their teams in the waltz competition, well done to all!! A big thank you to everyone involved in making the day such a success, especially Bob who makes sure all goes smoothly! thought also for Liam Feeney who shot a one under round of 29 points and only came approx 10th!! DERMOT O’LEARY AGRI SPRING LEAGUE ROUND 3 The scoring this week was a sure sign that the competitive juices are in full flow as the league is beginning to hot up. We had one 32, one 31, three 30’s, and no fewer than seven 29 pointers, which is a fair testament to both the players and the condition of the course in such trying weather conditions. Whilst our pre-tournament favourite teams of Liam Feeney and Eamon O’Shea are producing the goods as expected, they are not having it all their own way as the chasing pack are really putting it up to them. Remember it is the top team in each section plus the best overall runner up team that will go forward. We also have the Plate section and Category prizes for each line of the league. With 4 scores to count from 6 each week there is a lot of golf to be played before we can determine our semi finalists. Section 1 is getting tighter and tighter as the weeks go by. As predicted, positions on the leader board here are changing from week to week. Frank Roche holds the slenderest of leads with 11 points but with 3 more teams on 10 points it could not be tighter. Declan Glavin and his troops have been making excellent progress after a slow start and have now become the form team. This week they amassed a staggering total of 114 points, the highest weekly score to date and claimed the 5 points. Their team score of 114 consisted of Declan with 26, Michael O’Grady 27, Alf Barden with 29 and weekly winner Eamon Power with 32, a team scoring average of 28.5!!! Frank Roche in reclaiming top spot had a weekly score of 113, the 2nd highest score of the year and they must consider themselves unlucky not to have gained all 5 points. Frank’s 24 along with Pat Lane 29, Jamie Keating and Tim O’Leary with 30, was how they amassed such a fine total. Brendan Hannon and Patsy Heaphy’s teams will also have a huge say here so it is anyone’s guess as who the winner will be. Section 2 is getting tighter with Colm Burke and his gang claiming the 5 points, cutting Liam Feeneys lead down to the bare minimum. John Whelan and Kevin Roche and their men could also still have a say as this develops. Colm himself looks to be back to near his best shooting 29 this week on top of two previous 28s. Colm was ably assisted by ViceCaptain Peter Whelan who is also showing great early season form with 30 this week to follow up his 28 and 29. Both men look to be in the shake-up for their respective categories so they have two goals still well in their sights. Other excellent scores in this section were Liam Feeney, Colum Murphy, and P. J. Coughlan all with 29. Section 3 saw the other pre-tournament favourites (Eamon O’Shea) lose their lead at the top as our Captain John McGrath and his team have now taken over the top spot. Kevin Foley was John’s main man with 28 as they claimed the valuable 5 points on a count back to the fifth card. Although it looks like a straight shoot out between John and Eamon and their respective teams, the other team scores may still have a big bearing on proceedings. Other notable scores in this section were Ted O’Leary and Patsy O’Donoghue with 28, Maurice Cahillane 29, and the legend that is Michael Keane with 31. For the rest of you mere mortals all is not lost as the winning teams in the early rounds only get 5 points and with higher points value on offer towards the end, it means that there is still lots of points to be played for. A.O.B. Membership for 2013 is now due so any member who has yet to do so is reminded to return their subscription as soon as they can. Our new registrar Martin Power will be handling subs for the year and he will be happy to sort out direct debits for anyone who is interested in paying their sub in this manner this year. For more details please contact Martin directly or contact any officer of the club. The club will be holding the next quiz night in the golf club on Friday, 1st March, with both members and especially non members most welcome. More details to follow. LADIES NEWS The East Cork Oil sponsored Spring League got off to a super start over the last couple of weeks with any fine day seeing the ladies out in droves. As you can play as often as you like, 3 scores to count each week, everyone was doing their best for their team no matter how many times they had to play. We had some excellent scores in with ground conditions not seeming to have any ill effect on most of our participants. Helen Lane has started this league in the same form she finished last years one with a fabulous 27 pts. Patricia Lonergan had an excellent 22 pts to claim the no 2 spot with Nora O’Sullivan fresh from her trip away notching up 21 pts for third. JoJo Tobin parred the last three holes to scape into 4th place ahead of quite a few others on 20 pts. RESULTS Sunday, 27th January to Saturday, 9th February - Spring League 1st Round – 9 Holes S/Ford. Members Prizes: 1st Helen Lane (27) 27 pts; 2nd Patricia Lonergan (16) 22 pts; 3rd Nora O’Sullivan (16) 21 pts; 4th Jo Jo Tobin (21) 21 – 1 = 20 pts L3. The team contest is as you would like it at this early stage, wide open with all to play for. Positions as follows:J. Cahillane Team E-61; N. O'Sullivan Team H-61; B. Joyce Team D-60; A. Power Team F-60, K. Moynihan Team A-58; M. Condon Team B-58; P. Lonergan Team C-57; P B. McCarthy Team G-42. FIXTURES Sunday, 10th February to Saturday, 16th February - only one week (weather permitting) Spring League 2nd Rd, 9 Holes S/Ford, €3 entry, €2 re-entry. €10 Team entries due by round 2. Members Prizes. Don’t forget ladies to get an extra bonus point for your team each week, you must play and return your card. Andy Travers, Captain, Aisling Fennell, Lady Captain and John Elstead, Junior Captain at the Captain’s DriveIn the Gold Coast Golf Club, Dungarvan. [Sean Byrne//Deise Sport] Dungarvan Observer Sports | Wednesday, 13 February, 2013 West Waterford Golf & Country Club Telephone: 058-43216. Fax: 058-44343. E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.westwaterfordgolf.com GENTS NOTES COMPETITION RESULTS Club Competition Monday, 4th February, to Sunday, 10th February – Category 1: 1st Mike Drohan (5) 39 pts.; 2nd Christy Murphy (2) 36 pts. Category 2: 1st John Brennan (9) 38 pts.; 2nd Tom Butler (13) 37 pts. back 15. Category 3: 1st Johnny Sheehan (16) 37 pts.; 2nd Ger Donnelly (16) 36 pts. Category 4: 1st Ronan Culloo (22) 39 pts.; 2nd Noel Baldwin (19) 34 pts. back 8. COMERAGH OIL WINTER LEAGUE The Comeragh Oil Winter League is progressing nearer the cut and the battle for places in the final 16 is on. Helvic Head are clear of the pack with the big movers being St Oliver’s up to joint 6th and Brickey Valley who move into 14th place. The eight teams that straddle the cut line are only separated by 10 points. Round 4 of the League are playing from the 11th – 17th February over 18 holes, subject to favourable weather conditions. Leaderboard – Helvick Head 436, Abbeyside 426, Kilmurray 423, Imokilly 422, Glenbeg 421, Knockaun 418, St. Olivers 414, Rebels 414, Knockadoon 413, Clashmore 412, Touranore 411, Canty 410, An Ghaeltacht 405, Brickey Valley 405, Glenbower 405, Ballyduff 404, Brickey Rangers 399, Springfield 398, Ballymacoda 397, Kinsalebeg 395, Blackwater 391, An Lachan 389, Carriglea 360. Challenge Cup Leader Board – 1st Eamonn Power (Old Parish GAA) 34 pts.; 2nd Shane Dalton (Clashmore Ramblers), Gearoid Breathnach (Marine Bar) and Billy O’Mahoney (Marine Darts) and Tom Flynn (Flynn Bus Hire) 31 pts.; 6th Vinny Coonan (Clashmore Ramblers) 30 pts.; 7th Tucker Curran (Old Parish GAA), Peter Deady (Old Still Darts) and John Walsh (Flynn Bus Hire) 29 pts. Junior Competition Saturday, 9th February – 1st Max Quinn (29) 32 pts.; 2nd Sergei Quinn (33) 30 pts. FIXTURES Monday, 11th February, to Sunday, 17th February – Comeragh Oil Winter League Round 4 continues in conjunction with Club Competition – 18 hole Stableford. This round is for ONE Week Only. Play any day during this week. Category Prizes awarded each week during Winter League. KILLEAGH GAA AID CANCER TREATMENT – Monday, 18th February, 2013 Killeagh GAA are holding a Ladies & Gents Open Singles competition in aid of Aid Cancer Treatment (ACT). 1st Prize is the Margaret Rochford Memorial Trophy, 2nd Prize is the Tom Fitzgibbon Memorial Trophy. There will be Tea and Coffee at 1.15 p.m. and a shotgun start at 1.45 p.m. Dinner will be at 6.15 p.m. Cost of entry for West Waterford members is €30. More details can be had by contacting Ray Rochford at 087-2330054. CLUB CLASSIC Our annual Club Classic is due to take place over the Easter period. Full details will become available within the coming weeks. See Club notes and website for details. WEST WATERFORD GOLF CHALLENGE CUP FINAL SET FOR SATURDAY, 23rd MARCH Eamon Power holds a com- DUNGARVAN GOLF CLUB Tel. Office 058-43310, Fax. 058-44113, Pro Shop 058-44707. Website: www.dungarvangolfclub.com Email: [email protected] GENTS SPRING LEAGE SPONSORED BY DAVID HAYES PGA PROFESSIONAL SPRING LEAGUE TABLE AFTER WEEK THREE SECTION ONE WK 1, WK 2, WK 3 PTS. Jack Nicklaus 3 3 3 9 Seve Ballesteros 3 3 3 9 Nick Faldo 1 3 1 5 Arnold Palmer 3 1 1 5 Ben Hogan 0 1 3 5 Gary Player 0 0 0 0 SECTION TWO WK 1, WK 2, WK 3 PTS. Sam Sneed 3 3 3 9 Ernie Els 3 3 3 9 Tom Watson 1 3 0 4 Lee Trevino 3 0 1 4 J M Olazabal 0 1 3 0 Ian Woosnam 1 1 1 3 RESULTS Mon., 4th Open Seniors Over 55. 