Club notes

March 30, 2009
Updates from the O'Dwyers, Clontarf, Raheny, St Brigids, Na Fianna , Clann Mhuire, St. Margarets, Ballyboden Wanderers, Fingallians, Tyrrelstown, Erin go Bragh, Lucan Sarsfields, Castleknock and Scoil Uí Chonaill clubs. O'Dwyers Results: Hard luck to the Inter on losing on Saturday against St. Vincents. Final score 0-6 to 0-11. Well done to the Junior Footballers on their win against Naomh Mearnog. Final score 1-9 to 0-07. Congratulations to the Camogie team on their win against Naomh Barrog on Saturday. Final Score 3-1 to 1-2. Congratulations to the new U12 team on their win in their first match of the League agsinst St. Monicas. Final score 10-04 to 0-0. Also well done to the U13 girls on their win on Friday night against St. Patricks of Donabate. Check out www.odwyersgaa.com for all fixtures. New players are welcome for all teams - Inter, Junior & Minor Football, Junior Hurling & Camogie. Check www.odwyersgaa.com for more details. Juvenile: Nursery skill camps every Saturday in O'Dwyers from 11am - 12:30pm. 2e per child. Contact Aidan Smith for more details. Bookings for the Easter Camp are now being taken on Saturday mornings at 11.30 in the Club. Easter Camp is from 14th April - 17th April. 50e per child. Family Discounts available. Contact Denise Corcoran for more details. Cultural Club Classes: For more information contact Freda Smith on 086-3249476. New members are always welcome. Social: Bingo every Wednesday night in O'Dwyers GAA Club. Bingo starts at 8.55pm. All welcome. Results of Month 3 Private Draw - 1st Trish Watters, 2nd Damien Rodgers, 3rd Stephen Pagett, 4th Siobhan Tuckey, and 5th Joe Kelly. Thanks to all our members for their support. Clontarf AFL3 team were well beaten by Naomh Mearnog despite good displays from Stephen Coen and Ger Ryan. Junior B's remain unbeaten in AFL8 with a good win over Beann Eadair. Junior C's were well beaten by Fingal Ravens. Minor Hurlers beat St. Marks (2-9,0-9), best for Clontarf were Conor Cronin, Aidan O'Donohoe and Harry Connolly. U16 Footballers battled well in losing their U16A Championship match. U12 hurlers put in another great performance in Div 1, going down 4-2,2-1 to southside kingpins Kilmacud Crokes. Kevin Mangan was man of the match and Bill Perryman was brilliant in goal. Well done to all the U11 hurlers who record 3 wins at the weekend. U13 Girls had an outstanding win on their first league match of the season against Ballyboden St Enda's 4-8 to 0-2. Fantastic team performance with outstanding displays from Amy O'Meara and Mary Shanahan. Both U11 Girls teams lost to late goals but performed brilliantly in their opening games of the season. Easter Camp forms available on the website and at the clubshop. www.clontarfgaa.com Raheny Senior f/blrs had a dramatic 1pt win over Lucan Sarsefields.U16As,with Patrick O Higgins outstanding, had a good c/ship win over Cuala.U16Bs lost to Cu Chulainn Gaels.U14 f/blrs,with a man of the match perfomance from Jack Lyons,who scored 4.4,won v St Finians[Newcastle],U13s won v Cuala.U8 and U9 hurlers had good wins over Craobh Chiarain and Skerries Harps.U14 Camogie lost to St,Finiains[Swords].Speedy recovery to David Henry following a great display for the Dubs v Kerry in a mighty game.Minor hurlers had a good win over Commercials.U12 hrls lost to Whitehall Colmcilles and U15f/blrs won v St.Marys[Saggart].Another good show from Dublin hurlers against Tipperary.Junior A f/blrs won v Fingallains.Hall available for functions and info from 018313530.Congratulations to Hannah Larmon on her selection to the Dublin Junior Camogie panel.Torthai an Chrannchur 23-03.Uimhreacha 3-5-11-14.Ni raibh aon buaiteoir.Pota Oir 30-03 E2400.Go n-eiri libh go leir. St Brigids Well done to Olivia Smartt, Aisling King, Michelle O' Reilly, Deirdre Murphy and Sinead Farrelly who were part of the Dublin U16 Ladies Leinster Champo win over Laois. Best of luck to Gavin McIntyre, Paddy Andrews, Sean Murray, Declan Darcy & Dublin U21 Footballers in their Leinster Football Final this Sun vs Laois. Throw-in at 3pm in Portlaoise. Senior 1 & 2 Footballers had good away league wins over Plunketts & Parnells. Inter 2 Footballers beat Ballymun while the Junior 4ís beat St Colmcilles. Club Membership is now due. It is very important