GRASSROOTS

ST PATRICK’S

A beautiful day was had by all who took part in the St Patricks GAA Annual Golf Day in Wicklow Golf Club on Saturday, June 17.

The Scramble 4 ball competition teed off at 9am. The overall winners were Gary Carthy, Tom Vickers, Mark Walsh and Stephen O’Brien.

In second place Tom Murphy, Ger Murphy, Michael Doyle and Alan Hester. Third: Mark Kavanagh, Paul Furlong, Sean Liddy and Glen Malone. Fourth: Pat Stapleton, Mary Stapleton, Kieran Stapleton and Ciaran T. Doyle.

Nearest the pin was won by Ciaran Doyle. The longest drive was won by Chris Bain while Valerie Brennan was successful in the Ladies longest drive.

The non GUI winners were: Ciaran Doyle, Donal Fitzgerald, Stephen Duffy and Aidan Small. It was great to see Keith Carty back playing sport, all in St Patricks wish him well for the future. On behalf of St Patricks GAA Club treasurer James Phelan thanked Wicklow Golf Club and Captain Tony Michaels for all their assistance on the day and the ground staff who had the course in excellent condition.

Thank you to John Doyle for all his help on the day in getting teams out and recording score cards. Thank you to all the sponsors on the day especially our main sponsor – SHARERIDGE.

Thank you to all those that did Trojan work behind the scenes to make the day a success especially Mary Cahill, Nora Dunne, Tommy Vickers, Davy Shannon, Markie Conway, Mick Murphy, Gerry Tiernan and Pat Stapleton.

It was not to be for the Wicklow County Camogie team in the Leinster Junior final replay against Offaly in Rathleague. Hard luck to our own dual stars Laura Manley and Erynn O’Brien.

Congratulations to Layla Hitchen who is the under-14 girl’s player of the month for May!

The next generation of hurling stars were enjoying themselves at training on Wednesday night. Of course only two can grab the coveted player of the week awards! Up this week were Tommy Morrissey under-7 and Leon Lawless under-6 - well done boys

Congratulations to clubman Alan Smullen and his wife Niamh and daughter Cara who welcomed a new arrival Sophie to the Smullen family.

Well done to our under-8 and under-10 camogie girls who took part in the monster blitz at Ballinakill. Training continues every Thursday from 6.45pm to 7.45pm at St. Pats NS.

A great evenings hurling took place between ourselves and Eire Og on Wednesday in Dunbur. We got the better of the Division 1 fixture, and a strong finish from Eire Og saw them claim the spoils in Division 2, after a gallant effort from our lads. Well done to all and see you for training on Monday next.

On Friday our junior ladies welcomed Eire Og to Dunbur on a fabulous sunny evening. Pat’s girls proved too strong for Eire Og and led at half time 4-08 to 0-05. The second half proved no different the girls put on an excellent display of football with the scoreline finishing 14-12 to 1-10.

Scorers: Sadbh Murphy Captain 4-03, Niamh Caffrey 4-01, Aimi Healy 2-03, Niamh McSorley 0-02, Saoirse O’Reilly 2-01, Sinead McGettigan 1-01, Aine Kavanagh 1-00 and Luci Hobbs 0-01.

Well done to Liam and Trina Keogh who surprised the under-12s with a trip to River valley activity park in Redcross for their training.

Have you got any used football boots/hurling helmets you are not using? The club would love them. They can be dropped into the gear shop every Saturday morning to help with the club gear exchange program.

Don’t forget tuck shop and club gear shop open every Saturday morning 11-12.30.

New Pink Club Supporters Jerseys are now available.

Jerseys that have been pre-ordered from Alan O’Brien will have first preference.

Call to Club Shop on Saturday morning to collect Jersey’s 11am to 12.30pm.

Jersey sizes are the same as the jersey sold in our Club Shop on Saturday mornings: 0-6 months, 1-2 years, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10, 10-11, 13, Small, Medium, Large, X-Large, 2XL etc.

