• East Intermediate Football Championship

De La Salle 1-9 Dunhill 0-9 

A goal seven minutes from time by Stephen Walsh proved to be the decisive score as our intermediate footballers had their second win after another hard fought game with Dunhill in Walsh Park last Saturday. Both sides were missing players and if anything our opponents looked the likelier winners until that all important goal.

We dominated the early minutes but had only a fourth minute point from Colm Morris to show for it. Three points between the 10th and 12th minutes put Dunhill ahead. David Kennedy reduced the arrears in the 16th minute but Dunhill added points in the 19th and 20th minutes to lead 0-5 to 0-2. Kenneth Byrne pointed in the 21st minute and Dunhill replied two minutes later. We finished the half with points in the 27th minute from Ian Cantwell and in the 30th minute from David Kennedy to see us trail 0-6 to 0-5 at the break.

We started the second half with a fifth minute point from Ian Cantwell to level matters. Dunhill regained the lead two minutes later. There then followed thirteen scoreless minutes during which Dunhill missed a great goal chance in the 14th minute before they pointed a free in the 20th minute to make it 0-8 to 0-6. The game changed in the 23rd minute when David Kennedy’s diagonal ball was well won by his brother Paddy who put Stephen Walsh through on goal and he made no mistake finishing low to the net. Colm Morris increased the lead with a point a minute later. Dunhill got what proved to be their last score from a free in the 26th minute. Two late points from Ian Cantwell and a Paddy Kennedy free after a foul on Colm Morris secured the victory.

Scorers: Ian Cantwell 0-3, Stephen Walsh 1-0, Colm Morris and David Kennedy 0-2 each, Kenneth Byrne and Paddy Kennedy (free) 0-1 each.

Panel: David Dennison, Christopher Sheehan, Colm Clancy (captain), Ryan Duke, Oran Keevers, Kenneth Byrne, Stephen Dalton, Stephen Walsh, James Grogan, Donal Barron, Ian Cantwell, Dylan Foley, David Kennedy, Colm Morris, Paddy Kennedy, Conan Watt, Eamonn Dalton.

• East Junior Football Championship

Ballyduff Lower 2-17 De La Salle 0-0

Our junior footballers suffered their first defeat of the year when they comprehensively beaten by Ballyduff Lower last Friday. Having lost two players to the intermediate side and with several other unavailable through work, holidays and injury we did manage to put together a collection of young and old to get fifteen players on the field but we were no match for much superior opponents on the night.

• Munster Final Tickets

Please note that tickets that were ordered for the Munster final can be collected in Gracedieu this Tuesday between 7pm and 8pm.

• Munster Final

Best wishes to Derek McGrath, Kevin Moran, Jake Dillon, Shane McNulty, Eddie Barrett, Mark Cooney, Fergal O’Brien and the Waterford senior hurlers who take on Tipperary in Limerick next Sunday in the Munster Final.

• Munster Minor Hurling

Commiserations to Thomas Douglas, Conor Giles-Doran, Lee Wall, Gavin Coppinger, Cormac McCann and the Waterford minor hurling panel who went down to Limerick in Walsh Park last Wednesday.

• Tour De Salle 2016

Unfortunately the annual Tour De Salle cycle which was scheduled to take place last Sunday had to be postponed due to diversions caused by road works on the main Waterford to Cork road. It will be re-scheduled for later.

• Juvenile Section Guess the Score

Many thanks to all who supported our recent “Guess the Score” Fundraiser, as usual it was a great success. There was no winner, the following share the €200 prize money.

1. Callum Walsh, €50 c/o Dean Walsh, St. Declan’s.
2. Ciara Asquith, €50 c/o Jack Mitchell, St. Stephen’s
3. P. Mitchell, €50 c/o Jack Mitchell, St. Stephen’s.
4. Fran O’Callaghan, €50 c/o Charlie O’Callaghan, St. Stephen’s.

Seller’s Prize: Josh Paul, St. Declan’s.

• Hurling Coaching in De La Salle College

Hurling coaching will continue as usual in De La Salle College up to and including Monday July 25th for beginners and Wednesday July 27th for U-8 and U-9 players.

• Fixtures

Tuesday 5th July Sargent Cup Senior Hurling v Roanmore in Gracedieu 7.30pm.

Friday 8th July East Intermediate Football Championship v Portlaw 7.30pm Venue TBC.

