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AVONDALE

Lotto draw at the Cartoon on September 11, numbers drawn were: 3, 7, 17, and 21.

We have a jackpot winner: Pat Canavan for €1,400, c/o Liam Kelly. Congratulations Pat.

There were seven match three winners: Kevin Kinsella c/o Brenda, Alice Hamilton c/o May Moules, Breda Sheehan c/o Conor Sheehan, Esther Kearns c/o Audrey, Mary Heffernan c/o PJ Rowley, Gillian O’Toole c/o Coffin Shed, Lisa Byrne c/o Eileen Kennedy.

Next draw in Jacob’s on Tuesday, September 18 at 9.30 pm. Thanks for all your continued support

Our under-13 hurlers took on Kilcoole at home in the complex on Saturday in what is their last match this season.

With only nine players togging out, our lads had to fight hard, with the help of two Kilcoole players.

Their fight however, was not enough with kilcoole coming out on top.

Unfortunately, due to lack of numbers, our championship dreams have been put on hold for another year.

These lads haven’t had a full team all season, but have shown such determination in every match. They could have hung their heads, or walked away from their team... But that’s not what team mates do. They come back, week after week, determined to do better, learn more and perfect their skills.

After a short break, they will be back again, training through the winter, hopefully with a few more players coming out of the woodwork. They’ll be ready, as a team, to face whatever next season throws at them. They will be back, for the love of hurling runs deep through these guys and they will be stronger from the lessons learned this year.

Your parents, coaches and club couldn’t be prouder of you.

2018 Panel: Conor Doyle, Conor Hayes, Conor McGuirk, Caleb Fox, Killian Foley, Kelvin Browne, Jamie Townsend Doyle, and Jack McDonald, Noah Fahy.

Our under-11 hurlers traveled to St. Pats on Wednesday looking for another win and after a cracking game we came out on top with a scoreline of 0-24 to 0-16. Team: James Turner, Calem Nagle, Kevin Mullahy, Tyler O’Neill, Kevin Murphy, Tyler Byrne, Joe Jacob, Jake Nolan, Leighton O’Toole, Cameron Byrne, Adam Kearns, and Leighton Gahan. Great result, lads.

Our under-11 footballers play away to St. Pats this evening at 6.30pm. Training continues every Friday 6-7pm.

The under-9s have their last football Go Games this Saturday in Ballinakill. Time TBC later.

Well done to the under-7s who played in the football Go Games blitz in Ballinakill Saturday afternoon.

This was their last game this year where they have played 20 hurling and football Go Games during the year, the improvement in the boys and girls since the start of the year has been immense. They have played with great determination and skill and the club are very proud of you all.

2018 panel: Ava Byrne, Lucas Byrne Cahill, Aidan Kelly, Ollie Evans, Eoghan Doyle, Oisin O’Toole, Lila Smith, Donnacha Healy, Daniel Stadkevicius, Finn Keogh, Callan Keogh, Rory Devlin, Josh Porter, Dylan Ross, Will Phelan, Mark Rice, Chloe Quinn, Pippa Andrews, Kyle Byrne, Paudie Byrne, Enda Dechaibe, Shauna Kenny, Tyler Kavanagh, Dylan Kennedy, Zane Curran and Kearney McLinden.

The club would like to say a big thank you to the coaches Claudia Byrne, Robbie Porter and Emer Byrne who have put in an enormous amount of effort and time. We would also like to thank Noeleen Byrne for keeping track on all attendance throughout the year.

And finally, we would like to thank all the parents who helped out in any capacity throughout the year by washing jerseys, refereeing games, organizing refreshments, helping out some nights at training and for encouraging the boys and girls to play and train all year round. Well done, everyone.

A huge congratulations to our Intermediate camogie team who beat Kiltegan on Saturday in the final!

Final score: 1-6 to 0-5

Well done, ladies!

SHILLELAGH

Work on the new much anticipated wheelchair accessible walkway around the perimeter of the Fairgreen commenced on Saturday last. This is an extremely positive development which we hope will be of benefit to the community and surrounding areas.

To Mark Dempsey, Richard Lambert and Lar Behan, all of whom have contributed hugely to getting this project to the starting line, well done. Also to the energetic crew who turned up for the Riverbank clean up on Saturday last, go raibh mile mhaith agat.

While the work is in progress we would appeal to people if possible to avoid the perimeter area of the Fairgreen for safety reasons.