Prices are €28 for sizes 0-6 thru’ 3-4, €30 for sizes 5-6 thru’ 10/11, €40 for size 13, €45 for all adult sizes.

A big thank you to volunteers Siobhan Hollingsworth, Emma Hughes Czwalina in the Tuck Shop and Marie O’Brien, Olivia Connolly Carey and Mick Murphy who have volunteered to assist with the Club Gear Shop at the club nursery every Saturday in Dunbur.

Any Individuals interested in been involved with our club teams for 2017 should contact the Club Secretary at: Secretary.stpatricks. wicklow@gaa.ie.

We are always welcoming new players to St Patrick’s GAA club we begin at three years of age come along Saturday morning and try it out.

St Patrick’s GAA Club are hosting a fundraising Ceili for the Martin family on June 23 at 9pm in the Clubhouse, Dunbur. Admission at the door will be €10. A raffle with lots of prizes will be held on the night.

It will be a regular Ceili with set-dancing and old-time waltzes and Music by a two-piece band. Please reserve a date in your diary!

The Kellogg’s GAA Cúl website is now LIVE for Bookings. Contact County Coordinator Garrett Doyle 083-4357460 or https://www.kelloggsculcamps.gaa.ie/booking/online/

Cúl Camp dates 2017 in St Patrick’s GAA Club Wicklow Town this year are

Hurling Cúl Camp 3rd July to 7th July 2017 Football Cúl Camp 17th July to 21st July 2017 Congratulations to Neasa McGillycuddy c/o Sorcha who was the winner of our Match 4 Jackpot of €2,700.We had no Winners for our Match 5 Jackpot. Don’t forget to buy your ticket this week. If you are not in you cannot win!

Numbers drawn were 9, 11, 17, and 19. The bonus number was 16.

We had five match three winners: Brian O’Connor, Mick Kavanagh, Lorraine Van Bronkhorst, Robert Earls and George O’Brien.

Thanks to the weekly club lotto sellers who give up their time to help raise funds for the club. It’s greatly appreciated. The next draw is on Monday, June 19, in the clubhouse. Make sure you buy a ticket each week and you could be the winner of our Match 4 prize €1,500 or Match 5 €10,000 jackpot!

As part of club development and potential additional playing facilities, we are requesting that each age group team support the lotto selling rota by providing a team of four on their designated Saturday. Are any of you available to sell in the pubs on Saturday nights from 9pm? Contact your team manager for details.

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.

AVONDALE

Our playing week started last Wednesday with our Junior hurlers getting a walk over from Bray Emmetts which was a bit annoying as we were building up a head of steam in the league.

We travel to Carnew this evening for junior hurling with a 7.30pm start.

Also last Wednesday our under-11 hurlers played Michael Dwyers and after a great game of hurling were were unlucky to lose by four points.

This team is improving every week so keep up the great work lads. This evening our under-11 footballers welcome Aughrim to Avondale for a 7.15pm start for what is sure to be a humdinger of a game.

Last Friday evening our Senior footballers travelled to Greystones to take on Eire Og. This was a game that will live long in the memory.

Avondale started with six Junior players, lost Shane O’Neill to a black card, his replacement Joe Kennedy who is the Junior B goalkeeper goes in a full forward and scores a cracker of a goal.

We then lose Dean Gahan to another black card and his replacement Brendan ‘The Silver Fox’ Ward who is a selector in the dying minutes kicks two wonderful points to give Avondale a badly needed win on a scoreline of 2-12 to 2-10.

On Sunday we played Carnew in the senior hurling championship. We were a bit under strength but we hurled fairly well to go in level at half-time but as we ran out of steam in the second half Carnew upped their game and they ran out comfortable winners in the end.

There was no winner of last week’s lotto with the numbers 6,13,14 and 27 drawn. The jackpot for last night’s draw which was held in Mileys was €700. Results in next weeks notes.

