DUNGARVAN GAA NOTES

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PADDY FITZGERALD CUP

THE club was delighted to hear that the inaugural Premier County intermediate football championship was played for the Paddy Fitzgerald Cup this year. Paddy’s family were present in Walsh Park last Saturday for the final when Roanmore defeated Rathgormack to lift the trophy.

FIELDS CLOSED

THE two fields in our club grounds are closed for the winter apart from club training and games. The astro is available for bookings at reasonable rates for all comers.

 SATURDAY  NURSERY

Our regular Nursery group continues this and every Saturday while the weather permits. As always, newcomers are always welcome just come along to our astro turf facility at11 am any Saturday mornings and you will get a great introduction to your local GAA club in the heart of the town.

 UNDERAGE TRAINING TIMES

    Training Times for 2023 New members are always welcome.

U6 Saturday 11-12

U7/u8/u9 Tuesday 6-7

U10 Sunday 12-1

U11 Wednesday 5-6 and Thursday 3 30-430 ( alternating )

U12/u13 Monday and Fridays 6-7

UNDER 7’S

Our u7s had guests last week in our Astro pitch when St Pats joined us for a great fun filled hour . Well done to both groups . Thanks to St. Pats GAA & LGFA Juvenile Club for making the trip in. Our group train every Monday evening at 6pm in the Astro all welcome

  LOTTO

This week’s Lotto jackpot was £16,600. Lotto Results 23/10/2023.This week’s lotto numbers are 2.12.23 and 27. There was no jackpot winner. Next week’s jackpot is worth £16,800. There were four Match 3 winners of £25 euro each, Jackie Regan, Crotty brothers x2 and Mary McCarthy.

Thanks to all our lotto players and sellers. Lotto tickets are available in Paddy Foleys, Hallahans Chemist, Queally’s, Walsh’s Spar, Country Store and Johnny Lynch’s Greengrocers and online.

SYMPATHY

The club was saddened to hear of the death of Isabel Baker in Ballinhassig last week. Isabel was daughter of the late Donie Barry, Mitchel St, a former committee member and Isabel was a fitness trainer with our adult teams back in the 1970’s.

Sympathy is also extended to Mary McCarthy, Boithrin na Rua on the death of her father Frank Callinan in Carlow recently.The club also sends its sympathy to the McGrath and Murray families on the recent death of Paddy McGrath, Silversprings, who was a noted hanballer in his younger days.

0002 : Pictured are our under 12 footballers who qualified for their County final  with a semi final win over Gaultier in our club grounds last week.

0003 : Pictured is the Chiders Estate team that took part in the Dungarvan CBS hurling  street leagues in 1976.

Back Row : Left to right : Darrell Donnolly, Jason Tobin, Jimmy Duggan, Alan Walsh, Richard Fraher, Dwayne Cantwell, Raymond Cantwell, Alan Simms, Derek Duggan.

Front Row : Left to Right : Michael Wright, Shane O Shea, Edmond Doran, Anthony Hayes, Alan Ryan. Philip Duggan, Martin Power.

UNDER 9 FOOTBALLERS IN KILWORTH

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MINOR FOOTBALL.

BALLYDUFF UPPER 0-12 DUNGARVAN 1-8

OUR interest in the County minor football championship ended last Sunday when Ballyduff defeated us by the minimum score. Our thanks to all the players for their  commitment and to our management team who put in great work this year in both the football and hurling championships.

JJ Kavanagh &Sons Co. Minor Football Championship – Division 2

INTERMEDIATE FOOTBALL

DUNGARVAN 2-8 SHAMROCKS 2-7

AFTER suffering defeats in our previous two games by 0-1, our luck changed last Sunday in Cappoquin when we defeated Shamrocks by the same margin and so we remain in the intermediate grade for 2024.

Thanks to all those who committed to the football this year and to Chris McGovern and Dermot Dee for their work on the line.

Scorers :

Dungarvan : Eoin O Callaghan 1-1, Conor Sheridan 1-0, Michael Kiely 0-2f, Kealan Daly 0-2, Joe Duggan, Brian Curran and Cathal Curran(f) 0-1 each.

