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The GAA Cúl Camps in Avondale this year is on from August 13 to 17. Camps run from 10am to 2.30am.
The cost is €60 for one child, €50 for a second child and €40 for the third and any other child.
Closing date to register us 12 noon on Friday, August 10, and you must register online as you cannot register on the morning of the Cúl Camps.
If you have any problems registering, please contact Liam Kelly at 087 6878123.
Don’t forget everyone that Centra Rathdrum is still donating funds to various clubs and charities locally. Avondale GAA would really appreciate your support.
Make sure you request the blue tokens at the till with every purchase.
The defibrillator is now back. It’s just inside side door on left on the way into dressing rooms from pitch. Please respect it as it is a very important life saving device. of Aughrim 1-10, Kilcoole 0-6.
Our next match in this competition is against St. Pats in Ashford next Saturday, please see fixtures for more details. established players who were returning on the day was delayed and they could not be in time for the match, and another girl had become ill.
Luckily, Jayne Merren’s flight had arrived in good time. Between the toing and froing the muster amounted to just 14.
Emmets could have insisted on playing 15 against our girls but sportingly, to their cost, played 14-a-side. After all these set-backs, a lame-duck performance might have been anticipated from the Éire Óg cailíní.
In the event this was far from the case and they were into determined action from the throw-in and were just 2-9 to 2-4 behind at the interval.
The second period was an exciting score-fest which saw Éire Óg still five points down with six minutes to go and defeat seemed inevitable. Ach ní mar a shíltear a bhítear and bordering on the miraculous na Clocha Liatha succeeded in chalking up 3-1 in those last six minutes to win by five points. Lady luck played an important part in the victory as Bré struck the uprights on three occasions early in the second half. Final score: 8-5 to 5-9.
Fixtures: Thursday the 9th U-12 at home at 7pm and Seniors away in Newtown at 8pm.