SHILLELAGH

Sincere sympathy of all club members is extended to Deirdre and Steven Byrne on the recent sad passing of Deirdre’s mother Margaret (Peg) Burke R.I.P Monamolin Wexford , to Deirdre, Peg’s husband Andy and family and to the extended Burke family/ friends our condolences.

Training for all panel members of the junior A football panel continues this week in preparation for our 1st championship game versus Kilbride scheduled for early July, still operating with a threadbare squad the management team of Declan (Gooch)Nolan, Noel Murphy, Francis Simpson and David Cullen will be hoping that all available warriors will put the shoulder to the wheel in an effort to get their championship bid off to a winning start.

Coolattin Golf club is the place to be on This Thursday 22nd June at 8pm when Paddy Behan ( who shares the club presidency with Quarry St’s Jimmy Kearns) launches his much anticipated book PART OF THIS PLACE.

The Behan family have a long association with our club, Paddy’s son Paul is currently chairman of a progressive juvenile section while his grandsons Brendan and Dan are part of the junior A Panel, to Paddy/Lil and family all the best.

Another event more than worthy of our support is the annual plant and rose sale which goes ahead on this Saturday/Sunday, June 24 and 25, at Walkers Supermarket car park, all proceeds of the sale go to Scoil Mhuire Na N-aird so come along and seek out a bargain, refreshments available on the day.

The combination drawn in the club lotto draw on Monday, June 12, was 2, 8, 11, and 21, there was no jackpot winner. The following matched three numbers and shared €100: Myra Nolan, Raheengraney, Daragh Gregan, Coolattin Gardens. Patrick Murphy won the promoters prize. The next draw with the jackpot an enticing €3,400 will take place in Kenny’s Central House on Monday, June 26, tickets costing just €2 are available in local business outlets and from promoters/players/ committee members your continued support is much appreciated.

JUVENILE NEWS

The under-13 St Marys football squad had a lge game versus An Tochar on Monday last in Coolkenno, result/report in next week’s notes.

The under-11 squad had to give best to the home side in the Annacurra tournament played in sweltering conditions on Sunday last.

It was difficult to stand around in + 25 temperatures not to mind play football so well done to all concerned.

On this Saturday our under-7 and under-9 members travel to take part in the all county Go Games which will be held in Ballinakill. Parents will be informed of start time and travel arrangements prior to Saturday.

AGB

AGB’s under-10 girls travelled to Bray on Saturday morning in glorious sunshine to participate in a Blitz.

The girls played brilliantly and really enjoyed the games.

The under-12 girls were in action against Baltinglass last Tuesday evening and although the Baltinglass side dominated the match, our AGB girls kept their focus and continued to battle on. Huge improvements can be seen with this promising young Arklow team.

The under-14 girls also hosted a home game on Thursday evening and welcomed Kilcoole to Pearses Park. A tough game was played out, but the AGB girls did their best against a very strong team.

The under-14 girls are out in action at home in Pearses Park again this Thursday against St. Pats. Best of luck to all the ladies teams in action this week.

The Junior ladies will resume their league matches this Wednesday when they will face Kilcoole at home, in Pearse’s Park. Throw in is at 7pm. Best of luck to our ladies.

A special thank you to all who supported our Ladies collection on the doors of Super Valu last weekend. Thank you to Pettits’ Super Valu for the venue and to all from our ladies team who generously gave their time to collect.

AGB’s under-11 boys travel to Baltinglass on Wednesday evening to play them.

The under-7/under-9 boys will travel to Ballinakill on Saturday to play in a monster blitz.

Training has now resumed for our under-17 team also, who will be back playing their league fixtures after a short break for exams.

AGB’s under-13 and under-15 teams are also continuing their league campaigns. Best of luck to our juvenile teams in action this week.

AGB’s Senior men travelled to Stratford last Tuesday evening. With some players missing due to exams, the team faced a stronger Stratford side. Stratford put the AGB men through their paces, and the match ended in Stratford’s favour with a final score of 0-06 to 1-13. Scores on the night were from Philip Healy(2), Cormac Hyland (1), Stephen Hurley(2), Darragh Culleton(1).

