Senior Notes:

Senior game v Bray on Fri 17 Apr is off and re-fixed for Tues 12 May.

Minors - Blessington Minors played Michael Dwyers away in Kiltegan with a very young team and lost by 7 points.

Wicklow Minors - Hard luck to Wicklow Minors beaten on Sat 18 Aprl in Blessington  by Longford 1-08 to 1-14 especially to our club lads Peter, Wacker, Conor, Jack and their Kilbride colleague Aaron. They now face Laois in the back door on 6th May but if Leaving practical's are on the same day it will be Sat 9th May.

Ladies notes: Junior Ladies - On Sun 19 the last Cup game was held at home  V St NIcks which Blesso lost. Dunlavin 3-7  Blessington 1-3.What a difference from our first game against Dunlavin. While the score board showed a defeat Blesso created a lot of chances and should have gone in at half time ahead but for  wide's (something to work on), 3 of which came of the post with an additional 4 saves by the Dunlavin keeper. So many positives to take form this game, fitness levels are up. Blessington created 18 scoring chances in the first half alone. Way more commitment and determination in the tackle huge improvement.  All in all it didn't feel like a defeat the tempo was up, the ball was end to end and a really good performance against a good intermediate team. To have 25 players turn up for a 2nd lady's team  is fantastic and really bodes well for ladies football in Blessington. Training Wednesday 7:45 to 9pm. Next Game: Blessington V  Tinahely: Saturday 25th  6:3pm  TBC Away. Newtown V Blessington 2: Saturday 9th 6:30 TBC Home.

Gaelic for Mothers & Others: Training Wednesday 6:50 to 8:15. Well done to Maurine Higgins and Gail Phibbs on the recent taking part in the recent marathon.

Wicklow Minors - Well done to the WIcklow Ladies football team who were victorious over Laois in the semi final of the Leinster Minor C Championship on Sat 18 Apr. They will now take on Meath in the Final. Well done to Blessington representatives Molly, Amy, Shauna and Jess.

Fixtures at  a glance

Mon 20    U12 football at home to Eire Og Greystones at 6.45pm

                  U16 football at home to St Pats at 7.15pm

Wed 22    U14 football at home to AGB at 7.15pm

Fri 24        U8/U10 Hurling Go Games in Blessington, Dunlavin, St Kevins and Stratford Grangecon

                  Campus Oil DIv 1A football league away to Newtown at 19.45.

 

Sat 25    U9 NKL football away to Eadestown at 3.30pm

                U11 NKL football away to Maynooth 2 at 4.30pm

Sun 26    U10 NKL Hurling at home v Two Mile Housde at 11.30am

                Minor football Spring League Group 2 at home v St Nicholas at 11am

            Campus Oil Division 1 Football League at home v Baltinglass at 11.30am

Juvenile Notes:

U8's -. We attended the first of this year's Go Games which were hosted by Donard/Glen on Sat. Other teams taking part included Baltinglass and Hollywood. Great to see so many girls playing which bodes well for Blesso ladies in future.

U8's had first home game in NKL on Sat 18 Apr against Maynooth. Both teams played really entertaining football with nothing between them at the end. All our players played really well with standout performances by Conor O'Toole, Ryan Keogh and Harry Wilso.

U10's - 27 boys and girls made the short trip to Donard for the first Go Games of the year. Two teams played 3 matches each and gave a great account of themselves on and off the pitch. Training as usual Wednesday evening 7-8pm.

U14's  - Our U14's play AGB at home on Wed 22 Apr at 7.15pm. 

 

Féile Peil na nOg - Plans and actions are now in place for the Féile Peil na nOg which will be hosted in South Leinster (Wexford, Wicklow and Carlow) this year. 9 weeks and counting. Blessington are hosting a boys and girls team and the Féile will take place on the weekend of 26 - 28 June. We will know what teams we will be hosting on 21 Apr. Please Like and Share our new Blessington GAA Feile 2015 Facebook page. Lots of photos from Feiles' 1996, 2006, 2010, 2011 and 2013. If anyone has any pictures or any information that can be used on the page please contact Noreen on 087 2858375. We are doing so well with 206 LIKES on our page that the national feile page is sharing our videos. If you were a Feile player please send on a video no more than 30 seconds to [email protected]  and it will be uploaded to Blessington gaafeile2015.   A DATE FOR YOUR DIARY - RACE DAY FEILE FUNDRAISER ON 12 JUNE 2015 IN MURPHYS. 

 

U16's -. Next up is a home game to St Pat's at 7.15pm. 

 

Cul Camp 2015 - Blessington GAA will host a football Cul Camp on 6-10 July and hurling Cul camp on 20-24 July. €55 first child, €45 second child and third child €40 (must be from the same family). Gear included. Club contact is Chris O'Connor 086 2239403.

Lotto: Our latest lotto jackpot of €10,400 was NOT won. The next jackpot will be €10,600 on Tues 21 Apr in the West Wicklow House. We thank you for your continued support returning your tickets and don't forget you can also buy tickets online at www.blessingtongaa.ie. If you would like to support the club by selling 5 lotto tickets every fortnight please contact Michael Sargent on 086 2443640.

Fundraisers - Topaz Cash for Clubs - Blessington GAA are registered to participate in the Topaz Cash for Clubs promotion. Anyone who wishes to support the club can pick up a card in any Topaz garage. A stamp is given for every €40 purchased and 5 stamps are required to fill a card. We need to fill 300 cards to be entered into a draw. Our unique ID number is 10209. All cards must be returned to Noreen (087 2858375) by the 1 May. Currently I have130 completed cards so  170 to go. The club could win €10k but will win €250 for entering if we complete 300 cards. Can everyone please return cards by 5 May to Noreen .

The Ladies Senior Team have a double fundraiser coming up on Fri 8th May at 7pm. It will be a half rugby half GAA match v Naas. We will be running a mini games for our U8 and U10 girls at halftime also v Naas, Afterwards we will have a table quiz in Murphy's Bar. Posters and further information to follow.

General club notes

 

    Continued Get Well wishes to Mick Curran who is in Tallaght hospital awaiting surgery.
    Birthday greetings -  Kate O'Donovan, Michael Hearns, Fionn O'Donovan and Ruairi Finan.
    Remember to keep updated on what is happening in the Club log on Blessington GAA , Blessington GAA  and Blessington GAA Feile 2015 on Facebook. We have a Club Text Phone for all alerts on Fixtures, Lotto and Club Events, if you wish to be added please text the phone 085 1607808 with your name, you must be 18 or over to receive the texts.
    If anyone would like to have anything included in the notes, please email or text Noreen by 8pm on Sunday night. [email protected] 0872858375.

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