• Peil na nOg 2016

Congratulations to our U-14 footballers who travelled to the kingdom and did their manager Paudie Brosnan proud in his home county by winning the Division 10 shield competition. They were hosted by Waterville/Dromid Pearses and on Friday our first game was against St. Patricks (Wicklow) who now boost among their members our former senior hurler James Quirke. Victory went to the Wicklow men 1-8 to 2-1. This would be the only non Kerry opposition we would meet over the weekend. We also lost our second game to Renard where having been well behind at half time a second half comeback nearly won the game but it finished 2-9 to 3-4. It was then on to play our hosts on Saturday morning and we were victorious on a score of 6-5 to 1-2. This put us in the quarter final of the shield where we defeated St. Michaels Foilmore by 8-3 to 1-5. We then discovered we were going to meet our hosts again in the semi final. They had two players back from holidays but we still emerged on top by 2-6 to 0-1. It was then on to Killarney Legion pitch to play Ballydonoghue in the final where we won convincingly 5-6 to 0-3. Well done to team manager Paudie Brosnan who was assisted over the weekend by Christy O’Halloran, Tommy Ryan, Pat Twomey, Donal Treacy and Kevin O’Shea with U-16 players Seaghan Walsh and Dylan Finn who played on Paudie’s winning team of two years ago also involved.

The mentors, players and supporters would like to extend our thanks to Waterville/Dromid Pearses clubs for their hospitality over the weekend

Panel: Daire Treacy, Aaron Wymberry, Conor Murphy, Evan Hayes, Ose Emihare, Dylan Stickle, Alex Brown, Conor Walsh, Alex Keane, David Ryan, Sean Treacy, Nathan Finn, Daire O’Keefe, Rueben O’Halloran, Mark Breen, Oisin McCarthy, Kieran O’Sullivan, Conor O’Shea, Sultan Anadekan.

• East Intermediate Football Championship

De La Salle 2-9 Tramore 0-8 

Our intermediate footballers began their campaign with a hard fought win over Tramore in Walsh Park last Saturday. Goals in each half by the excellent Colm Morris proved the difference on the night. Missing several players who had played senior the last two years it was good to get off to a wining start. On a positive note we gave debuts to U-21 player Dylan Foley and minors Ciaran Brady and Ryan Duke who all acquitted themselves well.

Playing against the wind we started sluggishly and after twelve minutes we were 0-3 to 0-0 in arrears. We got our first score in the 19th minute when a move began at the back by Christopher Sheehan and continued on by Stephen Dalton, Stephen Walsh, John Mullane and Paddy Kennedy saw Colm Morris finish to the net to level matters. Tramore regained the lead a minute later but points by David Kennedy and Colm Morris had us ahead by the 25th minute. Tramore equalised again, but good work by Dylan Foley saw Paddy Kennedy restore our lead only for Tramore to convert a free in injury time to leave it all square 1-3 to 0-6 at the break.

We started the second half with a pointed free from Colm Morris after Stephen Dalton was fouled in the third minute but Tramore were level again a minute later. Colm Morris pointed another free in the eight minute after he was fouled himself. In the tenth minute Donal Barron, Stephen Walsh and Stephen Dalton created a chance for David Kennedy who was unlucky to see his shot strike the butt of the upright but he recovered to shoot over the bar. Tramore got what proved to be their final score in the 13th minute with a pointed free and they then missed three frees in a row before another foul on Colm Morris resulted in Paddy Kennedy pointing in the 21st minute. We went three clear a minute later with an excellent point from John Mullane after good work by Colm Clancy. David Kennedy put four between us in the 23rd minute and the game was wrapped up in the 28th minute when Stephen Walsh was grounded as he shot for a goal and Colm Morris expertly converted the penalty.

Scorers: Colm Morris 2-3 (1-0 penalty, 0-2 frees), David Kennedy 0-3, Paddy Kennedy 0-2 (0-1 free), John Mullane 0-1.

Panel: Ciaran Brady, Christopher Sheehan, Colm Clancy (captain), Ryan Duke, Oran Keevers, Kenneth Byrne, Stephen Dalton, Stephen Walsh, Thomas Kearney, Donal Barron, Dylan Foley, John Mullane, David Kennedy, Colm Morris, Paddy Kennedy, James Grogan, Eamonn Dalton, Martin Sheehan, Diarmuid Carey.

