GRASS ROOTS

GERALDINE O’HANRAHANS

Last week’s lotto prize fund was €18,200 with a jackpot of €16,200. Two match three winners received €125 each: John Ryan and Dee Nugent.

Numbers drawn on Wednesday last were 2, 6,8, 27 and bonus number 4. This week’s draw takes place in The Three Bullet Gate on Wednesday, August 27, at 8.30 p.m.

KILANERIN-BALLYFAD

The club extends sympathies to the family of the late Greta Byrne who died during the week. Greta was the wife of former club Chairperson Mick Byrne, and mother of Michael, Gráinne, Sinéad and Gareth. May she rest in peace.

Teams of the week have to be both the Under-18 hurlers, who had a 5-16 to 1-13 win over Norman Gaels on Wednesday last, and the Under-18 footballers who are in a threeway play-off for a place in the cup or shield semi-final.

Under-10s, -12s twice, -14s and -16s all played over the weekend. The Under-10 football Kent Cup finals are to take place in Kilanerin on Wednesday, August 27, at 6.45 and 7 p.m. This is always a great finale and with eight teams involved, great entertainment too.

Congratulations to the boys and girls from the parish who took part in the All-Ireland Fleadh in Sligo last week. There are now more All-Ireland medals in the community.

DUFFRY ROVERS

Please reserve Sunday, October 5, for the Duffry Rovers annual horse canter, starting out at the club grounds in Coolree, Ballindaggin. The entry fee is €25 per adult/horse or €15 per child/pony. For entries or further information, please contact Tom Hipwell at 087-8177521.

Best of luck to the Duffry Rovers ladies’ Under-14 football team which plays Kilanerin this Saturday, August 30, in Farmleigh at 4 p.m. Please come and give them your support.

Round five of Intermediate hurling Group B, Duffry Rovers v. Naomh Eanna, takes place this Sunday, August 31, in Wexford Park at 1.30 p.m.

GUSSERANE

Our Under-12 camogie team was in action on Friday evening last away to Cushinstown. The match was a hard-fought battle. Gusserane were unfortunate to be without Caitlin Coleman, Emma Kehoe and Makala Sinnott due to injury, and we hope they make a quick recovery.

Gusserane started strongly, going in at halftime leading by 2-3 to 1-2 with our outstanding player Aoife Cullen getting the scores. Katie Whelan proved formidable in the goal and made significant saves when Cushinstown’s forwards eventually stole through our back line.

The powerhouse that is Lauren Roche made some great clearances, sending them past midfield where they were converted skilfully by Maeve Duffy, with short passes from Chloe Ryan and beautiful finishing for goals by Aoife Cullen.

Cushinstown came out strongly in the second-half. Gusserane girls Anna Dillon, Kate Dillon and Heather Fergurson didn’t give up and stuck to their players, marking well. Danielle Sinnott made some passes to the forward line.

Gusserane did respond well in the secondhalf and put the pressure back on. Katie Rossiter-Feeney and Lauren Roche in the back line hounded their opponents, never giving up. Cushinstown forwards broke though our tough defence and scored their goals, and the game ended Cushinstown 5-2, Gusserane 2-3.

The Gusserane midfielders had a hard time snapping at their heels, and they couldn’t catch Cushinstown who cleared the ball with ease and proved the stronger team in the end. Gusserane gave it everything and Aoife Cullen (captain) was outstanding as usual and never gave up. Well done to the girls and thanks to all of them for the commitment, to the parents and all who supported and helped.

Panel: Emma Kehoe, Aoife Cullen, Maeve Duffy, Caitlin Coleman, Katie Rossiter-Feeney, Lauren Roche, Chloe Ryan, Caoimhe Bird, Anna Dillon, Makala Sinnott, Kate Dillon, Heather Ferguson, Mackenzie Molloy, Katie Whelan.

The Under-14 girls’ team play in the county final versus Adamstown in Taghmon on Saturday at 3 p.m. Gusserane beat a very strong Clonee team in the semi-final.

