GRASSROOTS

ENNISKERRY

Junior Hurling League - Feargal Ógs 3-15, Kilmac/Enniskerry 1-5 - A very disappointing performance and result for us last Wednesday night in Ballywaltrim as the locals outplayed us in the second half to record a comprehensive victory.

The first half was a close enough affair with Fergals going in 0-5 to 0-3 ahead at the break.

We never got going in the second period and some fine long range scores and two quick-fire goals finished the game as a contest. The hard working James Cahill bagged a consolation goal for us near the end but the homesters drilled home a third goal with the last puck of the game to seal a deserved win.

Best on the night were Paul Kavanagh in nets who was solid and couldn’t be faulted for any of the goals, Luke Dillon and Clinton Donoghue in defence. Our midfield of Chris O’Toole and James Cahill worked hard throughout with Christy Fox the pick of the forwards. Tonight (July 6) we host Barndarrig in Enniskerry.

Lotto - Winning numbers on June 27 were 06, 15, 29, and 32. Bonus 36. No jackpot winner, match three numbers receive €170 each. Jackpot on July 4 stands at €5, 900. Thanks to all buyers and sellers of club lotto tickets for continued support.

Tour De Leinster - Enniskerry GAA Club presents ‘Tour De Leinster’ sponsored cycle in aid of juvenile section of club, which takes place this weekend.

The following is the tour itinerary: Friday, July 8 - Enniskerry to Enniscorthy, leaving Enniskerry at 1pm; Saturday, July 9 -Enniscorthy to Carlow Town; Sunday, July 10 - Carlow Town to Enniskerry. Arriving back at Powerscourt Arms Hotel at approximately 4pm where a barbecue will take place.

Distance approx. 250km. Cyclists taking part are Luke Wrynn, Seamus O’Gorman, Ben Doran, Ultan O’Kane, Anto O’Neill, Gavin Barton, Gary Kavanagh, Colin Mullen, Larry Brady, John Cronin, Declan Carey.

Event co-ordinators are Dara Connolly, Stephen Driver, Brendan Barton, and Stuart Meaney.

Be great to see as many people as possible send the lads on their way on the Friday and welcome them back on the Sunday evening. If you are interested in sponsoring any of the cyclists, contact Gary 086 8567262 or Dara 086 1741050

You can visit the club website at wwwenniskerrygaaclub.com for up to date information on ‘Tour De Leinster’.

Adult football - Next Tuesday (July 12) we make the long journey to Shillelagh to take on the locals in the County Football League in what will be our last competitive game before the championship. Throw in is at 8pm. Best of luck to Alan and the squad. Juvenile football - Training continues on Friday nights at 7 pm for nursery, Under-8s and 10s. Under-8s are looking forward to their trip to Croke Park on Tuesday, July 19, to play a match on the famous Jones Road pitch. For more information contact Damian at 086 1663415.

Cúl Camps – It’s Cúl Camp time of year again and it takes place in Enniskerry on Monday, July 18, to Friday, July 22. All boys and girls aged from 6-13 years are welcome. For more info, contact Damian 086 1663415 or Larry 086 8292336.

EIRE OG GREYSTONES

Fundraising - Why not sign up for the Éire Óg Golf Classic on Friday, July 29, in Greystones Golf Club. The €220 per team of four includes the golf, a half-time burger, dinner and the chance to win exciting prizes. To book your place contact Anthony Byrne at 087-8188871.

Lotto - The prize on offer for the draw of Monday 27th was 9K. The winning numbers were 9, 13, 20, and 27.

The senior footballers took a significant scalp in Division 1 of the league on Tuesday. They defeated Blessington in Blessington on the score 1-11 to 1-09. Victory, however, came at a huge cost. Dual player, Stephen ‘Chester’ Kelly, in the closing minutes suffered a very serious shoulder injury which will have him sidelined for some time. Peter Keane, Justin O’Brien, Stephen Kelly, Dominic O’Reilly and Darren Hayden were particularly prominent in the game.

The senior hurlers drew, 1-11 each (same score as the footballers in Blessington!), with Avondale in their opening game in the championship in Arklow on Sunday. The unanswerable question is would the balance have been tipped in our favour if the injured ‘Chester’ could have taken his place on the team. We wish Stephen a speedy recovery both for his own sake and, selfishly, for the hurling and football teams.

Camógaíocht - The club’s camógs at all levels were in action of late with the Under-14s, and Under-10s plus Under-8s being away in Avondale and Ballinakill respectively while the Under-12s and adults were at home to Annacurra and neighbours Kilcoole.

The Under-12s and Under-14s were in the charge of Ciaran Goff and Jim D’arcy while the Under-10s and Under-8s were looked after by Alison Goff, Jill O’Herlihy, Bill Malone and Ciaran.

For the Under-14s it was a case of ‘life must go on’ as the game clashed with the Ireland v Sweden feature fixture in Euro 16. Despite this huge counterattraction, a goodly entourage of parents travelled. This the coaches found very encouraging and for which they were very grateful.

The game itself proved to be a very exciting one with play switching between ends in an almost metronomic beat. The hosts stole it in the end by a single goal.