Team : Robbie Wall; Sean Hyslop, Mikey Burke, Brian Curran; Kealan Daly, Jack Fitzgerald, Joe Duggan; Colm Curran, Jack Lacey; Gabriel McGovern, Conor Sheridan, Gavin Christopher; Eoin O Callaghan, Michael Kiely, Cathal Curran. Sub ; Gary Donnolly for Gabriel McGovern. Oisin Morrissey.

UNDER 14 HURLING

Our under 14 hurlers were beaten in the championship semi final sa Rinn last Wednesday evening by 0-1. Thanks to Ivan and all the players for their efforts.Team : Lee Duggan; Rian Daly, Ben Morrissey, Jamie Connolly; Stefan Clifford Millar, Joey Morrissey, Jack Mulcaire;  Aaron Dillon, Rian Hallahan; Calum Fitzgerald, Eoin Murray Tiernan Wall; Callum Prendergast King;, Adam Brophy, Caolan Curran. Subs : Cormac Silke, James Ferncombe.

SATURDAY  NURSERY

Our regular Nursery group continues this and every Saturday while the weather permits. As always, newcomers are always welcome just come along to our astro turf facility at11 am any Saturday mornings and you will get a great introduction to your local GAA club in the heart of the town.

UNDER 9’S

Our U9s were in action last weekend in a Munster football blitz. They all put in a mighty effort, played great football, and showed fantastic teamwork playing Rathcormack and 2 teams from Michelstown. Thanks to Kilworth GAA for hosting the games.

If any boy would like to join this group or any other age group please contact this page we would be delighted to welcome them.

LOTTO

dungarvan’s Michael Kiely gets to the ball ahead of Shamrocks’ adam crawford.

DUNGARVAN AVOID THE DROP TO THE JUNIOR GRADE

DUNGARVAN 2-8 SHAMROCKS 2-7

BEHIND by 1-12 to 0-0 after eight minutes and ahead by 2-8 to 1-5 after 38 minutes, Dungarvan hung on for dear life in the closing stages of this very evenly contested IFC relegation final against last year’s County junior ‘A’ champions, Shamrocks, in Cappoquin last Sunday afternoon.

LADY luck shone on the winners for the first time in the championship in prevailing here by 0-1 after losing their two previous outings to Sliabh gCua and Ballinacourty by the same margin. On the other hand, a bitterly disappointed Shamrocks head back to the junior grade  that they spent so long trying to get promoted from in recent years, but they had a number of chances to win this game in the final quarter yet left their shooting boots at home.

Shamrocks received a brilliant start to the game with Billy Hynes pointing a brace of pointed frees before Shane Roche converted an 8^th minute penalty to open a 1-2 to 0-0 lead and their prospects of winning looked very real indeed.

A rusty Dungarvan began to get on terms with the pace of their opponents  and one of their key players on the day, Conor Sheridan,  finished the ball to the country end goal in the 12^th minute amidst a crowded goal area.

Adam Crawford placed Billy Hynes for a score from play in the 14^th minute but the teams were level three minutes later when Cathal Curran(f), Eoin O Callaghan and Michael Kiely(f) claimed the next three scores .

A 21^st minute third Billy Hynes pointed free regained Shamrocks’ lead but Kealan Daly and Michael Kiely(f) finished the first half scoring with minors in the 22^nd and 28^th minutes to give Dungarvan a lead at the break that looked very unlikely after ten minutes of play. Both teams kicked two first half wides each with Shamrocks winning nine frees to Dungarvan’s half dozen.

SECOND HALF

AS it turned out, the winning and losing of the game was in the first eight minutes of the new half. Just 24 seconds in, Liam Motherway levelled for the third and final time. Then Dungarvan enjoyed a golden spell with Kealan Daly, Joe Duggan and Brian Curran all dissecting the posts in the road end  at the end of good passages of team play before Eoin O Callaghan banged home a great goal after Michael Kiely’s initial effort came back of the cross bar, 2-8 to 1-5.

The winners were not to score again as they tired due to lack of training but compensated with the will to win. Billy Hynes placed Kieran Crawford for a goal at the end of the third quarter but the Shamrocks followed with four costly and damning wides.

Centre back Shane Roche showed his forwards how to do it with points from play in the 50^th and 54^th minutes either side of a cracking effort by Dungarvan’s Eoin O Callaghan coming back off the crossbar, 2-8 to 2-6.