1. Roger O’Connor (16) 37 CSS 37. Thu. 7th Open Gents 16 Holes Singles S/F 1. Tom Burke (12) 37, 2nd Maurice Troy (14) 35. Fri. 8th Gents 16 Holes Singles S/F 1st Robert Hyde (17) 35, 2. Liam Carroll (18) 34 CSS 37. Sat. 9th Gents/Ladies 16 Holes Singles S/F: 1st Tom Curran (11) 39 pts, 2nd Jimmy Wemyss (11) 37 pts, Gross John Reynolds (Scr) 33 pts, 3rd John G Moloney (9) 37 pts, 4th Conor Carroll (14) 37 pts. C.S.S. 37. Sun. 10th Gents 16 Holes Singles S/F: Roger O’Connor 39 pts, 2nd John Considine 36 pts, Gross John Reynolds 34 pts. CSS 37 pts. FIXTURES Thursday, 14th February to Sunday, 17th February Gents Spring League sponsored by David Hayes PGA Professional. Thu. 14th Open Gents 16 Holes Singles S/F, Fri. 15th Gents 16 Holes Singles S/F, Sat. 16th Gents/Ladies 16 Holes Singles S/F, Sun. 17th Gents 16 Holes Singles S/F, Mon 18th Open Seniors Over 55. JUNIOR FIXTURES: Open Junior Competition- Weds 13th 10 a.m – 11.30 p.m. Fri. 15th 12.30 p.m. to 2.30 p.m. LADIES RESULTS Results:Sat 9th: 16h s/f. 1. June Hayes (30) 39 pts. 2. Mary Phelan (21) 35 pts. 3. Anna Harney (30) 35 pts. (back 8). LADIES FIXTURES Sat 16th: 16 h s/f.Mon 18th: GOLF 19 manding lead by 3 pts. from Shane Dalton, Gearoid Breathnach, Billy O’Mahoney and Tom Flynn. Vinny Coonan lies on his own in 6th position with 30 pts. Tucker Curran, Peter Deady and John Walsh follow up closely with 29 pts. Players have represented the following clubs/organisations, Quills Bar, Flynn Bus Hire, Oyster Farm, Anchor Bar, John Keane’s, Lismore GAA, Welcome Inn, Colligan Rockies, Old Still Darts, Dungarvan Motors, Glanbia, The Local Bar, Abbeyside GAA, The Rising Sun, Brickey Rangers, Dungarvan Utd., Alice O’Connor’s, Mooney’s and Modeligo Pattern. MUNSTER SENIOR SCHOOLS MATCHPLAY SEMI-FINAL Best of luck to Thomas and Eoin Conway of West Waterford Golf Club and Gabriel Lacey of Dungarvan Golf Club who represent St. Augustine’s College in the Munster Senior Schools Matchplay semi-final against Mallow in Cahir Park on Monday, March 4th. SOUTH EAST LEAGUE 2013 West Waterford are drawn in Group 1 along with Mitchelstown, Fermoy, Mahon and Gold Coast. Fixtures are as follows: 24th March in Mitchelstown vs. Fermoy, 6th April in Fermoy vs. Gold Coast, 14th April in Gold Coast vs. Mahon, 21st April in Mahon vs. Mitchelstown. West Waterford will host the South East league on Sunday, 28th April. JB CARR TROPHY 2013 West Waterford Golf Club will play Tramore Golf Club in the 1st Round of the JB Carr Trophy. 1st Round must be played by 1st April, 2nd Round must be played by 15th April and 3rd Round by 10th May. Manager of the JB Carr Trophy for 2013 is Mr. Terry O’Callaghan. 2013 FIXTURE LIST The Events Schedule for the 2013 golfing year at West Waterford Golf Club are now available to view at www.westwaterfordgolf.com, by clicking on the Club tab and going to 2013 Fixtures. TWENTY YEARS A GROWING 1966 was another memorable year for the club with Justin Spratt as Captain, Michael French as President and Mary Ronayne as Lady Captain. The club got a huge boost early in the year with the election of our founder Captain Pat Murphy to the Munster Branch of the Golfing Union of Ireland. It was great recognition for this relatively new club and for an individual who has devoted most of his life to the game. The inaugural Senior Scratch Cup was won by Johnny Kavanagh from Castletroy, while John Murphy captured the Captain’s Prize this year. David Walsh was to accept the President’s Prize from Michael French. Our first ever open week at West Waterford surpassed our wildest expectations with members and visitors turning out in force in perfect golfing conditions. Over the Christmas the flags at West Waterford flew at half mast in a fitting tribute to the memory of a great friend and legendary golf course designer Eddie Hackett who passed on to greener fairways in the sky. 1997 saw Billy Nugent take over as Captain and Frank Walsh assume the duties of President. Mary Ronayne passed the Ladies Captaincy to Frances Carroll. Alan Harty became the first player from the club to represent Ireland when he played for the Irish Boys. The Captain’s Prize was won by Tom Butler with Jenny Sweeney (RIP) taking the Lady Captain’s Prize. Dungarvan CBS represented by Alan Harty, David Morrissey and Mark Shanahan won the Munster Final of the Irish Schools and later went on to win the Irish Finals. The boys also won the Munster Final of the Fred Daly. Finally the annual Lions Club WLR Hamper Appeal raised €1,216 for some very worthy causes. We are indebted to life member Pat Murphy for his assistance in compiling the content for this section each week. FIRST WITH THE NEWS Get the latest results as they happen by logging on to www.westwaterfordgolf.com and by following the link for Men’s Winter League. As each round is completed, scores and current team positions are updated and available on the final day of that round. Other information on Fixtures and events is also available on the website. HISTORIC TALK The Clubhouse was filled to capacity on Friday night last as golfers and non golfers alike attended the historic talk on the Blackwater. Guest speaker Mrs. Eileen O’Callaghan shared her own experiences combined with her vast knowledge of the Blackwater area in a professional presentation to the large attendance. Based on the reaction we can look forward to similar events at West Waterford in the future. Justin Spratt would like to thank everyone for their support and all proceeds go towards the building of a hospital in Marimanti, Kenya. CARDS Friday, 15th February, 8.30 p.m. Come along and enjoy a game of “45” by the stove. All are welcome. TABLE QUIZ In aid of Cancer Care Services at WRH (Waterford Regional Hospital) and St. James’ Hospital, Dublin, a table quiz will be held at West Waterford Golf Club on Friday, 8th March, 2013, at 8.00 p.m. Tables of 4 per team at €10 per person, all are welcome. CARE OF THE COURSE We have been most fortunate to have the opportunity to proceed with our competitions despite the unfavourable weather conditions. This is made possible due to the Trojan efforts of our course staff. The Tuesday crew continue to carry out the extra improvements around the course. Everyone can help by repairing pitch marks and by adhering to the signs and roped off areas around the course. West Waterford celebrates its twentieth anniversary this year and you will see a number of improvements as the year progresses. Your support is greatly appreciated. JUNIOR NOTES Next Junior Competition: Thursday, February 14th, at 10.00 a.m. followed by lesson with Ian Prendergast. All juniors please note that play on Saturdays is only allowed after 1.30 p.m. Junior Golf Camp: The next Golf Camp will be held during the Easter holidays. WEST WATERFORD GOLF CLUB LADIES WINTER LEAGUE The second round of the winter league has now been completed and the team position are as follows – 1. Hostas 212; 2. Crocuses 197; 3. Tulips 195; 4. Chrysanthemums 193; 5. Daffodils 186; 6. Peonies 185; 7. Rhododendrons 169; 8. Snowdrops 159, Hyacinths 159; 10. Camellias 145. Winner of the Second Round Grainne Smith (22) 30 pts. The next round is matchplay and must be played within the time frame from 11th-24th February inclusive. In the event of both players being unavailable to play their matchplay within designated time frame the points must be tossed for. Also the 9/13 hole competitions cannot be played in conjunction with the matchplay. VALENTINE SCRAMBLE The Valentine scramble took place on Sunday, 10th February, and was kindly sponsored by John David Power Pork Products. The clubhouse was beautiful decorated for the occasion and thanks to Bridget and staff for the lovely food. The winners of the scramble where Margaret O'Sullivan, Rena Landers and Aaron Crotty. FIXTURES 3rd Round of Winter League – matchplay; 11th – 24th February inclusive. 9 and 13 hole February. Open Seniors (55+) 16h s/f. Tues 19th: 11h s/f. Sat 23rd: 16h s/f. Senior Alliance: Tues 19th. Waterford. Junior Alliance: Thurs 21st. West Waterford. LADY CAPTAIN’S OUTING The annual outing organised by our Lady Captain, Mary Flahavan, will take place in Mount Juliet from 24th-26th of March. Details can be found on noticeboard in ladies locker room. A great 2 days golf is promised. Please put your name on sheet and pay your deposit to Breda before Feb 20th. Ladies 9 hole competitions: In the event of holes being rotated or rested, the first nine holes in play on any given day count for the ongoing 9 hole and winter league competitions. Inter Club Championships: The handicap ranges are as follows: Intermediate Cup: 16-22. Minor Cup: 23-29 Challenge Cup: 30-36. A list of all players elligible to play within these categories has been posted on the noticeboard. If you do NOT wish to be considered for a panel, please cross off your name. LADIES COASTAL ALLIANCE Coastal Alliance rescheduled to Thursday in Gold Coast from 10- 12 noon. Ladies Home Alliance: The Home alliance that was due to be played on 5th and 9th has now been rescheduled for 12th and 16th February. MEMBERSHIP FEES DUE We thank members for making membership subscription payments already. For any queries or assistance please contact Irene Lynch Secretary/Manager on email on [email protected] This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or telephone (058) 43310 ex. 