The Under-14 hurlers were beaten by Geraldine O’Hanrahans on Thursday last in the quarter-finals in Gusserane. That finishes the boys for this year so we would like to thank Denny, Derek, Joey and Harry for all the work they put in, the parents for hauling them around, and the boys themselves for the work they did.

Panel: Eoin Stafford, Tommy Ryan, Jacob Ferguson, Eoin Codd, Pádraig Pilkington, Conor Barron, Kevin O’Donohoe, Joe Astley, Mateusz Lis, Colin Walshe, Aaron Whelan, Jamie Sheehan, Mark Kehoe, Dylan Ryan, Michael Hennessy, Mark Flynn, Conor Twomey, Mathew McCillian, Emmet Cullen, Evan Kiely, Patrick Sinnott.

The Under-16 footballers beat Oylegate well on Monday last, putting them into the semifinals.

The Under-12 13-a-side team went out of the championship at the quarter-final stage to a strong Crossabeg side on Tuesday last. The Under-12 eleven-a-side team had a great win by 3-9 to 3-1 over Starlights to qualify for the county semi-final.

Best of luck to Mark O’Neill playing with the Under-16 county squad on Saturday in Tipperary, and also to Tommy Ryan playing on the Under-14 Tony Forristal squad on Saturday in Waterford.

The Intermediate ladies’ county final is on Sunday next, August 31, at 2.30 p.m. in St. Patrick’s Park, Enniscorthy, so come along and support this group of girls.

BUFFERS ALLEY

Well done to the Junior ‘A’ footballers who overcame St. Anne’s in the quarter-final on Friday lastand have advanced to play the winners of HWH-Bunclody and Volunteers. The Junior ‘A’ hurlers went down to Naomh Éanna in Blackwater on Sunday last on a final scoreline of 1-20 to 1-5.

Well done to Andrew Kenny, Oliver O’Leary and the Wexford Under-21 hurlers on their fantastic victory over Galway on Saturday last. Best of luck in the All-Ireland final on Saturday, September 13, in Thurles.

The August club development draw will take place on Thursday next at 10.30 p.m. in the clubhouse. It would be appreciated if everyone could bring their accounts up to date as we approach the final few months of the year.

The shop in Buffers Alley is organising a free-taking competition over the coming weeks and is open to past and present members (male and female) of the club to raise funds for a worthwhile charity. There will be no prize for the winner except the honour of being the best club free-taker 2014. For further details regards registering your name, please call into the shop any time you are in the club grounds.

The camogie club hosted an Under-8 tournament recently where a great day was had by all. Up to 16 teams took part and Buffers Alley were in a position to field two teams with everyone getting to play four games which included a final.

It is great to report that none of the Buffers Alley teams lost any of their eight matches which is a great credit to the club and to the girls themselves. A special thanks to all parents involved as the whole event was a huge team effort and this was reflected in the positive feedback received from the visiting clubs.

Thanks also to the Under-14 girls who helped referee and to Catherine O’Loughlin for her encouraging words to these aspiring camogie players.

The Under-10 County Board-organised games have now finished up with the girls winning two games in their group. It is hoped to arrange friendly games for this great bunch of girls in the coming weeks against other local teams.

The Under-12s finished third in the league and as a result of this they qualified for a minileague final where they came out the winners. Well done girls.

Hard luck to the Under-14 girls who were beaten in the Co. semi-final last week by Craanford on a scoreline of 4-5 to 0-7.

The Under-16s have qualified for the county final against Glynn-Barntown after defeating Fethard last weekend on a scoreline of 4-10 to 0-5. Please enquire locally for the date of the final.

Well done to the Junior ‘ B’ ladies who defeated Castletown in the championship by 3-14 to 1-6. Their next game will be away to Craanford on Friday, August 29, at 7 p.m.

The Senior team was due to play Duffry Rovers in their last group game last night but it was postponed owing to the Wexford Senior camogie team drawing their game with Cork.

BANNOW-BALLYMITTY

The Junior footballers lost out by a mere point against Fethard on Friday last. Hard luck lads and also to Jack, Ned and Mick.