The combination drawn In the club lotto draw on Monday, September 3 was 17, 22, 25, and 28. There was no jackpot or match three winner, Jamie Schoeb, Orlaith Kavanagh and Conor and Rebecca Byrne were lucky dip winners. Buggy Murphy won the promoters prize, the next draw with the jackpot at €3,400 was scheduled for Monday last, September 17. Thanks for your continued support. JUVENILE NEWS

Congrats to the Under-13 St.Mary’s panel who turned in an impressive performance when defeating St. Kevins in Hollywood on Monday, September 10.

The reward for this talented group is a championship semi-final date where Éire Óg Greystones will provide the opposition. Scheduled for last Monday, September 17, in Ballinakill, hopefully we will again have positive news to report in next week’s notes.

Our under-11 panel travel to Ballinakill on this Wednesday evening, September 19, where Bray Emmets are sure to provide competitive opposition, all support appreciated.

Our under-9 gladiators also make the trek to Ballinakill on Saturday next, September 22. Parents will as usual be informed of start time and travel arrangements prior to Saturday.

ST PATRICK’S

St. Patrick’s GAA will host the Wicklow Hire and Hardware 5K/10K Autumn Challenge walk/run Fund Raiser on Sunday, September 23, from Dunbur at 10.30am. Registration starts at 9am. U13 €5, 5K - €10 and 10K €15.

Refreshments will be provided in the clubhouse. ALL WELCOME. Please support this important club fundraiser.

Well done to our under-17 footballers who had a comprehensive victory over Michael Dwyers in a wintry Ballinakill on Monday evening in their final League game.

The lads have finished joint top of the table with Blessington having won seven of their eight league games and qualified for the championship semi-finals and league final. Thank you to all the supporters who travelled to Ballinakill on such a dreadful night, the support is very much appreciated by the players and management.

Panel: Pat Sammon, Mark Evans, Cian Kelly, Caolann Mooney, Niall Delahunt, Ken O’Grady, Padraig Cahill, Mark Whelan, Dylan Byrne, Callum Kelly, Aaron Byrne, Cian O’Brien, Matthew Ryan, Craig Anderson, Dylan Kavanagh, Cathal O’Briain, Frankie Reynolds, Marc O’Brien, Ciaran Byrne, Ryan Kavanagh, Liam Connolly, Scott Sheridan

A massive well done to the St. Pats under-13 football boys blue team for a comprehensive win over Blessington in a wet and windy Ballinakill on Monday night. This was the last game in the Division 1 league.

The team played 13 matches, 12 wins and only one defeat all season and finished in second position on the league table. The team have now qualified for the ‘A’ championship final in early October against Baltinglass.

Thanks to the parents for your support for all home and away matches and training over the last eight months. Thanks Steven and Bryan

Under-9s football reached the final of the tournament on Saturday in Bray and were narrowly defeated by Bray. Well done to all the players and management

The under-13 hurlers completed their league campaign with a well-deserved 5-6 to 4-5 win over Éire Óg on Saturday. This result sees the team finish third in the league and qualify for the ‘A’ championship. Well done lads and best of luck in the forthcoming championship.

Congratulations to the Dublin ladies for retaining their crown beating Cork 3-11 to 1-12. Well done to our Intermediate and Senior Ladies panels and management who were part of the historic occasion breaking another attendance record for ladies sport in Europe with over 50,000 in attendance. A big Thank you to Marie and Padraig Humby of The Chester Beatty Inn for a beautiful meal for the panels after the games all in preparation for a busy week end ahead. Starting at 12 noon on Saturday, September 22, our Intermediate ladies take on Valleymount in the championship decider in Aughrim. For the second year running our Senior ladies play reigning champions Tinahely in the Senior championship final at 4pm in Aughrim.

Please support our Intermediate and Senior ladies in their county finals.

Our indoor bowls continues each Monday in the hall at 8pm all new members welcome. If you require further information, please contact 087 260 5156.

Our ‘Little Warriors’ will continue on Saturdays at 10am for boys and girls age 4-6. Fun games, getting to meet new friends and learning new skills, are what our nursery is all about. We look forward to welcoming those back from last year and meeting our new recruits!

Thanks to Gallagher’s Super Valu for their continued sponsorship of our club nursery.

Our development committee now have the Greenhill Road Playing Pitches Planning Application drawings on view for all members in the Clubhouse. Committee members will be available on Saturday mornings to discuss the application. All members are welcome to view the club’s future!