20. Thank you for your support. INTRODUCTORY MEMBERSHIP OFFER: New members to Dungarvan Golf Club are very welcome. Those who have not previously been a member of the Club, can avail of an Introductory Membership Offer of just €500 subscription for the 2013 golf season. An application form can be downloaded from the club website www.dungarvangolfclub.com or alternatively contact the office on (058) 43310 if there is any further information or assistance you require. LOTTO BONUS BALL Please support our lotto bonus ball on a weekly basis. Proceeds towards course development. SOUTH EAST SCRATCH FOURBALL CHAMPIONSHIP 2013 At Dungarvan Golf Club on Sunday, 14th April - Gent’s Open Fourball Tournament 36 Holes Strokeplay Handicap Limit 5 Shotgun Start 8.30 a.m. €2,000 Prize Fund Kindly sponsored by the PARK HOTEL Dungarvan Entry €60 per pair (lunch included) Limited to first 46 Pairs Entries close Friday, 5th April 2013 at 5 p.m. For Bookings Contact: Irene (058) 43310. Full payment is required to confirm booking. SIXTY.COM: Winners: Colin Glasswell (16) Frank O’Riordon (21) Sean Gormley (18) 28 1/8 2nd Roger O’Connor (16) Gary Morrissey (24) David Stearn (18) 28 _ 3rd Flor O’Callaghan (17) Mary A Coffey (20) Ml Brosnan (27) 30 NEXT COMPETITON: Wednesday, 13th February Draw for partners at 2 p.m YOUNGONES: Winner: Pat Flanagan (19) 20 (– 2) 18 pts Best 36h Kolette Enright. Next competition 13th February at 2.30 p.m. Front 9 DRAW FOR PARTNERS 2.15 p.m. PROGRESSIVE 45 RESULTS FOR 7th Feb WINNERS: Tom Osbourne & Percy Hallahan; Runners-Up: Pat McGovern & Michael Kelly; Thomas Carroll & Michael Harney; Danny Barry & Frankie Ryan; Pat Phelan & Eddie Kiely; Jimmy Hornibrook & John O’Gorman. LAST 5 Vincent Hayes & Johnnie McCarthy. LUCKY TABLE Ger & Mary O’Donovan. CHARITY NIGHT PROGRESSIVE 45 This week’s progressive 45 is in aid of Downs Syndrome Ireland, a very worthy cause. All would be welcome to support this event - a Valentine’s night with a heart! Thursday, 14th February at 9 p.m. JUNIOR GOLF NOTES UPCOMING FIXTURES With the mid-term, we are holding two junior competitions this week. On Wednesday, 13th we have an 18 holes singles followed by presentation. On Friday, 15th, we have both an 18 holes singles and a 9 hole singles for our Pre-Juniors and beginners. Both timesheets are available on the club website. TUITION Coaching for our elite squad continues every Monday for the month at Tinhalla Driving Range. Many thanks to Paul, J. P., Don, Tadgh, Dave and Conor for their help to date. Coaching for our beginners and Pre-Juniors continues every Saturday at 3 pm under the watchful eye of Club Professional and Waterford County Coach, David Hayes. Many thanks to Paul for his assistance last week. FIXTURE LIST We are currently putting the finishing touches to our fixture list for the coming season with many exciting events to look forward to including a “Golfer of the Year”. Our matchplays are scheduled to start at Easter. ENQUIRIES Any enquiries relating to junior golf at Dungarvan can be directed to club professional, David Hayes. David can be contacted at 05844707 or email [email protected]. Follow junior activities on our website or facebook. 20 SOCCER Dungarvan Observer Sports | Wednesday, 13 February, 2013 Dungarvan United FC FIXTURES SATURDAY 16th FEBRUARY 1A Dungarvan v De La Salle 2 pm KO. U-12B League Kilmacow v Dungarvan United 10.30 am KO. U-14A League Tramore A v Dungarvan A 11.45 a m KO. U-14C League De La Salle B v Dungarvan B 2.30 pm KO. U-16A League Tramore v Dungarvan KO 2.30 pm. SUNDAY 17th FEBRUARY 4th Div Otterans v Dungarvan 11 am KO. Youth B Villa v Dungarvan 2 pm KO. U-12 Girls Clashmore v Dungarvan (Date & Time TBC). WEEKLY REVIEW Another busy weekend in our football calendar starting with the under 11 grade. Our (B) side were due to pit their wits against Kilmacthomas, but unfortunately this fixture fell by the wayside at the last minute. Meanwhile, our 11(A) outfit welcomed De La Salle in a fixture that would see our lads keep pace with the others teams at the top of the league. I am glad to say after a good performance we emerged winners on the day. More action followed in the u-13 grade and first up was our (A) team who welcomed Tramore, this tie normally proves to be a tight affair, and so it proved once again, with the visitors shading it by a single goal. The afternoon kick-off saw our (B) team take to the field against De La Salle, to date this squad has performed admirably, but alas on this occasion lost out by 2-1. WEEKLY LOTTO No winner of last week’s lotto, so the jackpot numbers drawn were: 4, 22, 7, so it now grows to €2,050. Tommy Reynolds, c/o John Sullivan was the recipient of the €100. Please take the time to try support our club in any way you can. LOTTO SUPPORT As with most clubs running their own fundraising lotto, we at Dungarvan United rely heavily on any extra income. It allows us to maintain our facilities and equipment needed to function on a daily basis. We sell lotto tickets in our club lobby every Saturday between 1-3 pm. Or simply call 087-6203912, 087-9087017, 0872357075 for any further assistance needed on buying tickets. ST. PATRICK’S DAY PARADE We are in the planning process for entering this year’s Parade with our Academy and any other teams that we may enter, if any Academy or other parents can help by being a steward on the day, please contact 087-6203912. EASTER FOOTBALL CAMP We intend to hold a football coaching camp during the Easter holidays. This will be an enjoyable few days. Full details in the coming weeks. U-14A LEAGUE: TRAMORE AWAY THIS SATURDAY We travel to Tramore on Saturday morning to play the one side we have not encountered in the league yet. It will be a tough match as they have steadily climbed the table after an indifferent start. We will need to prepare well as always and give it our best. TRAINING We had training yesterday (Tuesday) and again tomorrow Thursday to get ourselves ready for the match Saturday. It is important that all players attend training ses- sions and if unable to do so contact the manager via text or call at 087 1940089 to clarify the non attendance. SPONSORSHIP CARDS All players will by now have received their sponsorship cards for the MASSIVE FLOODLIGHT FUNDRAISER. It is imperative that every effort is made to fill the card so we can achieve the ultimate goal for the kids to play their league matches under lights next season. It will be a great experience for all the youngsters in the club to sample and savour. When a card is full please return to the manager asap. WATERFORD WOMEN’S LEAGUE UNDER 12 GIRLS Cappoquin 2; Dungarvan United 4. After six weeks without a game the girls picked up where they left off with another win, this time away at Cappoquin last Thursday evening. It’s a very young team this season with lots of under 10s and 11s. They are doing remarkably well considering many only started playing in September. We will start a girls academy in early March to run after the current Academy sessions on Saturday afternoons. The academy will be for girls born in 2003 and 2004. It will provide a good opportunity for younger players to play non competitively and learn the game. We took a two nil lead in the first half in Cappoquin with goals from Dearbhla and Sarah Lacey. Sarah Duggan Sullivan also went close shooting narrowly wide after a great run. Clodagh and Emily extended our lead to 4 nil in the second half. Mary Kate came on in the second half playing very well. She has made great progress in a few months. Cappoquin fought their way back in to the match in the last 15 minutes scoring two wellearned goals. The match finished 4-2. The girls were pleased with the outcome. They have now won four and drawn one of the five league games played so far. Thanks to the parents who gave lifts and support on a very cold evening. CONGRATULATIONS JENNIFER Congratulations to Jennifer Moore, Childers Estate, Dungarvan, who was successful in the Voice of Ireland singing competition recently. Jennifer is daughter of Kevin and Trish Moore and grand-daughter of the late Matt Hayes. Kevin is the current Dungarvan United FC u-14 manager. Well done from all at the club. DRILL OF THE WEEK 2v2 Quick Attacking, Soccer Drills. SET-UP Create a grid approximately 25 X 40 yards. This is a large field for 2 v 2, but this is intentional as it will create more breakaway situations and will encourage players to attack the space while going to goal. Place a small goal or Pugg goal on each end line. Split the team into 2 equal groups, one with an alternate jersey color. Assign each player a partner on his team. These players will continue to be teammates throughout the entire soccer drill. Assign each team a goal to defend. 