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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, 16 January, 2013
DUNGARVAN OBSERVER SPORTS SUPPLEMENT
Kevin Moran is 2012 winner of
WLR/fm Granville Hotel GAA Award
The monthly award winners of the WLR FM /Granville Hotel GAA Awards 2012 pictured with De La Salle clubman Kevin Moran who was named the overall winner at the Gala Dinner in the Granville
Hotel on Saturday night last, included are standing from left, Liam and Elaine Cusack (Granville Hotel) Martin Barrett on behalf of Eddie Barrett (November) Seamus Prendergast (June) Jamie Barron
(May) Michael Harney and Michael Kiely (Coláiste na Deise, February) Dean Twomey (October) Mark Ferncombe (March) Jimmy O’Gorman (April) Mac Dara Mac Donagh, Stephen Frampton and
Joe Cleary (Judging Panel) seated from left, Patricia Jackman (August) Mayor of Waterford, Cllr. Jim D’Arcy, Cllr. John Pratt, Deputy Co. Mayor of Waterford and Michelle Ryan (September) .
[Noel Browne]
KEVIN Moran was named the latest overall
winner of the WLR FM/Granville Hotel GAA
awards scheme for 2012 on Saturday night in
the Granville hotel.
The De La salle hurler enjoyed a terrific season for both his Club and County as his
Summer form earned him his first ever all star
award.
Later in the year he went on to captain De La
Salle to their third County title in 5 seasons.
The 25 year old was a popular choice when
the Sunday Times Journalist David Walsh made
the announcement at a Gala banquet held in
the Granville Hotel.
The Slieverue native said "From what I saw
tonight I think Kevin Moran is a very impressive guy. I don't believe he'll let his standard's
drop or ever stop wanting to play better, you
only need four or five guys like that to drive a
lot of guys, it's all about perserverance and
striving to get the most out of yourself".
David proved to be a very engaging after
dinner speaker as he recounted some of his
working
experiences with the Leitrim
Observer newpaper and his time writing for
the Sunday Tribune. The Sunday Times chief
sports writer is now based in Cambridgeshire
and has recently published a book "Seven
Deadly Sins" a book that highlights how David
pursued Lance Armstrong the shamed
BALLINAMEELA
GAA
CLUB
SOCIAL
pages 6 & 7
American who covered up years of doping
while winning seven Tour de France titles.
David alluded to this in his speech by saying
"What the GAA has in terms of its amateur
status is worth protecting especially in what I
see in terms of Professional sport, which has
been tainted to a large degree in recent times.
The more I see of Professional sport the more I
would work to maintain the GAA's amateur
status, it's 100 % credible and something more
believable and it has what drew us to sport in
the first place".
Meanwhile Kevin Moran was thrilled to
recieve his first ever overall award as he told
the audience that there were some great
monthly winners in 2012. "I'm delighted to
accept this award on behalf of the Waterford
team and my club mates in De La Salle and all
my trainers and managers involved throughout the year.
I'd also like to thank my family, my mother
and father and my girlfriend. Y'know the highlight of the year was captaining my club De La
Salle to our county title and that'd be a huge
aspiration of mine and of the club to try and do
back to back titles".
He added "I think we can really improve on
what we did last year with Waterford and I'm
really looking forward to getting going again
and get ready for the league. I hope I can stay
injury free and just enjoy hurling with both the
club and the County, so I hope it'll be another
good year."
Kevin received a specially
engraved
Waterford Crystal trophy while he also was
presented with a sunshine holiday in a five star
hotel.
Fiona Cusack from the Granville Hotel also
made presentations to the nine other monthly
awards winners - Colaisti na Deise, Mark
Ferncombe, Jimmy O'Gorman, Jamie Barron,
Seamus Prendergast, Patricia Jackman,
Michelle Ryan, Dean Twomey and Eddie
Barrett.
The winner of the WLR FM/Granville Hotel GAA Award for 2012, De La Salle clubman Kevin
Moran.
[Noel Browne]
WINNING
START FOR
NIALL CAREW’S
STEWARDSHIP
DUNGARVAN
JUVENILE GAA
AWARDS AND
PRESENTATION NIGHT
page 8
page 24
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WLR FM/GRANVILLE HOTEL GAA AWARD
Dungarvan Observer Sports | Wednesday, 16 January, 2013
The WLR FM/Granville Hotel GAA Overall Award Winner for 2012, Kevin Moran pictured with County Bord
na Nóg members Tom Cronin, Tom Guiry, Billy Devine, Gavin Whelan, Vera Cannell, Sean Breathnach and
Trish Walsh.
[Noel Browne]
Guest speaker journalist David Walsh was presented with a beautiful crystal bowl by Liam Cusack (Granville
Hotel) and Liz Reddy (WLR FM) also in shot are Richard Hurley (Granville Hotel) and Des Whelan (WLR FM).
[Noel Browne]
Guest speaker Journalist David Walsh pictured with his brother Brendan, Kieran O’Connor and Waterford Co.
Board Chairman, Tom Cunningham.
[Noel Browne]
April winner Jimmy O’Gorman had a big crew down from Lismore and they included, John, Sheila, Alan, Liz,
Ann, Paul, John and Sheila O’Gorman, Jimmy Lyons, Siobhán Reddy and Jim O’Neill.
[Noel Browne]
Michael and Mary Flynn from the Dungarvan Observer with WLR FM’s Kevin Casey and his wife Marguerite.
[Noel Browne]
June winner Seamus Prendergast is pictured before heading into the awards night with his family, Lindsey,
Declan, Mary, Pat, Aisling, Pat and Jay Prendergast and Sarah Power.
[Noel Browne]
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Waterford Crystal Cup …
Waterford hurlers play first
competitive game of season
Sunday, 20th january
At Carriganore
Waterford
-vUniversity of Limerick
at 2 p.m.
WATERFORD hurlers will play their
opening competitive game at the
Carriganore venue on Sunday
afternoon next when they take on
University of Limerick in the
Munster Councils, Waterford
Crystal competition.
Michelle Ryan with Liam Lawlor at the WLRfm/Granville Hotel GAA Awards night on Saturday night last.
[Noel Browne]
Lismore
MAIN SPONSOR EAMONN’S PLACE
THE AGM
On Saturday night last we held the AGM in the clubhouse
which was well attended. Chairman Declan Doocey welcomed everyone present and wished for a good constructive
meeting.
Secretary Joe Pollard read the minutes of the previous
AGM. He then gave his secretary’s report which detailed the
events of the previous year both on and off the field. He
thanked all the sub-committees for the work carried out by
them and gave a special thanks to the outgoing Chairman
and Secretary of Juvenile Club, Joe O’Keeffe & Eilish McGlone.
Colin Kearney, Treasurer, gave his report on the club
finances and the current state of the club. In his report he
thanked Aaron Doocey and the Lotto Committee for the
tremendous and appreciated work carried out throughout
the year. He also thanked Sean Daly and committee running
the Cheltenham Preview Night which was very successful.
Colin thanked the Juvenile Club especially Joe O’Keeffe and
Treasurer John Howard for their great effort at controlling
their finances. Last but by no means least he thanked Eamonn
Walsh of Eamonn’s place for his sponsorship. Finally he concluded by giving a planned budget for the coming year.
Declan Doocey gave his Chairman’s report thanking his fellow officers, the committees & sub-committees, the players,
selectors and mentors for all their effort during the past year.
Declan asked the meeting to give one minute silence for
deceased members especially President Paddy Moore,
Michael Ormonde and Jimmy Geoghegan. In conclusion he
wished Jimmy O’Gorman the best of luck in the Granville
awards, thanked everyone for coming and wished the club
every success in the future.
Election of Officers – President: Jack O’Donoghue; VicePresidents: Michael O’Leary (Snr), Michael Foley, John Flynn
(Snr), Paddy Lawton, May Lawton, Br Dormer, Fr Culinane,
John O’Gorman, Jim Crowley, Sonny Bransfield & Donie
Coughlan. Chairman: Declan Doocey; Vice-Chairman: Dom
O’Connell; Secretary & PRO: Joe Pollard; Asst. Secretary: Jimmy
O’Gorman; Treasurer: Colin Kearney; Ass. Treasurer: Aaron
Doocey; Register: Becky O’Keeffe; Insurance Officer: John
Landers; Health & Safety: Joe Pollard; Oifigeach na Gaeilge:
Emer Barry; Child Safety Officer: Committee: Ger Ahearne,
Christy Brien, Liam Buckley, Patsy Buckley, Will Cunningham,
Ed Fenton, Dan Geoghegan, George Howard (Jr), George
Howard (Sr), Ed Nugent, Kieran O’Gorman, Joe O’Keeffe,
Kevin Ryan, Joe Tobin & John Whelan.
Declan Doocey concluded the meeting by again thanking
everyone for attending and hoped for a successful year bothy
on and off the field of play.
LOTTO RESULTS
There was no winner of the draw held on Monday night,
14th January. Drawn numbers were: 3, 13, 18 & 22.
Consolation winners: Denis O’Flaherty, Michael O’Brien, Brian
Buckley & Helen Landers.
CHELTENHAM PREVIEW NIGHT
This will be held on Monday, 25th February, 2013, in The
Park Hotel, Dungarvan. More information to follow in the
coming weeks.
Naomh Chárthaigh
Naomh Chárthaigh Juvenile Club held its AGM last Friday
evening 11th January in the Clubhouse, Lismore GAA
Grounds. Chairperson Joe O'Keeffe opened the meeting and
welcomed everyone. A minutes silence was had in respect for
anyone who had died during the year belonging to the club.
Detailed reports were given from the clubs Secretary Eilish
McGlone, Treasurer John Howard and Chairman Joe
O'Keeffe. The hard work and dedication by the people who
helped out throughout the year was highlighted at the meeting.
Election of officers: Our chairperson Joe O'Keeffe stepped
down after three years of hard work and dedication. His input
into the club was phenomenal. Ciaran O'Gorman (Cugs) was
elected the new Chairperson, Vice Chair-Joe O'Keeffe,
Secretary-Jennifer O'Gorman, assist. secretary-Carmel Ryan,
Treasurer-John Howard, P.R.O-Eilish McGlone, Registrar-Becky
O'Keeffe, Child Welfare Officer - Olivia Clinton.
The selectors for the coming year were put in place.
Although the attendance wasn't great we hope to see
parents getting involved throughout the year.Best of luck in
2013 for all involved.
NEW TELEVISION SERIES SCÓR NA nÓG 2012/13
Coiste Náisiúnta Scór in conjunction with TG4 and Adare
Productions have been holding auditions around the country
for a new television series involving Scór na nÓg competitors
the final one being in Midleton last Thursday. We are thrilled
to inform you that the O'Keeffe brother's, Daniel, Ryan, Jamie
& Joseph got through and will be travelling up to the RTE
studio's in Dublin on Tuesday 22nd January to represent their
club & County. Further details to follow in the coming weeks.
MUNSTER SCÓR NA NÓG FINALS 2013
It's been a busy few weeks for the O'Keeffe brothers as last
Sunday they represented their club and County in the
Munster Scór na Nóg semi-finals in Ovens, Co Cork. Once
again they did us proud and have qualified for the Munster
Finals in Mallow on Sunday, 27th January. Further details to
follow.
If anyone would like to submit details on any activities or
match results please contact Eilish McGlone
OPERATION TRANSFORMATION
Operation Transformation got off to a flying start last
Thursday night. If there is anyone interested please come
along on Thursday night between 6.30 p.m. and 7.30 p.m.
€2 weigh in and all proceeds will go to St. Carthages Rest
Home. Thanking you for your support. For any information
contact Eilish on 086-1223015.
St. Olivers
CLUB LOTTO
This week’s winner is ball number 25 and the winner is
William O'Brien.
INDOOR
Our indoor started up again last weekend and we had a
great turnout. Please ensure that your child has an appropriate helmet when coming to training.
MINOR & UNDER 21
Our Minors have their first game on the 2nd February and
they have started training as of last week. Our under 21's are
out on the 16th February and they had a great session last
Friday in Aglish. Training continues for both grades this week
- updates on twitter and by club text.
MEDAL PRESENTATION
We will be celebrating our success in 2012 this Saturday
night. We have medals and cups to present at under 11,
Under 12 Under 14 Under 16 and Minor levels. We will have
a special guest to present the medals and a good night is
expected. Please come along from 8 and presentation to
begin at 8.30. There will be club gear available to order and
there will be refreshments served on the night.
GIRLS AGM
The AGM of St. Olivers Girls Football is on this Thursday in
Ballinameela hall at 8 p.m. We would encourage a big
turnout to assist the club get the structures right for the girls
football in the area.
MEMBERSHIP
Club membership is now due €25 for an individual and €50
for a family - you should all receive a Membership Form in the
post this week and we would ask that they be returned this
weekend at the indoor on Friday night or at the Medal
Ceremony on Saturday night. Membership is a key part in
keeping the club going and we thank you for paying it
promptly.
FOOTBALL MOUTHGUARDS
All GAA Players playing up to Minor Grade must wear a
mouthguard for all football training and matches from 1st
January on - details sent in the post but please ensure this is
adhered to.
They had a useful work-out on
Sunday last at the Ardmore venue
losing out to UCC in challenge
game on a scoreline of 3-18 to 1-23
and they will be keen to record a
win here as they build up to the
2013 Allianz National League campaign continues a pace.
Certainly, team manager
Michael Ryan and his fellow mentors are facing into what will be
any standards a very testing
league campaign, especially when
they will be without the services of
the whole hearted Stephen
Molumphy
while
Maurice
Shanahan who has had surgery on
his hips is unlikely to be back in
action until March at the earliest,
with Philip Mahony and David
O’Sullivan also unavailable.
Waterford utilised 21 players on
Sunday last and they produced
some good fair.
It’s a another step up at
Carriganore and supporters should
witness a good competitive game
on Sunday.
Senior Hurling challenge
at Ardmore
UCC ........................................ 3-18;
Waterford ............................ 1-23.
WATERFORD hurlers had a useful
pipe-opener on Sunday afternoon
last prior to next weekend’s outing
in
the
Munster
Council’s
Waterford Crystal Tournament
against UL when they lost out by a
single point to a UCC at the
Ardmore venue.
This challenge outing was
played over four quarters of 20
minutes each and no doubt
Michael Ryan and his management team will have learned a
good deal from it as they commence their competitive season
next weekend.
Waterford scorers: S. Walsh
1-1, M. O’Neill 0-4, R. Foley 0-3, K.
Fitzgerald 0-3, D. Twomey 0-3, S.
O’Sullivan 0-2, D. Breathnach 0-2, J.
Barron 0-2, B. O’Halloran 0-2, G.
Crotty 0-1.
Waterford: Stephen O’Keeffe;
Barry Coughlan, Liam Lawlor, Noel
Connors; Padraig Prendergast,
Michael Walsh, Kevin Moran;
Richie Foley, Dean Twomey; K.
Fitzgerald, Shane O’Sullivan, Gavin
Crotty; Raymond Barry, Shane
Walsh, Brian O’Sullivan.
Subs used: Jamie Barron,
Darragh Fives, Brian O’Halloran,
Jake Dillon, Donie Breathnach,
Martin O’Neill.
Western Board 2013
Affiliations Meeting
WESTERN Board held its 2013
affiliation meeting at Lawlor’s
Hotel, Dungarvan on Thursday
night last with Chairman Eddie
Cunningham presiding who welcomed the delegates and extended best wishes to all the Board’s
clubs for the coming year.
A vote of sympathy was then
extended to all members of the
Association who had passed to
their eternal reward since their last
meeting.
FIXTURES COMMITTEE
The members of the officer
board were nominated and ratified as its fixtures committee for
the coming year.
The big talking point at the
meeting was that it appears that
the Tallow/Shamrocks combination may not apply for 2013 in the
u-21 grade. However, they are lining out together in the
juvenile/minor grades as Cois
Bhride.
The following are the 2013
adult affiliations:
INTERMEDIATE HURLING
CHAMPIONSHIP
Stradbally
Abbeyside
Brickey Rangers
Ardmore
Clashmore
Ballinameela
Fourmilewater
Tourin
Shamrocks
Cappoquin
JUNIOR HURLING (PREMIER)
CHAMPIONSHIP
Geraldines
Colligan
Kilgobinet
St. Mary’s
Modeligo
Ballysaggart
JUNIOR HURLING (SENIOR
ATTACHED) CHAMPIONSHIP
Dungarvan
An Rinn
Lismore
Tallow
Ballyduff
JUNIOR HURLING (INTERMEDIATE
ATTACHED)
CHAMPIONSHIP
Brickey Rangers
Clashmore
Glen Rovers
Ballysaggart
Shamrocks
Cappoquin
Geraldines
Abbeyside
INTERMEDIATE FOOTBALL
CHAMPIONSHIP
Ballinacourty
Dungarvan
Clashmore
Geraldines
Nire
Sliabh gCua
Ballyduff
JUNIOR FOOTBALL (PREMIER)
CHAMPIONSHIP
Old Parish
Colligan
Kilgobinet
Modeligo
Lismore*
Tallow
Shamrocks
Affane
* The Observer understands that the
Lismore Club have notified the Western
Board since the meeting to the effect
that they will not be fielding in Junior
Football in 2013.
JUNIOR FOOTBALL (SENIOR
Stradbally
Kilrossanty
Brickey Rangers
An Rinn
Ballinameela
JUNIOR FOOTBALL (INTERMEDIATE
Geraldines
Melleray
Dungarvan
The draws and fixtures will take
place at the next meeting of the
Board which will be held on
Thursday, 24th January.
Prior to that the officer Board
will decide upon their recommen-
dations in respect of the minor /
U-21 grades which will then come
before the delegates on the 24th
inst. for decision.
The projected dates for the
commencement of the 2013
Divisional championships are u-21
football 15th and 16th February.
Intermediate/Junior hurling
(Round 1) 13th and 14th April.
Round 2 20th/21st April.
Intermediate/Junior football
(Round1) 4th/5th May. (Round 2)
11th and 12th May.
2012 CHAMPIONSHIP
MEDALS PRESENTED
The Chairman and Treasurer
John Jackson then presented the
2012 championship medals as follows:
Intermediate Hurling: An Rinn.
Junior Hurling (Premier):
Geraldines.
Junior
Hurling
(Senior
attached): Fourmilewater.
Junior Hurling (Intermediate
attached): Cappoquin.
U-21 (A) Hurling: St. Carthages.
U-21
(B)
Hurling:
Fourmilewater.
Minor Hurling (A): Dungarvan.
Minor Hurling (B): St. Olivers.
Intermediate
Football:
Ballinameela
Junior Football (Premier):
Tallow
Junior
Football
(Senior
attached): Clashmore
Junior Football (Intermediate
attached): Ballinameela
U-21 (A) Football: Ballinacourty
U-21 (B) Football: Brickey
Rangers
Minor (A) Football: St. Patrick’s
Minor (B) Football: Brickey
Rangers
N.B.: In the event of any club
requiring additional medals they
are requested to contact Board
Treasurer John Jackson.
GAA
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From the files of the Dungarvan Observer Saturday, 29th January, 1963
Annual Gathering of Déise Clubs
22 MOTIONS LISTED FOR CONVENTION
SUNDAY is Convention day within
the county, when delegates from
all clubs stand on equal footing
and review a year that in many
ways has been spectacularly successful. Dungarvan as heretofore
will be the venue for this annual
get-together which commences at
2.00 p.m.
Again outgoing Secretary
Declan Goode presents a detailed
report of the year’s activities. He
details at length with the County’s
appearances in all grades during
the year, with particular emphasis
on the senior hurlers. Their championship success and failure are
recalled while just tribute is paid to
them for their wonderful
Oireachtas victory.
Of the senior hurling county
final in which Erin’s Own wrested
the title from Mount Sion, Declan
is
lavish
in
his
praises.
Congratulations are extended to
both finalists in serving up hurling
that will be remembered for many
a day. Financially, he says the Board
is in a strong position, and he looks
with confidence to ‘63 when
Waterford will again battle their
way back to the top.
UNOPPOSED
Declan Goode is again
unopposed as Secretary.
For nigh on quarter of a
century now he has filled the role
of Secretary with honour and distinction. His value to the Board is
appreciated in all corners of the
County and his unassuming character has gained for him an enormous degree of popularity.
Outgoing Chairman and
Treasurer Jamie Moloney NT and
Paddy Kenneally respectively also
have opposition listed against
them
but
as
with
the
Secretaryship, they will in all probability be re-elected without a contest.
Nioclas Mac Craith has been
nominated to stand against Mr.
Moloney, while Mick Doyle
(Mount Sion) has found support
for treasurership.
Three nominations have been
received for the two positions as
representatives to the Munster
Council. Outgoing men Tom
Lannon and Seamus Power are
again in the field, with Donal
Whelan and Nioclas Mac Craith.
MOTIONS
There are a total of 22 motions
down for discussion which are
given hereunder:
1. – That any club asked to travel over 25 miles for a
championship or league fixture be
given not less than £10 expenses.
2. – That all county finals rotate
each year between East and West
Waterford, starting this year with
hurling in West Waterford and
football in the East; (B) also that
each year in both divisions of the
County, the finals will rotate
between fields approved by
County Board. That the existing
bye-laws be rescinded if any.
3. – That the venues for all
County Finals be fixed for same
meeting of County Board.
Ceapach Chuinn (1, 2, 3.)
4. – That all county finals be
played in Eastern and Western
venues on alternate years except in
the case of agreement between
teams from the same division contesting the finals. Hurling finals
and football finals to be played in
different divisions in the one year
(existing bye-laws to be amended
accordingly.)
5. – In the event of draws in
championship games under the
auspices of the County Board that
the participating clubs shall each
receive 25% of the gross gate
taken in the replay.
6. – That this Convention
empower and instruct the County
Board to meet with the committee
of Walsh Park with a view to revision of the existing rent agreement. Any bye-law effected by this
motion be amended.
(Cnoc Sion (4, 5, 6.)
7. – That a set of hurleys be
made available to juvenile hurling
teams that took part in the 1962
juvenile hurling championships.
(Cathal Brugha 7)
8. – That the Phelan Cup be run
on a two-Division league system,
commencing on or after first
Sunday in October and the final
between the Division winners to
be played on or before first
Sunday in May.
(De La Salle 8)
9. – That the senior hurling and
senior football finals be played in
Waterford and Dungarvan on
alternative years and the remaining championship county finals be
played at an Eastern or Western
venue on alternative years.
Existing bye-laws to be amended
accordingly.
(Gall Tir 9)
10. – That senior and junior
clubs who regrade players to their
Primary team may not play those
regraded players against a primary
team proper.
(Naomh Mhuire 10).
11. – That the method of
arranging County final venues for
all grades revert to the old system
i.e., Eastern venue and Western
venue on alternative years, except
when the competing clubs agree
on a venue. Existing bye-laws to be
amended.
12. – That the County Board
supply perpetual trophies for all
county championships for which
there are not perpetual trophies
already supplied.
13. – That the County Board
issue up-to-date copies of the byelaws before the 1st March, 1963,
and that any club which does not
receive such a copy before the first
round of the championships may
refuse to do so until such time as it
does receive such a copy.
(Micheal Mac Craith 11, 12,
13)
14. – That all Junior and Premier
teams attached to senior clubs be
drawn against each other in the
first rounds of the championship.
15. – That the following paragraph be added under sub-heading (e) to Rule 95, Page 93,
O.G.1961:Rule
to
be
amended
accordingly:
“Neither team concerned in an
objection shall take any further
part in the same competition until
the alleged infringements have
been disposed of by Divisional,
County or Provincial Committee.”
(Port Cladach (14, 15)
16. – That the part of motion 24
(passed at Convention of 1959 and
still in operation), viz. “That henceforth new bye-laws be printed as is
the custom in respect of general
rules and issued to clubs within
one month after. Rule 36, P.63,
B l a s t f ro m t h e P a s t
Our Blast from the Past photograph this week goes back all of 60 years to June 1953 and was taken at Clonmel and shows the Waterford County Council selection inclusive of a few
guest players who played Tipperary South Riding Council in a special game which marked the 100th Anniversary of the introduction of Local Government in Ireland. As to the actual
colour of the Waterford jerseys we will leave to our readers. No less than four to that team won All-Ireland medals with Waterford. Back row left to right: Tom Cunningham
(Dungarvan) (All-Ireland minor 1948, senior 1959), Austin Flynn (Abbeyside) (All-Ireland senior 1959), Pat Hallahan (Dungarvan), Redmond Russell (Dungarvan), Tommy Butler
(Dungarvan), Tom Spratt, Frank O’Brien (Dungarvan), Paddy Walsh, Michael O’Connor (Abbeyside). Front row left to right: Donal Whelan (Dungarvan), John O’Regan, Joe Mulvihill,
Tony Bolger (Lismore), Tommy Houlihan (Dungarvan), Maurice McHugh (Abbeyside) (All-Ireland minor 1948), Johnny O’Connor (Abbeyside), (All-Ireland senior 1948). The team mentors on the day were Paddy Hogan, a great Kilrossanty stalwart and Eddie Power (Dungarvan) who by all accounts guided their charges to victory.
O.G., has been complied with and
that it be added “such new byelaw not to become operative prior
to such issue.
17. – To give notice to the
County Board as to whether it
would be feasible to have assembly rooms of their own.
(Roduighthe na Brice (16,
17)
18. – With the view of speeding
up and implementing claims from
injured players, my club recommends that this Convention
instruct the incoming County
Board to appoint an officer from
the Board to deal solely with
claims from injured players.
19. – That the County Board be
instructed to procure a suitable
playing field in the Kilmacthomas
area.
20. – That in future replays of
the County senior finals the participating clubs be entitled to a share
each of the gross gate.
21. – That in future senior
county finals and inter-county
games, the rent of Walsh Park be
increased from £25 to £50.
22. – That in 1963 each Club be
furnished with a current copy of
the County Bye-laws.
(Rogha Eireann (18, 19, 20,
21, 22).
STANDING ORDERS
In order that the proceedings of
the Convention be carried out
without delay, the following
Standing Orders to be observed:
1. – The proposer of a
Resolution or an Amendment
thereto may speak for five minutes
but not more than five minutes.
2. – A delegate speaking to a
Resolution or an Amendment
must not exceed three minutes.
3. – The Proposer of a
Resolution or an Amendment may
speak a second time for three minutes before a vote is taken, but no
other delegate can speak a second
time to the same Resolution or
Amendment.
4. – The Chairman may at any
time he considered a matter has
been sufficiently discussed, call on
the Proposer for a replay and
when that had been given a vote
must be taken.
5. – A delegate may with the
consent of the Chairman move:
“That the question be now put,“
after which, when the Proposer
has spoken, a vote must be taken.
6. – Standing Orders shall not
be suspended for the purpose of
considering any matters not on the
Agenda except by the consent of a
majority equal to two-thirds of
those present and entitled to vote.
NOMINATIONS
Cathaoirleach (3): Seamus O
Maoldomhnaigh, OS., Caislean
Cuanach (outgoing); Padraig O
Cionnfhaolaidh (Naomh Eoin);
Padraig O Fainin (Cnoc Sion).
Cisdeoir (3): Padraig O
Cionnfhaolaidh (Naomh Eoin)
(outgoing); Micheal O Dubhghaill
(Cnoc Sion); Sean Ui Fearrachair
(Ceapach Chuinn).
Runaidhe (1): Deaglan Guid,
Dungarbhan (outgoing).
Comhairle na Mumhan (3):
Tomas O Leannain, Dungarbhan
(outgoing); Seamus de Paor, Cnoc
Sion (outgoing); Nioclas Mac
Craith (Rod na Brice).
Ard Comhairle (2): Cathal
Mac an Maoir (Rogha Eireann)
(outgoing); Sean O Cathain (Cnoc
Sion).
GAA
Gaelic
Jottings
On the Transfer Front
POSSIBLY the most notable aspect on the intercounty transfer front this year is that a total of
twenty players have transferred to the Ballydurn
Club. Eight from Kilmacthomas and ten from
Kilrossanty, both of whom are not affiliated in
hurling in 2013, while two Portlaw players also
transferred to Ballydurn. Thus, with Butlerstown
last year’s County JHC (Premier) champions
promoted to the Intermediate grade for this year’s
championship, Ballydurn have to be shortlisted for
the Eastern JHC Premier title.
A total of six Roanmore players have transferred
to St. Saviours for football purposes. Thus,
Roanmore are unlikely to affiliate any adult football team for 2013. On the minor football front
which, of course, will be the first County Board
championship to get underway next month, a total
of six Erin’s Own players were granted permission
to assist Gaultier on the basis that Erin’s Own will
not be fielding a minor football team this year.
Kieran Power the Coláistí na nDéise hurling star
has transferred to Clonea, while in football he
transferred to John Mitchells, who will also be
boosted by a total of five further inward transfers.
The Kilrossanty club benefitted from four
inward transfers namely, Padraig, Eamon and Sean
Cooney from the Nire club and Shane Delahunty
from Ballinacourty. While an inter-county transfer
sees Brendan McGarr from Blessington in Wicklow
joining the Comeragh Club. He played at centrefield with Wicklow in 2010-11 and should be quite
an addition to the wearers of the green and gold.
Brickey Rangers had a total of five inward transfers and one outward. Former Fourmilewater/Nire
star David Ryan who is now living in the Brickey
Valley has transferred to the local club.
Finally, Thomas O’Brien transferred from Lismore
to near neighbours Tourin, who interestingly have
seen their IHC County final of 2011 full back trio of
Mark Landers and Jamie Dalton (Canada) and
Daniel Leahy (Australia) all
working aboard.
The late late news is
that Tourin’s inter-county
star (pictured right) Shane
Fives is about to switch his
services to Cork 2011 SH
champions Carrigtwohill
and he
certainly will be a major
loss to this famed old hurling club.
Incidentally, Lismore’s
James O’Connor will again
be in charge of
Carrigtwohill for 2013.
Shane Fives
Harty Cup Semi-Final
ON this Wednesday afternoon the eagerly awaited
Dr. Harty Cup quarter-final goes ahead at
Dungarvan’s Fraher Field when Colaisti na nDeise
who accounted for Nenagh CBS to lift the cup for a
historic first time ever will put their hard won title
on the line when they face Blackwater CS. This
game has a 1.30 p.m. throw-in starting time.
Interesting Proposal
AT the recent Western Board meeting when the
difficulties of scheduling the Divisional Board’s
minor championships was outlined Dungarvan
delegate Paddy Fitzgerald felt it would be worth
experimenting with the idea of running off one of
these competitions minus exam test players. It’s
certainly a suggestion of some merit.
Ciaran Kilkenny
THE news that Dublin dual star 19 year old Ciaran
Kilkenny has changed his mind in respect of taking
up a career in Aussie Rules football in Australia
with the Hawther Club and will now concentrate
on his GAA career with his club Castleknock and
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T.M.