• East Junior Football Championship

De La Salle 4-6 Naomh Pól 3-4

Our junior footballers maintained their unbeaten run with a hard fought win over Naomh Pól in Gracedieu last Friday. Our opponents had the better of the exchanges for most of the first half but failed to take their chances. We got on top in the second half and three goals secured our third victory.

Naomh Pól opened the scoring with a goal in the seventh minute. Two points from Martin Sheehan in the 11th and 13th minutes narrowed the gap. Naomh Pól pointed in the 14th minute but we took the lead in the 20th minute when Stephen Jacob and Eoin Casey combined for Evan Whelan to goal. However, Naomh Pól goaled within a minute and added a point to lead at the interval 2-2 to 1-2.

We began the second half strongly and Eamonn Fitzgerald pointed in the third minute. Three minutes later Barry Twomey crashed the ball to the net and when Eamonn Fitzgerald won the kick out, he gave it to Martin Sheehan who finished to the top corner of the net to put us ahead 3-3 to 2-2. Eamonn Fitzgerald pointed in the 10th minute and Naomh Pól replied likewise in the 17th minute. Our fourth goal arrived in the 22nd minute when after a move involving Peter O’Hagan and Stephen Jacob, James Grogan goaled. James added a point from a free and Naomh Pól pointed also, Martin Sheehan got our last score in the 26th minute when he pointed and Naomh Pól ended the scoring in the final minute with their third goal.

Scorers: Martin Sheehan 1-3, James Grogan 1-1, Evan Whelan and Barry Twomey 1-0 each, Eamonn Fitzgerald 0-2.

Panel: Eamonn Dalton, Ryan Duke, Kevin Gahan, Ronan O’Connor, Peter O’Hagan, Alan Fitzgerald, Conor O’Toole, James Grogan, Evan Whelan, Stephen Jacob, Eamonn Fitzgerald (captain), Eoin Casey, Martin Sheehan Barry Twomey, Ben Dwyer, Diarmuid Carey.

• Munster Minor Hurling Semi Final

We wish the best of luck to Thomas Douglas, Conor Giles-Doran, Lee Wall, Gavin Coppinger, Cormac McCann and the Waterford minor hurling panel who take on Limerick in Walsh Park next Wednesday in the Munster semi final.

• Lotto

There was no winner of our Lotto jackpot last Monday night and it now stands at €13,000. The next draw takes place on Monday 4th July. Numbers drawn were 11, 24, 29, 32. There were five winners of €20 each.

Winners: Lorraine Duke, Noreen Cotter, Danielle Dower c/o Seller Ian Flynn, Sarah Connolly c/o Seller Eamonn Fitzgerald, Mairead Kinsella.

• Tour De Salle 2016

The annual Tour De Salle cycle takes place next Sunday 3rd July. Registration at our main sponsor John Kelly Opel from 9am. Participants will have the option of 50 or 75 KM routes and refreshments will be served before, during and after the event.  Entry €10 and as this is the main fundraiser for the club we are looking for team members to fill their sponsorship card and cycle or steward on the day.

• Engagement

Congratulations to intermediate footballer David Kennedy and Sara Hennessy who got engaged last week.

• Fixtures

Friday 1st July East Junior Football Championship v Ballyduff Lower in Ballyduff 7.30pm.

Saturday 2nd July East Intermediate Football Championship v Dunhill in Walsh Park 7.30pm

• Feile na nGael

The Feile na nGael festival of U-14 hurling and camogie took place in Waterford and Tipperary over the weekend. Our hurlers were placed in Division 5 and hosted Michael Dwyers from Wicklow who proved to be the eventual winners of this division. We  began our campaign with a 5-8 to 0-0 win over Carlow Town who seemed out of their depth in this group. We then lost our second game to Passage narrowly 3-5 to 2-6 after a cracking match. On Saturday morning our guests defeated us 1-10 to 2-1 which meant we were in the shield competition.

We travelled to Passage where we defeated Kilsheelan 1-10 to 1-3 in the quarter final. It was then on to Grangemockler for the semi final to take on Four Roads from Roscommon who ended our run by defeating us 1-7 to 1-5.

We would like to say thanks to chief organiser Tommy Ryan and everyone who helped out over the weekend. Well done to our players and mentors for their efforts. Congratulations to our visitors Michael Dwyers on their success.