This Friday evening the Junior hurlers will take on the Rapps in Killurin in their next championship match. Check the newspaper for time.

This Sunday the annual field day will take place in Grantstown. All the usual stalls including the bottle stall will be there, with all donations kindly accepted. Contact Tom Cullen or any officer of the club for further information.

Deepest sympathy to both Tobin families on their recent bereavements.

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KILRUSH-ASKAMORE

The Under-12 footballers play Bunclody in their final on Friday in Ferns at 6.45 p.m. All support would be appreciated.

Under-6 and Under-8 hurling training is Tuesday at 6.15 p.m. in Ballyroebuck.

The Under-14 football quarter-final is on Thursday, September 4. The Under-14 hurlers have qualified for the county semi-final against Moyeady Bridge Gaels, with no date fixed yet.

Best of luck to Seán Kirwan representing Wexford in the Sonny Walsh Under-14 hurling All-Ireland tournament next weekend.

The Under-16 footballers lost out to Davidstown in the quarter-final.

The Under-10 Kent Steel final is on Wednesday at 7 p.m. in Kilanerin against Gorey, with all support welcome.

There is an Under-10 hurling match at home Friday at 7 p.m. versus Craanford. Best of luck to all in their games.

CASTLETOWN-L MELLOWS

In the Minor ladies’ football, congratulations to the girls who beat Clonee in a thrilling county final in a packed Kilanerin. Clonee threw everything at the game and brought a huge physicality and had us under pressure from the start, but credit to the Castletown girls who dug deep and got back in the game through two great goals from Cailin Fitzpatrick.

Half-time came and the scores were level. Castletown started to take over and worked the ball much better than they did in the firsthalf, with Doireann Kavanagh having an outstanding game in the middle.

After some nice scores and what can only be said as heroic defending from the backs and the substitutes that came on, Castletown pulled away with a cracker of a goal from Hayley Murphy.

The turning point of the game was when Róisín Gough made an excellent save from a Clonee penalty in the second-half. The fulltime score was Castletown 3-6, Clonee 1-6. Great scenes were witnessed at the end as Donna Morrissey, our team captain, accepted the cup. It was much deserved and great credit also to Clonee who gave it their all.

The club would like to say well done and thank you to Anthony Masterson (manager), Dawn Bergin (selector) and Jo Murphy (physio).

Hard luck to the Junior hurlers who played their replay versus St. Pat’s Sunday evening. It was a very close match with St. Pat’s getting the victory by two points (3-21 to 4-16). Well done to all involved in the Junior hurling on a hard-fought campaign.

Many thanks to all involved at the field day, from setting up the stalls, to manning the stalls, donating for stalls, organising children’s activities, organising tug-of-war, Peter Flanagan for doing a fantastic job as always with acting as compere. The total figure raised was approximately €3,500.

Cardiac screening - there are limited spaces available for this valuable service which is organised to take place on Saturday next, August 30, in the clubhouse. To book your slot go to www.heartaid.ie for more details.

The fuel draw took place Sunday night, and winners will be notified. Many thanks to the sellers and those who supported us by buying tickets.

NAOMH EANNA

Well done to the Junior ' A' hurlers who claimed a semi-final place in the championship after they got the better of Buffers Alley on a scoreline of 1-20 to 1-5. Scorers were Joseph O'Connor (0-10, 8 frees, 1 ’65), John Doyle (1-4), Jamie Cullen (0-3), Aodhán Doyle (0-1 free), Tom Stafford and Alan Molloy (0-1 each).

Hopes of the Intermediate hurlers claiming a place in the quarter-finals hinge on Sunday's game with Duffry Rovers in Wexford Park. Throw-in time is 1.30 p.m.

The Under-10 hurlers travel to the Shelmaliers on Friday. Throw-in is at 7 p.m. Meanwhile, the Under-8 hurlers welcome Liam Mellows on Saturday, with play commencing at 11 a.m.

To add a note to the club notes, phone 087-9770497.