Dublin is a considerable boost for his club and
county.
Incidentally, Castleknock, the Dublin and Leinster
Junior Club Football Champions are scheduled to
play Kerry and Munster champions Kenmare
Shamrocks in the All-Ireland semi-final on Sunday,
27th January next and the availability of Ciaran
Kilkenny is a considerable boost for the Dublin
champions.
Noel Hickey
calls time
KILKENNY’S outstanding
full back Noel Hickey,
holder of a record nine
All-Ireland senior hurling
medals has called time on
his inter-county career. The
Dunnamaggan stalwart
informed team manager
Brian Coady last week of
Noel Hickey
his decision. He stated that
“I know now is the time for me to go” Hickey
advised after returning from the All-Ireland champions’ trip in New York and Jamaica. “I have no
regrets.” He joined the Kilkenny senior panel in
2000 and played in a total of 42 championship
games. “I got much more out of the game than I
could ever imagined. I have played with and
against some of the best,” the 32 year old said.
Setanta Live GAA
Coverage
SETANTA Sports have confirmed they will televise
live 15 Allianz National League games in February
and March.
February 2
Football: Kildare v. Donegal at 5.15 p.m.,
Setanta Ireland; Dublin v. Cork at 7 p.m., Setanta
Ireland; Down v. Tyrone at 7 p.m., Setanta Sports 1.
February 9
Football: Cork v. Kildare at 7 p.m., Setanta
Sports 1; Donegal v. Down at 7 p.m., Setanta
Ireland.
February 23
Hurling: Cork v. Tipperary at 7 p.m., Setanta
Sports 1; Dublin v. Offaly at 7 p.m., Setanta Ireland.
March 2
Football: Dublin v. Mayo at 7 p.m., Setanta
Sports 1; Armagh v. Longford at 7 p.m., Setanta
Ireland.
March 9
Football: Down v. Mayo at 7 p.m., Setanta
Ireland; Derry v. Armagh at 7 p.m., Setanta Sports
1.
March 16
Football: Cork v. Donegal at 5 p.m., Setanta
Sports 1; Dublin v. Tyrone at 7 p.m., Setanta Ireland.
Hurling: Dublin v. Limerick at 5.15 p.m., Setanta
Ireland.
March 23
Football: Dublin v. Down at 7 p.m., Setanta
Ireland.
John
Mullane’s
decision
awaited
SPECULATION is
mounting that five
times All-Star, 32 year
old John Mullane is
due to make an
John Mullane
announcement
shortly in respect of his inter-county future. The De
La Salle star unquestionably remains Waterford’s
best forward and should he opt to hurl on as we all
hope he will, it will be a huge boost for our hurling
chances in 2013. Time alone will tell.
September winner Michelle Ryan with her family, Louise, Shane, Sinead, Catherine and Michael Ryan.
[Noel Browne]
Pictured at the the WLR FM/Granville Hotel GAA Awards Gala Dinner were Pat and Mary White, Patricia
Walsh and Tom and Margaret Cunningham.
[Noel Browne]
Amalgamation
IN the 12 months to April 2012 a total of 76,400
left the Island of Ireland or if you like 209 people
per day and this awful haemorrhaging of our
youth is having this affect on all aspects of Irish life
including our various sports organisations.
This is particularly so in respect of the GAA
across rural Ireland and in some instances adult
clubs are joining forces by Amalgamation agreements.
Up in Mayo, the Hollymount and Carramore
clubs have been playing together at underage
level. The U-14, U-16, minor and U-21 age limited
grades as St. Gerard’s and protracted negotiations
ended when the decision to merge was defeated
by one vote. The decision was subsequently
revisited and a second ballot saw the merger
adopted.
Up in Laois, Castletown and Slieve Bloom saw no
other option but to join forces as part of a 2 year
trial period. It will be decided at the end of the trial
period to continue with the project of revert to the
original template.
Up in Tipperary, Aherlow and Lattin-Cullen, the
home of Nicky English have co-operated together
at underage level in hurling and football and both
held EGM’s to clear the way for amalgamation
which is now in place.
As well as emigration the planning laws for
building in rural areas and lack of adequate
sewerage facilities in most small villages are key
factors as many young people are being forced to
move to towns. As always the GAA is responding
to these demographic changes in its own way.
Sympathy
THROUGH our column sincere sympathy to the
members of the Curran family, Cappoquin, on the
death of Pa Curran, father of Cornerstone goalkeeper Darren Curran and uncle of well known
Dungarvan club member Pat Curran.
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BALLINAMEELA GAA CLUB SOCIAL
Ballinameela Intermediate Football Western and County Champions and Ballinameela Junior (intermediate attached) Western champions 2012, pictured with club mentors, officials and guest speaker Niall Cahillane at
their medal award ceremony and annual club dinner dance, which took place in the Park Hotel.
[Michael Kiely]
Ballinameela's Nicholas, Marion and Michael Walsh and Lorraine Cliffe pictured with the Western and
County intermediate football county cup at the clubs medal award ceremony and annual club dinner dance,
which took place in the Park Hotel.
[Michael Kiely]
Ballinameela GAA club officer board pictured with Fr. Fitzgerald and guest speaker Niall Cahillane at their
medal award ceremony and annual club dinner dance, which took place in the Park Hotel. Back row (L to R):
Finbar Harrington, guest speaker Niall Cahillane, Darren Mulcahy, Decky Glavin. Front row (L to R): Fr. P.
Fitzgerald, Terry McCarthy, Michael Stack, Fr. G. O’Connor.
[Michael Kiely]
Ballinameela honorary life members - (Back row): Nicholas Walsh, Paddy O'Keeffe, Michael O'Brien, Tom
Aherne. (Front row): James Power, Fr. P. Fitzgerald and Patsy O'Keeffe pictured at the club’s medal award
ceremony and annual dinner dance, which took place in the Park Hotel.
[Michael Kiely]
Guest speaker Niall Cahillane with Decky Glavin, Darren Mulcahy and Finbar Harrington. (Front row) Bernie
Glavin and Bridget Harrington pictured at their medal award ceremony and annual club dinner dance, which
took place in the Park Hotel.
[Michael Kiely]
BALLINAMEELA GAA CLUB SOCIAL
Claire Cotter, Jason McGrath and Mary Foley pictured at the Ballinameela GAA club medal award ceremony
and annual club dinner dance, which took place in the Park Hotel.
[Michael Kiely]
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Pictured attending the Ballinameela GAA club medal award ceremony and annual club dinner dance, which
took place in the Park Hotel. Back row: James Maher, Philip McHugh, Terry McCarthy, Jim McGrath, Michael
Stack. Front row: Alison Maher, Bernie McHugh, Noreen Stack, Mary McCarthy, Eleanor McGrath.
[Michael Kiely]
Minor Football Championship
Divisions and Fixtures 2013
took place in the Park Hotel. Back row (L to R): William Buckley, Vicky Mulhall, Ida Walsh, Eamon Walsh.
Front row (L to R): Bernie Flavin, Ger Flavin, Fr. P. Fitzgerald, Mary Hennessy.
[Michael Kiely]
took place in the Park Hotel. Back row: Kevin Phelan, Shane McGovern, Tom Curran, Stephen McGrath, Jack
McGrath, David McCarthy. Front row: Colin Walsh, James Shine, Jason Morrissey, Decky O’Brien, Joe Shine.
[Michael Kiely]
took place in the Park Hotel. Left to right: John Joe Maher, Sarah Maher, Olivia Maher, Alison Maher, James
Maher.
[Michael Kiely]
DIVISION 1
De La Salle, Gaultier, Dungarvan,
Roanmore, Clashmore /Kinsalebeg,
Rathgormack, The Nire, Ballinacourty.
DIVISION 2
St. Olivers, Naomh Brid, Tramore,
Clan na nGael, Brickey Rangers,
Stradbally.
DIVISION 3
Group 1 (13 aside) - Kilmacthomas,
Kilrossanty, St. Saviours, St. Mary’s,
Ferrybank, Ballyduff Lower.
Division 3 - Group 2 (13 aside) Lismore, Affane, Ardmore, Cois Brid,
Ballyduff Upper, An Gaeltacht.
DIVISION 1
Round 1 - Gaultier v. De La Salle in
Gaultier on Sunday, 3rd February at
12 noon.
Dungarvan v. Roanmore in
Dungarvan on Sunday, 3rd February
at 12 noon.
Rathgormack v. Clashmore/
Kinsalebeg in Rathgormack on
Sunday, 3rd February at 12 noon.
The Nire v. Ballinacourty in
Ballymacarbry on Sunday, 3rd
February at 12 noon.
Round
2 - Gaultier v.
Rathgormack in Gaultier on Sunday,
10th February at 12 noon.
The Nire v. Clashmore/Kinsalebeg
in Ballymacarbry on Sunday, 10th
Dungarvan v. Ballinacourty in
Dungarvan on Sunday, 10th February
at 12 noon.
De La Salle v. Roanmore in
Gracedieu on Sunday, 10th February
at 12 noon.
Round 3 - Clashmore/Kinsalebeg
v. Gaultier in Clashmore on Sunday,
24th February at 12 noon.
Rathgormack v. The Nire in
Rathgormack on Sunday, 24th
De La Salle v. Dungarvan in
at 12 noon.
Roanore v. Ballinacourty in
at 12 noon.
Round 4 - Dungarvan v.
Clashmore/Kinsalebeg in Dungarvan
on Sunday, 10th March at 12 noon.
Gaultier v. The Nire in Gaultier on
Saturday, 9th March at 3 p.m.
Roanmore v. Rathgormack in
Gracedieu on Saturday, 9th March at
3 p.m.
Ballinacourty v. De La Salle in
Abbeyside on Sunday, 10th March at
12 noon.
Round 5 - Ballinacourty v. Gaultier
at Abbeyside on Friday, 22nd March
at 7.30 p.m.
Rathgormack v. Dungarvan in
Rathgormack on Saturday, 23rd
March at 3 p.m.
Clashmore/Kinsalebeg
v.
Roanmore in Clashmore on Friday,
22nd March at 7.30 p.m.
De La Salle v. The Nire in Gracedieu
on Saturday, 23rd March at 3 p.m.
Round 6 - Dungarvan v. Gaultier
in Dungarvan on Friday, 12th April at
7 p.m.
Roanmore v. The Nire in Gracedieu
on Friday, 12th April at 7 p.m.
Clashmore/Kinsalebeg v. De La
Salle in Clashmore on Friday, 12th
April at 7 p.m.
Ballinacourty v. Rathgormack in
Abbeyside on Friday, 12th April at 7
p.m.
Round 7 - The Nire v. Dungarvan
in Ballymacarbry on Sunday, 28th
April at 12 noon.
Gaultier v. Roanmore in Gaultier
on Sunday, 28th April at 12 noon.
Rathgormack v. De La Salle in
Rathgormack on Sunday, 28th April
at 12 noon.
Ballinacourty
v.
Clashmore/Kinsalebeg in Abbeyside
on Sunday, 28th April at 12 noon.
DIVISION 2
Round 1 - St. Olivers v. Naomh
Brid in Ballinameela on Sunday, 10th
Tramore v. Clan na nGael in
Tramore on Sunday, 10th February at
12 noon.
Brickey Rangers v. Stradbally in
Bushy Park on Sunday, 10th February
at 12 noon.
Round 2 - Clan na nGael v. Brickey
Rangers in Dunhill on Sunday, 24th
Naomh Brid v. Tramore in Colligan
on Sunday, 24th February at 12 noon.
Stradbally v. St. Olivers in
Stradbally on Sunday, 24th February
at 12 noon.
Round 3 - Clan na nGael v.
Stradbally in Dunhill on Sunday, 10th
March at 11.30 a.m.
Naomh Brid v. Brickey Rangers in
Colligan on Sunday, 10th March at 12
noon.
Tramore v. St. Olivers in Tramore
on Saturday, 9th March at 3 p.m.
Round 4 - St. Olivers v. Clan na
nGael in Ballinameela on Saturday,
23rd March at 3 p.m.
Brickey Rangers v. Tramore in
Bushy Park on Saturday, 23rd March
at 3 p.m.
Stradbally v. Naomh Brid in
Stradbally on Saturday, 23rd March at
3 p.m.
Round 5 - St. Olivers v. Brickey
Rangers in Ballinameela on Friday,
12th April at 7 p.m.
Tramore v. Stradbally in Tramore
Naomh Brid v. Clan na nGael in
Colligan on Friday, 12th April at 7
p.m.
DIVISION 3
Round 1 - Kilmacthomas v.
Kilrossanty in Kilmacthomas on
Sunday, 10th February at 12 noon.
St. Saviours v. St. Marys in Ballybeg
Ferrybank v. Ballyduff Lower in
Ferrybank on Sunday, 10th February
at 12 noon.
Round 2 - St. Mary’s v. Ferrybank
in Bonmahon on Sunday, 24th
Kilrossanty v. St. Saviours in
Lemybrien on Sunday, 24th February
at 12 noon.
Ballyduff Lower v. Kilmacthomas
in Ballyduff Lower on Sunday, 24th
Round 3 - St. Marys v. Ballyduff
Lower in Bonmahon on Sunday, 10th
March at 11.30 a.m.
Kilrossanty v. Ferrybank in
Lemybrien on Sunday, 10th March at
12 noon.
St. Saviours v. Kilmacthomas in
Ballybeg on Saturday, 9th March at 3
p.m.
Round 4 - Kilmacthomas v. St.
Marys in Kilmacthomas on Saturday,
23rd March at 3 p.m.
Ferrybank v. St. Saviours in
Ferrybank on Saturday, 23rd March at
3 p.m.
Ballyduff Lower v. Kilrossanty in
Ballyduff Lower on Saturday, 23rd
March at 3 p.m.
Round 5 - Kilmacthomas v.
Ferrybank in Kilmacthomas on Friday,
12th April at 7 p.m.
St. Saviours v. Ballyduff Lower in
Ballybeg on Friday, 12th April at 7
p.m.
Kilrossanty v. St. Marys in
Lemybrien on Friday, 12th April at 7
p.m.
DIVISION 3
Round 1 - Lismore v. Affane in
Lismore on Sunday, 10th February at
12 noon.
Ardmore v. Cois Brid in Ardmore
Ballyduff Upper v. An Gaeltacht in
Ballyduff Upper on Sunday, 10th
Round 2 - Cois Brid v. Ballyduff
Upper in Tallow on Sunday, 24th
Affane v. Ardmore in Cappoquin
An Gaeltacht v. Lismore in An Rinn
Round 3 - Cois Brid v. An
Gaeltacht in Tallow on Sunday, 10th
March at 11.30 a.m.
Affane v. Ballyduff Upper in
Cappoquin on Sunday, 10th March at
12 noon.
Ardmore v. Lismore in Ardmore on
Saturday, 9th March at 3 p.m.
Round 4 - Lismore v. Cois Brid in
Lismore on Saturday, 23rd March, at 3
p.m.
Ballyduff Upper v. Ardmore in
Ballyduff Upper on Saturday, 23rd
March at 3 p.m.
An Gaeltacht v. Affane in An Rinn
on Saturday, 23rd March at 3 p.m.
Round 5 - Lismore v. Ballyduff
Upper in Lismore on Friday, 12th April
at 7 p.m.
Ardmore v. An Gaeltacht in
Ardmore on Friday, 12th April at 7
p.m.
Affane v. Cois Brid in Cappoquin
GAA
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McGrath Cup SF …
Winning start for Niall Carew’s stewardship
Waterford ............................ 0-16;
University of Limerick ....... 0-12.
Waterford senior footballers
commenced their 2013 competition season with a hard earned victory over University of Limerick in
what was a well contested and
lively encounter. The teams were
on level terms at the end of normal time after Tony Grey scored
the all important equalising point
in the 2nd minute of time added
on, 0-10 each.
They were also on level terms at
half-time at 0-6 each with Darren
Guiry, Gavin Nugent and Paul
Whyte contributing 0-2 each. On
the turnover Gary Hurney and
Paul Whyte had Waterford points.
In the opening half A. Moloney,
the Tipperary inter-county star
scored 0-4 for UL with L. McGovern
and E. Walsh adding a point each.
A. Moloney converted a ‘45 for
UL with E. Walsh also on target
after Gary Hurney had earlier
made it 0-9 to 0-7. Enter centrestage substitute D. Keohane
who proved his worth by landing a
brace of points to edge the
students ahead by 0-10 to 0-9 at
the end of normal time. Then,
came Tony Grey’s all important
equalising points to send this
game to extra time, 0-10 each.
In the first period of extra time
Gary Hurney, Shane Ahearne and
Tony Grey were Waterford’s scorers with J. O’Rourke replying for
UL, 0-13 to 0-11.
In the second period of extra
time Waterford remained well on
top as Gary Hurney (0-2) and
Shane Ahearne (free) completed
the scoring, while A. Moloney had
UL’s only score, 0-16 to 0-12.
A winning start then for Niall
Carew and his management team
which will boost all round confidence within the panel. However,
no marks whatsoever in respect of
Waterford’s line-up as in personnel
and positional switches it was completely at variance with the issued
team sheet. Let’s hope that a more
positive approach to same will be
adopted for the future.
Waterford played reasonably
well and fully deserved their win,
yet, at times we had no less than
14 players behind the ball and only
one player up front. For the home
side Gary Hurney, Maurice
O’Gorman, Tony Grey, Shane
Briggs, John Hurney, Shane
Ahearne, Tommy Prendergast all
played well while keeper Stephen
Enright kept a clean sheet.
SCORERS AND TEAMS
Scorers: Waterford: G. Hurney 0-5, P. Whyte 0-3, G. Nugent, D. Guiry, T. Grey, S.
Ahearne (0-2) each.
UL: A. Moloney 0-6, E. Walsh, D. Keohane (0-2) each; L. McGovern, J. O’Rourke
(0-1) each.
Waterford: S. Enright; T. O hUallachain, M. Scurry, J. Hurney; T. Grey, S. Briggs,
R. Cahill; T. Prendergast, S. Ahearne; M. O’Gorman, P. Hurney, P. Whyte; D. Guiry,
G. Hurney, G. Nugent. Subs: C. Phelan for O hUallachain; L. O Lionain for Guiry; C.
McGrath for Nugent; S. Prendergast for J. Hurney; J. McGrath for Scurry; S.
Dempsey for Cahill; J. Wall for T. Prendergast.
UL: R. Byrne (Mayo); M. Tierney (Kerry), T. Clancy (Cork), B. Maguire (Kerry); L.
Mulligan (Kerry), N. Fitzgerald (Kerry), D. Ryan (Clare); D. Niblock (Cork), K. Canty
(Cork); L. McGovern (Kildare), A. Moloney (Tipperary), G. Ryan (Tipperary); J.
O’Rourke (Cork), S. O’Callaghan (Kerry), E. Walsh (Kerry). Subs: D. Dolan (Mayo)
for G. Ryan; D. Keohane (Cork) for O’Callaghan; J. Spillane (Kerry) for D. Ryan.
Referee: B. Tyrell (Tipperary).
Waterford Senior Football selectors. From left: Tony Corcoran, Selector.
Niall Carew, Manager and Tony Kelly, Selector. [Sean Byrne//Deise Sport]
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Senior Football
McGrath Cup
Semi-Final
At Sean Treacy Park, Tipperary
at 2 p.m.
Tipperary
-vWaterford
TIPPERARY with home advantage will be well fancied to build on their
shock victory over Cork at Pairc Ui Rinn on Sunday last, 2-9 to 1-9. In fact,
it was Tipperary’s first competitive win over the Rebels since their Munster
championship success at the Clonmel Sportsfield in 1944.
In defence, full back and captain Paddy Codd was outstanding with
Andrew Morrissey also being very impressive up front. Top scorer Barry
Grogan with 1-6, Philip Austin and Paddy Quirke stood out.
Speaking to a Cork supporter who was at the game, he felt that
Tipperary fully deserved their win, although he was quite critical of Cork’s
finishing efforts for scores. Again, he advised that Tipperary had many
men behind the ball to express the modern parlance.
Waterford for their part carved out a hard earned win over UL at the
Carriganore venue in a contest which went to extra time, 0-16 to 0-12.
In total, Niall Carew and company utilised a total of 22 players in last
weekend’s game, which will have been of considerable benefit to them
and while Tipperary are the clear favourites it’s a challenge that the
Waterford players will no doubt relish.
Waterford Crystal Cup
Fixtures
SATURDAY, JANUARY 19th
Senior Hurling Preliminary
Round:
Limerick
v
Mary
Immacultate College
Venue: Bruff at 11:30 am
Referee: Damien Fox (Clare)
Extra-time if necessary
Cork v University College
Cork
Venue: The Mardyke, Cork at
12:00 noon
Referee:
John
O’Brien
(Tipperary)
Senior Hurling Preliminary
Round:
Kerry v IT Tralee
Venue: Abbeydorney at 1:00
p.m.
Referee: Michael O’Connor
(Limerick)
Waterford v University of
Limerick
Venue: WIT GAA Grounds
Carriganore at 2:00 p.m.
Referee:
Fergal
Horgan
(Tipperary)
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McGrath Cup Senior
Football QuarterFinals Results
My choice for the Waterford
Sports Star for 2012 is:
McGrath
Cup
Senior
Football Quarter-Finals:
Limerick 2-16; Clare 2-13
(after extra time)
Kerry 2-12; University College
Cork 0-10
Tipperary 2-9; Cork 1-9
Waterford 0-16; University of
Limerick 0-12 (after extra-time)
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Fixtures
SUNDAY JANUARY 20th
McGrath
Cup
Senior
Football Semi-Finals:
Tipperary v Waterford
Venue: Sean Tracey Park,
Tipperary Town at 2 p.m.
Referee: Eddie Walsh (Kerry)
Extra time if necessary
Kerry v Limerick
Venue: Fitzgerald Stadium,
Killarney at 2 p.m.
Referee: Conor Lane (Cork)
Name: ……………………………………….
Address: …………………………………….
………………………………………………..
Tel. No. (if any): ……………………………
Return to :–
Waterford Sports Star for 2012,
c/o The Park Hotel, Dungarvan, County Waterford.
Closing date for entries is
Friday, 18th January, 2013, at 10.00 a.m.
RESULTS WILL BE PUBLISHED
GAA
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Members of the Abbeyside / Ballinacourty U-21 Football Team who won the Western and County A Title in 2012 at the presentation of medals at a special function in Minnies. Included are Special Guest, Tipperary Allstar
Footballer, Declan Brown with team mentors Laurence Hurney, Eddie O'Halloran, Michael O'Donovan and Timmy Organ.
[Sean Byrne//Deise Sport]
Waterford Ladies Football …
Intermediate Ladies get off
to a winning start
Tony Mansfield, Chairman Abbeyside/Ballinacourty GAA Club making a presentation to Special Guest,
Tipperary Allstar Footballer, Declan Browne during the presentation of County and Western U-21 Football
medals at a special function in Minnies. Included is Michael O'Halloran, Team Captain.
New manager for Stradbally
THE new senior football manager
for 2013 is Stephen Cunningham.
Stephen who has a wealth of football experience will be well capable of the huge task involved.
AGM 2013
The following were elected at
the 2013 AGM:
Presidents: Fr. Condon, Fr.
Enright, K. O’Brien, T. Walsh, P.
Flynn, T. Foley, A. Stone, P. Power, J.
Corbett, B. Corbett, W. O’Brien
and K. Begley.
Chairman: Pat Fennell
Vice
Chairman:
Kieran
Heffernan
Secretary: Breda Kiely
Asst. Sec: John McGrath
Treasurer: John Dunphy
Asst. Treasurer: Paul Heffernan
Registrar: Breda Kiely
PRO: Virgil Power (Fahafeelagh)
Insurance Officer: Deirdre
Keane
Membership Officer: Anthony
Morrissey
Children/Drug/Alcohol Officer:
Paul Heffernan assisted by John
McGrath
Cultural Officer: Michelle
Mullaney.
Committee: Tom Cunningham,
Ger Power, Stephan Cunningham,
Oliver
Costelloe,
Freddie
McGuickian, Luke Casey and
Maurice Lannon.
First Aid. Nina Fee, Emmett
Cummins, Eoin O’Brien and
Eamonn Clancy
GUM SHIELDS
From 1st January all players that
are playing in any grades up to
and including minors are required
to wear a mouth-guard in all
games and training sessions. This
rule will have to be adhered to at
all times, Players will not be
insured if they do not wear a
mouth piece.
MEMBERSHIP
Membership is now due for the
coming year, contact our membership officer Anthony Morrissey on
087-9281986.
LAST GAME
The last official game played by
the late Frankie Walsh who died
recently was the 1974 Junior
Hurling championship Co. Final
against Stradbally in which the
Reds were victorious. The score
that day was Stradbally 1-10;
Mount Sion 0-9.
SYMPATHY
The club would like to offer our
deepest sympathy to the Kiely
family, Newtown on the death of
Matt Kiely. Matt was a very loyal
supporter of Stradbally over the
years. May he rest in peace.
UNDERAGE
TRAINING
Parents take note! Underage
Training back this Friday night at
6.30. Under 6's at Sallyfort Farm
(€2) Under 8's and 11's in the field.
Parents are requested to accompany children into training for this
first night for a few minutes to
meet the coaches. Thank You.
CLUB WEBSITE
Visit our website www.stradballygaa.com for a more detailed
account of club activities
Waterford ………………....... 4-9;
Limerick ……………….….......0-4
WATERFORD intermediate ladies
got the new season off to a winning start when they easily overcame Limerick in the Jim Kennedy
Cup in Mick Neville Park in
Rathkeale on Wednesday night
last.
Waterford were quickly out off
the blocks with Elaine Power registering Waterford’s first two
points on 3 minutes and 8 minutes respectively. Shona Curran
then added to the tally with a
point on 12 minutes and four
minutes later Michelle Ryan
played a quick free to Trish
Fitzgerald who duly slotted it over
the bar.
Linda Wall extended
Waterford’s lead to five points
with a well taken score on 17
minutes and one minute later
Trish Fitzgerald was put through
on goal and the Clashmore lady
made no mistake dispatching the
ball to the Limerick net for a well
taken goal.
Limerick opened their account
on 21 minutes but the game was
virtually over as a contest when
Shona Curran got Waterford’s
second goal on 22 minutes. There
then was a brief rally by the
Limerick ladies to leave the score
at half-time Waterford 2-5;
Limerick 0-3.
In the second half manager Pat
O’Brien got an opportunity to
give valuable game time to some
of the newer members of the
panel. Michelle Ryan opened the
scoring from a free in the 31st
minute. Limerick replied with a
point in the 43rd and this was to
be their only score in the second
half.
Linda Wall tacked on another
point in the 47th minute and a
brace of goals in the 55th minute,
the first from Elaine Power followed by one from Michelle Ryan
sealed the victory. Waterford’s last
score came in the 60th minute
when Aileen Wall shot over a fine
point to leave the final score
Waterford 4-9 to Limerick 0-4.
This was a good win for the
girls. Manager Pat O’Brien is
delighted with the effort and
work-rate being put in to date,
but is very conscious that tougher
games lie ahead for the girls in
the next rounds of the competition and in the National Football
League.
A panel of 31 players are currently in training and competition
for places will be keen. It was
good to see Mary Foley, Anne
Dunphy and Eibhlís Cooney back
in action. Newcomers to the
panel Catherine Power, Claire
Whyte, Aisling Hahessy, and
Gráinne Costello showed up well
when introduced to the fray and
should be proud of their Inter
County intermediate debuts.
Next up for the team is a home
game against IT Tralee which will
be played in Ballyduff Upper on
Wednesday, 23rd January with
throw-in scheduled for 8 p.m.
UNDER 16 NEWS AND
REVIEW
Waterford’s under 16 team
opened last season’s competition
with an exciting draw against
Limerick (1-11 to 3-5) at Fraher
Field before heading off to
Coolmeen to play Clare in the
second round where the Déise
recorded a 2-10 to 1-6 win and in
the final round of the group
stages of the competition,
Waterford proved too strong for
Tipperary at Fraher Field winning
on a 4-8 to 2-10 scoreline.
This result set-up a repeat
match in the Munster final
against Tipperary. For the final,
Waterford were forced to line out
without a number of players who
were injured in the earlier rounds
of the campaign and when the
sides clashed for the second time,
it was the Premier County that
took home the winners trophy
winning 4-10 to 1-8 at Cahir.
Preparation has begun already
for an assault on this year’s championship.
Under the guidance of Crohan
McGregor (Manager), Joe Murray
(Coach), Patricia Ferncombe
(Health and Fitness) and Sean
Curry (Selector) a strong panel of
35 players has been assembled for
training. This panel has a number
of last year’s team who went so
close to winning the Munster
final and is supplemented by a
large number of last year’s Under
14 victorious county squad. Best
of luck to all concerned
Local Harty Cup game this Wednesday
ONE of four quarter-finals in this
season’s Harty Cup Schools Senior
Hurling Championship is the
eagerly awaited West Waterford
local derby game between reigning
champions
Dungarvan
Colleges
and
Blackwater
Community School in the Fraher
Field this Wednesday, 16th January
at 1.30 p.m.
The results of years of underage
work by the schools and clubs
involved will be on display for all
patrons to see and this 50/50 game
has the potential to be a contest
that will live long in the memory.
Both teams have three wins and
one defeat each to date and the
winners will meet the victors of
another quarter-final clash today
between Thurles CBS and
Castletroy College on Saturday,
February 2nd.
Venues are hard to come by at
this time of the year as repair work
is required for the new season so
fair dues to the Fraher Field committee for hosting this game and
deferring jobs such as the resodding of both 21 metre line areas to
a further date.
In the meantime, it’s all systems
go for today’s game with
Tipperary’s Noel Cosgrove, the
man in the middle. Finally, hopefully the respective teachers in
both the schools will ensure the
absence of the unwelcome sound
of bodhran noise as the free-takers
are executing their shots. It has no
place in our national games at any
level. May the best team win.
GAA CLUB NOTES
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Abbeyside/Ballinacourty
Sliabh gCua/St Mary's
JACK THE JOKER
Our popular Jack the Joker Fundraiser will continue this
Sunday night in Kennedy’s Live where the Jackpot will be
€7,054. On Sunday night Lorraine Dixon was drawn out of the
drum but did not find the Joker, however she did win €50,
while Liam Enright and Tony Mahoney 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.
CLUB BINGO
Our Bingo continues this Sunday night in the CBS Hall
where the jackpot will be at €800.
MEDAL PRESENTATION
On Saturday night last there was a fantastic turnout in
Minnies Bar for the presentation of the Western and County
Medals to our under 21 football team. Our guest of honour
on the night was Declan Browne who gave an excellent
speech which impressed all of those present, whilst team
Captain Michael O’Halloran made a presentation to the management team on behalf of the players which was no doubt
very well received by all of the selectors.