2 players from each team step out to play 2 v 2. The remaining players should line up across their defensive end line with a large supply of balls. Instructions Play 2v2 inside the grid to the small goals. If a team gets scored on they step off and two new team members step on with the ball. They look to get a quick attack on the team that just scored. As a team scores they must quickly transition to stop the quick attack. The scoring team stays on the field and plays 2v2 until they get scored on. If the ball goes out of bounds, the ball restarts from a teammate on their end line. Players only switch after their group gets scored on. First team to 20 wins. Variations Modify the size of the grid and play 3v3 or 4v4 depending on the number of players you have. Coaching Points Quick transition after scoring a goal. Quick attack trying to off balance the defense. Pick the right time when to beat a defender on the dribble and when to pass around defenders. PLAY WITH SPEED. Make sure the game is quick, fast paced and a lot of goals are being scored. CLUB GEAR Club gear is now available to order by any person wishing to kit themselves or others out with the latest items. So, if you are wondering what to get your child or family member, look no further. Prices are very competitive indeed. Call 087-6203912 for any further enquiries. Any orders taken in early January 2013 will have to be paid for in postal order form. Other items may be available on request after viewing the catalogue in our clubhouse each Saturday. Here are some items available including price. Item Price Size T-suit €60.00 Adult T-suit €45.00 Kids Polo Top €27.00 Adult Polo Top €23.50 Kids Hats €12.00 Adult/ Kids Gearbags €25.00 Adults/ Kids Bag Pack €23.00 Adults Padded Jacket €61.50 Adults All orders are to be made in bulk form only, we will do our very best to have gear ordered / delivered as fast as possible to anyone who places an order. We apologise in advance for any inconvenience that may be caused. CLUB HELP A lot of work done around our home in Kilrush Park, but a lot lot more to tackle. Project such as floodlights etc. will come on stream in the very near future and with these projects comes plenty of work. Unfortunately, with the present people being already commanded for other work, we will need fresh faces to help us out, in what we see as a very busy future. Coaching is an integral part of any club and also in the future we will be requiring more personnel to help us in any way they can, please call 087-6203912 for any assistance. PARKING AROUND THE CLUB Safety and activity go hand in hand when anyone uses our facilities at any time. It can most cer- tainly be a very busy place indeed with people coming and going. Also we ask those using the club, that they take note of the fact that we are in close proximity to the adjoining housing estate. Please take the utmost care when entering or leaving Kilrush Park. CLUBHOUSE / ASTRO TURF / HIRE Tired of trying to find a parking space whilst attending a party or having a social outing why not hold your very own party in our well looked after clubhouse and relax in the comfort of what we can provide, Christening, Retirement, 21st, 18th and kids parties, school -activities, exercise classes, meetings etc., contact John at 087-0607226 for further enquiries. Don’t forget our state of the art astro-turf is also available during the week and at weekends. Slots available for Monday are as follows: 9-10 pm, half pitch. Slots available Friday 7-8 pm, half pitch. Enquiries regarding bookings for Monday and Friday can be done by contacting 087-6203912. Slots are available in the morning or afternoon to any schools, clubs, at off peak rates. CLUB MEMBERSHIP 2012/ 2013 Schoolboys: €25.00; Youths: €25.00; Playing Member employed: €75.00; Playing Member – Unemployed: €60; Non Playing Member: €25.00; Family Membership: €35.00. ACADEMY COACHES NEEDED Due to the volume of children attending our Academy sessions we are currently looking to increase the number of coaches required to look after these numbers, no experience necessary, we will guide you along, contact 0876203912 for further assistance. ACADEMY ACTION As with every week we are kept very busy with our Academy teams that saw action in recent weeks. Anthony, Dixie, Ben kept their outfit moving by holding a friendly against Lismore. JUNIOR BLUES ACADEMY Our Academy continues to prosper on a weekly basis where we can see the improvement of all the kids in attendance, it is of paramount importance to be able to offer a safe and happy environment to any child who attends, if we manage to put in the hard work required and harness the talent available, it will no doubt make our future a solid one. However, we are under no illusion as to what we need to do in order to achieve our goals, so please take note of the following changes regarding our training time. These changes have been made in order to try please everyone possible. 6-7 group born in: 2005, 2006, 2007: 1 pm / 2-15 pm 8-9 group born in 2003, 2004, 2005: 2.30 pm / 3.30 pm. Also these changes have been made in order to provide a smooth change-over after the first session. Also parents are asked to take note of the following. When dropping or collecting your child/ children please take care as there will be lots of activity taking place. No child is allowed to walk home alone, parents when collecting children will have to do so at a designated collection point near the astro-turf. Parents are encouraged to stay and watch their child/children in action. Shinpad’s and a drink are com- pulsory when a child attends. Further registration on a weekly basis is during training in the foyer of the club. All aspects of registration will be explained on the day. Contact 087-6203912 for further details. Come and join us on our journey, places are filling up fast don’t loose out and be disappointed. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT IT IS COMPULSORY THAT ALL PARENTS ATTEND WHEN REGISTERING AT ACADEMY. ACADEMY DROP OFF / COLLECTION POINT Academy parents are asked to take note, we have two designated points when dropping off children and also when collecting. Dropping Point: Is directly outside the main entrance to our astro-turf, please take care when parking. Collection Point: Is located directly in front of the main pitch, this is well marked out with signage. Academy registration & Shinpads: Parents are also asked to take note, that upon a child attending our Academy they must have their parent fill out the registration form. Also, it is essential that the children become acquainted with wearing shin-pads, anyone not wearing the necessary equipment will not be allowed to train. 79 Day Countdown to Cork to Dungarvan sponsored cycle Saturday, 4th May, 2013 There are only 79 days to prepare for our main fundraising event of the year. We are asking all our adult players to get €100 sponsorship for the cycle where all the spend is going towards floodlighting our pitch. That equates to finding a Euro a day sponsorship each day to the of the cycle. The good news is that Dungarvan United AFC have been allocated €20,000 of Sports Capital Grant Funding towards floodlighting our main field in Kilrush Park, Dungarvan. The Bad News is that the club has to raise €30,000 of our own funds by the 1st of August to have floodlights in Dungarvan for next season. WE NEED YOUR HELP WITH OUR SPONSORED CYCLE! * COULD YOU DO THE CYCLE? * COULD YOU GET SPONSORSHIP FOR SOMEONE TO DO THE CYCLE? * COULD YOU SPONSOR SOMEONE DOING THE CYCLE? * SPONSORING ONE OF OUR MANY PLAYERS WHO WILL BE OBTAINING SPONSORSHIP ON OUR CYCLIST’S BEHALF! * COULD YOU HELP AS A STEWARD? * COULD YOU HELP IN SOME SMALL WAY? Contact any of our committee or David Walsh 087-6896983 [email protected] Pictured above is the Sponsor Card that will be making its way around the town looking for Sponsorship to help with our floodlights. If you could fill or part fill a card to help our cause, give David Walsh a call on 087-6896983. SPORT Dungarvan Observer Sports | Wednesday, 13 February, 2013 21 Clashmore Ramblers FC BENEFIT NIGHT The club held the Benefit Night last Saturday night at The Old Still and it was a great success. Thanks to everyone who came on the night and to the people who donated even though they couldn’t make it. Without going into too much detail, the money raised will benefit the three new members of our community, so once again thank you to everyone who supported it. The club would like to thank our quizmaster on night Joe Salmon, our brilliant auctioneer Patsy Fleming as well as Fiona Lombard, Liz Salmon, Michelle Marks, James Salmon, Axel Foley, Sinead Coughlan, Dave Thomas, Sue Thomas, PJ and Margaret Burke for helping to organise the benefit and to those who helped on the night. The winners of the quiz were ‘Mary Whelans’ Brainboxes’, followed by ‘B&S’ in second place and consolation prizes to ‘The Beating Chastards’! The prizes winners for the raffle were as follows; 1st Berry Lombard - Lidl Hamper 2nd Tina Coffey - Solo Hamper 3rd Angie Walsh - Perfume Set 4th Margaret Burke - Today FM Hoodie 5th Angie Walsh – Bottle of Proceso and Teresa Russell Hair Voucher 6th Mary Anne Troy - Baileys and Wade Barber Voucher 7th Taylor Lombard - Chocolates and Team Bailey Voucher 8th Geraldine Scanlon - Cans of Guinness and Love/Hate Box Set 9th Pat Walsh - White and Red Wine 10th Pierce MacLean - Shower Set 11th Shane Dalton - Bottle of Wine The club to would to say a big thank you to all the businesses and local people who kindly donated items for the night: Barry Lawlor Photography; Billy Long; Breda Whelan; Brookes SuperValu, Youghal; Chris Meehan Paintings; Cliff House Hotel; Cummins Bookmakers; Fota Island Resort, Cork; Helen Bradley; Jane and Brendan O’Sullivan; John Hurton; Lidl Ltd.; Mari Mina Chemist; Marie Roche Specsavers; Mary Dineen;Maura Joyce; Michael and Oes Lombard; Murray’s Chemist; Oscar Lawlor; Pauline Neville-Scott; Pierce MacLean; P. J. Burke; Sean Foley; Solo Hair Salon; Team Bailey; Teresa Russell Hair Salon; The Decies Bar; The Old Still Bar; The Rising Sun; Today FM; Tone and Tan; Village Greengrocers; Wade Barbers. Finally, on behalf of Pa, Pam, Ethan, Matt and Lucy, they would