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DUNGARVANSportsIncorp. Munster Industrial Advocate Vol. 101 (Reg. in GPO as a Newspaper) TEL: 058 41205 / 42042 www.dungarvanobserver.ie Wednesday, 10 April, 2013DUNGARVAN OBSERVER SPORTS SUPPLEMENTMasita Schools ‘A’ Hurling Final …Dungarvan Colleges dominateCroke Cup FinalDungarvan Colleges .....…………… 1-12;Kilkenny CBS ...................…………….. 1-7.LOCAL interest in Croke Cup Final day over theyears has been confined to watching twoestablished college teams on the telly or onhearing the final result but this changed completelyin the past few weeks and especiallylast Saturday when the local combination ofSt. Augustine’s College and Dungarvan CBScontested this the 63rd decider againstKilkenny CBS.Kilkenny last won the Croke Cup in 1981 andthey were narrowly beaten in last year’s finalby Nenagh CBS on a 3-10 to 2-11 scoreline. In2007, they went under to De La Salle by apoint, 0-13 to 1-9 and so overall the Kilkennyschool were indeed anxious to get their nameback on the Croke Cup roll of honour.After a challenge match at the Abbeysidevenue last Hallowe’en against Galway oppositionthe word was that this year’s local HartyCup team was, if anything, better than lastyear’s and those pundits were proven correctin Tom Semple Stadium in Thurles whenDungarvan Colleges became All-Ireland Senior‘A’ champions for 2013.All concerned must surely have pinchedthemselves on waking on Sunday morning butin truth there was no need to as the local teamdominated this final completely apart from aten minute period between the 40th and 50thminute at the end of which the Leinster championshad reduced their deficit to 1-9 to 1-6.However, the winners were by far the betterteam and but for some uncharacteristic errors,due perhaps to the occasion that was in it, theywould have won this game by a much greatermargin.An attendance of 2,010 was announced asthe Thurles sod definitely didn’t look at its bestlast week. Most patrons were loud in theircriticism of the admission fee of €20 and €3 formatch programme especially so when theDivision IB Allianz NHL final at the same venuelater in the evening was a lesser fee of €15each.Dungarvan Colleges lined out the samefifteen as in the semi-final with Tadgh Bourkeat centre back and Kevin Daly at wing back. ForKilkenny, J. P. Treacy replaced Matthew McWeyat corner forward and centre back and captainRobbie Fitzpatrick was given the task of markingPatrick Curran with Paddy Deegan takingover in the centre of defence.THE ACTIONMaking his customary darting run ColinDunford opened the scoring in the first minutebefore Robbie Fitzpatrick picked up a yellowcard for a foul on Patrick Curran. Curran, whowent on to be named the TG4 ‘Man of theMatch’, pointed the resultant free as the winnersdominated the outfield play. One ofKilkenny’s better players J. P. Treacy opened hisside’s scoring in the sixth minute as MichealHarney moved to midfield, where he(CONTINUED ON PAGE 3)Jerome Conway, National Chairman Post Primary Schools presents the Croke Cup toDungarvan Colleges Captain Tom Devine.[Sean Byrne//Deise Sport]Dungarvan Colleges who beat Kilkenny CBS 1-12 to 1-7 in the Post Primary Schools All-Ireland Final in Thurles. Back row: David Gartland, Seamus Keating, Conor Tobin, EamonCrotty, Brian Looby, Criostoir Breathnach, Laurence Power, Tom Devine (capt.), Micheal Harney, Kevin Daly, Jack O’Donnell, Ross Browne, Carthach Barry, Gavin Power, Micheal Shine, Conor Prunty,Tadgh Bourke. Front row: Jack Mullaney, Cormac O’Grady, Ryan Donnelly, Kealan Looby, Cormac Curran, Colin Dunford, Darragh Lyons, Michael Cronin, Patrick Currran, Aaron Donnelly, KieranBarron, Cian Culloo, Jack Morrissey, Sean Daly.[Sean Byrne//Deise Sport]MICHAEL WALSHMARCH WINNEROF WLR/FMGAA AWARDpage 4 page 9KILROSSANTYWESTERN U-14FOOTBALLCHAMPIONSALL-IRELANDHANDBALLTITLE FORAOIFE LANDERSpage 23

2 Masita Schools ‘A’ Hurling Final Dungarvan Observer Sports | Wednesday, 10 April, 2013St. Augustines Group pictured with the Croke Cup.[Sean Byrne//Deise Sport]General Match StatisticsDungarvanCollegesKilkennyC.B.SSidelines 4 5Shots for play 22 9Scoreable frees 8 12Dungarvan Club players who were members of the winning panel with the Croke Cup.[Sean Byrne//Deise Sport]Puckouts 13 25Frees conceded 17 13Sent off 0 1Substitutions 0 3Scoreable FreesDungarvanCollegesKilkennyC.B.SCaoimhe and Maire DeBurca, Ciara Dower and Deirdre Daly supporting Dungarvan Colleges in Thurles.[Sean Byrne//Deise Sport]Carmel Power, Breda Cronin and Margaret Looby supportingDungarvan Colleges in Thurles.[Sean Byrne//Deise Sport]Buachaillí CholáistíDhúngarbhán AbúTHE Dungarvan Colleges boys sealed a great victory and theirplace in GAA history last Saturday by winning the All-IrelandSenior Colleges title in Thurles against Meánscoil na mBráithreCríostaí, Cill Chainnigh. A major comhghairdeachas goes to allconcerned. This title is not only credited to buachaillí CholáistíDhúngarbhán but credit also goes to the local GAA clubs,parishes, schools and families in preparing the foundations andsupporting the team in their journey to the final. It is a victory forall concerned. A lot of work went into preparing for the games,the boys gave their all in their commitment to training and to theteam. A special mention agus buíochas mór goes to the backroomteam of Daragh Duggan, Shane McGrath, Pat Collins andPeter Power who were the driving force and inspiration to theteam. It is essential and important that all concerned savour andrelish this wonderful and historic victory. We, in St. Augustine'sCollege and in Dungarvan are extremely grateful to all concernedfor giving us such wonderful games and great memoriesand allowing us to be involved in GAA history. Míle Buíochasdhaoibh uilig agus bainigí sult as an gceiliúradh. Tá muid anbhroidiúilas bhur éachtaí uilig.– Ailbhe Ni Neachtain, Príomh Óide, Choláiste Aibhistín.Total 11 14Goals 0 0Points 5 365 1 1Wides 3 3Shots fell short 1 6Hit the upright 0 0Penalty/ Shotsaved1 1Shots From PlayDungarvanCollegesKilkennyC.B.STotal 22 11Goals 1 1Points from play 6 3Wides 11 2Shots fell short 1 2Shots saved 1 165 2 2PuckoutsDungarvan CollegesKilkennyC.B.STotal 12 25Won clean 4 1Lost clean 0 4Break won 1 3Break lost 6 13Short puckouts won 0 2Short puckouts lost 1 0Sideline ball 0 0Throw in 0 2A Happy Dungarvan College'sCoach Peter Power during theMasita Post Primary Schools All-Ireland Final in Thurles.[Sean Byrne//Deise Sport]Darrach and Cathal McGrath with Niamh Enright supportingDungarvan Colleges in Thurles.[Sean Byrne//Deise Sport]We have in recent times enjoyed a truly splendid hurling odyssey.Teams such as this one are a once-in-a-generation rarity; all thecomponents of skill, passion, camaraderie, gel perfectly together.In the last two years this team has secured two most covetedDr. Harty Cups wins; this is the pinnacle of success in Munster hurling.To top that, our boys beat St. Kieran’s of Kilkenny in the semifinaland CBS Kilkenny in the All-Ireland Hurling A Final toachieve the Croke Cup. In Thurles last Saturday, this glorious teamdisplayed proficiency, enthusiasm and a never-say-die spirit thatwould make any Irish person proud to see our ancient gameplayed with such honesty. Their families, clubs, schools andfriends should be extremely proud and honoured. Great credit isdue to the mentors and teachers who put in hours of hard slogin order to achieve this success. We thank them for bringingsuccess and glory to our schools and town.– John Murphy, Principal Dungarvan CBSDungarvan College's ManagerDarragh Duggan.[Sean Byrne//Deise Sport]

Dungarvan Observer Sports | Wednesday, 10 April, 2013Masita Schools ‘A’ Hurling Final3Dungarvan Colleges dominateCroke Cup Final(Continued from page 1)performed heroically and ColinDunford’s led the attack at centreforward.Dungarvan Colleges recorded aworrying five wides in the firstnine minutes which was put to oneside somewhat at the end of thefirst quarter when MichaelHarney’s determination set upRyan Donnelly for his sixth goal infour games. One minute later,Kevin Daly, who held his markerscoreless and Harney again providedfor Patrick Curran’s first pointfrom play.In the 17th minute an otherwiseoutplayed Kilkenny team werethrown a lifeline when a handpassaimed for Tadgh Bourke wasintercepted by their top scorer onthe day Paddy Cahill and he bellowedthe Deise net from closerange to bring the score back to1-3 to 1-1. Corner back CathalMcGrath was switched on toPatrick Curran who scored his secondpointed free in the 18thminute and after good work byCormac Curran, Colin Dunford setoff on another speedy run to tapover his second point, 1-5 to 1-1.With 21 minutes played RyanDonnelly who was a threat to hisopponents throughout, had hisjersey tested en route to goal buthe still managed to get in his strikewhich was deflected out for a ‘65.Patrick Curran did the needful andfollowing a Tom Devine passCurran gave the winners theirlargest lead of the day at 1-7 to 1-1. Kevin Kenny was moved intofull forward in an effort to shakeoff the shackles of Tadgh Bourkebut the Clashmore/Kinsalebegplayer followed suit in an obviouspre-match plan that was successfullyexecuted by the winners’team management.Kilkenny came more into thegame in the last five minutes ofthe half and Paddy Cahill, who wassurprisingly withdrawn later on,pointed two frees following awide from the same player. In the30th minute the Munster champions’full back Brian Looby madea vital interception in front of hisown goal and he was subsequentlyfouled which relievedsome pressure. As often in the pastwhen a score was needed PatrickCurran slotted over ‘Scor naSeachtaine’ from under the newstand after some fine work by theindustrious Ryan Donnelly. 1-8 to1-3 at half-time as staunch hurlingsupporter Colin Whelan wasenquring from the USA how thelocal schools was faring.DOWN TO FOURTEEN MENFive minutes into the secondhalf Patrick Curran was bearingdown and in on goal when he wasunceremoniously felled andreferee Shane Hourigan had nohesitation in reducing the Leinsterchampions to fourteen men. TheDungarvan clubman took theresultant penalty himself and inretrospect and considering theheavy tackle he had just receivedmaybe some other player shouldhave struck the free as it was savedby the Kilkenny defence. A goal atthat stage would have put eightpoints between the teams andsaved some anxious moments lateron in the game. A Patrick Curranpointed free on 38 minutes followinga foul on Colin Dunfordrestored the winners’ six pointlead. Paddy Cahill pointed his lastfree after 41 minutes, 1-9 to 1-4.POWERFUL SAVEOverall, Kilkenny’s danger manKevin Kenny was kept well undercontrol but in the 42nd minute hegained possession and with goalwritten all over it he unleashed ashot that was quite brilliantlyCaptain Tom Devine with the Croke Cup is carried shoulder high by histeam mates.[Sean Byrne//Deise Sport]saved and parried by the Colleges’goalie Laurence Power whosefetching of the ball was very goodthroughout. J. P. Treacy pointed a‘65 from that attack as Kilkennywere now enjoying their bestperiod of the game andDungarvan were forced into takingwrong options by the Leinsterchampions which left just threepoints between the sides whenKevin Kenny popped over his solepoint of the game in the 47thminute.Patrick Curran was broughtfurther out the field in an effort tostem the Kilkenny flow whosefree-taker missed two scoreablefrees at this vital stage of the final.TURNING POINTGames are sometimes settled inone passage of play and whenDarragh Lyons, who was nowoperating between his midfieldand halfback line, executed twotelling hooks and earned himself afree, Patrick Curran recorded thewinners first score in ten minutes,1-10 to 1-6 with 51 minutes played.This settled the champions asPaddy Cahill was surprisinglyreplaced and James Byrne came onfor Kevin Kenny who was injuredin the 55th minute.There was a further goal chanceon 57 minutes but when the ballbroke out the field Bonmahon’sMicheal Harney fired over a point,1-11 to 1-6 and there was now onehand on the Croke Cup. Kilkennysubstitute Robbie Buckley boredown on goal in the 59th minutebut close attention by Kevin Dalyensured a point resulting ratherthan a goal. From the puck-outSeamus Keating caught the ball,won a free and with normal timeup it was fittingly Patrick Curranwho recorded the final score ofthis year’s final.PRESENTATIONChairman of the Post PrimarySchools Organisation JeromeConway from Kerry presented theCroke Cup to team captain TomDevine amid scenes of considerablecelebration.A GRAND NATIONAL TITLEThere may have been moremedia attention in Aintree lastSaturday than in Thurles but it isthe Croke Cup victory that will beremembered by local Gaels inyears to come when Saturday, the6th April is mentioned. Team mentorPeter Power equated this historicwin to the county U-21 win in1992 and rightly so.Well done to all concerned whocame back after last year’s semifinaldefeat to last Saturday’sopponents and who went twosteps further this year. This win is awelcome inclusion in each player’shurling C.V. and hopefully it willnot be on top of the list when theyretire and that they all will nowprogress to reaching their fullpotential at senior level.St. Augustine’s and DungarvanCBS have been combined at thislevel since 2002 with little successup to last year. Hard work hasbrought them to where they arenow and nothing else and the easyoption now to begrudgers ofunderdogs being successfully is toseparate them in the supposedgood cause of hurling.Dungarvan College's Patrick Curran controls the sliothar ahead of Kilkenny CBS's Evan Cody during theMasita Post Primary Schools All-Ireland Final in Thurles.[Sean Byrne//Deise Sport]Especially in the past two years,players, schools, clubs, personnel,families and supporters have beenbrought close together and thishas been as positive as the successon the playing fields.REMEMBER THE TEAMAfter the first half goal,Laurence Power showed his pedigreewith a super save at a vitalstage. The entire Kilkenny full forwardline were confined to 1-1from play with the winners KealanLooby, Michael Cronin and fullback Brian Looby once againdoing their job efficiently. The halfbackline of team captain TomDevine, Tadgh Bourke and KevinDaly have been superb all year andwere once again last Saturday withtheir opponents playing secondfiddle to them throughout. ColinDunford and Cormac Curranhurled tirelessly in the middle ofthe field and once again theColligan man’s brace of pointswere inspirational.Despite the best efforts ofPaddy Deegan, team captainRobbie Fitzpatrick and Cory Cahill,the Kilkenny halfback line couldn’tget a foot-hold on the final andthat’s the best tribute that can begiven to the work horses that areSeamus Keating, Micheal Harneyand Criostoir Breathnach. Theinside line for the winners scored1-9 to 1-12 total and apart fromthis their workrate impressed asthe winners defending startedhere with Darragh Lyons, RyanDonnelly and Patrick Curran whoall contributed in different ways tothis success.Some of the panel were nodoubt biting at the bit to be introducedand perhaps one or two ofthem could have been included forthe last quarter. Whether or whichGavin Power, Jack Mullaney, DavidGartland, Sean Daly, KieranBarron, Eamon Crotty, AaronDonnelly, Conor Prunty and JackMorrissey are names that will beheard about in hurling circles inthe future.Team mentors DarraghDuggan, Shane McGrath, PatCollins and Peter Power havegelled well together over the pastfew years and their success of twoHarty Cups and now an unprecedentedCroke Cup is a justreward for their input to hurlinglocally. Comhghairdeachas díobhgo léir.PATHS TO THE FINALHarty Cup:Dungarvan Colleges 3-13; DoonCBS 1-13.St. Flannan’s College 0-16;Dungarvan Colleges 2-9.Dungarvan Colleges 3-12; St.Camian’s College 0-11.Dungarvan Colleges 5-18; GaelColaiste Mhuire AG 2-8.Quarter-Final:Dungarvan Colleges 0-14;Blackwater CS 0-10.Semi-Final:Dungarvan Colleges 1-12;Thurles CBS 0-12.Harty Cup Final:Dungarvan Colleges 2-21; OurLady’s Templemore 1-11.All-Ireland Semi-Final:Dungarvan Colleges 5-8; St.Kieran’s College 1-10.SCORERS AND TEAMSScorers: Dungarvan Colleges: Ryan Donnelly 1-0, Patrick Currran 0-9, ColinDunford 0-2, Micheal Harney 0-1.Kilkenny CBS: Paddy Cahill 1-3, J. P. Treacy 0-2, Kevin Kenny 0-1, Robbie Buckley0-1.Dungarvan Colleges: Laurence Power; Michael Cronin, Brian Looby, KeelanLooby; Kevin Daly, Tadgh Bourke, Tom Devine; Cormac Curran, Colin Dunford;Cristoir Breathnach, Michael Harney, Seamus Keating; Darragh Lyons, RyanDonnelly, Patrick Curran. Subs: Gavin Power, Jack Mullaney, David Gartland, SeanDaly, Kieran Barron, Eamon Crotty, Aaron Donnelly, Conor Prunty, Jack Morrissey.Kilkenny CBS: Darragh Holohan; Cathal McGrath, Evan Cody, Dylan Scott;Cory Cahill, Robbie Fitzpatrick, Paddy Deegan; Niall Mullins, Gary Kelly; LukeScanlon, Kevin Kenny, Paul Delahunty; J. P. Treacy, Shane Cuddihy, Paddy Cahill.Subs: Danny Bolger, Gary Bryan, Robbie Buckley, James Byrne, Conor Doheny,Huw Lawlor, Kevin Galvin, Darren Knox.Referee: Shane Hourigan (Limerick).

4 GAA Dungarvan Observer Sports | Wednesday, 10 April, 2013Masita All-Ireland Senior Hurling ‘B’ FinalDungarvan CBS- v -St. Mary’s,BelfastPairc Tailteann, Navanon Sunday, April 14that 1 p.m.LAST Monday evening the venuefor this eagerly awaited final waseventually announced and so allroads lead to Pairc Tailteann thisSunday which presents the localCBS with an opportunity to makeup for their defeat to anotherAntrim school, Ballycastle at thesame stage in 2010.The venue sounds like a footballsod in the heart of County Meathbut one way or the other thegame presents the opportunity tocomplete a hat-trick of All-Irelandtitles for the local schools in thespace of a fortnight. The game istimed for 1 p.m. and one wondersif the fixtures committee were takinginto account the last twoDungarvan games with both theMunster final v. Tulla and the semifinalv. Heywood College going toextra time.In 2010, Ballycastle proved to bea very capable team winning 1-12to 0-11 and no doubt St. Mary’swill be no different this Sunday. Atthe same time this opportunity towin three All-Ireland titles will notcome around again and it is thismotivation that can drive on theteam to win what is sure to be aclosely contested game given therecord of Antrim schools in thisgrade.Ten of the team played in lastSaturday’s Croke Cup final and thegame will also see team captainColin Dunford returning followinginjury which kept him out of theMunster final and the All-Irelandquarter-final and semi-finalmatches.The other five players willinclude Gavin Power in goal,Kieran Barron and Cian Culloo indefence; Aaron Donnelly in attackand such as Jack O’Donnell,Micheal Shine, Jack Morrissey,Eamon Ryan and Carthach Barry incontention for the remainingplace. Best of luck to all concerned.PATH TO FINALMunster Final - Dungarvan CBS 1-22;St. Joseph’s, Tulla 1-15. (A.E.T.)All-Ireland Semi-Final - DungarvanCBS 3-18; Heywood College 2-15.2010 Team: Darren Duggan, ConorO’Shea, Colin Walsh, Liam Beresford,Sean Ryan, Eoin Healy, Jamie Barron,Tom Curran, Kevin Phelan, KieranPower, Colm Curran, Jim Curran, DonieBreathnach, Luke Egan, Cathal Curran.Western Boardchampionship Fixturesand ResultsTHIS weekend sees the commencementof the DivisionalBoard’s Radley EngineeringIntermediate Football and theLawlors Hotel Premier JuniorFootball Championship. There isalso one game in Round 2 of theJFC (Senior Attached) Section andone game in the Intermediateattached section.RADLEY ENGINEERINGINTERMEDIATE FOOTBALLCHAMPIONSHIPBallinacourty- v -Clashmore/Kinsalebegat the Fraher Fieldon Sunday, April 14that 3.30 p.m.Two clubs whose first teams willhave been in action earlier in theweekend will kick off theDivisional IFC at the Fraher Field onSunday afternoon.Clashmore, who won theDivisional JFC (Senior Attached)section for the past two years haveopted to go up a grade in 2013.Ballinacourty reached last year’sfinal before going down to eventualCounty championsBallinameela, 1-11 to 0-3. ‘Courtyshould have Maurice Power, GavinBreen, Martin Lavan, JasonO’Brien, John Power, JamesO’Mahoney along with U-21 captainRonan Sheehan and othermembers of the U-21 squad inaction here.Clashmore will look to PhilipDee, Aiden Trihy, Donal O’Connor,Kieran Burke, Donal Scanlon,Roger Ryan and James O’Leary tolead their challenge here.Ballinacourty’s experience in thehigher grade should see them getoff to a winning start.Geraldines- v -Sliagh gCuaat the Fraher Fieldon Monday, April 15that 7 p.m.Both of these sides reached thesemi-final stage last year. SliabhgCua going down to Ballinacourtyand Geraldines losing out toBallinameela.When they met in the leaguesection 12 months ago, Geraldinescame out on top by 1-10 to 0-6.Both sides are badly effected byinjuries going into the game withKieran Cotter ruled out forGeraldines with a leg injury, whileSliabh gCua will be withoutDermot Tobin, Aiden Fitzpatrick,David Whelan and Tom Tobin.Both sides will field teams thatwill have a blend of youth andexperience. As in all gamesbetween these sides, it will bekeenly contested and Geraldinesmay repeat their win of last year.P.S.: The Ballyduff v. Dungarvangame in the same championshiphas been deferred.LAWLORS HOTEL PREMIER JFCShamrocks- v -Tallowat Lismoreon Saturday, April 13that 7 p.m.Reigning Divisional championsTallow open the defence of theirtitle against neighboursShamrocks at Lismore on Saturdayevening. These two teams met atthe semi-final stage last year and itended in a draw, 1-8 apiece.Tallow won the replay, 1-9 to2-5 before defeating Affane, 2-6 to1-7 in the final. Both of these sideswould be serious title contenders ifthey put in an effort and this gamecould end in a draw again.Modeligo- v -Kilgobinetat Colliganon Saturday, April 13that 7 p.m.A local derby encounter thisone at Colligan with Modeligohoping to get off to a winningstart here. They reached last year’ssemi-final losing out to Affane in agame they could have won.Kilgobinet were badly hit by emigrationlast year losing out to thisweek’s opponents by 5 points.Modeligo to repeat that victoryhere.Affane- v -Emmettsat Bushy Parkon Saturday, April 13that 7 p.m.Last year’s defeated finalistsAffane face a tough opener inBushy Park on Saturday evening.Emmetts were relegated fromintermediate last year and weremost unlucky to be the team tomake the drop. They will look toJim Wall, Sean Dempsey, GavinWhelan, Ml. Flynn, Richie Browneand the Walshs will be keen to getoff to a winning start here.With veteran goalkeeperCiaran Callinane start anotherseason between the posts forAffane. In Gavin McCarthy, KeithLanders, David Cahillane, CillianO’Sullivan, Paul Landers etc. etc.they have fine footballers. Thiscould well be the game of theweekend and a hesitant vote goesto Emmetts whose experience inthe higher grade last season maystand to them.(SENIOR ATTACHED)Brickey Rangers- v -Ballinameelaat Bushy Parkon Friday, April 12that 7 p.m.Both of these sides lost theiropening round games on Sundaylast away from home and will beanxious to record a win here.Ballinameela put up a strongopening half performance inLemybrien and were level withKilrossanty at the break, 1-2apiece.The home side had 3 points tospare at the finish. Brickeys cameup against a strong Stradbally outfitand were well beaten. This is alocal derby which will bring outthe best in both sides and thehome side may shade it.INTERMEDIATE ATTACHEDDungarvan- v -Mellerayat Dungarvan Club Groundson Sunday, April 14that 7 p.m.Melleray will be the visitors toClogherane on Sunday eveningwhere they will take onDungarvan’s second XV.Dungarvan are down a grade thisyear and should prove too strongfor a Melleray outfit that will giveit their all here.Michael Walsh March winnerof WLRFM Granville HotelGAA AwardRichard Hurley from the Granville Hotel presents Michael Walsh with the WLR FM/Granville GAA Award forMarch, also in shot are Neil Gough, WLR FM; Timmy O’Keeffe, Waterford Co. Board Sec; Tom Cunningham,Waterford Co. Board Chairman, Kevin Casey, WLR FM; Liz Reddy, WLR FM; Mary Walsh and Fiona Walsh.[Noel Browne]THE latest winner of the WLRFM/Granville Gaa monthly awardsis Waterford hurler Michael Walshwho was in tremendous formduring the month of March. TheStradbally man gave a number ofcommanding performances atcentreback thoughout the groupstages of the Allianz hurlingleague. Michael's handling wasassured throughout as Waterforddrew with Cork in atrocious conditionsin the second round gamein Fraher field.Michael was again one of theteam's top performers inWaterford's defeat away toKilkenny in round three.The three times all star gave anexhibition of defending in theteam's exciting one point winover Tipperary in Walsh Park andMichael's early season form continuedin the final round game athome to Galway which saw theTribesmen edge out Waterfordfor a place in the league semifinals.Clonea Camogie ClubMEMBERSHIPMembership is due for all players now. At only €15 this represents greatvalue and all Players MUST be fully paid up members to train and playmatches.UNDER 12Our joint Under 12 panel with St. Mollerans played in a Blitz in Ferrybank lastSaturday, winning all their games against Tramore, Roanmore and Ferrybank.UNDER 15We play host to an Under 15 Blitz this Saturday with Clonea taking on St.Annes, Portlaw and Roanmore.UNDER 14The Under 14 County championship starts on Tuesday, 16th April, withClonea playing host to Ferrybank.TRAININGTraining for Under 12 and Under 14 panels has resumed every Tuesdayevening from 6.30 pm to 7.30 pm at the pitch. Players are asked to bring a €1to each training session as a contribution towards Club costs.Training for girls born from 2003 to 2006 every Wednesday from 6.30 pm to7.30 pmCONDOLENCESThe Club would like to extend its sympathy to the Roche family on theirrecent bereavement.FUND RAISERThe Club will hold a Church Gate Collection on the weekend of May 4th and5th at both of the churches in the Parish. Please give as generously as you canas this is a significant fund raiser to help meet our annual running costs andfund jerseys for one of our new teams.National Camogie resultsIRISH Daily Star National Camogie League Div 1 Grp 1: Cork 4-21, Derry 3-5; Kilkenny2-13, Offaly 0-10; Irish Daily Star National Camogie League Div 2 Grp 1: Cork 4-11,Down 2-8; Irish Daily Star National Camogie League Div 2 Grp 2: Wexford 0-6, Meath0-6; Waterford 2-14, Antrim 2-10; Limerick 0-10, Galway1-5; Irish Daily Star National Camogie League Div 3: Westmeath 2-7, Armagh 3-5;Irish Daily Star National Camogie League Div 4: Tyrone 1-11, Cavan 1-5 DoubleHeader with Tyrone v Kerry NFL; Cill Dara 0-2, Carlow 2-13; All Ireland Minor BCamogie Championship Grp 1: Wexford 8-13, Antrim 2-10; All Ireland Minor CCamogie Championship Grp 1: Kerry 2-10, Meath 3-4 ; Westmeath 2-2, Kildare4-8; All Ireland Minor C Camogie Championship Grp 2: Laois 4-18, Roscommon 1-3.Michael said he was delightedto receive the monthly award "it'sa fantastic scheme and is goingfrom strength to strength overthe last couple of years and it'snice to recognised. We'd somegood performances throughoutthe league but it was dissapointingnot to make the knock-outstages. We've plenty work to doahead of the championship butit's great to see the young playerscoming through and pushinghard for places in the team".LismoreCamogie ClubSENIOR CAMOGIE LEAGUESenior League will commenceon Friday, 12th April with their firsthome game to Ring at 6.30 p.m.Congratulations to the girlsinvolved in the IntermediateCounty Team who beat Antrimover the weekendMEMBERSHIPMembership is now due for allmembers from committee toplayers to trainers.Juveniles €30, students €35,adults €40 family €50.All membership has to be paidbefore play can commence. Canbe dropped to Una Walsh in theLismore Credit Union.CLOTHES COLLECTIONThe Annual Clothes Collectionis now up and running so time todo some clear out! Clothes can beleft with Ciara Duffin phone 0872923002.CLUB GEAROrders are now been taken forLismore Camogie Club gear.Contact Ger on 087 6289595MAY MADNESS WITH ALANAND THE ACCIDENTS!!Bank Holiday Sunday, 5th May,Alan and the Accidents will take tothe stage in the Lismore HouseHotel for a night of dancing andcraic. A great night is assured if lastyear is anything to go by!. Detailsto follow.

Dungarvan Observer Sports | Wednesday, 10 April, 2013GAA5GaelicJottingsAll-Ireland glory forDungarvan CollegesCONGRATULATIONS to Dungarvan Colleges ontheir victory in the All-Ireland senior (A) hurlingfinal at Semple Stadium on Saturday last. It was agreat sight to see team captain Tom Devine lift theCroke Cup for the first time. Dungarvan were thebetter team over the hour and they held a 1-8 to1-3 half-time lead with Patrick Curran contributing6 of those points. An opportunist goal from RyanDonnelly in the 10th minute settled the Waterfordside who hit 8 wides in the opening 30 minutesmany of them good scoring chances. Curran’s effortfrom a penalty for a goal was saved after hehimself was fouled. The penalty incident sawKilkenny CBS reduced to 14 players and while theyreduced the lead to 3 points with 13 minutesremaining it was as close as last year’s defeatedfinalists came to the winners.Dungarvan Colleges kept their opponents at bayin the closing stages and helped avenge last year’squarter-final defeat by the same opposition.The West Waterford Colleges should have wonby more as they shot 14 wides in total. Curranrecorded 9 of the winners’ points, while ColinDunford shot two excellent scores with Ml. Harneyadding a point along with Donnelly’s goal.Well done to all involved, players, management,supporters, parents and the school authorities onthis historic victory.Allianz NFL Round-upWATERFORD made the trip to Carlow on Sundaylast a winning one where they recorded a 0-15 to0-10 win over the home side. Elsewhere, in Division4 there were wins for Offaly, Limerick and Leitrimwith Offaly and Limerick contesting the final andboth are promoted to Division 3.In Division 1, there were wins for Kerry, Down,Mayo, while Dublin and Donegal drew.Division 1 semi-final - Dublin v. Mayo; Tyrone v.Kildare.Relegated - Donegal and Down.Cork lost out on a semi-final place when losingto Mayo by a last minute point. Kerry stay up as aresult of their win away to Tyrone. While a lastminute point sent All-Ireland champions Donegalto Division 2 for 2014.In Division 2, Derry and Westmeath will contestthe final with Wexford and Longford relegated.In Division 3, it is Meath and Monaghan who willplay in the final and be promoted to Division 2.While Antrim and Wicklow will join Waterford inDivision 4 next season.DIVISION 4 LEAGUE TABLEP W D L Pts.Limerick 7 6 0 1 12Offaly 7 5 0 2 10Clare 7 4 0 3 8Tipperary 7 4 0 3 8Waterford 7 3 0 4 6Leitrim 7 3 0 4 6Carlow 7 2 0 5 4London 7 1 0 6 2S.F.C. CommencesTHE opening round games in th J. J. Kavanagh &Sons sponsored County SFC take place this weekend.The opening game takes place in the FraherField on Friday night at 8 p.m. with Ballinacourtytaking on An Rinn. Defending championsStradbally will open the defence of their title atWalsh Park on Saturday evening against Stradbally.Near neighbours and arch rivals Ardmore andClashmore will meet at the Fraher Field onSaturday evening at 7 p.m. While in the samegroup Kilrossanty will travel to Walsh Park to playSt. Saviours on Sunday. The other games in group 2are Brickey Rangers v. Nire and Rathgormack v.Ballinameela. An interesting weekend of football.Round 2 will be played the following weekendwith the following pairings - Group 1 - Stradbally v.St. Saviours; Gaultier v. Ardmore; Kilrossanty v.Clashmore/Kinsalebeg.Group 2 - Nire v. Ballinameela; Brickey Rangers v.An Rinn; Rathgormack v. Ballinacourty.Munster Minor FootballChampionshipWATERFORD will host Limerick in the quarter-finalof the Electric Ireland MFC on Saturday week, April20th in the Fraher Field at 2.30 p.m.Dungarvan CBS inAll-Ireland FinalAN historic treble could be completed on Sundaynext when Dungarvan CBS become the thirdWaterford Schools outfit to contest an All-Irelandfinal on successive weekends. They play St. Mary’sCollege, Belfast in the final and will be hoping tobring further silverware back to the Deise. It hasbeen a tremendously successful year for the WestWaterford Schools with two All-Ireland titles andthree Munster titles in the bag at senior level.Firstly, St. Augustine’s College winning the senior(C) football title and last Saturday DungarvanColleges lifted the Croke Cup. The CBS lastcontested the final back three years ago when theywere beaten by a team from Ballycastle, 1-12 to0-11, so it is now time for revenge against an UlsterCollege. The Dungarvan side had a good Munstercampaign, defeating St. Joseph’s, Tulla in the finalby 1-22 to 1-15 after extra time. In the All-Irelandsemi-final, they accounted for HeywoodCommunity School from Laois by 3-18 to 2-15 toadvance to Sunday’s final. We wish the players,team management and backroom team the best ofluck in their quest for All-Ireland glory.Allianz Hurling LeagueDUBLIN put in a strong second half performance toovercome Limerick by a point, 1-16 to 1-15 atSemple Stadium, Thurles on Saturday evening lastin the Division 1B final. The Dubs will now bepromoted to the top Division for the 2014 leagueand also advance to this season’s semi-final wherethey will play Tipperary on April 21st. It’s Kilkenny v.Galway in the second semi. Cork and Clare face offthis weekend in the relegation with the losersjoining Limerick, Wexford, Offaly, Antrim etc. etc. inDivision 1B next season.Munster MinorHurling ChampionshipREIGNING All-Ireland minor hurling championsTipperary will be visitors to Walsh Park tomorrow,Thursday evening for the quarter-final of the ESBMunster championship with a 7 p.m. throw-in. Thehome side’s preparations have been hamperedwith so many players involved with the variouscollege teams taking part in All-Ireland finals. TheDeise side has put in a lot of work in the build-upto this game and have played a number of challengegames but were short a number of playersfor these games.The winners will play Limerick in the semi, whilethe losers will face the losers of the Cork v. Claregame also being played tomorrow evening.New York CelebrationsIN 2014, New York GAA will celebrate its centenaryand Central Council will later this month make adecision on an event to celebrate the occasion.There has been a suggestion of a significantgame being staged there with the Division I footballleague final being mooted. The New YorkBoard had looked to host Congress next year butLimerick now seem to be favourites for this event. Itremains to be seen what Central Council will allocateto the Big Apple in 2014.Jim, Ciaran, Caoimh and Sean De Burca supporting Dungarvan Colleges in Thurles. [Sean Byrne//Deise Sport]Waterford supporters celebrating near the final whistle.Compliments to TG4and WLRCONGRATULATIONS to TG4 for showing the twoAll-Ireland Colleges hurling finals at Thurles onSaturday last live on TV. This was great promotionfor the games and gave a great opportunity forpeople at home to see the game involvingDungarvan Colleges live. Well done also to our localradio station WLR FM, who broadcast the gamelive as they have done with all of Waterford’sgames in the NHL. The same praise cannot be givento RTE Television Sport who on the six o’clock newslast Saturday evening did not even give out thereports of the matches in Semple Stadium.County Board MeetingTHE April monthly meeting of the County AdultGAA Board will take place on Monday night next,15th inst. in Lawlors Hotel, Dungarvan at 7.30 p.m.Munster ScorTHERE was no joy for the Waterford representatives,namely the Melleray Ballad Group and theArdmore Novelty Act in the Munster Scor SinsearFinals in Templemore on Saturday night last. Thetwo groups gave excellent performances on thenight where the standard was very high.Congratulations to Sinead Grant, Newcastle, Co.Tipperary on winning the solo singing section.Sinead is daughter of Pat and Bridget, with Pat the[Sean Byrne//Deise Sport]efficient secretary of the Western Board whileBridget has been involved in Ladies football inWaterford for a long number of years. The All-Ireland finals will take place in Derry on Saturday,April 27th.Scor na SeachtainePATRICK Curran’s 32nd minute point from underthe New Stand in the Masita Senior Colleges ‘A’Hurling Final in Thurles last Saturday.SympathyTHROUGH our column the Observer extends itssincere sympathy to the Strain family,Ballymacmague and to Vera Collins, Abbeyside onthe tragic death of Alice Strain last week.Tom Cronin, Donal Looby and Michael Hennebrysupporting Dungarvan Colleges in Thurles.[Sean Byrne//Deise Sport]

