Waterford impressive winners in Walsh Park
The sun shone brightly down on a fresh spring afternoon in Walsh Park last Sunday as Waterford took on Tipperary in the National Hurling League. The home crowd may have been slightly nervous ten minutes into the game, as Tipp sauntered into a six point lead scoring impressive long range points from play. Stephen Bennett steadied the ship with a well taken goal and Waterford slowly built momentum from there and seemed hungrier, stronger and faster especially when it was needed in the last quarter. Lismore’s Iarlaith Daly and Jack Prendergast contributed five points to add to Waterford’s tally.
The Déise finished in style by reeling off ten points in front of a packed and delighted attendance of 5,865 fans. The day belonged to Stephen Bennett as the man of the match landed 1-16 in total to finish a memorable day for him in the Waterford jersey. Liam Cahill will be the happier manager while Colm Bonnar will have much to think about ahead of the championship meeting of these two teams in six weeks’ time. Next up are old rivals Kilkenny on Sunday, 20th March in Nowlan Park at 1:45pm.
U15 FOOTBALLERS KICK OFF THE SEASON WITH AN IMPRESSIVE WIN
The Lismore U15 footballers started their year in division 2/3 with an impressive win against Sacred Heart (Erins Own) last Sunday morning at Poleberry. Playing with the wind in the first half, Lismore built up a strong lead with goals from Hugo Quann, Ben Cummins, Callum Kingston and Rian O’Dwyer. Sacred Heart began to make inroads in the second half but the Lismore defence remained steadfast to hold onto victory. Final score: Lismore 6-05, Sacred Heart 4-00. Team: Iarlaith Meagher, Ruan O’Keeffe, Tiernan O’Keeffe, Ruaidhrí Duffin, Kealan Dunne, Adam Cummins, Dylan Cunningham, David O Farrell, Dara Brien, Joshua Kiely, Hugo Quann, Ben Cummins, Ethan King, Brian Hegarty, Callum Kingston, Rian O’Dwyer. Next round will be against Gaultír B in Gaultír this Sunday, 13th March at 11am.
LISMORE GAA CHELTENHAM CHALLENGE
Lismore GAA Club will be holding a Cheltenham challenge fundraiser in conjunction with this year’s famous horse racing festival. How does it work? Select one horse in each of the first four races each day. Points awarded if your horse finishes 1st = 10pts, 2nd = 6 pts, 3rd = 3pts, 4th = 1pt. All entries to be submitted by 12pm each day to 087 2549758 via WhatsApp. Entries after this will not be included.
When submitting entries, send in the race number followed by the horse number, e.g. Race 1, Horse 5. If your horse is a non-runner or no entry is received, your selection moves to the SP favourite. If there are joint SP favourites, your selection moves to joint favourite with the lowest number. The winner will be the highest entry with the most accumulated points after the 16 races. In the event of a tie, the entry with the most 1st place finishes will be the winner. If there is still a tie after this, it will move to the entry with the most 2nd places. An updated table will be shared each evening on our social media sites. 1st prize = €600, 2nd prize = €300, 3rd prize = €100. €50 to the highest points scorer each day. The entry fee is €20 via Klubfunder/Clubs/ Lismore.
JUNIOR HURLING AND FOOTBALL DRAWS 2022
Junior B Hurling: Group A - Fourmilewater, Tallow, Lismore, Abbeyside, Dungarvan. Group B - Kilgobnet, Ballyduff Upper, Brickey Rangers, An Rinn. Junior A Football: Group A - Sean Phobal, Tallow, Kilgobnet. Group B Lismore, Ballyduff Upper, Shamrocks. Group C Ballinacourty, Geraldines, Affane.
SYMPATHIES
Lismore GAA Club would like to extend its deepest sympathies to the Barry family on the recent passing of Richie Barry, Lacken, Cappoquin and formerly of Castlelands, Lismore. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.
LISMORE GAA CLUB LOTTO
Last week’s results: Numbers drawn: 3, 15, 23 and 25. No winner. €20 consolation prize: Norma Tobin, Tanya Tinnelly, Patrick Buckley, Shauna Prendergast. This week’s numbers: 11,12, 15, 25. No winner. €20 consolation prize: Patricia Coleman, Ann O’Sullivan, K Lawton, The Condon family. Next week’s jackpot will be €5,600.