The coaches expressed themselves an-bhuioch to Catherine and Anthony, who managed the Rathdrum team, for their cordial welcome and helpful assistance.

Two evenings later the Under-10s and Under-8s took off for Ballinakill to take part in a ‘monster’ camogie blitz. Thankfully, as the location is windswept and can be uncomfortably cold at times, the night was warm and pleasantly balmy. The event which was very well run was thoroughly enjoyed by the young girls. The mentors were very pleased with their charges performance.

Friday it was the Under-12s turn and they played host to Annacurra. As was reflected in the final scoreline, 4-3 to 5-0, this was a closely fought goal-fest which kept the many spectators totally absorbed throughout its duration.

This team has come on in leaps and bounds and the quality of their camogie on the evening gave great satisfaction to its mentors.

Siobhan D’arcy was hugely influential at midfield while Florence Fogarty and Emily Walsh were very solid in defence. Amelia Gulliver proved a handful for the visitors’ backs.

Tuesday evening the adult team were at home to Kilcoole in a round in the camogie blitz.

The primary function of the competition is to encourage participation in the sport and teams, for the most part, approach the game motivated more by enjoyment than pursuit of victory.

The series has been attention-grabbingly named ‘Summer Sizzlers’. The ‘sizzlers’ has proven to be a well worthwhile undertaking and the Coiste Chondae is to be commended for having come up with the idea.

Éire Óg was honoured in having had two of its juvenile members, Aisling Goff and Jo Prendergast, chosen to travel to the iconic centre of iomáint (grudgingly admitted!) Nowlan Park as members of the Wicklow NMS selections which had been invited to take part in training sessions on its hallowed turf.

It proved to be a memorable experience for the 30 boys and girls involved.

The Liam McCarthy Cup was in attendance and the group got to meet four Kilkenny hurling stars Paul Murphy, Colm Fennelly, Richie Reid and Conor Fogarty.

Our club extends a Go raibh maith agaibh to Ronan Keddy, Emer Fahy and the rest of the NMS coiste for having organised the event.

FERGAL ÓGS

Mens Hurling - On Wednesday our men’s hurling team were in action when they hosted Kilmacanogue/Enniskerry in the junior hurling league. What started off as a tight affair with Kilmac/Ennis starting off strongly soon saw the home side take the lead with an early goal from Thomas Kinlan. Further scores followed before Kilmac/Ennis responded, finding open men with their passes within shooting range, and in doing so, registered their opening points from play.

The two teams traded points for the remainder of the first half, with a Kilmac/Ennis goal leaving only a couple of points between the sides heading into the half-time break. Some impressive defending from Alan Hughes and Garry O’Neill saw further Kilmac/Ennis scoring chances denied, while down the opposite end of the pitch, Paddy O’Brien started to find the uprights, securing his first points of the game to send Fergal Ógs in at half-time in the lead.

In the second half, Fergal Ógs moved up a gear and started to dominate the game, maintaining most of the possession, and cutting through the Kilmac/Ennis half with clever ball movement.

With the sliotar in hand, further scoring chances soon followed with Paddy O’Brien scoring five points in quick succession to strengthen Fergal Ógs lead. With their deficit now increasing, Kilmac/Ennis pushed further up the pitch, leaving space for the Fergal Ógs forwards and two goals soon followed, making for a significant lead for the home team in the latter stages.

With minutes left on the clock, Paddy O’Brien scored another three points, to take his own scoring tally to 12 points, which ended the tie as a contest.

At the sounding of the final whistle, the fulltime score was Fergal Ógs 3-15 Kilmacanogue/ Enniskerry 1-6. Well done to all the team and many thanks to the visitors for providing a terrific evening of hurling on Schools Road.

The team: Des Whelan, Alan Hughes, Declan Doyle, Gary Fitzpatrick, Garry O’Neill, Mark Dempsey, Martin Hill, Paddy O’Brien, Jason Sommers, Stephen Moorehouse, Thomas Kinlan, Daniel Kennedy, Willie Moorehouse, Frankie Cowan, David Dixon and Sean Maloney.

Men’s Football - Our men’s footballers played Kilcoole in the Division 4 league on Thursday on Schools Road. After having beaten Kilcoole in the reverse fixture last month, the visitors had revenge on their mind and flew out of the traps from the first whistle.

A few early Kilcoole points were matched by Fergal Ógs with Gavin Harris securing his first brace of points, courtesy of two frees, and Mark Doyle also getting his name on the scoresheet. Both teams were evenly matched with some standout performances from Fergal Ógs players helping to ease the side into the lead.

Cormac Kelly made an abundance of runs down the wing, creating problems for Kilcoole when in possession, while Kilcoole struggled to contain Ronan Twohig in midfield who was the architect of many of the Bray side’s attacks. David Dixon made life as awkward as possible for Kilcoole’s full-back, while Chris Carroll, Aidan Rush and Stephen Jenkins were in good form at the back, not allowing many balls past them.

A Kilcoole goal against the run of play saw the away team drift ahead with Fergal Ógs responding with a goal of their own to reign them back in.

The sides went in at half-time with Kilcoole leading by a couple of points.

