Tullogher/ Rosbercon

DARK TO DAWN

The third annual St Joseph’s Athletic Club Dark to Dawn Walk in aid of Pieta House takes place next Sunday, October 23, at 6.30 a.m. Come along and remember your loved ones who have passed on as you take the scenic walk along by the River Barrow at the Pink Rock. Donations on the morning go to Pieta House Waterford which only opened its doors this month. Refreshments will be available to all participants of the walk after the event. For more information please contact Maggie Helen O’Connor at 087 6242017.

THE DERBY CLASH

The local derby semi-final clash between the intermediate hurlers of Tullogher-Rosbercon and Glenmore takes place as part of a double header at Nowlan Park this coming Sunday, October 23. In the other game long time kingpins of Kilkenny hurling, Carrickshock and Tullaroan do battle Both Tullogher and Glenmore came through their quarter final fixtures last Saturday with each team having a point to spare over their rivals after two thrilling contests.

A week ago Tullogher/Rosbercon and Thomastown finished level with 0-17 apiece. This time round it was Tullogher who edged it on a score line of 1-15 to 0-17 with the goal scored by Jason Sheily proving to be crucial in securing victory by the minimum margin and booking their place in the county semi-final.

It was a similar story with Glenmore they too played out a draw with St Patrick’s Ballyraggett a week ago, 0-16 points all. In their replay they upped the ante clocking up 0-24 to their opponents 3-14-again a one point winning margin.

So, the stage is set for the clash of the neighbours with perhaps Glenmore being slight favourites after their 11 points win over Tullogher in the recent Shield Final. But this is the championship with a place in the final at stake and neither team will go down lightly.

VINTAGE CLUB PAYOUT

The Tullogher/Rosbercon Vintage and Classic Club recently presented cheques to various charitable and other organisations totalling €6,000. This money was the receipts of their recent annual field day/road Run events.

Rosbercon Community Centre got a cheque for €1,500 while €1,000 was presented to the Community Hospital New Ross and Crumlin Children’s Hospital respectively. €500 each was given to Glenmore Golden Club, New Ross Meals on Wheels, The Irish Pilgrimage Trust, and Carrick-on-Suir Motor Club-helping to teach children Road Safety in Schools. Rosbercon St Vincent De Paul Chapter and Tullogher-Rosbercon Juvenile GAA Club were presented with cheques for €250 each. In the past eight years the club has raised over €57,200 for local charities.

LOCAL DEATHS

We had a number of local deaths in the parish during the past week. Mrs Margaret (Peggy) Power née Cashin from Shanbogh passed away just a couple of months short of her 96th birthday. She was laid to rest in Rosbercon cemetery on Tuesday, October 11. Edward (Ned) Power from Brownstown died suddenly in Graignamanagh and he was buried in Mullinarrigle last Tuesday.

Mrs Nuala Kehoe wife of the late Dr Charlie who died some seven years ago from the Schoolhouse Road was interred in Rosbercon on Saturday. A sister of Jim Meggs from Millbanks died in Dublin and Bridget Minihane (née Aylward) passed away in London two weeks ago. Then on Sunday morning Patsy Cleary from New Ross who was a popular member of the Rosbercon Church Choir went to his eternal reward. Sincere sympathy goes to all the bereaved families in their sad losses.

MISSION SUNDAY

Next Sunday is Mission Sunday and the usual collection for the Propagation of the Faith will be taken up at all weekend Masses. Over one,096 Dioceses in mission territories are heavily dependent on the fundibng they receive from this collection.

ST JOSEPH’S AC

Day two of the Co Kilkenny Cross Country championships saw St Joseph’s athletics descend on Castlecomer last Sunday morning. The day started perfectly for the club with St Joseph’s athletes winning under-nine and under-11 1races.

The boys under-nine race would have seen Joss O’Connor installed as pre race favourite having won the under-10 race two-week ago. And he did not disappoint leading from start to finish to win comfortably. His teammates all ran great races with Ciarán Cummins third, Barry Furlong fifth and Kyle Bolger, running out of age, finishing 17th. In the under-nine girl’s race, Lily Ryan finished eighth and Sarah Foley 17th.

1000m was the distance to cover in the under-11 races and a huge field of almost 50 athletes started the girl’s race. Grace Glennon stayed with the leaders throughout, and then a superb sprint finish took her to the gold medal.

0Maeve Bookle was next home for the club in eleventh place, followed by Mairéad Mullally in 13th and Eabha Mullally, running out of age, having a splendid run in 15th position. These great placings, with all four athletes in the top fifteen, won the girls silver team medals. In the boy’s race, James Cummins was 13th and his brother Niall 24th.

The girls under-13 race over 1500 metres saw Danielle Griffin first home for St Joseph’s in fifth place with Erin Foley in tenth, Ciara Mullally 17th, and Shauna Furlong 30th. Jamie O’Connor ran very well and had a super finishing sprint to claim 13th position in the boys under-13 race over 2000 metres.

In the girls under-15 race over 2500 metres, Katie Bookle finished in a hard fought tenth position with Linda Lawlor going one better and finishing in ninth position in the under-17 race over 3500 metres. The under-17 boys had to run 4000m and Darragh McDonald finished in eighth place.

Patrick Bookle finished in second position in the men’s O45 race and led the team to second position in the team event. Séamus Power was the second club runner to finish in sixth position followed by Paul Sheehan eleventh, Tom McDonald 13th, Michael Power 14th and John Joe Lawlor in 15th place.