6 GAADungarvan Observer Sports | Wednesday, 10 April, 2013Deasy hails straight‘A’ hurling studentsTHIS weekend the first six games in the J. J. KavanaghSenior football championship take place with onegame on the Friday, three on Saturday and theremaining two on Sunday. County championsStradbally have won three of the last four titles andeight in all since 2000 and the question this year willbe what club can wrestle the Conway Cup from thetight grip they have on it in recent years.Nire came so close last year, drawing with the champions2-2 (Stradbally) to 0-8 (Nire) and going under byjust one point in the replay by 1-8 to 0-10. Many followersof the game say they should have won bothfinals but those games showed us once again how difficultit is to beat the covesiders in a county final. Thesame was the case in 2010 when Ballinacourty lookedto have the title won only for a late point from aStradbally free denied them their first title since 2007.However, giving their best display in recent years,Ballinacourty were deserving winners in 2011, 0-6 to0-5 and it is these three teams, Stradbally, Nire andBallinacourty that are once again the front runners forthe 2013 title.Next in the pecking order would be Kilrossanty,Clashmore, Rathgormack, An Rinn and Ardmore,while Gaultier, St. Saviours, Brickeys and Ballinameelawill be seeking good results early on to put thethought of losing their senior status out of theirminds. Dungarvan were relegated in 2012 as wereBallinameela the year before after do or die gameswith St. Saviours.GROUP 1GaultiervStradballySaturday, April 13that 7.00 p.m. in Walsh ParkCounty champions Stradbally started poorly lastyear and were beaten by Clashmore/Kinsalebegbefore beating Dungarvan, Kilrossanty, Brickeys andAn Rinn. They weren’t totally convincing againstArdmore in the quarter-finals while in a goals wingames match they defeated title holder Ballinacourtyin the semi-final.Against all predictions they covesiders rattled Corkchampions Castlehaven in the Munster championshipin a game they deserved more from. There is no doubtbut that in Waterford football Stradbally are the teamto beat but nobody can do it consistently when it mattersmost. They will be watched more so in the knockoutstages than the league championship games as bynow they have it off to perfection how to win the title.The question year after year is how long more can thepresent group of players keep going and no doubt itis being asked again this year.Gaultier scored but one win in last year’s championshipand that was against St. Saviours by 2-10 to0-16. They gave good performances before losing toRathgormack (1-9 to 0-9), Ardmore (3-10 to 0-11) andBallinacourty (0-15 to 2-6). In recent Phelan Cup gamesthey beat Rathgormack before being well beaten byNire and An Rinn. The best they can hope for this yearis to qualify for the knockout stages and like otherclubs in the same situation it is difficult for them tomake progress with the big ball as some of their playersare drawn hurling wise to Passage andDUNGARVAN Colleges’ comprehensiveAll-Ireland senior ‘A’ hurlingfinal success against KilkennyCBS at Semple Stadium onSaturday has been saluted by localTD, John Deasy.“The whole town, and indeedthe county, where many of thepanel are drawn from, is proud ofwhat this group has achieved, andthe players, mentors, parents, andentire backroom team involvedwith the combined secondaryschools can’t be commendedenough,” said Deputy Deasy.A past pupil of St Augustine’sCollege, Abbeyside (who won theAll-Ireland ‘C’ football title the previousweekend), he paid tribute toColáiste na nDéise managementtrio Darragh Duggan, ShaneMcGrath and Pat Collins on liftingthe Croke Cup, while singling outlegendary coach Peter Power forspecial praise.“Everyone knows how much hehas contributed to the cause ofschools and underage hurling inWaterford over many, many years.It’s terrific to see that his brand ofcoaching is still at the cutting edgeof the game,” Mr. Deasy said, alsowishing Dungarvan CBS all thebest in their All-Ireland ‘B’ hurlingdecider against St. Mary’s, Belfastthis Sunday.SLIABH gCUA'S 1979 WESTERN FINAL (FOOTBALL) VERSUS STRADBALLY – Back row: Bob Keane (RIP), Padge Tobin, Ned Burke(RIP), Declan Kiely, Tom Tobin (RIP), John Dalton, Tom Condon, Mike Butler, Ned Power, Michael Kiely (RIP), Declan Whyte, EamonPower, Michael Burke, Piery Butler, Albert Burke, James Butler, Theo English, John Fraher, Gerard Butler, Richie Skehan (RIP). Frontrow: Peadar McGrath, Declan McCarthy, Tom Power, Pat Hearn, Lar Whelan, Mike Hearn, John Fitzpatrick, Declan Fitzpatrick,Paddy Whelan (RIP), Michael Hickey, Micheal Quinlan.J. J. KAVANAGH SENIOR FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPCompetition for Conway Cup commencesBallygunner.Stradbally beat Brickeys in the Phelan Cup but lostheavily to local rival Kilrossanty and drew with theNire. They usually are not at full strength early in thechampionship and while Gaultier have made themuch better progress in underage in recent years thevote once again goes to the champion hardenedStradbally team to collect their first points.GROUP 1Clashmore/KinsalebegvArdmoreSaturday, 13th Aprilat 7.00 p.m. in Fraher FieldIt’s the match of the day really as these local rivalssquare up to each other at the Fraher Field thisSaturday. Of the two it would appear, on last year’sresults, that Clashmore/Kinsalebeg are the team onthe up so to speak. They beat Rathgormack in thequarter-final by 2-11 to 2-3 and they will see reachingthe semi-final stages of the championship as verygood progress for 2012. In the semi-final against Nirethey played some good combined football but theconcession of goals deflated their prospects losing by2-6 to 0-7 at half-time and by 3-13 to 0-15 overall. Theyare a team on the move though, it seems, and theirprogress this year will be one of the main interests ofthe championship. In recent Phelan Cup games theyhad a big win over Ballinameela and drew at homewith An Rinn.Ardmore qualified for last year’s quarter-finalsbefore losing out to Stradbally in a game they won’ttotally be disheartened by. They last contested thecounty final in 2007 against Ballincourty being edgedout by 3-4 to 1-7. The mainstay of that team are stillon duty while their underage system has producedsome good prospects. They won three league championshipgames last year against Gaultier, St. Savioursand Rathgormack and on their day can give a verygood account of themselves.Phelan Cup games lately has given Ardmore a timelyboost as they beat An Rinn, St. Saviours andBallinameela and they come into the game goingwell. Local derby games can be close and this one oncurrent form more than any. However, the vote goesto Clashmore/Kinsalebeg to continue their progressfrom last year’s championship.GROUP 1Kilrossanty v St. SavioursSunday, April 14that 3.30 p.m. Walsh ParkGoing on last year’s championship Kilrossantyaren’t too far off the mark at this level. They wonthree league championship games and, of course,brought Nire to a quarter-final replay. Consistency canbe their downfall and while they looked good againstNire the Comeragh men were average in their matchwith An Rinn. There is a definite progress though inrecent years and they are getting closer to matchingthe top teams. They have already beaten Ballinacourtyin a county league final while to date in the PhelanCup Kilrossanty defeated Stradbally and Rathgormackand gave Nire a good game of it. The knockout stagesshould include the green and gold and then the realchampionship begins.St. Saviours have been in the relegation final mostyears in recent times. The last two years they beat bothBallinameela and Dungarvan easily and if they couldbring this form to early season then they might wellqualify for the knockout stages. Last year they drewwith Rathgormack so they are a team of some quality.They drew with Ballinacourty in a recent PhelanCup game but were then well beaten at home byArdmore and away to An Rinn.This game is a good opportunity for Kilrossanty tostart the championship with a win with their next twogames being against Clashmore/Kinsalebeg andArdmore.GROUP 2Ballinacourty v An RinnFriday, April 12thFraher Field at 8.00 p.m.An Rinn finished in third place in Group 2 last yearwith wins over Brickey Rangers, Kilrossanty andDungarvan, while they gave Stradbally a very goodgame before losing out by 1-10 to 0-8 after playingthe entire second half with fourteen players.Ballinacourty got off to a very rocky start last year withdefeats to Rathgormack and Nire before defeating St.Saviours, Gaultier and Ardmore.Last September Ballinacourty and An Rinn met inthe quarter-final of the championship with the thentitle holders ‘Courty winning by 1-13 to 2-7.Ballinacourty led at the break by 1-5 to 1-3 with MarkFerncombe and Donie Breathnach raising the greenflags. The game was level in the 43rd minute at 1-8 to2-5 after Lorcán Ó Corraoin scored An Rinn’s secondmajor. Ballincourty kicked a total of 15 wides in agame which was level right up to the 58th minute.Points in time added on by Gary Hurney, JamesO’Mahony and Mark Ferncombe secured ‘Courty’sadvancement to the semi-final where they wentunder to eventual champions Stradbally at the FraherField.In the recent Phelan Cup games An Rinn defeatedSt. Saviours were narrowly beaten by Ardmore andthey drew with Clashmore last week at 0-8 each.Ballinacourty drew at home with St. Saviours the firstday and they had a big win away to Ballinameela lastMonday week. If last year’s quarter-final is anything togo by this game should be well worth a visit this Fridaynight with Ballinacourty the slightest of favourites tochalk up their first two points on the Group 2 leaguetable.GROUP 2RathgormackvBallinameelaSaturday, 13th April inLeamybrien at 7.00 p.m.Following their recent county u-21 football finalwin, Rathgormack will be in buoyant and confidentmood for this first round game against last year’s intermediateside Ballinameela this Saturday night.Rathgormack last won the senior title in 1999 and havingconcentrated much on their underage efforts theyare gradually building for a future crack at theConway Cup. The green and red have won two of thelast three u-21 titles as well as winning the minor titlelast year.Rathgormack got off to a flying start last year beatingthe then county champions Stradbally and theyfollowed this up with a win over Gaultier. Theirformed slumped somewhat then with a draw againstSt. Saviours and a defeat by Ardmore. They were wellbeaten in Lemybrien by Nire 2-14 to 0-6 and were infree fall at this stage. They met Clashmore in the quarter-finaland in a very indisciplined performance werebeaten by 2-11 to 2-3.Ballinameela made an immediate return to seniorranks after a thrilling one point win over De La Salle inWalsh Park last year in the intermediate final. Twoyears ago they all but upset the final stages of thechampionship when they gave Stradbally one whaleof a game in the knock-out stages in the Fraher Field.Their Phelan Cup games to date haven’t been veryencouraging with heavy defeats to Clashmore,Ballinacourty and Ardmore. They will be hoping forearly league points so as not to be drawn into anotherrelegation battle.Rathgormack, with a weakened team were beatenby Gaultier and An Rinn in the Phelan Cup and theyhad a five point win over the Brickeys. Saturday’sgame could be a very close run affair withRathgormack favourites to get off to a winning startas in 2012.GROUP 2Brickey Rangers- v -The Nireon Sunday, April 14thFraher Field at 7 p.m.The Nire will be favourites for this, the last of the sixgames this weekend. They fell between two stools lastyear with their sister club Fourmilewater in the hurling,yet, they will consider themselves very unlucky tolose out in both the drawn and replayed County Finalsto Stradbally. Last year they were favourites to win thetitle with an unblemished record in the group stages.They almost caught a tartar in the quarter-finalswhen Kilrossanty drew with them on a fine score of1-17 to 2-14 after extra time. This was one of the best,if not the best game of the entire championship. AShane Walsh free in the second minute of added timein extra time snatched a draw for Nire who were backon track for the replay against a fourteen manKilrossanty. Nire always looked winners in the semifinalagainst a gallant Clashmore/Kinsalebeg by 3-13to 0-15 with the goals by Shane Ryan, Jamie Barronand Thomas O’Gorman making all the difference.Brickeys will be disappointed they didn’t qualify forthe 2012 quarter-finals but they maintained theirstatus with their sole win over local rivals Dungarvan.While they now have Nire’s David Ryan in their ranksthey will face the championship in more hope then inconfidence. On their day though they can give thebest of them a game. Brickeys lost recent Phelan Cupgames to Stradbally and Rathgormack while Nire beatboth Kilrossanty and Gaultier and drew withStradbally. Nire should collect their first brace of pointshere.

Dungarvan Observer Sports | Wednesday, 10 April, 2013Waterford GAAResults & FixturesWestern GAA Board ResultsLawlors Hotel Junior Football Senior Attached:Stradbally 3-10; Brickey Rangers 0-5Kilrossanty 1-6; Ballinameela 1-3Western Gaa Board FixturesFriday, 12th AprilLawlors Hotel Junior Football Senior Attached:Brickey Rangers V Ballinameela at Bushy Park 7 pmSaturday, 13th AprilLawlors Hotel Junior Football Premier:Tallow V Shamrocks at Lismore 7pmEmmetts V Affane at Bushy Park 7 pmKilgobinet V Modeligo at Colligan 7 pmSunday, 14th AprilRadley Engineering Intermediate Football:Clashmore/Kinsalebeg V Ballinacourty at 3.30pm Fraher FieldLawlors Hotel Junior Football Intermediate Attached:Dungarvan V Melleary at Dungarvan Club Grounds 7 pmMonday, 15th AprilRadley Engineering Intermediate Football:Sliabh gCua V Geraldines at Fraher Field 7 pmWaterford GAA ResultsJ J Kavanagh & Sons J J Kavanagh & Sons Minor Football Division 3Group 1:Ballyduff Lower 1-6; Kilrossanty 0-5County Hurling League Sargent Cup Group 2:Passage 1-17; Tallow 1-9The Park Hotel County Football League Phelan Cup Group 1:Kilrossanty 1-11; Stradbally 0-4Kilrossanty 1-9; Rathgormack 0-7Gaultier 1-17; Brickey Rangers 2-8The Nire 1-14; Stradbally 2-11The Park Hotel County Football League Phelan Cup Group 2:Clashmore Kinsalebeg 0-8; An Rinn 0-8Ballinacourty 2-15; Ballinameela 1-4Ardmore 2-17; St Saviour's 0-1Ardmore 1-14; Ballinameela 0-12An Rinn 3-11; St Saviour's 1-7Pat McCarthy Car Sales Eastern Intermediate Football League:Kilmacthomas 1-12; Rathgormack 1-4John Mitchel's 1-13; Portlaw 2-3County U16 Hurling Div 1 Group 1:St. Carthages 4-12; Roanmore 2-8Ballygunner 4-11; Cappoquin 0-10Dungarvan 2-11; Micheal MacCraith Tramore 0-5County U16 Hurling Div 1 Group 2:Ballyduff Lower 3-12; Abbeyside 2-8Cois Bhride 1-10; De La Salle 2-5County U16 Hurling Div 3 Group 1:Fourmilewater 2-16; Butlerstown 2-6An Ghaeltacht W/O Kilrossanty -Ardmore 11-9; Ballyduff Upper 0-3Portlaw 0-0; An Ghaeltacht 0-0Fourmilewater W/O Kilrossanty -County U16 Hurling Div 3 Group 2:Na Gaeil 6-14; Ferrybank 2-7St. Marys Juvenile 3-10; Stradbally 2-5St. Oliver's W/O Scared Heart -St. Oliver's 2-7; Na Gaeil 3-2Stradbally 6-17; Clashmore Kinsalebeg 4-1County U16 Hurling Div 2:St. Saviour's 2-8; Clonea 1-9Clonea 4-12; Brickey Rangers 0-2Gerry Kennedy Crash Repairs Eastern Hurling League Group 1:Ferrybank 2-9; Micheal MacCraith Tramore 2-7Gerry Kennedy Crash Repairs Gerry Kennedy Crash Repairs EastJunior A Hurling Championship:Clonea 1-20; Roanmore 1-7Ballygunner 1-10; De La Salle 0-8Passage 0-24; Mt. Sion 0-12Town & Country Hurling U-11 Division 1:Abbeyside-Ballinacourty 2-7; An Ghaeltacht 0-2Town & Country Hurling U11 Division 2Youghal 4-3; Cois Bhride 3-4Naomh Brid W/O St. Oliver'sDéise Draw results March 2013PRIZE NAME CLUB€10,000 JOAN FLYNN, CAHERNANE, KILL€1,000 NIAMH MORRISSEY, BALLYREILLY AN RINN€500 MARY DICKSON, MURPHY PLACE ABBEYSIDE/BALLINACOURTY€400 PATRICK ROCHE, DEERPARK BALYSAGGART€400 BRENDAN O'SHEA C/O N. COTTER DE LA SALLE€300 LIAM & AOIFE C/O ORLA O'RYAN NIRE€300 DANNY O'BRIEN C/O J. EVANS MOUNT SION€200 EILEEN McCARTHY, KNOCKAUN FOURMILEWATER€200 ANNA POWER, C/O J. TROY KILMACTHOMAS€200 DECLAN FITZPATRICK, KNOCKMEAL SLIABH gCUA€200 MICHAEL BRICK, SMARTSCASTLE DE LA SALLE€200 PAUL, BRIAN & EOIN C/O D. HUTCHINSON GAULTIER€150 SHANE LAWLOR, CLONMEL FOURMILEWATER€150 GOUGH FAMILY, THE LOCAL BAR BRICKEY RANGERS€150 JOHN GEARY, KILWATERMOY TALLOW€150 EAMON FITZGERALD C/O N. COTTER DE LA SALLE€150 AARON DOOCEY, BALLINARAHA LISMORE€150 RONAN POWER, VIEWMOUNT DE LA SALLE€150 DAVID & MGT WALSH, CLASHMORE AN SEAN POBAL€150 DECLAN POWER, ARDNAHOE DUNHILLVOUCHER: JOHN SCANLON, TOURINTOURINJOHNNY O'BRIEN, BALLINGOWNGERALDINESDANIEL DEVINE, GLENGARRABALLYSAGGARTBRIAN/KIERAN MANSFIELD, CREHANACLONEAGEOFFREY POWER, MOONMINANECLONEA.SPECIALS: HANNAH POWERKILLJOHN COLBERTARDMORENEXT DRAW 3RD MAY, 2013 IN MOUNT SION CENTREDungarvan Minor Hurling county champions 1951 – 8th Minor title – Defeated Mount Sion. Back row (l. to r.): R. John Ormond,B. Drummey, Pat Deasy, Jim Cooney, Donal O’Brien, Donal Spratt, Liam Shalloe, Francis Kenneally. Front row (l. to r.): NicholasConnors, John Joe Cooney, Donal Whelan, Jim ‘Stylo’ Regan, Nicky Quill, Danno O’Flynn, John Mansfield, Liam (Hayes) Gethins,Johnny Quarry (R.I.P.). The bystander is: Anthony Cooney.ALLIANZ NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUEStrong finish sees Waterford on topWaterford ............................ 0-15;Carlow .................................. 0-10.THE visitors put in a strong finish toovercome Carlow at Dr. CullenPark on Sunday in the final gameof this year’s NFL.Waterford scored a fullydeserved win over the home sideand the win was achieved despiteplaying the entire second half with14 men. Carlow led by 0-5 to 0-4 athalf-time despite having playedwith the wind.Excellent second half pointsOUR Intermediate ladies teammade the journey to Hawkfield toplay Kildare in the final round ofthe Tesco Homegrown Division 2National football league. The girlsposition in the league was a precariousone, being rooted to thebottom of the table after lastweek’s agonising defeat to Clare.Kildare, managed by formerGalway and Kildare footballerJohn Divilly were the warmest offavourites going into this game,having already qualified for thesemi-finals.The game started in a whirlwindfashion with a Kildare goal,scored by top forward Roisín Byrneafter only 53 seconds and the signslooked ominous for another tryingday for the girls. However, theDéise settled into their game patternwith points from Sinéad Ryanin the 3rd minute followed by onefrom Michelle Ryan one minutelater.In the 10th minute Linda Wallwas on hand to finish a goodWaterford move to the net toleave the girls two points in front.Then, followed a burst of sustainedpressure by the Lilywhitesfor the next 10 minutes or so.Points in the 12th and 15th minuteslevelled matters beforeWaterford goalie Aimee Jordanmade a fine point-blank save toprevent Kildare scoring a goalbefore sharp shooter Róisín Byrnegot in for her second goal in the18th minute quickly followed bytwo points from the same playerto leave Kildare ahead by doublefrom Brian Wall, Gary Hurney,Robert Ahearne, Sean O’Hare,Patrick Hurney and the veryimpressive Liam O Lionain. In factO Lionain who was at centre forwardtormented the Carlowdefence throughout and was thedriving force behind the Deiseside’s late scoring surge.This was a morale boosting winfor Waterford as they prepare forthe Munster championship campaign.Scorers: Waterford: B. Wallscores 2-4 to 1-2 with eight minutesto go to half-time.Aileen Wall settled the ship witha point on 22 minutes and her sisterLinda added another point oneminute later, before Roisín Byrnegot the last score of the first halfwith a well taken point to leavethe score at half time Kildare 2-5;Waterford 1-4Waterford opened up thesecond half well, taking the fightto Kildare and four unansweredpoints in the first five minutes byLinda Wall, Elaine Power, MichelleRyan and Sinead Ryan levelledmatters up again. Kildare ralliedagain and scored three unansweredpoints of their own to putthem three points ahead with tenminutes to go.Michelle Ryan narrowed thegap with a free in the 51st minutebefore Aileen Wall intercepted ashort kick out by the Kildare goalkeeperto get Waterford’s secondgoal to put the Déise back in front.Sinéad Ryan widened the gap totwo points in the 54th minutebefore capping an excellent performanceby scoring yet anotherpoint in the final minute of thegame to leave Waterford deservingwinners on the final scorelineWaterford 2-11 to Kildare’s 2-8.This was an excellent team performanceby Waterford especially inthe second half. Gráinne Enrightexcelled at full back; midfield wasvery strong with Michelle McGrathgetting through a lot of goodwork while Elaine Power set upmany attacks and took her score0-4, P. Hurney 0-3, L. O Lionain 0-2,G. Hurney 0-2, S. Aherne, N. Walsh,R. Aherne, S. O’Hare (0-1) each.Carlow: Brian Murphy 0-6, C.Moran 0-2, J. Murphy, J. Kennedy(0-1) each.Waterford: T. Wall; T. Grey, T. OhUallachain, A. Doyle; S. Bourke, S.Briggs, J. Hurney; S. Aherne, B.Wall; N. Walsh, L. O Lionain, P.Hurney; D. Guiry, T. Prendergast, D.Hallahan. Subs: R. Aherne forHallahan; G. Hurney for J. Hurney;S. O’Hare for Prendergast; C.very well at a vital stage in thematch. Up front Linda and AileenWall played very well and SineadRyan had one of her best gamesfor Waterford making life very difficultfor the Kildare defence. Thiswas a good win for the team, butthe shine was taken off the resultless than 24 hours later when Clarehad a comprehensive 7-8 to 0-8win over Westmeath to ensurethat the girls will play in Divisionthree of the league next year. Thegirls are now back to their clubs forthe 11-a-side and 7-a-side competitionsbefore beginning theirassault on retaining their Munsterintermediate championship whichkicks off at the end of June againstnear neighbours Tipperary.Waterford lined out againstKildare as follows: Aimee Jordan,Mary Foley, Gráinne Enright, NoraDunphy, Roisín Tobin, Karen McGrath, Ann Dunphy, MichelleMcGrath, Elaine Power (0-1), LindaWall (1-2), Michelle Ryan (0-3),Shauna Curran, Mairéad Wall,Aileen Wall (1-1), Sinéad Ryan(0-4).Subs introduced: AoifeMcGovern for Shauna Curran andEibhlís Cooney for Mairéad WallUNDER AGE SUCCESSES FORWATERFORD TEAMSThis week saw two great winsfor our under age teams in theirrespective Munster championships.First up last Monday werethe minors who travelled toHospital, Co. Limerick to take onthe home team in the minor7Buckley for B. Wall.Carlow: A. O’Brien; B. J. Molloy,S. Mernagh, B. Kavanagh; J.O’Donoghue, D. Hayden, T.Bolger; Brendan Murphy, J.Murphy; A. Kelly, R. Walker, C.Moran; Brian Murphy, J. Kennedy,K. Jackson.Subs: S. Redmond for Mernagh;S. Gannon for Hayden; M. Doylefor Bolger; C. Lawler for BrendanMurphy.Referee: N.Ward(Westmeath).Waterford Ladies Football …Intermediates win against Kildarechampionship. After a tough firsthalf Waterford pulled away afterthe break to run out convincingwinners in the end. Final score wasWaterford 5-9 Limerick 2-5. Thiswin now means that the girls willmeet Clare in the Munster final inMay.In the under 16 championshipWaterford followed up their greatwin against Limerick with an excellentwin in Bushy Park onWednesday last against a gallantClare team on the final scoreWaterford 5-11 Clare 1-3. This winsets up a Munster final against thewinners of the Clare/Limerick playoff .This Munster final is due totake place on Saturday 20th April.Next up for the under 14 squadis a Munster A semi-final away toCork on Tuesday, 16th April.Depending on the result of thismatch an A or a B Munster finalawaits the girls on Saturday 11thMay.ALL-IRELAND HANDBALLGLORY FOR AOIFECongratulations to CountyMinor and Intermediate playerAoife Landers on her great win inthe All Ireland ladies junior singlesfinal. Aoife defeated Áine Gormanin the final held on Sunday last inO’Loughlins GAA Centre KilkennyTABLE QUIZThe Intermediate panel wouldbe delighted if people came outand generously supported theirupcoming table quiz. The fundsraised will be put into theirTraining Fund. More details nextweek.

8 GAA Dungarvan Observer Sports | Wednesday, 10 April, 2013Waterford intermediate camogie team who defeated Antrim last weekend.Waterford County Camogie …Intermediate team defeats AntrimWaterford ………………….……………………. 2-14;Antrim ……………………………………………. 2-10SUNDAY, 7th April saw the Waterford Intermediateteam continue their league campaign. After a disappointingstart to the league, this team was now headinginto the match on an unbeaten run of 3 matches.This weeks match was against Antrim and spirits werehigh when heading to the match which was beingheld at a half way venue at O’Toole Park, Crumlin.Throw-in was schedule for 2:30 pm and a blusterycross field breeze meant that no advantage would behad by either team during the match. Once the sliotarwas throw in the Waterford team put under pressureby a well organised Antrim team but a few handlingerrors did not help the team.Antrim’s pressure told early in the match when theyscored the first point of the match in the third minuteand was quickly followed by two further points in thefourth and seventh minutes. To the Waterford’s teamcredit they did not panic and were rewarded withtheir first score during the tenth minute when KarenKelly scored from a free. The team continued to worktogether and scored a couple of more points fromShona Curran and Nicola Morrissey.The Waterford team were back in the game andstarting to exert some pressure on the Antrim backs.Unfortunately, all the good work was wasted whenWaterford allowed Antrim to score a goal on the 21stminute. The score was now Waterford 0-4 to Antrim’s1-3.The team did not falter and immediately got playback into the Antrim’s half where Lorraine Brayweaved her way through the Antrim defence andfired low to score our first goal of the match. Twomore points followed, scored by Trish Jackman, onefrom a 45 and the other from a free, both of thesewere excellent scores considering the blustery conditions.During the first half injury time Antrim scoredWestern Junior Football (Senior Attached) ChampionshipKilrossanty .......................…. 1-6;Ballinameela ....................…. 1-3.THE 2012 finalists Kilrossanty andlast year’s intermediate attachedWestern champions Ballinameelawere level here at half-time at 1-2apiece with the winners’ goalbeing scored by Mossy Young andBallinameela’s by Caiman Radley.The latter in fact scored all ofBallinameela’s total. While twosecond half points by Kieran Ryanand three from midfielder CiaranKeating secured a well deservedwin for the Comeragh side.Kilrossanty: Dwayne Kirwan,Michael Veale, Seamus Veale, KillianWhelan, James Whyte, Eamon Cooney,Philip Ionotta, Ciaran Keating, SeanCrotty, Fintan Walsh, Mossy Young,Patrick Whyte, Kieran Ryan, PaddyKiely.Ballinameela: James Maher, ShaneMcGovern, Tom Kiely, Darren Mulcahy,Stephen McGrath, Padraig Scanlon,James Shine, James Fletcher, JackMcGrath, Lorcan Looby, BrendanMcCarthy, Caiman Radley, MichaelKiely, Robert McCarthy, John Stack.Referee: John Condon (An Rinn).WESTERN JUNIOR FOOTBALL(SENIOR ATTACHED)Stradbally .......................…. 3-10;Brickeys .............................…. 0-5.Stradbally proved too strong forBrickeys in this first round gameplayed in Stradbally last Sundaymorning. They led at half-time byGAA Coaching CornerCOACHES POSITIONSApplication forms have beensent to all clubs and posted onwww.waterfordgaa.ie. The closingdate for applications if Friday, 19thApril, 2013. Applications will onlybe accepted by email toeoin.breathnach.gda.waterford@gaa.ie.Late applications andapplications will do not meet theminimum criteria will not beaccepted under any circumstances.POST PRIMARYBLITZESOn Thursday, 18th May therewill be 12 Post Primary blitzes takingplace in Waterford as part ofthe Munster Post Primary SuperTouch Programme. These blitzesare for 2nd year students and willbe in Hurling/Gaelic Football. Wewill have over 500 players takingpart on the day.PRIMARY SCHOOLS SKILLSCOMPETITIONWaterford C&GD and Cumannna mBunscol Port Láirge are runningskills competitions for 6thclass pupils in all schools in Hurlingand Gaelic Football. On Tuesday,30th April Hurling takes place in 3venues and on Thursday, 2nd MayGaelic Football takes place in 3venues. Each school is invited tohave a 3 person team with thecounty finals taking place on Tue14th May in Carriganore. The winningschool in the county will participatein the Munster Finals on9th June in Limerick and be guestof Munster Council at that daysMunster Championship game inGaelic Grounds.CARRIGANORE BLITZESThis coming Saturday 13th Aprilthere will be U8 Gaelic Football1-7 to 0-2 and their three goalswere scored by Jack Mullaney,Christopher Casey and EoinO’Brien.Stradbally: Eoin Cunningham, PaulWalsh, Emmet Cummins, Paul Connors,Cathal Cusack, Kevin Lawlor, EoinMcElduff, Nicky Connors, WalterCullinane, Jack Mullaney, Paddy Doyle,Andrew Kirwan, Eoin O’Brien,Christopher Casey, Charles Walsh.Brickeys: Stephen McCarthy, RayLanders, Matt Kiely, Kevin McCarthy,Shane Nugent, Jack Ahearne, IanWalsh, Micheal Barry, Niall Collins,Cormac O’Grady, Tadgh Tobin, JamieKiely, Christopher Morrissey, BrianLynch, Conor Walsh.Referee: TimmyOrgan(Ballinacourty).taking place in Carriganore startingat 11 am. The fixtures for thishave been sent to all clubs. OnSaturday, 27th April U-10 GaelicFootball taking place. Clubs areasked to send in team entries toC&GD by Monday, 22nd April.CITY LEAGUE/TOWN &COUNTRY HURLINGThe U-11 & U-12 Hurling hasstarted in recent weeks and willcontinue on Friday nights until theend of June. The standard ofHurling has been excellent for thefirst 2 weeks. All fixtures have beenposted on www.waterfordgaa.ieKELLOGG'S GAA CÚL CAMPSOnline booking is now availablefor the 35 camps taking place inWaterford this summer. The websiteis kelloggsculcamps.gaa.ie anda €5 discount is available on specialcereal boxes.two further points and Waterford responded withanother free from Trish Jackman. The score at halftimewas Waterford 1-7 and Antrim 1-6.Second half commenced with the only teamchange being Valerie O’Brien replacing Clare Murphy.Our first score of the half occurred in the 31st minutewhen Zoe O’Donoghue scored her second point ofthe match.Both teams scored again but in the 36th minuteWaterford conceded there second goal when a strongrun by Antrim’s Natalie McGuinness saw the sliotarend in the Waterford net. The game could havechanged at this point but the mental strength of theteam pushed them forward and they respondedalmost immediately when the sliotar was fired intoour forward line and Valerie O’Brien reacted fast andran onto the ball and hit the sliotar into the net. Thislifted the entire team and further points from KarenKelly, Lorraine Bray, Nicola Morrissey and TrishWaterford- v -Tipperaryin Walsh Parkon Thursday, April 11that 7 p.m.THE quarter-final of the minorhurling championship shoulddraw a large attendance to WalshPark this Thursday evening withAll-Ireland champions Tipperarystarting the retention of their littleagainst the home county whomthey beat in Thurles very convincinglylast year.Waterford under the managementof Sean Power (Mt. Sion),Kieran O’Gorman (Lismore), JohnTreacy (Passage) and WaynePower (Ballyduff Upper) have preparedwell for this game includingchallenge games against Kilkenny,Wexford, Carlow, Laois andDublin.The team was named lastSunday and forwarded to thepapers and an example hopefullythat will be followed by our otherteam managements during theyear. The minor side includes eightplayers from the east and sevenfrom the west including fourplayers who were on the winningDungarvan Colleges Croke Cupwinning team last Saturday. St.Carthage’s Stephen Bennett isnamed on the panel and it will beinteresting to see if he is sufficientlyrecovered from his injuriesto play a part at some stage in thegame.Waterford minors have wonnine of their last twelve Munsterchampionship games dating backto 2010 and each of their threedefeats came from the eventualchampions. The home team havealso won their last four championshipgames in Walsh Parkagainst Tipperay, Limerick, Clareand Cork.Of course, all of this will countfor little at 7 p.m. on Thursdayevening but it does show ourchange of fortune at minor level inrecent years. Whoever wins thisgame will play Limerick in thesemi-final at a Limerick orTipperary venue on Wednesday,June 26th. The losers will play thelosers of the Cork and Clare gamewhich is also on this Thursdayevening.Tipperary will travel to WalshPark in confident mood as All-Ireland champions. They are, ofcourse, also the reigning Munsterchampions beating Waterford by2-25 to 0-12 in the semi-final inThurles and defeating Clare in theMunster final before accountingfor Galway and a fancied Dublinside after a replay en route to theirAll-Ireland win.The Premier county are managedby William Maher(Ballingarry) and they are trainedby Damien Young (Drom andInch). Their captain is Tom Fox (EireOg Annacarthy) who played forDoon CBS when they beatDungarvan CBS in the Munster ‘B’Jackman in response to three Antrim points meantthat when the final whistle was blown that Waterfordhad won on a scoreline of 2-14 to 2-10.Waterford scorers were Lorraine Bray 1-2, TrishJackman 0-05, Valerie O’Brien 1-0, Nicola Morrissey0-02, Karen Kelly 0-2, Zoe O’Donoghue 0-2 and ShonaCurran 0-1.This means that Waterford now play a league semifinalagainst Kildare next weekend.U-12 BLITZESLast weekend saw the start of the U12 county blitzseries. At various venues throughout the county, girlsshowed their skills in the game of camogie.Well done to all who participated and a big thankyou to the host clubs and especially the co-ordinators.The next series of these blitzes take place onSaturday, 13th April and all clubs will be contacted bythe respective host club to give details over the nextweek or so.MUNSTER MINOR HURLING CHAMPIONSHIPMinors face All-Irelandchampions in Walsh Parkschools final last year. They have ahandful of players from last year’swinning team and their strength isdepth can be seen in the fact thatThurles CBS and Templemore CBSwere two of the better teams inthe Harty Cup this year.Waterford captained byDungarvan’s Kevin Daly have a bigtest in front of them here. Fouryears ago Tipperary beat themeasily in the Tony Forristal final butplaying to their full potential theyare capable of continuing thecounty’s fine record of success atWalsh Park.The game will be refereed byJer O’Connell from Cork and extratime will be played if required.MINOR HURLING TEAM1. Sean Clancy (Clonea)2. William Hahessey (Clonea)3. Sam O’Neill (Erin’s Own)4. Cian Leamy (Ballyduff Upper)5. Kevin Daly (Dungarvan) Captain6. Austin Gleeson (Mount Sion)7. Michéal Harney (Bonmahon)8. Mark O’Brien (Ferrybank)9. Tom Devine (Modeligo)10. Shane Bennett (Ballysaggart)11. Colm Roche (Shamrocks)12. Adam Farrell (De La Salle)13. Patrick Curran (Dungarvan)14. DJ Foran (Portlaw)15. Michael Kearney (BallyduffUpper).Subs: Gavin Power (Dungarvan),Barry Whelan (Tramore), M. J. Sutton(Ferrybank), Criostoir Breathnach (AnRinn), Cormac Currran (Brickeys), ShaneRyan (De La Salle), Conor Gleeson(Fourmilewater), Paul O’Connor(Clashmore), Stephen Bennett (St.Carthages).