like to thank everyone who supported them for the benefit night, everyone’s support was greatly appreciated. LOTTO There was no winner of last Wednesday night’s lotto with the letters F U Z and E drawn. The winners of the €20 lucky dip were Tommy Seward, Piltown; Ann Kenneally, Kinsalebeg and Brid Buckley, Village View. Tonight’s jackpot is €5,250 on in The Old Still Bar at 10 p.m. LAST MAN STANDING There were a few fallers this week due to Manchester City losing but other than a good few survived. There will no team selection to be made this weekend due to FA Cup games, so brush up on team stats for the weekend after! U-12 CUP QUARTER FINAL Cappoquin 1; Clashmore Rambles 1 (Ramblers win 3-1 on pens) Our young team put in a superb performance in Cappoquin on Saturday last to qualify for another semi final and are all set to challenge for both the league and cup over the next month or so. Caelin Rooney gave us the lead but goalkeeper Finn O'Sullivan made some great saves to keep us ahead but eventually Cappoquin scored and the game went to extra time. The Ramblers piled on the pressure to try and score but in the end it was penalties to decide the winner. Finn O'Sullivan was the hero again in the shootout, like last year’s final as he saved three penalties and Caelin Rooney, Kian Carey and Josh Fitzgerald all score for us put us in the semi final. Well done all concerned!! WWEC U-12 DEVELOPMENT SQUAD Well done to our u-12 players Kian Carey, Caelin Rooney, Finn O'Sullivan and Sam Fitzgerald who lined out for the WWEC U-12 Development Squad in their challenge game against Ballincollig u-13s from Cork. The WWEC team won 7-2 with Caelin Rooney among the goalscorers. FIXTURES U-11 League Semi-Final 2nd Leg Clashmore Ramblers v Castlebridge on Saturday, February 16th at 11.00 a.m. (Agg Score - Clashmore 1 Castlebridge 3). U-14 League Semi Final 1st Leg Clashmore Ramblers v Castlebridge on Saturday, February 16th at 2.00 p.m. U-8 League Clashmore Ramblers v Lismore at Pablo Park on Saturday, February 2.00 p.m. U10 League Clashmore Ramblers v Lismore at Pablo Park on Saturday, February 3.00 p.m. Clashmore Ramblers Junior team Ned Barry 1st Round home v Inch Utd on Sunday, February 17th at 2.30 p.m. Stradbally FC MATCHES Our under-12 had a great away win to a Bohs side in Waterford last weekend. Daniel Fenlon scored a fine goal after a great build up. Pressure on the Bohs goal in the second half led to Darragh Walsh's goal and Darragh Farrell scored a real striker's goal near the end to give us a three two win. Our under 11's were at home to league leaders Seaview Celtic on Sunday and after a great performance, we were gracious in defeat on a two nil scoreline. The adult Third Division side were hosts to neighbours Ballinroad and after an evenly contested game, we came out on top on a two one scoreline with Stephen Lawlor scoring a penalty in the first half and Kevin Lawlor getting the winner near the end. SWIM The proceeds of the Christmas Day swim were presented to the Stradbally Playground group last Saturday evening at a small social event in Whelan’s, Stradbally. €3,100 was the final figure and we thank all who swam or helped in any way to raise this total. The playground group have almost reached their target but it will take another couple of Slieve Russell Pro-Am 2013 ONE of Ireland’s most celebrated Pro-Ams for Irish PGA Professionals returns with new weekend dates. THE Slieve Russell Pro-Am, a flagship event for the PGA in Ireland, will chalk up a 21st anniversary in 2013 and takes place over a weekend for the first time ever. The pro-am, which always attracts a top quality field, takes place on the 8th & 9th June, 2013, at its traditional home of the Slieve Russell Hotel Golf & Country Club and remains one of the highest prize funds on the Irish PGA Pro-Am calendar of events. First played in 1993, the Pro-Am has become one of Ireland’s most celebrated events for Irish PGA professionals with many famous players supporting it over the years including major cham-pion Padraig Harrington and European Tour players Des Smyth, Christy O'Connor Jnr, Eamonn Darcy and more recently Damian McGrane, Peter Lawrie and David Higgins from Waterville who won last year’s event for the third time. fundraising events to get them over the line so please continue you support. ACADEMY AND LITTLE DRIBBLERS Academy is back on, on Saturday mornings at 10.30 a.m. This is for children over five years of age up to twelve. Little Dribblers for children of three and four years of age has started back at 11.40 a.m. each Saturday morning. This will operate in six week blocks so this block will be on each Saturday until the 16th March. Soccer is only one part of it, its about ball games, coordination, movement and balance. Ballinroad AFC BALLINROAD SOCCER CLUB PITCH DEVELOPMENT LOTTO DRAW - JACKPOT €4,000 Results of draw held on Sunday, 10th February, 2013. Numbers drawn as follows: 1, 2, 4, 13. No winner. €20 winners: Tina Carey, Mike Veale, John Queally. New jackpot €4,100. Next draw will be held in Lord Maguires Pub, Ballinroad on Sunday, 24th February, 2013. Thank you for your support. Local Children pictured at the Waterford Tipperary Showjumping Awards at the Park Hotel, Dungarvan [David Clynch] Waterford Under 12 Soccer Squad ON Sunday, 10th February 2013 The Waterford U-12 soccer team played Wexford away in Duncannon, Co. Wexford. The match consisted of three 25 minute sessions. Waterford played against a strong breeze in the first session. Conditions were also very heavy under foot. The blues got off to a great start with a well taken goal by Tommy Carbery just after 5 minutes. But it was Wexford who began to dominate, scoring in the 14th minute. With their early momentum lost, Waterford struggled to reassert their superiority. Wexford were unlucky not to have notched up 2 more goals at the end of the first session, thanks to some great goalkeeping from Andrew Cushin. The second session started off as the first session ended with Wexford scoring just after one minute of play. Waterford soaked up the pressure and a break in the 23rd minute resulted in a goal by Dylan Harrington. Wexford retaliated by scoring two minutes later leaving them 3-2 ahead going into the final 25 minute session. Waterford found their resolve and started to take control of the game. In the 18th minute the Wexford goalie had his kick-out blocked by James Power who scored, putting the teams level for the first time. Waterford continued to dominate, and in injury time James Power clinched victory for the Blues. Scoreline 4-3. The Waterford U-12s travel to Bandon next Sunday. Waterford Panel: Scott Hoban, Adam Duggan, Callum O’Brien Connolly, James Power, Tommy Carbery, Conor Butler, Luke Brennan, Dylan Harrington, Dylan Wall, Greg Waters, Philip Dunwoody, Andrew Cushin, Devon Moran, Killian Horgan, Alex Phelan, Jack McDonagh, Jack Halley, and Ciaran Power. Management Team, Pat Kiersey, John Murray, Pat Dunphy, and John Walsh. Waterford Schoolboys Football League Results & Fixtures Results U-11A: Carrick Utd A 3; Bohemians A 2 Dungarvan Utd A 2; De La Salle A 1 U-11B: Ballinroad A 5; Johnville 0 Tramore B 2; Villa B 4 Piltown A 3; Carrick Utd B 0 U-11C: St. Pauls 2; Piltown B 1 Carrick Utd C 4; Tramore C 2 Kilmacow 0; Villa C 3 U-11D: Ballyduff 3; Southend Utd B 2 Stradbally 0; Seaview Celtic 2 Bohemians B 4; Park Rangers B 2 U11E: De La Salle C 1; Bohemians C 1 St. Saviours 4; Piltown C 5 Crystal 1; Ferrybank C 2 Ballinroad B 1; Villa E 3 Under 12 SFAI Cup: Newbridge 4; Ferrybank 2 U-13A: De La Salle A 0; Piltown A 2 Dungarvan Utd A 0; Tramore A 1 Carrick Utd A 3; Ballinroad A 3 U-13B: Seaview Celtic 1; Southend Utd 4 Mooncoin Celtic 3; Villa B 0 Stradbally 0; St. Pauls 6 Park Rgs 2; Bohemians A 7 U-13C: Tramore B 2; Carrick Utd B 2 Dungarvan Utd B 1; De La Salle B 2 Bohemians B 3; St. Saviours 0 Ballinroad B 7; Portlaw Utd 2 U-15A: Carrick Utd 6; Ballyduff 0 Bohemians A 1; Ballinroad 1 U-15B: Johnville 4; Abbeyside 1 Bohemians B 0; Piltown 2 Fixtures Saturday, February 16th Under 12 League (Kick-off 10.30 a.m. unless otherwise stated): U-12A: De La Salle A v Mooncoin Celtic (Tramore) Bohemians A v Tramore A (Villa) Carrick Utd A v Villa A (Portlaw) Piltown v Ferrybank A (Carrick Utd) U-12B: Kilmacow v Dungarvan Utd (Southend) Ballinroad v St. Pauls (Abbeyside) Villa B v Park Rangers A (Bohemians) U12C: Railway Athletic v Bohemians B (Dungarvan) Carrick Utd B v Portlaw Utd (Piltown) Kilmacthomas v Seaview Celtic (Ballyduff) U-12D: Park Rangers B v Bohemians C (De La Salle) Ferrybank B v Tramore B (St. Saviours) De La Salle B v Stradbally (St. Pauls) 11.45 am Saturday, February 16th Under 14 League (Kick-off 11.45 a.m. unless otherwise stated): U-14A: De La Salle A v Ballinroad (Tramore) 1.00 pm Tramore A v Dungarvan Utd A (Ferrybank) Ferrybank v Carrick Utd (Park Rangers) 3.00 pm U-14B: Stradbally v Park Rangers (Ballinroad) Villa B v Portlaw Utd (Bohemians) Railway Athletic v Piltown A (Dungarvan) U-14C: Ferrybank B v Ballyduff (Kilmacow) Kilmacow v Piltown B (Mooncoin) De La Salle B v Dungarvan Utd B (Johnville) 2.30 pm Saturday, February 16th Under 14 SFAI Cup (Kick-off 2.00 p.m. unless otherwise stated): Villa v Cherry Orchard (WSFL) Saturday, February 16th Under 16 League (Kick-off 2.30 p.m. unless otherwise stated): U-16A: Railway Athletic v Carrick Utd A (Ballinroad) Ballinroad A v Villa A (Abbeyside) Tramore A v Dungarvan Utd (Ferrybank) Ferrybank A v Bohemians A (Seaview) 