ST PATRICK’S
The Senior men had their second championship game this weekend where they were up against Coolkenno in Aughrim.
They picked up a great victory scoring 1-15 to Coolkenno’s eight points to reach the championship quarter-final.
Congratulations to all involved with our Junior A’s who had a fine win against Bray in their final group game in Greystones in Friday evening.
They have now topped Group 1 in the Junior ‘A’ football championship.
Our Minors travelled to Donard in Round 2 of the Minor football championship to play St. Nicholas.
The lads had played some good football in the opening half to lead by 1-06 to 0-06 at the half-hour.
Following some costly errors in the second half St Nicks ran out winners on the final score of 4-10 to 2-10.
The Junior ladies had their last group game of the championship on Monday evening. They faced An Tochar in Roundwood and needed to a win to secure a place in the semi-finals. Unfortunately, the ladies lost narrowly by a point in what was an exciting game. Our own Liz Malone suffered a bad knock in the game and we hope she has recovered well.
The Under-16 girls played Tinahely in Dunbur on Wednesday evening in the league grabbing a victory, 1-10 to 1-06.
Last Friday we welcomed Carnew Under-14 girls to Dunbur Park for the Division 3 county league semi-final.
This game ebbed and flowed through out the first half with both teams trading early scores which saw St. Pat’s lead 0-03 to 0-01 after 11 minutes. Carnew then hit us with two goals which saw them reach half-time leading 2-3 to 0-4.
The St. Pat’s girls hit a purple patch just after half time and managed to score 1-3 without reply and we went ahead 1-7 to 2-3 in the 42nd minute.
However, the southern lassies heaped on the pressure and along with some wayward passing and errors by us, we conceded 2-2 in a five-minute spell.
It was too much to retrieve but we kept trying right to the final whistle, but at the end of the evening the better team had won.
Final Score: St. Patricks 1-08, Carnew Emmets 4-08. All the girls who turned out on the evening gave it their all. Best of luck to the Carnew girls in the league final.
Team: Aine Kavanagh, Sarah Carroll, Lauren Gregory, Ellen Griffin, Jennifer Madden, Siobhan Gorman (0-1), Amy O’Doherty, Aisling Walsh (01), Chloe O’Donovan (0-2), Katie Shea, Naoise Reilly (0-2), Sophia Porter (1-0), Laura Newsome (0-1), Emma Arnold, Grace Montgomery. Subs: Holly McSorley (0-1), Keela Dunne, Eva Phelan, Heather McInerney, Kate Connolly, Ciara O’Brien.
Our Gaelic4Girls squad along with some of our Under-10 team headed to Croke Park on Monday for a fun filled day of matches. They played other teams from around the country, and were introduced to Star Players. It was a great day for everyone involved.
A great week was had at the football Cúl Camps in Dunbur. We were lucky with the weather as the rain managed to hold off. Chosen by the coaches, Holly McSorley won Girl of the Camp and Chris Bouchier won Boy of the Camp! Holly plays on our U14 Girls team and Chris plays on our U12 Boys team.
Our own St. Pats GAA Summer Camp is soon approaching with places still available. It’s for boys and girls aged 3-10, from 9.30am to 1.30pm on 9th-11th August. It’s €40 per child, and kids are recommended to bring runners and boots as the hall will be available in the case of bad weather. You can contact Gary Duffy for more details 0863529442.
Both our Boys and Girls Nursery had the weekend off but are back to normal this coming week, August 6th.
Our Junior hurlers take on Arklow Rock Parnell’s in Pearse Park Arklow on Friday 5th August in the Junior Hurling Championship at 7.30pm.
On Saturday 6th August our Senior Footballers return to the Campus Oil Division 1 Football League where they entertain Tinahely in Dunbur at 7pm.
On Sunday 7th August our Junior A’s welcome Shillelagh in the Campus Oil Division 3 Football League to Dunbur at 12 noon.
Please verify all fixtures in Wicklow People and Club Facebook page. Please support your teams. There was no winner of this week’s Club Lotto Draw of €3,900. Numbers drawn were 1,6,19 and 22. The bonus number was 2. There was one winner of the Match 3 prize of €250: Eifion Williams c/o Eddie Leonard. Thanks to the weekly Club Lotto Sellers who give up their time to help raise funds for the Club. It’s greatly appreciated. Make sure you buy a ticket each week and you could be the winner of our Match 4 prize of €4,000 or Match 5 €10,000 jackpot!
Please send any information for club notes to Pro.stpatricks.wicklow@gaa.ie before 9pm on Sunday evenings. You can contact St Pats at Facebook St Patrick’s GAA Club Wicklow Town or Twitter @StPatsGAAWick. the weekend
The club’s annual field day is a wee bit later this year and will be held on August 21 in the Gaa grounds starting at 1pm. We hope to add a few more attractions this year, more details will follow on Facebook.