There was great wins for our Hurlers against Brothers Pearse and Reserve Footballers against Éire Óg in the League last Tuesday night. The Hurlers started well and scored 3 goals in the first half. Pearses threw everything at the lads in the second half and came close in the end but the Macs held on the record a superb one point win. Meanwhile the Footballers were always in control against Éire Óg.

The weekend was a busy one. A fantastic win for our Camogs against Liverpool Wolfe Tones in the Championship has set the Ladies on the right path for the final. The East London Ladies were always in control of this game from the early stages with every player playing some fantastic camogie.

It wasn't to be for our Footballers though as they lost out to Cú Chulainns in their Division 1 League fixture. They started well and were in control in the first half leading by a point at half time. The second half was a bit of a sloppy affair. With both sides giving the ball away easily it was Cú Chulainns that made the most of the errors to win by three points. Later that day the Reserves took on St Joes in their final Reserve League game. It was an entertaining game with both teams playing some attractive free flowing football. McCurtains started the brighter opening up a good lead before St Joes found their rhythm. The first half was a goal fest with the sides scoring 7 goals between them and the score level at half time, Macs 3-06 to 4-03. St Joes kicked on at the start of the second half and took the lead for the first time. The Joes at 6 points up with 5 minutes to go looked to be in control of the game, but, McCurtains showed a never say die attitude and fought back to leave the minimum between them at the end but they just couldn't find that last score.

On Sunday our U17 footballers played a fantastic game against a strong St Kiernans side. It is a great achievement that all of the players McCurtains fielded still have at least one more year at that grade. The future looks bright. 

Its Friday night lights for the Footballers as they take to the field to play the Shiels Cup Final against St Brendans in Ruislip. While the Hurlers are out on Saturday afternoon hoping to make it three wins from three in the League against Sean Traceys. Later that evening the Camogie team will host their Chairmans BBQ in The Black Lion Pub, Plaistow E13 0AD. There will be music played by Knots Down and Out on the night. It promises to be a night "Knot" to be missed.

On the county scene, a huge congratulations to the London Ladies who won the All Britain Final on Saturday morning, especially to the McCurtains players Avril Kilkelly, Bríd Murphy, Kathryn Canavan, Shona Roche, Claire O'Sullivan, Sarah O'Donnell & Allie Burke, and Catherine Barrett who is part of the background team.

Best of luck to Fergus O'Sullivan, Jamie Moran & Daire Daly who travel to Ireland as part of the South London Feile team at the weekend. They will be hosted by members of Claregalway GAA Club. They lads will play against Claregalway, Oranmore Maree & St Canices, Dungiven in the group stages on Friday and Saturday. 

History & Centenary

In preparation for our upcoming centenary in 2020 the club has formed a History and Centenary Sub Committee. The aim of this committee is to investigate the long and illustrious history of Thomas McCurtains GAA Club, document it and form a comprehensive collection of documents detailing the Club’s history.  If anyone would like to join the committee please contact Richard Ellis on 07803 519 394

We are reaching out to past members. We would love to hear your memories and any interesting stories you have. If you have any photos, match programmes, old jerseys or any other memorabilia or a story to tell please contact Richard Ellis at [email protected] . Any information would be great to hear. 

Upcoming Events:

Camogie Chairmans BBQ - The Black Lion Pub, Plaistow E13 0AD, Saturday 29th June 2019. There will be music played by Knots Down and Out on the night. It promises to be a night "Knot" to be missed.

Golf Day - Risebridge Golf Course, Risebridge Chase, Romford RM1 4PRJ, Saturday 20th July 2019. If you are interested in participating or sponsoring the event in any capacity please contact Jim McDermott on 07813 355 776 or Tom Keane on 07975 544 009

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