1.00 pm U-16B: Carrick Utd B v Park Rangers (Piltown) SPORT 22 RECENT CLUB WALKS 3-2-13 C GRADE WALK IN KILROSSANTY, Leader: Noel Kelly Rain has a habit of turning the straightest path into a quagmire. The 15 C Walkers who braved the gale force winds on the hill near Kilrossanty Cross slipped and slid through heather, grass that had been clipped away by sheep and trails that were slick with mud. The rain sweeping across the valley didn't stop the walkers from enjoying the stunning views from the ridge, especially since we were up high enough to escape the rain. Nonetheless, leader Noel Kelly took the responsible decision of avoiding the climb to the cross and instead led us down a slope so steep that one of the walkers was heard to remark: "The only civilised way to get down this slope is to ski it." Any claims that this walker and the author of this update are one and the same person will be vehemently denied. Thanks to Noel Kelly, who coped admirably with a landscape drastically altered by constant rain. B GRADE WALK CUTEEN Billy Sheehan led the club’s B walk on Sunday February 3rd, with 9 in the group (all men). We immediately decided that this was a “Yorkie Walk”. Starting at the wood entrance to Cuteen we walked over towards the stream in Cuteen north. Shortly before the stream we turned west into the coum and contoured around the back of spot height 534m which we nicknamed the "pimple" some time ago. From there we followed a good track back to a fence and climbed to the ridge leading to Seefin. Here we met another club member out on his own and he joined us for the rest of the walk. The wind was really wild on top as we made our way to the shelter on Seefin. After a break on top we went down Casey’s road to the firebreak and met yet another club member out on a solo walk. He took a group photo for us before heading off into the fog. From the firebreak in the wood we contoured back to Barr na Madra gap. Here we met a group of 18 students from Trinity College who were spending their weekend hiking in the Comeragh Mountains. They had walked the Nire Valley area the day before and were walking from the Mauma road to Milk Hill today. It was nice to meet so many young people out on the hills. From the gap we climbed up to Coumaraglin mountain and carried on around the top of Coum Dungarvan Observer Sports | Wednesday, 13 February, 2013 Model Holly Carpenter with two time Rás winner and former Olympian Ciaran Power, left and Postman Paul O'Meara, from Fairview, who works the O'Connell Street route, at the launch of the 2013 An Post Rás, at the GPO, O'Connell Street, Dublin, which will begin on Sunday, May 19th, in Dunboyne, and finish on Sunday, May 26th, in Skerries. [Brian Lawless / SPORTSFILE] Above Gearhameen Glen. Eag keeping well to the right of the cliffs in the strong wind still blowing. Heading down the shoulder from Coum Eag we briefly saw the club’s C group in the valley below. After the long and steep descent we carried on along the forest track to the cars. This walk was 17k with a height gain of 860 m taking us 4 hours 30 minutes to complete. A GRADE WALK KERRY 9-2-13 On Saturday, February 9th a small group headed to Kerry to do the circuit of the Gearhameen Glen. Leaving town at 5.45 a.m. we drove to Killarney and on through the Gap of Dunloe into the Black Valley. After making our way along the narrow winding road we parked at a small layby beside the Gearhameen river. We then walked up the glen at the side of Lough Reagh as far as a picturesque waterfall where we turned northwest and made a long 500m climb to Broaghnabinnea 745m. Up to this point the weather had been very kind to us with great views but this ended as we approached the summit and the fog rolled in. From here on it was mostly fog and mist for the day. Dropping down from Broaghnabinnea we climbed to Stumpa Duloigh 784m via a long rocky ridge with occasional views into the Bridia Valley on our right and Lough Dubh on the left. Leaving Stumpa we descended to a boggy saddle and climbed a short distance to Knocknabreeda 569m. After this it was a long and Gearhameen Horseshoe slow descent over rough terrain to the waterfall seen earlier in the day and back again by the lake to the car. Overall at 14.5k this was a short A grade walk, but with 1250m climbing in rough terrain and fog it took us nearly six hours to complete. Satisfied with our day (a must do walk again on a clear day as the views are reported to be spectacular) we made our way back through the gap to Kate Kearney’s for our usual bowl of soup before heading home, arriving in Dungarvan at 18.10 p.m. almost 12 and a half hours after leaving. BLACKSTAIRS WALKS Wexford Hillwalking and Mountaineering Club has kindly offered to lead joint walks with us on Sunday April 7th in the Blackstairs Mountains. This will consist of an A/B horseshoe walk of about 6.5 hours around Mount Leinster starting at 10.00 a.m. and a C walk in Blackstairs glen starting at 10.30 a.m., taking about 4 to 4.5 hours. Both walks will start in Kiltealy. Refreshment will be served by Wexford Hillwalking and Mountaineering Club after the walks in the pub in Kiltealy. Walk Organiser: Kevin Moore. Tel. 058-44989 or 087-7690308. Please contact Kevin if interested so Car Pooling can be arranged - Car Pool Fee: €7 – Leaving Dungarvan at 8.30 a.m. QUIZ NIGHT The clubs annual quiz night in aid of Semra (South East Mountain Rescue Association) will be held in Dungarvan Soccer Club on Friday, 15th February at 7.45 p.m. Norman Graham will be the quizmaster on the night and cost will be €20 per table of 4. All are welcome on the night to support this worthy cause. You won’t get rich quick but you might have a fun night out. Raffle donations to John please at 058 42405 DOGS NIGHT The club’s night at the dog racing will be on Friday, March 1st, leaving Dungarvan at 6.30 p.m. This will cost €17, and includes entrance, race card and meal. The meal is a main course, dessert and tea or coffee. This must be booked in advance with Peter at 087-2308857. Lismore/Ballysaggart Community Games ART COMPETITION Lismore Ballysaggart Community Games Art Competition will take place in Bun Scoil Bóthar Na Naomh on Saturday next, February 16th at 11.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. All children from the age of 6 to 15 are invited to take part. HANDWRITING COMPETITION A Community Games handwriting competition for children u10 will take place on Saturday at 11.00 a.m. in Bunscoil Bothar Na Naomh. SWIMMING REGISTRATION Registration for children between the age 6 and 15 years who are interested in taking part in the County swimming competition will take place also between 11.00 a.m. and 1.00 p.m. at the same venue on Saturday. Places are limited in this competition so first come first served. Cunnigar Pitch & Putt SPONSORED SCRAMBLE Our course finally dried out sufficiently for us to hold our first sponsored competition of the year. Our Saturday Scramble (sponsored by Dalton Jewellers, Main Street, Dungarvan), which had to be cancelled on two occasions due to our waterlogged course, finally took place on Saturday, 9th February. It was great to see so many entrants in this competition, considering the long lay-off we had due to the weather. Despite the fact that some of our members were unavoidably delayed due to road diversions, the game was completed in diminishing daylight and everyone was delighted to have the opportunity to return to playing pitch and putt. We have to give a “Bualadh Bos” to the course committee on the excellent condition of the course, which they maintained during the dreadful weather over the past few weeks. Scramble Result: Nett: Margaret Shanahan and Paddy Noonan; Gross: Mary Walsh and Michael Delaney. COMPETITION ENTRIES In an effort to simplify the process of entering club competitions, a dedicated phone number (087-9412570) has now been put in place to enable competitors to text their entry on the day of competition. Entries can also be made by ringing the Clubhouse number (058-24586). The clubhouse phone will be manned an hour before tee-off time. All entries must be made at least a half hour before tee-off time. Weather permitting, our club competitions will be back to normal from this week. WEEKLY SNOWBALL Patsy Hackett was the winner of the Snowball on Saturday, February 9th. CLUB MEMBERSHIP For the third year in succession, our membership fees are to be maintained at their current level. The club is very aware of the financial constraints on everyone, and has decided that, with a great deal of effort, current standards can be maintained without hitting the pockets of our members. Already this year, we have seen some new people joining up, and hopefully this trend will continue. Membership Fees for 2013 are now being accepted and can be paid to any committee member. Please note that, from March 1st, only paid-up members can enter competitions and all nonmembers will be obliged to pay green fees to play on the course. MEMBERSHIP FEES 2013 Family - €150 (Two adults, two juveniles); Adult - €80; Senior - €50 (Over 60); Juvenile - €45; Life members - €30. Please note that All Non-members must pay green fees. Adults €5; Juveniles €3; Club Hire (2) €2. CUNNIGAR WEBSITE Check out our website www.cunnigarpitchandputt.ie The website will be updated regularly with all the latest club news, upcoming events etc. You can also follow the club on our Facebook page. Pictured above are Paddy Noonan, Margaret Shanahan, Mary Walsh