Club Notes:
On Monday 15th, our men's hurling team played a challenge match against Eire Óg in preparation for their upcoming Junior C semi-final against Shillelagh.
A well fought game of hurling saw Eire Óg outscore Fergal Ógs with a dominant 2nd half performance, ensuring the victory.
On Friday 19th, the club played host to Avondale, Newcastle and Ballinacor in the U8s/U10s football "Go Games".
There were a few new faces pulling on the " white and black" on the night, while there were impressive performances from Jack Cox, Cian Egan and Joshua Temple.
The Fergal Ógs team: Adam Windsor, Cian Egan, Jack Cox, Robert Berkeley, Denis Vickers, Brandon Mitchell, Megan Keogh, Danielle Doyle, Daniel Berkeley, Laura Higgins, Alicia Horan, Joshua Temple, Paige, Szymon Siwczok.
On Saturday 20th, our men's hurling team travelled to Arklow Rock Parnell's hurling club to take on Shillelagh in their Junior C championship semi-final.
From the start it was clear that the weather would play an important factor in the outcome of the match, with Shillelagh winning the toss and opting to play with a very strong wind behind them. They didn't hesitate in making the most of this advantage in the opening minutes, when four long range strikes sailed over the bar to give Shillelagh the early lead. Fergal Ógs found it hard to make any inroads into the opposing half, with the strong wind applying the brakes to many of Des Whelans puck outs. Shillelagh were winning their fair share of high balls, and were keeping Fergal Ógs under pressure at the back. The pressure soon took its toll with the team conceding their first goal, giving Shillelagh a strong lead midway through the 1st half.
Fergal Ógs began to find their footing in the game, with Paddy O'Brien and Alan Hughes finding their first points to reduce the deficit. Another point from Stephen Moorehouse saw Shillelagh look to kill off a possible Fergal Ógs revival, when they launched the ball behind the Fergal Ógs 13m line and found the back of the net for a 2nd time.
Drifting further behind, Fergal Ógs pushed forward with Gary Fitzpatrick finding a point from play.
Further Shillelagh scoring chances were denied by some superb defending from Frankie Cowan at full back, whose experience kept Fergal Ógs in the game. Gary Fitzpatrick also put in an impressive shift at half back, while Jason Sommers and Brandon Cowan won plenty of balls down the wings, finding the forwards. A few too many wides saw numerous scoring chances wasted, while the Fergal Ógs link up play was non existant at times, leading to a lot of squandered possession.
At halftime, Shillelagh held a healthy lead, but with Fergal Ógs playing with the wind in the 2nd half, the game still had plenty of life left in it.
A poor restart from the Bray side however diminished any notions of a comeback, with Fergal Ógs losing possession when close to goal with Shillelagh winning the one on one contests for the ball.
The pace of the game slowed, as Shillelagh began to pick their passes, finding their targets in time and space, who in turn, found the uprights with ease.
With Shillelagh pulling further out of reach, a 3rd goal, killed off any chances of a Fergal Ógs comeback.
With 10 minutes remaining, Fergal Ógs fought for scraps, but to no avail.
By full-time, the final score was Fergal Ógs 0-7 Shillelagh 3-14.
Hard luck to all the team, and best of luck to Shillelagh in the final.
The team: Des Whelan, Frankie Cowan, Éamonn McKenna, Declan Doyle, Gary Fitzpatrick, Jason Sommers, Brandon Cowan, Paddy O'Brien, Stephen Moorehouse, Mark Dempsey, Willie Moorehouse, Sean Maloney, David Dixon, Alan Hughes, Daniel Kennedy. Manager: Gary Murphy
On Sunday 21st, our men's footballers travelled to Roundwood, to take on Valleymount in the 4th round of their Junior C championship campaign.
On the back of two wins in their previous two outings, everything was to play for in this affair.
It was Valleymount who found their names on the score sheet first, when they scored a free in the opening minute.
Mark Doyle quickly responded scoring a point from play, while Valleymount launched a long ball into the Fergal Ógs small square, which saw John Costello make a good save, before a good run from Stephen Jenkins, saw him lay off a pass to Gavin Harris who placed the ball over the bar to put Fergal Ógs in the lead.
Both sides traded wides, before a Paul O'Brien free dropped short and was punched over the bar by David Dixon for the full forwards 1st point. Gavin Harris placed another free over the bar, while Valleymounts response, saw them squander scoring chances with three wides struck.
Mark Doyle didn't make the same mistake, when he charged past the 21m line, and found his teams 5th point.
A fantastic 1st half performance by Doyle was topped off when he found another point from play just before halftime.
Both teams struck two more wides before halftime, with Fergal Ógs leading with a score of 0-6 to 0-1 in favour of the Bray team.
Fergal Ógs increased their lead in the opening stages of the 2nd half when Jack Swinburne at corner forward found his 1st point from a tight angle, while Mark Doyle scored a superb point from distance.
10 minutes into the half, Valleymount began to win more ball and play more football in the Fergal Ógs half. A spell of doninance, saw Fergal Ógs under pressure for the firstt time in the encounter and scores soon followed. 2 points from play raised the Valleymount spirits, before a goal brought them right back into the game.
Tempers started to flare with both teams receiving yellow cards before Chris Carroll recieved a red card for an altercation.
With 14 men now on the pitch, Fergal Ógs were now on the backfoot against a resurgent Valleymount side. A Gavin Harris free put Fergal Ógs 3 points ahead, before Valleymount pulled back again with a point of their own.
The game was anybody's to win when Valleymount found a late goal to put themselves ahead by one point in the dying minutes.
Fergal Ógs battled to win the ball back, and when they did they found Harris again in the opposing half, who scored his 4th point to level the tie.
The final whistle followed, and tie ended all square with a score of Fergal Ógs 0-10 Valleymount 2-4.
Cúl Camp: Many thanks to everyone who participated in our 2016 Cúl Camp. We had a great week of football and hurling. Many thanks also to St. Kilians C.S for allowing us use of their sports hall when it rained.

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