Tomas Kiely did an excellent job as MC on the night and
kept the proceedings moving along quickly and finally we
would like to thank Pat O’Brien and all the staff of Minnies for
making us feel welcome on the night and providing the complimentary food to the large attendance.
CLUB COMMITTEE MEETING
There will be a meeting of the Club Committee next
Wednesday night at 7:30 pm in the club grounds.
JUVENILE SECTION
Gum Shields: From January 1st, 2013, all players playing
in all grades up to and including minors are required to wear
a mouth-guard in all football games and training sessions. It
will be a matter for the club to ensure this rule is adhered too
at all training sessions. Players and coaches should note that
players will not be insured under the player injury scheme if
they are not wearing a mouth-guard. Therefore, as a club we
are obliged to enforce this rule at all training sessions.
Indoor hurling: Indoor hurling continues this Friday, 18th
January in the Friary gym starting at 6 p.m. for five and six year
olds.
Harty Cup: Colaistí Dungarbhain take on Blackwater CBS
in the quarter final today in Fraher field. Best of luck to all
involved especially our club members Brian Looby, Conor
Prunty, Laurence Power, Eamon Crotty and Sean Daly.
U-16: Training takes place every Tuesday, Friday and
Sunday mornings in preparation for the upcoming U-16
football competition.
Juvenile meeting: The next juvenile meeting for the club
takes place this Thursday, 17th January at the club grounds at
8 p.m.
Congrats to all 8 leaders and all their followers on a very
successful week on weight loss. Ye are doing great. Keep up
the good work. Anyone interested in becoming a ‘Friends Of
Sliabh gCua/St. Mary’s GAA Club’ member gets huge savings
at Ballymacarbry Community Centre Gym.
3 months gym membership is usually €70, you will receive
it for €60. 6 months gym membership is usually €140, you will
receive it for €100. THAT’S SAVINGS OF €80 PER ANNUM.
Contact any Sliabh gCua committee member for details.
WATERFORD SENIOR FOOTBALLERS TRAINING FUND
Waterford Senior footballers will hold a fundraising table
quiz in Ballymacarbry Community Centre on Friday, January
25th 9 p.m. Table’s of 5 cost €50. Sliabh gCua’s Kevin Sheehan
is on this years panel so we would appreciate you supporting
Waterford Footballers.
HURLING WALL LEAGUE (ROUND 6)
Wednesday night saw the second last round before the
semi’s. On a bitterly cold night, Mush Keane’s Leitrim started
the night with a narrow win over Aiden Fitzpatrick’s Down. In
closely fought contests, James Condon’s Louth and Kildare
captained by J. P. Fitz ended all square at 6-6 as did Derry and
Sligo. The league now remains wide open with one night left
(tonight Wednesday) so some very competitive games are in
store. Games commence at 7:30 sharp.
League table
Derry
5
37
(capt. Declan Kiely)
Louth 6
34
(capt. James Condon)
Sligo
5
33
(capt. Liam Tobin)
Kildare 5
29
(capt. J.P. Fitz)
Leitrim 5
28
(capt. Mush Keane)
Down 5
28
(capt. Aiden Fitz)
Tyrone 5
27
(capt. Pat Hearn)
Thanks to Kay Ware for serving refreshments on
Wednesday night and also to Mike Murray and J.P. Fitzpatrick
for refereeing.
This weeks fixtures include
Down V Sligo; Tyrone V Kildare; Derry V Leitrim.
Come along to view and enjoy the refreshments.
WATERFORD SENIOR FOOTBALL (McGRATH CUP)
Well done to Waterford senior footballers which includes
our very own Kevin Sheehan on a hard fought win over UL in
Carriganore on Sunday last. Waterford secured a 0-16 to 0-12
win after the match went to extra time.
Waterford will now meet Tipperary in a semi-final which is
due to be played this Sunday, January 20th. A venue will be
announced during the week. Kerry and Limerick will fill the
second semi-final.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Birthday wishes are extended to Seanie Kearns, Aidan
Hickey & Aaron Lonergan who all celebrate their birthdays
this week.
SYMPATHY
Our sincere sympathy is extended to the family of the late
Joe O’Brien, Millstreet who passed away peacefully last week.
A man who was held in high esteem by so many people, Joe
was a pure gentleman. Joe was renowned in the area for
many years while running his public house/hardware/shop
and petrol station in Millstreet. May he rest in peace.
LITTLE BOB’S TRACTOR RUN
Sliabh gCua would like to congratulate the above committee on a fabulous run event on new year’s day. The tractor run
is proving to be a very popular and is growing from strength
to strength. Well done to all involved.
MOUTHGAURDS COMPULSARY NOW
The GAA recently announced details of the forthcoming
national roll-out of the compulsory wearing of mouthguards
in all underage grades up to and including minor for Gaelic
football matches and practice sessions from January 1st, 2013.
In addition, from January 1st, 2014, this rule will apply to all
players at all age grades. The move to make the wearing of
mouthguards obligatory reiterates the Association’s longterm commitment to player welfare.
Research figures indicate that Ireland has one of the highest rates of sport-related oral injuries in the EU, with one third
of all adult dental injuries being sports-related. In many sports
such as rugby and hockey, the wearing of gumshields is the
norm with nearly all Clubs adhering strictly to a 'no gumshield
- no game' rule.
Significantly, if a player refuses to comply he can be sentoff and players will not be covered under the GAA Player
Injury Scheme if they are not wearing a mouthguard.
Information on the use of mouthguards for clubs, parents
and players can be found at: gaa.ie/medical-and-player-welfare/mouthguards/.
The GAA are also pleased to announce that an agreement
has been reached to distribute GAA/GPA mouthguards. The
product range includes both boil and bite mouthguards and
custom fitted mouthguards. The boil and bite mouthguards
are now available to purchase. They come in four categories
of protection: bronze, silver, gold and platinum.
They are available for purchasing through the following
local retailers: • Supervalu, • Centra, • Lifestyle, • Elverys, •
O'Neills
Following on from our extensive research of the market,
these mouth guards, supplied by OPRO, are the best product
available in terms of quality, certification and value for money.
Custom mouthguards will be available from mid January.
SLIABH gCUA SPORTS PREDICTION 2013
The Sliabh gCua/St. Mary’s GAA Club recently launched the
2013 Sports Prediction Competition in McGrath’s Bar,
Touraneena. Once again, the competition involves a sports
prediction challenge in which you will have your sporting
knowledge put to the test. No fewer than 25 questions,
national and international sports are involved.
The competition has a total prize fund of €1,400 with a
hugely attractive “one grand’’ going to the winner. Entrance
fee is €20, and the closing date for acceptance of entries is
Sunday, 27th January, 2013. Shared entries are more than
welcome.
Entry forms, while available through a distribution committee set up by the club can also be obtained and completed
online
through
the
club’s
website,
www.sliabhgcuastmarys.com. All entries and final standing
Brickey Rangers
LOTTO
Numbers drawn on Thursday night last were 6- 11- 13- 27.
There was no jackpot winner. €25 winners were Helen
Nugent, O'Neill Family, Kathleen Flavin, and Margaret
McNamara. Next week’s draw will take place in The Gows,
where the jackpot will be €9,150. Tickets €2 each and can be
bought from the usual promotors and outlets.
MEDAL PRESENTATION & SOCIAL EVENING
We are holding a medal presentation and social evening
in West Waterford Golf Club on Saturday, 2nd Feb. The
Minor, U-21, and Ladies Football teams will be presented with
medals on the night. So come along and enjoy what promises to be a great evening.
WELCOME
A warm welcome to Niall Collins, Philip Coffey, Alex Lai,
Emmet Gaffney, and David Ryan who have transferred to the
club, and good luck to Eoin Morrissey, Tomás Kiely, and Pat
Walsh who have left us.
SYMPATHY
The sympathy of the club is extended to Ray Hahesy and
family on the death of his nephew recently. May he rest in
peace.
JUVENILE NOTES
AGM: Our Juvenile AGM took place a week last Friday in
Bushy Park. It was heartening to see a large number of parents and mentors present. The meeting was opened by our
outgoing chairman Pat Morrissey who outlined last year’s
activities. He paid particular thanks to the parents mentors,
players and field committee who all worked and played tirelessly during the year. Following Pat’s report, our Secretary
Aoife Landers gave a comprehensive report of the activities/
games that we participated in during the year. It was a very
busy year with us participating in Under 6 hurling and Football
Blitzes right up to Under 16 championship. We had a mixed
year on the field of play, with the club having some silverware
at the end of the season.
The treasurer Mary Herlihy then gave a financial account
for the juvenile club. She thanked those that assisted with the
fundraising during the year, the parents, players, mentors and
adult club members.
The election of officers was next on the agenda and as
Pat signalled his intention to step down after serving as chairman for the past 7 years for which he was applauded. This
was the only position that there needed to be a vote taken.
Chairman: John McGrath; Secretary: Aoife Landers;
Treasurer: Mary Herlihy; PRO: Joanie McGrath; Team
Managers Under 8 Football & Hurling: Aidan McCarthy,
Shane Deevy, Steve O'Donnell, Ned Kearney; Under 10
Hurling & Football: Conor Blackwell, John O’Connell and
Austin Spratt; Under 12 Hurling: Pat Morrissey; Under 12
Football: Dermot O’Neill, Joe Grant, Ray Hahesy; Under 13
Football & Hurling: John McGrath & Paul Veale; Under 14
Football & Hurling: Colin Whelan & Michael Curran; Under 16
Football: Dermot O'Neill; Under 16 Hurling: Colin Whelan &
John Curran.
The meeting concluded with Pat wishing the teams the
best of luck on the playing field in 2013.
Helmets: A number of helmets are available to buy
through the club at a subsidised rate. Contact Joanie on 0872310220 if you wish to purchase.
Abbeyside/Ballinacourty U-21 Football Team players John Power and Shane O'Donovan making a presentation to the selectors Michael O'Donovan, Eddie O'Halloran, Timmy Organ and Laurence Hurney on behalf of
the players during the presentation of medals at a special function in Minnies.
league positions will be published on our website throughout
the year.
If you have any queries regarding the competition, please
email [email protected] Visit our Facebook
account for details of the competition at Sliabh gCua
Facebook Page.
Our prediction quiz would not be successful every year only
for our many generous sponsors. This year is no different and
we would like to sincerely thank:
Siobhan’s Hairdressers Dungarvan; Dungarvan Precision
Engineering; Brendan Tobin Haulage; Master McGraths Bar;
Comeragh Oil; FBD Insurance Dungarvan.
NEWS
If anybody would like to include items in the Sliabh gCua/St
Mary's Gaa notes, feel free to tel/txt 087 9634993 or e-mail [email protected] All items must be received before
Sunday evening for next week’s print.
LOTTO
Don't forget to purchase your lotto tickets every week.
Tickets can be bought for €2 from any committee member,
Dunford’s, Dunne’s (Bar & Post Office), Hanrahan’s and Beary's
Cross. Jackpot is €900.
NAOMH BRID'S ANNUAL TABLE QUIZ
Naomh Brid is again holding a fundraising Table Quiz, as
they have been over the past few years during the Christmas
holidays. However, this time around, it has been pushed out a
little further into the new year, taking place instead on Friday,
January 18th, 2013 in Deckies. The event kicks off at 8.30 p.m.
Tables to consist of 4 members at €5 each.(€20 per table). All
proceeds raised will go towards our Juvenile Club to fund the
playing year ahead. Please spread the word and also come
along and support us as this is one of our main fundraising
events for the year.
FRIENDS OF SLIABH gCUA/ST/
MARY’S GAA CLUB
Plans are currently been put in place to host a GAA
Jamboree Weekend on the August Bank Holiday weekend
with a view to showcasing all that is good about the sporting
and cultural side of Touraneena. Anyone who would like to
offer idea’s/help, don’t hesitate to contact Pat Keane (087
6380649), Aiden Fitzpatrick (083 4228778) or any committee
member.
CLUB LOTTO
The numbers drawn in last Saturday week's lotto draw (5th
Jan 2013) were 5-7-12-17, and there was no winner of the
€20,000 jackpot. €20 winners were Ava and Louise Moloney,
Jane Murphy, Tess O'Brien, Liam Casey, Pat Fitzgerald, Roisin
Dennis, Tom Hartigan, Tina Whelan, Liam Fraser, and Johnny
Cotter. Last Saturday's (12th January, 2013) numbers were 921-25-26, and once again, no winner. €20 winners were: Ed
Leahy, "the real locals", Donna Buckley, Maura Lyons, Billy
Cantillon, Claire Feeney, Tracy Murphy, Phil Russell, and Carmel
O'Neill. Next week's jackpot will be €20,000 once again, so
get your tickets early.
SCOR NA nOG
Heartiest congratulations to the Scor na nOg team representing Shamrocks who have qualified for the Munster Final
by beating the Carbery Rangers team from Cork in the semifinal held in Ovens, Co. Cork last Sunday. Having won the
County final two weeks ago, and now qualifying for the
Munster Final where they will be up against the Kerry, Tipp,
and Clare representatives, a victory in the Munster Final would
be a real achievement given that all these lads are around the
age of 12 or 13, and the age limit for this competition is u-17.
The act they perform is called "Dr. Hypno", and the cast consists of Ivan O'Neill, Liam Motherway, Ciaran Hunt, Jack Sliney,
Oisin Ormonde, Diarmuid Costelloe, Mark Stewart, and
Kieran Crawford. There is a slight case of history repeating
itself here, because Will Motherway, who produces the show,
once upon a time played the role that his son Liam now plays,
in a similar Scor production held back in 1981, which was produced by the late great Jim Carrig. Incidentally, that group
were pipped in the co. final by a point, so the 2013 team have
already surpassed that! Well done to all concerned, and the
very best of luck to them in the final, which will be held in the
Mallow Youth Centre on Sunday, 27th of January at 2 p.m.
PEGGY MORRISSON R.I.P.
The club would like to sympathise to the family and friends
of Peggy Morrisson, formerly of Kilwatermoy, and the U.S.A.
who passed away recently. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a hanam.
Kill
Geraldines
CLUB LOTTO
At last Monday nights draw (7th Jan.) in Dunphy’s Bar, the
jackpot wasn't won which means it has now reached the 4K
mark. We had 2 'Match 3's' on the night and Ann Torpey, Kill
Village and Tom Corcoran, Caheruan are €25 the richer. Next
draw in Kirwans. The winning numbers were 6, 13, 14 and 17.
Just a reminder its €2 per ticket or 3 for €5. Thank you for your
support!
SINCERE THANKS
Unfortunately, our groundsman Mike Beresford time has
come to an end. His Fas contract is up and he has moved on
to greener pastures. Mike was like one of our own, over the
past 3 years, as he took great pride in looking after our field
and dressing rooms. He regularly attended our matches,
bought lotto tickets. came to club functions, you hardly would
have thought he was from anywhere else but Kill. However
the Colligan man will be sorely missed around the village and
we wish you well in the future mike. The positive news is that
we will have a new Fas worker in the next few weeks.
MEMBERSHIP
A reminder to all club members that membership for 2013
is now due. If you have forgotten, it’s €50 for adults and €20
for students and it can be paid to Treasurer, Shelly Murphy, as
soon as you can.
CONGRATS
To Lissahane man, club and committee member, Kevin
Walsh and his wife Margaret on the recent birth of baby Lily,
as first for the couple. We widh them many happy days!
LONG PUCK PRESENTATION
NIGHT/QUIZ
A reminder to all members that the above happens on
Friday night, 25th January at 9:15 p.m. in Kirwan’s Bar. The
presentation is first on the agenda, followed by the Table
Quiz. The Quiz is a table of 3, €20 per table, with general
knowledge, a sports round and a GAA round on the menu.
We urge all members to please support and get the year off
on a positive note.
Shamrocks
LOTTO
There was no winner of the lotto this week. The numbers
drawn were 18, 28 and 29. Winners of €20 were Johnny
O’Brien, Kathleen Twohig, Max Kemp, Ger O’Donovan Snr.,
and John, Annie and Evan. Next week’s jackpot is €650 and
the draw will be in The Kereen Bar.
MEMBERSHIP
Membership for the coming year is as follows: players €50,
non-players €30, students €20 and St. Oliver's players €5.
Membership must be paid by the 2nd February to Steven
Ronayne.
FITNESS FOR LIFE
Ray's circuit training starts back on the 14th January in the
hall in Aglish. It will run 2 nights a week, every Monday and
Wednesday night, 8 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Anybody with news from around the parish can contact
me on 087-9851222.
Na Déise Ladies
Football Club
AGM
We held our AGM on Thursday night last. The following
officers for 2013 were elected – Chairperson: Michelle Walsh;
Vice-Chairperson: Maria O’Donovan; Secretary: Catherine
Ahearne; Vice-Secretary: Linda Foley; Treasurer: Claire Dalton;
Vice-Treasurer: Laura Barry; PRO: Michelle Walsh; Children’s
Officer: Monica O'Byrne; Liaison Officer: Monica O'Byrne;
Registration Officers: Liz Condon and Rita Hickey. Committee
Members: Tom O'Brien, Patty Power, Pa Hallinan, Aidan
McGrath, Áine Gallagher, Clodagh Ryan and Una Whitmore.
Thanks to everyone who helped out in the club in any way
throughout 2012. The club could not have run as smoothly if
it wasn’t for your help and support.
Modeligo
(Sponsored by Denn Feeds)
2013 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
The club’s 36th Annual General Meeting took place on
Saturday evening last, January 12th in Modeligo Community
Centre, with a very good attendance present. Proceedings
opened with very detailed and comprehensive reports from
our Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer, before we had a minutes silence for our deceased members. Despite having an
eventful year both on and off the field, the club is running
very efficently, and this was rightly reflected in the huge vote
of confidence given to all the outgoing Committee, as there
was very little change. The club’s executive will remain
unchanged for 2013, with all three officers entering a second
year in their respective positions.The meeting held the election of the incoming officers and committee for 2012 as follows:
President: Pat Denn
Vice Presidents: Micheal Phelan; Billy Nugent; Ned Ryan;
David Fitzgerald and Fr. John Kiely P.P.
Chairman: Tom O'Byrne
Vice-Chairman: J. P. Ryan
Secretary: Katie Barry
Assistant Secretary: Brian McCarthy
Treasurer & Membership Officer: John Fitzgerald (Derra
Lower)
P.R.O.: Micheal Power
Insurance Officer: John Fitzgerald (Mogeha)
Ticket Distribution: John Fitzgerald (Derra Lower)
Community Centre Delegate: Pat Troy
Western & County Board Delegates: Paudie McCarthy and
Shane Reddy
Child Welfare Officer: Jessie Power
Child Welfare Designate: Vince O'Donovan;
Committee Members: Johnny O'Byrne; Nicholas
O'Donovan; John Power; Kenneth Reddy; Billy McCarthy;
John Troy; Tom Kiely; Donal O'Keeffe.
Following this, the meeting then appointed the following
as Managers for the playing year ahead:
Junior Hurling Manager: Jessie Power
Junior Football Manager: J.P. Ryan
Both Managers are to present their nominations as selectors to the incoming committee at their first arranged meeting. The captains for both hurling and football are to be nominated by the Managers and their selectors at a later date. The
Club have again affiliated to play in the Western Junior
Hurling Premier Championship, and the Western Junior
Football Premier Championship. The Junior Football Premier
Grade Championship will again run on a league basis in 2013,
and will probably see the opening round of games played by
the end of March.
PLAYERS’ MEETING ON SATURDAY NEXT
Following on from Saturday night’s AGM, the Managers
for 2013 have wasted no time in calling a players’ meeting for
this coming Saturday evening, January 19th, starting at 7:45
p.m. SHARP in Modeligo Community Centre. The purpose of
this meeting is for all players from both panels, and anyone
interested in playing or training with the squad, to get together to dicuss plans for the year ahead. Both Managers will
be present to address the meeting, and while it is unlikely that
their selectors and captains for 2013 will be announced, the
meeting will hear of their hopes and plans for the playing
year, as well as, of course, as having an open discussion on how
the players ideas and opinions can be taken on board.
Make no mistake lads, if you are even just thinking of togging-out this year, then this is the place to be next Saturday
evening. Last year is gone, Christmas is over lads, and it's time
to make a move for the challenges ahead. In fairness to the
two men in charge, they both have said they are willing to listen to any fresh ideas, or criticism, but from this meeting
onwards, the time for talking will be over. If you're truly interested, and dedicated to playing for our club, then we'll see
you there.
MODELIGO CAMOGIE CLUB
Modeligo will again affiliate to the Waterford Juvenile
Camogie competitions in 2013, having enjoyed a eventful, but
enjoyable second year in existence last year. For the coming
playing season, we hope to participate in the Under 12 and
Under 14 competitions. Great credit is due to all of those who
worked to promote camogie within our club last year, and in
doing so, their work has again made it a success. It is hoped
that as all the girls who are already involved get older, we will
be able to add additional teams into all age groups. However,
this will only be possible if people are willing to put their
shoulder to the wheel and continue the good work of the
previous year. Anyone interested in taking part, either as a
player or to help out in any way, is always welcome, and can
do so by simply contacting any member of our club, who will
gladly pass on all the relevant information.
NAOMH BRID SELECTORS 2013
Also announced at our AGM were the selectors and trainers from Modeligo for the various Naomh Brid juvenile teams
for the playing year ahead. They are as follows:
Under 8's: Under 9's; & Under 10's; Jessie Power & P. J.
Hickey.
Under 12: Peter Wright (Another selector also to be
appointed)
Under 14: Donal Dalton.
Under 16: Micheal Power.
Minor: John Troy / Johnny McGrath
Under 21: John Fitzgerald. (Derra Lower)
CLUB MEMBERSHIP FOR 2013
Over the last couple of years, the way you could become a
member of Modeligo GAA and 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 Déise 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
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this system. The club plans to hold a Club Night in late March,
at which we will properly launch this year’s 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.
NAOMH BRID FUNDRAISING TABLE QUIZ
All roads lead to Deckies Bar, Modeligo on this coming
Friday evening, January 18th for the Annual Naomh Brid
Juvenile GAA Club Fundraising Table Quiz. This proves to be a
brilliant nights entertainment every year, with some great
spot prizes up for grabs also. The quiz itself will be a mixed bag
of general knowledge questions, based across a lot of different topics. Teams should consist of tables of four, with entry
priced at €5 per person. The evenings proceedings kick off at
8.30 p.m., and it would be great to see a good turnout here
for what is usually one the juvenile clubs biggest fundraisers
of the year, so please, come along and give the young lads the
support they deserve.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Congratulations are extended to one of our young guns,
Conor O'Reilly, better known as "Gooch" to most, who last
week earned the right to tear the "L - Plates" off the car, and
take to the high-ways and by-ways with a full driver’s licence.
Well done Gooch, from everyone in the club, and happy
motoring from here on!
DATE FOR THE DIARY ..... HARTY CUP QUARTER FINALS
The local battle in the Quarter-final of the Munster
Secondary Schools Senior "A" Hurling Championship for the
Dr. Harty Cup has been fixed for this coming Wednesday,
January 16th for Fraher Field, where reigning title holders
Colaisti na nDeise take on Blackwater Community School,
Lismore. What a pity that this game has to be timed for a 1.30
p.m. throw-in, as with a lot of clubs in West Waterford represented on both schools panels, I'm sure a more convenient
time would see a large crowd in attendance.
Nevertheless, this game promises to be a real cracker, with
the winners here advancing to the semi-final where they will
play the winners of the Thurles CBS, Tipperary vrs. Castletroy
College, Limerick game. Best wishes are extended to both
squads, as it would be unfair to pick a side at this point, especially as Modeilgo has a representative on both panels, as Tom
Devine lines-out for Coláistí na nDeise, while John McGrath
wears the Blackwater colours. Unfortunately, one school will
have to bow out, but best of luck lads!
CHILD PROTECTION AND AWARENESS COURSE
A Child Protection and Awareness Course, to be hosted by
Modeligo GAA Club, has been arranged for Thursday
evening, January 24th in Modeligo Community Centre, starting at 7 p.m. sharp. This is an essential course for anyone
involved in the coaching, training, development or supervision of children participating in Gaelic Games. Places on this
course are still available, and members from other clubs are
eligible to attend.
For further ddetails, Anyone interested in completing this
course should please contact Club Secretary Katie Barry as
soon as possible to ensure their place on the the night.
Clonea Juveniles
BLOTTO
Our next Blotto Draw is on Sunday, 27th January, 2013 in
Clancy’s, Jackpot €2,700. We appreciate your support to this
our main source of income.
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 p.m. to 8.30 p.m. in the Club House. All
members are asked to complete updated Membership and
Code of Conduct forms which are now available.
SPONSORED WALK
Our Annual Sponsored Walk takes place this year on
Sunday, 28th April, 2013 from the Club House in Clonea.
Sponsorship cards are now being distributed and we are asking every family to take a card.
INDOOR HURLING
Indoor Hurling for boys and continues every Friday night in
the Community Centre in Rathgormack at the following
times:- Children born in 2008 from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., Children
born in 2007 and 2006 from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. and Children
born in 2005 and 2004 from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. Cost is €3 per
player and children MUST BE GOING TO PRIMARY SCHOOL.
Please wear your own Helmets. Indoor Hurleys will be supplied by the Club.
SCRAP METAL
A reminder that the Clubs Scrap Metal collection in aid of
the Field Development Fund is still ongoing for the next few
weeks. Please contact any committee member for further
details.
Dungarvan
JUNIOR HURLING AND FOOTBALL
The new Junior management team has been agreed for
the year 2013. Paul Ahearne will be manager for hurling and
football and his selectors for the year will be Micheal
McLoughlin, Micheal Barry and Thomas Mulcahy. We wish
them every success for the year.
VOTE OF SYMPATHY
We would like to extend a vote of sympaty to the Curran
family on the untimely death of Patrick (Pa) Curran of
Cappoquin. He was one of lifes true gentlemen.
LOTTO
This week’s lotto numbers are: 2, 9, 18, 26. No Jackpot winner. Jackpot €11,300 next week. €100 winner Gobnait Curran.
We would like to thank everyone for supporting the club
Lotto to date, however we would also appeal to all our mem-
bers to give their utmost to try to find new members for the
Lotto, tickets are on sale at The Country Store and at Walsh’s
Spar and of course at Bingo every Monday night at the Ard
Scoil which we ask our members also to support. As we are
going to print the Lotto is worth €11,050.
GUM SHIELDS
It is now compulsory for all under 18s to wear a gumshield
when they are taking part in hurling and football. This also
means at training.
JUVENILE PRESENTATION NIGHT
Proceedings for the above awards were opened by Derek
Lyons at which he introduced Kilkenny star Kieran Joyce.
Before he made the presentations on the night Kieran spoke
on how well the club did in 2012, but also said that the only
way to keep succes was through hard work. He then presented the winning Feile team with their medals and also presented the U-16 with theirs.Then the highlight of the night
was the presentation of the Players of the Year and the most
improved Players of the Year.
The winners were in football U-13 Player of the Year Dylan Murphy; Most Improved Player: Luke O’Callaghan; U14 Player of the Year: Glen Waters; Most Improved: Conor
Hayes; U-16 Player of the Year: Joe Allen; Most Improved: John
Havens; Hurling U-13 Player of the Year: Sean Murray; Most
Improved: Conor Duggan; U-14 Player of the Year: Jack Lacey;
Most Improved: Mark Allen; U-16 Player of the Year: Patrick
Curran; Most Improved: Richard Forsey. The club would like to
thank Conor Lannen, Country Store for the sponsorship of the
awards and also Ger Wyley for our Jersey Sponsorship.
QUIZ ANSWERS
1. Final Score of the 1959 draw was Waterford 1-17;
Kilkenny 5-5.
2. Jimmy Smyth won 6 Railway Cups.
3. Peter Queally won Underage Hurler of the Year 1982.
4. 1905/07 finals were played in Dungarvan.
5. Jim Ware was captain in 1948.
QUIZ
1. What club plays their home games at Bohadoon?
2. What team won 1993 Blake Cup and who did they beat?
3. Who was captain of the Dungarvan U-12 1993 Western
Championship Team?
4. Who captained 1992 Blake Cup winning Dungarvan
Team?
5. Who sponsors the Munster Minor Hurling
Championship?
REMEMBERING OTHER DAYS
This weeks memory takes us back to 1992 and the John
McLoughlin Memorial Cup at our club grounds on Friday,
June 26th. Prizes were sponsored by Cyril Healy and Sons,
Building Contractors and the Parade was led by the
Dungarvan Pipe Band. The two captains were Alan Harty and
David Morrissey. Alan Harty’s team were in Blue and White
and David’s team were in blue.
Alan’s team were Mark Shanahan, Owen Mansfield, John
Veale, Ivan Fitzgerald, David O’Leary, John Power, Emmet
Trumann, John Paul Healy and Finbarr Power.
David’s team were Terry Crowe, Martin McGovern, Alan
O’Brien, Seamus Moore, John Ryan, Shane O’Brien, David
Tutty, Brendan Roche, Darren Harty.
It was a wonderful occasion with the teams been led out
by a band and the last question in this weeks quiz is who won
the match.
GARDA BLOOD FOR LIFE CYCLE
12 Gardai working in Cork City are cycling from Malin
Head to Mizen Head to raise awareness of the need to donate
blood. One of the cyclists is our former player Brian Shanahan
and he and his colleges will be in the Shopping Centre on 26th
January at mid-day until 3.00 p.m. We would ask all club members to give them our support for this very needy cause. Our
goal is to raise 660 pints of blood, one for every kilometre
cycled. We need your support.
You can support this campaign by donating blood at
Lawlors Hotel, Dungarvan from 5.00 p.m. to 8.30 p.m. from
the 28th - 31st January inclusive.
Please Quote “Garda Blood for Life Cycle” when donating.
I would appreciate if you could send your name, venue and
date of donation to 087-2226915 or [email protected] once you have donated. Thank You for Your
Support.
Brian Shanahan
DUNGARVAN LADIES FOOTBALL CLUB
Pat Noctor Awards: Congratulations and well done to
club members Ciara Hurley and Lauren McGregor on their
recent nominations for the Pat Noctor awards.
Ladies Adult Football: Anyone wishing to get involved
with the adult ladies team in a playing capacity, please get in
contact with Crohan McGregor at 086 0763918.
Vote of Sympathy: The club wishes to offer a vote of
sympathy to the members of the Curran family on the recent
death of Pa Curran, Cappoquin. Ar dheis Dé go raibh sé.