Dungarvan Observer Sports | Wednesday, 10 April, 2013GAA9Bord na nÓg Port Láirge Co. Bord na nÓg …Under 16 County hurling Championship in full swing(SPONSORED BY WATERFORDGAA SUPPORTERS CLUB –DUBLIN BRANCH)This Championship is in full swingat this stage with action right acrossall three divisions over the last weekor so.Bank Holiday Monday, April 1stsaw plenty of games throughout allthe divisions. Division 1 saw theopening round of matches takeplace (division 1 this year consists oftwo groups). In group 1 Ballygunnergot off to an impressive start with abig victory at home to Cappoquin,Dungarvan and St. Carthage's alsomade winning starts to their campaignswith wins over Tramore andRoanmore respectively.In group 2 of the top tier BallyduffLower (who are assisted byKilmacthomas this year) made a winningstart at home to Abbeyside,elsewhere Cois Bhride picked up anopening day win courtesy of a hardfought victory over De La Salle at theKnockanore venue. In Division 2(which has the least amount ofteams) the 4th series of games tookplace on April 1st, just the one gamewent ahead where St. Saviour'sedged out their Eastern rivals Clonea.In Division 3 (which also has twogroups), in group 1 Ardmore scored afacile win over Ballyduff Upper whileFourmilewater proved too strong forButlerstown at Ballymacarbry, AnGhaeltacht received a walkover fromKilrossanty who are now out of theChampionship (having concededtwo games).In group 2 Na Gaeil had a comprehensivewin over Ferrybank, St.Mary's overcame Stradbally at Killwhile St. Oliver's received the twopoints after Sacred Heart conceded awalkover.The RESULTS from Monday, April1st were as follows:Division 1, Round 1 – group 1:Ballygunner 4-11; Cappoquin 0-10.Dungarvan 2-11; Tramore 0-5. St.Carthage's 4-12; Roanmore 2-8.Group 2: Cois Bhride 1-10; De LaSalle 2-5. Ballyduff Lower 3-12;Abbeyside 2-8.Division 2, Round 4 – St. Saviour's2-8; Clonea 1-9.Division 3, Round 3 – Group 1:Ardmore 11-9; Ballyduff Upper 0-3.Fourmilewater 2-16; Butlerstown 2-6.Group 2: Na Gaeil 6-14; Ferrybank2-7. St. Mary's 3-10; Stradbally 2-5.A few back games took place overthe course of the last week or so andsome have been fixed for datesdown the line.In Division 2 the round 1 re-fixturebetween Clonea and Brickey Rangerstook place on Wednesday eveninglast (April 3rd) and it was Clonea whorecorded a comfortable win (4-12 to0-2).Also last Wednesday evening ingroup 2 of division 3 St. Olivers maintainedtheir 100% record thus farcourtesy of hard earned victory overNa Gaeil at the Dunhill venue (2-7 to3-2), the round 4 game (due to havebeen played on Monday eveninglast) between Stradbally andClashmore / Kinsalebeg was broughtforward to Saturday morning last(April 6th) and it was Stradbally whopicked up their first win following agood victory (6-17 to 4-1).The action continued on Mondayevening last (April 8th), please seethe Waterford GAA Website forscores or else view them on the Bordna nÓg Facebook page.The action continues this evening(Wednesday) with the FIXTURES asfollows:Division 1, Round 3 – group 1:Dungarvan vs. Cappoquin atDungarvan club grounds, Roanmorevs. Ballygunner at Roanmore,Tramore vs. St. Carthage's atTramore.Group 2: Ballyduff Lower vs.Passage at Ballyduff Lower. Division2, Round 6: Mount Sion vs. St.Saviour's at Mount Sion.Division 3, Round 5 – group 1: AnGhaeltacht vs. Butlerstown at Ring,Portlaw vs. Ballyduff Upper atPortlaw.Group 2: Ferrybank vs. St. Oliversat Ferrybank, St. Mary's vs. SacredHeart at Kill, Clashmore / Kinsalebegvs. Na Gaeil at Clashmore.NOTE: ALL Games throw-in at7:00 pm SHARP..FÉILE FOOTBALL COUNTY FINALBALLINACOURTYVS.GAULTIERThe U-14 Féile Football CountyFinal goes ahead this evening(Wednesday) in Fraher Field whereBallinacourty face Gaultier in whatshould be an interesting encounterto decide who will representWaterford at this year's Féile Peil naGael competition. This is a repeat ofJoanne Daly, Secretary, Western Bord na nÓg, presenting the trophy for the Western under 14 div 3 footballchampionship sponsored by Lawlors Hotel to joint Kilrossanty captains Joshua Kay and Jack Whyte after theirteam’s win over Ballyduff Upper in the final. Included are Billy Devine, Chairman, Westerrn Bord na nÓg,and Gavin Whelan, PRO County Bord Na nÓg.[Rory Wyley]last years U-13 Division 1 footballCounty final where Ballinacourtycame out on top by a couple ofpoints, I expect this to be anothertight game with little or nothing tochoose between the sides, I'll give arather hesitant nod to the Westernchampions.Throw-in this evening is at 6:30pm, 20 minutes a-side (extra-time willbe played in the event of a draw – 2x 5 minutes), Referee: Thomas Walsh(Nire / Fourmilewater).WESTERN BORD NA NÓGUNDER – 14 DIVISION 3WESTERN FOOTBALLCHAMPIONSHIP FINALEXCELLENT 2ND HALFSHOWING SEES KILROSSANTYLIFT TITLEKILROSSANTY 2-4;BALLYDUFF UPPER 1-1.The opening divisional final of the2013 season took place at a sundrenched Fraher Field on Saturdaymorning last as Kilorssanty andBallyduff Upper met in the division 3Western football final. The openingquarter was tight as both sets ofdefences were hard to break down.In fact we had to wait until 5 minutesbefore half – time for the openingscore as Ballyduff struck for the openinggoal of the game, after the goalmouthscramble the ball was bundledinto the net. Kilrossanty had alot of possession in the opening quarterbut failed to show this on thescoreboard, the Comeragh men didfinish the half with two good pointsfrom Josh Kay and Michael Lalworwith Tireoghan Flynn replying with apoint for Ballyduff Upper to leavethem ahead at the break (1-1 to 0-2).Kilrossanty upped the temp andthe second period as they began toplay some nice football, their hardwork was rewarded on 10 minuteswhen the impressive Michael Lawlorfound the net to put his side in frontand it would prove to be a lead thatthey wouldn't relinquish. Eoin Powerand Lawlor again added furtherpoints for Kilrossanty before theysealed victory 6 minutes from timewhen Josh Kay fisted to the net fromclose range. 2-4 to 1-1 the final scoreafter an entertaining contest withKilrossanty running out deservingwinners after an excellent secondhalf showing.After the game Joanne Daly(Western Bord na nÓg Secretary) presentedthe plaque to Kilrossanty'sjoint captains Josh Kay and JackWhyte amid scenes of considerableexcitement.Kilrossanty: Oscar Murphy, PaddyHayes, Anthony Lonergan, PadraigFitzgerald, Eoin Curran, SeamusFitzgerald, Jack Whyte, Josh Kay EoinPower, Michael Lawlor, Luke Ryan,Patrick Power, Oishin Walsh. Subs:Luke Murry, Rian Hogan, DarraghWalsh.Ballyduff Upper: Jack Barry, JoshBarry, Patrick Drislane, Aidan O'Brien,Oran Leamy, Conor Hickey, SeanKenny, Eanna Hyland, Sean Hickey,Fionnan Hickey, Barry Nolan, BarryCasey, Tireoghan Flynn. Subs: PeterKennedy, Jack McDonagh, StephenMoroney, Shane Casey.Referee: Joe Salmon (Clashmore /Kinsalebeg).REMAINING UNDER – 14FOOTBALL FINALSThe Division 2 U-14 Western footballfinal between neighboursArdmore and Clashmore was playedlast evening (Tuesday) in Fraher Field,the remaining final re division 1 isfixed for Saturday morning next(that's April 13th) in Fraher Fieldwhere Ballinacourty face NaomhBríd in what will be a repeat of lastWednesday's Féile Football final,throw-in is at 10:30 am and there willbe extra – time if necessary.U-14 WESTERN FÉILE FOOTBALLFINALBALLINACOURTY 0-9;NAOMH BRÍD 0-3.The divisional Féile football finalwas played in bitterly cold conditionson Wednesday evening last (April3rd) in Fraher Field. The first half wasvery even and the sides went in levelat half-time with Naomh Bríd havingplayed with the breeze in the openinghalf (and they were unlucky notto be ahead having hot the crossbarfor a goal chance).Ballinacourty began to get afoothold in the second halfespecially around the middle thirdand they made better use of theirchances kicking six second half pointsto see them qualify for the FéileFootball Co. Final but credit toNaomh Bríd who put up a brave battlehere and kept going right to thefinal whistle. Referee: Martin Curran(Old Parish).UNDER-14 WESTERNHURLING CHAMPIONSHIPCOMMENCES THISWEEKENDThe Meadow-fresh Foods (Tallow)sponsored knock-out divisional U-14Hurling Championship commencesthis Sunday morning (April 14th)with a couple of quarter-final ties indivision's 1 & 2 down for decision, theFixtures for Sunday morning are asfollows: Division 1 Quarter – Final: St.Carthage's vs. Dungarvan at Lismore(11:30). Division 2 Quarter – Finals: AnGhaeltacht vs. Cois Bhride at Ring,Cappoquin vs. Fourmilewater atCappoquin, Abbeyside “B” vs. St.Olivers at Abbeyside (all these gamesthrow-in at 11:30 am).Phelan Cup - County Football LeagueGROUP 1Kilrossanty .......................….. 1-9;Rathgormack ...................…. 0-7.KILROSSANTY scored their secondwin from three games with JoeyVeale emerging as top scorer with1-6 to his credit.The winners led by 0-4 to 0-2 atthe break and in an even secondhalf with both teams scoring fivepoints each it was Veale’s goal thatfinally decided the destination ofthe two league points.Kilrossanty: Dwayne Kirwan, KevinDelahunty, Mark Prendergast, PaulHayes, Stephen Prendergast, MichaelKirwan, Barry Prendergast, TommyPrendergast, Niall Walsh, David Power,Michael Walsh, Conor Doyle, JoeyVeale, Owen Cummins, ShaneDelahunty.Rathgormack: Brendan Crotty,Conor Walsh, Padraig Larkin, JohnnyQuinlan, Billy Power, Jamie Kirwan,Cathal Crowch, Ronan Cahill, NigelSkehan, Michael Curry, Jack Nugent,Stephen Kirwan, Paul Drohan, SeanieLacey, Gavin Nugent.Referee: Timmy Organ(Ballinacourty).GROUP 1STRADBALLY ....................... 2-11;NIRE ...................................... 1-14.Goals by Robert Ahearne andChristopher Casey in the 7th and11th minutes helped the countychampions to a 2-3 to 0-4 intervallead in Ballymacarbry last Saturdayevening. A 39th minute goal byShane Walsh and a point fromShane Ryan brought the sides levelat 2-4 to 1-7. The score of the gamewas a point direct from a sidelinekick by Robert Ahearne in the 45thminute. Kenneth Brazil gave Nirethe lead in the 60th minute onlyfor John Coffey to equalise beforethe final whistle.Scorers: Robert Aherne 1-6,Christopher Casey 1-0, Shane Aherne0-1, Ger Power 0-2.Nire: Shane Walsh 1-4, Shane Ryan0-4, Darren Guiry, John Moore, JamieBarron, Tommy Cooney, Martin Walsh,Kenneth Brazil (0-1) each.Stradbally: Oliver Costelloe, PaddyDoyle, Andy Doyle, Paul Connors, PaddyKiely, Trevor Costelloe, Cathal Cusack,Michael Walsh, Shane Lannon (c),Shane Aherne, John Coffey, Ger Power,Robert Aherne, Christopher Casey. Subs:Eddie Rockett, Eoin O’Brien, WalterCullinane.Nire: Tommy Wall, Justin Walsh,Shane Lawlor, David Meehan, JohnMoore, Martin Walsh, Michael Moore,Shane Walsh, Tommy Cooney, DarrenGuiry, Jamie Barron, Seamus Lawlor, JoeWhelan, Shane Ryan, DavidPrendergast. Subs: Kenneth Brazil, JohnO’Gorman.Referee: Pat Casey (Affane).* In the final fixture in thisgroup Brickeys conceded thegame to Gaultier.GROUP 2Ardmore .........................…. 1-14;Ballinameela .................. ….0-12.Ardmore remain top of Group 2with maximum points from threegames played. Ballinameela faredbetter in this game than in theirprevious two but still remain at thefoot of the table. Ardmore led athalf-time by 0-8 to 0-5 and thegoal that sealed their victory wasscored in the 42nd minute byWayne Hennessy. The winners hadeight different scorers with JohnGartland accounting for five oftheir points. Ballinameela’s topscorer was Jason Morrissey with sixpoints and seven of their sidescored altogether.Scorers: Ardmore: John Gartland 0-5, Wayne Hennessy 1-2, Alan North 0-2,Conor O’Shea, Seamus Prendergast,Niall Hennessy, James O’Donnell andKenny Murphy (0-1) each.Ballinameela: Jason Morrissey 0-6, E.Walsh, Brendan Phelan, Tom Currran,Lorcan Looby, James Fletcher andMicheal Walsh (0-1) each.Ardmore: Sean Barron, DanielPower, Declan Prendergast, ConorO’Shea, Richie Hennessy, WayneHennessy, Alan North, James O’Donnell,Kenny Murphy, John Gartland, CormacMorel, Seamus Prendergast, AdrianO’Donnell, Dylan Troy, ChristopherPower, Dan Carlton, Thomas Conway.Ballinameela: Jason McGrath,Shane Flavin, Micheal Walsh, StephenMcGrath, Kevin Phelan, Eamon Walsh,Tom Curran, Aidan Ahearne, BrianPhelan, Paraic Scanlon, Brendan Phelan,Lorcan Looby, Jason Morrissey, JamesFletcher, Eddie Walsh, Robbie McCarthy,Darren Mulcahy, Shane McGovern,James Shine.Referee: Martin Currran (SeanaPhobail).* The Clashmore - Ballinacourtygame was postponed due to abereavement in the Ballinacourtyclub.* An Rinn had a 3-11 to 1-7 winover St. Saviours at home whichmoves them up to three points,the same amount as Ballinacourtyand Clashmore but with a gamemore played.An Rinn’s goals were scored byShane Kiely, Cian O’Connor andBili Breathnach with the latter’sbrother Donie slotting over fivepoints.Foireann: Aonghus Ó hEochaidh,Fergal Ó Ceallaigh, Ray Ó Ceallaigh,Cillian Ó Murchadha, Jamie De Barúin,Shane Ó Cuirrin, Liam De Grás, EoinBreathnach, Shane Ó Ceallaigh, BillyBreathnach, Donie Breathnach, CiaranÓ Toibín, Fergal Ó Cuirrin, Donie ÓMurchadha, Cian Ó Conchúir, FirIonaid, Tomas Ó Cadhla, Conchuir MacDiarmada, Jack Ó hArta.Reitoir: Seamus Landers(Clashmore/Kinsalebeg).* Thanks to all the referees andclub personnel who provided thisweek’s Phelan Cup details.GROUP 1P W D L Pts./ Pts.Diff.Nire 3 2 1 0 21 5Kilrossanty 3 2 0 1 13 4Gaultier 3 2 0 1 -12 4Stradbally 3 1 1 1 -4 3Rathgormack 3 1 0 2 -7 2Brickeys 3 0 0 3 -11 0GROUP 2Ardmore 3 3 0 0 29 6Ballinacourty 2 1 1 0 14 3Clashmore 2 1 1 0 9 3An Rinn 3 1 1 0 9 3St. Saviours 3 0 1 2 -33 1Ballinameela 3 0 0 3 -28 0* The next round of games willbe played on Saturday, 25th May.J. J. Kavanagh Minor Football resultGROUP 1Ballyduff Lower ...............….1-6; Kilrossanty .......................…. 0-5.BALLYDUFF Lower gave their championship prospects a timely boost witha four point win over Kilrossanty recently. They are now on 3 points, thesame as St. Saviours and Kilrossanty and two points behind bothFerrybank and St. Marys.

Dungarvan Observer Sports | Wednesday, 10 April, 2013CloneaClonea had two winners who won vouchers in the firstDeise Draw of the year which took place last Friday night inBallymacarbry: Brian/Kieran Mansfield, Crehana & GeoffreyPower, Moonminane, Clonea. Thanks to all those who purchaseda tickets. Tickets €10 are still available from any committeemember as the next draw will be Friday, 3rd May inMount Sion Centre.Clonea started well in the first round of the GerryKennedy Crash Repairs East Junior A Hurling Championshiplast Thursday by beating Roanmore with a scoreline 1-20 to1-7.Best of luck to William Hahessy & Sean Clancy who havebeen selected in the Munster Minor Quarter Final Waterfordvs Tipperary in Walsh Park at 7 p.m. on Thursday next.CLONEA JUVENILE HURLING CLUBBLOTTOThere was no winner of our March Blotto draw.Consolation prizes to Simon Kenny, Clonea, €50, Pat Morrissey,Clonea, €25 and Aine Morrissey, Viewmount, Waterford, €25.Next draw is on Saturday May 4th and the Jackpot is now€3,000. Please support usMEMBERSHIPReminder re Membership for 2013. Membership is €15 perplayer. Any player who has not paid up their membership by31st March, 2013 will be not be allowed to take part inmatches. Membership can be paid to any of the relevantcoachesPANEL REVIEWOur Under 16s had a mixed week last week with a disappointingloss to St Saviours last Monday being followed by agreat win over Brickeys last Wednesday. This panel playedMount Sion on Monday, 15th April and result was not to handat time of going to press. Our Under 11s played Ballygunnerin the city League and despite a battling performance theyhad to give way to the away side. Our Under 14s had their firstrun out of the year in a challenge game with Piltown lastThursday night. This Friday night our Under 12s play their firstgame in this years City League away to De La Salle.SPONSORED WALKOur Annual Sponsored Walk takes place this year onSunday, 28th April, 2013 from the Club House in Clonea.Sponsorship cards are now being distributed and we are askingevery family to take a card.CONDOLENCESThe Club would like to extend its sympathy to the Rochefamily, Clonea on their recent bereavement. We also extendour condolences to Philip Walsh, Portlaw on his recent loss.CLG na RinneTORTHAÍ LOTTO 1/4Níor bhuaigh aoinne an pota óir an tseachtain seo chaite.Uimhreacha...2, 8, 9, 10. Bhuaigh na daoine seo a leanas €20an duine, Ryan & Ann O’Donnell, Mia & Ben Ó Muirithe, EilidhNí Chuirrín, Caitlín Uí Mhaolcathaigh agus Máiréad Magar.Beidh an tarraingt i dTigh an Cheoil an tseachtain seochugainn agus beidh €8,000 sa phota. Go n-éirí an t-ádh libh!!CLUICHE CEANNAIS CORN AN CHRÓCAIGHComhgháirdeachas le Criostóir Breathnach a d’imir leColáistí Dhún Garbhán i gcluiche ceannais Corn an Chrócaighar an Satharn. D’éirigh leo an lámh in uachtar a fháilt ar Scoilna mBráthar, Cill Chainnigh, i Staid Semple. Bua stairiúil a bhíann do Choláistí Dhún Garbhán, an chéad bhabhta riamhdóibh an corn a bhuachaint. Beidh Christy ag imirt le foireannmhionúir Phort Láirge sa chéad bhabhta de chroabh naMumhan le linn na seachtaine chomh maith agus beidh sé agimirt le Scoil na mBráthar, Dún Garbhán, i gCraobh na hÉireann‘B’ ag an deireadh seachtaine. Treaslaíonn an club leChristy as an éacht iontach a bhain sé amach le Coláistí DhúnGarbhán agus guímíd gach rath air sa dhá chluiche eile antseachtain seo.t-LÉINTE AR DÍOLTá t-léinte ó chraobh an chontae ar fáil anois le ceannachó Chormac. Is do dhaoine fásta amháin na t-léinte seo. Tá €30an ceann orthu. Déan teagmháil le Cormac ar 087 2743109 nóseol ríomhphost chuig chuallachain@gmail.comNótaí chuig ocpnarinne@gmail.com roimh meánlae ar annDomhnach.BallysaggartCLUB MEETINGA club meeting will be held on Friday night at 9.00 p.m. inthe dressing rooms. All members and players to attend.LOTTO RESULTSClub Lotto €6,125. Lotto Results - 2nd April, 2013. Jackpot€6,000. Numbers drawn were 3, 14, 23 and 24. No Winner:Rachel Ryan, Matthew Kearney, Noreen Kearney. Next Draw9th April 2013. This week’s Jackpot is €6,125.DEISE DRAWThanks to Paul Veale and his group of co-ordinators, forthe work done in collecting so many members once again forthe Deise Draw. Congratulations to Patrick Roche on his €400and Daniel Devine on a voucher win. Thanks to all who supportedthe Deise draw.COUNTY MINORSBest of luck to the Waterford county minors on their firstouting in the championship, it takes place Thursday eveningin Walsh Park when they play Tipperary at 7.00 p.m. Best wishesto the team and to Stephen and Shane Bennett who areboth on the panel.JUVENILE LADIES FOOTBALLUNDER 16 CHAMPIONSHIPThe club has now played the first and second round of theU-16 Championship. We lost heavily in the first round againstOld Parish on a scoreline of 10-10 to 1-3. Last week we wereat home to Ballyduff and this time around the girls provedmuch the stronger team and we won on a scoreline of 6-9 to1-3. The 3rd round of the Championship is next Sunday andwe’re away to Ardmore. Time shall be confirmed later. All inall the girls are working very hard in training and hopefully wecan continue on a winning streak after beating Ballyduff.UNDER 8 AND UNDER 10Girls Under-10 and Under-8 training started this Sunday inthe hurling field. It was great to see the input of the youngergirls on the field of play.FESTIVAL AGMThe Festival AGM will be held on Wednesday, 17th April at8.00 p.m. in the School House. Members are asked to attend.RathgormackSENIOR FOOTBALLOur seniors lost out to Kilrosanty in the league under lightsin Leamybrien last Friday night, in a match that was switchedfrom Saturday, on a scoreline of 1-9 to 0-7. They have a biggame ahead next weekend when they play their first championshipmatch of the year against Ballinameela. The matchthat has been switched from the original venue ofLeamybrien to Stradbally and has a 7:00 p.m throw-in onSaturday, 13th April. Please come along and support the ladson the night.INTERMEDIATE FOOTBALLFielding an understrength team last Friday night away toKilmac in the league, in a match switched from Sunday, welost out on a scoreline of 1-12 to 1-4. Trailing at the break by1-7 to 1-1, with our goal coming from Kenny Hassett, weplayed second fiddle throughout, although some of ouryoung players fresh from the U-21 county final success showedup well.Team: Eamonn Cahill, John Crotty, Brendan Behan, Muiris Quinlan,Mikey Halpin, John Kirwan (Bally), David Connolly, Jason Murray, LiamWalsh (Bally), Donal Larkin, Paudie Whelan, Conor Hennebry, JohnKirwan (Cool), Steven Power, Kenny Hassett. Subs: Tony Curry for KennyHassett, Kevin Dunne for Jason Murray, Tony Bolger for Mikey Halpin,Vinny Murray for John Crotty.We start our championship campaign next Sunday, at 2:30p.m. against Dunhill in Kill. Here’s hoping for a good start tothe campaign.U-14 FOOTBALLIn this team’s latest championship match, they lost out toDe La Salle last Saturday on a scoreline of Rathgormack 0-6,De La Salle 0-11. They play their next match away to Tramoreon Saturday, 13th April, with a 4:30 p.m. throw in.BallinameelaMEMBERSHIPMembership can be paid to Colin Walsh for the comingyear. Family membership is €75, membership is €50 for adults,€25 for students and €5 for those who have also paid with St.Olivers.SENIOR LEAGUEIn an improved showing form the previous weekend wewent down to Ardmore on the scoreline of 1-14 to 0-12.JUNIOR FOOTBALLWe had our first competitive outing of the year in blusteryand cold conditions in Kilrossanty on Sunday last. Playing withthe elements in the first half we struggled to cope with themovement of the Kilrossanty players and found ourselves 4points behind within 15 minutes. An opportunist goal fromCaimen Radley ignited us and we began to take a firm grip onthe game although out shooting let us down at times. Weretreated at half-times with the scores tied and the tactic offinding the simple pass against the wind suited. However, thiswas not reflected on the scoreboard. With time ticking downwe were unable to eat in to the 3 point lead Kilrossany hadestablished. A feature of the game were 3 magnificent savesmade by James Maher. A solid first outing bodes well for therest of the year.Panel: James Maher, Shane McGovern, Tom Kiely, Darren Mulcahy,Stephen MCGrath, Padraig Scanlon, James Shine, James Fletcher, JackMcGrath, Lorcan Looby, Benny Fitzgerald, Caiman Radley (1-1), MichaelKiely, Robbie McCarthy, John Stack (0-1f), Joe Shine, Cian Culloo (0-1),Aidan Browne, John Radley, Dave McCarthyCROKE CUPCongratulaions to Kealan Looby, Cian Culloo and MichealShine who were part of the Dungarvan Colleges side whowon a first historical All-Ireland title. This is a magnificentachievement and well done to all who put in the hard workthroughout the year. They now go on to play the All Ireland‘B’ colleges with Dungarvan CBS this coming weekend.CHAMPIONSHIP FIXTURESThe Junior Footballers take on Brickeys on Friday at 7 p.m.in Bushy Park whilst the senior footballers travel to Stradballyon Saturday at 7 p.m. to take on Rathgormack.From all at the Juvenile club we wish good health and happinessto Paudie Prendergast and Magie Phelan who weremarried on Saturday.Kilmacthomas JuvenileUNDER 16 HURLINGOur U-16 hurlers are assisting Ballyduff Lower in theDivision one championship this year and started with a goodwin last Monday evening, defeating a strong Abbeyside teamin Ballyduff on a scoreline of 3-12 to 2-8. It is great to see ourlads playing Division One hurling. Good performances on thenight prove hurling is still alive in the club. Best of luck toJohnny Long, Alan Fitzsimons, Dan Cusack, Michael Mears,Danny Sutton, Shane Fanning, Peter Gallagher and EdmondConnolly for the rest of the Championship.Next up we play De La Salle, Monday 8th at 7:30 p.m. in theCleaboy venue and Passage, Thursday 11th again at 7:30 p.m.in Ballyduff.FourmilewaterMAIN SPONSOR: CULLINANE RACINGCongratulations to Eileen McCarthy, Nire Road and ShaneLawlor, Mountain Road who won prizes in the first draw ofGAA CLUB NOTESNaomh Brid who lost to Ballinacourty in the Féile Peil Western final at Fraher Fieldthe Deise Draw which took place last Friday night in theCommunity Centre. A big crowd attended and thanks to theladies of the club who provided refreshments on the night.MINI LOTTOResults of the mini lotto draw. Numbers drawn at Doocey’sOriel Bar were: 19, 20, 22. No jackpot winner. Next week’s jackpot€1,350. Match 2 winners were: John Lafford, St. Martin’sPlace; Mary Guiry, c/o Tom Doocey; Marie Fahey,Ballymacarbry.RESULTS OF 45 CARD DRIVEHeld at Doocey’s Oriel Bar last Friday night. Winners were:Mary Guiry and Pat Guiry; joint second Jerry O’Grady andWalter Wall; John Mangan and Mem. Murphy.Lucky tables x 2 - Mary Ryan and Maurice Prendergast; JimQueally and Eileen Ryan.St. Anne's Camogie and FootballEASTER QUIZA big thank you to all who supported in anyway at ourannual Easter Quiz last Thursday night in Harney's Pub.Thanks to everyone who helped out by either attending,donating spot prizes or by buying raffle tickets. It was a greatsuccess and funds raised will help immensely towards costs inrunning St. Anne's club this year.U-8s, U-10s and U12sCamogie and Ladies Football training for U-8s, U-10s andU-12s will take place at 1.30 pm - 2.30 pm on Saturday atDunhill GAA field. Players new and old from the Bunmahon,Dunhill, Fenor and Kill areas welcome to come along, try it outand join in. Weekly training contribution of €1. For moreinformation please contact coaches; U-8: 086-1667921, U-10:086-8827212 and U-12: 087-6173342.U-12sOur first U-12 blitz of the year took place last Saturday, 6thApril. We played 2 games, won one and lost one. Well doneto all the girls.Next training session is on Wednesday, 10th April at 6.30pm - 8.00 pm and will be on every Wednesday from now on.U-12s AND U-14sU-12s and U-14s are training on Saturdays from 1.30 pm to3.00 pm in Dunhill GAA Pitch.U-14sOur first U-14 match will take place against Gaultier on the23rd of April in Gaultier at 6.30 pm. Best of Luck to the girlsplaying in this.U-15sThere is an U-15 camogie blitz in Clonea next Saturday. Bestof Luck to all taking part.U-16sU-16s are training on Saturdays from 1.30 pm to 3.00 pmin Dunhill GAA Pitch. For more information contact P .J. on086-1014266.SENIORSBest of Luck to our Senior team who start their camogieleague campaign this month.NATIONAL LEAGUECongratulations to the Waterford Intermediate Camogieteam on their win over Antrim at the weekend with a scorelineof 2-14 to 2-10. They now advance to the semi-finalagainst Kildare 21st April time and venue TBC.Ballyduf UpperCLUB LOTTO RESULTSThis week’s Jackpot is €14,300. Results for April 2nd:Numbers drawn were: 7-10-11-22. Jackpot: No Winner. €30winners were: Pauline Dahill, Dermot Nugent (Glencairn), PatAherne, Cian & Emily Costello, C/o Claire Barry. Next drawTuesday, 9th April, 2013, in The Log Cabin.Comeragh Rangers LadiesU-14U-14 training resumes Monday 15th from 6:30 -7:30 pm.U-16Well done to the U-16 panel that overcame both11Dungarvan and Stradbally recently. Next game is fixed for22nd April.DIVISION 2AThe Juniors had a good win over Naomh Pol Sunday Last;next up is Mount Sion on the 28th.DIVISION 1AWith two wins to date the next league game is fixed forthe 28th v Ballymacabry.CAKE SALESThanks to everyone who contributed to the cake sale onEaster Sunday.COUNTY ACTIONWell done to the numerous Comeragh Rangers girls whowere part of the winning U-14, U-16 and Minor panels overthe last two weeks, in the Championship.John MitchelsINTERMEDIATE FOOTBALLWe played our final game of the league on Saturday lastaway to Portlaw. It was a fine sunny day a change from thearctic conditions of a week before. A win would guarantee asemi-final spot and the lads started with this in mind. Apenalty goal from J. Power from J. Kavanagh being pulleddown sent us into a 1-7 to 1-0 half time lead. Two great pointsfrom J. Kirwan early in the second half helped us to win by1-12 to 2-3. We now await the league semi-final draw.CHAMPIONSHIPOur next game is fixed for Saturday, 20th April V StMollerans in Kill.UNDERAGEOur U-8's had their first game of the year against St. Mary’slast Saturday and performed very well. The same team is outthis weekend on Saturday in Carrignanore. Time to be confirmedduring the week.Training is now back to Thursday nights at 6.15 p.m. for ourunderage.DEISE DRAWThe first of this year’s draws took place last Friday andunfortunately we had no winner. We always take somethingout of the draw, so make sure your in.Kill[Rory Wyley]CLUB LOTTOLast Monday night’s draw (1st April) provided no winner ofthe jackpot worth €4,550. However, Mary O'Regan, NewHouses, Kill 'matched 3' of the 4 numbers drawn and so is €50better off. The numbers that were picked from the bag inDunphys Bar this week were 5, 12, 13, 14. Next draw inKirwans.DEISE DRAWAt last a few prizes for the club in the march Deise drawlast Friday night, 5th April. Indeed, we claimed the big one asJoan Flynn, Caheruan, Kill won €10,000. It's not the first timewe've sold the 1st prize ticket as some years ago Derek Flynn,Kilbeg won 10k. A great boost for all our promoters andticket holders. Great to see our co-ordinator Hannah Poweralso won a prize last Friday night. The next draw takes placein Mt. Sion on Friday, 3rd May. Again our heartiest congratulationsto Joan and Hannah!EASTERN FOOTBALL LEAGUEUnfortunately, we had to concede a walkover to Tramorein our last league game last weekend, with a host of injuries,and fellas unavailable, and with championship only 5 daysaway, we sought a postponement from the board, but to noavail, and so conceded the points. That brings an end to theleague and while we didn’t make the play-offs it was veryworthwhile as everyone got a game and the managementtried different combinations. The Board ran this competitionby efficiently and the clubs can also take a bow for theirco-operation and willingness to play the games.JOHN J. MURPHY JUNIOR FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPThe opening salvo of this year’s championship takes placethis Friday evening, 12th April, when we travel to Mount Sionto take on the home team in round 1. Training has gone wellover the last few weeks and we wish players and managementall the best! The game has a 6:45 p.m. throw-in and weurge our supporters to come out in numbers.