Panel: Daire Treacy, David Ryan, Conor Murphy, Kieran O’Sullivan, Cormac Dawson, Alex Keane, Ryan McCarthy, Evan Hayes, Alex Browne, Josh Kelly, Rueben O’Halloran, Aaron Wymberry, Darragh Crowe, Nathan Finn, Sean Treacy, Alex Hoban-Maguire, Senan Maher, Owen Oseni, Conor Cummins, Sultan Anadekan, Conor O’Shea, Glen Buckley.

• Celtic Challenge U-17 Hurling

Well done to the Waterford city U-17 hurling team who won the Division 4 final of this competition in Nowlan Park on Saturday. We were represented on the squad by Peter Grogan (who received a fair play award), Sean Carton (who travelled from the Galway Gaeltacht to play), Luke Flynn, Donal Carey and Ian Condon

• New Arrival

Congratulations to our former senior hurler Michael Doherty and his wife Amy on the birth of a baby girl Cara in Australia recently.

• Injury

Unfortunately during the week it became clear that the injury suffered by Paidi Nevin in the senior hurling championship game against Portlaw was more serious than we realised on the day. We would like to extend our best wishes to Paidi for a speedy recovery.

• Fixtures

Friday 24th June East Junior Football Championship v Naomh Pol in Gracedieu 7.30pm.

Saturday 25th June East Intermediate Football Championship v Tramore in Walsh Park 7pm

• De La Salle Camogie Club

Training:

U-8, 10 & 12 squads on Weds 22nd June @ 6.30pm in Gracedieu.

U-14, 16, 18, & Intermediate squads on Weds 22nd June @ 7.15pm in Gracedieu.

Newcomers are always more than welcome to join in.

Fixtures:

U-12 league round 4 on Tues 21th June away v Lismore throw in 7pm.

Results:

The U-12 girls lost at home to Portlaw in round 3 of the league played in Gracedieu on Tues 14th June.

Feile Na nGael 2016:

This All Ireland club competition took place over 3 days on Fri 17th, Sat 18th & Sunday 19th June. On day 1 we travelled to play 2 games in Portlaw. At 4pm our first game took place against the recently crowned county B champions Portlaw-Roanmore. Our girls showed there through form with a great display of camogie running out victorious 4-0 to 2-4. At 545pm we played Four Roads of Roscommon. We never hit the same form as in the earlier game but we battled right to the final whistle losing out 0-1 to 2-4. At the end of day 1 the group standings were 1. Portlaoise 2. Four Roads 3. DLS 4. Portlaw. Day 2 began with a game against our visiting club Portlaoise who had won there 2 games on the Friday. Our girls showed great spirit throughout this game against good opponents, but came up short at the final whistle 0-1 to 2-4. When news filtered through from the other group game that Four Roads had lost there final group game without even scoring unbelievable the calculators had to be taken out. It had been confirmed that we had finished 3rd & were into the Shield Competition, but something didn’t sit right at our end (we don’t do the soft option). After an hour of waiting & wondering where to next it was then confirmed after all due to a miscalculation on the scores in the committee room & the “results from the 3rd round games lol” we were now heading to An Rinn after finishing 2nd in the group & qualifying for the Cup Competition. Round 1 results: DLS 4-0 Portlaw-Roanmore 2-4, Portlaoise 2-3 Four Roads 1-0. Round 2 : DLS 0-1 Four Roads 2-4, Portlaw-Roanmore 0-1 Portlaoise 8-2. Round 3 : DLS 0-1 Portlaoise 2-4, Portlaw-Roanmore 7-8 Four Roads 0-0. We headed down to An Rinn feeling proud having qualified for the 1/4 finals of the Cup Competition knowing we were facing tough opposition in Myshall of Carlow who had won all there 3 group games impressively. Our girls battled hard throughout this game losing out 0-0 to 5-6 at the final whistle. Myshall eventually losing out in the final to Naas 1-3 to 1-1. Afterwards the girls & family headed back to Gracedieu for the Saturday night entertainment & BBQ.  Many thanks to Kinny, Stewart & Anthony for all the hard work put in with this squad over the last number of months. Many thanks to all the families who hosted the visiting Portlaoise girls who were a credit to themselves, there families & club over the weekend. A big thank you to all the parents, family members & supporters of DLS camogie club for your support in Portlaw, Gracedieu & An Rinn during the girls matches. A very big thank you also to all the DLS GAA club for everything on the Friday night & all day Saturday in Gracedieu especially Charlotte Brenner & Rose Madigan for all there hard work within the camogie club. Many thanks to Ciara Twomey, Beth Carton, Taylor Healy & Katie O’Keeffe for helping out with the umpiring at Sunday’s Div 3 camogie final in Walsh Park. Finally a massive well done & thank you to our Feile squad of 2016 who conducted themselves superbly over the weekend carrying on a fine tradition from previous Feile squads of 2012, 2014 & 2015 from within our camogie club. Roll on 2017 when we will try do it all over again. ????