The first championship match has been confirmed with Tinahely for the Senior men, date and time to be announced.

AGB’s Junior ‘B’ team travelled to Avoca last Thursday night where a young AGB team had a convincing win over a strong Avoca team.

Huge efforts were put in by the AGB men, who were the winners on the night with the final score 2-11 to 1-8. Goals scorers on the night were Ian Bracken and Garrett Kenny, and the points were secured by Ian Braken (3), Darragh Culleton (2), Quentin O’Reilly (1), Alan McBride (3), Jack Furlong (1), and Ciaran O’Shea (1).

AGB’s Junior ‘B’ team are away Avondale on Thursday evening, throw in is 7.30pm.

Pettits’ Super Valu Arklow, are running a promotion from 22nd June called “Behind the Ball”. The promotion will give AGB the opportunity to win some much needed footballs for our Juvenile section.

The idea is that the customer shops in store and spends over €20, the customer uses their Real Rewards Card, the till prints a receipt then the customer chooses their club to support and drops receipt into our Collection Unit. This will run for nine weeks, so whichever club reaches 2000 receipts first will win a set of footballs for their club. So please spread the word and let’s win these for AGB.

AGB will run a summer camp this August in Pearses Park on the week of the 14th to the 18th from 10am to 2pm. The price will be €45 per child, with great fun and games to be played. To book your place please contact Sinead on 0871374812.

Please send club notes to arklowgaa@gmail. com You can contact the AGB PRO at above email, Facebook (‘Arklow Geraldines Ballymoney GAA Club’ or ‘AGB Ladies’) or Twitter.

BRAY EMMETS

Lotto: The numbers drawn were: 26, 30, 15, and 5.

The next jackpot will be: €20,000. Please sign up here, it’s a fantastic way of supporting the club and winning some cash.

Senior Hurling Championship - We begin the defence of our county hurling crown on Tuesday against Greystones in Greystones at 7.30pm. We then take on Carnew in Aughrim at 1.45pm on Sunday. Please support this fantastic team.

Feile Weekend - Well done to all who made the Feile weekend such a great success and congratulations to the team for representing their club in such an exemplary fashion.

Ellen Kinch Memorial Cup -Bray Emmets Ladies showed their support for the Ellen Kinch Memorial Cup 7s tournament last Saturday and with only eight players, they had their work cut out for them. Our girls put it up to the opposing teams, including last year’s Leinster finalists, and left Tinahely with their heads held high (and only some minor sunburn).

The Kinch family has arranged the Ellen Kinch Memorial Cup since 2008, with any proceeds made on the day going to the worthy cause of Barrettstown charity.

U14 Camogie - The U14 Camogie team hosted Kilcoole in Páirc Emmet Bhré Monday, June 12. The game was played in a very good sporting spirit and the tussles were keenly contested throughout. However, with full-back Róisín Benville impervious, and Áine Farrell and the Canavan sisters with radars honed – Bray Emmets were always going to offer a Tour de force. The night ended in a Bray win which delighted team Mentors, Neal O’Doherty and Eugene Canavan.

Beidh an chéad chluiche eile in aghaidh Chill Téagáin.

Foireann: Áine Farrell (Captaen, 2-3), Alannah Harrington (1-1), Amy Butler (1-0), Aoife Canavan (3-0), Erica Brierton (1-0), Fionnuala Crowley (01), Madge Redmond (0-1), Mary-Anne Aherne (1-0), Pearl O’Connor (2-0), Róisín Benville, Saoirse Canavan (1-2). Bainisteoir - Brian Lambe.

U10 Camogie and Football - While the boys were doing us proud in the Feile the girls blitzes carried on. We had two this week, Camogie on Wednesday in Ballinakill and we hosted 12 teams in Bray on Saturday for Football. The weather couldn’t have been more different, cold and windy in Ballinakill and a scorcher in Bray. We finished the week with four wins