12 GAA CLUB NOTESDungarvan Observer Sports | Wednesday, 10 April, 2013KilrossantyCLOTTO SPONSORED BY KILL AGRICULTURAL LTDClotto Results No Winner of a Jackpot of €8,000 held inCrotty’s Inn Leamybrien on 7th April, 2013. Numbers were 4,10, 15, 26. €30 won by the following people: Joe & Ann Dee,Carrigeennageragh; Angela Neylin, Dungarvan. Seller’s Prizeof €30: Robbie Whelan, Knockylean. Next Clotto held inMichlin’s Bar, Kilrossanty on 14th April for a Jackpot of €8,100.COMMITTEE MEETINGThere will be a adult committee meeting this Thursdaynight at 9 pm in the GAA club.3rd ROUND OF PHELAN CUPOur Senior Footballers defeated Rathgormack under lightslast Friday night on a scoreline of 1-9 to 7 points.SENIOR FOOTBALL FIRST ROUNDThe eagerly awaited first round of the senior championshipgets underway this Sunday at 3:30 pm. Our senior footballerswill travel to Walsh Park to meet St. Saviours. Pleasecome along and show your support for the green and gold.JUNIOR FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPOur Junior Footballers got their championship campaignoff to a winning start last Sunday morning in Leamybriendefeating Ballinameela on a scoreline of 1-6 to 1-3.The Kilrossanty team was as follows: Dwayne Kirwan, Micheal Veale,Seamus Veale, Killian Whelan, James Whyte, Eamon Cooney, PhilipLonata, Kieran Keating (3 points), Sean Crotty, Mossie Young (1 goal),Fintan Walsh, Eoin Houihan, Paddy Kiely, Sean Cooney (2 points), PatrickWhyte.Our Next game is against An Rinn. Date to be confirmed.MINOR FOOTBALLOur minor footballers were defeated by Ballyduff Lowerlast Wednesday night on a scoreline of 1-5 to 5 points.JUVENILE NOTESUNDER 14 FOOTBALL WESTERN FINALPride of place this week goes to our Kilrossanty under 14football team who defeated Ballyduff Upper last Saturdaymorning in the Fraher Field. This was a great game, reallyedge of the seat stuff. We trailed at half-time on a scoreline ofBallyduff 1-1; Kilrossanty 2 points.After ten minutes into the second half Michael Lawlorscored a great goal and this really lifted the lads heads andfrom then on we were on top. With ten minutes to go JoshuaKay punched a lobbed ball into the back of the net. Well doneto all the lads. Final score: Kilrossanty 2-4; Ballyduff 1-1.Kilrossanty team as follows: Oscar Murphy, Paddy Hayes, AnthonyLonergan, Padraig Fitzgerald, Eoin Curran, Seamus Fitzgerald, JoshuaKay, Jack Whyte, Eoin Power, Michael Lawlor, Luke Ryan, Conor Fennell,Oisin Walsh, Patrick Power, Rian Hogan, Johnny Szajda.Scorers Joshua Kay 1-1, Michael Lawlor 1 -1, Eoin Power 2 points.We are playing in the county final in a few weeks time.Date and venue to be confirmed. Training continues everyTuesday and Friday at 7 pm.TRAINING U-8 TO 11Training continues on Monday evenings at 7 pm. All arewelcome. Mouth guards must be worn for Gaelic Football.MEMBERSHIPMembership is now due for all players please ensure to getyour membership paid ASAP. €10 for children up to 16; €2017 to 18 years of age; €40 for family membership.UNDER 11 CITY LEAGUE (HURLING)Our under 11’s began this year’s City League Campaignwith a winning start on Friday night, 5th with a home game.It was a very exciting game with our boys coming out deservingwinners in the end, well done boys.LADIES FOOTBALLBRICKEY LADIES JUNIOR 11 A SIDEWe played our first game of the eleven aside series, lastSunday, April 6th. On a bitterly cold day, unfortunately, wewere not to start the series with a win. Some great play tookplace and it was a high scoring match. Several more goalchances went a-begging with the posts being rattled severaltimes but not the net! The final score was Brickeys 5-8;Tramore 8-13. It was an enjoyable game with no let up fromthe girls until the final whistle.Abbeyside/BallinacourtyJACK THE JOKEROur popular Jack the Joker Fundraiser will continue thisSunday night in Kennedy’s Live where the Jackpot will be€10,189. On Sunday night Isabelle Moore was drawn out ofthe drum but did not find the Joker, however she did win 50euro, while Liam O’Brien and Jo O’Brien won €25. The followingare the numbers that haven’t been turned yet 3, 9, 11,12, 17, 18, 23, 30, 32, 34, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 47, 48, 49,50, 51, 52.SENIOR FOOTBALLThis Friday night we begin our Senior FootballChampionship Campaign when we take on Ring in FraherField at 8 p.m.INTERMEDIATE FOOTBALLWe play Clashmore in the Western Championship onSunday in Fraher Field at 3:30 pm.CLUB BINGOOur Bingo continues this Sunday night in the CBS Hallwhere the jackpot is €400.MEMBERSHIPMembership fees are now due and can be paid toJonathon Donovan or Kevin Tobin or indeed any member ofthe club committee. We would ask that all players make aneffort to pay their membership as soon as possible as traininghas now resumed with a number of Championships beginningin the next number of weeks.SYMPATHYOn behalf of all in the club we would like to send our sympathiesto the family and friends of the late Mrs. Noonan,Dungarvan who passed away recently. Club players Eammon,Thomas and Philip Cashin and Ruairi Conway are all grandsonsof Mrs. Noonan and both the Cashin and Conway familiesare great supporters of the club.We would also like to send our sympathies to the familyand many friends of the late Alice Strain, Colligan who waskilled so tragically last week. Alice is a sister of Vera Collinswhose sons David and Evan play for the club whilst her husbandMichael continues to give great service to the club. Weonce again send our sympathies to all of Alice’s family andfriends on their terrible loss.JUVENILE SECTIONUnder 11- 12: Our Under 11 hurlers played there firstleague game last Friday night against Ring, it is early in theseason so we were a bit rusty but played better hurling as thegame advanced. We have games every second Friday in theTown & Country league for the next number of weeks.Our under 12 hurlers also played against Ring last mondaynight and again we needed the game, we are also out thisFriday in the league.Outdoor Training: Training outdoors returns nextSaturday morning at 10-30 to 12-00 at the club grounds forunder fives right through to under tens.Colleges Hurling: History was made in Semple StadiumThurles on Saturday when Dungarvan Colleges claimed a veryfirst All-Ireland A hurling title when they overcame CBSKilkenny. Our club men on the day were in the goal laurencePower and full back Brian looby and on the panel wereEamon Crotty Conor Prunty and Sean Daly.Best of luck to the CBS Dungarvan as they play on Sundaynext in the all Ireland colleges b final.Membership: Again we ask all players who have not paidthere membership yet to do so as soon as possible. This is vitalas no player will be insured until this is paid.Under 16: We played our first game in the under 16 hurlingchampionship last Monday week. We travelled toBallyduff Lower for this game and came up against verystrong home side. We battled very hard throughout butunfortunately were defeated on a scoreline of 3-12 to 2-8.Under 14: Congratulations to all involved with theunder14 football squad on winning the Feile wastern title onWednesday night last. This was a good game of football andour opponents St. Pats played excellently throughout andwere unlucky not to go in ahead at the break. Ballinacourtyhowever upped their performance in the second half andcame away with victory on a scoreline of ten points to three.They now go on to play Gaultier in the county feile footballfinal and we wish them all the best of luck.Camoige: Training continues on Tuesday 7-00 pm to 8-00pm for U-12and U-14 and for all age groups on Friday from 6-30 to 7-30. New members are always welcome.TourinEASTER DRAW RESULTSThe following were successful in the recent Tourin EasterHamper Draw: 1st – Eleanor Casey, Cappoquin; 2nd – NoraCrotty, Affane; 3rd Keith Dransfield, Ballinwillin and 4th -Hannah Kearney, Lismore. Once again, thanks to the publicfor your generous support and we hope those who receivedthe hampers enjoyed the contents!!!CHALLENGE GAME/ CHAMPIONSHIPS FIXTURESTourin had a useful work-out against a Tallow selection lastFriday night and this should help the panel to prepare fortheir first championship match against Cappoquin onSaturday, 4th May in an evening clash. The second game willbe against Stradbally at Bushy Park – more details of this fixturenext week.DEISE DEVELOPMENT DRAWThe first draw of the 2013 Deise Development Draw tookplace in Ballymacarbry last Friday night. Although not in therunning for any major cash prizes, John Scanlan, Tourin didwin a voucher – well done John. If you missed the first drawand would like to be included in future draws – please contactmembers of the GAA Committee and in particular ColmBennett (Co. Ordinator).FIRST AID COURSEThe First Aid course will be run on Tuesdays over a periodof three weeks and this will probably run between 7-10 p.m.There are no dates yet as the list or people must be finalisedover the next week or so. If you would like to participate inthis course – please contact Deirdre at 087 9562839. Anymembers of the community/parish are most welcome to joinus.BADMINTONAll roads lead to Kilmacthomas on Wednesday night(tonight) as Tourin will play hotly fancied Waterford Club(Lady Lane) in the final of their section of the league. Lastweek, Tourin beat Dunmore in the semi final to advance tothis final. If you could find a few spares hours to come and supportthe team on the night – the players would mostappreciate it.Team: Sheena Wilkinson (Capt), Marie Walsh, EamonScanlan, Ivan Cliffe, Sham Denn & Deirdre O’Donnell, otherpanel members Ken O’Donnell, Finola Meaney & KevinWilkinson. Kilmacthomas will be hosting a Table Quiz thiscoming Friday night in Kilmacthomas. The AGM of the CountyBadminton Assocociation will take place at Lawlors Hotel, onMonday, 29th April at 8 p.m.BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONSCongratulations to two locals from the area BrendanScanlan and Annie Wall who celebrated significant birthdayyears at the weekend!!TREKKIN EEGITS 2013The Trekkin Eejits will once again be taking to the highwaysand bye ways on the 26th & 27th April, 2013. The eventitself will start on Friday from the Square, Cappoquin; it willthen make its way to Keereen to Dungarvan, Kilrossanty,Mahon Bridge, Rathgormack, Ballymacarbery, Newcastle,Clogheen, The Vee/Bay Lough, Lismore, Ballinvella, Tourin andfinish back at Cappoquin. As you can imagine, there will bemany splendid countryside to take in along the way.So if you would like to join in any of the stages or indeedobtain a sponsorship card – get in contact with Gina, Cara orEamon. Proceeds this year will go to S.E.R.T. (South East RadioTherapy). A very worthy cause indeed. Check outwww.facebook.com/trekkineegitsOTHER GAMESThe Waterford County mens football team finished theirleague campaign on a winning note by beating Carlow at theLast Tuesday Cappoquin U-12 Hurlers travelled to Croke Park, where they played three games. The Cappoquin Squad, BackRow L to R: Louie Lomano, P. J. Kiely, Tom Troy, Luke O’Rourke, Cian Murphy, Rodge Mangan, Evan Murray, Niall "Colly"Collender. Front Row L to R: Sambo Uniacke, Tiernan Cullinane, Brian Massey, Tadgh Kelleher, John O’Donnell, Jamal Casey,Tony Browne, Paudi Lyons, Gavin Fives.weekend. Congrats to Dungarvan Colleges on their great winover Kilkenny CBS in the All Ireland Colleges Hurling FinalSenior A on Saturday.StradballySCRAP SATURDAYScrap Saturday takes place on the Saturday, 27th April atthe GAA Centre. This is our fundraising event. If you have oldscrap cars, tractors, old machinery, old batteries, tin, old electricmotors and all kinds of iron. If you have no way of deliveringyour scrap please let any committee member know andthey will arrange collection.MEMBERSHIPThis is the last call for Membership. All players please note,you are not covered by insurance unless you are a member.Membership fees are a vital cog in the running of our club.Please contact Anthony Morrissey on 087-9281986 and he willbe delighted to sign you up for the coming year.ON COUNTY DUTYOn the Waterford Football team on Sunday againstCarlow were Robert Ahearne, Shane Ahearne, Tony Grey, andAndy Doyle. The game was played in Dr. Cullen Park,Carlow.Waterford won by 15 pts to 10 ptsCOLLEGES FINALCongratulations from everyone in Stradbally to DungarvanColleges who won the All Ireland Final last weekend againstKilkenny CBS by 1-12 to 1-07PARISH LEAGUESThe Parish Leagues are progressing along nicely after allthe cancellations due to the bad weather.Results Round 3: Waterford 6-0; Roscommon 4-1. Down 9-5; Cork 7-3. Meath 5-2; Kerry 1-2.Results round 5: Kerry 6-11; Roscommon 1-0. Meath 8-6;Down 6-6. Waterford 9-16; Cork 6-2.Fixtures Round 6 on Thursday 11th April at 7 pm: Kerry VDown. Meath V Waterford, Roscommon V Cork.SENIOR FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPThe first round of the Senior Football Championship takesplace in Walsh Park on Saturday evening next at 7 pm againstGaultir.SENIOR FOOTBALL LEAGUEStradbally Senior Footballers played the Nire last weekendin the league and it ended up in a high scoring win forStradbally by the narrowest margin. Stradbally 1-14; The Nire2-11JUNIOR FOOTBALLOur Junior Footballers played the Brickeys in Stradbally lastweekend and had a good win by 4-10 to 0-6QUOTESWinning isn't everything, but wanting to win is. - VinceLombardiWHIST DRIVEThe Whist Drive will be held in the Stradbally GAA Centreon Friday night, 12th April at 8 p.m. All are welcome.An Coilligeán / Na hEmmetighOPENING ROUND OF WESTERN JFCThis weekend sees the commencement of the WesternJunior (Premier) Football Championship and we have our firstouting of the 2013 season on Saturday evening next, April13th against Affane in Bushy Park, throw-in at 7:00 pm. Ref:Martin Curran. Best of luck to all involved.DUNGARVAN COLLEGES CLAIM HISTORIC ALL-IRELAND TITLELast Saturday afternoon, April 6th will go down as a veryspecial day in Waterford hurling circles as Dungarvan Collegeswon the Croke Cup (All- Ireland “A” Colleges senior hurlingtitle) for the very first time following a hard fought victoryover the 14 men of Kilkenny CBS (1-12 to 1-8) at a sundrenchedSemple Stadium in Thurles. The club was representedon the panel by Colin Dunford (who had a fine outing atmid-field chipping in with two valuable first half points) andRoss Browne. On behalf of the club I would like to congratulatethe two lads on being part of this tremendous successstory, it's a second All-Ireland medal in a week for Ross andColin will be hoping to emulate that statistic when he captainsDungarvan CBS in the All-Ireland “B” Hurling final this weekend.CLUB LOTTOThere was no winner of the club lotto on Bank HolidayMonday, April 1st last, Numbers drawn were 2, 21, 24 and 25.The €20 Lucky ticket winners were: Vincent O' Mahony, ColinQuarry, Anne & Gillian Whelan, Ned Quill. The jackpot is currentlystable at a handsome €12,500.DUNGARVAN CBS SEEK ALL – IRELAND GLORYThis weekend sees the curtain come down on a hectic lastfew weeks of colleges activity as Dungarvan CBS seek a thirdAll – Ireland title in three weeks for the local schools whenthey meet St. Mary's of Belfast in the All-Ireland “B” Seniorhurling colleges Championship Final on Sunday afternoonnext (April 14th). At the time of going to press I had no detailsof a time or venue so please see elsewhere in the paper or contactme on 087-7918018.The club would like to wish our own club man ColinDunford the very best of luck as he captains his side onSunday, best of luck to Colin and all his team mates, here'shoping for a fairytale end to what has been a wonderful journeyover the past two weekends.Clashmore/Kinsalebeg JuvenileU-16 HURLERS WIN IN STRADBALLYOur U-16 hurlers had a good win against Stradbally onSaturday last and will be in action in Clashmore again tonight,Wednesday 10th against Clann na nGael at 7:30 pm, so if youhave a spare hour please do come along to support the lads.COUNTY MINOR HURLING TEAM IN ACTION THIS THURSDAYThe very best of luck to the Waterford minor hurlers whoare in action against Tipperary in Walsh Park this Thursday,11th at 7 pm. Two of our clubmen, Paul O'Connor andEdmond O'Halloran, are involved with this panel and wewant to wish them and their colleagues the very best of luckin this game.U-14 WESTERN FOOTBALL FINALBy the time you get to read this we will have played in theU-14 Western football final in the Fraher Field against ourlocal rivals Ardmore. This will be a very tough game but witha bit of luck we can come out victorious against a team thatdefeated us already in the group stages. This team has beenexcellent all year and there are some stars for the future towatch out for. We will hopefully have a report on this gamein next weeks paper.COACHES/MENTORSAnyone involved with underage teams who have results orfixtures they want published can they please contact the clubPRO Barry Dunne by text on 087-6953648 or by email on barrymdunne@gmail.combefore 3:00 pm on the Monday of theweek they need notes published. Thank you.U-12'S MAKE TRIP TO CROKE PARKOur U12 footballers had an amazing day out lastWednesday when they got to visit the home of Gaelic Games,Croke Park. A group of around 22 excited parents,coaches andjuvenile players got to experience the day and the lads evengot to play on the pitch against teams from other Munstercounties. The lads got a tour of the stadium, the Croke Parkmuseum and also got to see the Etihad Skyline. There was astop on the way home for some refreshments and all in all, itwas an amazing day and brilliant to be a part of. Whoknows.with a bit of luck and dedication, we may see some ofthese players playing in Croke Park again in years to come.Thanks to everyone involved in organising the day and welldone to the lads for representing the club and county so well.WELL DONE TADHGEveryone in the juvenile G.A.A. club would like tocongratulate Tadhg Bourke from Creggs on his recentachievements in winning an All-Ireland 'A' Hurling Title withDungarvan Colleges as well as his success with St. Augustines.Winning any All-Ireland is a special thing; winning an All-Ireland at the highest grade is a very special thing indeed andTadhg has played some incredible hurling all year at right-halfback. We are incredibly proud of you Tadhg and your successis no more than you deserve for all the hard work you put intoit. Any of our young players out there who are looking for arole model need look no further than Tadhg who has been agreat leader since he first played for the juvenile club.Comhghairdeacheas a Thadhg!TallowSPONSORED BY TALLOW AREA CREDIT UNIONSENIOR HURLINGWe suffered defeat to Passage in the first round of thecounty hurling league on a freezing evening in Dungarvan. Itwas a good workout for both teams in advance of championshipas our first round encounter with An Rinn draws near.JUNIOR FOOTBALLWe play our neighbours The Shamrocks in the first roundof the group stage of the junior football championship inLismore this Saturday, 13th April, at 7.00 p.m.TALLOW GAA LOTTO- SUPPORTED BY KEARNEY'S RESTAURANT2/4/’13 Numbers Drawn 1, 11, 20, 21. No Winner.Consolation Prizes: Paddy Martin, Sophie Cronin, Pa Flaherty,John Sheehan. Promoter: Chuck.

Dungarvan Observer Sports | Wednesday, 10 April, 2013DungarvanWELL DONEI have been going to Thurles to matches for a long timeand I have had days of devastating disapointment and sorrow.What happened in the famous old stadium last Saturdaywashed away all that disapointment and sorrow in an hour ofwonderfull fulfilment of skill and tenacity. The Dungarvanclub should hold its head up in the highest clouds with pridefor what our club members did in Tom Semple’s field onSaturday. To team members Kevin Daly, Darragh Lyons, RyanDonnelly, Patrick Curran, Gavin Power, Aaron Donnelly, JackMorrissey we salute you as modern day Cucullens.Well done to your coaches and teachers for all the wonderfullwork in preparation for the winning of an All-Irelandmedal and well done to all the supporters who followed theteam throughout the year. It was also great to see Waterfordteam manager amongst the crowd on Saturday and he toshowed great delight in the the success of the team. Wewould like also to congradulate all the other clubs who hadrepresentatives on the team.CBSNext weekend the CBS will travel to a venue yet unknownto take part in their All Ireland final and we ask all club supportersto travel and support our club members who are onthe panel. Just imagine two All Ireland Finals in one week.INTERMEDIATE FOOTBALLOur footballers are down to play against Ballyduff nextSunday in Cappoquin (The Home of Hurling) at 3.30 p.m.However, we are not sure that this will go ahead as the CBShave their final on the same day.DARTSAs we are going to press our club’s big fundraiser inLawlors Hotel is about to take place. We will have a full reportnext week.LOTTOThis week’s lotto has reached €12,000. We would like tothank anybody who has supported THE LOTTO over the years.Tickets can be bought at Country Store, Ard Scoil Bingo,Lynches Greengrocers, Walsh’s Spar and Paddy Foleys or fromany committee member. We would ask all club members toencourage all they can to support the LOTTO.LADY FOOTBALL QUIZOur lady football club has informed me that at greatexpense they have cajolled that great quizmaster ThomasDuggan to appear in Paddy Foley’s next Friday the 12th for aTable quiz. We would ask all our club members to support thisventure. Starting time 9.00 p.m.REMEMBERING OTHER DAYSThis week we go back to 1994 to our U-14 team who wonthe county championship in the Fraher Field.QUIZ ANSWERS1. WIT owns Carriganore grounds.2. Antony Stapleton refereed the All-Ireland semi final v St.Kierans.3. Masita sponsor the Colleges All-Ireland Finals.4. St Kierans wore black and white jerseys.5. Liam Smith was St Kierans Bainisteoir.QUIZ1. How many Dicksboro players were on the Kilkenny CBSstarting team last Saturday.2. What colour jerseys did Kilkenny CBS wear.3. Who was the captain of Kilkenny CBS team.4. How many All Ireland Colleges titles have St. Flannanswon.5. When was the Dr. Croke Cup first presented.CLUB LOTTOClub Lotto numbers drawn last week were: 10, 14, 27, 30.No jackpot winner. €100 winner Kay O’Connell.DUNGARVAN LADIES FOOTBALLQUIZ NIGHTOur next quiz night will take place on Friday night next,12th April in Paddy Foley’s bar. Thomas Duggan will onceagain be quiz master and has promised a great variety ofquestions to suit everybody. The club would be delighted witha good support on the night. The quiz starts at 9 p.m. Wepromise you a night of fun with loads of spot prizes to bewon.BEYONCETICKETSWhere can you get your hands on two tickets for Beyonce’supcoming Irish tour for just €2? No this is not one of the questionsthat Thomas will be asking in Paddy Foley’s. The answeris simple, as Marty Whelan says on Winning Streak, you buy aticket. Members of the ladies club are selling tickets for ourdraw for two Beyonce tickets. The draw will take place in theclub house on Friday night, 26th April. We would ask you tobe as generous as possible in supporting our draw.UNDER 12 TRAININGUnder 12 training takes place in the field on Friday nightsat 6:00 Anybody who wishes to join in is more than welcometo do so.UNDER 16/14Our under 16 team opened their campaign with adisappointing loss at home to Comeragh Rangers. Next up isan away fixture against Stradbally. The under 14championship is due to start early in May.ADULT COMPETITIONSOur adult team opened their campaign on Sunday lastagainst Kilmacthomas. The 7-a-side competition starts on 6thMay.CROKE CUP SUCCESSThe ladies club wishes to congratulate the DungarvanColleges on their wonderful win against Kilkenny CBS in theCroke Cup final played on Saturday last. Well done to all concernedin achieving an historic first win.COUNTY TEAMSWell done to all from the club who are involved recentlywith the Waterford under age teams. Our Under14, 16 andminor county teams have all reached Munster finals, whichwill be played in the upcoming weeks.REGISTRATIONRegistration fees for the coming year are now due. Pleasecontact registrar Anne Hayes to pay your registration.PRESENTS FINBAR FUREY3 WEEKS TO GO!Affane Cappoquin GAA areproud to announce an intimatesession with Finbar Furey onSaturday, April 27th in the Community Development HallCappoquin. Please remember Finbar is for one night only sodon’t delay in purchasing tickets before being disappointment,limited seating is available on the night. All moneyraised from finbar furey are going directly to the developmentof our new club house which we a starting the first week ofmay. This is our clubs only chance of getting a good financialboost to aid the beginning of our long awaited dressingrooms.If you want to hear and see Finbar preform his iconic titlessuch as, The Lonesome Boatman, When You Were Sweet Sixteen,Green Fields of France and so much more contact Maria;affanecappoquingaa@gmail.com or 0863497150. Tickets arealso available at cappoquin community development centre.LOTTO RESULTSApril 2nd: jackpot €900, no winner. €20 consolation prizes:William & Catherine Scanlan, Ballyhane; Johnny McGrath,Clash; Thomas Curran, Mass Lane; Ray Rochford, c/o JamesMorrissey; James Morrissey, Barrack Street.JUNIOR FOOTBALLOur junior football team will start the first match of theseason this Saturday, April 13th at 7 pm in Bushy Park.CAPPOQUIN U-12’S TRAVEL TO CROKERLast Tuesday Cappoquin U-12 Hurlers travelled to CrokePark, where they played three games against Eire Og (Ennis),Passage (Cork) and Ballyduff (Kerry), the lads played sometremendous hurling winning all their games under managerBilly Tobin. They also visited the National Aquatic Centrewhere they had great fun. A big thank you is extended to allsupporters and parents who travelled and who made the dayso enjoyable and memorable.The Cappoquin Squad: Louie Lomano, P. J. Kiely, Tom Troy, LukeO’Rourke, Cian Murphy, Rodge Mangan, Evan Murray, Niall "Colly"Collender, Sambo Uniacke, Tiernan Cullinane, Brian Massey, TadghKelleher, John O’Donnell, Jamal Casey, Tony Browne, Paudi Lyons, GavinFives.U-12 HURLING TOWN/COUNTRY LEAGUEThis Friday evening Cappoquin hurlers travel to Bushy Parkto take on the Brickey Rangers at 6.30 pm, transport leavesthe Sportsfield at 5.30 pm.U-16 COUNTY HURLING CHAMPIONSHIPCAPPOQUIN SHADE EXCITING ENCOUNTERCappoquin 2-9; Lismore 1-11At a windy and blustery Sportsfield on Monday eveninglast local rivals Lismore and Cappoquin served up a thrillingaffair the Cathedral town with the aid of astrong breeze ledat the interval 1-9 to 2-3 with the "Quinners" goals comingfrom Sean Meaney and Simon Power.In the second half Cappoquin dominated possession butfound scores hard to come by but gradually squared thegame and a las minute free which was pointed by AndyMolumby saw them edge in front at the winning post. Agood overall team performance from the Cornersone ladswith further room for improvement.Team: Keith O’Sullivan, Evan Mason, Aaron O’Sullivan. Mikey Bray,Matt Noonan, Eoghan Murray, Gavin Deevy, Nathan O’Mahoney, AndyMolumby, Tom McCarthy, Craig Dunne, Sean Cullinane, Simon Power,Sean Meaney, Jack Mangan. Subs Dara O’Shea, Daraghh O’Rourke.COLLEGES WINCongrats to the Dungarvan CBS and St. Augustine Collegeson bringing the Croke Cup back to West Waterford for thefirst time. It was also great to see Paddy Curran, the son of oneof our former club and inter county stalwarts Pat Curranreceiving the "Man of The Match Award" with a personneltally of nine points. Well done again to everyone involved inthis fabulous and famous win.MEMBERSHIPAnnual membership is now due. Players, current membersand new members please get in contact with club treasurer.CONTACT USIf anyone would like to contribute to our weekly club notesGAA CLUB NOTES 13Dungarvan U-14 Hurling Team – County U-14 Champions 1994 – Standing (l. to r.): Pádraig Conroy (on crutches), John Charles, John Veale, Martin Roche, EamonnMorrissey, Martin ‘Buddy’ Power, Joe Nolan, Damian Walsh, Eoin Mansfield, Séamus Cunningham, Terry Crowe, Brendan Horan, Séamas Kiersey, Shane O’Brien.Front row (l. to r.): Mickey Power, Diarmuid ‘Kiddo’ Keating, Vincent O’Sullivan, Mark Shanahan, Pat Veale, Alan Harty, Alan O’Brien, Alan Harney, David ‘Moro’Morrissey, Damian Power. Small boy in front: Justin Houlihan.Affane/Cappoquinplease forward them to affanecappoquingaa@gmail.com alsokeep up to date with our club by checking out our club facebook.U-16 COUNTY HURLING CHAMPIONSHIP FIXTURECappoquin play Dungarvan this evening Wednesday, April10th in Carriganore at 7 p.m.U-14 WESTERN HURLING CHAMPIONSHIPCappoquin take on Fourmilewater this Sunday, April 14thin the Sportsfield at 11 p.m.THREE TO ANSWER1, Who were the first Waterford college to win the HartyCup and what was the year?2, When did De La Salle win the Croke Cup?3, What Affane/Cappoquin player was Waterford’sCounty underage footballer of the year in 1978?Clais Mhór/Cionn tSáile BeagFOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS BEGIN!This weekend sees the beginning of championship actionfor our Senior and Intermediate footballers with our Seniorfootballers taking on near neighbours Ardmore at the FraherField on Saturday night at 7 pm and our Intermediate teamtaking on Ballinacourty at the same venue at 3.30 pm onSunday. Games between Ardmore and ourselves have alwaysbeen very close and hard fought affairs in recent years and thisshould prove to be no different so we hope to see as manysupporters as possible coming along to the Shandon field tocheer on the lads in this one. As for our Intermediate footballers,they face a tough task in taking on Ballinacourty's secondstring team who are seasoned campaigners at this gradebut we are lucky to be able to draw on a strong experiencedpanel of players for this one and should go into this gamewith a confidence that we can match any of the teams in thisgrade so again we hope to see you all present on Sunday tocheer on the lads as they will need all support possible.EASTER BINGO NIGHTOur Easter Bingo event took place last Wednesday eveningand we had a great turn-out on the evening for which wewant to sincerely thank everyone who came along and wehope that everyone enjoyed the night. We held a bumperraffle on the night with some great prizes on offer and we arevery grateful to all of our prize sponsors including CollinsTown & Country Supplies and Mary Connery, Ballinamultinawho donated a fine Easter hamper, as well as Prout’s XL Shop,Clashmore who generously sponsored one of the Bingogames on the night so we sincerely thank each of you for yoursupport. Finally we wish to thank Therese Joyce whodeputised for Pat Dalton by doing the Bingo calling and to allof our usual volunteers who willingly give of their own timeto help us out on each Bingo night.DEISE DEVELOPMENT DRAWThis year’s Deise Development Draw began on Friday nightlast at Ballymacarbry but unfortunately our club had no winnersin this first draw so here's hoping that we can have betterluck in the second draw at the end of April which takesplace at the Mount Sion Centre.COUNTY FOOTBALL LEAGUEOur Senior Footballers were due to play Ballinacourty inthe County Football League on Saturday evening last but dueto a bereavement in the Abbeyside/Ballinacourty club thisgame was postponed to a later date.ALL-IRELAND CHAMPIONS!I think I can safely say that one of the finest achievementsever by a team to represent the county, Waterford came topass last Saturday at Semple Stadium when DungarvanColleges finally got their just desserts when beating KilkennyCBS by 1-12 to 1-07 in the All-Ireland Colleges 'A' Final. Thisteam of course included our own Tadgh Bourke and we areextremely proud of his achievements to date with his school,with two Harty Cup medals and two All-Ireland medals underhis belt, one with this joint team and one with St. Augustine’sitself so huge congratulations to him!GAELTACHT SCHOLARSHIPWaterford GAA County Board is pleased to announce thatit will award Scholarships to attend Coláiste na Rinne inGaeltacht na nDéise again this Summer. This is an excellentopportunity for club members to improve their Gaeilge. TheScholarship is for Cúrsa C only and applicants are required tobe over 12 and under 18 on 1 January, 2013. Interviews willtake place on this Friday, April 12th at Lawlor’s Hotel so pleaseregister your interest with Club Secretary John Foley by thisevening at the latest if you are interested.Cois BhrideSPONSORED BY CUNNINGHAM'S HARDWARE, TALLOWU-16 HURLING COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPOur U-16 hurlers made the long trip to Passage last Sundayevening to play the hosts in the U-16A Hurling Championship.This game was played in driving wind and rain which ruinedthe game as a spectacle. We got a great start to the game withgoals from Kelvin O’Farrell and Ryan Grey ensuring we led athalf-time by 2-5 to 0-8. In the second half there was very littlebetween both teams and some great long range pointedfrees from Jake Beecher ensured we kept ahead of a verygood Passage side. As Passage piled on the pressure in theclosing minutes we needed heroic defending from PadraigRoche and Darragh Mulcahy to ensure we held out to win by3 points. Next up is a home game in Knockanore versusBallyduff Lower next Monday evening.U-11 TOWN & COUNTRY LEAGUEOur U-11 hurlers travelled to Youghal last Friday evening toplay Youghal in the first round of the Town & Country League.This was a very close fought game with very little betweenboth sides. Cois Bhride had a great performance from PadraigHynes in attack and it was his 2-3 which kept us in the game.We also scored a great goal from Mark Dalton and as timewas almost up we had a great chance for the winning goalwhich unfortunately went wide and we lost on a 4-2 to 3-3scoreline.U-10 HURLING BLITZThis Saturday we host a Munster U-10 Hurling Blitz whichbegins at 11 am. In this blitz we will host Ballyduff Upper,Castlelyons and Bride Rovers. Players will be notified of thearrangements by text.MUNSTER MINOR HURLINGThis Thursday evening the Waterford Minor Hurlers playTipperary in Walsh Park in the Munster Minor HurlingChampionship. Cois Bhride will be represented by ColmRoche. We wish Colm and the team the best of luck in thisyear’s Championship.U-9-U-12 TRAININGTraining for the U-9-U-12s continues this Wednesdayevening at 7 pm in Tallow GAA pitch.St. OliversCLUB LOTTOWinning ball was 41 and the winner was Sean Osbourne.UNDER 8Under 8's return this Saturday morning and we are goingto Carriganore with two teams. Please meet outside theBallinameela Hall on Saturday morning and we will travel up.UNDER 9Our under 9's are playing hurling every Monday for thenext three weeks.UNDER 11Our under 11's had to concede a walkover versus NaomhBrid due to a lack of numbers last Friday.UNDER 12Our under 12 play Fourmilewater this Friday night and thegame is away.UNDER 14Our Under 14's play Abbeyside this Sunday morning in thefirst round of the western hurling.UNDER 16Our U-16 played againt Na Gael and won on a score of2-7 to 3-2 last week.BEST WISHESCongratulations to Kealan, Cian and Micheal on winningan All-Ireland medal last weekend and best of luck to themthis weekend in Navan.Everyone wishes Joe Duggan a speedyrecovery.