Panel : Sarah Heery, Clare O’Connell, Lucy O’Donnell, Layla French, Charlotte O’Loughlin, Saoirse Kinsella (capt), Ava Murphy, Sarah Hunt, Holly Ryan, Ella Murphy, Emer McGlynn, Lily McGrath, Ellen Riordan, Caoimhe Mulvaney, Frances Drohan, Sophie Fowler, Jade O’Keeffe, Aoife O’Keeffe, Nicole Power. Absent due to holidays Sharna Cremmin and Zara Nolan. Caitlin Kelly was unavailable due to her participation in the World Karate championships where she performed superbly.

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• County Senior Hurling Championship

De La Salle 2-25 Portlaw 0-11

Our senior hurlers sponsored by John Kelly Opel had a comprehensive win over senior newcomers Portlaw in Walsh Park last Sunday. Given that we lined out without John Mullane, Jack Fagan, Shane Ryan, Eddie Meaney and Steven Daniels we were more than pleased to come away with the victory and with Stephen Dalton, Eoin Madigan, Shane McNulty and debutant Brian Cunningham all prominent we were never in any real danger of losing this game.

Portlaw made a bright start and led 0-3 to 0-1 after five minutes with Conan Watt being our scorer. We then took control of the game and nine points in a row from Brian Cunningham (6), Adam Farrell, Jake Dillon and Paidi Nevin saw us lead 0-10 to 0-3 after twenty seven minutes. Portlaw rallied with two points before Brian Cunningham ended the first half scoring to see us ahead 0-11 to 0-5 at half time. Portlaw began the second half with a point but Brian Cunningham, Adam Farrell and Kevin Moran replied to make it 0-14 to 0-6 after five minutes. Portlaw pointed in the sixth minute but points from Brian Cunningham and Shane McNulty made it 0-16 to 0-7 after eight minutes. Any lingering doubts about the result were ended in the next two minutes as first Kevin Moran picked out Jake Dillon from a line ball and Jake finished low to the net and then after Adam Farrell’s shot was saved by the Portlaw goalkeeper Brian Cunningham followed up to double the sliotar to the net. Both teams added two points in the next ten minutes with ours coming from Adam Farrell and Kevin Moran to make it 2-18 to 0-9.We then hit four consecutive points between the 23rd and 26th minutes from Kevin Moran, Conan Watt, Shane McNulty and David Greene before Portlaw scored their last two points of the game. We ended the game with three points in a row from Jake Dillon, Eddie Barrett and David Greene.

Scorers: Brian Cunningham 1-9 (0-6 frees, 0-1 ’65), Jake Dillon 1-2, Adam Farrell and Kevin Moran 0-3 each, Conan Watt, Shane McNulty and David Greene 0-2 each, Paidi Nevin and Eddie Barrett 0-1 each.

Panel: John Coady, Tom Moran, Ian Flynn (captain), Stephen Dalton, Bryan Phelan, Eoin Madigan, Shane McNulty, Eddie Barrett, Jake Dillon, Adam Farrell, David Greene, Conan Watt, Kevin Moran, Brian Cunningham, Stevie Brenner, Paddy Kennedy, Kenneth Byrne, Thomas Kearney, Matthew Barden, Robert Daniels, Colm Morris.

• Gerry Kennedy Crash Repairs East Intermediate Hurling Championship

De La Salle 0-15 Fenor 0-10

Our understrength intermediate hurlers maintained their unbeaten start to this year’s campaign when they had five points to spare over Fenor in Walsh Park last Saturday. Given that we were minus six players from our first round game it was a very good win but the margin was harsh on Fenor as the game was up for grabs until four late points sealed our victory.