Thank you to everyone who supports our club Lotto

St. Patrick’s GAA Club lotto results from Monday, September 10. Numbers drawn were: 2, 16, 23 and 25. Bonus number was: 7. No jackpot winners for €10,000 or €2,000.

Two match three winners: Niall Higgins c/o Whistler’s c/o Damien O’Brien and Louise Hollingsworth c/o John O’Brien.

This week’s match four jackpot is €2,100.

Thanks to the weekly club lotto sellers who give up their time to help raise funds for the club. It’s greatly appreciated.

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.

TINAHELY

Junior Football - County champions. Yes, we are Junior ‘C’ football county champions for 2018 after beating kilcoole last Thursday evening in Balinakill.

The lads were first on the score board and from that point they never looked back. Final score on the night was Tinahely 2-14, Kilcoole 2-4.

Congratulations to all the panel and management on a fantastic season winning three trophies. Clean sweep for the team.

Tinahely GAA lotto results from September 10. Numbers drawn were: 1, 2, 15, and 26. Bonus number was 18. There was no jackpot winner. There was one match three winner: Jim Whelan. Next week’s lotto: €9,400. Minor Football - Congratulations to the Minor team on beating An Tochar last Sunday 2-16 to 1-10. The team now march on to the semi-finals.

Intermediate - Our Intermediate team have been drawn against Kilmac in the county semi-final on the weekend of Sep- tember 29/30. Let’s knuckle down now lads for the next two weeks and work hard.

Ladies Football - Best of luck to the Senior team who play St. Pats in the county football this coming Saturday in Joule Park Aughrim. Get your flags out and get down to support this talented team.

RATHNEW

We had a great win on Sunday in the senior championship playoff against Hollywood.

The team started very poorly in the first half. This wasn’t helped by the niggly and late tackling by our opponents.

It was a tough game for the ref to handle, and the lads feel the ref was let down by some of his umpires that didnt bring to his attention some of the late tackling and striking off the ball.

After the interval, the lads emerged a much better team and rallied off some glorious points without reply, we also added two goals to the scoreline from Eddie Doyle and Leighton Glynn, where our back line kept Hollywood to a solitary point in the second half.

This was a great performance from the lads considering they played over half the game with 14 men.

The team was driven forward by some of the players many seem to be writing off. Namely, Damien Power, Paul Merrigan, Nicky Mernagh and Leighton Glynn. Our midfield coped well without the assistance of big Jem and we are looking forward now to the semi-final.

Well done to our under-17/Minor team who had a great win away to Clara Gaels in the ‘A’ championship last Tuesday.

This was an all-round team performance from everyone and the lads fully deserved their victory on a wet evening up in Avondale.

The team played some great football in the first half and really should have been further ahead at the break.

They lead 1-4 to 1-3 at this stage. The lads tho were very determined in the second half and put in great effort right till the final whistle and winning on a final score of 2-9 to 1-7.

Team and scorers: Reece Doyle, Killian Clarke, Tristan O’Toole, Charlie Cruz, Fionn O’Sullivan, Nickey Kearney, Ewan Culbert, Sam O’Dowd, Jenson O’Connor 0-2, Sean Coffey 1-1, Ross Quinn, Shane Cullinan, Dylan Smith 0-3, Eoin Doyle 1-3, Kian Furlong, Jack Manley, Cian O’Neill, TJ O’Neill, Owen Gregory.

PS: The coaches and players would like to thank everyone for their support last night.

All at the club send condolences to the Hunter family on the passing of Harry. Harry donned the red and green jersey on many occasions. RIP.

HOLLYWOOD

Congratulations to the Junior ‘B’ squad who won the championship last weekend. They overcame Avoca to win on a scoreline of 0-8 to 1-4. Thanks to all our loyal supporters for your encouragement

The next Hollywood GAA club lotto draw will be held on Thursday, September 20, in Poulaphouca House for a jackpot of €6,400.

You can purchase lotto tickets in local businesses, from club members and at hollywoodgaa.com.

After their defeat to Rathnew the senior team are expected to play their quarter final against Baltinglass next weekend. Date and venue to be confirmed.

ANNACURRA

Mixed fortunes last weekend for club teams. On Friday the senior footballers played the relegation match against Éire Óg. The game didn’t go well. We went down 1-14 to 1-4.

On Saturday the Junior camogie team played Aughrim in the Junior county final. This was tight all the way and ended in a draw. Hopefully they will be successful in the replay.