14 SPORTDungarvan Observer Sports | Wednesday, 10 April, 2013ArdmoreDEISE DRAWJohn Colbert was the only winner we had in last Friday night’s draw as he pickedup the Special co-ordinator prize.PHELAN CUPArdmore 1-14; Ballinameela 0-12.Ardmore secured their third win on a trot in this year’s Phelan Cup and are nowtop of their group. Ardmore fielding nine of their under 21 team really impressedas they went about doing their business in this very entertaining match. ManagerNicky Keating must be well pleased the way his team is performing and all looks wellfor the championship encounter next weekend against neighbours Clashmore.HARTY CUP FINALDungarvan 1-12; CBS Kilkenny 1-7.Well done to this talented team in capturing the All-Ireland Final on Saturday lastin Thurles. Dungarvan took control of this game early on and never relinquished thelead from start to finish. Our club members of Seamus Keating, David Gartland andMichael Cronin picked up another three All-Ireland Medals and so continues a fantasticyear for all involved.Best wishes to Michael in yet another All-Ireland Final next weekend whenDungarvan CBS are playing Antrim Champions.MUNSTER SCOR FINALHard luck to our novelty team who lost out to Limerick in this Munster Finals competitionin Thurles on Saturday night last.UNDER 14 WESTERN FINALArdmore will have played this final by the time you will have read these notesas I am informed that the match is to go ahead on Tuesday night, 9-4-2013. Best ofluck in same.LOTTOResult 8/4/2013: Jackpot Not Won. Numbers Drawn were 8-9-10-19. Winners of€20 were Biddy McGrath, Ken Palliser, Queenie & Michael Ronayne, Liz reilly andMichael French (Old Parish). Next week’s Jackpot €6,400 at An Tobar.Lotto Result 1/4/2013: Jackpot Not Won. Numbers drawn were 7-10-13-21.Winners of €20 were Biddy Power, Euan O hUallachain, Fergal O’Brien, JQ, and JoeO’Brien. Next Jackpot €6,300.MelleraySCOR MUNSTER FINALCongratulations and well done to our Ballad Group who gave an excellent performanceon Saturday night last in Templemore at the Munster final of Scor Sinsear.It was a very close competition of a very high standard, and while Tipperary weredeclared the winners our group did their club proud with a performance of a veryhigh standard, cheered on by the many supporters that travelled with them. Thesinging however did`t just end at Scor, as the journey home on the bus was enjoyedby all joining in the sing-song led by our ballad group. We look forward to hearingfrom Gearoid, Nollaig, Aine, Mary and Daniel again very soon.CHALLENGE GAMEWe played a challenge game last week against Ballinameela. Next Saturdayevening we commence our football championship campaign away to Dungarvan.All support would be greatly appreciated.ST. MARY’S HALL LOTTOThe winners for the last two weeks were Suzanne Kiely and Kathleen McCarthy.St. Patrick’sCARDSResult of 45 Card drive for the 4/04/2013 played in Coolnasmear Hall on Thursdaynights. Winners: Michael Power & Michael Flynn, Tom Power & Joe Collins. LuckyTable: Michael & Bridget Flynn.COACHING FOR KELLOGGS CUL CAMPSIf anyone is interested in coaching for the Kelloggs Cul Camps, please contactClub Secretary, Shane at (087) 6590500.U-12 FOOTBALLLast Wednesday our U-12’s were in Croke Park on activity day. They played threegames where they won one, drew one and lost won. All the group got equal playingtime, then a grand tour. A number of parents made the journey where it wasone of the better days of the long winter. Tom Flynn was at the wheel, we left ontime and got home on time.U-16 HURLINGLast week’s game versus Mount Sion was cancelled due to a bereavement in theMount Sion club. This Monday we play the Brickeys in Bushy Park and the next gameis away to Clonea, Monday 15th April at 7.30.COLLEAGUESDungarvan Colleagues are the new name on the Croke Cup. Congratulations ona splendid victory last Saturday over Kilkenny CBS. To the mentors, Panel and ourown Colin Dunford and Ross Browne, well done. Next Saturday it’s Dungarvan CBSaway to St Mary’s, Belfast in the All Ireland (B) SHC Final.KilgobinetFOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPThe first game of the football championship takes place this Saturday evening inColligan, against Modeligo. It’s a seven o’clock throw-in so all our supporters throwon the jackets after the tea and show your support for the first game of the year.MEMBERSHIPAll members, your membership for the year is now due, it is as follows: Players€50, Non-playing members €30 and Students and O.A.Ps €20. Please pay the membershipofficer, Tommy Cullinan as soon as possible.HALL AND GYMThe hall and gym are open and available for bookings. Contact Mary for alldetails: 0872813935.DEISE DRAWThe first Deise Draw took place this weekend in Ballymac, unfortunately we hadno winners this time but there’s always next month. The Deise Draw will be inMount Sion on the 3rd of May so that means our promoters will be in contact. Evenif you have missed this month you can buy a ticket at any time, it’s €10 per month.Please give your continued support with the draw, as it is a great source of fundingfor the club. Anyone interested in selling these tickets are more than welcome.Shamrocks Ladies FootballFIRST ROUND OF THE LEAGUEThe first round of the 11-a-side league gets underway this weekend. TheShamrock ladies will be playing away to Old Parish on Friday next, April 12th. Thegame is set to start at 7 pm sharp with players asked to be at the pitch in Old Parishat 6.30 pm. This game should be a great contest and all support on the night wouldbe gratefully appreciated.TRAININGTraining is set to continue this Thursday night at 7.30 pm. Numbers at traininghave been low of late. We are asking everyone to make a huge effort as we arestruggling to field a team.GET WELL WISHESWe would like to extend our best wishes to club player Claire Condon. Claire is agreat asset to our team and she will be greatly missed whilst recovering from herinjury. Get well soon Claire!!FUNDRAISINGShamrocks Ladies Football Club is holding a recycling collection at theKnockanore GAA Clubhouse every Saturday between 10 am and 12 noon until April13th to help raise funds for the club. We can accept men, women and children’sclothing, household textiles (curtains, towels, bed linen, etc.), soft toys, shoes, handbags,belts, old mobile phones and books (no school books or magazines). If you cannotmake the above times please contact a member of the club. Thank you for yoursupport.JUVENILE LADIES FOOTBALLTowards the end of last year U14, U12 and U10 teams were set up to cater forour juvenile lady footballers in the area. Although still relatively new, numbers areincreasing every week. Training takes place every Saturday morning from 10.00 am– 11.15 am at the pitch in Knockanore under Paddy Smith and Kieran O’Keeffe.Registrations for the juvenile teams are now due – cost for girls U-10 is €20 while costfor girls aged between 11-18 yrs is €35.GeraldinesLOTTOThere was no winner of the lotto this week. The numbers drawn were 5, 6 & 28.Winners of the €20 were Kate Longan, Michael Ronayne Villierstown, Daryl Kearns,Declan Sheridan, John O'Connell. Next week’s jackpot is €2,450 and the draw is inKeereen Bar.CHAMPIONSHIPThe first round of the Intermediate Football Championship is fixed for Mondaynight, 15th of April versus St. Mary's at 7.00 p.m. Training on Tuesday and Thursdayat 8 p.m.THANK YOUI Kieran Cotter would like to thank the Ardmore GAA Club, officials andespecially Caroline and Mary for their help after my injury on Sunday, 24th March.All the help was very much appreciated.NEWS ITEMSAnybody with news from around the parish can contact me on 087-9851222.LismoreMAIN SPONSOR EAMONN’S PLACELOTTO RESULTSThere was no winner of the draw held on Tuesday night, 2nd April. Drawn numberswere: 2, 8, 14 & 16. Consolation winners: Eddie Nugent, Donal O’Brien, Oisin &Fionn O’Gorman and J. Flynn.There was no winner of the draw held on Monday night, 8th April. Drawn numberswere: 1, 13, 21 & 26. Consolation winners: David Landers, Patrick Herlihy, MaryFenton and Eilish Curran.Jackpot for next draw on Tuesday, 15th April: €18,650.MEMBERSHIPClub membership is now due, anybody wishing to join or renew their membershipcan contact Colin Kearney at 087 2789788.SYMPATHYThe Club would like to extend their deepest sympathy to Sheila Heneghan andfamily on the death of her father John Luskin of Cong, Co. Mayo, who died lastmonth.We would also like to extend our sympathy to the Ryan family on the death ofMary Ryan of South Mall, Lismore, who died on Sunday evening.An tSean PhobailSHOCKS LOTTOAt The Marine Bar 7-4-13. Ní raibh aon buaiteóirí den lotto an seachtain seo.Uimhreacha: 2, 4, 7, 10. Bhuaigh na daoine seo €15 an duine: 1. John Flynn; 2. Meg& Neela Ní Riain; 3. Eoin Mhic Craith; 4. Helen Kealy; 5. M. Kiely. Next week’s jackpotis €7870.SCHOOLS ACTIONCongratulations to Christy Breathnach and all involved with Coláistí na nDéiseafter their wonderful victory in the Croke Cup on Saturday in Semple Stadium.Mia Power and Stocky before the Finnisk Charity Funride fromVillierstown to Modeligo.[Dan McGrath/Editorial Images]Participants at the recent Hunter Trials at Boulta Gallops.West Waterford Hunt HunterTrials a huge successDESPITE the severe easterly winds the 24th March was a dry day givingfirm going for the three hundred participants in the West WaterfordHunt Hunter Trials.The trials are among the earliest in the country and are the culminationof the hunting year for the West Waterfords .The trials were hostedby the Mulcahy family at Boulta, Ballynoe and they ensured that thecourse was in good condition for the day.Two days earlier torrential rain required some adjustments to the carparking area to prevent vehicle bogging down but hunt members alongwith Ger and Breda Mulcahy and friends were up bright and early onSunday morning to receive an unprecedented crowd of competitors andsupporters.It is a reflection on the irascibility of our weather that on this day in2012 people wore tea shirts and had picnics in the car park. Not so on the24th March 2013 with a biting wind ensuring that those walking thecourse did so at a brisk pace.€1500 of prize money was competed for and the Hunt would like toparticularly thank the Mulcahy family and equally our sponsors who gaveso generously in support of this event which concludes the Hunt’sactivities for this season.Neil Forde, Secretary West Waterford HuntPhotographs were contributed by On the Spot Photography,http://www.facebook.com/on.the.spot.photography.ieLismore Harriers seasoncomes to an endAS the 2012/2013 hunting season has come to an end Lismore Harrierswould like to thank our hunting staff, hunting committee, subscribers,followers, supporters and most importantly the farmers and landowners,all of whom have contributed to a fantastic season of hunting.Lismore Harriers held our annual St. Patrick's Day funride on 17thMarch which again this year proved to be a big success. Thanks very muchto everyone who helped out preparing for the day, supported andhelped us on the day and also helped in the clean up after the day. Allsupport is greatly appreciated and everyone worked as a real team resultingin a very successful and well organised day out. Photos from our St.Patricks Day funride and our hunting season can be viewed on our websitewww.lismoreharriershunt.com or find us on facebook under ‘LismoreHarriers’.Finally, our AGM was held on 4th April in preparation for the2013/2014 hunting season. We would like to welcome all new membersto our club and hope you enjoy many seasons hunting with us!”Michael O’Connor receiving Best Turned Out Prize from LismoreHarriers Chairman Gerard Walsh at their recent funride.

Dungarvan Observer Sports | Wednesday, 10 April, 2013TALKING HORSES15Talking HorsesUpcoming FixturesDundalk – Wednesday, 10th April (First Race 6:20)Limerick – Thursday, 11th April (First Race 4:35)Dundalk – Friday, 12th April (First Race 6:20)Tramore – Saturday, 13th April (First Race 2:25)Tramore – Sunday, 14th April (First Race 2:25)Leopardstown – Sunday, 14th April (First Race 2:05)Leopardstown – Monday, 15th April (First Race TBC)Fairyhouse – Tuesday, 16th April (First Race 4:50)Dundalk – Wednesday, 17th April (First Race 6:20)Cooper keeps rollingat LimerickBRYAN Cooper continued his fine run of form at Limerick on Sunday,completing a double that was highlighted by his success in the featuredGrade 2 Hugh McMahon Memorial Novice Chase on the TomTaaffe-trained Argocat. The five-year-old only had one rival to contendwith and didn’t have to come out of third gear to readily prevailby five lengths. The Cooper brace had been initiated in the StudentRaceday 11th April Novice Hurdle, with the Jim Culloty-trained LegalExit scoring by an impressive two lengths.Surprise result in NavanFeatureTHERE was a shock conclusion to the featured Grade 2 Webster CupChase at Navan on Saturday, with the outsider of the whole fieldSumkindasuprstar coming out on top. Trained by John Clifford and riddenby Ben Dalton, the nine-year-old battled gamely to hold on by ashort-head from Mr Cracker. The pick of the remainder of the actionwas the www.thetote.com Novice Chase, with the Willie MullinstrainedRupert Lamb grinding out a 1 1 / 2 lengths success under DeclanLavery.Wachman and Lordandouble up at DundalkDAVID Wachman and Wayne Lordan were the team to follow atDundalk on Wednesday evening, with them combining to complete adouble on the card.The pick of their successes came in the Irish Stallion Farms EuropeanBreeders Fund Fillies Race with Precious Stone making all the runningon her way to recording an authoritative 1 / 4-length success.Their braces were completed in the concluding Fund Raising MadeEasy At Dundalk Median Auction Maiden, with Time For Action grindingout a 1 / 2-lengths victory.Liberty Counsel shocksin Irish Grand NationalON Monday, for the second year in succession, there was a shock resultin the Ladbrokes Irish Grand National at Fairyhouse, with the 50/1 shotLiberty Counsel running out the very game winner.Trained in Mullingar by Dot Love, the 10-year-old mare respondedwell to Ben Dalton’s urgings to hold off the strong challenge of AwayWe Go by half-length.There were two Grade 2 contests on the card, with the KeelingsIrish Strawberry Hurdle going to the Eddie Harty-trained, Tony McCoyriddenDressedtothenines and the Rathbarry & Glenview Studs NoviceHurdle being won by the Willie Mullins-trained, Paul Townend-riddenPique Sous.Crawford’s hit the mark at AintreeIRISH trainers had to be patient in their pursuit of a winner at Aintreeon Friday, but Stuart Crawford eventually got them off the mark bysaddling Legacy Gold to win the concluding Listed John Smith's Mares'Standard Open National Hunt Flat Race. Ridden by the trainer’sbrother Stephen, the daughter of Gold Well beat off the challenge ofthe Jessica Harrington-trained Cailin Annamh by four lengths.Bingo Bash takes Mares’ Finalat BallynoeTHE Gain Mares’ Maiden saw only four go to the starter onSunday last at Ballynoe Point-to-Point, however, the RobertTyner trained Bingo Bash won the contest by a length and ahalf from Glenwood Girl. The winner will now contest aMares’ Winner race at Tattersalls Farm later this month, whilsta tilt at a Hunters’ Chase is also likely at some time.The Roger McGrath (Tallow) trained Area Access won thesecond Division of the 5 Year Old Geldings’ Maiden by half alength in a close finish.Ronan Whelan and Custom Cut winning the featured Group 3 Big Bad Bob Gladness StakesWhelan stars at the CurraghCHAMPION Apprentice Ronan Whelan has made astrong start to the new season and he had a day toremember at the Curragh on Sunday, winning his firstGroup race on the George Kent-trained Custom Cut inthe featured Group 3 Big Bad Bob Gladness Stakes.The progressive four-year-old made all the runningand held on gamely to score by half-length. Whelanwent on to complete a double on the card, riding thePatrick Prendergast-trained Tantalising to a very gameneck victory. The other stakes race on the card was theListed Irish Open Alleged Stakes and it saw the JimBolger-trained Group 1 winner Parish Hall make anauthoritative winning return from a long absenceunder Kevin Manning.Paul Carberry and Solwhit after winning the Grade 1 John Smith’s Liverpool Hurdle at Aintree.Grade 1 success for Irelandat AintreeWHILE the Irish were out of luck inthe featured John Smith’s GrandNational, they did enjoy plenty ofsuccess in the Grade 1 contests atAintree on Saturday. The CharlesByrnes-trained Solwhit got the ballFogarty doubles up at CorkMONDAY’S card at Cork was confined to amateur riders and MikeyFogarty took centre stage by completing a double that included the featuredCorkracecourse.ie Beginners Chase on Don’t Back Down. Trained bythe in-form Gordon Elliott, the six-year-old had to battle to get the betterof Pigeon Creek by 1 / 2-length. That completed Fogarty’s brace, as hehad already won the Fegentri World Championship Handicap Hurdle onthe James Grace-trained De Benno.rolling in the John Smith’sLiverpool Hurdle, profiting from atypically patient ride from PaulCarberry to score with any amountin hand by three lengths.The Henry De BromheadtrainedSpecial Tiara secured theother Irish Grade 1 victory, with thesix-year-old scoring by 1 /2 lengthsin the John Smith’s MaghullNovices’ Chase under BryanCooper.Gale Force Tenimpressesat DundalkTHE Listed Elusive PimpernelPatton Stakes was the mainattraction at Dundalk on Fridayevening and it produced animpressive winner in the shapeof the Aidan O’Brien-trainedGale Force Ten. The son of OasisDream made most of the runningunder Joseph O’Brien andstormed clear to score by 2 1 / 4lengths, stamping himself as acontender for the French 2000Guineas. On the remainder ofthe card, Wayne Lordan was indouble form, riding the TommyStack-trained MuizenbergNights to win thewww.thetote.com Handicapand the David WachmantrainedDiocesan Policy to winthe www.thetote.com MedianAuction Maiden.Darenjan takesthe spoilsat ThurlesTHE Thurles RacecourseHandicap Chase was the mainevent at Thurles on Thursdayand it was the Shark HanlontrainedDarenjan that tookhome the spoils.Ridden by AndrewMcNamara, the 10-year-oldcapitalised on a bad mistakefrom Uncle Tom Cobley to runout the authoritative eightlengths victor.The pick of the remainder ofthe action was the Easter TimeHurdle and it saw the MichaelHourigan-trained veteranDancing Tornado come out ontop by a length under JodyMcGarvey.Pineau De Rein chargeat DownpatrickONE of the features ofDownpatrick’s racing season isthe Toals Bookmakers UlsterGrand National EBF HandicapChase and Wednesday’srenewal saw the Philip FentontrainedPineau De Re secure awide-margin success.The 10-year-old was sent tothe front between the finaltwo fences by Danny Mullinsand drew right away to scoreby 23 lengths. ChampionTrainer Willie Mullins was isdouble form, saddling UnBeau Roman to win the Bet AtToals Bookmakers On-CourseSP Shop Maiden Hurdle underRuby Walsh and BallyLongford to score in the concludingToals Bookmakers BetOn Irish Lotto Flat Race underPatrick Mullins.First Lieutenant prevailsat AintreeTHE Aintree Grand National meeting got off to a fine start for the Irishon Thursday, with the Mouse Morris-trained First Lieutenant recordinga popular success in the Grade 1 Betfred Bowl Chase. Ridden by the informBryan Cooper, the bold-jumping eight-year-old showed a reallygame attitude to see off Menorah by 1 / 4-length.

16 ATHLETICS Dungarvan Observer Sports | Wednesday, 10 April, 2013Paschal Proctor is pictured presenting the athlete of the year trophy tooverall winner for 2012 Onra Power also pictured is Onra's nephewEoin Power.Paschal Proctor is pictured presenting Paul Brunnock with his quarterlytrophy in the athlete of the year competition 2012.James Veale is pictured presenting Paschal Proctor with his quarterlytrophy in the athlete of the year competition 2012.Paschal Proctor is pictured presenting Joe Gough with his quarterlytrophy in the athlete of the year competition 2012.The MinniesFit4LifeRunningLeagueTHE Minnie’s Bar sponsoredRunning fit4life league which willbe held in St. Augustine‚s College(by kind permission) starts onTuesday April 23rd continuing forseven more Tuesday eveningsafter that. This has always provedto be a most popular and successfulleague and it‚s absolutely idealfor newcomers and for those thathave only recently taken up runningas well as our regular seasonedrunners.The beauty of this league is thechoice and the variety on offer. It’sheld in the grounds of the FriaryCollege and runners can opt forone, two, three or four laps of thegrounds. Each lap is 1.2 miles andso depending on your ability youchoose whichever is most suitablefor you. It’s also possible to changeas some people may start theleague running one lap and aftera few weeks they may be capableof running more and so canchange to the two or three lapcourse and it’s not unheard of forsome people to go from one lapand to finish the league runningfour laps.We will keep you updated overthe coming weeks with moreinformation on the league but fornow pencil in Tuesday night, April23rd the first night of the league.The league begins at 7 pm eachnight and the entry fee each nightis just 2 Euros. All those over theage of 16 are very welcome tocome along. For further details onthis league and all club activitieslog onto www.westwaterfordathletics.org.Or catch us on facebook.Super SchoolsALL at the club wishes Br. PatrickLennon and his team from St.Augustine’s College the very bestof luck this week as they are currentlyin Wales participating in thisyear’s Super schools competition.SympathyWEST Waterford Athletic Clubextends sincere sympathy to thefamily and friends of Mrs. NonieNoonan, St. Thomas’ Terrace,Dungarvan who passed to hereternal reward last week, may sherest in peace.AGLISH FUN RUN IN AID OF CRUMLINHOSPITAL A GREAT SUCCESSOn last Monday the first Aglish Fun Run tookplace. Over 200 took part, men, women, childrenand a few dogs, running, walking and jogging.This fundraising event would not be possiblewithout our sponsors. Main sponsor Lidl(thanks to Seamus Hogan) also Portwest, ViolaFoods, Road Safety Authority, Coca Cola,Waterford Sports Partnership, Davis Couriersand Paul Ormonde. Others who contributedspot prizes: Lidl, Ger Wyley, Venture,O'Mahoneys Cycles, Florries, Topaz Dungarvan,Connery Sports Therapy, Crews Restaurant,Breeda Hickey, Paddy & Anne O'Brien, GerryCarolan, Lynda Clancy, Mark McConnell, Rena"Ladies day" at the fun run/walk in aid of The children's hospital Crumlin in Aglish on Easter Monday.A great conclusion to 2013 Masons Mortgagesand Financial Services Colligan LeagueROUND 4 of the MasonMortgages and Financial ServicesColligan Spring League took placelast Wednesday evening. As it wasthe last week, a lot of the runnerswould have had quick times inmind. As usual the league wasstarted by Tony at 6.15 pm and 78runners left the wooden bridge,18 completing the 2 lap, 8 ran the5 mile flat course which is 3 1 / 2 lapsof the wood and road and finally52 took on the challenging 5 milehill route.2 LAPSGerard Cummins led home the2 lappers again this week as he didin all 4 weeks of the league. Histime this week was 19.43. Againhe was followed in 2nd by AnnQuinn (19.59) who ran her besttime in the league and also gotunder the 20 minute barrier. Thirdhome on the night was MichaelMoynihan (22.22), just 1 secondahead of Mags Budds. There weresome very big improvements onthe night. Orla Bannon (24.46),Sharon Murray (26.13) and RenaCondon (22.31) all recorded theirbest times in the league.5 MILES FLATWe had 8 runners taking part inthe 5 mile flat route which is thesame course as the Colligan Cup.First home this week as was thecase last week was John Leahy in30.13, his fastest time in theColligan league this year. MichaelRyan was 2nd in 31.28 followed byour 1st lady Corinna Walsh whorecorded 32.44 for her fastest timethis year. Ann Marie Hayes was2nd woman in 38.14. Inesa Toulisisrecorded a very good time of46.59.5 MILE HILLSFirst home on the hills last weekfor the 1st time this year was SeanStilwell (31.17) who is showinggood form coming up to theMarine Climb. There was a closebattle for 2nd with the fast finishingMark O’Donnell (31.30) comingin just ahead of KevinKenneally (31.38). First lady homeon the night for the 4th week runningwas Karen Ryan (38.05).She was followed by AnnDunford (40.36) and AndreaGaffney (42.30). The clubs doubleEuropean Champion, Joe Goughhad a good run on his return tothe hill (34.03) as had Des Feeney(32.16) who also was a participantat the recent Championships.Donal O’Donoghue had a greatrun on the night recording a PB forthe Hills of 38.50. Paschal Proctor(42.00) and Onra Power (48.33)Cotter, Caoimhe O'Donnell, Easons and AshlingO'Donnell. Thanks Tony & Michael in the van,Conor and Jamie on traffic and sign duty andour stewards who manned all junctions Brian,PJ, Eoin, Mike, Joe, Seamus, Mick John andJacko. Thanks to our Hall and Kitchen staffMarian, Caoimhe, Ashling, Anne, Jane, Lynda,Jacinta, Dorothy, Stephen, Melissa, Edwin andAidan. To Gary and all the crew in the CivilDefence who provided medical cover. To GardaBob for all his help and Bottler who lookedafter the Spot Prizes. Thanks also to ourphotographers- The Colemans who took brilliantsnaps. To our special guest and race starterJamie Costin, many thanks. Also thanks toMuireann O’Reilly who led off the walkers. ToHonorary starter Jamie Costin pictured with Shane O'Donnell as theygive the thumbs up for the fun run/walk in aid of Children's HospitalCrumlin on Easter Monday in Aglish.both recorded their fastest nightsof the league.PRESENTATION OF PRIZESThe presentation of prizes forthe Mason Mortgages andFinancial Services Colligan leaguewill take place this Friday eveningat the Marine bar, all prize winnersare requested to attend.SPONSORS AND THANK YOUSOnce again thanks to MarkMason of Mason Mortgages andFinancial Services for his kind sponsorshipand also for his attendanceat the league. As always thank youto all our helpers, Tony who set outthe course each night, Shirley andLinda who took the names at thefinish line and Liam who looksafter the timing. Also to John andJames who were stewards on thecourse.Aglish Run in aid of CrumlinHospital a great successall the people that helped with food preparationson the day thanks. To all the people thattook the time and effort to run ,walk and raisemuch needed funds for Crumlin thanks a million.To Dorothy Ahearne, Vicki Mulhall, KayLedingham for notes in local papers each weekthanks. Also thanks to Maura & Teresa Joyce onCRY for local radio coverage and to the peoplethat attended meetings in the hall.Finally, thanks to Aglish Community Hall foruse of their facilities. If we have omitted anyonefrom the list we do apologise. As of now, €3,500has been collected for Crumlin with some morestill to come in. Liam and Anne O’Donnell theevent organisers wish to sincerely thank everyone.

Dungarvan Observer Sports | Wednesday, 10 April, 2013ATHLETICS17Nineteenth Annual Ger Wyley Sports/SkinsDetailed results can be viewed on:www.westwaterfordathletics.orgSummer Series 2013 commencesTHE 19th annual Ger WyleySports/SKINS Summer Seriesorganised by West Waterford athleticclub gets under way on nextFriday, 12th April with the “MarineBar” sponsored 19th AnnualMarine Climb 6 mile road race. Ata recent launch at Ger Wyleysports store in the presence ofDavid Ling Skins general managerfor Ireland and UK and DavidMcCarthy Skins manager Irelandalong with Ger Wyley of GerWyley Sports and James Vealechairman West Waterford AthleticClub the 19th Annual Ger WyleySports/Skins summer series wasannounced. This sponsorship is abrand new sponsorship for WestWaterford AC and one which theclub was delighted to secure.On behalf of the club and allthe runners who take part in thisseries we owe Ger a great amountof gratitude for his on-going inputinto the local running scene. Atthe launch Ger Wyley welcomedSkins onboard as the new co-seriessponsors, he thanked David Lingand David McCarthy for theirinvolvement in the road racingseries here in West Waterford andlooked forward to many moreyears of his involvement with theclub and now Skins as co-sponsorsalso.10 RACE PROGRAMMEAgain this year it’s the traditional10 race programme and weare delighted to announce that allthe races making up the series are,as they have now for many yearssecured the same sponsors foreach individual 10 races.BEST VALUE SERIES AT 5 EUROENTRY FEEThis year also West WaterfordAC have decided that all of theclubs organised events will nowhave an entry fee of only €5. As anon-profit making club which hasalways strived to cater for all levelsof participants and promoted itselfas having events organised forrunners by runners, we feel runnerswill appreciate the effortbeing made by our club in thismatter.We're really looking forward toseeing runners of all standards andour promise is that everyone willbe made welcome.ATHLETES INFORMATION FORSUMMER SERIES1. You must pay to enter eachrace - if you would like to join theseries, you pay €5 separately.2. For those that join the series,we keep track of your finishingposition in each race that you doand your final score will be yourbest 5 races. You must do a minimumof 5 races to count in theseries.3. After the final race, prizes willbe awarded to the top ten menoverall and also to the 20th, 30th,40th man, every 10th position.4. In the ladies, prizes will beawarded to the top five womenoverall and also to the 10th, 15th,20th finisher, every 5th finisher.5. A €30 SKINS voucher(redeemable at Ger Wyley SportsShop) will be awarded to any runnerthat takes part in any 5 of the10 races.CAN YOU COMPLETE FIVEFROM TEN?We will continue this year withthe rewards system where anyrunner that completes five out ofthe ten races will once again qualifyfor a SKINS voucherredeemable at Ger Wyley’s Sportsto the value of €30.Previously this voucher was forcompleting 6 races from ten and itwas to the value of €25, this yearthanks to our great sponsors wehave reduced this to 5 races fromten and the value increases to €30,where else would you get it??RANKING SYSTEM FOR THISYEARS SERIESThe main individual prizes willbe the top ten ranked men of anyage and the top five rankedwomen of any age. After thatthen instead of divisions, there willbe prizes for the 20th ranked,30th, 40th etc in the male categoryand the 15th, 20th, 25th, 30thetc in the ladies category as well asthe top 5 finishers.ZUZANA MALIKOVAVOUCHERClub member, Zuzana Malikovahas once again this year generouslyagreed to donate a prize of 2Sports Massage vouchers for eachof the races in the summer series.Our thanks go to Zuzana fordonating these prizes to the summerseries. We in turn ask our summerseries runners to supportZuzana and all our sponsors whenappropriate. Zuzana is aNeuromuscular Physical Therapistand Massage therapist and isbased at the ComplementaryHealth Clinic, Tournore, andAbbeyside. She can be contactedat 087-1218721.WEST WATERFORD ATHLETICCLUB GERWYLEYSPORTS/SKINSSUMMER ROAD RACINGSERIES 2013Race 1 Marine Climb,Dungarvan (6) Friday, April 12th 7.00 pmRace 2 Butlerstown (10k) Friday,April 19th 7.00pmRace 3 Waterford - Tramore(7.5) Saturday, May 4th 7.00 pmRace 4 Ras Na Rinne (6) FridayMay 24th 8.00 pmRace 5 Touraneena (5k) Friday,May 31st 8.00 pmRace 6 Clashmore (5) FridayJune 14th 8.00 pmRace 7 Dromana (5) Friday, June21st 8.00 pmRace 8 Glaxosmithkline (5)Friday, July 05th 8 .00 pmRace 9 Ballymacarbry (5) Friday,July 26th 7.30p mRace 10 Ardmore (5) Friday,August 09th 7.30 pmTerrificperformancesby athletes inParis marathonThe Paris Marathon was heldlast Sunday morning and the clubhad 2 representatives on the startline.Martin McCarthy, running inthe over 50 category, put in a hugerun when finishing in a time of2.49. This was yet another brilliantrun from the Kilgobinet man whois recording sub 2.50 times withevery outing now.There was also another superbperformance from his team mateTom Longan, Tom in the Dublinevent in 2011 recorded a time of3.43, he set out his goal last yearfor Paris and after many monthsof hard work and diligent trainingdividends were paid with hisbrand new personal best of 3.21.A big well done to both athletes.Displaying the 10 race programme for this year’s Ger Wyley Sports/SKINS Summer Series were l/r: DavidMcCarthy, Manager SKINS Ireland; Ger Wyley of Ger Wyley Sports and Footwear and David Ling, GeneralManager SKINS Ireland and UK.21st Annual Marine Climb kick startsthe Summer Series this FridayIT’S 21 years ago this Friday whena handful of runners participatedin the very first Marine Climb roadrace. On that occasion one PatHeffernan of Thurles Crokes athleticclub was the first to reach thetop and go down in the historybooks as the first winner of therace. When the idea of the racewas vetted Christy O’Neill of theMarine Bar agreed to sponsor theevent and this he has continuedfor all of those 21 years since.The club is grateful to Christyand Helen and all the race committeeat the Marine for all theirwork and help with the event forSandis second, Dzintars thirdin Waterford 5KTHE third Annual WIT/WAC 5k was held last weekend and the club had6 participants. The overall winner was Andrew Connick in 15.14. SandisBralitis took 2nd place in 15.14 and Dzintars Klava was 3rd in 16.11. Nexthome for the club was John Foley 23.52 and hot on his heels was BerniePrendergast in 23.56. Michael Mc Carthy clocked a time of 24.19 and outcurrent athlete of the year Onra Power was 25.53. Well done to all.all those years and our wish is thatwe will continue with this associationwith the Marine for manymore years to come.21ST YEAR SPECIAL PRIZEWith it being a very special occasionFriday night the 21st year ofthe event the club through thekind sponsorship of the MartineBar will give a special prize to notone but two lucky runners in therace, A men’s and a ladies prize willbe awarded so best of luck to allparticipants.MARINE CLIMB RACE INFOEntries for race number one inthis year’s series the Marine Barsponsored Marine climb will betaken at St. Josephs Primary Schoolfrom 6 pm and the race will start at7 pm sharp from the Lookout onthis Friday. The race will of coursefinish at the Marine Bar, home ofour generous sponsor. The race distanceis 6 miles. The race categoriesare: 1st 3 Men, Masters Men over40, 45, 50, 55 and 1st Male Junior,1st 3 Women, Masters over 35, 40,45, 50, 1st Female Junior, There willalso be plenty of spot prizes drawnfrom amongst all non-prize-winners.Entry to race is €5 and participantsmay also pay an extra €5 toenter the summer series.Mark Mason (sponsor) 3rd from left pictured with a group of runners who ran the final night of the MasonMortgages and financial services Colligan hill league last Wednesday night.New PB for Philip Harty atBoherbue to Kiskeam 4 mileTHE annual Boherbue to Kiskeam 4 mile road race was held last bank holidayMonday and a field of 134 completed the course. Mark HanrahanLeevale AC was the winner in a time of 18.38, 2nd was James McCarthyof East Cork AC in 19.24 and West Waterford’s Philip Harty recorded anew personal best for the distance when finishing 3rd in 19.35.