Fenor began well and pointed two frees in the first five minutes. Points from Dylan Foley and Thomas Kearney levelled matters before Fenor pointed both from a free and from play to lead 0-4 to 0-2 after ten minutes. A foul on Colm Morris saw Adam O’Sullivan convert the free but Fenor pointed again in the 15th minute. Points from Dylan Foley and an Adam O’Sullivan free made it all square again before an injury time sixty five gave Fenor a half time lead of 0-6 to 0-5. Fenor doubled their lead from a free immediately after the restart but Adam O’Sullivan replied with a free in the third minute after Thomas Kearney was fouled. Fenor pointed in the 10th minute but we then hit four points in a row between the 12th and 18th minutes through Matthew Barden, Adam O’Sullivan, Colm Morris and Adam O’Sullivan again from a free after Robert Daniels was fouled. Back came Fenor with two points from a free and play to make 0-10 each after twenty three minutes. We regained the lead in the 25th minute with an excellent long range strike from Craig Dowling. We stretched the lead to two points in the 30th minute with another Adam O’Sullivan free and Adam then caught the puck out and sent it straight over the bar. Two fouls on Thomas Kearney in injury time were also converted by Adam to ensure the win.

Scorers: Adam O’Sullivan 0-9 (0-7 frees), Dylan Foley 0-2, Thomas Kearney, Matthew Barden, Colm Morris and Craig Dowling 0-1 each.

Panel: Kyle Sinnott, Adam Doyle, Kenneth Byrne, Paddy Kennedy, Mikey Costigan, Oran Keevers, Craig Dowling, Matthew Barden, Colm Morris, Robert Daniels, Johnny Keane, Dylan Foley, Ryan Duke, Thomas Kearney, Adam O’Sullivan, Philip Burke, Darragh Fitzpatrick, Evan Whelan, Ray Murphy.

• John J. Murphy East Junior B Hurling Championship

De La Salle 3-11 Passage 0-11

Our junior hurlers  had their first win of the year when they had three goals to spare over Passage in an enjoyable encounter in Passage last Thursday. A good first half gave us a lead we retained throughout despite a strong fight back by our opponents before we eventually regained control.

We opened the scoring with points in the fourth and six minutes from Eamonn Fitzgerald from a free after Barry Twomey was fouled and Evan Whelan. Pointed frees in the 12th and 18th minutes saw Passage draw level. Eamonn Fitzgerald restored our lead in the 19th minute and Keith Cooney goaled in the 22nd minute after good work by Evan Whelan. A foul on Eoin Casey saw Eamonn Fitzgerald point again. Keith Cooney added another before Evan Whelan got our second goal created by Conor Dunphy and Barry Twomey to make it 2-5 to 0-2 after twenty six minutes. Passage pointed two frees before the break to reduce the lead to 2-5 to 0-4. Passage began the second half determinedly and scored three points in the first seven minutes to reduce our lead to four. However, we regained the momentum and four points from Conor O’Toole (2) and Eamonn Fitzgerald (2) made it 2-10 to 0-7 midway through the half. Back came Passage again with four points of their own between the 16th and 24th minutes to make it 2-10 to 0-11. The game was finally decided in the 27th minute when after Evan Whelan’s initial shot was saved by the goalkeeper, Barry Twomey got possession and crashed the ball to the roof of the net. Barry added a point a minute later to end the scoring.

Scorers:  Eamonn Fitzgerald 0-5 (0-4 frees), Evan Whelan, Keith Cooney and Barry Twomey 1-1 each, Conor O’Toole 0-3 (0-2 frees, 0-1 ’65).

Panel: Conor Bohane, Ryan Duke, Kevin Gahan, Darren Casey, Alan Fitzgerald, Darragh Fitzpatrick, Martin Sheehan, Ronan O’Connor, Conor O’Toole, Eamonn Fitzgerald (captain), Keith Cooney, Eoin Casey, Evan Whelan, Barry Twomey, Conor Dunphy, Diarmuid Carey, Luke Lalor, Philip Burke, Johnny Walsh.

• Lotto

There was no winner of our Lotto jackpot last Monday night and it now stands at €12,750. The next draw takes place on Monday 20th June. Numbers drawn were 8, 15, 16, 32. There were five winners of €20 each.

Winners: Gavin Power c/o Seller Billy Flynn, Owen Dunphy, Brendan c/o Seller Sandra Hearne, M. Lowry c/o Seller Thomas Kearney, Margaret Rodgers c/o Seller Thomas Kearney.