In the second half, Fergal Ógs continued to build their points tally with Gavin Harris earning himself another couple of points from play, while Cormac Kelly and Mark Doyle also continued to find the uprights.

With nothing separating the sides in the latter stages, the game was anybody’s to win. Fergal Ógs made a couple of changes in an effort to try to break the deadlock.

Paddy O’Brien was brought on for John O’Toole at corner-forward and made an immediate impact, slotting the ball over the bar from a tight angle to put his side one point ahead with only minutes remaining in the tie.

A Kilcoole free down the opposite end levelled things up, with both teams battling it out for the winning score. Kilcoole found a goal scoring opportunity but the attempt was blasted against the bar, with the rebound being mopped up by Matthew Mackle and driven down the wing.

A spell of Fergal Ógs possession in the final minute saw Paddy O’Brien brake through the fullback line, but his attempt on goal was brilliantly saved by the goalkeeper. Another goal scoring chance was again denied by the keeper when Ryan White’s effort was saved, while a couple of wides from further out the field prevented the Bray men from getting the much needed score to put themselves ahead.

Time ran out for both teams with the full-time whistle heralding a draw, with a final score of Fergal Ógs1-15 Kilcoole 2-12.

Well done to all involved for providing a terrific evening of football.

Both teams will meet again in the championship at a later date.

Under-8s/Under-10s - Our Under-8s and Under-10s hurlers were in action on Friday evening when they played host to Barndarrig.

A great game of hurling was played out, with noteworthy performances across the pitch. Special mentions must go to Dennis Vickers, Brandon Mitchell, Cian Egan and Danielle Doyle who were in great form on the night.

The team was Adam Windsor, Cian Egan, Szymon Siwczok, Danielle Doyle, Joshua Temple, Finn Flanagan, Dennis Vickers, Jake Keogh, Brandon Mitchell and Michael Martin.

The group will be switching codes again next week when they host Kilcoole and Avoca in the football.

Under-12s - Our Under-12s hurling team were in action on Saturday when they travelled to Wicklow Town to take on St. Patrick’s.

An exciting game of hurling was played with some great performances from Shane Buta, Ryan Fegan, Cian Byrne and Pearse O’Keeffe.

The team: Rhyss Wilde, Shane Buta, Lance Wilde, Ryan Fegan, Cian Byrne, Ross McAteer, Jake Peare, Eleanor Gilroy, Saoirse O’Hanlon and Pearse O’Keeffe.

The team will be in action again when they take on Ashford on Monday in a football match.

Cúl Camp - The clubs 2016 Cúl Camp will run from August 15 to 19. Book now!

Fundraising - We have an allocated collection bin in Super Valu, Castle St. Bray, for the Super Valu ‘Kits for Kids’ scheme. If you are shopping there, please drop your receipt in our box.

NEWTOWN

The first round of the senior championship is set for Sunday 17th July, 7pm Aughrim. The lads will take on Avondale in the first round.

Our junior magpie’s nursery will continue every Saturday at 10am on the pitch; new faces are always welcome to join us. It only costs the bargain price of €20 for the entire season and an hour’s fun and excitement are guaranteed every week.

Following on from a very successful program last year the Kellogg’s Cul camps are returning to Newtown once again this year on the 18-22 July. The website is now open for registration http:// www.kelloggsculcamps.gaa.ie/

The U8-U10s are training every Tuesday and Friday at 6.30pm. Their next blitz is this Friday July 8th at home starting at 6.30pm. The U8s have been selected to play in Croke Park on Monday 18th July and our opposition on the day will be Newtown Blues from Louth.

Coaching for the hurling takes place every Saturday at 11.15am and we are getting quite a good turnout however new faces are welcome to join us at any stage. If you have a child who wants to play either hurling or football this year please come up to the pitch any Tuesday or Friday at 6.30pm or on Saturdays at 11.15am and let the lads know. The U12s next match is on Monday 18th at home to Ashford in the league and they are training every Monday at 6.30pm. The U16s played St Pats away in the league last Monday.

The U8 and U10 girl’s teams are training tonight Wednesday and every Wednesday at 6.30pm on the pitch.

Please note change of time from 6 to 6.30pm, they are now also training on Saturdays at 12pm in the pitch and their next blitz is this Saturday in St pats starting at 10.30am.

The U12 girls are continuing to train on Wednesdays at 7pm and Saturdays at 12pm in preparation for the championship. The U14 girl’s had a good win away to Valleymount last week; they are at home to An Tochar tomorrow (Thursday) in the league.

The U16 girls were back in action last Tuesday with a home match against Roundwood and they are away to Blessington next Tuesday.

The deadline for membership has passed and we are now operating a strictly no pay no play policy with no exceptions. Well done to brother and sister Aisling and Joe McDonald who both proudly represented the club at county level last weekend.

Last week’s lotto seen eight match three winners but no jackpot winner, numbers drawn were 2 11 21 22.

We have a good stock of juvenile jerseys and with the season well under way now is the time to order your club gear, for all queries regarding any club merchandise please give Ruth a ring on 0877472682 or call up to the clubhouse any Saturday morning between 10-11 to view or order your club gear.

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