18 GOLFDungarvan Observer Sports | Wednesday, 10 April, 2013You can contact us by phoning 058-44055Our email address is: goldcoastgolf@cablesurf.com.Our website is: www.goldcoastgolfclub.comRESULTSTuesday, 2nd April: Open Seniors.1st: Eugene Collins (27) 37 ptsFriday, 5th April: Open Singles,Summer Rules, CSS 35 pts. 1st:Stephen O’Donnell (18) 35 pts; Gross:Kieran Cullinan (7) 28 ptsSaturday, 6th April: ClubCompetition, CSS 37 pts. 1st:Jonathan Higgins (10) 44 pts; 2nd:Alan Murphy (14) 40 pts; Gross:Micheal White (5) 28 ptsSunday, 7th April: Monthly Medal:CSS 75, Reduction Only. 1st: JohnNugent (17) 71; 2nd: Roy Ware (12)72; Gross: Derek Power (4) 79; 3rd:Micheal White (5) 7410 Hole No. 2: Conor Clancy10 Hole No 3: John Coade.DUNGARVAN SENIOR PAIRSTuesday at Gold Coast: One tocount on Par 4’s & 5’s, two on Par 3’sBest Ladies: Anne Courtney (25)and Breda Murphy (25)Mitchelstown 41 pts.Best Mixed: Frank McCarthy (24) &Betty McCarthy (30) Clontarf 50 ptsBest Gents: Francis O’Connor (22)& Frank Waters (18) Gold Coast 54pts.Wednesday at Dungarvan:Fourball Better-ball.Best Ladies: Nell Coughlan (32) &Abina McDonald (21) Mitchelstown38 ptsBest Mixed: Oliver Dunne (14) &Sheila Dunne (21) Beaverstown 43ptsBest Gents: Tony Byrne (17) & IanMcMullen (20) The Island 46 ptsThursday ay West Waterford: 2 tocount on 8th and 9th, one at rest ofholes.Best Ladies: Mary Robinson (19) &Una Robinson (19) Wexford 42 ptsBest Mixed: Martin O’Rourke (16)& Anne O’Rourke (27) Woodlands 47pts.Best Gents: Jack Dawson (18) &Con Walsh (19) Adare Manor 50 ptsOVERALLBest Ladies: Anne Courtney (25)and Breda Murphy (25)Mitchelstown 117 pts.Best Mixed: Ray Rochford (11)West Waterford & Ann RochfordYoughal 135 ptsBest Gents: Sean De Burca (22)Macroom & Bryan Keohan (14) GoldCoast 142 ptsFIXTURESTuesday, 9th April: Open Seniors50+, Ladies and Gents.Friday, 12th April: Open 18 HolesStableford.Saturday, 13th April: ClubCompetition.Sunday, 14th April: Half-Sub, Blueand Stableford.Tuesday, 16th April: Open Seniors50+, Ladies and Gents.SUMMER RULESFull Summer Rules are now inoperation at the Gold Coast.NEXT SUNDAYThe ‘Half-Sub’ competition willfeature next Sunday and again it willbe a ‘Golfer of the Year’ competition.It will be played off blue tees and willbe played under the Stableford format.APRIL SPECIALMonday to Friday: Green Fees€20, Green Fees and Carvery Lunch€25.SOUTH EAST LEAGUEWe played West Waterford inFermoy on Sunday last and came outthe wrong side of a 7 to 5 result.Representing the Gold Coast werethe following: Kieran Cullinan,Darren McGuckian, Brian Fahey, NiallO’Brien, Johnny Lynch, Conor Clancy,Tom Reynolds, Austin Kiely, FreddieMcGuckian, Alan Landers, StephenGreene and Tomas Wall. The teamwas managed by Brian O’Connorand Pat Power. Next week the SouthEast League takes place here in theGold Coast.MICK WHITE CLUB FOURSOMESThe draw will appear on the Appas soon as it is carried out.JB CARROn Thursday next, weather permitting,the Gold Coast hosts Carrickon-Suirin the first round of this year’sJ.B. Carr tournament for over 60’s.Michael Wall is in charge here.JIMMY CARROLL CUPOn Wednesday, 17th April wetravel to Thurles for the first round ofthe Jimmy Carroll Cup which again isfor over 60’s. Brendan O’Brien is themanager of this team.BELVEDERE TROPHYThis is due to be played before theend of the month and at present,Liam Clancy and Stephen Greene, areputting together their panel for theteam to represent the Gold Coast.This competition is for players with ahandicap of 18 or higher.Anyone wishing to play in any ofthe teams mentioned above shouldcontact the manager involved.SPRING LEAGUEThe battle for the two remainingsemi-final spots is now over andMaurice Fennell’s team and MickCronin’s team will now join with TomWhite’s and Brian O’Connor’s team inmatchplay competition.The draw is Tom White’s team vMick Cronin’s team and BrianO’Connor’s team v Maurice Fennell’steam.All matches are fixed for Saturday,20th April with Brian O’Connor vMaurice Fennell at 9.45 a.m. and TomWhite v Mick Cronin at 10.07 a.m.Match can be played before hand ifdesired but not after the specifiedtime.AWAY SCORESIt is the duty of all players to reportaway scores from Societies, classicsand other team games such as fourballsand rumbles. All these scoresmust be marked in on the sheet providedby the Handicap Secretary andposted in the kiosk.PRIZESA player who has not paid a significantamount of his membershipby 1st April may lose his entitlementto win any prizes. Most players havenow paid up or have a large amountof their annual subscription paid offand we say a sincere thank you to allwho have done so.INTERNATIONAL GOLFGATHERING IN DUNGARVAN'STHREE GOLF COURSESSunday, 19th May: Matchbetween USA/GB players v playersfrom local clubs and Irish entries.Monday, 20th May, Tuesday, 21stMay and Wednesday, 22nd May willfeature the three rounds of theDungarvan Gathering InternationalGolf Tournament and the top 40 willqualify for the final on Thursday,23rd May.Special reduced rates are availableat all the Dungarvan Hotels and aspecial package price including Golfand B&B is available from the organisers.Dungarvan Golf Club, GoldCoast Golf Club and West WaterfordGolf Club are all involved in this veryspecial tournament.If you know of anyone who mightbe interested in playing in this eventplease give their address to any ofthe three clubs and we will contactthem.The entry fee this year is €140 andfor that amount you can play a possible5 rounds of golf if you play in thematch on Sunday.For more details contact 05844055 or any of the three golf clubs.JUNIOR NOTESWell done to D. J. Kiely. TomO’Rourke, Lee Crotty and MichaelLenihan who represented the club inthe Irish Junior Foursomes inDungarvan last week.LADIES NOTESResults:Club Competition Monday 1stApril.1st Martina Corkery (25) 36 pts.2nd Aisling Fennell (8) 34 pts.Fixtures:Sunday, 14th April 18 hole competitionsponsored by David HayesPGA. This is one of the competitionsused for Golfer of the Year pointsFrom Monday, 25th March toSunday, 5th May, 18 hole ongoingcompetition sponsored by CyndersShoe Boutique Main Street. (2 cardsto count)10 hole ongoing for VoucherOur first Open Day of the seasonwill take place on Monday 22ndApril. This is a Singles Competitionand is sponsored by Eibhlin FennellILGU Inter Club Championship willtake place in Youghal Golf Club onSunday, 28th April.The managers are putting togethera panel for the above competitionand will notify all ladies playing inthe different categories over thecoming week.New Club Jumpers: We are inthe process of changing the colour ofour club Jumpers, if you are interestedin purchasing one you can contactour Lady Captain Aishling or ourLady President Breda.Lady Captain’s Prize: In order tobe eligible to win the main prize inthe above competition membersmust have returned three 18 hole singlescards from the Gold Coast GolfClub within the current golfing season.DUNGARVAN GOLF CLUBTel. Office 058-43310, Fax. 058-44113, Pro Shop 058-44707.Website: www.dungarvangolfclub.comEmail: dungarvangc@eircom.netSOUTH EAST SCRATCHFOURBALL CHAMPIONSHIPThe Club looks forward to hostingthe South East Scratch FourballChampionship at Dungarvan GolfClub on Sunday 14th April kindlysponsored by the PARK HOTELDungarvan. This is an Open GentsFourball Tournament, strokeplayover 36 Holes Handicap Limit 5.Shotgun Start 8.30 a.m. €2,000 PrizeFund. Good luck to all the competitors.SENIORS PAIRS RESULTSTuesday at Gold Coast: One tocount on Par 4’s & 5’s, two on Par 3’sBest Ladies: Anne Courtney (25)and Breda Murphy (25)Mitchelstown 41 pts, Best Mixed:Frank McCarthy (24) & BettyMcCarthy (30) Clontarf 50 pts, BestGents: Francis O’Connor (22) & FrankWaters (18) Gold Coast 54 pts.Wednesday at Dungarvan:Fourball Better-ball. Best Ladies: NellCoughlan (32) & Abina McDonald(21) Mitchelstown 38 pts Best Mixed:Oliver Dunne (14) & Sheila Dunne(21) Beaverstown 43 ptsBest Gents: Tony Byrne (17) & IanMcMullen (20) The Island 46 ptsThursday ay West Waterford: 2 tocount on 8th and 9th, one at rest ofholes.Best Ladies: Mary Robinson(19) & Una Robinson (19) Wexford 42ptsBest Mixed: Martin O’Rourke (16)& Anne O’Rourke (27) Woodlands 47pts.Best Gents: Jack Dawson (18) &Con Walsh (19) Adare Manor 50 ptsOverall: Best Ladies: AnneCourtney (25) and Breda Murphy (25)Mitchelstown 117 pts. Best Mixed:Ray Rochford (11) West Waterford &Ann Rochford Youghal 135 pts BestGents: Sean De Burca (22) Macroom& Bryan Keohan (14) Gold Coast 142ptsDUNGARVAN GOLF CLUB CLASSICOur next big Club event will bethe 4 day Open Dungarvan Golf ClubClassic on the May Bank Holidayweekend Thursday 2nd to Sunday5th May. This is once again kindlysponsored by life members BillyQueally, Ger Darcy and Liam Carroll.This is a very important fundraiser forthe club and it is hoped that the clubmembers will participate andencourage outside golfers to play.The entry fee is €100 per team of 4players which can be Men’s, Ladies orMixed with re entry only €60. Prizesare to the value of €1,500 with BestOverall, Mens, Ladies and MixedTeam.ROAD DIVERSIONSIf travelling to Dungarvan GolfClub in the next 6 weeks or so pleaseallow for a longer journey due todiversions in place as a result of thetemporary road closure at N25Knocknagranagh junction.VOLUNTARY WORKThe course volunteer committeespearheaded by Michael Kelly areagain recommending their invaluablework on Tuesday evenings at 7pm. If you have a couple of hours tospare on a Tuesday evening the teamwould be delighted to see you. Allmanner of works are undertaken toimprove the look of your course andclubhouse and all contributions ofhelp will be most appreciated.NOTES FROM THE PRO SHOPThe season is now underway andresident Professional is reporting ahealthy trade. The Callaway Demoday was a tremendous success withmany members availing of theopportunity to be custom fitted like atour pro using the Trackman system.David has many demo clubs in stockfor anyone wishing to try the latesttechnology in Ping, Callaway,TaylorMade and Wilson. David hasstarted his latest series of LadiesLessons. These lessons take placeevery Wednesday at the club. Davidhas also reported increased sales inLithium batteries. Lithium offers alightweight battery option with a 5year guarantee. You can follow allthe latest news and offers from theProShopatwww.davidhayesgolf.com. You canalso join our mailing list by emailinggolfpro@eircom.net. The Masterstournament represents the firstMajor of the year should generatemore interest this week and David'spredictions are Charles Schwartzel towin and the "hole in one" to bewon. It should be an exciting tournament.DUNGARVAN GENTS RESULTSMon 1st Open Seniors 55+Winner: Jim Moroney (14) 38 CSS 39,Weds 3rd– Seniors Pairs atDungarvan: Fourball Better-ball. BestLadies: Nell Coughlan (32) & AbinaMcDonald (21) Mitchelstown 38 ptsBest Mixed: Oliver Dunne (14) &Sheila Dunne (21) Beaverstown 43pts Best Gents: Tony Byrne (17) & IanMcMullen (20) The Island 46 pts.Thurs. 4th Open Gents Singles S/F: 1stJimmy O’Donnell (6) 40 2. MichaelHanrahan (12) 39 3. MichaelO’Connor (7) 38 CSS 37. Sat 6thGents Monthly Medal 18h Stroke: 1stFergal O’Dowd (17) 66nett, 2ndConor Carroll (13) 69, Gross ColmO’Hare (3) 70, 3rd Pat Norris (14) 69.CSS 71.DUNGARVAN GENTSFIXTURES APRILThurs. 11th Open Gents Singles S/F,Sat 13th Gents 18h S/F, Sun 14thSouth East Gents Scratch FourballChampionships. Handicaps 0-5 (36Holes), Mon15th Open Seniors 55+.Entry only €10DUNGARVAN LADIES RESULTSTuesday, 2nd: 18h s/f. 1. MarianWalsh (34) 38. 2. June Hayes (30) 34.3. Maeve Fitzgerald (21) 33. Sat. 6th18h s/f: 1. Joan Mansfield (25)39. 2. Pat Flanagan (19) 38. 3. JuneHayes (30) 36. 4. Anna Harney (30)35. CSS74. Home Alliance CaptainsDay. Sat Apr 6th: 18h s/f: Winner:Joan Mansfield (25)39. 2. PatFlanagan (19)38. Best Gross: CarmelO Brien (19) 19. 3. June Hayes (30)36. Past Captain: Bernie Hayes (16)34. 4. Anna Harney (30) 35. 5.Mary Flahavan (22) 34. 6. TeresaKeane (19) 33. 7. Ina Considine (23)32. 8. Maria Ryan (22) 32. Cat A:Maeve Morrissey (16) 27. Cat B:Marie Fives (19) 32. Cat C: MarianneMulcahy (32) 32. Front 9: MarianWalshe (33) 18. Back 9: Ruth Byrne(30) 22. On-going 9 hole: No1: 1.Ann Stack (25) 18. 2. Marie Fives(19) 17. No.2: 1. Mary Flahavan (22)19. 2. Marianne Mulcahy (32) 19.DUNGARVAN LADIESFIXTURESSat 13th: 18h s/f. Mon15th: OpenSeniors (55+) 18 h s/f Ladies/Gents.Tues16th: 18 hS/f sponsored byOrbsen Consulting. Sat 20th: 18h s/fLADIES HOME ALLIANCEThe weather was great and theprizes were wonderful. MariaKiersey ,our Home Alliance Captain,organised a great day for all of us.Our sincere thank you to Maria andher committee for their hard workduring the year . Good luck to theincoming Alliance Captain, OrlaSheehan.HOLE-IN-ONE:A special mention for Nuala Hartyas she had a hole-in -one on the 13thin the final of the Home Alliance.Well done Nuala!LADIESAUSTRALIAN SPOONSThe club qualifying round takesplace on Sun 26th May. The entry perPAIR is 15 euros and the format is an18 h s/f Greensomes. In order to havea chance to represent your clubplease put your names on thelist.LADIES WINTER LEAGUE sponsoredby OLIVERESThe Winter League has finallycome to an end and has been runsuccessfully for yet another year. Wehad very clear winners this year.Congratulations to Team 6, captainedby Marie Fives ,who had ascore of 426 points. Her team membersof Deirdre Ruane, Maria Ryan,Anna Harney and Ann Twomey wereexceptionally strong and lookedgood from the very beginning. Welldone also to Bernie Hayes' team whocame 2nd, 417 points, and toMaura Kindregan's team who came3rd with 414. The best individualscore went to June Hayes who hadan exceptional season this winter. Asuggestion box has been placed inthe Ladies locker room and if youfeel the winter league for next yearcan be improved in any way, yourcomments are more than welcome.Many thanks again to OlivereLannon for her generous sponsorship.LADIES 9 HOLES SCRAMBLE Thepresentation of prizes to the winnersof the Winter League was precededby a very sociable 9 hole Scramble.This is always a fun event and verywell supported by the ladies.JACK FLANAGAN MEMORIALGOLF CLASSICIn memory of the late JackFlanagan, the Deise Traders GolfingSociety is holding a golf Classic inDungarvan Golf Club from 13 -18May. For Teams of 3, the entry perteam is €60. There are 3 categories:Ladies, Gents and Mixed. All proceedswill go to the West WaterfordHospice. So, get your teams’ organisedand support this most worthycause.INTRODUCTORYMEMBERSHIP OFFERNew members to Dungarvan GolfClub are very welcome. Those whohave not previously been a memberof the Club, can avail of a specialIntroductory Membership Offer forthe remainder of the 2013 golf season.Contact Irene Lynch on (058)43310 or dungarvangc@eircom.netfor price details and further information.An application form can bedownloaded from the club websitewww.dungarvangolfclub.comCLUB SYMPATHYThe Club would like to extend itsdeepest sympathy to the Strain familyon their tragic loss of Alice lastweek. Our thoughts are also with PatCrowley recovering in hospital.LOTTO BONUS BALLPlease support our lotto bonusball on a weekly basis. Proceedstowards course development.SIXTY.COM: Wed. 3rd AprilSCRAMBLE: Winners: Sean Power(17) Colin Glasswell (16) BrendanHally (22) Ml. Brosnan (27) 29 1/6 2ndSeamus O’Neill (9) Gary O’Connor(23) Frank O’Riordon (21) JamesPower (21) 29 5/6 3rd Tom Phelan(24) Ann Morrissey (20) Ted Dipple(20) 30 NEXT COMPETITONWednesday, 10th April Draw forpartners at 2 p.m.YOUNGONES:Next Competition Wednesday,10th at 2.30 back nine. End of yearparty Wednesday, 17th April.PROGRESSIVE 45 RESULTS FOR28TH MARCH 13WINNERS: Ann Ryan & TomCummins. Sheila Morrissey & MauraBoland Tomas Carroll & MichaelHarney Last 5 Colm Bannon & JimKiersey Lucky Table John OGorman &Tom O’GradyPROGRESSIVE 45 EVERY THURS-DAY IN THE CLUBHOUSE. 8.30 p.m.All Welcome.JUNIOR NOTESOur juniors had a busy Easter periodwith several tournaments, Eastercamps, Irish Junior Foursomes and anEaster Scramble. Our four man teamfinished third behind WaterfordCastle and Mitchelstown in The IrishJunior Foursomes. Our lads were dissappointedas they finished half ashot behind the winners, but we area young team and will be back.Thanks to Gabriel Leacy, SeamusBurke, Jack Mullanney and AndrewKirwan for their efforts. Our EasterScramble also took place last Fridaywith Easter eggs for all players. Youcan now recognise a DungarvanJunior because of their missing teeth.A great evening was had by all.John Treen took the honours inour Tuesday Competition shooting45 points to win by 5 from RaymondO'Keeffe. Daniel Treen kept it in thefamily winning our PreJunior competition.We are looking forward to abusy summer for our junior golferswith plenty of competitions and daytrips to the surrounding courses. Afixture list is currently in production.TUITIONCoaching for our beginners andPreJuniors continues on Saturday,20th April at 3 pm under the watchfuleye of Club Professional DavidHayes. Many thanks to Jack for hisassistance last week.ENQUIRIESAny enquiries relating to JuniorGolf at Dungarvan Golf Club can bedirected to Club Professional, DavidHayes. David can be contacted at058-44707 or email at golfpro@eircom.net.RESULTS:Tuesday 2nd April: 1st John Treen45 pts; 2nd Raymond O'Keeffe 40pts; 3rd Sean Whelan Barrett 40 pts.PreJuniors: 1st Daniel Treen, 2ndCharlie Treen.0

Dungarvan Observer Sports | Wednesday, 10 April, 2013West WaterfordGolf & Country ClubTelephone: 058-43216. Fax: 058-44343.E-mail: info@westwaterfordgolf.comWebsite: www.westwaterfordgolf.comGENTS NOTESCOMPETITION RESULTSSunshine Classic Final – Saturday,6th April: 1st Chris Gough, MichaelLawlor, Mike Daly, Mark O’Sullivan94 pts.; 2nd Declan O’Neill, AidanConnaughton, Gavin Fitzgerald,Conor Sheehan 93 pts.; 3rd MikeDrohan, Dermot Drohan, SeanDrohan, Kealan Drohan 92 pts.; 4thJustin Spratt, Michael French, TerryO’Callaghan, Bertie Hallahan 91pts.; 5th David Condon, NioclasConduin, Shane Kelly, Liam Grace 90pts.; 6th Pat Murray, PatsyO’Donnell, John O’Connell, PatLennon 86 pts.Best Ladies: Margaret Connolly,Geraldine Hickey, Mary Radley, AnnLaverty.Non GUI: Ian Mento, JohnShearer, Gary Wyse, Aidan Deegan.1 Year Membership: ThomasMartin, Thomas Martin Jnr, DavidFitzpatrick, David Donnelly, TomasCrotty, Tom Halpin, Pat Ryan.Voucher €100: Mick Connolly.Royan Dublin 4 Ball: Ollie Brodrick.Junior Scratch Cup – Monday, 1stApril – 1st Jack Madden (9) 78 b6Dungannon; 2nd Nioclas Conduin(8) 78 West Waterford; 3rd DavidBaker (6) 79 b9 Carrick-on-Suir; 1stNett: Liam Grace (11) 70 WestWaterford; 2nd Nett Shane Kelly(11) 71 West Waterford.Al Eile Open Mens CompetitionResults – Wednesday, 3rd April: 1stNoel Browne (16) 42 pts.; CarltonHouse; 2nd Donal O’Brien (17) 40pts.; 3rd Christy Murphy (3) 38 pts.Extra Qualifier: Luke Cummins.Scramble – Saturday, 6th April:1st Ann Fahy Ann Laverty Phil KellySean McNamara; 2nd John Laverty,Eileen Harty, Jonathan Hanlon; 3rdColin Devaney, Deirdre Fahy, EddieStack.Club Competition – 18 HoleStroke 6th/7th April – 1st TimMcCarthy (12) 69 pts. back 9; 2ndRichard Hyde (13) 68. Gross: SeanFleming (4) 74.Dungarvan Senior Pairs Results –Thursday, 4th April, at WestWaterford Golf Club – Best Ladies:Mary Robinson (19), Una Robinson(19) Wexford 42 pts. Best Mixed:Martin O’Rourke (16), AnneO’Rourke (27) Woodlands 47 pts.Best Gents: Jack Dawson (18), ConWalsh (19) Adare Manor 50 pts.Overall – Best Ladies: AnneCourtney (25), Breda Murphy (25)Mitchelstown 117 pts. Best Mixed:Ray Rochford (11) West Waterford,Ann Rochford Youghal 135 pts. BestGents: Sean De Burca (22) Macroom,Bryan Keohan (14) Gold Coast 142pts.South Munster Open SeniorsCompetition – Friday, 5th April – Cat.A: 1st John McCarthy (12) 41 pts.;2nd Con Cooney (14) 39 pts.Clonmel. Cat. B: 1st Tom Shanahan(16) 42 pts Mitchelstown; 2nd ColinGlaswell (16) 41 pts. Dungarvan. Cat.C: 1st Liam Reilly (21) 42 pts.; 2nd PatMcGovern (25) 39 pts. Dungarvan.FIXTURESTuesday, 9th April – HighHandicap 9 Hole.Wednesday, 10th April – Al EileOpen Mens Qualifier continueseach Wednesday.Friday 12th, Saturday 13th,Sunday, 14th April – ClubFoursomes.Saturday 13th & Sunday, 14thApril – Club Competition 18 HoleSfd.SUNSHINE CLASSIC FINALThe final of our Sunshine Classiclived up to its name on Saturday lastas the sun made a welcome reappearanceand temperatures movedtowards double figures. Fourteenqualifying teams set out in quest ofthe many valuable prizes. In a veryclose finish the team of Chris Gough,Michael Lawlor, Mike Daly andMark O’Sullivan claimed theSunshine Holiday by a slender onepoint margin. A single point wouldseparate each of the four top teamswhich shows the competitive elementof the contest. The clubhousewas filled to capacity for the ensuingpresentation. Classic chairmanJimmy Murphy thanked everyoneinvolved in the Classic for yet anotherhugely successful venture. Aspecial word of thanks to the groupof young musicians who entertainedthe crowd throughout creatinga truly enjoyable atmosphere.The full list of prizewinners is publishedelsewhere in the club notesand is also available on the club websitewww.westwaterfordgolf.comSOUTH EAST LEAGUEWest Waterford scored a narrowvictory over neighbours Gold Coastat Fermoy on Saturday last. The nextround takes place at Gold Coast onSunday, 14th April, when we takeon Mahon Golf Club.TUESDAY HIGH HANDICAPOur popular high handicap competitionresumes on Tuesday, 9thApril. Belvedere manager Edwardstill has a few vacancies on his paneland will be keeping a keen eye onproceedings. As always guests aremost welcome in our high handicapcompetitions each Tuesday.TWENTY YEARS AGROWINGMichael O’Dwyer took over asCaptain with Brendan Cullinan asPresident and Lady Captain for theyear was Joanna Barron. The year2007 promised to be an exciting onefor West Waterford when we werechosen to host the Irish YouthsChampionship. The JB Carr teambeat all opposition on their way tothe county final where they beatWaterford GC to take the covetedtrophy. The Captain’s Prize was wonby Fintan Gee with a score of 137and Lady Captain Joanna presentedher prize to April Dawson. The IrishYouths Championship was playedon the last week in June and proveda massive success for Seamus Powerwho had flown back from the U.S.to take part. This was Seamus’ thirdtime winning the Irish Youths, arecord equalled only by former tourpro John McHenry. Our JuniorFoursomes team defeated LimerickGC to become Munster Champions.The All-Ireland finals were held atGOLFWestport. West Waterford overcamethe Antrim champions in thesemi final and went on to victoryover South County GC in the final toclaim their second Irish title in twoyears. Team manager Justin Sprattwas recognised for his efforts injunior golf when he was awardedthe Park Hotel sports star accoladefor August. Seamus Power startedhis college career by winning amajor championship in EastTennessee. West Waterford lookedforward to a bright future with thesuccess of our junior golfers and asteady inflow of new members tothe club.CLUB SCOTCH FOURSOMESCOMPETITIONMembers can look forward to awelcome change from the singlescompetitions when we host ourannual Club Foursomes over thecoming weekend.This takes place onFriday/Saturday/Sunday, 12th/13th &14th April. You can pick your ownpartner. Re-entry allowed only withdifferent partners.OPEN LEFT HANDERSCOMPETITIONFriday/Saturday/Sunday,26th/27th & 28th April. Kindly sponsoredby David Condon.OPEN MAY BANK HOLIDAYWEEKEND4th, 5th and 6th May. 3 PersonTeam Event, Ladies, Gents or Mixed.Kindly Sponsored by The CountryStore.19South East Junior Alliance. Martin Morris presents the Captain’s Prize to the winner Jack Elstead. Includedare Eddie Stack, Captain and Justin Spratt, President West Waterford Golf Club. [Sean Byrne//Deise Sport]DUNGARVAN COLLEGESALL-IRELAND CHAMPIONSCongratulations to DungarvanColleges on their memorable victoryin the Harty Cup All-Ireland final onSaturday.DUNGARVAN GOLFINTERNATIONAL GATHERING2013Monday 20th, Tuesday 21st,Wednesday 22nd, Final onThursday, 23rd May.Singles Competition. Played overthe 3 clubs.JUNIOR NOTESAll juniors please note that playon Saturdays is only allowed after1.30 p.m.Results: Competition Tuesday,2nd April – 1st Luke Cummins (12)38 pts.; 2nd Conor Sheehan (16) 37pts.; Best Gross: Nioclas O Conduin(8) 28 pts.; Gross: 3rd Jack Foley back8 (21) 37 pts.; 4th Cian Ryan (31) 36pts. Best 36: Simon Kelly (36) 29 pts.Results: Competition Friday, 5thApril – 1st Conor Sheehan (16) 43pts.; 2nd Conor Ryan (35) 43 pts.;Gross: Jonathan Hanlon (11) 38 pts.;3rd Ciarán Power (34) 42 pts. Best36: Ciarán Ó Maoileoin.LADIES NOTESCLUB OUTINGThe first Club Outing took placeon Sunday in Dungarvan GC insome challenging weather conditions.Despite this, the Ladiesenjoyed the day, with some greatgolf played. Afterwards everyoneretired to the clubhouse for a lovelymeal, thanks to Tom and his Staff.Presentation of prizes followed,thank you to Lady Captain EileenHarty for organising the day and allthe lovely prizes. The prize winnerwhere as follows:1. Margaret O'Sullivan, MargaretCostin and Anne Laverty 56 pts.; 2.San Power Cully, Nora Flynn andLena Walsh 54 pts.; 3. Mary French,Mary Fahey and Jean O'Donovan 53pts.SUNSHINE CLASSICWell done to West WaterfordLadies – Margaret Connolly, MaryRadley, Anne Laverty and GerHickey who won the best ladiesteam in the Sunshine Classic.CLUB COMPETITIONS RESULTS18 hole Stableford competition –ongoing, 1st to 7th April – 1.Suzanne Dalton (23) 32 pts.; 2.Geraldine Hickey (30) 31 pts. (Back9).March 9 hole, 2 cards to countkindly sponsored by Aine Parks – 1.Rena Landers (35) 40 pts.; 2. JeanO'Donovan (36) 34 pts.; 3. EithneAshby (16) 33 pts.March 13 hole – 1. Jean0'Donovan (36) 29 pts.; 2. EleanorMurnaghan (19) 27 pts.FIXTURES11th or 14th April – 18 hole Strike-Medal/GOY.April 9 hole - 2 cards to count.DATE FOR YOUR DIARYThe first Qualifier of the 2013Mna Eile will take place onThursday, May 2nd.Lismore LadiesGolf ClubPhone 058-54026.Email: lismoregolfclub@eircom.netWebsite: www.lismoregolf.orgCLUB RESULTSSaturday 6th & Sunday, 7thApril, 18 Hole Stableford sponsoredby Invesco – 1st JohnKenneally (13) 42 pts.; 2nd PatLane (20) 39 pts. L3; 3rd LiamO’Keeffe (12) 39 pts. CSS: Saturday38; Sunday 37.Tuesday Bacon 2nd April:1stJames Bennett, Michael Keane,Craig Scotton 37 pts.FIXTURESTuesday Bacon, Saturday 13th &Sunday, 14th April, Open Fourballsponsored by Cunningham’sHardware, Tallow.18 HOLE SINGLES – INVESCOWe held our first 18 Hole Singlescompetition of the year this weekend.Whilst the weather was niceand calm on Saturday, Sunday wasa completely different day, withstrong cold gales dominating.This did not blow JohnKenneally (13) off course as onSunday morning he strolled to a 3shot victory with a magnificentround of 42 points. John turnedwith 21 points and kept his roundtogether on the back nine withanother 21 points. Despite a doubleon index 1, he recovered wellhaving no less than 7 pars in total,superbly backed up with birdies onthe 7th, 11th, and 14th to cap off avery nice mornings work.Second place went to Conna’sPat Lane (20) with a fine score of39 points. Despite a slow start, hesteadied the ship well and had 3pars around the turn to get hisround back on track. Pat playedfine steady golf from there tohome adding in more pars on the15th and 17th and clinched secondplace on a count back on the last 3.Third place went to the eversmiling Liam O’Keeffe (12), againwith a fine score of 39 points.Liam’s round was consistency personified,notching up 6 pars alongthe way and also birdied the difficult6th and 12th holes for goodmeasure. All these lads will bepleased to start the summer seasonon a good note. For the rest,well, there is a long summer ofgolf ahead.Due to the lack of growth andharsh weather we are currentlyusing placing on the fairway butplay as it lies in the rough. Notbeen able to put ones hands onthe ball in the rough means fortrickier playing conditions but alsomakes it closer to proper golf aswe know it.Hopefully, as the year progresseswe will be back to full summerrules so please keep and eye onthe notice board for more details.OPEN FOURBALL –CUNNINGHAM’S HARDWARE,TALLOWNext weekend we are holdingour first open fourball competitionfor many years. Players play ingroups of four in teams of twowith players playing off of theirallowed handicap. Each pair willtake the best Stableford pointsscore at the hole in what is sure tobe a very competitive competition.The fourball format is a great wayto play golf and next weekend’scompetition has been put on thecalendar at the request of membersso please come out and supportthis event.VICE-CAPTAIN’S PRIZEThe Vice Captains Prize kindlypresented by Mr. Peter Whelanwill take place on Saturday 20thand Sunday, 21st April. The timesheet is posted on the notice boardso make sure to get your namedown early to ensure you get yourpreferred tee time. The competitionwill be an initial 18 HoleStableford played on eitherSaturday or Sunday morning.From this initial 18 Holes, thetop 21 players plus ties will go forwardto play in a nine hole shootout on Sunday afternoon from2.30 onwards.It has been many years since wehad a nine hole play-off so it is sureto attract lots of interest from playersand supporters alike.Our Vice Captain Peter is a veryhard working member in the cluband his involvement and commitmentis top class. Added to this hedoes some tireless work on theCompetitions Committee, an oneroustask in itself. So we look forwardto seeing you out supportingPeter on his weekend in 2 weekstime.The presentation of prizes willbe directly after the 9 hole playoffso it is sure to be a Sunday afternoonnot to be missed.TUESDAY BACONOur Tuesday Bacon started offlast week with great numbersturning out to participate in ourfun yet very competitive 3 ballcompetition. We are current playing9 holes each week which willextend to 11 when the lightimproves later in the year.This competition is a great wayfor new members to get to knowother members, learn a few tipsfrom your playing partners, have abit of fun and if you bring homethe bacon all the better. So comealong on a Tuesday at 5.30 and getyour golf swing in gear for thesummer season.MEMBERSHIPYour subscription for 2013 isnow overdue so any member whohas yet to do so is reminded toreturn their subscription as soon asthey can. Our registrar MartinPower will be happy to sort outdirect debits for anyone who isinterested in paying their sub inthis manner this year.New members are always mostwelcome with membership availableat competitive rates. For moredetails please contact Martindirectly or contact any officer ofthe club.UPCOMING FIXTURES FORAPRIL/MAYSaturday 13th & Sunday 14th –Open 18 Hole Fourball.Thursday 18th Open Qualifier –Kelleher’s SuperValu begins (everysubsequent Thursday).Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st –Vice-Captain’s Prize (Mr. PeterWhelan).LISMORE LADIES GOLF NOTESGreat scoring again this weekwith Helen Farrow taking advantageof out last week of placingalong with a little bit of a run thathas arrived with all the dryweather to bring in 42 pts. Helenhad a superb 23 on the front 9with 4 pars and added a creditable19 pts in the back 9 to take 1stplace. Sheila Denn is showinggood form at the moment andwell deserved her second placewith 39 ps despite having a blankon the back 9.RESULTSSaturday, 30th March andWednesday, 3rd April is 18 HolesS/Ford Sponsor Doc Morris &Members Prizes1st Helen Farrow (24) 42 pts;2nd Sheila Denn (23) 39 pts.FIXTURESSaturday, 6th and Wednesday,10th Apr, 18 Holes Stroke, Medal,Sponsor Lismore & CappoquinCredit Union.Ladies take note there will beplacing on fairways only, play as itlies in the rough..... Qualifying conditions,keep an eye on the noticeboard for any further changes.The 9 hole Stableford ongoingcontinues for those ladies not yetup to facing the 18. Re-entry.Sun 14th & Wed 17th April - 18Holes S/Ford Ladies Open Day 3BallCHAMPAGNE SCRAMBLEWednesday, 24th 18 HolesS/Ford Members PrizesDATES FOR THE DIARYLadies its time to get inviting,our very popular ChampagneScramble Open is coming up innext week and we would love tosee friends and acquaintances outon the course alongside our owntalented ladies. This is a very enjoyableformat lets share the fun!Sunday, 14th & Wednesday,17th April - 18 Holes S/Ford LadiesOpen Day 3 Ball ChampagneScramble. Kindly Sponsored byKnockanore Cheese, 1 Score tocount on front 9, 2 scores to counton back 9. Time sheet in operationon both days, please telephone058 54026 or 086 1618663 (after 3pm) for a time.