that all members pay their membership. They will not be insured if membership is not paid. On Sat, enior Hurlers play Clan Na Gael Fontenoy at 4.30 in Russell Pk. Inter Hurlers play Faughs at 4.30 in Tymon North. Senior Footballers play Lucan in Cup at 5pm in Russell Pk. Inter 1 Footballers play Lucan in Cup at 5pm in 12th Lock. On Sun, Junior Hurlers play St Vincents in Pairc Na Uinsionn at 11. Junior 4ís Footballers play Plunketts in Cup at 11 in Russell Pk. Minor Footballers play Plunketts at 11 in Martin Savage Pk. Club Lotto takes place this Thursday in The Vineyard with a Jackpot of E8200. Na Fianna Congrats to Finbar Gaffney and team on raising Ä141,750 by last Thursday for new All-Weather. Important to raise as much as possible to minimize borrowings ñ further loans will be gratefully accepted. Punchestown Race Day coming up on Tuesday, 28 April next. Contact Aoife Moloney at [email protected] or 01-8370210. Fundraising Feile table quiz on Thursday, 2 April in clubhouse. Teams of four at Ä10 per person. Lots of prizes. Senior camogie fundraiser great success. Thanks to all for support. On playing front, pride of place to boyís Under 16 footballers following hard fought victory in championship v St Vincents. Well done to U11 girlsí footballers who won against Naomh Bharrog and Clontarf. Good league wins for boysí U15A v Templeogue, U14B v St Peregrines and in grading match for U13A v Ballyboden. Commiserations to Na Fianna players ñ Brian Treanor, Pierce Caulfield, Sean Griffin and Ciaran Tynan ñ who came close to Leinster handball glory representing Dublin. Congrats to Pat Ryan and Ned Flynn who won 65A 40x20 doubles handball All Ireland Juvenile Games meeting this Wednesday at 9pm. All juvenile teams should be represented. Please diary fundraising wine fair in Sweeneys, Glasnevin, on Sunday 19 April from 3-7pm. Finally, places available on Easter Camp ñ contact James Mangan, [email protected] or at 087-6352843. Sincere sympathy to Angie Collins on the death of her mother which took place last Saturday night. Removal Tuesday evening to St. Canice's Church. Further details to follow. Ar dheis De go raibh a anam. Pat Montague, Na Fianna PRO. Clann Mhuire Intermediates defeated St Finians (N) in the league. TheJuniors lost out to Erins Isle in their league encounter. Congratulations to the U-16 girls team who emerged victorious in the first league outing of the season against St Annes. If any ladies are interested in playing please contact Linda on 0871375970. Adult men'sTraining isTuesday and Thursday @ 7.45pm. This weeks fixtures are Intermediates away VMan O Waron Saturday at 5pm in theJoy Cup.Juniors at homeV St Oliver Plunketts ER on Sunday @ 3pm in the O'Broin Cup. Best wishes to Donal Keane following his injury at the weekend. The Club Lotto numbers for this week were6,7,11 and 27. There were no jackpot winners. Next week's jackpotis Ä2190. Ä20 winners were A,S &T, Rachel O'Brien, Eoin, Kev & Oonagh an W Macken.Envelopes areonly Ä2 and are availablefrom Reilly's Daybreak along with other local businesses and the usual sellers. All annual lotto tickets must be in before the coming weekend. The sports hall is available for bookings. Call Mary on 087-2508906 for details. If you have any news you would like included in the club notes please text 086-3040583. St. Margarets Inter's beat Ballyboden on Saturday 1-4 to 0-8, A's beat Starlights 1-8 to 0-10, B's beat O'Tooles 3-8 to 1-4, all in the league. The draw for the Aintree grand national is on in the Brock Inn this Friday night, all tickets must be returned beforehand to any committee member. Advanced 2 day academy for 14-16 year olds is on Easter Monday / Tuesday, details can be got from Barry Horgan or team members. Good league win for Thomas Ashe u-15's over Geraldine Morans, and u-16's had a good challenge win over Skryneon Friday night. Another good performance from our u-14's despite losing narrowly to Thomas Davis. Grasshoppers continues this Saturday from 10am, all new members are very welcome. Hard luck to u-12's who lost narrowly to St. Colmcille's despite some good football from Ciaran Duffy and Darren Keogh. No winner of this weeks lotto draw, see notice boards for details. Ballyboden Wanderers Congratulations to Wanderers Ladies player Nicki