• Feile na nGael

This coming weekend sees Feil na nGael take place in both hurling and camogie in Waterford and Tipperary. We are hosting the Michael Dwyers club from Wicklow in Division 5 of the hurling feile. The action begins in Gracedieu on Friday at 4.30pm when we play Carlow Town. An hour later we play local rivals Passage and at 10.30am on Saturday morning we take on our guests from Wicklow. Further fixtures will depend on whether we progress to the cup or shield competition. Please check our website for those details.

• Tour De Salle 2016.

The annual Tour De Salle cycle takes place on Sunday 3rd July. Registration at our main sponsor John Kelly Opel from 9am. Participants will have the option of 50 or 75 KM routes and refreshments will be served before, during and after the event.  Entry €10 and as this is the main fundraiser for the club we are looking for team members to fill their sponsorship card and cycle or steward on the day.

• De La Salle Camogie Club

Training:

U-8, 10 & 12 squads on Weds 15th June @ 6.30pm in Gracedieu.

U-14, 16, 18, & Intermediate squads on Weds 15th June @ 7.15pm in Gracedieu.

Newcomers are always more than welcome to join in.

Fixtures:

U-12 league round 3 on Tues 14th June home v Portlaw throw in 7pm in Gracedieu.

Results:

The U-12 girls lost away to Modeligo in round 2 of the league. They were short a few girls on the night but still played well and enjoyed themselves.

The U-10 girls attended the next round of blitzes in Gailltir on Sat 11th June. They played games against the host club, St. Annes & Roanmore. Well done girls on some promising displays.

• Feile Na nGael 2016

This will take place next weekend where we will play host to Portlaoise Camogie Club from Laois. We are based in Portlaw on the first day Friday 17th June. Venue: Portlaw @ 4pm DLS v Portlaw-Roanmore, 5.30pm DLS v Four Roads Roscommon. On the Saturday we play our guest club Portlaoise Camogie Club in Gracedieu @ 11.30am and depending on results we will play a quarter final in either the cup or shield in the afternoon.

• Wedding Bells

Best wishes to our Intermediate squad captain Majella McCarthy on her wedding day back in her native Cork on Fri 17th June. Majella has been a major addition to our adult teams over the last 2 years. Best wishes for the future to Majella, Derek & Robbie…

Follow all our daily club-Feile updates on our clubs facebook page or on the delasallegaa.ie website.

• East Junior Football Championship

De La Salle 2-9 Ferrybank 1-7

Our junior footballers maintained their unbeaten start with a good win over Ferrybank in a hard fought encounter in Ferrybank last Wednesday. The fact that it was our third game and Ferrybank’s first told at the beginning as we opened up an early lead which we managed to maintain to the end. Kudos to Ferrybank who were making use of their new scoreboard for the first time in this game

Adam Deegan opened the scoring when he pointed inside the first minute and Keith Cooney added a second in the third. We goaled in the sixth minute when Mitchell Casey, Eoin Casey and Barry Twomey combined for Eamonn Fitzgerald to finish low to the net. Keith Cooney added his second point in the 13th minute and we led 1-3 to 0-0. Ferrybank then came more into the game and pointed twice in the 14th and 25th minutes to reduce the arrears. We got a boost three minutes later when Joey Twomey’s long range free bounced in the goalmouth and Martin Sheehan reacted first to punch the ball to the net to give us an interval lead of 2-3 to 0-2.

Ferrybank began the second half with a bang and scored 1-2 in the first four minutes to narrow the gap to two points. Joey Twomey settled the nerves with a point in the seventh minute after good work by Eoin Casey and Adam Deegan. The next score came in the 16th minute when Martin Sheehan pointed after a move involving Adam Deegan and Joey Twomey. Mitchell Casey added another a minute later. Ferrybank pointed in the 19th minute but Joey Twomey replied immediately after good play by Keith Cooney and Martin Sheehan. Back came Ferybank with another point in the 21st minute to make it 2-7 to 1-6. The excellent Eoin Casey set up Joey Twomey for another point in the 25th minute and Keith Cooney ended our scoring in the 30th minute with a fine kick off his left. The final act saw Ferrybank point in injury time before the whistle sounded.

Scorers: Martin Sheehan 1-1, Keith Cooney and Joey Twomey 0-3 each, Eamonn Fitzgerald 1-0, Adam Deegan and Mitchell Casey 0-1 each.