20 SOCCERDungarvan Observer Sports | Wednesday, 10 April, 2013SATURDAY, 4TH MAY, 2013CORK TO DUNGARVANThere are only 24 days to preparefor our main fundraisingevent of the year. We are askingall our adult players to get €100sponsorship for the cycle where allthe spend is going towards floodlightingour pitch. We are alsoasking all our children members ortheir parents to take a sponsorcard also.The good news is thatDungarvan United AFC have beenallocated €20,000 of Sports CapitalGrant Funding towards floodlightingour main field in Kilrush Park,Dungarvan. The Bad News is thatthe club has to raise €30,000 ofour own funds by the 1st ofAugust to have floodlights inDungarvan for next season.WE NEED YOUR HELP WITHOUR SPONSORED CYCLE!* COULD YOU DO THE CYCLE?* COULD YOU GET SPONSOR-SHIP FOR SOMEONE TO DO THECYCLE?* COULD YOU SPONSOR SOME-ONE DOING THE CYCLE?* SPONSORING ONE OF OURMANY PLAYERS WHO WILL BEOBTAINING SPONSORSHIP ONOUR CYCLIST’S BEHALF!* COULD YOU HELP AS ASTEWARD?* COULD YOU HELP IN SOMESMALL WAY?Contact any of our committeeor David Walsh 087-6896983davidwalsh1@hotmail.comURGENT FUNDRAISINGMEETING –Friday, 12th April 7 p.m.We are holding a follow upmeeting to our recentFloodlighting Fundraising Meetingon Friday for 20 mins to chase upon progress with cycle sponsorship.We are asking all managers toattend the meeting or to submitan update for their individualteam to date and to bring along allfunds raised to date. We are askingall managers to ask their playersand parents to try and havetheir monies in by this date so thatwe can establish where we arewith the project. We really needto put a push on this event andurge any new interested parties tocome along.URGENT APPEAL!DUNGARVAN UTD AFC NEEDSYOUR OLD PHONES!The club is looking for oldmobile phones as part of our driveto obtain a Defibrillator for theclub. This is an essential piece oflife saving equipment we need toget, for the benefit of all ourplayers, supporters and visitors toour club. We need to get another400 phones to acheive our goals.We are asking all our friends, supporters,children, parents, playersand former players to help us inour quest. Please drop yourphones to the clubhouse anyevening from 6 to 10 p.m., to anycommittee member or team manager.Thank you for your help.NOTICE OF AGMTo all paid up members ofDungarvan United AFC, pleasenote that the club will hold ouragm on Friday, 19th April at 7.30Dungarvan United FC24 Day Countdown to Cork toDungarvan Sponsored Cyclep.m. All members welcome tocome along and voice their contributionsto the positive developmentsin the club.COMMUNITY GAMESMUNSTER FINALS U13 GIRLSINDOOR SOCCERClub members travelled toTralee to represent Waterford inthe Munster Finals of theCommunity Games 5 a side IndoorSoccer tournament. The girlsplayed very well coming homewith silver medals. They beat Clarein the Quarter final and Tipperaryin the Semi-final. They weredenied a trip to the National Finalsin Athlone by a strong Limerickteam. The girls did extremely wellin both the county and theMunster competition in what wastheir first time playing indoor soccer.The panel was: DearbhlaBeresford, Ciara Kilcawley, CiaraMcKenna, Molly Shrubb, ClodaghTutty, Sarah Lacey, Orna O’Brienand Emily O’Mahony.WATERFORD WOMEN’SLEAGUE U-12 GIRLSDungarvan 4; Clashmore 1The girls came from a goaldown to win comfortably in thehome league match at Kilrush lastWednesday evening. They remainunbeaten this season with twogames to go. Victories at home toCarrick and away to Piltown willensure that the league title stays inDungarvan. Carrick are level withus on games and points, this willbe a crucial game in deciding titlehonours. Well done to all the girlson another very convincing performanceand particularly to EricaKiely who enjoyed an excellentdebut. She was unlucky not toscore with a strike from 20 yardswhich hit the cross bar. NiamhCurran has been consistentlystrong throughout the season in ateam full of talent. She enjoyedanother accomplished game atright back.Player of the Match: NiamhCurranDRILL OF THE WEEKSOCCER TACTICS AND YOUNGCHILDRENSix and seven year old childrenwill quickly understand that socceris a game played with a ball. Theywill more slowly learn that theycannot touch the ball with theirhands, become more proficient atthe skills you have tried to teachthem, and run around the fieldwith great enthusiasm. However,they will be much slower to learnthe tactical concepts of the game.They are just not developmentallyready for this lesson yet. Havingsaid that, teaching tactics to thisage player is not appropriate. Let'stalk a little bit about teaching tactics.Soccer, although it is playedwith a ball, is really a game ofspace and movement without theball. Unlike some other sports,(baseball, for instance), soccer doesnot really have positions. Rather,players have differing responsibilitieswhich change as the balland the other players move aboutthe field. In a strict sense, only thegoal keeper really has a ‘position’to play.In your first game, you willobserve that all of the players willchase madly after the ball in apack. Occasionally, a strongerplayer will get a foot on the balland it will pop out of the pack.Instantly, the pack scurries after theball and ingests it, the ball disappearingwithin a forest of littlechurning legs. As the season progressesand the players developtheir skills, you can try to teachthem some tactical awareness, butdon't get frustrated when you discoverthat they learn these principlesvery slowly.Once the players have developedsome skill and comfort withsimple passing, you can then introducethe concept of movement. Asuccessful pass is made not somuch by the player who deliversthe ball but, by the player whomakes a run to get open. At the sixand seven year old level, a goodrun is any movement which takesthe player away from the packwhich surrounds the football.After years of listening coachesplaintive pleas of ‘Don't bunch up’,I am convinced that most first andsecond grade players have greatdifficulty internalising the conceptthat sometimes you chase the balland sometimes you don't. Save thetruly exceptional neophyte, mostyoung players either chase the ballall the time (whether they have aprayer of getting it or not) or nevergo after it (soccer as an on-thefieldspectator sport).Ideally, one player will go afterthe ball and the other teammateswill spread out, looking to getopen for a pass. Choose the fewplayers on your team who appearto be most advanced and try toteach the concepts of space andmovement on the field. You canalso yell, ‘Don't bunch up!’ as longas you don't get frustrated whenthey don't listen. Relax -- space andmovement are nine year old concepts.WEEKLY LOTTONo winner of last week’s lotto.Numbers drawn 35, 33, 1, so thejackpot, to €2,450. Winner of€100, Christy Ross Powe. Pleasetake the time to try support ourclub in any way you can.GET WELL SOONOn behalf of all involved withDungarvan United, we wish aspeedy recovery to Francie O’Brienwho is currently out of action.Francie served previously asChairman, and is one of the peoplewho worked hard to get ouirclub to where it is today.JOE DUGGAN SNR.It was with news of shock thatwe found out that current U-13coach Joe Duggan Snr suffered ahealth scare during the local derbyagainst Ballinroad and had to berushed to hospital in Cork, wherethankfully he is now recovering.All within the club wish you aspeedy recovery.4DAVIN DUGGANNews reached us over theweekend from our nations capitalthat current schoolboy DavinDuggan became an All-Irelandchampion in his Weight Division inboxing. I’m sure both Davin andhis family members are reallypleased as are all involved withDungarvan United.DUNGARVAN COLLEGESAlso last weekend history wasmade when Dungarvan Collegesbecame only the secondWaterford team to claim AllIreland glory when they achievedtheir ultimate aim of capturing thetrophy, well done to all.DEEPEST SYMPATHYThe management committeeand club members wish to extendtheir deepest sympathy to the familyand friends of Jimmy Drummeywh passed away recently.WEEKLY REVIEWACADEMYCOACHES NEEDEDDare we dream of securing aleague title in the (A) grade inschoolboy football. Well it couldhappen very shortly when our U11(A) squad drive on towards glory.Last Saturday they put Carrick tothe sword in devastating fashion,running out convincing winners.They must play nearest rivalsSouthend soon which could determineeverything. Meanwhile ourU11(B) squad were worthy of ashare of the spoils away to Vills ,which also took place lastSaturday. In the U13(A) grade wemade the short trip to Ballinroadwher. the boys emerged winners.Our Academy is the lifeline ofour club as it continues to provideplayer to schoolboy teams.Currently all schoolboy teams inaction are doing well and representingtheir club with pride.Would you like to be part of abright future, if so, why not attendour weekly sessions each Saturday,no experience necessary, we willguide you along, contact 087-6203912 for further assistance.U-14A LOCAL DERBYPOSTPONEDMonday gone we were due toplay Ballinroad in Kilrush in one ofour few remaining home matches.The match was rescheduled forApril 18th further details nextweek. Given the harsh weatherconditions of last monday night itwas just aswell Ballinroad had thematch called off due to the Friaryschool tour as it may well havefallen to the weather in any case.TRAINING THURSDAYWe will be training tomorrownight Thursday at 5 p.m. All playersare requested to attend as our Cupcompetition will be beginningsoon. We need to finish the leaguestrongly and attain the highest finishpossible and in so doing it willhelp us prepare for a decent Cuprun. We have been drawn at hometo De La Salle in the first round andthat will not be an easy tie butwith proper attention and attendanceat training we will help ourselvesapproach the game withconfidence.SPONSORED CYCLE CARDSWe distributed sponsorshipcards for the raising of funds forFloodlights for next season and allparents are reminded to ensurethe cards are returned before theend of April to the manager. It is ahuge undertaking by the club tomake sure every child and memberof Dungarvan United has the bestfacilities available to them to helpthem progress as players so yourco-operation is gratefully appreciatedwith the return of the cards.CLUB GEARDo you want to look smart withthe latest club gear, such as jackets,tracksuit etc this gear is now availableto order by any person wishingto kit themselves or others outwith the latest items. Prices arevery competitive indeedCall 087-6203912 for any furtherenquiries. Any orders taken fromnow on will have to be paid for inpostal order form.Other items may be availableon request after viewing the cataloguein our clubhouse eachSaturday.All orders will be be made inbulk form only, we will do our verybest to have gear ordered / deliveredas fast as possible to anyonewho places an order, we apologisein advance for any inconveniencethat may be caused .LOTTO SUPPORTCurrently our club jackpot is€2,300 and growing, we sell lottotickets in our club lobby everySaturday between 1-3 pm why notpurchase a ticket which will seeyou in with a shout. Or simply call087-6203912, 087-9087017, 087-2357075 for any further assistanceneeded on buying tickets.CLUB HELPHave you any spare time toassist us in our on-going efforts tohelp maintain the standardsalready set. We are constantlyseeking ways to improve allaspects of our club and very opento constructive ideas so why notcome on board to help us, anyonewilling to help out, whatever waythey choose, call 087-6203912 forany enquiries.PARKING AROUND THECLUB/ BE SAFE BE SEENPlease take the utmost carewhen entering or leaving our clubgrounds on any given day, we wishto remind all patrons that we areadjoined to a nearby estate whichpedestrians frequent use daily.Safety is of paramount importance.CLUBHOUSE / ASTRO TURF / HIREAt very competitive rates wecan offer premises for Christening,Retirement, 21st, 18th and kidsparties school -activities, exerciseclasses, meetings etc., contact John@087-0607226 for furtherenquiries. Don’t forget our state ofthe art astro - turf is also availableduring the week and at weekends.Slots available for Monday are asfollows: 9-10 pm, half pitch. Slotsavailable Friday 7-8 pm, half pitch.Enquiries regarding bookings forMonday & Friday can be done bycontacting 087-6203912Slots are available in the morningor afternoon to any schools,clubs, at off peak rates.Slots Currently Available: Mon:7-8: Full Pitch or Two HalvesFriday: 7-8: Full pitch or TwoHalvesFriday: 8-9: Full pitch or TwoHalvesFriday: 9-10: or Full pitch TwoHalvesContact 087-6203912 for furtherassistanceJUNIOR BLUES ACADEMYPlease take note of the followingacademy times.6-7 group born in: 2005, 2006,2007: 1 pm / 2-15 pm8-9 group born in 2003, 2004,2005: 2.30 pm / 3.30 pmAlso these changes have beenmade in order to provide a smoothchange-over after the first session.Also parents are asked to takenote of the following.When dropping or collectingyour child/ children please takecare as there will be lots of activitytaking place.No child is allowed to walkhome alone, parents when collectingchildren will have to do so at adesignated collection point nearthe astro-turf.Parents are encouraged to stayand watch their child/children inaction.Shinpad’s and a drink are compulsorywhen a child attends.Further registration on aweekly basis is during training inthe foyer of the club. All aspects ofregistration will be explained onthe day. Contact 087-6203912 forfurther details. Come and join uson our journey, places are filling upfast don’t lose out and be disappointed.Pictures above is the Sponsor Card that will be making its way aroundthe town looking for Sponsorship to help with our floodlights. If youcould fill or part fill a card to help our cause, give David Walsh a callon 087-6896983

Dungarvan Observer Sports | Wednesday, 10 April, 2013Kilmacthomas FCUNDER 11Kilmac 2; Carrick 1.On Saturday we took on Carrickand put in a very good display totake all three points and welldeserved they were too. A veryclose game came to life whenLouis Power ran at the defenceand gave the keeper no chance.Before Louis struck it looked likewe were heading for draw. Withfive minutes on the clock Carrickwere awarded a penalty andscored from the spot kick.The boys did not hang theirheads and went at the oppositionwith one thing on their mind. Thereward came when Colyn Powerand Pa Skehan combined to scorethe winning goal.Team: Alan Dunwoody in goal;Dan Hally, Adam O’Dwyer andEvan Power defence; AlanMulcahy, Tagdh Power and LouisPower midfield; Colyn Power andJack Wickham upfront; with ScottBodwern, Pa Skehan, James Powerand Tomas Flynn all playing a part.Again thanks to the parents forthere support.Mooncoin 2; Kilmac 4.A very good display inMooncoin on Sunday saw us comeaway with all three points. Wefaced a very good home side whohad taken points from the leagueleader last week.At full strength this week wewere ready for a tough game andfound ourselves one down after20 minutes. Josh drew us level 10minutes later so we went in levelat the break and had the aid of thewind in the second half.Ricky puts us 2-1 up early in thesecond half but then Mooncoin hitback to leave it 2-2. Ricky againWaterford Schoolboys’ FootballLeague Results & FixturesRESULTSU-13A:Dungarvan Utd A 3; Carrick Utd A 3Villa A 5; Ferrybank A 0U-13B:Mooncoin Celtic1 Kilmacow 1St. Pauls 2; Kilmacthomas 1U-13C:Tramore B 3; St. Saviours 1Villa C 3; Portlaw Utd 0Carrick Utd B 3; De La Salle B 0Ferrybank B 4; Bohemians B 1Ballinroad B 7; Dungarvan Utd B 2U-16:Ballinroad A 5; Railway Ath 2U-16B Cup "The Skoda Cup"Bohemians B 5; Villa B 1U-16A:Carrick Utd A 7; Villa A 1Railway Ath 0; Ferrybank A 2U-12B:Southend Utd 2; Dungarvan Utd 0U-11A:Dungarvan Utd A 6; Carrick Utd A 1Villa A 7; Tramore A 2Southend Utd A 0; Ferrybank A 1U-11B:Kilmacthomas 2; Carrick Utd B 1Piltown A 6; Johnville 1Villa B 1; Dungarvan Utd B 1Mooncoin Celtic A 7; Tramore B 2U-11C:Park Rangers A 4; De La Salle B 1Ferrybank B 3; Tramore C 2Villa C 0; St. Pauls 4Piltown B 2; Kilmacow 4U-11D:Portlaw Utd 2; Seaview Celtic 0Park Rangers B 1; Railway Athletic 5U-11E:Villa E 0; Waterford Crystal 3Piltown C 2; Ferrybank C 7St. Saviours 3; De La Salle C 0U-13A:Ballinroad A 0; Dungarvan Utd A 3De La Salle A 0; Villa A 3Ferrybank A 4; Carrick Utd A 2U-13B:Kilmacthomas 1; Southend Utd 1Seaview Celtic 1; Bohemians A 3St. Pauls 4; Park Rangers 1struck to give us a 3-2 lead with 12minutes on the clock and withMichael Hassett having a verygood game goal and brought offsome great save to keep us in thegame.Jack Dee had a very good gamein goal in the first half. AdamWalsh scored directly from a kickoutwith 5 minutes on the clock.Adam’s kick bounced in front ofthe keeper and hit the back of thenet. We believe this is the first goalof its kind in a league game, andrivals Darren Mulhearne’s infamousgoal in the Cup in 2004.Stephen Power put in a man of thematch performance.ACADEMY SOCCEROn Sunday morning we linedKilmacow 1; Villa B 0U-13C:Tramore B 0; Ferrybank B 4Ballinroad B 5; Bohemians B 1De La Salle B 2; Villa C 3Portlaw Utd 3; St. Saviours 0Dungarvan Utd B 2; Carrick Utd B 0U-15A:Ferrybank A 7; Ballyduff 2Tramore 2; Carrick Utd 0U-15B:Johnville 6; Ferrybank B 1Bohemians B 1; Kilmacow 4Villa B 1; Park Rangers 2U-16A:Railway Ath 1; Bohemians A 1U-16C:St. Pauls 4; Seaview Celtic 1FIXTURESThursday, April 11th Under 12League (Kick-off 6.15 p.m. unlessotherwise stated):U-12C:Carrick Utd B v Portlaw Utd(Kilmacthomas)Railway Athletic v Kilmacthomas(Ballinroad)U-12D:Ferrybank B v Tramore B (Villa)Saturday, April 13th Under 11League (Kick-off 10.00 a.m. unlessotherwise stated):U-11A:Villa A v Ferrybank A (Park Rangers)Bohemians A v Tramore A (Villa)Wadding ParkSouthend Utd A v Dungarvan UtdA (WSFL) 11.00amU-11B:Tramore B v Ballinroad A (Seaview)10.30 amCarrick Utd B v Johnville (Piltown)Villa B v Kilmacthomas (St. Pauls)11.00 amMooncoin Celtic A v Piltown A(Ballyduff)U-11C:Kilmacow v Carrick Utd C(Kilmacow)out against Seaview and again wewere second best at under 9 level.At under 8 we had a very goodturnout and again Barry, Conorand Daniel were our strongerplayers.The very young Thomas Og Deemade his mark when he slottedthe ball home.Liam had a very good game ingoal and brought off some greatsaves. Ben, Roisin, Bev and Billyworked hard and made ever effortto get into the game. Jake had abetter day and did his stuff in goaland in midfield.Our thanks to Seaview for theirpart in a very enjoyable morningand to Aidan Behan who tookcharge of the game.Dungarvan Golf Club Monthly Medal Sponsored by DGC MichaelO’Mahony, Captan Presenting the Monthly Medal for March to JohnMoloney Winner. Also included in photo Maurice Cliffe, President.[Pat Crowley]De La Salle B v Tramore C (De LaSalle)Villa C v Park Rangers A (Villa) 12.00pmPiltown B v Ferrybank B (Piltown)U-11D:Railway Athletic v Stradbally(Railway Ath) 10.30 amPortlaw Utd v Bohemians B(Portlaw)Ballyduff v Seaview Celtic(Ballyduff)U-11E:St. Saviours v Villa E (St. Saviours)Piltown C v Bohemians C (Piltown)11.00 amSaturday, April 13th Under 13League (Kick-off 12.30 p.m. unlessotherwise stated):U-13A:Villa A v Ballinroad A (Ferrybank)10.30 amU-13B:Kilmacow v Bohemians A (CarrickUtd)Villa B v St. Pauls (Ferrybank) 12.00pmPark Rangers v Kilmacthomas (DeLa Salle)Southend Utd v Mooncoin Celtic(W. Crystal)Stradbally v Seaview Celtic(Kilmacthomas)U-13C:St. Saviours v Portlaw Utd(Southend)Ferrybank B v Villa C (Kilmacow)10.30 amBohemians B v Dungarvan Utd B(St. Saviours)Saturday, April 13th Under 15League (Kick-off 2.30 p.m. unlessotherwise stated):U-15A:Ballinroad v Carrick Utd(Dungarvan)Villa A v Ballyduff (Johnville)U-15B:Piltown v Ferrybank B (Mooncoin)Park Rangers v Bohemians B (Villa)Johnville v Villa B (Tramore)SPORTWaterford U-12 soccer squadOn Sunday, 7th April 2013 theWaterford U-12 soccer teamtravelled to UL to participate in thefinal leg of the U-12 Inter LeagueCompetition against LimerickCounty at 1.30 pm and West Corkat 3.30 pm. Limerick County gotoff to a dream start scoring afteronly 8 minutes. Waterford beganto get on top in the middle of thepitch and started to create morechances which resulted in anequaliser from Jack Halley in the15th minute. The score at halftimeremained 1-1.Waterford started the better ofthe two teams in the 2nd half andwere more clinical with their finishing,which resulted in a goal inthe 12th minute when JamesPower lobed the Limerick goalkeeper.Both teams made the best ofthe very windy conditions andthanks to some great goalkeepingfrom Kyle Gahan, Waterford heldRailway Athletic FCGREAT WIN FOR UNDER 11sOn Saturday last we made thelong trip to Park Rangers but aftera fine performance we camehome with all three points.Sam Uniacke was the star of theshow here and four first half goalsfrom him set us up nicely for thewin. When Tadgh Kelleher scoreda fifth goal for us midway throughthe second half we were very comfortablewinners.In the last minute the home sidedid get a goal which proved to beonly a consolation as from the kickoff the ref blew for full time andanother three points were in thebag.This win has put us joint top ofthe table but with Portlaw levelwith us and having a game inhand it is their's to loose as we onlyhave two games to play.WSFL Under 11 LeagueTeamP W D L PtsBallyduff 13 9 1 3 28Railway Ath. 12 9 1 2 28Portlaw Utd. 11 9 1 1 28Seaview Cel. 11 8 1 2 25on to claim victory on a scoreline of2-1.Our second game was againstWest Cork at 3.30 pm. In the firsthalf Waterford seemed to havethe upper hand with Liam Barberunlucky not to score in the 1stminute. Both teams had chancesand in the 25th minute Waterfordscored the opening goal whenGreg Waters passed a superb ballto James Power who rattled thenet.The second half saw Cork dominateand take control of thegame. They were rewarded with agoal in the 7th minute and wereunlucky not to score more but forsome fine goalkeeping from PhilipDunwoody. And so the scoreremained 1-1 at full-time whichmeant there had to be a penaltyshoot-out.Unfortunately, it was not to beWaterford’s day as they lost 4-3 onpenalties.Southend B 13 5 0 8 15Bohemians B 12 3 2 7 11Stradbally 13 2 1 10 7Park Rangers B 13 0 1 12 1SOCCER CAMP 2013Our annual soccer camp is fastapproching and this year it will runfrom Aug 6/9th. Last year we had138 kids boys and girls aged from4 to 14 and the fun and craic allthese kids had was brilliant. Againthis year we will have some greatfamily specials which makes it a loteasier for families to afford.Application forms will soon bein circulation and we ask thatparents book there kids in as soonas possible to gurantee gearbefore the first day of the camp.WATERFORD UNDER 12SQUADWell done to Jack McDonnaghwho is part of the Waterfordunder 12 development squad. Jackhas been busy with this squad asthey have been playing plenty offriendlies of late and we wish himthe very best for the remainder ofthe season. Last weekend they21Lismore Ladies Golf Club East Cork Oil sponsored Spring League competition – Joan Cahillane,Lady Captain, pictured presenting first prize to Amanda Power, Naoise Ni Choncubhair; AnneHickey, Helen Lane and Hannah Lucas, runners-up were Mary Murphy, Anne Bennett, GrettaBarry and Patricia O'Neill.[Michael Kiely]Panel on the day: Kyle Gahan,Philip Dunwoody, Ciaran Power,John Kavanagh, Calum O’BrienConnolly, Tommy Carbery, ScottHoban, Conor Butler, JamesPower, Jack Hally, Greg Waters,Jack McDonagh, Cameron Power,Alex Phelan, Devan Moran, LukeBrennan, Liam Barber, KillianHogan and Adam Duggan.Ballinroad AFCBALLINROAD SOCCER LOTTODRAW RESULTS - 7th APRILCurrent jackpot €4,400.Numbers drawn were: 7, 13, 14,24. No jackpot winner. Winners of€20 each: L. Kelleher, Mary Power,Mary Anne McCarthy. New jackpot€4,500. Next draw will be heldin the Lord Maguires Pub,Ballinroad on Sunday, 21st April,2013. Thank you for your support.were in University Limerick forgames against Limerick and WestCork. They beat Limerick and drewwith West Cork before going outin a penalty shootout. Jack playedcentre back in both games andfrom reports had two goodgames.UNDER 13 DEVELOPMENTSQUADTom and Derek Browne havebeen busy with this squad for thepast number of weeks and wewould like to wish them the verybest for this tournament.ACCADEMY IS FLYINGOur weekly accademy is absolutlygoing great guns at presentwith almost 50 kids having greatfun and games every Mondayevening now at the pitch as thelong evenings are with us. We lookafter Boys/Girls from the ages of 4to 9 and they all have a great timeplaying games and makingfriends. Kids aged 4 to 9 from 6.30to 7.30 and at only two euro perchild everyone is guranteed tohave a good time.

22 SPORTDungarvan Observer Sports | Wednesday, 10 April, 2013Dungarvan Junior Hockey ClubON Saturday, 30th March lastDungarvan Junior Hockey CLubclosed out its most successfulseason yet with a fabulous blitzrun at home in the Friary Collegefor all age groups. There was agreat turn-out by all junior memberswith some 80 juniors participating.We played off four 15minute matches at a time, with 6players a side and each team havinga mentor. The under tensinvolved included Charlie Petit,Anna Spratt, Eabha & Lily Gough,Hannah Walsh, Ella Harrington,Kellie Mulcahy, Ellen and AoibheKirwin, Elia Tutty, ElizabethLeonard, Mari Luisa Twomey, AevaMae Conway, Cliodhna Roche,Grainne O'Dea, Alison and EabhaWalsh, Ellen O'Neill, Alex andAndrea Hally, Caoimhe Horgan,Katie & Emma Fleming, Aoife niChurrain, Saoirse Kelly, MashaCurran, Emma and Sarah Phelanand Aoibheann Connelly.The under 12's were also wellrepresented with over 20 membersplaying.Each team played four matchesin total and all players had a greatmorning, with team mentorskeeping a close eye on their players,calling encouraging wordsfrom the sideline. A very enjoyablebreak was had at 11.15 where allmentors, parent volunteers andumpires enjoyed some delicioustreats kindly made by some of theparent volunteers, with teas andcoffees.The cakes on offer were reallysomething else and very fitting forEaster Saturday and were a welcomereprise for all involved. Theunder 10 and 12 blitz finished upat 12 noon with each particpanthappily accepting a very generousgoodie bag kindly sponsored byGarvey's Super Valu in Dungarvan.The Under 14's then played offtheir final session of the seasonwith a match against each otherand they were joined by some ofthe senior players, Sarah Power,Bridget Kiely, Anna Ballot, AineLynch, Lorraine Walsh, OliviaPhelan, Ellen Collins and AoifeShanley who helped liven up thegame,.Sarah Burke scored a great goalfor her side and it was looking likethe Pinks were going to win, butfor Emily Spratt's last second goalto equalise a very enjoyable gamefor all.THANKS TO THE PARENTSSincere thanks to the parentswho attended our very successfulblitz for their time in mentoringthe kids teams and for their time inbaking some delicious treats foreveryone to enjoy at the breakand again after wards.THANKS TO SUPER VALUThanks too To Liam Power andhis team at Garvey's Super Valu fortheir very kind and generous sponsorshipof the goodie bags for thekids afterwards. These goodiebags were very well received bythe junior hockey players.CASHEL, SHEILANNE,JOHNNY, JULIE, SONIA ANDLUCINDAThanks too to Cashel Corby,Johnny ONeill, Julie Harty, LucindaShrubb and Sheilanne Phelan fortheir continued hard work everySaturday morning coaching all theunder age groups. This takesserious dedication every Saturdaymorning and a very sincere thanksto them all.Thanks too to their helpers,Anna Ballot, Lorraine Walsh, AoifePower, Emer Shanley, Sarah Power,Aine Lynch and Anne Marie Tuttywho are also heavily involved inthe weekly Saturday morningcoaching sessions.It was great to have our newestcoach Johnny O'Neill on boardwith the club this year and sincerethanks to Johnny for his dedicationevery Saturday morning incoaching the under 10's where hecertainly livened up the Saturdaymorning coaching sessions. Itreally is a huge benefit having talentlike Johnny who is an ex irishinternational hockey player himselfin coaching the under age kidsand the club are delighted to havehim so involved.A lovely presentation was alsomade to Sheilanne Phelan andSarah Power who will be steppingdown from the junior coachingthis year. Sheilanne in particularhas served as one of the mainjunior hockey coaches for over sixyears and her experience really hasbeen a trememdous support tothe underage structure of the cluband she will be missed.Thanks too to Cashel Corbywho is instrumental in organisingthe weekly coaching sessions andblitzes throughout the season, theclub really are delighted to haveCashel on board again for anotherseason and there is no doubt thatthe club's senior success is testamentto the younger players comingthrough the ranks out of somevery good years coaching at juniorlevel.The junior season has nowfinished up for this season and welook forward to seeing all ourjunior players in early septemberagain for the next season. Pleasekeep an eye on these notes forstarting times for next season.Thanks again to all of our membersfor such a fun-filled season.Abbeyside/Ballinacourty Swimmers - Daire Slevin, Fergie Slevin, Ciara Tyrrell, Rory Tyrrell, Ella Harrington, Jeanne Harrington,Cal Tutty, Elia Tutty, Jessie Mulcahy, Ailbhe Ni Sheanlaoich, Dani, Cunningham, Lia Cunningham, Ally Cunningham, RodyMorrissey. Missing from the photo Megan and Kellie Mulcahy.Abbeyside/BallinacourtyCommunity GamesSWIMMING COUNTYFINALS 2013A number of our Swimmersheaded down to Splashworld,Tramore for the County Finals lastTuesday, and what an evening itwas! With fantastic swims from allswimmers, and amazing results.With a late start to the night wehad swimmers take part in heats,and Finals, and did us all so proud.Well Done to all swimmers anda huge thank you to all parents fortheir patience on the night and forbringing swimmers down duringEaster Holidays.CONGRATULATIONS to all competitorsin The Munster Finals duringthe Easter Holidays, Girls andBoys Indoor Soccer, andBadminton. Well Done.Congratulations to all swimmersin the County Finals lastweek, in Tramore. All Birth certs,RESULTSGold:Cal Tutty U8 FSAlly Cunningham U10 FSRory Tyrrell U10 FSLia Cunningham U10 BCJessie Mulcahy U12 FSDani Cunningham U14 BFJeanne Harrington U13 RelayMegan Mulcahy U13 RelayJessie Mulcahy U13 RelayDani Cunningham U13 RelayCiara Tyrrell U13 Relay SubSilver:Rody Morrissey U8 FSKellie Mulcahy U10 FSFergie Slevin U10 BCPhotos and €25 fee to be sent toCounty Secretary As soon as possible,as all forms must be sent offthis week.Good Luck to all winners, inNational Swimming Finals inAthlone in May.All entries for Athletics must beElia Tutty U12 FSFergie Slevin U13 RelayCal Tutty U13 RelayRory Tyrrell U13 RelayDaire Slevin U13 RelayRody Morrissey U13 Relay SubBronze:Jeanne Harrington U14 FSElla Harrington U12 BSCiara Tyrrell U14 BSTotal” 11 Gold, 9 Silver, 3Bronze.Well Done to all swimmers onthe night, and Good Luck to our 10swimmers representing Waterfordin the National Finals in Athlone inMay.Waterford Community GamesCAPPOQUIN SNOOKER AND BILLIARDS CLUBin for the next County Meeting, nolate entries will be accepted.Team Games are to have panelforms in as soon as possible, asdraws finish up.Next meeting May 7th, LawlorsHotel, Dungarvan.DungarvanJunior Hockey Club under 10 teams.Dungarvan Junior Hockey Club under 12 teams 3 and 4.DIARMUID McGrath has beencrowned our hurricane championfor this season after comingthrough some tough ties lastweek.In the first semi-final Diarmuidhad a fine two nil win over LeeBehegan in two black ball deciders50-40 50-41 and then met AaronO’Sullivan in the final.Aaron was a two nil winnerover his brother Keith in theresemi-final 56-44 88-31 and startedthe final as a hot favourite.Diarmuid though had other ideasand again won both frames onyhe black 52-40 46-44 to claim hisfirst title and what a happy ladwhen it sank in.All four lads played very welland in the end Diarmuid was adeserving winner.MASON WINS WHIRLWINDTOURNAMENTOur youngest player KeithMason is having a fine season andadded the Whirlwind tournamentto his Super Valu 6 red win inJanuary. Keith was a two nil winnerover Donnacha McGrath inwhat was a well contested final.Keith was on top throughoutand won the opening frame 51-21before wrapping up the title witha 43-20 win in the second frame toMcGrath is Hurricane championcap off what has been a greatseason so far.Both these lads are also into thesemi-finals of our Junior cup andwill be hoping to make it intoanother final.WILLIE GALLAGHERMEMORIAL CUPJohn McGrath has advanced tothe final of this season’s WillieGallagher Memorial Cup after afine win over an out of sortsDarren Mason last Wednesdayevening.This game had everything withsome fine breaks and some greatsafety play from both lads. Johnwas first out of the blocks and tookthe opening frame on the Black58-48.Darren was soon back in thegame as he squared the gamewith a black ball win in the secondframe 60-47 before Johnproduced a frame that was justbrilliant.A fine break of thirty had himahead and he potted for fun onthe way to a 68-27 win and wasnow only one frame from thefinal.The fourth frame was very closeagain with John getting somelucky snookers which swung theframe in his favour and he took it62-49 and a place in the final washis.He now meets the winner ofthe game between TommyO’Sullivan and Brendan Walshwho play the other semi-final andwhoever comes through that oneJohn will fancy his chances in thefinal if he can re-produce this kindof snooker.JUNIOR CUP 2013We are down to our semi-finalsof this seasons Junior cup. The firstsemi final will see Keith Mason(+25) face Aaron O’Sullivan (-2) inwhat should be a good game.Aaron will be hot favourite toadvance but Keith is a lovelyplayer and is having a very goodfirst season.The second semi will see KeithO’Sullivan (+12) face DonnachaMcGrath (+18) and on form Keithwill fancy his chances of reachingthe final. Donnacha though can bevery hard to beat and a lot willdepend on the run of the balls inthis game.Two good games in store andwe will await to see who will contestthis season’s Junior cup final.Both these games are down fordecision this week and hopefullywe can get the final played earlynext week.