Daly on her recent success with the Dublin Senior Ladies team, scoring a goal against Clare. Best wishes versus Armagh this weekend! First Ladies Cup match of the season this Wednesday at Frank Kelly Park 6.45pm throw in, all support welcome! Successful weekend on the pitch with both Mens teams winning league matches. A's beat a strong St James Gael's side with crucial goals from Conor Dowds and Karl Ennis, and fine performances from Owen Lynagh, John McGrail and Darren Delaney. The B's continued their winning run with a comprehensive win over St Peregrines thanks to goals from the outstanding Ian Kealy, Stephen Gallagher and an excellent display from Darragh Healy who came off the bench with immediate impact.Adult Football training Tuesday and Thursday at 7.30 sharp at Frank Kelly Park. All players should attend. Contact Mick for details on 0872615470. No winner of this weeks lotto. Numbers drawn were 7,12,16. Ä25 goes to Linda, Karen Lalor, Derek & Aoife O'Connor, Marie Roche and Phillippa. Next weeks jackpot is Ä3200. Next Quiz night will be held on Thursday 9th April at 8PM in the clubhouse, all welcome.All submissions for the club notes or weekly club email update to [email protected] or Stephen on 0879789843 please. Membership now due, please contact Damian on 0868632565, all players must be fully paid up before next round of matches.New juvenile and adult players at all levels always welcome for Mens and Ladies teams,please contact Mick on 0872615470 and Robert on 0868265730. www.ballybodenwanderers.com Stephen Harrington PRO Ballyboden Wanderers GAA Club Ph: 0879789843 e-mail: [email protected] Fingallians This week the U10A, U10B, U12, U13, U14A, U14B, U15 & Junior 5 teams had good wins. In Hurling played at Fingallians, Fingal defeated Longford in the National League. Our Senior footballers were defeated in the league 0-12 to 0-8 by Trinty Gaels.   Congratulations to the Fingallians Hurling Nursery who put on a great display at half time during the Fingal v Longford Match.   Membership Overdue: We cannot stress how important the Annual Subscriptions are to the day to day running of the club and our teams. We ask all who have yet to pay to do so as soon as possible. Forms are available from the club (01-8400125) or www.fingallians.ie     The Lotto numbers were 3, 9, 22, 24 & 27. Tyrrelstown GAA: Training continues on Saturday morning at 10am until 11am at Belgree pitch in Tyrrelstown. A big thanks goes out to Erin go Bragh u13's for coming up and playing Tyrrelstown GAA on Saturday 21st March. Adamstown Nursery and U8's came out to play Tyrrelstown GAA last Saturday 28th of March. A Great day was had by all. If you have a friend at Work, College or School, bring them along and let them experience the Fun and excellent spirit that is Tyrrelstown GAA. Tyrrelstown GAA club would like to invite any boys and girls between the ages of 5 and 12 to our Easter Camp 2009. We are running a Gaelic Football camp. Children will receive expert coaching in a fun and safe environment. All children are welcome even those that have never played before. Details are as follows: Date: Football camp Monday 6th April to Thursday 9th April Times: 10.00am to 1:00pm each day Venue: Bellgree Pitch Tyrrelstown. Fee: 25.00 for camp Please contact Clare Dowdall on 0851617718 or Gareth Heffernan on 086 2464701 for more information. Yours in Sport Gareth Heffernan PRO Tyrrelstown GAA Erin go Bragh On May 10th, Erin go Bragh will celebrate 125 years of the GAA with games and commemorative events in our local community. Any volunteers who can help organize our events please contact Keith on 086 889 1551. All junior hurlers are expected at training on Tuesday at 9pm in Coolmine rugby club. If you cannot attend please confirm to Kevin on 087 822 0612. Junior footballers are training Tuesday and Thursdays, please contact Cecil Stephens on 086 259 7789. There was no winner of the lotto jackpot. Winning numbers 6 18 22 32. Next week's jackpot EUR 2,100. Annual membership is now overdue. Membership forms for 2009 can be downloaded from the website or contact Sinead on 086 889 1551. Our New website is proving to be a big HIT! Pardon the pun. We have received over 172,000 page views since February 2008. The website is a vital source of information