U14s wrap up league campaign
The U14s travelled to Carraig na bhFear on Friday evening to play St Colmcilles in their final fixture of the East Cork Div 1 League. The first 12 minutes were all Watergrasshill as the boys registered 2-3 to Colmcille’s 1 point. However the hosts had no intention of lying down and scored 6 unanswered points to leave Watergrasshill with only a 2 point cushion at half time.
A tough half time talk got the lads scrapping harder in the second half but soft frees due to indiscipline from the visitors allowed St Colmcilles to eke out a draw. Finishing mid-table in the league the lads now look forward to the championship in June.
SCIATH NA SCOL GIRLS PROGRESS
Congratulations to the girls Sciath na Scol team from Watergrasshill National School who won their semi-final last Wednesday afternoon and are now off to Páirc Uí Chaoimh for the final.
Well done girls, we wish you all the very best in the final. It’s great to have both the girls’ and boys’ teams through to their respective finals, a great reward for the work they have all put in throughout the year.
INTERMEDIATES WIN AGAIN
Congratulations to our intermediates who had a great win over Argideen Rangers last weekend, 1-12 to 0-11. A slow start to the campaign saw us lose to Ballygiblin and win against Castlemartyr, but that was followed by a narrow defeat to Cloughduv. All the while, even though the results were not showing, Pat Heffernan’s young team were gelling nicely and the displays were always impressive.
Since that loss to Cloughduv though, the lads have beaten Midleton, Dungourney and Argideen Rangers and now lie 4th in the table with Mayfield, who are third up next on May 23rd.
FUN IN SUN FOR U8S
Well done to the 25 U8 boys from Watergrasshill who travelled to Whitechurch last weekend to play in a blitz. A fantastic sunny morning matched by some super hurling from the boys. The boys improve every time they go out and that is as a result of how well they train which is now paying off for them, they always manage to have fun too which is great to see.
RECENT RESULTS
Friday, 12th May, Rebel Óg East, D1 Hurling League - St Colmcilles 1-10 Watergrasshill 2-7. Sunday, 14th May, RED FM HL D5 - Watergrasshill 1-12 Argideen Rangers 0-11. Sunday, 14th May, Rebel Óg East, Fé16 D1 League - Watergrasshill 1-7 Kiltha Óg 2-17.
UPCOMING FIXTURES
Saturday, 20th May, JHL D2: Watergrasshill v Castlemartyr at 4:00pm in Watergrasshill. Tuesday, 23rd May, Red FM HL D5: Watergrasshill v Mayfield at 8pm in Watergrasshill. Wednesday, 24th May, Rebel Óg East, Fé17 D2 League: Watergrasshill v Cobh at 7.30pm in Watergrasshill. Thursday, 25th May, Rebel Óg East, Fé12 HL Group 6: Carrigtwohill V Watergrasshill.
LOTTO
There was no winner of the lotto jackpot this week. Numbers drawn were 14, 17, 25 and 29. Lucky dip winners are Ber O’Callaghan, Pat Walsh, Aisling Desmond and Elaine Dorgan. Congratulations to you all.
Next week’s jackpot is €4,200 and draw will take place on 22nd May in The Fir Tree bar.
Tickets are on sale in some of the village businesses like The Hut Bar, The Fir Tree, Johnny’s Shop and our new lotto stand in Ross’s Centra. Tickets can also be purchased online via our club website. The club would like to take this opportunity to thank all our members and supporters of the Watergrasshill GAA Club Lotto.
The club lotto is a vital source of income for the running of all our teams within the club and for future development of our facilities, so we ask you to please support it if you are in a position to do so. Remember, if you’re not in you can’t win.
AN CUPÁN TAE
As you may have noticed, our newly opened matchday café “An Cupán Tae” is now up and running. An Cupán Tae is based in our clubroom and will be open on match-days providing tea, coffee, soft-drinks and snacks. Please do pop in and say hello and grab a snack before, during or after one of our upcoming home games. We will also have some club merchandise and lotto tickets available, so something for everyone.