and Michael Delaney who were prizewinners in our 2-ball Scramble (sponsored by Dalton Jewellers, Main Street, Dungarvan). SPORT Dungarvan Observer Sports | Wednesday, 13 February, 2013 23 Kilmacthomas Badminton Club LAST week saw the beginning of the Mixed Leagues. Kilmac have five teams taking part in the leagues and all teams were in action last week. Kilmac 1 were away to Dunmore 1 on Monday night. The team would have hoped for a much better start, but unfortunately they were on on the wrong end of a 7-0 scoreline. This gives the team a lot of work to do in order to qualify in the top three. Team: Martin Walsh, David Nolan, Conor Brown, Eileen Keohan, Linda Kirwan, Fiona Kiely. Kilmac 1 play their second league game at home to new team Drangan on Monday 11th. Kilmac 2 travelled to Dunmore on Tuesday last. The team were without their captain Derek Power, and had John O'Rourke step up to play. The team lost out 5-2 on the night and will hope for a win in the return fixture. Team: Thorsten Konekamp, Sean Walsh, John O'Rourke (s), Carol Walsh, Fionnuala Hayes and Rachel Walsh. Kilmac 2 play at home to Waterford 2 on Wednesday, 13th February. Kilmac 3 made the journey to Lismore on Monday last. James Hurton stepped in to play for Gerry Whelan. It turned out to be a close game with the team coming home with a 4-3 win. Team: John O'Rourke, Tom Eade, James Hurton (s), Ann Halley, Eileen Kirwan and Bridget Walsh. Kilmac 3 play their next game at home to Dunmore 3 on Friday, 15th February. Kilmac 4 opened their league campaign on Friday night last against Mullinavat. The team came away with a 4-3 victory, to give them a good start to the league. Team: Pat Lenane, James Hurton, Jamie Clooney (s), Siobhan Lenihan, Hella Weber-Doyle and Chrissie Shanahan (s). Kilmac 4 play their next game away to Modeligo on Tuesday 12th of February. Kilmac 5 began their league at home on Wednesday night last. The team suffered a 4-3 defeat on the night. Team: Frank Costigan, Padraig Lenane, Seamus O'Leary, Celine Tierney, Chrissie Shanahan (s), Angela Clooney (s). Kilmac 5 play their second game of the league on Monday 11th of February away to Rathgormack. MUNSTER VETERANS OPEN Last week saw our younger club members in action at the InterCounty juvenile competition, but this weekend was the turn of our more experienced players with the Munster Veterans Open taking place in Clonlara. Martin Walsh and David Nolan were the clubs representatives in this competition. Martin and David had a very successful day with them winning the Over 40's men’s doubles competition. They then faced each other on opposite sides of the court in the mixed doubles final, with David and his partner Ellen O'Neill overcoming Martin and his partner Mary Walsh. Well done to both on a successful days badminton. U-11 & U-15 COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS Best of luck to our U-11 and U15 players who will be taking part in the county championships on Friday next February next in Lismore. MIXED COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS A reminder that the mixed County championships are almost upon us. Grades 5, 6, 7, N take place in Ferrybank on February 19th. Grades 1, 2, 3, 4 take place in Cappoquin on February 26th. Dungarvan Harbour Sailing Club IT’S that time of year again, so hopefully all the polishing and anti-fouling has started. Boat lift on the 20th April. Here’s to a good Summer of fair winds and sun. Dinghy Spring League/Racing Coaching is set out as follows: Sunday, 24th February - 16.43 (HW) - Coaching 15.00 - 16.00 (FG). Sunday, 10th March - 16.32 (HW) - Coaching 15.00 16.00 (FG). Sunday, 24th March - 15.38 (HW) - Coaching 15.00 16.00 (FG). Sunday, 7th April - 16.25 (HW) - Coaching 15.00 16.00 (FG). Sunday, 21st April - 14.51 (HW) - Coaching 15.00 16.00 (FG). Taekwon-Do Club attend Fun day in Cork ON Saturday, 2nd February twenty-one children from Dungarvan Taekwon-do Club attended the annual Junior Taekwon-do Fun-day in the Little Island Sports Centre, Co. Cork. All students took part in some fun Taekwon-Do sparring matches wearing body protectors. This event is run by Cork, Waterford and Tipperary clubs and it is one of the most popular Taekwon-Do events, in Munster. This year was the largest yet with 163 participants all under 12 years of age. These junior competitions help children to successfully manage feelings of anxiety and fear in order to achieve a good performance. These feelings are the same ones that bullies and other real life aggressors prey on. We are not born confident; it is a learned habit. This event though is primarily a funday, the four different giant Bouncy castles and obstacle courses that made certain the emphasis was on fun. All the children attending received a participation trophy a great first achievement in Taekwon-do. This day is seen as a stepping stone for our students before serious competition. Our next funday is in Dungarvan in April. Dungarvan Taekwon-do Club trains in St. Augustine’s College the Friary. Katie Saunders, Chef d’equipe of Irish Pony Team with Nicholas, Charlotte and Laura Connors at Presentation of Awards at the National Pony Ball in Tullamore Bridge Hotel recently. Monday and Thursday, classes for 4-6 years, 7-12 years and 13 years-adult. Contact Luke on 0877668548 or www.taekwondo.ie Waterford Orienteering WATERFORD Orienteers will host the 10th event in the Southeast League on Sunday, 17th February at Woodstock Gardens, Inistioge, County Kilkenny. The Grid reference for the start at the carpark of the gardens is S 640 364 Courses: Blue: 8km, 210 metres climb. Green: 5.9km, 145 metres climb. Light Green: 4.2km, 110 metres climb. Red: 4.3km, 110 metres climb. Yellow: 2.4km, 40 metres climb. Starts will be as normal, between 11.00 a.m. and 1.00 p.m. Please do not come at the last moment if you reckon you will take a long time on the course! Anybody bringing a group should indicate preferred courses and numbers in advance to ensure enough maps are printed. The Southeast Primary schools (February 20th) and Secondary schools (February 21st) take place at Kennedy park, Co. Wexford. Anybody who has not already expressed interest in participating should ring me as soon as possible on 087-2229677 or email me as entries close soon. Special Olympics Team Ireland floorball athletes on arrival home at Dublin Airport, from left: George Fitzgerald, from Waterford City; William McGrath, from Kilmacthomas, Co. Waterford, and Brendan O'Sullivan, from Mallow, Co. Cork, who all won bronze medals, in the arrivals hall of Dublin Airport having returned home from the 2013 Special Olympics World Winter Games in PyeongChang, South Korea. [Barry Cregg / SPORTSFILE] TEAM IRELAND TO RETURN HOME TO HEROES’ WELCOME Waterford athletes return home with bronze medals! TEAM Ireland returned home to a heroes’ welcome on Wednesday evening following an incredible performance at the 2013 Special Olympics World Winter Games in South Korea. Team Ireland, which consisted of 14 athletes and a management team of eight, returned to Dublin Airport with an impressive 12 medals – three gold; six silver and three bronze from their endeavours on the slopes and the floorball rink. George Fitzgerald form Waterford City and William McGrath from Kilmacthomas emerged into the arrivals hall of Dublin Airport carrying additional cargo in the form of bronze medals! The Waterford men were members of Ireland’s first floorball team at a World Winter Games. Speaking about Team Ireland’s performance at the 2013 Special Olympics World Winter Games Matt English, Chief Executive Special Olympics Ireland said “Representing your country on the World sporting stage is huge honour for any athlete but doing so well and returning with medals is an incredible achievement. I would like to pay tribute to every member of Team Ireland for representing us all so well at these prestigious Games and for being such wonderful sporting ambassadors Ireland”. John Treacy, CEO of the Irish Sports Council said “We are all very proud of the Irish team’s performances in South Korea. Everyone put in a terrific personal display and it is a bonus to come home with medals. I want to pay tribute to the athletes, the support staff at Special Olympics Ireland and to all the family members and volunteers who worked so hard to make this sporting adventure possible”. Nick Harkness, Acting Chief Executive, Sport Northern Ireland said “Sport Northern Ireland would like to congratulate all of Team Ireland’s Special Olympics athletes on their recent achievements at the 2013 Special Olympics World Winter Games and achieving an impressive 12 medal wins at these Games. We wish them continued success in their sporting careers.” The 2013 Special Olympics World Winter Games was the biggest winter sports competition to take place in the World this year and the largest winter multi-sports events ever held in South Korea. 