and news. Thank you to all who use it! For more information relating to the club please contact Keith Edgely on 086 889 1551 or visit our website at www.eringobraghgaa.ie. LUCAN SARSFIELDS' CLUB NOTES AS OF MONDAY MARCH 30TH 2009 Well done to John Mc Caffrey and Peter Kelly on their performance for Dublin senior hurlers who lost to Tipperary in a cliffhanger. Good wins for MH , Inter F, Jun A and B Footballers and also our U16 Footballers who won their 1st round championship match over Skerries. Membership Subscriptions are now overdue for 2009. All unpaid members are asked to pay their membership ASAP. Forms available from Clubhouse, on the website, or through your team. School of Excellence is from 6th-9th April for players aged 12 - 16 yrs. Inter county coaches. All aspects of game covered. Forms available from mentors. Boys hurling and fooball nursery returns to 12th Lock on 25th April @ 13.30. Battle of the Teams final is Sunday 5th at 7pm. Music in bar on Saturday night with Frank Geery. Condolences to Patrick Magee and family on the death of his sister Moira. Lotto: Nos 05 -15 - 17 - 22. No Winner. Don't forget you can always enter our Lotto online by clicking on www.lucansarsfields.ie. This Sunday's lotto, sponsored by Carey's Newsagents, has a jackpot of 3,500 and Josephine Donohue's team is in action. 10 Easter eggs extra prizes. Please support our sponsors. Lucan Sarsfields 085 1743646 Castleknock A marvellous night was had by around 300 kids who attended the Castleknock GAA Club disco in CCC on Friday. A big thanks to the organising committee and all who helped out on the night.  Many thanks to all who supported the Fundraising Féile Table Quiz  in The Lodge. All Funds raised will go to cover costs of our U14 teams' participation in this year's Feile competitions. The Castleknock GAA Easter Camp takes place from 6th to 10th April and will be held at Castleknock Community College. The camp is a Football and Hurling camp and is a great opportunity to learn and improve the skills of Gaelic Football & Hurling as well as meeting new friends in a relaxed and enjoyable setting. The Camp is open to all members of the community. For more information contact Brendan on 0851329397 or see www.castleknock.net . The adult B footballers have continued their winning form in division 11 with a great win over neighbours St Brigids in Russell Park. They won 4-07 to 1-08. The A footballers, however, had a narrow defeat in division 5 to a strong Whitehall team, losing by 2 points 1-10 to 15 points. Juvenile pride of place this week goes to our under 9's who had great win away to Clontarf. Scoil Uí Chonaill As you know our under 21 s take on St. Peregrines in the Championship final on next Saturday the 4th April in O Toole Park. We ask all members to be there to show them our support and, of course,   we wish them every success. Good Friday is clean up day in the club and members are asked to bring brushes shovels and wheelbarrows to the grounds between 10a.m. and 4p.m.  If you can t stay all day please volunteer whatever time you can spare to this spring clean. Many hands will make light work.  The Easter camp will be from Monday the 6th to Thursday the 9th April inclusive, cost 60 Euros. There will be two camps. One camp is for the five to ten year olds and there will be a separate skills speed and agility camp for the 11 s plus age group, Club coach Mark Cooper will be at the club next Saturday the 4th between 11a.m. and 12.30p.m to take names for the camp.  Please ensure your children attend. Don t forget that our annual dinner dance will be held in Clontarf Castle on the 9th May and mentors are asked to organise tables with their teams and we would appreciate gifts for spot prizes.  Tickets will be available in the club on Saturday morning or contact Eileen Dunne 087 8210991. Well done to the Adult B s who are continued their good run this weekend. Don t forget that we have a sale in the Scoil shop so bag your bargains there on Saturday morning. Scoil welcomes new players Adult footballers or hurlers should contact Brian Hickey at 087 9096767 for details.  Juveniles should contact Pat O Malley at 087 6540125 and girls/ladies Kathy Egan 086 6011652 for information.

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