Ballinameela
BALLINAMEELA SOCIAL
The club would like to thank everyone who came along to
the victory social in the Park Hotel last Saturday night. A great
night was had with over 35 players being awarded medals
from both the Junior and Intermediate panels. A very special
thank you is also extended to Fr. Fitzgerald and Fr. O’Connor
for attending along with guest speaker Niall Cahillane. To
everyone else from the parish, families, friends and neighbours, thanks again for coming along and maybe there might
be another one this time next year!
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
The AGM was held on the 5th of January in the
Community Hall. Aidan Ahearne stepped down from Club
Chairman to Vice-Chairman with Declan Glavin moving from
Treasurer to acting Chairman this year. Mike Walsh has
stepped down from Secretary to Vice-Secretary with Darren
Mulcahy taking up the position. Finbarr Harrington was
appointed Club Treasurer with Colin Walsh acting as ViceTreasurer.
In Football, both Senior and Junior (attached Senior) teams
have been entered for the year. An Intermediate Hurling
team has been entered for the year as well. Senior Football
and Intermediate Hurling selectors for the year are Benny
Fitzgerald, Terry McCarthy Junior, and Austin Curran with
Aidan Ahearne becoming trainer for all footballers. Junior
Football Selectors are Jason McGrath, Robbie McCarthy, and
Conor Mulhall. Eamon Walsh, with the assistance of John
Fletcher, will act as hurling trainer.
HARTY CUP QUARTER-FINAL
Best of luck to Kealan Looby and the rest of the Coláiste na
nDéise team who take on local rivals Blackwater Community
School in Fraher Field Wednesday. Throw-in is set for 1.30 p.m.
Cois Bhride
(Sponsored by Cunningham's Hardware, Tallow)
HAPPY NEW YEAR
A belated Happy New Year to all our members and players! Hopefully, 2013 will be a successful year for our teams as
we begin preparations for the year ahead.
AGM
Our AGM has been fixed for Friday, February 1st at 8.30
p.m. in the KGK Hall, Knockanore. This is an important meeting for the club as in recent years we are finding it more difficult to recruit volunteers and mentors to assist with the running of the teams/club. Unfortunately, we are now seeing the
knock-on effect as we are being forced to field teams in lower
grades and even considering the future possibility of not fielding teams in some grades.
SCOR NA nOG
It’s been a busy couple of weeks for Cois Bhride's Mark
Stewart, Ivan O'Neill, Liam Motherway, Ciaran Hunt, Jack
Sliney, Oisin Ormonde, Kieran Crawford and Diarmuid
Costelloe as they recently won the Novelty Act in this year's
County Final of Scor na nOg for their production of "Doctor
Hypno". They were back on stage last Sunday in Ovens,
County Cork for the Munster Semi-Finals where they were up
against the County Champions from Cork (Carberry Rangers)
and Kerry (Saint Senans). Once again the lads all put in fantastic performances to qualify for the Munster Final in Mallow
on Sunday, January 25. Well done to the eight lads and their
mentor Will Motherway!
SHAMROCKS LADIES FOOTBALL
Just a reminder that the Shamrocks Ladies Football Club
has recently formed an underage structure for any girls who
may be interested in playing gaelic football. Training has started already for the season ahead and continues this Saturday
morning in Knockanore.
GUMSHIELDS
It is now mandatory that all players at juvenile level, right
up to minor grade wear gumshields when playing gaelic
football. This initiative will then be introduced at adult level in
2014.
Kilrossanty
(CLOTTO SPONSORED BY KILL AGRICULTURAL LTD.)
CLOTTO RESULTS
No winner of a Jackpot of €6,800 held in Crotty’s Inn,
Leamybrien on 13/1/13. Numbers Were 8, 9, 15, 21. €30 won
by the following people: Ger Connors, Adramone; Ger
McCarthy, c/o Friary. Seller’s Prize of €30 Rev. John Delaney,
Kilrossanty. The next Clotto will be held in Michlin’s Bar,
Kilrossanty on Sunday 20/1/13 for a Jackpot of €6,900.
TABLE QUIZ
Waterford footballers are holding a Table Quiz in Aid of
the Waterford training funds on Friday, 25th January in
Crotty’s Inn Leamybrien at 9.00 p.m. €50 per table. They are
currently six Kilrossanty players on the Waterford panel and
your support would be greatly appreciated. Refreshments
also provided on the night.
Enquires contact Tommy on 0874168276.
100 CLUB DRAW
Kilrossanty G.A.A. Club has recently agreed the purchase of
additional land adjacent to the club grounds at Páirc Naomh
Bríd, Leamybrien. It is our intention to develop on this land a
second playing pitch and training area to cater, in particular,
for our growing number of juvenile players. In order to fund
this development we propose to run a prize draw confined to
100 ticket-holders (The 100 Club) who will each have the
opportunity to win 52 cash prizes ranging from €1,000 to €50
and all for the outlay of only €5 per week. Seventy percent of
the profit from this draw will go towards the repayment of
the loan on the purchase of the land with a further thirty percent being spent on developing the new grounds. The
Kilrossanty Club has made huge strides in terms of development in recent years
Trying to provide a sporting outlet not alone for its G.A.A.
membership, but for all members of the community, the fully
equipped gym being just one example. We therefore appeal
to you all to consider becoming a member of The 100 Club
and support this draw. We appeal in particular to the parents
and guardians of young children in the area to consider purchasing a ticket, so that we can continue to provide a healthy
sporting outlet for our youth in a spacious and safe environment.
We have a deadline of February 1st, 2013 for taking
names and would encourage you to put your name in as soon
as possible as there are at present only 40 places left to fill. If
you want to join, please contact any member of the adult or
juvenile committee or you can also go to
www.kilrossanty.waterford.gaa.ie and click on the (Club 100
Draw) link in the side bar of the home page where you can
download the standing order form and letter explaining how
the draw works and the three ways to join the draw.
GYM
It’s that time of year again where we all promise to get fit
and lose those pounds from Christmas, so there’s no excuse
come along and join the Kilrossanty GAA gym its only €100 for
12 months (less than €2 a week) which is great value and only
€50 for Kilrossanty Club players.
RECYCLED CLOTHES
If you are thinking of doing a clear out for the New Year
we are still collecting old clothes/shoes/boots/handbags/curtains/bed clothes, etc. so if you need some place to bring your
unwanted old clothes, you can help the Club out by leaving
them in the entrance hall of the gym.
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Kilmacthomas
MEMBERSHIP
2013 membership is now due and is an important source
of funding for the club. This year there is extra incentive to get
players fees paid early with a 20% reduction if paid before the
end of February. We have also introduced a couples non-player membership of €40. All other fees remain the same as 2012.
Membership can be paid to Bryan Hallahan, Bryan can be contacted on 087-2871304.
CONGRATULATIONS
Congratulations to Club Chairman Paudie Prendergast and
Maggie Phelan on their recent engagement.
KILMACTHOMAS LADIES FOOTBALL
AGM
The Annual General Meeting of Kilmacthomas Ladies
Football will take place on Thursday, 17th January at 7:30 pm
in the meeting rooms in The Business Centre, Union Road. All
are welcome.
NEW JERSEYS
Our U-14s, U-12s and U-10s will line-out in their new jerseys
of pink, sky blue and navy for the coming year. Thanks to
Mark O'Regan of Mark's Takeaway for sponsoring same.
Mark presented the jerseys to team manager Michael
Sheehan at the girls last training session before Christmas. Also
present on the night were county stars Nora Dunphy and
Elaine Power, who did some drills with the girls.
Comeragh Rangers Ladies
PLAYERS MEETING
All players interested in playing Minor, Junior or Senior this
year are asked to attend a players meeting at 8:30 pm on the
18th January in the Rathgormack GAA club house.
WELL DONE
Well done to both Mairead Power and Shauna Dunphy
who made the Munster (post primary) Interprovincial football
panel, after numerous trail games/training sessions over the
last few weeks, against players from all over Munster.
AGM
The AGM took place Sunday last in Rathgormack
Community Centre the following officers were elected for
2013:
Chairperson: Mary Fitzpatrick; Vice Chairperson: Edel Curry;
Secretary: Sean Curr ; Assistant Secretary: Edel Curry; Treasurer:
Marian O’Hanlon; Assistant Treasurer: Eibhlin Power; PRO:
Nora Dunphy; Child Welfare: Audrey Murray; Development
Officer: Seanie Power; Management 2013; Senior: Eilish
Hahesy & Joe Murray; Minor: Ciara Dunphy; U-16 & U-14:
Kevin Power, Katie O’Hanlon and Belinda O’Neill; U-10:
Marian O’Hanlon and Marguerite Hassett.
If anyone is interested in helping out with the above teams
please contact Joe Murray or Mary Fitzpatrick.
CLUB NOTES
If anyone has any notes of interest for the papers they can
be emailed to [email protected] before Sunday of each
week.
Fourmilewater
MAIN SPONSOR: CULLINANE RACING
On Thursday night next, 17th January, 2013 the club will
host the launch of the 5 year plan with Nire, Tallow, Ballyduff
Upper and Melleray commencing at 7.30 p.m. sharp.
RESULTS OF 45 CARD DRIVE
Played at Doocey’s Oriel Bar on Friday night last. Joint winners: Peg Fitzgerald and Benedict Cullinan; Donald Fraher and
Tom Kearney.
Lucky tables x 2: John O’Donovan and Maurice
Prendergast; Mem. Murphy and John Mangan.
RESULTS OF MINI LOTTO
No jackpot winner. Numbers drawn were: 22, 25, 32. Next
week’s jackpot €2,400. Match 2 number winners: Patricia and
Tommy, c/o Dooceys Bar; Chrissy and Willie, c/o Doocey’s Bar;
Nora Whelan, Nire.
Congratulations to Michael (Cha) Ryan, who celebrated his
birthday last weekend with family and friends.
AGM
Nire/Fourmilewater held their underage AGM last week.
The trainer of each team was thanked. The committee was
thanked for all their help in the running of the club.
The following officers were elected:
Chairman: Mike Guiry; Secretary: Michael O’Sullivan;
Treasurer: Katherine Ryan and Mick Fraher; PRO: Declan
Spellman; Child Welfare Officer: Declan Spellman.
The underage are now looking forward to 2013 where a
lot of young players will be coached.
Ballysaggart
CLUB LOTTO €4,625
Lotto Results 8th January, 2013. Jackpot €4,500. No's
Drawn: 4, 7, 11, 15. No winner: €20 winners: Daniel Devine,
Niamh Fennessy, Mike Morrissey. Next Draw 15th January,
2013. Jackpot €4,625.
MEMBERSHIP
Annual membership is now due and all players and anyone
becoming a member for the current year can give their membership to Matty Meagher. All players must be paid up members.
SCHOOL FOOTBALL
Well done to the Blackwater Community school senior
Ladies football team on reaching the Munster senior schools
football final. On Saturday they play Doon, Limerick in the
Munster final. Best wishes to the team and to our two local
girls on the team Kate Devine and Kate Ryan.
SCHOOL HURLING
Best of luck to the boys in their quarter final play off in the
Harty cup on Wednesday next. They play current holders
Colaistí na nDéise at Fraher Field. Best of luck to the team and
our local representatives Darren Meagher, Bobby Ryan and
the Bennett brothers of Kieran, Stephen and Shane.
Ballyduff Upper
FIVE YEAR PLAN
The final draft of the clubs five year plan is currently being
drawn up, and will be available to everyone who wishes to
receive a copy towards the end of the month.
CLUB MEMBERSHIP
A reminder that club membership for 2013 is due, the price
for adults is €50 and €15 for students. A package consisting of
yearly membership and a years subscription to both the club
lotto and the Deise Draw is again available. Money is payable
to Eugene Flynn or any club officer.
LOTTO
There was no jackpot winner in our last lotto draw.
Numbers drawn were 2-9-12-27. €30 winners were: Colm
Noonan, Sheila Bennett, Gary Watlon, Hilda Merrigan (Lyons
Cross). The lotto was last held in The Log Cabin with a jackpot
of €12,500.
Cumann Chamógaíochta Na Rinne
OÍCHE CHÉILLIÚRADH / SOCIAL
Is ar an Satharn an 23ú lá Feabhra a bheidh an Oíche
Cheilliúradh againn in Óstán na Páirce.
Beidh CLG Na Rinne ag teacht le chéile linn chun ceilliúradh
a dheanamh ar na buanna a ghaibh an dá Chumann in
comórtasaí craoibhe an Chontae 2012.
We will hold our Social on Saturday, 23rd February in the
Park Hotel.
This is a joint venture with CLG Na Rinne and a great night
is in store to celebrate the County
Championship victories of both An Rinn clubs for 2012..
Siad an Banna Ceól a bheidh ag seinnt ar an oíche ná The
Broad Street Band.
Top local band The Broad Street Band from Waterford will
provide the music for the night.
TICKETS/ TICÉIDÍ
To book your tickets at €30 each contact the numbers provided below.
Ticéidí ar chostas €30 le fáil ó Sinéad Breathnach
0879750612 nó Sinéad de Faoite 0872904519.
Beidh ticéidí ar díol ar trathnóna an Aoine an 25ú lá Eanair
sa Halla Pobail idir 7 and 8 A Chlog.
Tickets can be purchased on Friday 25th January in the
Halla Pobail between 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. in the evening.
LÁ CLÁIRITHE AN CLUB/CLUB REGISTRATION DAY
Ar an 2ú lá Feabhra a bheidh sé seo.
For those of you wishing to register your kids or indeed
adults who would like to join us our registration day will be
Saturday, 2nd Feb. More information on this next week.
Affane/Cappoquin
NEW YEARS WISHES
The club would like to wish all players, mentors, officers
and supporters the very best for 2013. A big thank you for all
your following and support in 2012. We hope to have this continued support during 2013.
Affane/Cappoquin GAA Club held its Annual General
Meeting last Sunday afternoon in the Parochial Hall,
Cappoquin. The meeting was well attended and a minutes’
silence was observed for all deceased former players and family members before the meeting started. A full run-down on
matters on the field were relayed by the Secretary and
Treasurer Ciaran gave an excellent report on financial matters
for 2012. The Chairman in his address thanked everyone in the
club for their hard work last year both on and off the field.
Noel said whilst we didn't win any silverware we did reach
four finals and he thanked all the players and mentors for
their efforts. Noel thanked everyone involved in completing
the 5 year plan presented in Ballinameela cluhouse by Martin
Power in January, he spoke about the disappointment in the
club when it was announced that we didn't receive Lotto
funding when it was announced in Decemeber but he
thanked all involved in putting this application together and
mentioned the huge help and support received from the
Cappoquin Camogie club. He spoke about works carried out
in the field in particular the nets erected behind the goals and
all the fundraising carried out during the year culminating in
a hugely successful Christmas Fayre held in the Communnity
Centre in November. Noel outlined the priorities off the field
for the coming year and in particular the dressing room development which he hoped could be started this year eventhough we were unsuccessful in obtaining Lotto funding for
this project!
Noel wished all the teams the very best for the coming
year and said everyone needed to get behind managers/selectors in every grade and give everything to the cause if we
were to succeed this year!
Officers elected for the coming year ahead as follows:
Cathaoirleach Noel O Lubaigh; Vice Maurice Cahillane;
Runai- Seamus de Leis; Assistant - Maria Ni Scanlain; CisteorRistard O Scanlain; Assistant- Ciaran O Cuilleagan; Club
P.R.O - Maria Ni Scanlain; Club Registrar - Michael Murray was
appointed; Club Deise Draw Co-ordinator - Ursula Foley;
Western/County Board delegates - James Devine and Ned
Heffernan.
New committee members added - Tom Mansfield, Ollie
Mangan, Paul Murray and Ned Heffernan.
Presidents: Fr. J. Kiely, Fr. R. Arthure, Jim McGrath, Michael
Fraher, Denis McCarthy.
Vice Presidents: James Morrissey, Jack Culliane, John
McGrath, Eddie O'Shea, Paddy Cahill, Michael O'Connor,
Tony McCarthy, Paddy McGrath, Billy McCarthy and Eddie
Fraher.
Honoury life members - Nora Flynn, Denis McCarthy, Jim
McGrath, Michael Fraher, David Power, James Morrissey.
MEMBERSHIP
Annual membership is now due. Players, current members
and new members please give membership to our Treasurer.
SYMPATHY
Sincere sympathy to the family and friends of the late
Patrick (Pa) Curran, Mass Lane, Cappoquin. Pa carried out
tremedous work behind the scenes for the Affane/Cappoquin
Juvenile GAA club over the years. May he rest in peace.
CONTACT US
If anyone would like to contribute to our weekly club notes
please forward them to [email protected]
Also join us on facebook to keep up to date with our club.
Tallow
SPONSORED BY TALLOW AREA CREDIT UNION
The AGM of CLG Tulach an Iarainn took place last Friday
evening in the clubhouse and was well attended and efficiently chaired. It was encouraging to see a full room of attendees and especially to see a lot of the younger players in attendance.
The meeting started with the reading of last year's minutes
by our excellent Secretary Lindsay Murphy which were accepted unanimously. Mairead Sheehan then gave her Treasurer's
report which, in her usual detailed manner, gave account of
income and expenditure throughout the year. It showed that,
while the club was in a healthy financial position overall, the
issue of costs was a major one to be tackled in the year ahead
with income declining slightly compared to 2011. We remain
heavily dependent on our Club Lotto through the continuing
generosity of the people of Tallow to fund our day-to-day
spending.
Our Club Lotto Secretary Timmy Sheehan gave an excellent
report into their finances and efforts throughout the year. It
showed that income through ticket sales was down (due to
economic circumstances and the absence of a big jackpot in
2012) but overall it is still a great source of funding for the
club. This is Timmy's last year as secretary of the Lotto after ten
years of selfless service and member after member thanked
him for his effort, time and professionalism in maintaining our
Lotto as a great resource. Whoever will come into the job will
have huge boots to fill.
In his report, Deise Draw co-ordinator David O’Brien talked
of a fifteen percent decline in the balance of the account due
to the use of this account to fund the County Board levy. He
also made the pertinent point that the format and marketing
of the draw had become stale and needed a revamp.
In his Chairman's report, Denis Tobin was glad to see the
club in a relatively healthy position and talked of the future
with a development plan and a five-year plan in the pipeline.
He expressed sympathy to the Curley and Mulcahy families on
the passing of two of our club vice-presidents, Babs Mulcahy
and Josie Curley. Reporting on playing matters, he reported
that our adult hurling teams did not reach the heights of
2011. The junior hurling team suffered from emigration and
had to field a lot of young players and our senior team was
also cut back by injury and emigration. He also drew attention
to the poor attendance at senior hurling training. He
expressed confidence that a new year would bring more consistency and success to the hurling field. He praised the junior
football team for providing us with the highlight of the year,
their victory in the Western final and march to the county
final. He expressed thanks to all management and coaching
staff of the club for their efforts throughout the year. He also
thanked the committee, medical staff, sponsors and all who
helped out during the year.
The election of officers was followed by a wide-ranging
discussion on club matters before the meeting was concluded.
Ardmore
MEMBERSHIP/REGISTRATION NIGHT
Membership and Registration shall be taken this Friday
night, 18th January, at 7.00 p.m. All players must be registered prior to playing and as Under 21 and Minor championships are commencing in a couple of weeks it is imperative
that membership is paid. Club Officers will be at the clubhouse
at 7.00 p.m. to attend to same. Co-operation is greatly appreciated.
HARTY CUP
Best to luck Colaistí na nDeise this Wednesday in Fraher
Field at 1.30 p.m. when they play Blackwater Community
College in the quarter-final of the Harty Cup. Three of our
Minors, Seamus Keating, David Gartland and Michael Cronin
are key members of this very talented team.
UNDER21/ MINOR SQUADS
Both squads are back in training for this year’s championship having had their first sessions last weekend. Under the
guidance of Clinton Hennessy & Co. and James O’Donnell &
Co. respectively we wish both teams every success in the
months ahead.
LOTTO
Result 14/1/2013: Jackpot Not Won. Numbers Drawn were
6-7-16-27. Winners of €20 were: Patrick Trihy, Declan
Lombard, Tony Quirke, Damien Tobin and Biddy Power. Next
week’s Jackpot €5,200 at Round Tower Hotel.
Clais Mhór/Cionn tSáile Beag
ANNUAL CLUB DINNER DANCE
Our annual GAA Club Dinner Dance takes place this year
at The Park Hotel, Dungarvan on Saturday, January 26th. We
are being joined this year by Clashmore Ladies Football Club
and of course we are celebrating in particular the achievements of our Minor Footballers who memorably won the
Division 2 County Championship this year and our Junior
Footballers who were Western Champions for the second year
in a row and narrowly missed out on a County title. The entertainment on the night will be provided by that superb outfit
"Avalon" from Waterford who gave us a great show two
years ago followed by popular DJ Mike O'Rourke until late so
all in all this should be a most enjoyable night out for all
patrons attending. Tickets are selling quickly and are again
great value at a cost of €30 and are available from any committee member or by contacting the P.R.O. on 086-0740461 so
we hope to see you all there on the night!
GAA CLUB MEMBERSHIP
It is that time of year again when we appeal to all of our
club members to ensure that you pay up your annual membership fee as soon as possible, especially for our club players
as you will not be insured on the playing field if you are not
fully paid up. The fees for the year have not changed from last
year so it is still only €50 for playing members and €20 for nonplaying members so please contact the Club Registrar Pat
O'Halloran on 087-6430653 regarding this who will be collecting this fee over the next few weeks.
CLASHMORE/KINSALEBEG JUVENILE G.A.A. CLUB
Club
AGM:
Just
a
reminder
that
the
Clashmore/Kinsalebeg juvenile G.A.A. club will be holding its
AGM on Friday, 18th January at 8:30 p.m. in the Clubhouse. All
parents, coaches and volunteers are asked to attend to discuss
plans for the coming year and to elect officers to the juvenile
committee. We are always looking for more people to get
involved in the club so anyone who is thinking about it or who
wishes to get involved in either coaching, administration or
otherwise, please do come along.
Gumshields/Mouthguards Mandatory at Juvenile
Level from January 1st: Following the GAA’s Annual
Congress in April 2012, a new rule was enacted that made it
mandatory to use a mouthguard in all Gaelic football matches and training sessions from January 1st, 2013 (for all age
grades up to and including minor).
Thus, this affects all juveniles and minors playing with our
club and is a rule that will be strictly enforced. No gumshield
= no game. A recent survey of Irish parents found the average
cost of emergency dental treatment for sport related dental
injuries in children to be €214.23, thus the benefit of wearing
a gumshield is very clear. Official GAA/GPA OPRO mouthguards will be available for purchasing through your local
retailers: SuperValu, Centra, Lifestyle Sports and Elvery Sports
and also you can make an appointment with your local dentist to get a custom-fitted mouthguard. Details on the various
types of gumshield available can be found on the GAA website at http://www.gaa.ie/medical-and-player-welfare/mouthguards/ and if you have any questions on the introduction of
gumshields please contact a member of the juvenile committee who will be only too happy to help.
CLUB SOCIAL
Just a quick note on the adult club social which is on
Saturday, 26th January in The Park Hotel. We'd like as many
people as possible to head along on the night and celebrate a
very good year for the club. A huge crowd is expected so if you
are looking for tickets please contact a member of the adult
committee or the adult club PRO Liam Dunne on 0860740461.
Kilgobinet
QUIZ AND AUCTION NIGHT
Our Annual Quiz and Auction night will be held on Friday,
25th January, in Minnies Bar in Abbeyside at 9 p.m. This has
always been a great night and everyone is encouraged to
come along and support the club, all are welcome so bring a
friend, or two.
HALL AND GYM
The hall and gym are open and you contact Mary for
details: 0872813935.
FACEBOOK
Kilgobinet has officially joined Facebook. If anyone out
there has any pictures they’d like to include just let us know.
WELCOME
The club would like to welcome a new player, Eoin
Morrisey to the club. Here’s to a good year
SYMPATHY
The club would like to extend its sympathy to the Ryan
family on the death of Martin Ryan, Ballinacourty who is an
uncle of Colin Ryan. And also to the Moroney family on the
death of Tom recently.
Tourin
TOURIN GAA MEETING
A meeting of Tourin GAA club (members and players) will
take place at Tourin Hall on Friday, 18th January at 8 p.m. It
would be appreciated if all players and members could be present.
SCRAP COLLECTION
Saturday, 2nd February has been pencilled in for the next
scrap collection. So, if there is anything out there that you
would like to donate – please let us know and if you cannot
make it to the hall – we will arrange for collection.
TOURIN HALL DEVELOPMENT MEETING
The next meeting of the above will be held on Tuesday, 5th
February at 8 pm at the hall.
CIRCUIT TRAINING
There will be circuit training at the hall on Mondays and
Wednesday from 7-8 p.m. The first night starts this coming
Monday, 21st January, Mark McConnell will be your instructor
- cost €4 per person. This is new to the hall so if you want to
get back in the groove, now is the time to make the trip to get
fit at the hall.
BADMINTON
Tourin played Kilmacthomas at home on Monday night
last but were defeated on the scoreline of 4-2 in the Cup competition. The return leg will take place this Wednesday night
in Kilmacthomas, we hope that our fortunes will change and
that even though it’s a tall order – it is possible! Reminder to
those who are interested in competing in the Kiersey Cup on
the 27th January – let me know or contact the Kilmacthomas
badminton club directly. Even if you do not have a partner
(it’s a mixed competition), they will arrange a partner for you
to compete. The club would like to express its sincere sympathy to the Curran and extended family on the sad passing of
Pa Curran, Mass Lane, Cappoquin last week. Pa’s daughter
Hilda has played with the club over the years. May he rest in
peace.
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SPORTS STARS
The Park Hotel Sports Star 2012
JANUARY
FEBRUARY
DAVID McCARTHY (Athletics)
KIERAN POWER (Hurling)
MARCH
APRIL
SEAMUS POWER (Golf)
NOEL HUNT (Soccer)
Eighteen-year old CBS student was an inspiring
captain of Colaisti Na nDeise hurling team that
lifted the famous Dr Harty Cup for the first time.
Of West Waterford Golf Club, he finished on
16 under par to claim his first professional win
and a prize of $15,000 at the River Run Classic in
North Carolina.
Noel Hunt, (Soccer) Played a starring role in
Reading’s extraordinary charge into the
Premiership. An incredible late run saw them pip
Southampton for the Championship.
May
JUNE
JULY
AUGUST
TOM QUEALLY (Horse Racing)
PAUL BEECHER (Showjumping)
JESSIE BARR (Athletics)
The Cappagh jockey received his sixth
monthly award for his brilliant win on wonder
horse Frankel in the Lockinges Stakes at Newbury
extending their unbeaten run to 10 wins.
KEVIN PHELAN (Golf)
The Tallow Showjumper had two clear rounds
at the very difficult course on board
Loughnatousa WB to win the prestigious
Hickstead Derby.
Had a good summer in Europe, won 400m
hurdles at National Championships, selected for
Irish 4 x 400 relay squad for London Olympics,
Waterford’s only Olympian for 2012.
Finished joint fourth out of 250 competitors in
the European Amateur Individual Championship.
He was also a member of the GB & Ireland team
against Europe and won his two matches.
SEPTEMBER
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
THOLM KEANE (Showjumping)
KEVIN MORAN (Hurling)
SHAUNA O’BRIEN (Swimming)
Won the National Grand Prix Championship
Final in Ennis, riding Warrenstown You2 and
also won the National Speed championship final
riding Krafty Jack.
Outstanding all season with Waterford
hurlers, played an inspirational captaincy role in
leading his club DLS to the Waterford Senior
Hurling title, and received his first All-Star award.
CRAIG BREEN
(Motor Car Racing)
Had a fine win in a 3,000m race in Boston, and
also won the Boston indoor mile in a new record
Providence College and New England time of 3
minutes and 55.75 seconds.
On the final day of World Rally Spain he
clinched the SWRC (Super 2000 World Rally
Championship), his second successive world title.
Picked up two Gold medals in 50m and 100m
Butterfly and one bronze at the National Senior
short course swimming championships in
Lisburn, Co. Antrim.
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SPORT
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McManus
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Upcoming Fixtures
Thurles – Thursday, 17th January (First Race 1:15)
Dundalk – Friday, 18th January (First Race 6:50)
Naas – Saturday, 19th January (First Race 12:30)
Fairyhouse – Sunday, 20th January (First Race 1:05)
Limerick – Wednesday 23rd January (First Race 1:15)
TRAINER Jessica Harrington has
confirmed that her stable star
Jezki has been sold to Champion
Owner JP McManus.
The gelding was the runaway
winner of the Future Champions
Novice Hurdle at Leopardstown
over Christmas and since then
McManus has been linked with
possible future ownership. Jezki
is currently clear 4/1 favourite for
the Supreme Novices Hurdle at
Cheltenham.
Mullins in charge at
Punchestown
CHAMPION Trainer Willie Mullins took centre stage at Punchestown
on Saturday, completing a double that included the featured Grade 2
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impressive Diakali. Ridden by Paul Townend, the son of Sinndar made
all the running and won very easily by 28 lengths, stamping himself as
a contender for the Triumph Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival.
The Mullins double was completed in the Follow Us On Facebook &
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Rockyaboya holding on to prevail by a nose in a desperately tight
finish.
Machete Mark impresses
at Dundalk
GER Lyons’ excellent record at Dundalk in well established and he provided the most impressive winner on Friday evening’s card, with his
Machete Mark bolting up in the Crowne Plaza Hotel Race & Stay
Maiden.
The son of Indian Haven travelled strongly under Emmet
McNamara and having eased to the front inside the final furlong, he
wasn’t overly extended to prevail by a cheeky 1⁄2-length.
The pick of the remainder of the action was perhaps the second division of the Crowne Plaza Leading Jockey & Trainer Championship
Handicap, with the Joanna Morgan-trained Balmont Flyer securing his
third win in recent months under Pat Smullen.
Ultimate
Cheltenham
Preview
Brian O'Connell on Ravens Feather jumps just ahead of Damien Carroll on Lookoutnow in the Curran South
East Cleaners Handicap hurdle on New Year’s Day at the Tramore Races.
Elliott in double form at Navan
GORDON Elliott was the man to follow at Navan on
Sunday, with the Meath-based trainer securing a
double on the card.
The pick of his wins came in a thrilling renewal of
the Follow Navan On Facebook Hurdle, with his
Cause Of Causes getting up in the dying strides to
beat Midnight Game by a short-head under Davy
Condon.
Elliott’s other win came in the Meath Handicap
Hurdle, with his Barneys Honour absolutely bolting
up by an unextended four lengths under Paul
Carberry.
That also completed a double for Carberry, as he
had already won the 2013 Navan Membership
Maiden Hurdle on the Noel Meade-trained Blissful
Moment.