3,300 athletes from 112 countries showcased their skills and abilities over the eight days of competition. For further information about Team Ireland’s involvement at the 2013 Special Olympics World Winter Games please visit: www.specialolympics.ie/wintergames WEEKEND SPINS It was another busy couple of days on the roads last weekend. While your poor scribe was under the weather the rest of ye were getting savage miles in. On Saturday a group headed up Colligan to Ballymac before going over Power's the Pot and down to Clonmel, going home via Ballymac, where Emma unleashed all kinds of hell – a one woman sufferfest according to reports. Other riders went to Lismore, Knockanore, Ardmore, and Old Parish. The Vee appeared to be the destination of choice on Sunday with a couple of groups heading to Ballymac, Newcastle, and Clogheen before heading over the climb and down into Cappoquin. Weekend spins meet at John Foley's on Saturdays and The Square on Sundays at 9:30. NEW WEBSITE By the time you read this the club's new website should be live. Derek Troy has been performing trojan work over the last few weeks and the fruits of his labour can be seen on dungarvancc.com. It'll be an excellent and eye-catching point of contact for the club as well as being an archive of news, photos, results, handy links, and articles. There's links to the Facebook page, as well as Twitter for the twitterati amongst ye. There's a nice live Strava feed so ye can see who's taking the KOM's. Chapeau Derek. Good job sham. CYCLING QUOTE “A winner is someone who works hard all the time to become a champion, even when no-one is watching.” One for all the secret trainers out there. If there are any news items you want to report please email me at [email protected] Abbeyside/Ballinacourty Community Games COUNTY Finals will be held very early this year, so we have to take names for Abbeyside/Ballinacourty Swimming Trials for 2013, immediately. Girls and boys U-8, 10, 12, 14, 16. Closing date for names is today Wednesday, 13th February. Trials will be held on Thursday, 14th or Friday, 15th, so names later than Wednesday will NOT be accepted. If you are interested in competing in this years Swimming Finals, please contact Yvonne Whelan 087-1339012 as soon as possible. Any coach/parent/teacher interested in helping with other activities please contact Yvonne, eg. Chess, Art, Model Making, Athletics, Camogie, Gaelic Football. For more information go to the Community Games website or contact Yvonne. It is a great organisation and gives children the chance to partake in activities they might not get the chance to experience. Hoping we can build a stronger community through fun for our young children. 24 SPORT Dungarvan Observer Sports | Wednesday, 13 February, 2013 Dungarvan Junior Hockey Club U-10 Hockey Blitz DUNGARVAN U-10 Junior hockey team took part in a blitz in Newtown School Waterford on Sunday, 10th February, 2013. We had six teams that played teams from Ashton Hockey club, Cork, Garryduff Hockey Club Cork and our hosts Waterford City Hockey Club. Thank you very much to our coach Cashel Kirby who made sure everything ran smoothly. Well done to all the girls who took part and played so well. Picture includes: Caoimhe Ni Mhurchu, Siun ni Mhurchu, Jenna Walsh, Sorcha White, Caoimhe Horgan, Alison Walsh, Eabha Walsh, Aeva May Conway, Isobel Connors, Kate Mullany, Charlie Pettit, Siadbh O’Neill, Ellen O’Neill, Grainne O’Dee, Saoirse Kelly, Lia Cunningham, Ally Cunningham, Aoife O’Brien, Lily Gough, Eabha Gough, Andrea Halley, Alex Halley, Maria Louise Twomey, Emma Fleming, Elizabeth Leonard, Kelly Mulcahy, Cliodhna Roche, Rose Gantly, Ella Gantly, Ellen Kirwan, Aoibhe Kirwan, Chloe Keane. Night out at the dogs for Down Syndrome IRELAND’S legendary GAA sports commentator Marty Morrissey and children’s presenter Diana Buncini took to the tracks recently to launch a nationwide fun filled family night out at the dogs, where all proceeds raised will go to Down Syndrome Ireland. Funds raised from the Down Syndrome Ireland Family Night at the Dogs on Saturday, 16th February will go directly towards supporting local projects within Down Syndrome Ireland branches as well as a number of national projects. For information on how you can help or to purchase tickets, please call 01 4266500 or visit www.downsyndrome.ie or www.igb.ie 3 World Champions to compete in Dungarvan Sports Centre on Thursday night THIS is the final week of the training camp in Dungarvan for the Russian and Ireland National boxing teams. On Thursday night there will be a test match in the Sports Centre and it is opened to the public. The match starts at 7.30 p.m. and admission is just €5. The Russian team includes 3 World Champions and the I.A.B.A. are bringing in some of Ireland’s top senior boxers to compete against them. Last Thursday night proved to be a great success but the World Champions were a bit too strong for Irelands Junior side. On the whole the Irish boys held their own with this very strong Russian side especially at the lower weights. Both teams are enjoying their time in Dungarvan and are full of praise for the hospitality shown to them by the Town Council, the Sports Centre Staff and the management and staff of Lawlors Hotel. Also the assistance of Willie Bumster Coach Hire for facilitating the Russian Team. There will be a farewell DISCO in DAVITTS on Friday night 8 till 11 p.m. This is a junior Disco with no alcohol and will be strictly supervised, all are welcome. Both teams are departing on Saturday and hopefully we will see them again in Dungarvan. If not I have no doubt we will see some of them in the RIO OLYMPICS this is the calibre of boxers we have in Dungarvan on both teams, so don’t miss your last chance to see them in action on Thursday night. West Waterford Autograss Ltd. INFO AND SIGN-ON DAY, FEBRUARY 17th This Sunday the Club are holding an Information day in Rose’s West End Bar, Lismore, from 2.00 p.m. This is the perfect opportunity for people to find out about Autograss with all information available, there will also be DVDs shown to give people a flavour of what to expect. Also there is the chance for people to sign-up and get there race permits or become members etc. Note to club members, that this could be very well your last chance to sign up and ensure your licence is back before the first race date of the season that takes place in Carlow on Sunday March 10th. It is also the perfect chance to meet other members and officials in a relaxed atmosphere. This is also a chance for people who maybe do not have an interest in racing themselves but like motorsport and want to get involved, there are various positions that members can hold to help out and be involved, also you maybe just want to be part of a club and enjoy the social side of it. All this is covered with in the West Waterford Autograss Club. Something that is often forgotten with motorsport and especially Autograss is that it is a family sport, Juniors can race from 12 Another of our 2012 winners was Sean O’Grady who was voted the Club’s most improved driver, seen here receiving the Paul & Linda Pearce Perpetual Shield from Paul Pearce at the Club’s Annual Dinner Dance which took place in Lismore House Hotel in November. years up and there are 3 classes for these. Plus that in 2 of these classes the car can also be used in the men’s or ladies classes, so the junior’s car can be used by the father or/and the mother or maybe older brothers and sisters which offers great value for money with the car suitable for 3 classes. So remember that’s this Sunday in Roses’ West End Bar, Lismore, from 2.00 p.m. Also if people have an Autograss car and want to get it checked out on Sunday, let us know before hand and we can facilitate this, just text Eamonn Sheehy 0876811330 with name and details and he will look after it. TABLE QUIZ Thanks to all those that supported the table quiz in the Ballyvera Inn, Ballysaggart, on Saturday night. FACEBOOK For this year along with West Waterford Autograss group on Facebook the club has also created a page which will be constantly updated with all information on race dates and other information. Please like this page and keep up to date with all what’s happening. The page can be found at www.facebook.com/wwautograss and is titled the 2013 Driver of the Year Championship DATES FOR DIARY 2013 Here is the list of confirmed dates to note for 2013. Sunday, February 17th, Information/Sign-on Day in Rose’s West End Bar, Lismore, at 2.00 p.m. Race Dates – Sunday, March 31st; Sunday, April 28th; Sunday, May 12th; Sunday, June 16th; Sunday, July 21st (Araglin); Sunday, August 11th; Saturday & Sunday, September 7th & 8th (“Irish Fastest Person on Grass” Event & Final Round of the AIAS); Sunday, October 6th; Sunday, October 27th. Luke Thomas (Red) lands a punch on Russia's Shamil Chechenov during last Thursday's Test International at the Dungarvan Sports Centre. The man in the middle of the two boxers is Zaur Antia, who was in the corner with Pete Taylor when Katie took gold at London 2012. Ireland take on the Russians at the Sports Centre, Dungarvan, for a second and final time on Thursday night (14th). [Dan McGrath] Action from the first Ireland v Russia Boxing Test International at the Dungarvan Sports Centre last Thursday night. The two countries will return to action this Thursday night (14th Feb.) at the Sports Centre. [Dan McGrath] Waterford Sailor Shortlisted for Award 16 year old Waterford Harbour Sailing Club member Dougie Power has been shortlisted for one of the Irish Sailing Association’s (ISA) prestigious annual awards. A total of 25 nominees have been announced across six categories with Dougie earning his nomination in the Youth Sailor of the Year category. The winners will be announced at the ISA 7th Annual Awards Ball in the Royal Marine Hotel, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin on the 2nd of March as hundreds of members and supporters of the Irish sailing community come together for one evening of celebration. Dougie Power