Dungarvan Observer Sports | Wednesday, 10 April, 2013Cunnigar Pitch & Putt ClubCHARITY FUNDRAISERDespite the Siberian- weatherconditions that prevailed on EasterMonday, we had a great turnoutfor this fundraiser for the IrishMotor Neurone DiseaseAssociation (IMNDA).The Irish Motor NeuroneDisease Association is the primarysupport organisation in Irelandproviding care for people withMotor Neurone Disease, theirfamilies, friends and carers andwas a very worthy recipient of theproceeds of this tournament.Prize-winners: Nett: CáitMulcahy, Mary Walsh andMargaret Shanahan. Gross: JacintaO'Mahoney, Éilish Sullivan andBilly Walsh.GREAT WIN FOR LORRAINETROYMany congratulations toLorraine Troy (Cunnigar), whonotched up a fantastic win at theClaycastle Scratch Cup in Youghalon Sunday, March 31st. Despite theatrocious weather conditions andthe testing course that isClaycastle, Lorraine put in a stellarperformance to claim the LadiesPrize on the day. Well done fromeveryone at Cunnigar Pitch andPutt Club!INTER-CLUB COMPETITION2013In the upcoming Inter-ClubCompetition, Cunnigar will berepresented by two Ladies teamsand one Gents team.Ladies Team A: Mary O’Neill,Corinne McGee, Stella Kinsella,Cáit Mulcahy, Breda O’Donnell,Lorraine Troy.Ladies Team B: Mary Walsh,Marie Forde, Kathleen Foran,Bridget Walsh, Mary Daly,Maureen Widger.Men’s Team: Michael Delaney,Patsy Hackett, Paul Healy, GerO’Brien, Aidan O’Rourke, PaddyNoonan, Chris Wall, FinbarrO’Rourke, Daniel Keoghan, JohnCharles.The first games in this competitionwill take place on the weekendof April 20th/21st, venues andopponents yet to be confirmed.DAY TRIP TO LAKEWOODA very enjoyable day trip toLakewood Pitch and Putt Club,Cork, took place last Saturday,April 6th. Twenty one club membersheaded off for Ballincollig andwere delighted with the Cead MileFáilte we got when we arrived atLakewood. Tea and snacks werelaid on for us and we were madefeel very welcome indeed. TheLakewood course is in absolutelyfantastic condition, and is a creditto the club. We held two scramblesover the course of the day, andeveryone, without exception, thoroughlyenjoyed this wonderfulday trip. Three holes-in-one wereachieved on the day by MargaretEnright, Éilish Sullivan and MichaelDelaney. Well done all three.Following on from the very positivefeedback regarding this trip,and the fact that visiting othercourses is a great way of engagingwith the regional and nationalPitch and Putt community, a daytrip Inniscarra has been organisedfor June 15th.Lakewood Results: MorningCompetition: Nett: Mary Daly,Stella Kinsella, Ger O’Brien. Gross:Maura Ryan, Margaret Enright,Michael Delaney. AfternoonCompetition: Nett: Cáit Mulcahy,Mary Daly, Patsy Hackett. Gross:Maura Ryan, Jacinta O’Mahoney,Paddy Noonan.PPUI STRATEGIC PLANA special EGM of the PPUI isMary O'Neill (Club President) presenting a cheque to Vincent Bergin (IMNDA).being held on Saturday, April 13thin Thurles to ratify the proposedStrategic Plan 2013-2016. The proposedaim of this plan is to adaptstrategy to maintain and improvethe whole structure of our game inan ever evolving socio-economicand political climate. It seems to bean interesting prospect, and it’sgood to see a wonderful initiativelike this coming from the PPUI. Itshows a long-term approach tomaintaining any improvementsthat will come about as a result ofthe strategic plan. Cunnigar will besending two delegates to thisEGM. There will be a report on theoutcome of the EGM in our nextnotes.COUNTY BOARD SCRAMBLESThe first game in the series ofCounty Board Scrambles will takeplace on Monday evening, May6th at Tramore Pitch and Putt Club.All members are invited to takepart.SHELTERSThe construction of our threenew shelters on the course hascommenced. Volunteers are invitedto give a helping hand over thenext few weeks.COMPETITIONSTo enter club competitions, textyour name to, or call, 087 9412520.You can also call 058 24586. Thesephones will be manned an hourbefore tee-off time. All entriesmust be made at least a half hourbefore tee-off time. Competitorsare urged to arrive on time. It’s notfair on everyone else if one or twopeople are late.PPUI Fixtures Books for 2013 arenow available in the clubhouse.All Provincial and National fixturesare also available on ourwebsite.CLUBHOUSE NOTICEBOARDSMembers, especially our manynew club members, are urged tocheck the Clubhouse Noticeboardson a regular basis in order to keepup with the latest Club information.If anyone has any queriesabout upcoming competitions,club procedures, etc., don’t hesitateto ask any Committee member.COMPETITION RESULTSLadies Competition Results -27th March: Nett: Marie Forde -Sheila Hickey. Gross: MaureenPower - Mary O'Neill.Ladies Competition Results -April 3rd: Nett: Mary O'Neill -Margaret Shanahan. Gross: CáitMulcahy - Mary Malone.3-Ball Scramble Results - March30th - Nett: Margaret Shanahan,Olivére Walsh and Patsy HackettGross: Mary Walsh, Liam Simmsand Paddy Noonan.WEEKLY SNOWBALLThere was no winner of theSnowball on April 6th.CLUB ATTIREIf anyone wishes to purchaseclub jumpers, polo shirts, caps,jackets, etc. please contact PaddyNoonan for further information.GREEN FEESThe Clubhouse will now beopen 7 days a week from 11.00a.m. to 6.00 p.m. for anyone interestedin having a game of pitchand putt. The fees have been keptthe same for the third year in arow. Adults: €5; Juveniles (Under18): €3; Club Hire (2): €2.CLUB MEMBERSHIPFor the third year in succession,our membership fees are to bemaintained at their current level.The club is very aware of the financialconstraints on everyone, andhas decided that, with a great dealof effort, current standards can bemaintained without hitting thepockets of our members. Alreadythis year, we have seen some newpeople joining up, and hopefullythis trend will continue.Membership Fees for 2013 arenow being accepted and can bepaid to any committee member.Please note that only paid-upmembers can enter competitionsand all non- members will beobliged to pay green fees to playon the course.Members are reminded that ifthey are accompanied by nonmemberson the course, the memberis obliged to collect the appropriategreen fees.Membership Fees 2013: Family -€150 (Two adults, two juveniles)Adult - €80 Senior - €50 (Over 60)Juvenile - €45 Life members - €30CUNNIGAR WEBSITECheck out our websitewww.cunnigarpitchandputt.ie.The website will be updatedregularly with all the latest clubnews, upcoming events etc. Youcan also follow the club on ourFacebook page.SPORTAoife Landers 40x20 All-IrelandTitle – Ladies Junior B SinglesAOIFE Landers continued hertradition of rewriting the historybooks when it comes to ladieshandball in Waterford by winningthe counties first Ladies All-Irelandtitle on Saturday, 7th April at theO’Loughlins court in Kilkennywith her victory in the LadiesJunior B 40x20 All-Ireland finalagainst her opponent fromDublin.Aoife was very quick out of theblocks in this match and neverallowed her opponent to settle.Aoife dominated from start tofinish with some clinical servingand came out on top in nearly allthe critical rallies with some greatkill shots to demoralise her opponent.Setting a very high tempo onthe game meant that her opponentcould not settle in the gameand any attempt by her to try andget a foothold in the game wasstopped quickly by Aoife.Aoife’s march to the All-Irelandstarted back in early February inMunster ShotokanKarate Associationmoves to new dojoMSKA (Munster Shotokan Karate Association) aredelighted to announce their move to their new dojo(Training Hall) at the Bio Active Gym, Westgate,Business Park, Dungarvan beside Houlihan's auto factors.Shotokan karate classes every Tuesday night from 7p.m. to 8 p.m., 6 years to adult. From 8 p.m. to 9 p.m.teenager/adult self defence and street awarenessFORTUNE smiled down on youngDavin Duggan last Saturday afternoonin the National StadiumDublin when he beat Joseph Nevinfrom Kilcullen boxing club in thefinal of the All Ireland SchoolboysChampionships on a score of 8-6.Davin won every round againsta very impressive Nevin, incidentallyNevin beat Davin in the sameChampionships two years ago butthis was to be Davin Duggan’s yearand he was taken no chances as hetook the lead early and stayedahead until the final bell.There was jubilation in theDungarvan corner when the decisionwas announced, the last timea man jumped as high as Davin’sdad Billy, was Michael Carruthwhen he won the Gold inBarcelona.Coach James Keohane said,”after Davin beat Thomas McDonagh from Cavan in the semifinalthe day before, they watchedNevin in the other semi-final anddevised a plan and Davin done therest”.Dungarvan’s other boxer in theFinals was not as fortunate.Aoife Landers,All-Ireland Champion.Munster with wins against ladiesConnie Mc Donagh lost on points(7-4) to Bert Zalewski from StAnne’s in Westport Co Mayo.Connie was going for three in arow as he is two times NationalChampion.He had a very impressive winover Brian Elliot from Letterkennyboxing club Co Donegal in thesemi-final on a score of 13-5, so thepath looked clear for another title,but alas the joys of boxing.Understandably young Conniewas very disappointed, his coachNed Mc Donagh said “Connie justdidn’t get that early lead and thenhad to go after Zalewski , he is avery good boxer and there wasn’ta lot in the final score, on anotherday it could have been different,Connie done his best, we have nocomplaints” .FUNDRAISERDungarvan boxing club areholding a Race Afternoon inKennedy’s Live on Sunday the 28th23from Kerry and Limerick and culminatedin a great win againstClare’s Aisling Fitzgerald. This setup an All-Ireland semi-final showdownwith Niamh Farrell fromMonaghon. Aoife was in devastatingform in this match and easilydisposed of her opponent fromMonaghan winning 21-3, 21-5.Breaking records is nothingnew to Aoife since she won herfirst underage Munster title in2010. This first win gave Aoife ataste for success and she went onto win the All-Ireland in the Girls60x30 U-17 Singles in 2011, so winningthis adult title seemed almostinevitable to those who had beenfollowing Aoife’s underage career.Everyone in the handball clubwould like to congratulate Aoifeon her title and we all wish hercontinued success in the future.We would also like to wish herfather a speedy recover whounfortunately hurt his back andmissed Aoife winning her title.and conditioning class. Benefits of karate training areImproved reflexes and co-ordination, Increased performancein all physical activities, increased strengthand stamina, Increased flexibility and weight control,Cardio Vascular workouts (Heart & Lungs), Ability todefend yourself, Improved balance, Gain confidenceand discipline. For more info emailsensei.mska@gmail.com or phone 087-6941616Dungarvan Boxer DavinDuggan wins national titleDEADLINEFOR SPORTMondayat 8.00 p.m.email exclusively for sportssport@dungarvanobserver.comof April at 3.00 p.m. anyone interestedin sponsoring a horse cancontact any club member or elsejust turn up for a bit of crack andhave a flutter.The club is also doing a flag dayin the shopping centre nextSunday .MANAGER FOR NATIONALSENIOR TEAMGerry O’Mahony is to managethe National Senior Team that’sgoing to the GEE BEE TOURNA-MENT in Helsinki Finland from the11th to the 15th of April.TEAM:48kg Hughie Myers (Ryston)60kg David Oliver Joyce (St.Michaels Athy)69kg Brian Brosnan (OlympicGalway)75kg Roy Sheahan (St. MichaelsAthy)81kg Darren O’Neill(Paulstown)91+kg Dean Gardnier (Clonmel)Ardmore/ClashmoreGolf Water Rock outingOur society had its first outing on Sunday last, 7/4/2013, when we travelledto Water Rock Golf Course, Midleton. Number playing was 25 whichwas not bad, as we had a number of apologies from members who wereunable to make it. Once again Bertie Hallahan was to the fore when herecorded 39 pts. to capture first prize even with four penalty points. PercyWalsh was second and Noel Murray came third. John Hallahan won thefront nine with 20 pts. and John Joyce the back nine with 20 pts also.Next outing West Waterford Golf Club on the 4th May.

24 SPORTDungarvan Observer Sports | Wednesday, 10 April, 2013GOREY 3 DAYMarc Flavin, Mick Ahern, EndaDonnelly, and Dermot Gough tookpart in the Gorey 3 day over theEaster weekend.Mick got himself into the winningmove near the end of stage 1and came in 12th, just 40 secondsdown. Dermot and Marc were inthe main bunch about 2 minutesback. Enda had punctured and gota dodgy wheel from neutral serviceand he came in with the next group.Mick's performance was evenbetter given that he had been sick.Unfortunately, he got worse duringthe night and wasn't able to line outfor the next morning's TT, whichwas a shame given his GC position.Marc put in a tremendous effort inthe TT and was 8th fastest movinghim into the top 25 on GC. The ladskept out of trouble and avoided thecrashes for the last 2 stages withMarc finishing 25th overall. Thanksto Mario for the support.RAS MUMHANMark Power and StephenMurray spent Easter in the kingdom,riding Ras Mumhan in thecolours of Waterford Racing Club.The following is taken from alengthy and witty account by WRC'sDave Quigley in the team car, andthe entire version is well worth aread online.This year Waterford Racing Clubsent down a strong looking compositeteam to the Kingdom to takepart in Ras Mumhan. Representingthe club were Mark Nugent (WRC),Brian O’Keeffe (WRC), Mark Power(Dungarvan CC) and StephenMurray (Dungarvan CC).Stage 1 – Killorglin – -SliabhLuachra – CastleIsland – Killorglin –106km.This was supposed to be the“easy” stage…. usually the first 10miles are a chariot race to Killarneybut this year hopes were high for abit of civility going out the road toKillarney on account of the stronghead wind. Several riders failed toget that memo however and within4km strong A2 and A3 riders werebeing shelled. On the flat!That being said everythingremained relatively together untilthe race hit the narrow hills justafter Killarney whereupon the rearhalf of the race promptly fell apart.Positioning and experience is key inthese situations, Nugent, Power andMurray managed to stay ahead ofthe splits and finished in the mainbunch but not before Murray had ascare on the last KOM gettingcaught in the wrong position. Alesser rider would have been agoner, but the powerful Murrayeasily rode back across to the maingroup. The stage was won by AquaBlue’s Damian Shaw with a quitefrankly awesome display of power,which had all of us gushing abouthim at the dinner table that nightlike a load of 14 year old girls justback from a Justin Bieber concert.Shaw won a lot of fans in the peletonover the course of the weekendand justifiably so – he’s like a gingerFabian Cancellara …no fear, nomachiavellian strategies, just full ofheart and horsepower and downrightbloody amazing to watch.Stage 2 – Kenmare – Caha Pass –Glengarriff – Beara – Healy Pass –Caha Pass – Kenmare – 154kmThis was going to be the big one,the queen stage… straight into a9km long KOM a mere 10km fromthe start and this was just the firstclimb of many. It was no surprisethen when the race explodedalmost immediately on the longclimb to the tunnel at the top ofCaha Pass in West Cork. Riders werebeing shelled out the back in onesand twos the whole way up. MarkPower, Mark Nugent and StephenMurray had stayed ahead of thesplit as the group powered out theroad and onto the ring of Beara at arelentless pace. Mark’s luck took aturn for the worse when just beforeCastletownbeare he was involved ina crash caused by a dropped bottlealong with last years yellow jerseyDennis Bakker of the Netherlands.Mark got back up on his bike andchased hard but he had been tryingto get his saddle fixed for 2 minutesor so and the peleton was not waitingso that was Mark’s day done.Next up was the Healy Pass andthis was where the rest of the bunchmet its Waterloo. With a breakawayof 5 riders clear including 2010 winner,Aqua Blue’s Timmy Barry, thepace was relentless up the steepslopes. Nugent finished 7 minsdown on the winner. The 40 ridersup the road had split into a halfdozen groups. Of the 190 ridersthere was barely a group of 10 crossingthe line together with similarsmall groups limping home formore than an hour afterwards.Murray was about 16 mins downwhilst Mark Power and Brian wereabout 25 mins down. Absolute carnage.Eventually the stage was wonby Timmy Barry of Aqua Blue, whilstHarry Sweering of the Netherlandsmoved ahead of Damian Shaw by30 seconds to take the yellow jersey.Stage 3 – Waterville, Loads ofclimbs – Cahirciveen – Loads ofclimbs – Valentia – Loads of climbs –Waterville – 145kmStraight from the start it becameclear that this was going to be anepic stage. 5k into the race the peletonturned left onto narrow roadsand strong cross winds it predictablybroke apart like a bomb had goneoff at the back of the bunch withriders shooting out the back beforewe even got to the start of the firstKOM at 20km in.Up the road I went and shortlybefore Cahirciveen I passed StephenMurray in a group of 30 riders,which he subsequently rode awayfrom and finished ahead of (also finishingahead of around 100 otherriders). Positioning caught Stephenout again. He is one of the strongestriders in the peleton so it is easy toforget that this time last year he hadbarely done his first race.Mark Power had recovered fromhis crash the previous day and wefound him riding strongly in themain chase group just over the topof the last KOM before Valentia.And so on we went up the roadlooking for Mark Nugent. I hadthought Nugent was unlucky theday before so it was no surprise tome that when the front groupwhich at this stage comprised 40 ridersbroke apart on Valentia Islandleaving a small break of 4 riders anda chase group of 16. Nugent, alongwith the yellow, green, polka dotand white jersies as well as DamienShaw who was lying in 2nd, 30 secondsdown were in that 16 manchase group as they sped towardsthe final 2 KOM’s.It was on the very last climb thatShaw made his move powering soloacross to the 4 man break whichwas 29 seconds ahead. Everyoneknew it was coming but nobodyhad an answer and could onlywatch in awe as Shaw, doing mostof the work, pulled the break’sadvantage out to 1:15 by the finishline taking back the yellow jersey bymore than 30 seconds.Stage 4 – Killorglin -100kmNow this was more like it. Onpaper at least. 3 flat laps of 15 mileseach and then 9 laps of a short 7minute long circuit through thetown. It was a very tired lookingWRC team that rolled out thatmorning, but you couldn’t tell oncethe racing got underway. Withspeeds approaching 75kph on theflat leading into Killorglin it wasn’tfor the faint of heart but our ridersheld in there until the real fun startedon the short circuit around thetown.As is customary on this stage thebunch was shredded on the tightcorners through the town’s finishingcircuit with Team Aqua Blue drivinga relentless pace on the front todefend the yellow jersey… this iswhere Ryan Sherlock lost the race toDennis Bakker last year. Somehowthough the 2nd and 3rd placed riderson GC got clear in a very strongbreak with the yellow jersey ofKilmacthomas Badminton Club QuizTHE club’s annual fundraisingtable quiz takes place this Fridaynight, April 12th in Kiersey’s BarKilmacthomas. Cost is €5 per person.Teams of 4/5. We hope to seeyou there.LEAGUESIt is now getting to the closingstages of the leagues. LastWednesday night Kilmac 1travelled to Lismore to play theirsemi-final tie. After some gamesemerged victorious on a 4-3 scoreline. We wish them the best of luckagainst Dunmore 1 in the final thisweek. Team: Martin Walsh, DavidNolan, Thorsten Konekamp, EileenKeohan, Fiona Kiely and LindaKirwan.Kilmac 4 play Modeligo in thesemi-final of their league at homeon Wednesday night.The Rainbow Hall will also playhost to two finals on Wednesdaynight. Waterford 2 face Tourin andBallyduff play Rathgormack.MUNSTER DOUBLES + MIXEDCHAMPIONSHIPSWe wish the very best of luck toclub members taking part in theabove competition on Sunday inUL.Mens Doubles: Grade 6: JamesHurton + Michael Brown.Ladies Doubles: Grade 3: EileenKeohan + Fiona Kiely.Mixed Doubles: Grade 3: EileenKeohan + Ivan Cliffe.Na Déise Ladies FootballJUNIOR 11-A -SIDEWe started our campaign on Sunday last against Mount Sion. We started outwell but due to very windy conditions the result didn’t go our way on this occasion.The team on the day was Clodagh Kearns, Michelle Walsh, Ashleigh Dalton, NiamhO’Donovan, Linda Foley, Clodagh Ryan, Trisha Kiely, Maria O’Donovan, Mary KateMorrissey, Claire Dalton, Michelle Condon, Laura Barry and Aoife Cahillane. Trainingcontinues on Tuesday and Thursday this week and if you cannot make it please contactShane or Donal.REGISTRATIONIf you are interested in playing this year, registration is now due. Adult: €60, U18:€43, U10: €20, non-playing member: €25. Payment can be given to any committeemember.Club members take partin Gorey three dayShaw remaining in the main bunchand sure enough by the 5km to gomark they had a 50 second lead.With Shaw out of the yellow jerseyon the road even the might of TeamAqua Blue was unable to salvagethe situation alone, so Mark Nugentand a few others jumped in andgave a turn or two to help Shawhold on by a mere 4 seconds.SILVER PAIL GP FERMOYIn recent years Fermoy has beena happy hunting ground for theclub so it's a bit strange to be writingabout the Silver Pail with no wins orplacings to report.The spring sunshine that we'denjoyed during the week wasquickly forgotten as the rain startedjust as the racing got underway.Stephen Murray was our only representativein the A1/A2 race, 5 laps ofa 20km circuit, mainly flat but with along drag at the start. The break ofthe day went away on the first lap,5 riders including 3 from Aquablueand Paidi O'Brien. This stayed awayfor the day with Paidi taking thewin. Stephen looked strong in thebunch all day.In the 4 lap A3 race we had MickAhern, Enda Donnelly, DermotGough, and yours truly making myseason debut. The A3 category hasbeen dominated by a very stronggroup of juniors this year and Iwanted to see what all the fuss wasabout. I didn't have to wait long.From the gun a group of 5 includingDylan Foley and Eddie Dunbar gotaway.The pace was relentless as thebunch tried to bring them back andthe race was practically lined out formost of the first 2 laps. Dermot hadbeen suffering from the same bugthat had hit Mick the week beforeand was forced to call it a day aftera lap. My race ended with a punctureon the third lap. There was nocatching the breakaway thoughand Dylan Foley won with Enda andMick comfortable in the bunch.The A4s had 3 laps and we hadMark Radley, Shane Power, EmmaWalsh, Neil Power, Anthony Dwyerand PJ Fenlon on the start line.There were a number of crashesthroughout the race and a few ofthe lads got caught behind themand never got back on to the bunch.Shane, Mark, and Neil tried a fewattacks but weren't able to getaway and the race came down to asprint finish. The lads managed toavoid any carnage but weren't ableto get into the places.LIAM ROSSITER PYT WEEK 1A sunny spring evening broughta large number of riders out to testthemselves for the first round of thePredict Your Time series. The easterlywind made for a fast first half outEASTER MONDAY, KILMACOWAn Ghaeltacht Aird Mhór athleteshad a great day out despite the coldweather at the Easter Monday Track& Field event in Kilmacow, CoKilkenny.Girls & Boys Under 9: Róisín Quinnran a great race, as did Jack O’Driscollon his first outing with the club. Bothathletes just missed out on qualifyingfor the finals.Girls Under 10: We had threeathletes competing here. NeasaKeevers, Kate Keogh and EmmaDower all ran very well, with Neasacoming 2nd in her heat and runninga great final to finish 4th overall.Girls Under 11: We had four athletescompeting here – Laura Miller,Gráinne Kiernan, Megan Keogh andRachel Flavin. All ran well in theirheats with Laura winning her heatand going on to take Gold in thefinal.the Cappoquin road but added tothe hardship on the return on thesecteur pave de bogroad. MauriceO'Mahony was closest on the nightand Stephen Murray the fastest.Thanks to Damian, Maurice, andFrank for timekeeping.The annual questions are beingasked about drafting and the use ofclocks and whether either areallowed. The short answer is No. It'san individual TT and it's Predict YourTime. But obviously we can't policethis so it's down to the individualrider as to how they want to do it.Round 2 tonight (Wednesday)and sign on is from 6 at John Foley'swith the first rider away at 6:30.Tony and Mark will be taking care oftimes. Many thanks again to Liamfor his generous sponsorship.WEEKEND SPINSIt's April so someone had to bitethe bullet and bare the legs. The bigsurprise is it wasn't Vincent, but PatDunford who takes the hardy cootaward. Vinny's denied that he's gettingsoft but there are rumours thathe's been putting water into hisbottle and even using the smallchainring (I thought he just rode a53-53).Anyway, the spins took a breakfrom the east and resumedmanouevres on The Vee onSaturday, going up by Cappoquinand The Cats, and across fromClogheen to Newcastle andBallymac.Sunday saw a group head toClonmel, over the mountain road toRathgormack and back the Carrickroad. Another group went the coastroad to Seafield and then across toKilmac, up to Carrick and home.Weekend spins meet at JohnFoley's on Saturdays and The Squareon Sundays at 9:30.CORKMAN 3 DAYEntry forms are now available forthe Corkman 3 day which takesplace around Kanturk on the Maybank holiday weekend. There's anA2/A3 race and an A4. Please contactme if you're interested in racing.Our own Marc Flavin is the defendingchampion and will be looking toretain his title.JASON IMPRESSES IN NATIONALSWell done to Jason Travers whocame 3rd in his age category at theNational Duathon championships atthe weekend. He's in great form asevidenced by his cracking timearound Whitechurch onWednesday night.CYCLING QUOTE“Whether You Believe You Can,Or You Can’t, You Are Right”CLUB WEBSITEBe sure to check the club websiteat dungarvancc.com for up to datenews, blasts from the past, Stravaupdates, and links to our Facebookand Twitter feeds.If there are any news items youwant to report please email me atseanoduibhir@gmail.comLIAM ROSSITER PYT WEEK 1Start Time Predicted Time Finish Time Actual Time Dif.Bobby Lyons 00:00:00 00:50:00 00:44:27 00:44:27 00:05:33Benny Flynn 00:00:30 00:45:00 00:43:57 00:43:27 00:01:33Aidan McCarthy 00:01:00 00:44:30 00:43:56 00:42:56 00:01:34Dermot Ryan 00:01:30 00:45:00 00:40:15 00:38:45 00:06:15Anthony Dwyer 00:02:00 00:41:00 00:40:11 00:38:11 00:02:49Jason Travers 00:02:30 00:40:00 00:40:11 00:37:41 00:02:19Pat Walsh 00:03:00 00:43:00 00:43:29 00:40:29 00:02:31Stephen Murray 00:03:30 00:36:30 00:38:00 00:34:30 00:02:00Derek Lyons 00:04:00 00:41:00 00:46:02 00:42:02 00:01:02Alan Curran 00:04:30 00:53:00 00:53:32 00:49:02 00:03:58Fergal Power 00:05:00 00:51:00 00:48:51 00:43:51 00:07:09Paddy Morrissey 00:05:30 00:48:00 00:50:04 00:44:34 00:03:26Patrick Power 00:06:00 00:46:00 00:50:27 00:44:27 00:01:33Kieran Cahill 00:06:30 00:45:00 00:44:02 00:37:32 00:07:28Trevor Cullinane 00:07:00 00:50:00 00:49:50 00:42:50 00:07:10Sean Dwyer 00:07:30 00:40:00 00:47:52 00:40:22 00:00:22Brian McGill 00:08:00 00:49:00 00:52:15 00:44:15 00:04:45Padraig DeBurca 00:08:30 00:42:00 00:51:34 00:43:04 00:01:04Colin Organ 00:09:00 00:42:00 00:48:55 00:39:55 00:02:05Pat Dunford 00:09:30 00:41:00 00:49:47 00:40:17 00:00:43Kevin O'Sullivan 00:10:00 00:44:30 00:54:57 00:44:57 00:00:27Hugh Mulhearne 00:10:30 00:40:00 00:48:05 00:37:35 00:02:25Michael Moloney 00:11:00 00:36:00 00:48:03 00:37:03 00:01:03Michael Morrissey 00:11:30 00:45:00 00:54:14 00:42:44 00:02:16Andrew Hickey 00:12:00 00:40:00 00:55:02 00:43:02 00:03:02Michael O'Mahoney 00:13:00 00:40:00 00:57:34 00:44:34 00:04:34James O'Mahoney 00:13:30 00:39:00 00:54:21 00:40:51 00:01:51Maurice O'Mahoney 00:14:00 00:45:00 00:58:44 00:44:44 00:00:16Liam Moore 00:14:30 00:48:00 00:57:16 00:42:46 00:05:14An Ghaeltacht/Aird Mhór ACBoys Under 11: Robert Quinn andKieran Dower both ran great races inthis age group.Girls Under 12: Katie Ahearn wasour only athlete here and had a greatfinish in her race.Boys Under 12: Ryan Mac Craithqualified for his final but unfortunately,he had to withdraw due toan injury.Girls Under 13: Andrea Baker,Meadhbh Kiernan and LaoiseKeevers all ran well in a highly competitiveage group.Boys Under 14: Thomas Ahearnqualified in his heat, but unfortunately,due to injury could not completehis final.Girls Under 17: Ornaith Keane &Hannah Power showing fine running,finishing in 3rd and 4th placesrespectively.Senior Men’s Race: Our seniorathlete, Mossie Keogh took the Goldin a very close finish. Well done,Mossie!Congrats to all the above athleteswho ran well in their respective longruns with Laura Miller taking 3rdplace in her 300m race. HannahPower and Ornaith Keane also competedin the 700m, with Ornaith takingGold and Hannah taking Bronze.The Club was also well representedin the following relays: Girls Under10, 12 & 14. Our Under 12 Girls teamran a fantastic 4x200m race finishing3rd and taking home the Bronze tohuge cheers from club mates.The team comprised Katie Ahearn,Gráinne Kiernan, Megan Keogh, Rachel Flavin& Laura Millar.In the Field events, Ornaith Keanetook Gold in the Under 17 LongJump, with Hannah Power takingSilver. Hannah took Gold and Ornaithtook Silver in the Under 17 Shot competition.Well done to all the athletes.