Golantilla Changes
Hands
Variety’s the spice at
Fairyhouse
OWNER Barry Connell has
reportedly paid €375,000 for last
week's impressive Cork bumper
winner Golantilla. The Golan
gelding made a big impression
when running out an easy 13length winner, adding to a
point-to-point success last
month.
The Irish Examiner reports
that trainer Sean O'Brien has
sold his mother Eileen's charge,
who will now go into training
with Tony Martin. O'Brien had
turned down €180,000 for the
gelding at Brightwells Sales last
month.
LAST Wednesday’s meeting at Fairyhouse once again showcased the
competitiveness of Irish National Hunt racing, with seven different
trainers/jockeys securing wins on the card. The most valuable contest
was the Buy Tickets On-Line @ fairyhouse.ie Rated Hurdle and it produced a thrilling finish, with the Eddie Harty-trained Fahamore getting
the better of Abbey Lane by a battling short-head margin under Niall
‘Slippers’ Madden.
Killeagh Point-to-Point
FESTIVE Fair winner of the five year old geldings maiden at Killeagh
Point-to-Point on Sunday last looks a potential superstar. The Enda
Bolger trained son of Presenting looked so impressive in this competitive contest.
Tenors Ronan Tynan and Anthony Kearns saw their five year old
mare take the opening Mare’s Maiden and also the €1,000 bonus
sponsored by ITBA and Tattersalls.
Seamie Harte’s Seskinane won the First Division of the 6 and 7 y.o.
geldings maiden the mount of Richie Kiely. There was plenty of drama
in this race with no less than three fences bypassed during the race.
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Irish success
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GER Lyons was on the mark in
Dubai on Thursday as Lily's
Angel continued her winning
ways on her first start at
Meydan. Gary Carroll partnered
the Dark Angel filly to a 13⁄4
lengths success in the Longines
Saint Imier Handicap. It was a
fourth success in a row for the
four-year-old,
who
had
rounded off last year with
victories at Leopardstown and
twice at Dundalk.
Dungarvan Point-to-Point this Sunday
At the New Year’s Day Tramore Races were Caroline and Rebbeca
Casey, Stradbally.
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DUNGARVAN Harriers Pointto-Point committee hold
their annual fixture at the
renowned Kilossera venue
on Sunday next, 20th
January.
The first of six races is off
at 12.30 p.m.
Kilmacthomas Badminton Club
ON Saturday last the Waterford U-13
and U-17 County Championships took
place in the Rainbow Hall
Kilmacthomas. There was a great turn
out with five clubs taking part in total.
The day began with the U-17 competition, with Kilmac having two representatives, Stephen Walsh and Conor
Brown. The boys topped their groups
in the round-robin stage of the singles
with ease and progressed to the semi's
where they faced Lady Lane opposition. Both boys won in two sets and set
up an all Kilmac final. It was Conor who
came out on top after some quality
badminton from both in a long three
sets.
The boys then teamed up to take
the boys doubles title winning both
their matches against Ladylane and
Lismore opposition.
They then met again, at separate
sides of the net, this time in the mixed
doubles final. Conor partnered with
Louise Sexton (Lady Lane) and Stephen
with Nieve Walsh (Mullinavat). It was
Conor and Louise who won out this on
this occasion. Well done boys.
Next up was the U-13 competition.
Kilmac were well represented here
with 6 girls and 6 boys taking part. Sean
Veale had a very successful day where
he reached all three finals, winning the
singles event. Sean paired up with
Daniel Delaney and they were unlucky
to lose out in the boys doubles final to
Lady Lane opposition. Niamh Foran
partnered Sean in the mixed doubles
and again the pair were unlucky to lose
out in this encounter.
Well done to all the Kilmac players
who took.
Our U-13 players that took part on
the day were; Eve Halley, Niamh Foran,
Jessica O'Connell, Phoebe Bowdren,
Emma Kearns, Laura Reynolds, Louis
Gallagher, Bill Ridgard, Cian Power,
Padraig Dee, Sean Veale and Daniel
Delaney. A big thank you to everyone
who helped out on the day also.
KNOCK-OUT CUP
The club are well represented in the
Knock-Out Cup competitions this year
having a team competing in all six divisions. Four of the six teams were in
action last week.
KILMAC 2
On Monday night last Kilmac 2 travelled to Tourin for their away leg of the
semi-final. After some close games the
team came away with a 4-2 victory.
They will play at home to Tourin on
Wednesday night and try and secure a
place in the final.
Team: Conor Brown, Thorsten
Konekamp, Sean Walsh, Natalie
Brown, Fiona Kiely and Linda Kirwan.
KILMAC 3
Also on Monday night last Kilmac 3
travelled to Touraneena 1 for their first
game in the Cup. The team earned
themselves a 4-2 victory and now have
a great chance of making the final. The
home leg will be played in Kilmac on
Wednesday night.
Team: Derek Power, John O'Rourke,
Gerry Whelan, Fionnuala Hayes, Carol
Walsh and Ann Halley.
KILMAC 4
Kilmac 4 played Lismore 2 in Kilmac
on Wednesday night last. The team got
off to a great start and hold a 4-2 lead
going into the second leg. They will
have played Lismore on Monday night.
Team: Tom Eade, Pat Lenane, Jim
Kiersey, Rachel Walsh, Eileen Kirwan
and Bridget Walsh.
KILMAC 5
On Friday night last Kilmac 5 began
their cup campaign at home to
Modeligo. They were convincing 6-0
winners on the night, They will travel
to Modeligo on Tuesday for the return
leg.
Team: James Hurton, Michael
Brown, Frank Costigan, Siobhan
Lenihan, Hella Weber Doyle and Sonya
Dempsey.
KILMAC 1
Kilmac 1 has yet to play their first, as
they await the winners of Lismore and
Waterford. They will play their home
leg of this match on Friday night. Team:
Eoin Walsh, Martin Walsh, David
Nolan, Ellen O'Neill, Denise Duggan
and Eileen Keohan.
KILMAC 6
Kilmac 6 received a bye into the
final of their section and await the winners of Mullinavat and Rathgormack.
Team: Jamie Cloney, Padraig
Lenane, Seamus O'Leary, Anne Marie
Brown, Chrissie Shanahan, Celine
Tierney.
JUVENILE BADMINTON
Badminton for our juvenile players
recommenced last week. A reminder
to members to check the rota to see
what nights you are on duty.
KIERSEY CUP
The Kiersey Cup is once again fast
approaching with under two weeks to
go. Sunday, January 27th will see this
years Kiersey Cup mixed doubles competition take place in the Rainbow Hall
Kilmac.
This is our sixth year running the
tournament and we hope to have
another large entry. This is a mixed
doubles tournament that caters for all
players grades with the competition
being split into three sections.
Section A Grades 1-3 (C, D, E),
Section B Grades 4-5 (F, G) and Section
C Grades 6, 7, Novice (H1, H2, N) We
hope to see as many of you as possible
there on Sunday week.
ATHLETICS
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West Waterford Athletic Club Juveniles
Tony Dwyer wins McGrath
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THE annual juvenile Colligan
Shield was held on Sunday last.
Weather conditions were ideal for
running and we had a very good
turnout of athletes. This year we
were delighted to welcome back
our sponsor Albert McGrath. The
McGrath family has a long-standing involvement with West
Waterford athletic club both at
senior and juvenile level and have
sponsored this event for the last
few years. Seventy athletes took
part in the race this year which was
well up on last year and the estimated times varied from 8m 30
mins to 15 mins 50.
The countdown clock started at
16 mins and each athlete started at
his or her own time. The first person home was Brian Callaghan
who finished 2 mins 41 ahead of
his predicted time of 15 mins 50.
Next home was Aisling Reynolds
who was 2 mins 37 faster than her
predicted time. Many of our
younger athletes underestimated
their ability and twenty came
home ahead of their predicted
times.
However one young athlete
Tony Dwyer got it spot on and
came home as the clock struck
zero and he is the winner of the
Colligan shield for 2013. Our older
athletes must be getting better at
predicting their times. Some like
Tholom Reddy, Shane O’Riordan,
Micheal Power were within a second of their times and the final
prize-winner Sean Curran was only
two secs outside his time. Only five
boys broke the 8 min barrier
Tholm Reddy, Micheal Power and
Shane O’ Riordan who completed
the course in 8.46 with Sean
Curran just one second further
back in 8.47. The fastest girl was
Hannah Power who ran 9.45 for
the lap with Emma Hallahan next
fastest in 9.49 and Rachel Wyley
one second further back in 9.50
Patrick Walsh made the biggest
improvement from last year being
fifty four seconds faster. Niall
Blackwell,
Caoimhe
Dwyer,
Thomas Hoarty, Liam Hamilton
and Sarah Walsh all improved by
over 30 secs. Others to improve
their times were Lucy Holmes,
Emma Hallahan, Cormac Mahony,
Rachel Wyley and Kate Killigrew.
Our thanks to all the members
of the juvenile and senior club and
to the parents who helped in the
running of this very successful
event. Albert McGrath was on
hand to present the prizes to the
five prize-winners at the conclusion of the event.
COLLIGAN CUP 2013
Brian Callaghan
Aisling Reynolds
Ronan Mansfield
Sean Callaghan
Neela Ryan
Marc Mahony
Helena Barry
Diarmuid Mahony
Daniel Coonan
Tommy Fennell
Colm Barry
Andrew Walsh
Rececca Downey
Caoimhe Reynolds
Hannah Hallahan
Cormac Mahony
Rory Fennell
Kate Killigrew
Oisin O'Riordan
Matthew Walsh
Winner:
Tony Dwyer
Second:
Tholm Reddy
Third:
Michaél Power
Fourth:
Shane O'Riordan
Predicted Plus/ Time
Time Actual Minus Run
15.50 -2.41 13.09
15.00 -2.37 12.23
15.00 -2.28 12.32
14.30 -2.18 12.12
14.30 -2.15 12.15
13.00 -1.58 11.02
13.00 -1.45 11.15
14.30 -1.25 13.05
14.30 -1.22 13.08
12.00 -1.20 10.40
14.00 -1.20 12.40
15.30 -1.08 14.22
14.30 -40 13.50
15.00 -37 14.23
13.13 -34 12.39
10.05
-3 19.34
11.43 -30 11.13
12.20 -28 11.52
10.30 -27 10.03
10.25 -21 10.04
11.20
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8.45
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8.45
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Kristan Murphy
Sarah Walsh
Sean Fennell
Aoibhinn Connaughton
Rachel Harty
Angelina Chizhikova
Aidan McKenna
Thomas Hoarty
Niall Blackwell
Emma Hallahan
Rachel Wyley
Sophie Daniels
Eve Power
Liam Hamilton
Ciaran Mahony
Eva Daniels
Liam Reilly
Eoin O'Brien
Mollie Murphy Nix
Donnagh Condon
Maeve Griffin
Grace Power
Christian O'Mahony
Hannah Power
Arthur Chizhikov
Caoimhe Dwyer
Fionn Dwyer
Cian O'Riordan
Shaun O'Mahony
Bronagh Condon
Emily O'Mahony
Kate McGrath
Meg Ryan
Mark Blackwell
Emily Murphy
Gráinne Lane
Donnacha Roche
Fergal Roche
Jamie Coonan
Maggie Feehan
Pictured is Tony Dwyer with the
Colligan shield for Juveniles
which he won last Sunday at the
McGrath Newsagents sponsored
event. Tony’s uncle Michael went
on later in the day to win the
Kiely Monumental senior event
for the 2nd time in its 25 year history.
Fifth:
Sean Curran
Bryan O'Mahony
Sean Ronayne
Patrick Walsh
Emer Griffin
Lucy Holmes
8.45 +2
8.47
8.45 +16
9.01
9.45 +24 10.09
8.45 +30 9.15
15.00 +30 15.30
9.50 +31 10.21
11.07
10.34
10.06
11.16
15.07
12.40
19.26
10.09
9.28
9.49
9.50
11.21
12.09
10.41
10.52
11.31
9.43
9.43
16.00
16.02
16.06
12.11
19.56
59.45
10.38
9.52
13.57
10.11
11.10
10.14
10.29
10.17
10.09
13.15
12.26
12.51
13.03
13.04
19.08
19.11
AOIFE HAMILTON TO COMPETE
ON THE IRISH TEAM
The Celtic International under
17 will be held in conjunction with
the Cardiff International Races
next weekend. Aoife Hamilton has
been selected on the Irish team for
this event. This will be Aoife’s first
international race and her selection is the result of two excellent
performances at the national cross
country championships where she
finished 3rd under 15 and under
16. Well done Aoife all in West
Waterford wish you the best of
luck. Also travelling to Cardiff this
weekend are 32 athletes and officials from West Waterford and as
well as competing in their own
races they will be on hand to cheer
on Aoife and the rest of the Irish
team.
Allrounder Sports Winter League
Results for Week 10 - Short Route
Place No. Name
1 638 SANDFORD, Ronan
SLOWER THAN PREDICTED
2 647 CUMMINS, Gerry
3 646 QUINN, Anne
4 729 CASEY, Eleanor
5 697 CASEY, Maire
6 663 BUDDS, Niamh
7 616 O'DONNELL, Liam
8 661 BUDDS, Margaret
9 656 MASON, Deirdre
10 699 FOLEY, John
11 777 ROCHE, Edna
12 722 FOLEY, James
13 755 HOGAN, Louise
14 614 BREATHNACH, Jennifer
15 675 HOGAN, Mary
16 708 NEWMAN, Shane
17 701 LYONS, Stacey
18 769 COAKLEY, Bridget
19 737 MURRAY, Serena
20 735 FLAVIN, Eamonn
21 771 CLIFFE, Nicola
22 692 SHINE, Joan
23 693 FENNELL, Noreen
24 652 MOLONEY, Marion
25 700 LYONS, Anne
26 605 RYAN, Alice
27 759 HARRINGTON, John
28 733 MACKLIN, Martha
29 698 SCANLON, Thomas
30 772 TUTTY, Michael (93)
31 797 McGILL, Brian
32 798 BUENICOURT, Ben
33 723 O'GORMAN, Maria
34 718 WHELAN, Terry
35 791 POWER, Angela
36 673 MURPHY, Lorna
37 792 BARRON, Martina
38 710 DILLON, Alice
39 705 DELAHUNTY, Kate
40 754 NUGENT, Mark
41 781 O'KEEFE, Michael
10.35 +32
10.00 +34
9.30 +36
10.40 +36
14.30 +37
12.00 +40
8.45 +4
9.37 +42
8.45 +43
9.06 +43
9.06 +44
10.35 +46
11.20 +49
9.50 +51
10.00 +52
10.35 +56
8.45 +58
8.45 +58
15.00 +1.00
15.00 +1.02
15.00 +1.06
11.00 +1.11
8.45 +1.1
8.30 +1.1
9.20 +1.18
8.30 +1.22
12.30 +1.27
8.40 +1.31
9.30 +1.40
8.30 +1.44
8.45 +1.44
8.30 +1.47
8.20 +1.49
11.00 +2.15
10.10 +2.16
10.30 +2.21
10.00 +3.03
10.00 +3.04
15.00 +4.05
15.00 +4.11
Winner of the Juvenile Shield at the Colligan Cup last Sunday. Tony Dwyer is presented with his prize by
sponsor Albert McGrath of McGrath Newsagents. Also included are runners-up Sean Curran 5th, Shane
O'Riordan 4th, Micheal Power 3rd, Tholm Reddy 2nd and Mary Ashe, West Waterford Juvenile Athletic Club
Secretary.
Allrounder Sports Winter League
Results for Week 10 - Long Route
Aoife Hamilton who has been
selected on the Irish team for
next
weekend’s
Celtic
International.
Sponsored by
Allrounder
Sports Shop
Time
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42 672 CUMMINS, Jennifer
43 664 DROHAN, Pauline
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44 627 TWOMEY, Marissa
45 639 SANDFORD, Liam
46 670 RYAN, Patrick
47 662 BUDDS, Sheila
48 633 CASHIN, Claire
49 642 DALY, Deirdre
50 796 TUTTY, Vincent
51 643 DOWER, Ciara
52 730 CASEY, Olive
53 732 CAHILL, Annette
54 653 MOYNIHAN, Micheal
55 640 O'DONOVAN, Anne
56 800 ROCHE, Pat
57 684 SHALLOE, Tracey
58 793 FITZGERALD, Joanne
59 645 FOLEY, Catriona
60 679 TOWEY, David
61 635 DOYLE, Hannah
62 773 HAYES, Louise
63 682 KEOGH, Majella
64 743 GLEESON, Louise
65 674 WHELAN, Margaret
66 604 POWER, Kay
67 742 HAYES, Colleen
68 721 KENNEDY, Liz
69 802 REGAN, Eugenie
70 744 MURRAY, Anne
71 789 KELLY, Dervla
72 790 MCGRATH, Particia
73 801 ROCHE, Gillian
74 618 DEVINE, Jenny
75 799 LONGAN, Mary
76 747 WHELAN, Vicki
77 745 WHELAN, Esther
78 760 DUNFORD, Shannon
79 794 BYRNE, Angela
80 795 BYRNE, Mary
81 691 COSGRAVE, Padraig
82 782 O'CONNOR, Kevin
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Noel Murphy, Dunhill pictured at
the
25th
Annual
Kiely
Monumental Colligan Cup last
Sunday.
Place No. Name
1 26 FLYNN, Mark
SLOWER THAN PREDICTED
2 179 FITZGERALD, Pat
3 164 FEENEY, Des
4 155 POWER, Cormac
5 309 MURPHY, Agnes
6 103 GAFFNEY, Andrea
7 276 O'FLYNN, Vincent
8 84 LEAHY, Tom
9 305 LUCEY, John
10 310 KIELY, Nikki
11 308 BANNON, Orla
12 311 DONNELLY, Marian
13 41 FITZGERALD, Adrian
14 148 O'DONNELL, Kenneth
15 245 HARTY, Julie
16 68 CALLAGHAN, Micheal
17 10 BEGLEY, Padraig
18 135 MacSHANE, Padraig
19 122 CULLEN, Alan
20 118 DONNELLY, David
21 124 MOLONEY, Pearse
22 1 O'DONNELL, James
23 117 HEALY, Kevin
24 153 CONNOLLY, Fergal
25 29 MOONEY, Brendan
26 190 McGRATH, Paul
27 301 POLLOCK, Dave
28 295 BROWNE, Alan
29 44 MOLONEY, Michael
30 173 MURRAY, Gerard
31 88 FOLEY, John
32 38 O'NEILL, Conor
33 3 CHIZHIKOV, Yevgeniy
34 19 FINNEGAN, Michelle
35 31 CLIFFE, Mark
36 175 LYNCH, Kevin
37 315 COLLINS, Gary
38 57 McNALLY, David
39 256 O'GORMAN, Paul
40 192 McCORMACK, Gary
41 317 MURPHY, Pat
42 105 KIRWAN, Bryan
43 56 DWYER, Sean
44 215 REGAN, David
45 246 O'BRIEN, Ellen
46 248 DUNFORD, Joanne
47 75 DROHAN, Noel
48 140 LONGAN, Tom
49 195 WALSH, Corinna
50 142 DEE, Jason
51 80 DEE, Irene
52 65 WALSH, Clare
53 221 O'CALLAGHAN, John
54 5 BEATTY, Bernard
55 286 DUNFORD, Michael
56 126 WALL, Triona
57 51 HAYES, Martin
58 121 MALIKOVA, Zuzana
59 54 GENC, Sue
60 258 CARVER, Martina
61 312 COLLINS, Paula
62 99 FERNCOMBE, Tom
63 87 MOONEY, Declan
64 64 MURPHY, Tomás
65 89 FITZGERALD, Michelle
66 176 MURRAY, Vincent
67 191 COLLINS, Niall
68 201 WHYTE, Mary
69 35 HOGAN, Noel
70 210 BARRY, Jim
71 39 HOGAN, Tom
72 224 HOGAN, John Paul
73 4 CHIZHIKOVA, Diana
74 33 BARRY, Joe
75 66 HOGAN, Stephen
76 119 O'REGAN, Niamh
77 158 FORAN, Brendan
78 236 HAMILTON, Tony
79 55 BRUNNOCK, Paul
80 23 HALLISSEY, Geraldine
81 280 HAMILTON, George
82 161 CONDON, Thomas
83 21 BANNON, Ray
84 18 O'MAHONEY, Orla
85 52 HIGGINS, Sharon
86 230 CASEY, Anna
87 152 DEEGAN, Michael
88 92 LYONS, Anita
89 298 FLYNN, Niall
90 319 MURPHY, Jim
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Sponsored by
Allrounder
Sports Shop
91 47 STREET, Paddy
92 262 CUNNIFFE, Nicola
93 98 CRONOLLY, Rita
94 206 BREATHNACH, Orna
95 205 KELLY, Elaine
96 272 CASEY, Kevin
97 271 CASEY, Kevin Thomas
98 104 POWER, Valerie
99 73 POWER, Nicky
100 85 DURAND, Michele
101 71 LANNEN, Patrick
102 247 COFFEY, Brigid
103 59 COLEMAN, Karen
104 134 WHELAN, Aine
105 290 KIELY, Catriona
106 260 RYAN, Alan
107 150 BYRNE, Brian
108 15 HAHESY, Deirdre
109 107 HAYES, Helene
110 178 TOBIN, Jackie
111 102 SHEIL, Jacinta
112 239 FRISBY, Pat
113 100 NUGENT, Denise
114 93 KEANE, Marian
115 40 KAVANAGH, Liam
116 253 DIXON, Lorraine
117 11 NI CHEIRIN, Grainne
118 6 MULLIGAN, Una
119 144 MASSEY, Anne
120 202 GREEN, Adam
121 316 WIDGER, Gary
122 207 BARRY, Geraldine
123 114 O'DONOVAN, Marie
124 208 COLLINS G. Gillian
125 9 O'RIORDAN, Jennifer
126 154 HARNEY, Mary
127 2 MOORE, Sinead
128 145 ROCHE, Tara
129 169 FITZGERALD, Alice
130 69 BRADFIELD, Linda
131 109 POWER, Onra
132 90 HARTY, Josie
133 213 CUMMINS, Helen
134 177 DUFFIN, Ciara
135 289 HOLLAND, Patrick
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FASTER THAN PREDICTED
136 199 COFFEY, Denis
137 282 GLEESON, Cathal E.
138 241 SHAW-HAMILTON, Natalie
139 106 PROCTOR, Pascal
140 209 KINSELLA, Rose
141 17 O'DONNELL, Ann
142 78 DWANE, Cathal
143 46 HAHESY, Raymond
144 28 MOONEY, Lorena
145 125 GRACE, Thomas
146 238 DWYER, Dermot
147 323 O'MAHONY, Declan
148 299 GREENE, Matt
149 267 CAMPBELL, David
150 14 DUNFORD, Ann
151 278 QUEALLY, John
152 111 O'SULLIVAN, Paddy
153 76 BUDDS, Seamus
154 244 POWER, Sarah
155 313 NAGLE, Graham
156 42 TRAVERS, Jason
157 266 DALTON, Emma
158 284 O'KEEFFE, Tim
159 188 GAFFNEY, David
160 50 CUNNINGHAM, Peter
161 13 TOBIN, Angela
162 234 WYSE, Darren
163 123 DORAN, Eddie
164 216 FALCONER, John
165 200 KIRWAN, Richie
166 30 MOONEY, Catherine
167 197 CASEY, Damien
168 12 BEATTY, Anita
169 307 LYNAM, Brett
170 151 LYONS, Colin
171 183 ORGAN, Kate
172 49 HAYES, Michelle
173 304 MASON, Trevor
174 314 COONAN, Vinnie
175 193 PHELAN, Eamon
176 322 LEAHY, Jeremy
177 249 TYNAN, Jackie
178 318 COFFEY, Niamh
179 321 FOGARTY, Christine
180 320 NUGENT, Deirdre
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16
ATHLETES
ALLROUNDER SPORTS WINTER LEAGUE 2013
The Winter League gains
more momentum
LAST Wednesday night was
absolutely ideal for all the runners
at the winter league with perfect
conditions for running. The names
at the top of the leader board
have stayed the same but with 6
weeks remaining it really are all to
play for.
The league kicks off at the usual
time of 7.20 p.m. sharp and all
those who have yet to be issued
with a number should aim to be
there around 7 o’clock. Please
remember to park only in the designated areas and not to obstruct
any traffic. Don’t forget your number and your bib and the starting
times will be on display in the hall.
STARTING TIMES FOR
TONIGHT-THE CHASE IS ON!
Fast times are guaranteed
tonight as the runners have been
allocated into groups again. It’s 5
minutes between the groups, so
be prepared!
RONAN SANDFORD AND
MARK FLYNN ARE
COLLIGAN CUP WINERS
Colligan has had its fair share of
winter league success and Mark
Flynn is another to add to the list
after he claimed victory in last
week’s Colligan Cup style run. He
timed it to perfection and crossed
the line as the clock struck zero. For
many others it was a case of being
just a little too fast or too slow. Pat
Fitzgerald was just behind Mark
which was great timing and commiserations to Denis Coffey who
just crossed the line ahead of Mark
and so was deemed too fast, it’s
not that often we are told we are
too fast! In the short route, Ronan
Sandford whose name has been
appearing in the top 20 quite a lot
lately has kept the Sandford tradition of perfect pacing alive by taking victory in the short route.
Liamie Sandford is always one
to watch in predict your time runs
and Liam almost had it but unfortunately he was two seconds too
fast and so Ronan has taken over!
Gerry Cummins and Anne Quinn
were just behind Ronan and just a
second too fast was Marissa
Twomey.
Well done to all, it’s nice mix
things up every now and then but
it’s back to groups again.
LONG ROUTE:
Mark Flynn (winner) 0.00
Slower than predicted:
Pat Fitzgerald 0.01
Des Feeney 0.03
Cormac Power 0.04
Agnes Murphy 0.04
Andrea Gaffney 0.06
Vincent O’Flynn 0.07
Tom Leahy 0.08
John Lucey 0.08
Nikki Kiely 0.09
SHORT ROUTE:
Ronan Sandford (winner)
0.00
Slower than predicted:
Gerry Cummins 0.02
Anne Quinn 0.02
Eleanor Casey 0.03
Maire Casey 0.04
Niamh Budds 0.04
Liam O’Donnell 0.05
Margaret Budds 0.05
Deirdre Mason 0.06
John Foley 0.07
DIVISION TABLES
In the long route Niall Collins is
still in the lead but his lead has
reduced since last week and there
are quite a few new names in the
top ten after last week and some
have moved down to division 2
Onra Power wins Athlete of
the Year for 2012
CONGRATULATIONS and well
done to Onra Power who won the
club’s Athlete of the Year competition for 2012. This means that
Onra represented the club in more
events than any other athlete.
It was a very close competition
with Joe Gough taking the spring
award on 27 points and Onra had
13 for the same quarter but she
really set out her mark for the summer and autumn quarter by winning both.
For the winter quarter there
were four that finished at the top
with the same scoreline-Paul
Brunnock, Ray Hahessy, Ted
O’Leary and Onra.
Onra had gained enough
points over the summer to maintain her lead and will be thrilled to
be the 2012 champion, well done
Onra, what a great achievement.
Paul Brunnock, who would
have been in the running too,
took the runner-up position and
was only 5 points behind Onra in
what was probably one of the
closest competitions in history.
well done to you too Paul.
TOP TEN FOR 2012
Onra Power
Paul Brunnock
Paschal Proctor
Tom Leahy
Andrea Gaffney
Yev Chizhikov
John Foley
Sue Genc
Ray Hahessy
Pat Fitzgerald
Ann Dunford
So
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79
77
66
65
64
63
62
60
56
53
Woodies DIY
Masters and AAI
Games and
Combined events
Pictured is Ronan Sandford winner of the short route "Colligan
cup" style run at the recent
Allrounder Sports Winter League.
Pictured is Mark Flynn winner of
the long route "Colligan cup"
style run at the recent Allrounder
Sports Winter League.
but it’s quite possible to move
down and then back up again.
There’s very little change in the
short route with 9 still hanging on
from last week and new into the
frame is Gerry Cummins who is
holding tenth spot at the moment.
LONG ROUTE
Niall Collins
559
James O’Donnell
608
Joanne Dunford
627
Tony Hamilton
633
George Hamilton
641
Jason Dee
646
Conor O’Neill
649
Pat Fitzgerald
649
Vincent O’Flynn
652
Paul McGrath
685
SHORT ROUTE
Serena Murray
333
Eamon Flavin
349
John Foley
363
Tom Scanlan
385
Eleanor Casey
394
Niamh Budds
410
Edna Roche
412
Ronan Sandford
422
Anne Quinn
429
Gerry Cummins
441
THANKS
The winter league wouldn‚t be
the success that it is without the
help of our very loyal and dedicated sponsor which is Pearse
Moloney of the Allrounder Sports
Shop who has provided great support and assistance at the league
each and every year and it’s very
much appreciated by all at the
club, thanks so much.
Thanks also to the background
crew that look after the entries,
the times and the results and the
parking and of course thanks so
much to our dedicated crew of
stewards without whom there
could be no league and who do a
great job night after night, thanks
so much indeed
TEAM COMPETITION
The best scoring team, on the
long route, last week was “Beauty
and the Beasts”, the team being
Andrea Gaffney, Paschal Proctor
and John Foley.
The top 5 teams on the long
route are:
1st JTG: Jason Dee, Tom
Condon, Georgie Hamilton.
2nd
The
Dunfords:
Joanne
Dunford,
Michael
Dunford, Bridget Coffey.
3rd
The
Caseys:
Kevin Casey, Kevin T. Casey, Cathal
Gleeson.
4th The 3 Gauntleteers: Mark
Cliffe, Conor O’Neill, Ted O’Leary.
5th
Shinsplint
Sprinters:
Mary Harney, Geraldine Barry,
Sinead Moore.
On the short route, the best
scoring team last week was Lorna
Murphy, Mgt Whelan and Mary
Hogan.
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
VOUCHER WINNERS WEEK 10
The winners of the vouchers,
sponsored by Zuzana Malikova,
for week 10 of the winter league
are Mark Flynn (long route) and
Ronan Sandford (short route).
Both were the winners of the predict your time night in the winter
league last week. 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
PLEASE note the National Masters,
Seniors and Junior combined
events will take place at the new
indoor arena in Athlone, AIT, on
Saturday, January 26th. The AAI
games will take place at the same
venue on Sunday, 27th January.
The Masters indoors will be held in
Athlone on Saturday, February 9th
and the junior and under 23
championships on Sunday, 10th
February at the same venue.
The senior indoor championships will be held on Saturday,
February 16th AIT. If competing in
any of the above mentioned
please contact Jim Fleming at 087289151. No entries accepted on
day of competition.
