Blessington GAA Club Notes 20/06/2021

Good evening everyone. It’s great to be back reporting on club fixtures and we had quite a few this week. Our senior Ladies and Men’s teams were not in action this week as they looked forward to their fundraising hike on Saturday which was a massive success and further details will follow.

U15’s had their shield final on Monday evening 14th June against Tomnafinohue and were the winners by 5points. Well done to the team and management.

 

The U17's play Baltinglass away on Monday the 21st. with alot of lads away, injured or unavailable due to county commitments a good number of the U15's have stepped up to play its really good to get their support.

Looking forward to finally  getting the first league match of the year. 

The County Minors are out in Championship on Saturday the 26th away to Carlow best of luck to Austin Brennan, James Dooley and Sam Gough who have been doing well in training. 

This Week.

Match V Baltinglass away at 7pm

Training Wednesday 7:30pm

Training Sunday 10am

 

2020 juvenile season finally over!

Mixed results today in Ballinakill with our U13 blue and white team both in action.

 

U13 Div 01 A Final

Lads started slow and were few goals behind very quickly but once we got into game flow we done very well and worked some great scores. Eire og goalie was outstanding and our lads had numerous goal opportunities saved. We kept tagging away with points but in the end Goals we couldn't get were the difference. But management is very proud of the lad’s achievement to get to Div 01 Top final and will stand to these great bunch of players as they progress in their football over coming years

 

U13 division 3 had a great result in their shield today v St. pats in Ballinakill winning 7:10 to 2:7. Well done to the team and management.

 

Under 10 boys played St Kevin's in their first match of the season on Monday evening in a beautiful sunny Blesso. The Wicklow player pathway league got under way. The boys came away with a win and it was some of the boys debut game for the Under 10s. Well done to all, super performances from all the boys. So great to be back

Hard luck to our U11’s Blue team who fell short against a good Kiltegan side in our opening Division 1 game of the season on Wednesday evening.  The lads played really well and continued to work hard throughout the game and never gave up outscoring our opposition in the final quarter.

How great it is to be back playing matches

U16 Blue result away vs AGB tonight with a win 18-18 to 9-2.

Super start to the season and great performance by our girls as always we were excellent all over that(big) pitch, not easy keeping going for 60 minutes like that after so long without games and in the heat. Credit to AGB who really went at us for the last quarter! Our shot selection, work rate & team play were the stand out moments with some exceptional turnovers all over the field too

Some very strong contenders for Player of the match but undeniable how good Leila was. Some amount of work out there she was super

Team & Scorers

Anna Carlyon Ava Jordan Dempsey Orlaith Ní Ghallchobhair Roisin Doyle Aoife Cullen Erin McMahon 1-0 Aoibheann Bailey Emily-Rose O’Toole (C) Leila Shannon 0-1

Aisling Brennan 3-3 Sadhbh Fisher 3-4 Aibhe King 1-2 Paige McDonald Robyn Brennan 5-5

Clara Keane 4-0 Ava O’Driscoll 0-1 Niamh Brennan Elaine O’Dwyer Emma Stynes

Asia Duggan

 

Under 14 girls got their league campaign under way on Thursday night.. Blue team came away with a win in Balto and White team just lost out to Clann na Gael in Enniskerry. Well done to Ava Ó Driscoll & Erin Buttner. Loads of positives and loads to work on. Well done girls, great to be back enjoying the games

 

Hard luck to our U12 blue team who were beaten by a strong Baltinglass team this evening in Baltinglass. The girls never gave up and fought for every ball up until the end

Our u12 white team lost to Valleymount this morning, it was a tough match. This was our second match for this group of girls, with most of them only started this year. They are improving every week and the coaches are proud of their attitude on and off the field. Key players for Blessington this week were Erin Long, Kyra Gregg, Darcey Hull and Lilly Keogh.he final whistle.

 

Saturday the 19th of June was the day of our #HikeToRememberLuka fundraiser and what a day it was.Over the course of the day 224 hikers completed the 18k hike in aid of club and charity partner, Féileacáin (Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Association of Ireland).

Thanks to everybody who supported the event, not only on the day, but through all the donations prior to the event.

Thank you to all our sponsors who supported this event so generously, we are very grateful.

Thank you to Cullen’s pub in Ballyknockan for hosting our event, the amazing pub has some of the best views in Ireland.

To Paul Carroll and his helpers, thanks for marking the route so all our hikers could safely navigate their way across the mountains.

Thanks to AIF for warming up our hikers prior to starting their walk. Thanks to the healthy club team for the snack station and all the ladies who worked hard on the registration desk.

This event was a really special day that brought together club and community.

At the time of writing, the money raised stands at €30,108. Absolutely amazing.

Nì neart go cur le chéile.

 

Checkout our club Facebook page for photos of the day and many more to follow.

 

Hurling

The U15’s Western Gaels took on Michael Dwyer’s in the A championship final on Friday 18th June. In what was a thrilling match unfortunately Gaels just lost out on a score line of 1-10 to 2-06.

 

Our academy on Saturday runs from 10am-11am. We are getting huge numbers attending every week and we could really do with some more helpers/volunteers. If you would like to take part in this fun morning please get in touch on the numbers below and we will put you in touch with the relevant coaches.

 

Our All Stars were shining on Sunday morning again in another fun filled morning of activities. Thank you to all the parents for bringing your amazing children along. Can’t wait to see you all again next week.

 

There was no winner Tuesdays  lotto draw, 4 people matched 3 numbers, each winning €75. Congratulations. Our next lotto jackpot will be €2,400 on June 29th. Thanks again for your continuing support

 

Club logo facemasks and snoods are now available to buy from Lisa & Michelle.

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