Panel: Eamonn Dalton, Ryan Duke, Darragh Fitzpatrick, Diarmuid Carey, Peter O’Hagan, Conor O’Toole, Eoin Casey, Mitchell Casey, James Grogan, Joey Twomey, Eamonn Fitzgerald, Adam Deegan, Martin Sheehan Barry Twomey, Keith Cooney, Ronan O’Connor, Conor Bohane, Kieran O’Donohoe, Graham Drennan, Ben Dwyer, Jack O’Donohoe.

• Munster Senior Hurling Championship

Congratulations to Derek McGrath, Kevin Moran, Jake Dillon, Shane McNulty, Eddie Barrett, Mark Cooney, Fergal O’Brien and the Waterford senior hurlers on their excellent victory over Clare in Thurles last Sunday in the Munster semi final.

• Exams

Best of luck to all our players starting their Leaving and Intermediate certificate exams this week.

• Fixtures

Thursday 9th June East Junior B Hurling Championship v Passage in Passage 7.30pm.

Saturday 11th June East Intermediate Hurling Championship v Fenor in Walsh Park 4pm

Sunday 12th June County Senior Hurling Championship v Portlaw in Walsh Park 2pm.

• De La Salle Camogie Club

Training:

U-8 & 10 squads on Weds 8th June @ 6.30pm in Gracedieu.

U-14, 16, 18, & Intermediate squads on Weds 8th June @ 7.15pm in Gracedieu.

Newcomers are always more than welcome to join in.

Club Fixtures:

U-12 on Tues 7th June away v Modeligo throw in 7pm.

Best of luck to all our girls doing there Junior & Leaving Cert exams in the coming weeks.

Feile Na nGael 2016:

Friday 17th June, Venue: Portlaw @ 4pm DLS v Portlaw, 530pm DLS v Four Roads Co. Roscommon.

Saturday 18th June, Venue: DLS Gracedieu @ 11.30am DLS v Portlaoise Co. Laois.

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• Munster Junior Football Championship

Hard luck to Stephen Dalton who captained the Waterford junior footballers who were beaten by the narrowest of margins by Tipperary after extra time last Sunday in Dungarvan.

• Munster Senior Hurling Championship

Best wishes to Derek McGrath, Kevin Moran, Jake Dillon, Shane McNulty, Eddie Barrett, Mark Cooney, Fergal O’Brien and the Waterford senior hurlers who take on Clare in Thurles next Sunday in the Munster Championship.

• Lotto

There was no winner of our Lotto jackpot last Monday night and it now stands at €12,500. The next draw takes place on Tuesday 7th June. Numbers drawn were 10, 17, 25, 28. There were five winners of €20 each.

Winners: Ann Healy c/o Seller Derek Healy, Bill, Beth, Sean, Sadie c/o Seller Joey Carton, Judy Mackey c/o Seller Eamonn Mackey, Kyra Collins c/o Seller Frank Quinlan, Kinny and Mairead c/o Seller Colin Kinsella.

• Fixture

Wednesday 1st June East Junior B Football Championship v Ferrybank in Ferrybank 7.30pm.

• De La Salle Camogie Club

(picture- De La Salle camogie club U-14 Feile squad 2016)

Training:

U-8, 10 & 12 squads on Weds 1st June @ 6.30pm in Gracedieu.

U-14 on Sat 4th June @ 12noon in Gracedieu.

U-16, 18, & Intermediate squads on Weds 25th May @ 7.15pm in Gracedieu.

Newcomers are always more than welcome to join in.

Club Fixtures:

U-12 on Tues 31st May home v Gailltir throw in 7pm.

Results:

Hard luck to our u14 girls who lost out away to Dungarvan 4-5 to 3-3  in round 5 of  the championship played on Tues 24 May. They also played Tramore in Gracedieu on Sat 28th May in round 6 in which they won 5-2 to 1-1. Well done girls.

Our U-10s travelled to Ferrybank on Sun 29th May and played games against the host club & Tramore.

Sponsorship:

Many thanks to Kinsella family of Ballybricken Couriers for there kind sponsorship of a new set of jerseys to our u14 squad which will be proudly on display for the forthcoming Feile weekend on the 17th,18th & 19th June. The girls got off to a good start in there new jerseys with a home win v Tramore.

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