Ger Wyley of Ger Wyley sports and Footwear sponsor of a pair on Nike
Pegasus runners presents them to Susan Pike who was the 25th person
to finish last Sunday’s 25th Annual Kiely Monumental Colligan Cup.
7th Annual Anne
Valley 5 mile
challenge
THE 7th Annual Anne Valley 5
mile Challenge will take place on
Saturday, 9th February and proceeds this year will be donated to
a number of commendable
organisations.
If you would like to partake in
the Anne Valley 5 mile Challenge
you can enter online now at
www.annevalleyrunning.webs.co
m and the first 50 people to register will receive an exclusive race tshirt. You can also register on the
day in Harneys Bar, Dunhill.
Walkers will leave at 10 a.m.
and the Juvenile 2 mile Challenge
will start with the adult race at 12
noon so come and register early
on the day. For more details.
Contact: Tricia Quinn
Tel. 086 3905991 or 051 396849.
Email: [email protected]
Gillian Flynn and Kate Power set the pace at the 25th Annual Kiely
Monumental Colligan Cup last Sunday.
Paul Brunnock wins
Winter quarter of
athlete of the year
Johnny Queally on his first lap at
the
25th
Annual
Kiely
Monumental Colligan Cup last
Sunday.
WELL done to Paul Brunnock who
took the title for the winter section for the athlete of the year
competition. Four people had 15
points which was the highest score
for winter and these were Paul
Brunnock, Onra Power, Ray
Hahessy and Ted O’Leary. Onra
had previously won the summer
quarter and Paul had higher
points in the other quarters than
Ray and Ted so the title goes to
Paul. Well done Paul.
Onra Power and Linda Bradfield enjoying their running at the 25th
Annual Kiely Monumental Colligan Cup last Sunday.
ATHLETICS
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25th ANNUAL KIELY MONUMENTAL COLLIGAN CUP
Detailed results can be viewed on:
www.westwaterfordathletics.org
Dwyers on the double
THERE were celebrations all
round with the Dwyer family as
Michael Dwyer won the Colligan
Cup shield for the second time in
the history of the race and he is
the only person to have accomplished this feat.
Prior to the adult race, the
juvenile race took place and it
was Michael’s nephew Tony that
claimed victory, so all in all it was
a great day for the Dwyers. It was
also a first in that there were so
many to have crossed the line
before the clock had reached
zero so Victor Mullins who
created this unique system had an
easy enough job in selecting the
winner. As already mentioned
Michael Dwyer hit the line at
exactly 0.00 followed by Ray
Hahessy and Gerry Cantwell who
is another former winner of this
race.
In fourth place overall and the
first lady was Karen Ryan and in
fifth place was Brendan Foran. As
Karen was the first lady she
claimed the prize for that and so
the prize for second lady went to
Martina Morrissey, followed by
Anna Ballot, Sarah Power and
Julie Harty.
As is tradition each year at this
race, a pair of runners is raffled
among all participants (kindly
donated by Ger Wyley of Wyley
sports) but as this was the 25th
year of the race it was decided
that the runners would go to the
25th person to cross the line after
the clock had reached 0.00 and
the lucky winner of the lovely
runners this year was Susan Pike,
well done to you Susan.
Thanks also to all the
spectators who came out to
support the runners as they
covered the three and a half laps
of the wood.
FIRST FIVE MEN:
Michael Dwyer
Ray Hahessy
Gerry Cantwell
John Foley
Brendan Foran
FIRST FIVE WOMEN:
Karen Ryan
Martina Morrissey
Anna Ballot
Sarah Power
Julie Harty
VICTOR MULLINS CUP GOES
TO BRENDAN FORAN
Victor Mullins was the creator
of this style of race and each year
Victor is present to pick the
winner of the race. With the last
number of years, Victor also
awards the Victor Mullins Cup to
the first person on the right side
of the clock that has never ran the
Colligan Cup before.
This year’s winner, Brendan
Foran of Clonea Power was glad
he made the trip to the wood as
not only was he the fifth man
overall in the race but he was also
the winner of Victor’s cup, so well
done to you Brendan. Our thanks
go to Victor for his help and
involvement with this race each
year and for his award.
MANY
THANKS
Our thanks to all who helped
in anyway with last Sunday’s 25th
Annual Kiely Monumental
Colligan cup race which was held
on a reasonably good day. It’s not
every club or indeed sponsor of
an event that can boast to have
been involved with the same
event for 25 years, well this is the
case in the partnership between
ourselves and David Kiely of Kiely
Monumental.
David and the Kiely family
have been true supporters of
local athletes for all these years
and we at West Waterford AC are
most grateful for this support and
hope it will continue for another
25 years.
We thank David Kiely for his
attendance on Sunday. David
congratulated all the winners and
presented all of them with their
prizes which we are most grateful
for.
Thanks to Liam O’Donnell for
the timing on the day. Thanks to
Victor and Marie Mullins for their
sponsorship and support of the
event.
Our thanks to Tony on van and
P.A. duty and Conor and Jamie for
their invaluable help. Thanks to
Trevor and Dermot for their help
at the finish line. To all our
stewards a big thank you.
Our thanks this year once
again to Ger Wyley of Wyley
Sports and Footwear for again
sponsoring a pair of Nike runners.
Our sincere thanks also to
Michael Roche of Michael Roche
Carpets, the spring series sponsor
who was also present on the day.
Finally, our thanks also go to
Coillte for their co-operation with
the use of the Colligan Wood for
the event.
Cross County
Intermediate
and Masters
THE National Intermediate and
Masters cross country will be
held in Derry on Sunday, 3rd
February and the National Inter
clubs will be held in Tullamore on
Sunday, 24th February, anybody
interested in running are asked
to contact Ann Dunford at 086
0619711. No entries on the day.
Victor and Marie Mullins presents the Mullins family cup to winner
Brendan Foran at the Kiely Monumental Colligan Cup last Sunday.
The prize is presented for the first finisher who was running the event
for the first time.
Winner of the Colligan Shield for Ladies at last Sunday’s 25th Annual Kiely monumental Colligan Cup,
Karen Ryan is presented with the shield by sponsor David Kiely. Also pictured are Julie Harty 5th, Martina
Morrissey 2nd, Anna Ballot 3rd and Sarah Power 4th.
Overall winner of the 25th Annual Kiely Monumental Colligan Cup, Michael Dwyer is presented with the
cup by sponsor David Kiely. Also pictured are Karen Ryan 5th, John Foley 4th, Ray Hahesy 2nd and Gerry
Cantwell 3rd.
2nd Annual John Treacy Dungarvan
Ten mile road race
The scene is now set for the club’s
premier road race of the year, the
John Treacy Dungarvan 10 mile.
The club and town are in an
advanced stage of preparation for
our big day. It has been a very busy
few weeks, indeed months preparing for what will be the largest
road race ever held in the town.
The race now in its 22nd year
pays tribute to one of the greats of
Irish athletes our own John Treacy.
John plays a hands on role in the
event and will participate once
again this year. The club is delighted to be able to call the race The
John Treacy Dungarvn 10 and we
are honoured to be able to promote this event with the full support and backing of John.
Hopefully, now the weather will
play its part too. We are also
delighted to report that we have a
huge local entry which is very
encouraging and for all those for
whom this will be their first ten
mile, keep up the good work your
almost there now.
NUMBER TRANSFERRING
A BIG NO NO
From what we hear there is
quite an amount of number transferring going on presently for the
John Treacy Dungarvan 10. The
organisers take a very dim view of
this practice as in the past in our
own race and in other big local
events this has played havoc with
results for category winners and
especially team results.
We appeal to those partaking in
this practice to consider the
amount of undue stress this brings
to the race organisers and even
more so to your fellow athletes
who may be denied their rightful
prize or team placing because of
your actions and finally it may also
hinder your application to participate in this event in the future as a
video recording will be taken on
the finish line this year. Thank you.
NOTICE
The numbers will be posted out
and you will all receive your number at the beginning of next week.
This means of course all you have
to do on race day is to be at the
start line no later than 12.45 p.m.
with your number pinned to the
FRONT of your club running
singlet.
When you have finished the
race you will be asked to remove
your race number, on returning
your race number at the goodie
bag area you will receive a substantial goody bag. After the race
refreshments will be provided in
the Sports Centre.
On the subject of refreshments,
just to say once again, this is one
race where the club really relies on
the goodwill and the support of
our loyal club members. This race is
the biggest undertaking by the
club each year and as a result we
rely heavily on your support. At the
winter league last week and
tonight forms were handed out to
all the runners as we are seeking
people that might be in a position
to help out in any way. We need
people to steward the course and
also to make sandwiches for after
the race.
If you haven’t already filled out
one of these forms and may be
able to help out, we would appreciate you filling one out. Each runner is asked to state in what capacity they will be able to help out and
to give us their contact details.
We will in turn contact you. The
club needs as many members and
friends to help us make this a great
race and a great day for West
Waterford AC and for our town.
ELITE MENS ENTRY
Last week we took a look at the
Elite Ladies entered so far for this
year’s race and this week we take a
look at the Elite men’s entry list.
Please note elite athletes, that
entries will be accepted up to
Friday, 18th January the standards
set down are Men 55 minutes and
Ladies 60 Minutes. These times
must have been posted within the
last 3 years. Proof of these qualifying times may be required.
MEN’S ELITE ENTRIES 2013
Sean Hehir, Rathfarnham
WSAF A.C.:
Dublin 2012 runner-up with a
time of 2.17.35 a new personal
best. Winner of the 2012
Dungarvan 10 setting a new course
record time of 49.25. Finished 3rd
in the National inter-counties cross
country in Rathoate, Co. Meath to
secure selection for the European
cross country in December. Was on
the Irish team who competed at
the European cross country in
Hungary in December. Finished 4th
in the national half marathon in
Galway in 2012 with a time of
67.04. Won the national half
marathon in Waterford in 2011 in a
time of 65.24.
Brian Maher, Kilkenny city
Harriers AC:
Finished 4th in the inter counties
in Rathoath, Co. Meath to secure
selection for the Irish team for the
Europeans. Was a member of the
Irish team who competed at the
European cross country in Hungary
in December. Was runner up in the
national half marathon in
Waterford in 2011 with a time of
66.40. Current national 10,000
metres champion with a winning
time of 30.17.07. Holder of 7 consecutive senior Kilkenny cross country titles. This will be Brian’s first
time running the Dungarvan 10.
Philip Harty, West Waterford
AC:
Twice winner 2011 and 2012 of
the Solas centre run for life 10 mile
in 50.03. Winner of the Waterford
half marathon in December 50.03.
Recent winner of the Brickey 5 his
time was 27.54, this is his 3rd time
winning this race. Winner of the
recent Waterford half marathon in
a time of 67.30.
Won the
Glaxosmithkline 5 during the summer series with a time of 24.52. Has
been a prolific winner of road races
all around the south east for many
years. 5th in Dungarvan 10 in 2010
with a time of 50.58.
Sandis
Bralitis,
West
Waterford AC:
Winner of Dungarvan 10 in
2010 with a time of 50.57. Finished
3rd in Dungarvan 10 2011 in a time
of 51.15. Holds 4 course records for
summer series race. Waterford to
Tramore 36.44, Clashmore 5 in 8,
The Glaxosmithkline 5 mile in 24.34
and The Ardmore 5 in 24.35. Won
Mallow 10 in 2011 in a time of
51.16. Former winner of the
national half marathon championships of Ireland in 66.39. Ran the
European cross country championships for Latvia. Won the country
senior cross country championships
5 years in a row. No one in this
year‚s race has won more road
races over an array of distances
than Sandis has, as he has been
winning races the length and
breadth of the country over the
past few years.
GOLF
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DUNGARVAN GOLF CLUB
Tel. Office 058-43310, Fax. 058-44113, Pro Shop 058-44707.
Website: www.dungarvangolfclub.com
TABLE QUIZ
A Table Quiz is taking place in
the Clubhouse on Friday 25th
January at 8 p.m and we would
love to see support. This fun
evening, always enjoyable will
raise much need funds for the
course development. A Team of 4
is only €20 and all are welcome, so
bring a friend- preferably a brainy
one!
LOTTO BONUS BALL
Please support our lotto bonus
ball on a weekly basis. Proceeds
towards course development.
ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS
The 1st January deadline has
passed for the payment of subs.
Thank you to all members who
have remitted their annual subscriptions to date. If you haven’t
yet paid, payments are accepted in
both the office and bar. If you
need clarification or have any
queries regarding your Annual
Subscription for 2012/13 or wish to
discuss payment options in special
circumstances please do not hesitate to contact Secretary/ Manager
Irene Lynch on [email protected] This e-mail address is
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view it or telephone (058)43310 ex.
20. Thank you for your support.
GENTS SPRING LEAGE
SPONSORED BY DAVID HAYES
PGA PROFESSIONAL
The gents spring league kindly
sponsored by resident PGA
Professional David Hayes is commencing this Thursday, 17th
January. The line up of teams and
draw is posted below. The Club
thanks David for his support and
sponsorship of this event.
Jack Nicklaus H/C, Ben Hogan
H/C, Gary Player H/C, Arnold
Palmer H/C; Power, Cyril 28;
Brosnan, M. 27; McGovern, Pat 25;
De Paor, Sean 24; Lynch, Matthew
18; Gormley,
Sean 18;
Cunningham, Paddy 18; Corbett,
John 18; O'Brien, Denis 18; Power,
(Tramore) Paul 18; Brennan,
Dermot 17; Elstead, Jack 16; Barry,
Danny 14; Whelan Barrett, Sean
15; Ryan, Denis 15; Ruane, Tony 15;
Cliffe, Maurice 14; Croke, Kevin 14;
Cronin, Denis 14; Fahey, Larry 14;
O'Mahoney, Owen 12; Walsh,
Justin 12; Coleman, Kevin 11;
Mahoney, Dr David 11; Kelly,
Michael 8; Horsom, Patsy 8;
Finnegan, Peter 8; Drummy,
Patrick 8; Walsh, Mossie 8;
O'Connor,
Michael 7; Slevin,
Ronan 7; Barrett, Conor 6.
Seve Ballesteros H/C, Nick Faldo
H/C, J Maria Olazabal, Sam Snead;
Phelan, Tom 24; Bannon, Colm;
Daly, Dr Charles 22; Carroll, Liam
18; Clancy, John 19; Quinn, Jim 20;
Vart, Paul 21; Fitzgerald, Tony 17;
Hickey, Eamonn 17; Hyde, Robert
17; Kiersey, James 17; O'Mahoney,
Michael 15; Norris, Pat 12; Whelan,
Thomas 16; Whelan, Jerry 16;
Keane, Tony 14; Moroney, James
14; Norris Pat 12; Terry, Maurice 14;
Hansbury, Liam 12; Elstead, Eddie
12; Crowley, David 11; Burke, Tom
12; McGrath, Dermot 11; Norris,
Nicholas 11; Regan, David 12;
Regan, John 11; Walsh Declan 9;
O'Neill Seamus 9; Morrissey Pat 12;
Moloney, John G. 9; O'Donnell,
Jimmy 6; O'Donoghue, Frank 6;
Lismore
Golf Club
Phone 058-54026.
Website: www.lismoregolf.org
CLUB RESULTS
Monday 7th to Sunday, 13th
January,
12
Hole
Singles
Stableford, sponsored by Noel
Devereux Menswear, Dungarvan –
1st Larry Kiely (19) 30 pts.; 2nd
Seamus Beecher (16) 29 pts. L6; 3rd
P. J. Coughlan (13) 29 pts.
FIXTURES
Monday 14th to Sunday, 20th
January, 12 Hole Singles Stableford
sponsored by Cllr. Declan Doocey
and 1st Round of the Dermot
O’Leary Agri Spring League.
WEEKLY COMPETITION
We held our first 12 hole competition of the year this week and
members turned out in numbers
to get some practice in for our
upcoming Spring League. This
week our competition was kindly
sponsored by Noel Devereux
Menswear Dungarvan and the
scoring was fittingly of a tip top
standard. This first winner of year
was Larry Kiely (19) who skipped
around in fine fashion to return a
magnificent score of 30 points.
Larry had no fewer than 7 pars and
finished in a blaze of glory with 4
consecutive pars for 12 points.
Second place went to 2012
Captain Seamus Beecher (16) who
returned a fine score of 29 points,
settling into his ex officio role with
consummate ease. Seamus just
claimed 2nd place on a count back
on the last 6 thanks in main to a
fine birdie at the 10th. Lismore’s P
J Coughlan rounded off the prize
winners, returning another 29
points for 3rd place. P. J. had the
ball rolling nicely accumulating no
fewer than 7 pars and a nice birdie
3 at the ninth. With such impressive scores the upcoming Spring
League is sure to be hotly contested.
SPRING LEAGUE 2013
The list for the eagerly awaited
Dermot O’Leary Agri Ltd. Spring
League is now complete and
posted in the clubhouse. The
league is starting this Monday,
14th January, and the first round
will take place over the following 2
weeks to ensure all members get
out and play. Full list of rules and
format are posted on the notice
board. The course itself is in excellent order considering the weather conditions so members are
encouraged to get out and play in
support of their fellow team members as often as possible. We have
a total of 90 people playing this
year which is a credit to the members and organising committee for
Nagle, Graham 5; Kennedy, Paddy
4.
Ernie Els, Ian Woosnam, Lee
Trevino, Tom Watson; Hally,
Brendan 22; McCabe, Tom 22;
Brockie, Don 21; Fitzgerald,
Michael 21; Treacy, Liam 21;
Power, James 21; O'Riordan, Frank
21; Hunt, Pat 21; O'Kennedy,
Brendan 17; Raher, David 17;
Daly, Christopher 16; Lynch,
Anthony 16; Power, Tony 16;
O'Connor, Ned 16; Mullins, Victor
16; Lyons, Tom 16; Brackett,
Michael 13; Considine, John 13;
Darcy, Ger 13; Flynn, Paudie 13;
Breen, Pat 12; Stack,
Pat 13;
Moloney, John T. 13; Lynch, Martin
13; Wemyss, Jimmy 11; Raher,
Gerard 10; Considine, Tom 9;
Conway, Maurice 9; Lord, Frank 9;
Kindregan, P 9; Hackett, Noel 9;
Fitzgerald, Liam 9; Stack, Eoin 4;
Williams, Donal 4; Harty, Alan 0;
Thomas, Alan -2.
GENTS SPRING LEAGUE DRAW
SPONSORED BY DAVID HAYES
Draw Week One
w/e 20.01.2013
Jack Nicklaus, Ben Hogan, Gary
Player, Arnold Palmer, Seve
Ballesteros, Nick Faldo.
J M Olazabal, San Sneed, Ernie
Els, Ian Woosnam, Lee Trevino,
Tom Watson.
Draw Week Two
Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, Ben
Hogan, Seve Ballesteros, Arnold
Palmer, Nick Faldo.
J M Olazabal, Ernie Els, San
Sneed, Lee Trevino, Ian Woosnam,
Tom Watson.
Draw Week Three
Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer,
Ben Hogan, Nick Faldo, Gary
Player, Seve Ballesteros.
J M Olazabal, Ian Woosnam,
San Sneed, Tom Watson, Ernie Els
Lee Trevino.
Draw Week Four
Jack Nicklaus, Seve Ballesteros,
Ben Hogan, Arnold Palmer, Gary
Player, Nick Faldo.
J M Olazabal, Lee Trevino, San
Sneed, Ian Woosnam, Ernie Els,
Tom Watson.
Draw Week Five
Jack Nicklaus, Nick Faldo, Ben
Hogan, Gary Player, Arnold Palmer,
Seve Ballesteros.
J M Olazabal, Tom Watson, San
Sneed, Ernie Els, Ian Woosnam, Lee
Trevino.
DUNGARVAN GENT’S RESULTS
Thu. 10th Open Gents 16 Holes
Singles S/F: 1. John G.Moloney - 37
pts, 2. Thomas Whelan 35 pts.
Sat. 12th Jan. Gents/Ladies 16
Holes Singles S/F 1st: Denis Ryan
(15) 37 pts, 2nd Mossie Walsh (8)
37 pts, Gross Alan Thomas (+2) 33
pts, 3rd Fergal O’Dowd (17) 37 pts,
4th Martin Lynch (13) 37 pts. CSS
37.
Sun. 13th Gents 9 Holes Singles
S/F: Front 9 John Regan (11) 21 pts,
Back 9 Mark Raher (12) 22 pts.
DUNGARVAN GENT’S
FIXTURES
Thurs. 17th to Sun. 20th Jan.
Gents Spring League sponsored by
David Hayes PGA Professional.
Thu. 17th Open Gents 16 Holes
Singles S/F, Fri. 18th Gents 16 Holes
Singles S/F, Sat. 19th Jan.
Gents/Ladies 16 Holes Singles S/F,
Sun. 20th Gents 16 Holes Singles
S/F Mon 21st Open Seniors Over
55.
DUNGARVAN LADIES RESULTS
Tue. 8 Jan.- 1. M. Flahavan (22)
26 pts; 2. P. Donnelly (28) 22 pts; 3.
P.Flanagan (19) 22 pts. Sat. 12 Jan.
- 1. T. Hayes (19) 36 pts.; 2. D. Smith
(32) 36 pts; 3. J. James (20) 32 pts.
DUNGARVAN LADIES
FIXTURES
Sat. 19 Jan. 16h. singles S/fd.
Mon. 21 Jan - Open Gents/Ladies
Seniors (55+) 16 Holes Singles S/F.
Tue. 22 Jan - Ladies 11 Holes
Singles S/F
GENTS SOUT EAST JUNIOR
ALLIANCE NEWS
Results from outing which was
held in Dungarvan Golf Club on
Sunday Jan.13th
1st P. O’Riordan West Waterford
43 pts; 2nd O. Power Callan 41 pts;
3rd P. Landers Carrick 41 pts; 4th T.
O’Callaghan, West Waterford 41
pts; 5th J. Flynn Carrick 41 pts; B
9 M. Kinsella, Kilkenny 23 pts.
Next Outing Carrick-on-Suir
February 3rd.
3 CLUB FUN 9 HOLES
COMPETITION
Many thanks to John Gough for
sponsoring the 3 Club fun 9 holes
competition on Christmas day
getting such a large turn-out. The
league consists of 15 teams of 6
with the top 4 scores each round
to count. The top 4 teams (3
Section winners and best runner
up team will contest the semi finals
with the semi final winners contesting the final. This league has
been a huge success for us for
many years and we hope that this
year will continue that trend. Once
again we would like to thank
Dermot O’Leary Agri for their
excellent support in sponsoring
this event. With most golf being
an individual sport it is great to
have a team competition to compete in where you are relying on
your other team members and
hoping that you will be able to
contribute to the cause. Let the
battle commence!
LADIES NEWS RESULTS
The current competition has
been extended until the start of
the Spring league so get out there
and use it to get in some practice
in ladies.
FIXTURES
Tuesday, January 1st - Saturday
26th - 9 holes Stableford, re-entry,
Members Prizes.
SPRING LEAGUE
The sheet is now posted up for
our Spring league, the draw will
be made next Sunday 20th with
competition commencing on
Sunday 27th. There is only a few
days left so be sure you put your
name up. This year we will have 3
rounds of 9 holes and 3 rounds of
12 so everyone will be able to participate.
Seaview Mandy wins feature
race at Youghal Track
which was won by Denis Cronin.
INTERNATIONAL GOLF
GATHERING IN DUNGARVAN’S
THREE 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.
SIXTY.COM :
Results for Weds 9th January:
Winner: Pat McGovern (25) 21 Best
Lady: Anna Harney (30) 15 Best
Gent Michael Brosnan (27) 19 pts.
NEXT
COMPETITON:
Wednesday, 16th January Draw
for partners at 1.30 p.m
YOUNGONES
Winner Pat Flanagan (19) 19 pts
Runner Up Marie Fives (19) 19 Best
36 h Kolette Enright
Next competition January 16th
front 9 at 2 p.m.
LADIES JUNIOR ALLIANCE
Waterford County Junior
Alliance is on Thursday, 17th
January at the Gold Coast. Tee
times 9.30 - 11.00.
LADIES SENIOR ALLIANCE
Ladies Senior Alliance is on
Tuesday, 22nd January at
Waterford Castle.
PROGRESSIVE 45
10th January 13 Winners: Tom
Phelan and Michael Fitzgerald.
Runners-Up: David & Seamus
Fitzgerald. Last 5 Sheila Morrissey
and Maura Boland.
Lucky Table: John O’Gorman
and Tom O’Grady. Progressive 45
THURSDAY’S at 9 p.m
All
Welcome
JUNIOR GOLF NOTES
ELITE PRACTICE
Our elite squad will resume
their Winter coaching at Tinhalla
Driving Range on Monday, 21st
January. We depart the clubhouse
at 7 p.m. sharp and adults/parents
are welcome to attend.
TUITION
Coaching for our pre-juniors
and beginners resumes next
Saturday, 12th January 2013 at
3pm under the watchful eye of
club professional and Waterford
County Coach, David Hayes.
ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS
DEADLINE
We would like to kindly remind
those couple of members who still
haven’t paid their subs to let their
parents/guardians know that
membership is now overdue.
Mums and Dads with any queries
can contact Secretary/ Manager
Irene or Ria in the office. Subs were
due by 31st December 2012. Please
remember that subs must be paid
in order to avail of lessons and continue membership.
MATCHPLAYS
The Baumann Scratch and
Singles Matchplays are at the semifinal stage and competitors are
reminded to complete their
matches on time.
ENQUIRIES
Any enquiries relating to junior
golf at Dungarvan can be directed
to club professional, David Hayes.
David can be contacted at
058-44707 or email [email protected]. Follow junior activities
on our website or facebook.
CLUB CONTACT
DETAILS:
Office (058) 43310
Pro Shop (058) 44707
Online
Booking
www.
dungarvangolfclub.com – E Mail
[email protected]
The feature race of Friday’s race card at Youghal was the final of the Dufay Ltd. A3 525 stake. The 2012 winning owners at Youghal, Nioclas and Padraig Walsh, continued into 2013 in their winning ways as Seaview
Mandy led from the traps and stayed on to win the stake final with 1.5 lengths to spare. Bertie Lupton,
Chairman Youghal Track, presents Padraig Walsh with a trophy following Seaview Mandy’s win in the Dufay
Ltd. A3 Stake Final. Also in the photo is John McGrath (Track Manager), Rionach, Nioclas, Liam and Tadhg
Walsh and Bat Hurley.
131, Carriglea 121.
Full details on website
www.westwaterfordgolf.com
FIXTURES
Monday, 14th January, to
Sunday, 20th January – Comeragh
Oil Winter League Round 2 in conjunction with Club Competition –
16-hole Stableford. Play any day
during this period. Category Prizes
awarded each week during
Winter League.
next few weeks.
JUNIORS
Junior Competition Monday,
31st December – 1st Nioclás Ó
Conduin (8) 33 pts., b9; 2nd Conor
Morrissey (7) 33 pts.; Gross: Aaron
Crotty (11) 16 pts.; 3rd Sergi Quinn
(33) 32 pts.; 4th / Best 36: Cian Ryan
(36) 30 pts.
President’s Prize to the Juniors
(kindly sponsored by Mr. Justin
Spratt) Friday, 4th January – 1st
Brian Lynch (33) 40 pts.; 2nd
Nioclás O Conduin (8) 39 pts.; Best
Gross: Conor Morrissey (7) 32 pts.;
3rd Stephen Donovan (16) 37 pts.;
4th Conor Whelan (30) 36 pts.;
2nd: Gross: Eoin Conway (6) 28
pts.; 5th Conor Sheehan (14) 35
pts.; 6th Jack Foley (21) 33 pts.; Best
36: Conor Ryan (36) 32 pts. Winner
of Putting Competition: Aaron
Crotty.
NEW TEEBOX SIGNS
As part of our ongoing programme of course improvements
new signage will appear on the
ladies and gents tee boxes in the
near future. A sample of the new
sign is currently on display on the
club notice board. Thanks to the
generosity of our members, sponsorship for this project is fully subscribed. Work on the new signs will
start immediately and members
can look forward to seeing completion of this project within the
COMERAGH OIL WINTER
LEAGUE
Round 1 of the Comeragh Oil
Winter came to a finish on Sunday,
13th January. Twenty three teams
set out to capture the coveted Cole
Memorial Trophy. Thanks to the
efforts of the league committee
and the respective team captains,
over 160 players have turned out
to represent their teams. The fairways at West Waterford have
been well travelled since the
league began on the 28th
West Waterford
Golf & Country Club
Telephone: 058-43216. Fax: 058-44343.
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.westwaterfordgolf.com
GENTS COMPETITION
RESULTS
Club Competition 16-hole
Stableford. Monday, 7th January,
to Sunday, 13th
January –
Category 1: 1st David Condon (6)
37 pts.; 2nd David Morrissey (6) 36
pts. Category 2: 1st Luke Swayne
(11) 39 pts.; 2nd Jonathan Hanlon
(11) 37 pts., b8. Category 3: 1st
Brian Nolan (17) 40 pts.; 2nd
Robbie Barry (18) 39 pts. Category
4: 1st Jason Louch (19) 37 pts.; 2nd
Liam Reilly (19) 36 pts.
Comeragh Oil Winter League –
Round 1 Team Leader board –
Helvick Head 149, Rebels 147,
Glenbeg 146, Glenbower 145,
Knockaun 145, An Ghaeltacht 143,
Imokilly 143, Kilmurray 142,
Clashmore 142, Abbeyside 141,
Canty 140, Touranore 139, St.
Olivers 139, Brickey Rangers 139,
Springfield 139, Ballyduff 137,
Brickey Valley 137, An Lachan 136,
Kinsalebeg 136, Blackwater 135,
Knockadoon 133, Ballymacoda
You can contact us by phoning 058-44055
Our email address is: [email protected].
Our website is: www.goldcoastgolfclub.com
RESULTS
Tuesday, 8th January: Open
Seniors, CSS 42 1st: Paddy Walsh
(16) 42 pts
Friday, 11th January: Open
Singles, CSS 42 pts 1st: James Hayes
(10) 42 pts; 2nd: Frank Waters (18)
41 pts.
Saturday, 12th January: Club
Competition, CSS 42 pts 1st: Martin
Murray (16) 43 pts; Gross: Michael
O’Donoghue (7) 29 pts.
Sunday, 13th January: Club
Foursomes. 1st: John
White (4) &
1
Tom White (7) 67 /2; 2nd: Jimmy
O’Dwyer (9) & Andy Travers (14)
68.
Leg of Lamb Comp 1: Liam Clancy
Leg of Lamb Comp 2: John
White.
FIXTURES
Tuesday, 15th January: Open
Seniors, 50+, Ladies and Gents.
Friday, 18th January: Open 18
Holes Stableford.