Shamrocks owned the ball for the remainder of the game and it took a vital interception by the winner’s corner forward Cathal Curran to deny them what looked like a certain goal with five minutes remaining.

In the dying embers, Billy Hynes was untypically wide with a free, then hit the post with another and finally kicked one short. At this stage, Dungarvan’s players greatest attribute was their defending and when the final whistle sounded, they avoided the drop to the junior grade which they last played in back in 1973.

Best for the winners were Jack Lacey, Conor Sheridan, Colm Curran, Robbie Wall, Brian Curran, Eoin O Callaghan, Mikey Burke and Mikey Kiely. For Shamrocks, Shane Roche, Ed Lonergan (27), Billy Hynes, Kieran and Adam Crawford and Jason Ahearne caught the eye.

Scorers :

Dungarvan : Eoin O Callaghan 1-1, Conor Sheridan 1-0, Michael Kiely 0-2f, Kealan Daly 0-2, Joe Duggan, Brian Curran and Cathal Curran(f) 0-1 each.

Shamrocks : Billy Hynes 0-4(3f), Shane Roche 1-2(1-0 pen.), Kieran Crawford 1-0 each,  Liam Motherway 0-1.

Teams :

Dungarvan : Robbie Wall; Sean Hyslop, Mikey Burke, Brian Curran; Kealan Daly, Jack Fitzgerald, Joe Duggan; Colm Curran, Jack Lacey; Gabriel McGovern, Conor Sheridan, Gavin Christopher; Eoin O Callaghan, Michael Kiely, Cathal Curran. Sub ; Gary Donnolly for Gabriel McGovern. Oisin Morrissey.

Shamrocks : Bernie Kelleher; Jason Ahearne, Adam Crawfordl, Padraig Roche; Padraig Hynes, Shane Roche, Stephen Roche; Ed Lonergan, Colm Roche; Eoghan Lenehan, Kieran Crawford, Tom Dalton; Billy Hynes, Ed Hynes, Liam Motherway. Subs : Chris Murphy for Tom Dalton.

Referee : Kenny Houlihan(Kilrossanty).

 BALLINACOURTY WIN LOCAL DERBY

                                                  BALLINACOURTY 1-13 DUNGARVAN 2-9

A BRIGHT START BY Ballinacourty in Knockanore on Sunday afternoon and a second half goal by Eoin Ahern went a long way to edging local rivals Dungarvan out of a quarter final spot  in the Western IFC and sending them into a relegation battle with Shamrocks in two weeks time.

‘Courty led by 0-9 to 1-4 at half time and increased their advantage after the break before Dungarvan fought back to leave just 0-1 the difference at the final whistle.

Scorers :

Ballinacourty : Eoin Kiely 0-4 (0-3 F), Eoin Ahern 1-0, Tiernan Murray 0-3 (0-1 F), Danny Reynolds 0-2 (0-1 F), Seán Callaghan 0-2, Billy O’Connell 0-2.

Dungarvan : Jack Lacey 1-3, Eoin O Callaghan 1-0, Michael Kiely 0-3, Colm Curran, Brian Curran and Gary Donnolly 0-1 each.

Teams :

Ballinacourty : Stephen Enright; Aidan Higgins, Patrick Fitzgerald, Fionn Ó Murchú; Billy O’Connell, Colin Foley, Mark Twomey; Shane Ahern, David Hickey; Brian Callaghan, Tiernan Murray, Seán Callaghan; Danny Reynolds, Eoin Ahern, Eoin Kiely. Subs: Cathal Sweeney for Eoin Kiely, Cian O’Riordan for Colin Foley, Micheál Dwyer for Danny Reynolds.

Dungarvan : Robbie Wall Oisin Morrissey, Mikey Burke, Brian Curran; Kealan Daly, Jack Fitzgewrald, Joe Duggan; Colm Curran, John Curran; Gary Donnolly, Conor Sheridan, Jack Lacey; Eoin O Callaghan, Michael Kiely, Gavin Christopher. Subs : Gabriel McGovern, Sean Hyslop, Kevin Crotty.

Referee : Dessie O Leary (Erins Own).