CLONARD

Well done to our Under-16 footballers who are into the Roinn 2 county final after beating Ballygarrett by 6-4 to 3-4 in Pat's Park on Monday night. The boys showed great discipline and determination again. Well done lads, everyone in the club is really proud of you.

Team: Cian O’Connor; Aaron Carley-Walker, Leon Chun On Ho, Adam Roche; Stefan Evans, Cillian Deane (1-0), Craig Kelly; Mark Doyle, Adam Baziz (0-2); Jason Brennan (2-1, 1-0 pen.), Daniel Byrne-Kavanagh, Tommy Smillie (2-0); Dylan O'Regan (1-0), Andrew Cullen (0-1), Justin Butler. Subs. - Isaac Doyle, Brandon O'Brien, Rokas Baika, Dean O'Connor.

Our Under-10 footballers played in a blitz on Wednesday evening against Kilmore and St. Mary's (Maudlintown) and were narrowly beaten in both.

Team: Adam Kavanagh, Emer O’Connor, Ryan Curran, Barry Curran, Darragh Deane, Devan Pitman, Nicky Kemp, Jamie Nolan, Jessie Dempsey, Mark Sinnott.

They are out again tomorrow night, Wednesday, in the Kent Cup. Best of luck boys and girls.

Fun, games and coaching catering for all under-age groups continues every Wednesday from 6.30 to 7.30 p.m. at Coolcotts pitch. For further details contact Mary (0879967925).

ST. MARY’S (ROSSLARE)

The club lotto stands at €12,600. Last week’s numbers were 1, 6, 13, 24 and bonus 33. Match three winners were Kevin Roche, Paul and Barra.

Results: Under-16 football quarter-final, St. Mary’s 3-12, Bannow 1-5; Under-12 football quarter-final, Adamstown 2-6, St. Mary’s 1-4 (AET); Under-14 hurling quarter-final, Ballygarrett 5-16, St. Mary’s 1-5; Under-10 Kent Cup mini blitz, St. Mary’s 1-8, Taghmon-Camross 2-3; Bannow-Ballymitty 4-1, St. Mary’s 3-0; Under-8 hurling: St. Mary’s played Our Lady’s Island/St. Fintan’s and were just that little bit stronger. Well done to both teams; Intermediate football: St. Mary’s 3-12, Ferns St. Aidan’s 2-8.

Our annual golf classic will be held Friday, September 12, in Rosslare Golf Club, with more details to follow.

A huge thank you to all who donated blood at our first-ever clinic at our complex in Tagoat last week. It was very encouraging to see so many people turn up to donate and the response was fantastic. We hope to run the clinic again in the coming months and we would urge anyone who can to donate.

The I.B.T.S. sent us this thank you note this week: ‘It’s in your Blood’. The Irish Blood Transfusion Service Carlow Centre held its first G.A.A. clinic in St. Mary’s G.A.A. Complex Rosslare/Tagoat. This clinic came about though an initiative between the I.B.T.S. and the G.A.A. ‘It’s in your Blood’, which aims to increase blood donations throughout the country.

‘The I.B.T.S. would like to take the opportunity to thank all 104 donors who attended the clinic. Also a special mention to those involved in organising and promoting especially P.R.O. Corinna Sheil who took on the challenge of being the local volunteer for St. Mary’s, and worked so diligently to make the clinic a success.

‘Well done and thanks to all at St. Mary’s Rosslare for helping to maintain a safe and sustainable blood supply, while building a community spirit around blood donation.’

CROSSABEG-BALLYMURN

Lotto numbers last week were 6, 17, 18 and 20. There was no jackpot winner. One match three winner was Martin Cummins. The jackpot is at €12,000 with a reserve jackpot of €6,800.

Anybody who is interested in taking part in this year’s Strictly Club Dancing in November, please contact any club committee member.

Orders are now being taken for under-age club jackets: 5-6 to 9-10 is €25, 10-11 to 13-14 is €30, and then small to xxl is €35. It’s an extra €5 for initials also.

A deposit of €20 must be paid up front on jackets without initials, and full price must be paid up front for jackets with initials.