Saturday, 19/Sunday 20th
January: 18 Holes Stableford.
Tuesday, 22nd January: Open
Seniors, 50+, Ladies and Gents.
MASS FOR DECEASED
MEMBERS
This is due to take place on
Friday, 18th January and it is hoped
that as many members as possible
can attend. The mass will be in the
Members Bar in the Gold Coast at
7.30 p.m.
10 HOLES COMPETITION FOR
LEG OF LAMB
These competitions will commence immediately and hopefully
as many members as possible will
be able to win one for Easter when
the Legs of Lamb will be given out.
From now until the end of January
each competition will consist of
just 10 players and as soon as one
is full another one will start immediately. The first winner is Liam
Clancy.
GOLF
PAUL FOLEY WINTER LEAGUE
The league resumes on Sunday,
20th January when the two quarter-finals take place. In the first
match Dunhill will play the Copper
Coast and in the second match
Ballinacourty will play the
Nire/Touraneena team. Up to
three matches can be played in the
preceding days and these matches
should be arranged by the respective captains.
The first match begins at 9.45
and the second match at 11.00
a.m.
In the first match the following
will represent Dunhill: Tom White,
Derek Power, John White, Michael
Kavanagh, Jack Moore, Brian
Dunbar, Willie Moore, Tom Moore,
Johnny Ryan, John W. Walsh,
Willie Flavin, Nicholas Power, David
J. Veale. The Copper Coast is as follows: Nicholas Fitzgerald, Gerry
Whelan, Dermot Ahern, Brendan
Power, Darren McGuckian, Fred
McGuckian, Niall Curran, Liam
Clancy, Nicky Hayes, Stephen
Prendergast, Leo Wall, Billy
Darren, Power Power. Dunhill have
the honour on the fist tee.
Second Match: Ballinacourty:
Micheal McGrath, Willie Morrissey,
Conor McCarthy, James Hayes, Ian
Pericho, Damien Cliffe, John
Elsted, Nicky Dee, Bob O'Brien,
Alan Landers, Paddy Walsh, Benny
Kiely,
John
Coade.
Nire/Touraneena: John Hallinan,
Johnny Lynch, Brian Fahey, Jody
Hallinan, Niall O'Brien, Tony
Sheehan, Roy Ware, Ger Bagg,
Tom O'Rourke, Tom Reynolds,
Tomas Wall, John Nugent, Jimmy
Beresford.
Ballinacourty have the honour
on the first tee
DIARY 2013 NOW
AVAILABLE FROM KIOSK
Our annual fixture diary is now
available from the kiosk. Thanks to
all who helped out in any way in
producing this booklet.
FOTA GOLF ACADEMY
SESSIONS
These sessions are set to resume
on Wednesday, 16th January and
will continue up to the middle of
March. The following is the schedule for the Different nights:
Wednesday, 16th January:
Juniors
Wednesday, 23rd January: Pre
Juniors
Wednesday, 30th January:
Gents.
Wednesday, 6th February:
Juniors
Wednesday, 13th February:
Ladies
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.
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,
December last. Round 2 begins on
Monday, 14th January, and will
continue until Sunday, 27th
January. Each week the regular 16hole Club Competition will run in
conjunction with the league.
FIRST WITH THE NEWS ON THE
WINTER LEAGUE
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. As you’re there take a
browse around the website to stay
abreast of current happenings and
upcoming events at the club.
PARK HOTEL SPORTS STAR
AWARDS
Having won the monthly award
Seamus Power will represent West
Waterford at the final on Saturday,
19th January. A great night’s entertainment is assured and anyone
interested in attending this black
tie event should contact Austin at
058 43216.
WEST WATERFORD GOLF
CHALLENGE
There is a 3-way tie at the top of
the leader board heading into
Spring and the final few weeks.
Billy O’Mahoney (Marine Darts)
Ladies & Gents, 50+, €12 or Entry
and Lunch €20.
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
JUNIOR NOTES
Coaching Resumes: Please see
Gents notes regarding dates for
the upcoming coaching sessions in
Fota.
Separate
10
Holes
Competition for Juniors:
Starting from now there will be
a 10 Hole competition for Juniors
running continuously. The entry
fee is €2 and as soon as 12 players
have entered we will declare a
winner. This competition can be
played at any time.
LADIES NOTES
Fixtures:
Winter League Round 9 will
commence on Monday 21st –
Sunday, 27th January, 2013
13 hole ongoing Easter Hamper
competition.
10 Hole ongoing lamb competition.
Winter League: Sponsored by
the Moorings Bar and Restaurant.
We are back to our Winter League
for the New Year, and hopefully
the team scores will start to even
out. Ladies, please be aware even
if your team is not in the top 3
there are weekly prizes to be won,
and I would urge all team members to make an effort – don’t
leave it to your team mates!!
Remember all contributions count
and you get a point for playing
every week, so get out and support your team!!
Fota Golf Academy: This
event is now fully subscribed and
we would urge all to be at the
Academy on time as lessons begin
at 7.30pm sharp, and the date is
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produced the round of the week
with 31 pts. to join last years champion Shane Dalton (Clashmore
Ramblers) and league Champion
Gearoid Breathnach (Marine Bar).
In 4th position is Tom (Tucker)
Curran (Old Parish) starting to
show form with 29 pts. Tied in 5th
position is Tom Flynn (Flynn Bus
Hire) with Clashmore GAA player
Seamus Budds. From Old Parish
Eamon Power lies a shot behind
with 27 pts.
Leader Board as follows: Shane
Dalton (Clashmore Ramblers) 31
pts.; Gearoid Breathnach (Marine
Bar) 31 pts.; Billy O’Mahoney
(Marine Darts) 31 pts.; Tom Curran
(Old Parish GAA) 29 pts.; Tom Flynn
(Flynn Bus Hire) 28 pts.; Seamus
Budds (Clashmore GAA) 28 pts.;
Eamon Power (Old Parish) 27 pts.
Players have represented the
following
clubs/organisations,
Quill’s Bar, Flynn Bus Hire, Oyster
Farm, Anchor Bar, John Keanes,
Lismore GAA, Welcome Inn,
Colligan Rockies, Old Still Darts,
Dungarvan Motors, Glanbia, The
Local Bar, Abbeyside GAA, The
Rising Sun, Brickey Rangers and
Dungarvan Utd.
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.
CARDS
Our next Cards Night is Friday,
18th January,
at 8.30 p.m.
Members and friends are all welcome. Come along and enjoy a
game and a drink in the comfortable surroundings of the stove.
Wednesday,
13th
February.
Another session will be arranged
in March
10 Hole Lamb Competition:
Ladies, now is your chance to
secure your leg of spring lamb to
grace your table for Easter!! The
competition will consist of 10
players only for the month of
January – your chances of winning
are even greater. Lamb No. 1 goes
to our Lady Vice-Captain, Willie
Reynolds (21) 20 pts
Easter Hamper Competition:
This year we would like to welcome on board Garvey’s Super
Valu who are sponsoring this
event, this will be a 13 hole ongoing 2 card competition with reentry and play any day. This is commencing on Monday, 14th January
and running up to Easter, so there
is plenty of time to get your cards
in for what promises to be some
great prizes.
Female Membership Rates
for 2012 including Levies:
Adult: €430
Husband & Wife: €850
Distance: €330
Student over 23 years: €175
Student up to 23 years: €100
Senior Citizen: €300
Junior: €70
Reduction in Membership rates
for players who join the Leisure
Centre.
Winter League Team Scores
after 7 Rounds:
Green: Esther McGuckian,
Martina Corkery, Joan O’Dea,
Gillian Cashman, Mary Hanrahan,
Alice Collins 567 pts.
Blue: Mary Kiely, Ruth
Hannigan, Kay Classen, Peig Foley,
Karen Darcy, Mary Veale 531 pts.
Red: Josephine Fennell, Rosie
Murphy, Eilo Fitzgerald, Maureen
Morrissey, Ger Hallinan, May
Fennell 516 pts.
Black: Helena Fitzgerald, Breda
Conway, Mary Dunford, Noirin
Darcy, Liz Ivory, Isobel Kirwan 472
pts.
White: Stella Queally, Joan
Mansfield, Ellen Foley, Julie Lawlor,
Ita White, Bernie Morrissey, Anne
Keane 471 pts.
Gold: Willie Reynolds, DD
Hannigan, Marie Hayes, Mary
Loughrey, Serena Roche, Margaret
Curran 388 pts.
WEST WATERFORD GOLF CLUB
LADIES NOTES
WINTER LEAGUE
The first round of the Winter
league continues until Sunday
20th, this is a 13 holes singles
round.
The second round of the winter league have been changed to
13 holes singles and will run from
21st January – 3rd February. The
3rd round is now matchplay. A
rules night will be arranged before
the 3rd round commences.
9 holes January ongoing, 2
cards to count.
13 holes ongoing January.
At the New Year’s Day Tramore Races were Fiachra O'Ceilleachair and
Sadhbh Ni Ceilleachair, An Rinn.
[Sean Byrne//Deise Media]
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SOCCER
Dungarvan United FC
Floodlight Fundraising Cycle – Cork to Dungarvan
Saturday, 4th May, 2013
GOOD NEWS
Dungarvan United AFC have
been allocated €20,000 of Sports
Capital Grant Funding towards
floodlighting our main field in
Kilrush Park, Dungarvan.
BAD NEWS
Dungarvan United AFC has to
raise €30,000 of our own funds by
the 1st August to have floodlights
in Dungarvan for next season.
Dungarvan United AFC have
been active in Dungarvan for 46
years and have been in our current
home for 33 years in Kilrush Park.
Dungarvan United has a very varied membership base of men,
women and children of all ages.
We provide training and match
facilities for numerous Teams ranging from young to old. Every
Saturday, 80 children from 6-9
years attend our year long weekly
soccer academy on our Astro Turf.
We have a number of schoolboy teams at U11A, U11C, U12,
U13A, U13C, U14A, U14C, U16A
and schoolgirl teams at U12A,
U14A and U14B. We also field
three senior men’s teams who partake in the Waterford District &
Junior League and two senior
ladies teams in all. That is sixteen
teams apart from our Academy
who need access to a field to play
their games. Over 300 local people
play soccer for Dungarvan United
AFC and when you include our life
members and parents and family,
there is over 1000 people actively
connected to the club. As a result,
it is urgent that Dungarvan United
AFC secures a permanent second
and third pitch and floodlights to
keep our club as accessible as possible and we need your help.
Our club facilities are also used
by many local schools and clubs.
Many regional school finals are
held in our club and we are always
happy to provide our services. Our
playing pitch is widely regarded as
being one of the top surfaces
around.
Our facilities are now also home
to the local Special Olympics
organisation who train at our club
each week.
Over 250 people outside of our
club avail of our astro turf facility
every week. Our astro turf facility is
one of our primary income earners, which helps pay down the
club’s debts and the floodlights for
the astro turf also need replacing.
The New state of the art Astro Turf
was installed by the club mid recession without any funding from
Sports Capital Grants.
Our clubhouse is used annually
for our Senior Citizens Christmas
Party, (running for over 20 years
now) and for many other community activities such as for Walking
Club Events, Running Club Events
and many more.
Our main achievement is providing the excellent facilities to the
people of Dungarvan for 46 years.
We continually strive to improve
our facilities and this is what keeps
the young interested. We have
plenty of medals, cups, trophies,
etc we can mention but more
importantly is that the people of
Dungarvan know that they have a
facility available to them and their
children which they can depend
on and that will always be there
for the local community.
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]
WHAT DISTANCE IS THE CYCLE?
The cycle is approximately 95
km meandering through picturesque backroads from Cork to
Dungarvan.
IS THE CYCLE FOR EXPERIENCED CYCLISTS ONLY?
Not at all…… This organised
cycle caters for both novice and
experienced cyclists alike with the
pace you follow up to yourself.
There are also back up vans with
mechanical support …..just in case
you need it!
DO I NEED TO REGISTER?
Yes – you can register by contacting a committee member or
emailing [email protected]
DO I NEED TO TRAIN?
We would advise that you prepare with some training for an
event like this. You know your
own pace and what it will take to
complete a cycle of this nature?
Remember you have three
months to get those bikes out and
get plenty of practice……
DO I NEED A PROFESSIONAL
BIKE?
No but a relatively good quality
bike in good condition will make
your cycle a lot easier…. Make sure
it is properly serviced.
WHAT
ABOUT
PUNCTURES/REPAIRS EN ROUTE?
There will be mechanical support with back up vans en route
should you need it.
ARE THERE STOPS ALONG THE
ROUTE?
There will be refreshment
stations along the route
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URGENT MEETING FRIDAY
NIGHT
We are calling on all committee members, sub-committee members, managers,
coaches, assistants, academy
coaches, and anyone interested in longterm development
of club to a short 20 minute
meeting on Friday night at 7
p.m.
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U-14 GIRLS LEAGUE
Dungarvan United A 4;
Ferrybank A 1
This was a vital win for the girls
against very strong opponents.
Kaiesha opened the scoring after
eight minutes with a well-placed
strike. Despite several opportunities, we were foiled by a good
goalie in extending this lead
before the break. We enjoyed a
good first half with the defence
solid, the midfield very busy and
Kaiesha and Atlanta always
ominously dangerous to the
Ferrybank defence.
Flashback to last February when Republic of Ireland Manager Giovanni Trapattoni visited Kilrush Park to officially open the Dungarvan United FC
Astro Pitch. Now the club are seeking your support to install floodlights at their Kilrush Park pitch with a sponsored cycle from Cork.
Ferrybank exerted pressure
early in the second half with a
series of corners and shots on goal.
Katie Ferncombe pulled off a great
save to keep us in front. Atlanta
broke free to extend our lead to
two taking some of the pressure
off.
Good fitness level ensures we
always finish games well. Sarah
latched on to a cross with a first
time strike in the box which hit the
post; the ball came back to her to
fire home with great sang-froid.
Ferrybank pulled one back with a
couple of minutes to go. Kaiesha
replied immediately to restore the
three goal margin. Well done to all
in another strong team performance.
FIXTURES
Saturday, 19th January
1A Junior League: Abbeyside v
Dungarvan KO 2 p.m.
U-12B League St Paul’s v
Dungarvan KO 10.30 a.m.
U-14A League Dungarvan v KO
10.30 a.m.
U-14C League Dungarvan B v
Villa C KO 12.15 p.m.
U-16A League Dungarvan V
Ballinroad A KO 2.30 p.m.
Sunday, 20th January
4th Div Junior League:
Dungarvan v Crusaders KO 11
a.m.
Womens
League
U-12:
Clashmore v Dungarvan KO 2 p.m.
WEEKLY REVIEW
The only game to get the goahead last weekend was that in
Div 1, when our lads entertained
Tramore. A win for us would see a
consolidation of our league standing, the visiting side however, didn’t read the script came away with
a fully deserved win. In the schoolboys section our u-13 squad made
the journey to the seaside in a bid
to keep their good form going.
They were good value for the two
goal lead that they built up and it
looked like a win was on the cards,
only for the home side to peg us
back to earn a share of the spoils.
LOTTO
Lotto numbers drawn last week
by Brona Coleman and Sineas
O’Donnell were: 29, 9, 7. No jackpot winner. €100 Brendan Loftus.
New jackpot is now €1,900.
No winner in our club lotto to
date, so the pot continues to grow
that little bigger as time pushes on
if you wish to buy lotto tickets contact 087-6203912 and remember
anything contributed will assist our
club greatly as we continue to
reach targets that we have set out
for our clubs future.
DRILL OF THE WEEK
Shuttle Runs Fitness Exercise
Dribble Pass: Shuttle Runs Fitness
Exercise – Dribble Pass
In soccer the shuttle run, often
called doggies or yo-yo’s, is a fundamental fitness training exercise
to build soccer endurance. The
shuttle run is a great fitness
exercise to include in your soccer
training since soccer is a constant
stop-and-go sport. This movement
represents an important soccer
specific movement and is a great
exercise to not only build speed,
stamina,
acceleration,
and
endurance, but by adding a ball it
can also work on controlling the
soccer ball at top speeds when
your bodies become tired and
fatigued.
You will need the following to
perform this exercise: cones or
markers, a soccer ball, and a wall or
a person to return the ball to you.
To set up the Dribble/Pass
Shuttle Runs exercise mark off 6-8
cones 5 yards apart in a single line.
Make sure the player has gone
through a proper warm-up and
stretch prior to starting this fitness
exercise. Each player should
Flashback to last February when Republic of Ireland Manager Giovanni
Trapattoni cuts the tape to officially open the Dungarvan United FC
Astro Pitch. Also included are David Walsh, Club Chairman and John
Delaney, CEO FAI. Now the club are seeking your support to install
floodlights at their Kilrush Park pitch with a sponsored cycle from Cork.
perform approximately 4-5 sets.
To begin the exercise, the
working player will start with the
soccer ball on the first cone and
dribble full speed to the first cone,
cut the ball quickly and pass to the
return player or wall and sprint
back to the starting marker without the ball. The return player
should stop the ball near the
starting line where the working
player should quickly gain
possession and dribble with speed
to the 2nd marker. This pattern
should be repeated for each of the
cones.
To add a little variation to the
shuttle runs exercise, have the
return player toss a ball to the
working player as they are
approaching the starting cone and
the working player should quickly
control the ball, finish their run to
the starting line, and dribble to the
next marker as before.
A specific body part can be
isolated by having their turn
player throw to a certain body part
such as: thigh traps, chest traps, or
traps with the fee feet. thereturn
player throw to a certain body part
such as: thigh traps, chest traps, or
traps with the feet.
DEEPEST SYMPATHY
The management committee
wish to extend their deepest
sympathy to the family of the late
Kevin Jordan, McCarthyville, who
passed away recently. May they
rest in peace.
LATE STRIKE NOT ENOUGH FOR
YOUNG BLUES
Waterford United's Under 19s
had a less-than-happy return to
action after the Christmas break as
they went down by the odd goal
in three at Ballybofey on Saturday.
The damage was done with two
first half Finn Harps goals, and
though the young Blues battled
hard, Conor Coad's late consolation was not enough to salvage
something from the match.
Tommy Griffin's side will look to
quickly bounce back from this
reverse and begin the climb back
up the table, starting with the visit
of Bray Wanderers to the RSC this
Saturday 19th, KO 2.00 p.m.
SENIORS TAKE ON HURLERS
FOR RYAN AND ETHAN
The senior Blues players and a
team of past and present
Waterford Hurling legends will go
head to head in a soccer match in
aid of the Save Ryan and Ethan
Appeal. The game is set to take
place on Saturday, February 2nd,
at 7 p.m. at the RSC. Both teams
will feature special guests, and
there will be a raffle with some
superb prizes, pitch-side fun and
games, and a chance for kids to
meet both teams after the match.
Tickets, priced €5, are available
from Alfie Hale's Waterford,
Redlane Tramore and Ger Wyley
Sports, Dungarvan.
THERE'S DOIN'S A TRANSPIRIN'
Any Blues fans listening to WLR
over the weekend will surely have
enjoyed Paul O'Brien's upbeat
assessment of how preparations
for 2013 are progressing. The Blues
boss said he was hopeful of retaining many of last season's squad,
and adding a few new faces, over
the coming days. Keep an eye on
Blues News or the usual channels
for details as they emerge!
SEASON TICKETS
As the club gears up for the
Lismore / Ballysaggart
Community Games
AS Community Games have not been active in the Lismore / Ballysaggart
area for the last number of years, and due to an expression of interest
from members of the community a Public Meeting has been arranged by
members of the former Community Games committee for Thursday
night for the revival of Community Games in the Lismore / Ballysaggart
area.
All clubs in the area and all those interested for the revival of
Community Games are invited to attend this meeting to get it up and
running for the 2013 season. If you or your club would like to take part
in this venture it is of vital importance that you send a delegate to this
information night.
This meeting is taking place in Bun Scoil Bóthar Na Naomh (by kind
permission of Séan Prendergast School Principal) at 8 o’clock on Thursday
next January 17th.
SPORT
new campaign, 2013 Season
Tickets are currently on sale from
John Ryan's shop on Patrick Street
in the city, and from the club office
at the RSC. We hope soon to also
have them available from the
online store on the club website.
Prices have been substantially
reduced from last year, to reflect
the expected format of the 2013
League, and this season they will
be: Adult €130, concessions €75,
and kids €35.
CLUB LOTTO
There was no jackpot winner in
last week's club lotto draw, and so
the top prize will stand at €7,500
for the next draw, this Wednesday
17th. The five €30 winners were:
Bernie Daly, Glencarra; Anita
Secrett, c/o Bolton FC; Lennan
Kinghorn, Abbeyside; Darren
Walshe, c/o Bolton FC; and Mary
McGrath, Cathal Brugha St. The
numbers drawn were 5, 11, 20 and
21.
7th Annual Anne
Valley 5-mile
Challenge
BUSY mother of three, Tricia
Quinn from Dunhill is asking
people to make their new year’s
resolution early by registering
now for the 7th Annual Anne
Valley 5-mile Challenge. This racing adventure takes place on
Saturday 9th February in Dunhill,
with all proceeds this year going
to the Jack & Jill Children’s
Foundation and Waterford
Hospice. People can register
online for €13 at www.annevalleyrunning.webs.com or on the
day from 10.00 a.m. in Harney’s
Pub Dunhill.
Waterford Schoolboys Football League Results & Fixtures
RESULTS
U-11A:
De La Salle A 1; Bohemians A 4
Tramore A 0; Southend Utd A 3
U-11B:
Ballinroad A 1; Kilmacthomas 0
Carrick Utd B 2; Mooncoin Cel A 3
Johnville 6; Tramore B 1
U-11C:
Carrick Utd C 1; Park Rangers A 2
De La Salle B 5; Piltown B 0
St. Pauls 4; Ferrybank B 0
Tramore C 2; Kilmacow 1
U-11D:
Bohemians B 3; Railway
Athletic 0
Stradbally 3; Southend Utd B 4
Ballyduff 5; Park Rangers B 1
U-11E:
Ballinroad B 1; Piltown C 1
De La Salle C 1; Ferrybank C 5
Waterford Crystal 7; St. Saviour 2
Bohemians C 2; Villa E 3
U-13A:
Piltown A 2; De La Salle A 1
Ballinroad A 1; Villa A 4
Tramore A 2; Dungarvan Utd A 2
U-13B:
Kilmacthomas 3; Kilmacow 1
Park Rangers 1; Mooncoin
Celtic 2
Southend Utd 1; Seaview Celtic 0
Bohemians A 7; Stradbally 2
U-13C:
Carrick Utd B 3; Villa C 1
Ballinroad B 3; Tramore B 0
Portlaw Utd 1; Ferrybank B 5
De La Salle B 7; Bohemians B 2
U-15A:
Tramore 1; Villa A 1
Bohemians A 2; Carrick Utd 2
U-15B:
Abbeyside 0; Park Rangers 5
Piltown 3; Mooncoin Celtic 0
Bohemians B 1; Villa B 3
FIXTURES
Saturday, January 19th
Under 12 League (Kick-off
10.30 a.m. unless otherwise
stated):
U-12A:
Carrick Utd A v Bohemians A
(Piltown)
Villa A v Tramore A (St.
Saviours)
Ferrybank A v De La Salle A (St.
Pauls)
Piltown v Mooncoin Celtic
(Carrick Utd)
U-12B:
Park Rangers A v Ballinroad
(Ferrybank)
Kilmacow v Villa B (Mooncoin)
St. Pauls v Dungarvan Utd (W.
Crystal)
U-12C:
Bohemians B v Kilmacthomas
(Johnville) 12.15 pm
Railway Athletic v Carrick Utd B
(Ballinroad)
Johnville v Seaview Celtic
(Bohemians)
U-12D:
Park Rangers B v De La Salle B
(Ferrybank) 12.15 pm
St. Saviours v Ferrybank B (Villa)
Bohemians C v Tramore B (De
La Salle)
Under 14 League (Kick-off
11.45 a.m. unless otherwise
stated):
U-14A:
Dungarvan Utd A v Villa A
(Abbeyside) 10.30 am
De La Salle A v Bohemians
21
(Park Rangers) 10.30 am
Carrick Utd v Ballinroad
(Piltown)
Tramore A v Ferrybank A
(Southend) 10.30 am
U14B:
Park Rangers v Piltown A
(Villa) 2.30 pm
Portlaw Utd v Railway Athletic
(Ballyduff)
Stradbally
v
Villa
B
(Dungarvan)
U-14C:
Ferrybank B v Kilmacow
(Southend)
Dungarvan Utd B v Villa C
(Railway Ath) 12.15 pm
De La Salle B v Piltown B
(Tramore) 12.15 pm
Under 16 League (Kick-off 2.30
p.m. unless otherwise stated):
U-16A:
Villa A v Railway Athletic (Park
Rangers)
Dungarvan Utd v Ballinroad A
(Ballinroad)
Carrick Utd A v Bohemians A
(Portlaw)
Tramore A v Ferrybank A
(Seaview)
U-16B:
Bohemians B v Johnville (De La
Salle)
Ballyduff
v
Villa
B
(Kilmacthomas)
U-16C:
Ferrybank B v Portlaw Utd
(Tramore)
Kilmacthomas v St. Pauls
(Portlaw)
Tramore B v Seaview Celtic
(Bohemians) 12.15 pm
Shauna Walsh and Ciara Whelan-Barrett with their November/December Swim Awards at the Clonea Strand
Hotel Leisure Centre.
Kilmacthomas FC
UNDER 11
BALLINROAD 1; KILMAC 0
What a game we had on
Saturday away to Ballinroad. We
started brightly and had a few
chances early in the game. Then
we had to defend with all we had
to keep the home side out. This is
a game that the boys deserved
more from.
Kilmac played excellent soccer
and worked hard all during the
game and never gave up. Alan
had a very good game in goal and
made some very important saves.
In defence Caoimhin, Adam and
Evan worked tirelessly and made
life difficult for the home side.
Aidan, Louie and Tadgh never
stopped running in midfield and
ensured a plentiful supply of ball
to our forwards. Up front Alan
Mulcahy and James asked plenty
of questions of the home defence
and were only kept out by some
top-class defending by Ballinroad.
Our subs all played an important part in the game and we are
very lucky to be able to call on
Colyn, Dan, Pa, Jack and Liam. A
draw would have been fair to
both teams but a goal by
Ballinroad with 20 seconds left
gave them the victory.
Team: A. Dunwoody, C. Walsh, A.
O’Dwyer, E. Power, T. Power, A. Behan,
L. Power, A. Mulcahy, J. Power. Subs: C.
Power, D. Halley, P. Skehan, J. Wickham,
L. Flynn.
Again we would like to thank
all the parents for coming to support the lads.
UNDER 13
Kilmac 3; Kilmacow 1.
An early goal from Cormac help
settle us down and a second by
Jack took the pressure off and we
dominated for long periods with
out adding to our score.
Kilmacow got one back and put
us under pressure for a shot period
but a goal from Cameron settled
the game. A good win and well
deserved, so let’s keep up the hard
work.
Ardmore FC
MATCH REPORTS
Ardmore AFCs Under 12s and
16s were involved in a double
derby
against
neighbours
Clashmore last Saturday in Dysert
Park and unfortunately came
away losers in both games. The
Under 12s were no match for the
form team at this age group this
season, shipping too many easy
goals was the major negative here.
The Under 16s were involved in a
far more competitive game and
while they lost on a four nil scoreline, this game was an entertaining affair between two evenly
matched teams. Both teams will
now play in the deciding stages of
the B section of the league over
the next few weeks, as well as fulfilling their Cup ties.
ACADEMY
The Academy has returned
after its Christmas break and we
are thrilled with the amount of
new boys and girls that have
arrived on the first night back. This
has presented us with a happy
problem and as such we have had
to re-arrange slightly the Academy
times on the Wednesday night.
The youngest group U-5/U-6 will
go on at 6.00pm with the U-7/U-8
born 2005/2006 coming on at 6.45
p.m. The U-12 girls will also come
on at 6.45 p.m. and share the pitch.
The U-9/U-10’s born 2004 and 2005
go on at 7.30 p.m. with the U-16
boys and girls coming on at 8.30
p.m. All children to bring €3 for
Astro turf pitch hire.
We would also ask that only the
age groups who are supposed to
be on the pitch in each time slot to
be there and all others wait for
their appropriate slot.
NEW COACHES REQUIRED
Parents, we need you now as
due to the amount of new kids
coming to training, we would
appreciate it if a few people would
come forward to give a hand especially coaching with the younger
age groups and the girls. Nothing
too strenuous is required just your
time for a little while as we know
that there is plenty of experience
on the side line and we would love
you to come forward and give us a
hand.
GIRLS BLITZ IN TALLOW
The U-12 and U-16 girls travelled to Tallow on Sunday last for a
Blitz and they all had another
great day out. The U-12 girls had
three games against Clashmore,
Brideview and Lismore, losing one
wining one and drawing one
which was great, The U-16 girls
played a 1-1 draw with Lismore
and came from a goal down at
half time to win 3-1 against
Clashmore. Again all the girls
enjoyed themselves and our
thanks to Brideview for their hospitality on the day. The girls are
improving with every outing and
are already looking forward to the
next day out.
Ballinroad
AFC
Ballinroad AFC Pitch
Development Lotto Draw
Results - 13th January, 2013
Jackpot €3,800. Numbers
drawn were: 3, 13, 18, 19. No winner. Winners of €20 each: Ann
Marie Terry; Maureen Enright,
Michael Keohan. New jackpot
€3,900. Next draw on Sunday,
27th January, 2013 in Maguires
Pub, Ballinroad. Thank you for
your support.
SPORT
22
WEEKEND
SPINS
Saturday saw two groups head
down the main Waterford road.
One bunch went on to Kilmeaden
while the other turned left at
Carroll's Cross for Portlaw, and on
to Kilmeaden. Both groups went
on to Kill and Bunmahon. From
there the hardier coots went to
Ballydwane, Ballyvooney and
Stradbally and the others came
home by Seafield and Durrow.
Sunday seemed to be the first
proper cold day of the Winter but
it didn't stop a large group assembling in The Square. As usual there
were a number of routes and
paces on offer.
Group 1 went straight up the
main road to Youghal, Killeagh
and turned back at Castlemartyr.
Group 2 headed up Colligan to
Ballymac, Clonmel, up Kearney's
Lane to Rathgormack and home
the Carrick road.
A large group 3 went around
the Tallow-Youghal Bridge circuit.
The off roaders were also spotted out and about, worrying the
sheep up the mountains.
Weekend spins meet at John
Foley's on Saturdays and The
Square on Sundays at 9:30.
CLUB GEAR
A representative from SPIN 11
will be down on Thursday, 17th
January at 6 o'clock with samples
in all sizes for members and new
members to try out. This will take
place upstairs in Cyclesports. This is
a perfect opportunity to try before
you buy and get the correct size.
Maybe there will be some new
items that we could order if we get
enough interest. Also there are
new and better materials available
to us. Could we get as many current members and new members
to attend so that we can make a
substantial order and that you are
guaranteed the correct size?
MEMBERSHIP RENEWALS
For those having trouble
renewing or registering through
the Cycling Ireland website John
has left membership forms in
O'Mahony Cycles and Cyclesports.
If you haven't renewed yet please
do so as soon as possible.
WEST WATERFORD AC 10 MILE
ROAD RACE
West Waterford AC's annual 10
mile road race takes place on
January 27th. Always a successful
race, it's one of the premier events
on the athletics calendar. WWAC
always support our open race and
Dungarvan CC members are
always very good to help out in
this race. They are looking for
cyclists to assist in stewarding –
lead bikes/mile markers etc. If you
are available to help out please
contact myself or John Coleman
and they'll find a job for you.
SPINNING CLASSES RESUME
Club legend Marc Flavin's spinning classes have resumed in
Kilmacthomas. He can't promise
you'll win the Corkman but it's a
great way to get fit in a group, and
if you press him he'll tell you about
the time he raced with Wiggo.
Classes Monday, Tuesday and
Thursday at 7.
UPCOMING SPORTIVES
Barrow Wheelers Sportive –
January 27th.
Blarney CC, Donal Crowley
Memorial – Sunday, February 17th.
CYCLING QUOTE
“So smile and ride your bicycle.”
The Frank and Walters getting on
with Winter training back in the
early 90s.
CLUB WEBSITE & FACEBOOK
You can now find us on Facebook
as well as the club web site www.dungarvancyclingclub.org If there are any
news items you want to report please
email me at [email protected]
Cappoquin Snooker & Billiards Club
MASON WINS 6 RED TITLE
In what can be best describes as
an excellent final Keith Mason beat
a gallant Matthew Noonan to
claim the Super valu 6 red title for
2012/13.
Both these lads have been regular players in the hall this season
and with both potting well in this
final the first frame was down to
the colours in quick time. Keith
held a two point lead when
Matthew fouled on the black to
claim the first frame. Matthew was
much sharper in the second frame
but Keith kept his head and when
Matthew missed the pink it left
keith in with a chance. He potted
the pink before cutting the black
brilliantly into the top pocket for a
fine finish and the title of 6 red
champion for 2012/13.
Both players got great praise
from vice chairman John McGrath
who presented the prizes to the
runner up Matthew Noonan and
then the winner Keith Mason who
is probably our youngest ever winner at just ten years of age.
Big future ahead of this yound
lad and well done to both lads on a
great final.
MASON MORTGAGE &
FINANCIAL SERVICES DOUBLES
Also on Wed evening last we
had our doubles final and a fine
game of snooker we had. Michael
Casey and John McGrath took the
honours when they had a 3-1 win
over young guns Diarmuid
McGrath and Mossie Noonan.
This game never really took off
as one thought it might as all lads
were keeping it tight trying not to
give anything away. John was potting well early on and soon the
experienced duo had taken the
first frame 60-24.
The second frame was tighter
but the more experienced pairing
were begining to get on top and
went two up with a 69-47 frame
win. Mossie and Diarmuid played
much better in the third frame and
held there nerve to claim it on the
black ball. That was as good as it
got for them though as John and
Michael potted very well in the
fourth frame to claim the title of
doubles champions for the season.
A tough game throughout but
the experience had a big say in the
end with the lads. Fair play to
Mossie and Diarmuid who never
gave up and no doubt this experience will stand them well in the
future.
Mark Mason sponsor presenting
the winners shield to John McGrath
and Michael Casey. On the left are
the runners-up Diarmuid McGrath
and Mossie Noonan.
AA FIRE SAFETY SCRATCH CUP
Only two games played in the
AA FIRE SAFETY scratch cup last
week with Martin McCarthy beating Donnacha McGrath in straight
frames 58-14 67-23. He now meets
Dave O Keeffe in the next round.
Michael Casey had too much for
Lee Behegan and won his game
two nil also 47-32 72-18 and he
now faces a real tough game when
he meets the winner of Rhiney
Walsh and Ben O’Keeffe. This tournament is moving along nicely and
some great ties are to be sorted
over the next few weeks.
JACK McCARTHY
MEMORIAL BILLIARDS
We are down to the quarter
final stages of the Jack McCarthy
memorial billiards tournament
after the remaining first round
games were played. Martin
McCarthy and John McGrath produced a fine display of billiards in
what was a great game with
Martin eventually winning 54-49.
Diarmuid McGrath played very well
in accounting for John Noonan 4835 and they now take there places
in the last eight. The full Quarter
final draw is;
Martin McCarthy V Diarmuid
McGrath; Darren Mason V Michael
Casey; David Mason V Mossie
Noonan; Martin Reddy V Rhiney
Walsh.
MARKET HOUSE LEAGUE
Its an all Mason final for the
2012/13 league after both Darren
and David advanced from there
semi-finals on Monday night last.
Darren had a good two nil win over
Brendan Walsh 87-39 58-46 in a
tight enough encounter while
David also had a two nil win over
Michael Casey 65-36 56-47 in what
was a fine game of snooker. Both
winners have been in top form during this league with David still
unbeaten while Darren has only
lost one game so we should be in
for a thrilling final.
JUNIOR CUP 2012/13
Closing date for this seasons
Junior cup is Monday, January 28th.
This is always a very good competition and this season should be no
different. It is open to players under
18 years of age.
HURRICANE/WHIRLWIND SERIES
Again during the Easter holidays
we will be holding the Hurricane
and Whirlwind series for all players
under 18. Last season was our first
time holding this and it proved a
huge success with some fine snooker played. All players who enter will
get an easter egg while the winners will again recieve some fine
prizes.
WILLIE GALLAGHER MEMORIAL CUP
There is an entry sheet up for
this season’s Willie Gallagher
Memorial cup and closing date is
Wednesday, 20th February. Last
season’s
champion
Killian
O’Sullivan will no doubt be keen to
hold onto his title but as always we
should again have a good entry
into this one.
JAMESON CUP
This Wednesday is the last night
for entries to the Jameson Cup so
lads get in asap. This is the biggest
trophy played for every season and
always attracts huge interest.
AIDAN WALSH & SONS RED
BRIDGE BILLIARDS LEAGUE
Wednesday night, January 30th
is the closing date for this one.
Darren Mason will again try to
defend his title but will definitely
face some stiff opposition. Should
be another good tournament.
SYMPATHY EXTENDED
All in the club would like to offer
our condolences to the Curran family, Tivoli Tce., on the passing of our
former member Pa Curran. Pa was
a member of the club for many
years and was always popular
amongst everyone in the hall. May
he rest in peace.
NIGHT DUTY
Wednesday,
16th
Martin
Reddy/John Noonan.
Monday,
21st
Michael
Casey/Darren Mason.
Tuesday,
22nd
Eamon
Costin/Martin McCarthy.
Coomasaharn Lake near Glenbeigh.
CHRISTMAS WALKS
Despite the miserable weather
and sickness around at Christmas
most of the planned walks took
place. On the 23rd December
Renee led the annual walk around
the cliffs of Tramore in aid of the
Lions Christmas appeal. She had
50 members out on the day and
they collected €350 for the appeal.
Well done to all concerned.
On the 27th there was a B walk
led by Richard which consisted of a
circuit taking in the Carraigs and
Barr na Madra gap with 9 in the
group. Norman led the C walk in a
full circuit of Colligan with 22 in
this group. All went to the Tudor
House afterwards for the traditional soup and rolls.
On New Year’s Day John led his
walk around Glenshelane with yet
again a big group of 29.
Apparently the most interesting
walk of the season was led by Erich
in the Ring/Old Parish area on Jan.
6th.
Here's a report on the walk submitted by Derbhile (one of the victims).
“Erich Baumann is to be
renamed The Swamp King after
he led us through the muckiest
walk in many a long year. 20
rugged souls soldiered through
the mud, in the spirit of Indiana
Jones. Erich assured us that the
countryside was beautiful, but
that we would have to look at it
on calendars, as it was blanketed
by fog. We were denied the views
of the mountains and the sea, but
we sploshed happily along the
tracks. The unflappable Erich used
his Swiss Army training to lead us
through the fog, back to our destination in one piece. Thanks for the
advice about wellies, Erich, they
were much needed.”
The only planned walk not to
take place over the holiday period
was the A walk to Carrauntwohill.
This was unavoidable due to high
winds and rain lashing Kerry on
New Year’s Eve. We will not be
deterred though so watch this
space.
CHRISTMAS PARTY
The Christmas party held in the
Causeway Tennis Club pavilion was
a great success with 70 members
sitting down to a fantastic meal
catered by Eunice Power. After the
meal the craic and sing song went
on into the early hours of the
morning with everyone saying
afterwards that it was the best
club Christmas party yet. Well
done to Renee, Geoff and co. for a
well run night.
HOLIDAYS
As mentioned in these notes
previously the holidays to France
and Turkey are well advanced in
preparation but now it emerges
that there will be a 3rd club holiday on offer in Austria. This holiday is being organised by Tony
Fitzgerald and will be based at the
Berghof Hotel in Mayrhofen for 1
week between Wed. 11th Sept.
and Wed., 18th Sept. A group of
us stayed in Mayrhofen last
Summer and we can vouch it’s a
great base with fantastic walking
and scenery. Anyone interested
please
contact
Tony
on
0872588171.
QUIZ NIGHT
We will be having a Table Quiz
on Friday, February 15th in aid of
SEMRA (South East Mountain
Rescue Association). This will be
held in Dungarvan Soccer Club in
Kilrush starting at 7.45 p.m. Tables
of four will be €20 and the questions will be posed by Norman. All
are welcome on the night so
please support this very worthy
cause. SEMRA do a lot of voluntary
work on the mountains and
deserve our support.
KERRY WEEKEND
The first trip away of 2013 will
be in Glenbeigh, Kerry over St.
Patrick’s weekend. We will be staying at the Towers Hotel on Friday
the 15th and Saturday the 16th of
March at a cost of €100 each. This
price is for two night’s bed and
breakfast and an evening meal on
Saturday night. There are A, B and
C walks planned for the Saturday
and B and C walks on the Sunday.
Anyone interested please contact
Tony
Fitzgerald
on
0872588171 or Norman Graham
at 051386250 a.s.a.p.
Cunnigar Pitch and Putt Club
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.
WEEKLY SNOWBALL
There was no winner of the
Snowball on Saturday, January
12th.
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-mem-
bers must pay green fees.
Adults €5; Juveniles €3; Club
Hire (2) €2.
COMPETITION RESULTS
Ladies midweek competition – January 9th: Nett winners:
Marie Forde, Lorraine Troy; Gross
winners: Carmel Fitzgerald, Mary
O’Neill.
Saturday Scramble - January
12th: There was a very small
turnout for last Saturday’s game,
due to the uncertainty of the
weather. As a result, it was decided
to postpone our sponsored competition (sponsored by Dalton’s
Jewelers, Main Street, Dungarvan)
until this coming Saturday, January
19th. Hopefully, the weather will
behave improve. This competition
will commence at 1.30 p.m. Names
must be entered by 1.00 p.m.
Nett: Lorraine Troy and Mary
O’Neill. Gross: Olivere Walsh, Cáit
Mulcahy and John Charles.
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES 2013
The 2013 social committee
intends to be very active in promoting away trips to different
courses during the coming year. All
members are encouraged to make
suggestions to the social committee if they have any ideas about
away trips.
ANNUAL PITCH AND PUTT
UNION OF IRELAND
CONVENTION
The annual PPUI convention
takes place on February 23rd in
Athlone. Our club is forwarding a
motion to the Convention in an
attempt to embed an anti-discrimination policy in the constitution of
our national organisation. Full
details of this motion can be seen
on our website.
CUNNIGAR WEBSITE
Check out our website
www.cunnigarpitchandputt.ie
The website will be updated
regularly with all the latest club
news, upcoming events etc.
SPORT
Dungarvan Juvenile Rugby
MINI’S RUGBY
Training continues on Saturday,
19th January from 10:30 a.m. –
Midday. We are seeing good number back training after the
Christmas break. We are also
scheduled to play a Blitz away at
Clanwilliam on Sunday, 27th
January Players/parents will be
updated via texting/Facebook.
A Mini Coaching Course will be
run under the supervision of
Munster Development officer
John O’Neill on Friday evening
25th & Saturday 26th at CSN
Tramore Road. An excellent
opportunity for new and fresh
ideas to pass onto our young
players. Application sheet will be
available on Saturday at the clubhouse. Also, a Introduction to Mini
Rugby and a Mini Refresher for
new and experienced coaches. The
East Cork session will be run in
Youghal RFC Saturday 19th. Any
coaches wishing to attend please
contact Juvenile Committee members.
DUNGARVAN RFC U-14 &
U-15 EAST MUNSTER
FRIENDLIES IN THURLES
Dungarvan were physically
dominant in these games and
whilst never in danger of losing
were poorly rewarded for territory
and possession. Scrums were solid
but line-out was difficult as we
could not gather clean possession
and knocked-on repeatedly. Best
moments of matches were from
the backs with tries from Maurice
Daly, Fionn Gibson-Kiely and
Conor Hayes; the latter being first
for the club when he showed blistering pace on the left wing to
power away from the defence and
touch down in the corner.
Overall, it was a competent performance against a game but
physically weaker opponent. But a
much more direct approach with
faster support play is required rather than overusing the boot
when we have good possession in
the opponents half.
In preparation for the table topping decider versus Waterpark A
we need to focus on the basics and
get our line-out and backline
working as well as we knows they
can. Full attendance at training on
Wednesday and Saturday is
required as we will concentrate on
set-pieces and game plays.
We also request all parents and
supporter to turn out in force on
Sunday for an 11.00 a.m. home
kick-off in Ballyrandle.
Squad on the day: Maurice Daly,
Neill Montgomery, Finn RhysThomas, Jamie McKelvie, Jordan
Corby, Nicholas Connors, Tony
Collins, Conor Keane, Conor
Hayes, Larry Brazel, Ben Hitchman,
Jack Mullaney, Louis Morgan,
Blake Blakely, Eoin Halford, James
Ali, Cathal Dee, Ronan Keevers,
Douglas Petit, Breccon Gibson and
Fionn Gibson-Kiely.
Dungarvan 14Bs 5; Galbally 12
(Tries Eoghan Curran)
Our U-14Bs played against
Galbally in a friendly on Sunday
last. It was a great game of rugby
which neither team deserved to
lose. As it was mixture of u-14s, 13s
and a few u-12s it took a while to
settle. The visitors started better
and showed a more collective
manner to gain ground and
deservedly went ahead in the first
half. With Matthew and Jack
Hickey in the front row our scrum
was very solid. Evan Hickey and
Oisin O’Mahoney were tall in the
lineout whilst Shane Kiely carried
well from the no 8 position. Eoin
Bohan and Joey Curran covered
acres of ground.
Good possession gave a platform to the back. Scrum half
Robbie McGrath and out half Cian
Fagan varied passing and running
well in the centre.
The Curran boys and Jack
Griffin showed real pace in the
centre whilst James Kiely, Henry
Griffin and Paul Lannon were
sound in the back three. Sean
Lennon made a fantastic debut
and tackled well above his weight.
Our improving side was justly
rewarded for their efforts when a
combined back and forwards
move saw Mike Walsh break
through the defence and set up a
back move resulting in a try in the
corner for Eoghan Curran.
It was 5-5 for almost the entire
second half with Dungarvan coming close to a breakthrough on
several occasions. Unfortunately, it
was Galbally who sneaked a winner in the last minute when a little
loose tackling allowed a score
under the post. Regardless of the
result this was fine performance
and augurs well for the development of this fledgling side. Next
match away to Clonmel – date to
be confirmed by Teamer or in
training on Saturday.
UNDER 17S EAST MUNSTER
No full report, but the guys ran
in an excellent win over Kilfeacle
on Sunday at Dungarvan. Training
continues Tuesday 7:30 p.m. and
Saturday morning 10:30 a.m.
Players across the Dungarvan RFC U-12 & 13 who are progressing well in training and enjoying their rugby.
Waterford Sports Partnership
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!
Here’s to an active and healthy 2013.
Why not get it off to a good start by
checking out some of the activities and
training opportunities taking place
early in the new year.
WALK 2013
This
year
the
Operation
Transformation walk will take place on
Saturday, 19th January, 2013 at 11 a.m.
in the Waterford Nature Park, Kilbarry.
REGISTRATION WILL TAKE PLACE AT
THE REGIONAL SPORTS CENTRE FROM
10.30 a.m. Please come along - ALL
WELCOME!
For further information please contact Jane O’Dwyer (051) 849855 or
Pauline Cunningham (058) 21199.
NOW BOOKING!
Disability Inclusion Training
A Disability Inclusion Training (DIT)
course will take place on Saturday, 19th
January in Presentation Secondary
School, Waterford from 10.00 a.m. 4.00 p.m. This course is ideal for Sports
Coaches, Instructors, Sport leaders,
Parents, Volunteers and anyone interested or involved in the provision of
Sport and Physical Activity for people
with disabilities.
For further information or to book,
please contact Pauline Cunningham,
Sports Development Officer, Waterford
Sports Partnership on (058) 21199 or
[email protected]
Child Welfare & Protection Training
Course
Monday, 28th January 2013 - 6 pm
to 9 pm
VEC Offices, Dungarvan Shopping
Centre
Course
Information:
http://www.waterfordsportspartnership.ie/pdfs/code0113info.pdf
Booking Form: http://www.waterfordsportspartnership.ie/pdfs/code0113
appl.pdf
Team Ireland prepare for 2013
Special Olympics World Winter Games
GEORGE Fitzgerald from Waterford
City and William McGrath from
Kilmacthomas are amongst the 14
athletes who will represent Ireland at
the prestigious World level competition. 14 athletes from Ireland are
busy preparing to compete at the 2013
Special Olympics World Winter Games.
The Games, which will run from 29th
January to 5th February, will take place
in PyeongChang, South Korea.
Team Ireland consists of 14 athletes;
6 who will compete in the Alpine skiing
event and 8 who will compete in floorball (floorball is similar in style to floor
hockey).
Lining out for Ireland in floorball will
be Sean Murphy from Gurranabraher
in Cork; Joseph McCarthy from
Midleton, Co. Cork; Roy Saville from
Mayfield, Co. Cork; Brendan O’Sullivan
from Rathmore, Co. Cork, Aidan Cross
from Cahir, Co. Tipperary; James
Murphy from Corbally, Co. Clare;
George Fitzgerald from Waterford City;
and
William
McGrath
from
Kilmacthomas, Co. Waterford.
23
Calling All Munster Rugby Clubs …
Ulster Bank RugbyForce
now open
Pictured at the launch were, Ulster Bank RugbyForce ambassador, Alan Quinlan with Ben Swindlehurst,
Newbridge R.F.C., Co. Kildare, Ger Moynihan, Killarney R.F.C., Co. Kerry, and Seamie Horan Ballyhaunis
R.F.C., Co. Mayo.
[Paul Mohan, SPORTSFILE]
IRISH
rugby
stars
Fergus
McFadden, Sean Cronin and Mike
Ross lined-out in University College
Dublin along with Ger Moynihan
of Killarney RFC, Co. Kerry, to
mark the return of Ulster Bank’s
RugbyForce, an initiative which
provides rugby clubs with the
opportunity to win support packages to renovate their club and
upgrade their facilities. This year,
five clubs will receive a €5,000
prize, with one coming down to a
public vote. The winning clubs will
also receive a special training session from an IRFU coach and two
Irish Rugby stars.
Now it in its third year, Ulster
Bank continues to show their dedication to grassroots rugby
through their partnership with the
IRFU as the ‘Official Community
Partner’. Last year Ulster Bank
RugbyForce received entries from
almost 100 clubs across the country, with 54 clubs receiving funding
and hundreds of volunteers from
the clubs and communities taking
part in the designated Ulster Bank
RugbyForce Day.
This year there will be five lucky
winners of a support package
worth €5,000, four Provincial winners and one winner which will be
voted by the public. Those clubs
who are shortlisted but not selected by the judges as winners will
then be put to a public vote,
whereby club and community
members can vote for the club of
the choice from 22nd- 26th April
2013.
The club with the highest number of votes will be named as the
fifth winner of the support package. The winners will also receive
the coveted prize of a training session with an IRFU coach and two
IRFU players. The winning clubs
will then carry out the improvements to their rugby facilities during the planned 2013 Ulster Bank
RugbyForce Day.
Ulster Bank RugbyForce encourages rugby supporters, their
friends and families to give something back to their local community and rugby club by volunteering
to undertake renovations to clubhouses and grounds. The first 50
clubs to register will receive €250
towards their RugbyForce event.
Clubs must register for Ulster Bank
RugbyForce online by Friday, 12th
April, 2013.
The initiative is part of RBS
Group’s, Ulster Bank’s parent company, wider RugbyForce programme that is delivered with
their retail divisions partners across
the UK.
In partnership with the respective rugby unions and underpinned by their sponsorship of the
RBS 6 Nations, the initiative helps
clubs at the grassroots of the game
to improve their facilities. Since
RugbyForce’s launch in 2009 it has
attracted a significant number of
clubs to register.
Rugby clubs can enter
RugbyForce on Ulster Bank’s dedicated rugby website – www.ulsterbank.com/rugby - where extensive
analysis and information on previous RugbyForce winners can also
be found.
Division 3 side draw
with Cashel New Inn
Dungarvan …………………… 0;
Cashel New Inn ……………… 0
THIS eagerly anticipated clash
certainly did not disappoint!
Cashel New Inn have won every
Division since they joined the
Munster league three years ago
and they are now fighting for the
top position in Divison 3 with
Church of Ireland.
Dungarvan started with a full
team and from the whistle
showed massive hunger and team
spirit as they drove forward into
the Cashel defence. Cashel seemed
shocked initally as wave after
wave of attack came from the
Dungarvan mid-field. Cashel tried
hard to get into the game and
push forwad but again the
Dungarvan mid-field of Emma
Dunne, Lorraine Walsh, and
Denise Egan were all over their
oppononents. This trio were outstanding showing no fear of
Cashel and winning superb balls in
tackles which were physically very
demanding.
Sharon, Ann-Marie and Áine up
front, had a tough defence to get
through, but their skill really
showed as they got around the
Cashel defence on a number of
occasions, unlucky not to score.
The defence was put under
enormous pressure by this strong
Cashel side however Martina
Landers, Louise Conroy, Olivia
Phelan and Julie Harty fought
hard to keep them out. A powerful shot came from the Cashel
centre forward early in the game,
and Lucinda cleared her line effortlessly.
Abbi Griffin came on half way
through the first half and added
her flair and speed to the forward
line. Such was the intensity of the
game however that she, while
challenging a Cashel player, got hit
in the side of the head. She had to,
unwillingly, step aside for now.
The second half saw Sharon
making lovely runs up the right
beating her player each time. AnnMarie had a great shot stopped by
the Cashel defence but would
certainly have scored had it been
another day. Again the midfield
fought hard and won almost every
battle in the cerntre. When Cashel
did get through they were soon
stopped by Martina, Louise, Julie
and Olivia. Martina controlled the
back line with fantastic clearances
and great tackling. Lucinda, again
in the second half had to pull off
some great saves.
Emma was the second of
Dungarvan's players to be injured,
however Abbi came back on and
Ann-Marie slotted in to the centre
as though she'd been playing
there for years. She won great
balls and continued to lay off
excellent passes to Sharon and
Abbi. Dungarvan were unlucky
not to score as they had all the play
in the final ten minutes.
Overall, it was a great team performance and a great result to
come away with a point from a
team at the top of the league.
Well done to everyone! Thanks to
John and Gerry for their continued
support. We wish Abbi and Emma
a speedy recovery and look forward to having you both back
next weekend.
Team- Lucinda Shrubb, Louise
Conroy, Julie Harty, Martina
Landers, Olivia Phelan, Lorraine
Walsh, Emma Dunne, Denise
Egan, Ann Marie Tutty, Áine Lynch,
Sharon Duggan, Abbi Griffin.
24
DUNGARVAN JUVENILE GAA CLUB
Awards and presentation night
Special guest Kilkenny Hurler Kieran Joyce
By Paul Mooney
A PRESENTATION of awards was
held last Thursday evening for
Dungarvan Juvenile GAA Club at
St. Mary’s Primary School for
medals, championships and
honours won in 2012.
The event was attended by
players and members of the club,
parents and officials, with special
guest, Kilkenny hurler and two
time All-Ireland medalist Kieran
Joyce, who spoke at the event and
presented the medals and awards.
Welcoming everyone to the
awards night was Coach Derek
Lyons, who said the club was
honoured to have Kieran Joyce
present to hand out the medals.
Mr. Lyons said 2012 was a fantastic year for Dungarvan Juvenile
GAA, with successes in the U-14
Feile football, and U-16 teams in
hurling and football, in both divisional and county level - a massive
achievement for the club.
He paid tribute to the players, as
well as the officials and parents
involved, which all helps to make
the club a success.
Mr. Lyons also noted that many
who were presented with medals
at the ceremony are involved with
development squads in the county.
Mr. Lyons noted that Kilkenny
hurler Kieran Joyce is no stranger
to the club, as he has visited a
couple of times before, including
during the week of the county
final when he spoke with the
minor panel.
“I’ve no doubt that his words of
wisdom played a big part in us
winning that minor final last year,”
said Mr. Lyons.
“That match was in the balance
several times during the game. I
think it was the character of the
lads that came through in the end
and their self belief, which
certainly, Kieran got that across the
night he was with them in the
club.”
Mr. Lyons gave a background of
25-year-old Kieran, outlining his
achievements over the years,
saying he has a serious list of
honours and a fantastic career for
a young man with a lot of years
ahead of him.
“We wish him the very best in
his future years with Kilkenny,”
added Mr. Lyons.
Chairman Peter Queally paid
special welcome to Kilkenny
hurler, Kieran Joyce, noting that he
was only just back from a holiday
and will be going back into
training with the Kilkenny senior
hurling team next week.
Mr. Queally also paid thanks to
St. Mary’s Primary School, Principal
Marcella McGovern and staff, for
providing the hall on the night.
Thanks were also expressed to
the sponsors of the club, Conor
Lannen, of the Country Store,
Dungarvan and Ger Wyley of
Wyley Sports, Dungarvan.
Mr. Queally said 2012 was a
fantastic year for achievements by
Dungarvan Juvenile GAA Club.
“We are looking forward to
2013 and hopefully it will be a
success, if not more successful, than
last year,” said Mr. Queally.
He urged juvenile members to
work hard at training in order to
be a success on the field and help
the club achieve success, and hopefully, they would be back in 12
months time presenting more
medals.
Mr. Queally highlighted to club
members the new GAA rule for
2013, in relation to gum shields.
He said the new rule states that
it is compulsory for anyone under
18 years of age, that they must
U-16 Award Winners. Left to right: John Havens, most improved footballer; Patrick Curran, Hurler of the Year; Joseph Allen, Footballer of
the Year; and Richard Forsey, most improved hurler.
Dungarvan Juvenile GAA Club’s U-14 County Feile Football Champions 2012, who received their medals at a presentation
ceremony held last Thursday.
wear a gum shield when on the
playing field, both when playing a
match and at training.
He also advised players and club
members about healthy eating
and to watch their diet.
“If you are not eating properly,
you will not be able to perform
properly,” Mr. Queally said. “Eat
healthily and you will be able to
perform at your maximum.”
Kieran Joyce, speaking at the
ceremony, said Dungarvan has had
a very good year in 2012 at all age
levels.
He said Dungarvan’s senior
team have great potential and it is
looking very well for Dungarvan
into the future with a number of
players making it onto the county
senior team.
He said the club is going very
well at underage level.
Kirean highlighted that players
winning with their juvenile club is
“a very special thing”.
“You are playing with friends
you’ll know for the rest of your life.
Make the most of what you do
now and in winning these
medals,” said Kieran.
He said that when players move
onto another age group, it can get
harder to win medals.
“Cherish these times and make
the most of them,” he said. “Have
no regrets and trust your teammate who plays beside you, even if
its sub 1 to 34.”
He said that in Kilkenny hurling,
there is no ‘one-man show’ and
you have to pass the ball if your
teammate is in the right position.
“One-man show teams don’t
go anywhere,” said Kieran, who
outlined the importance of team
spirit and players having belief in
themselves.
“You could train 27 nights of
the month, but it will do no good
if you go out onto the pitch and
you don’t believe in yourselves.”
Kieran wished all the players
success into the future and said he
Dungarvan Juvenile GAA Club’s U-14 Award Winners. Left to right:
Jack Lacey, Hurler of the Year; Mark Allen, most improved hurler;
Kieran Joyce, guests speaker; Conor Hayes, most improved footballer;
and Glen Waters, Footballer of the Year.
would be following the underage,
minor and the senior teams in
Dungarvan.
Coach Mr. Lyons urged players
to keep working hard at their
game.
He said that all the awards were
deserved on the night, but the
most important awards were the
team medals.
SPECIAL
ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Mr. Lyons told guests at the
ceremony
that
Dungarvan
Juvenile GAA Club received a
‘Special Achievement’ award from
the County Board in 2012.
“It is an acknowledgement by
the adult County Board of the
work going on in Dungarvan at
juvenile club level,” said Mr. Lyons.
“Hats off to everyone involved
in the juvenile club from the committee, players, the senior club
members who come to matches
and support the juvenile members,
and those who look after the fields
and keep things in order for us.
“It speaks volumes about the
working going on in the club and
long may it continue.”
FUNDRAISING
Mr. Lyons said that fundraising
for the club was an important
function carried out voluntary by
some members.
He urged other club members
to get more involved in fundraising.
“Money ultimately benefits the
players, as the money provides the
best equipment,” he said.
SUPPORT
Concluding the ceremony, Mr.
Lyons acknowleged the work of
the parents in providing transport;
the sponsors, Conor Lannen, of the
Country Store, and Ger Wyley, of
Wyley Sports; and the committee
which makes sandwiches and
refreshments for after the awards
ceremony and after club tournaments and events.
Dungarvan Juvenile GAA Club’s U-13 Award Winners 2012. Left to
right: Dylan Murphy, Footballer of the year; Conor Duggan, most
improved hurler; Kieran Joyce, Kilkenny Hurler and guest speaker at the
Award Ceremony; Sean Murray, Hurler of the Year; and Luke
O’Callaghan, most improved footballer.
Dungarvan Juvenile GAA Club’s U-16 Hurling and Football County Champions 2012, who were presented with medals at an award ceremony held last Thursday evening.

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