De La Salle GAA Live

• Sargent Cup Senior Hurling League

Passage 1-18 De La Salle 2-13

Our senior hurlers sponsored by John Kelly Opel suffered their second defeat in the Sargent Cup when we went down to a good Passage side in Passage last Friday by two points. This was an entertaining game between two understrength sides which was only decided in the last few minutes when Passage scored two late points just after John Mullane, who had come on at half time, was unlucky to see his goal attempt come back off the post.

The early exchanges were even and it was 0-3 each after ten minutes with Adam Farrell (2) and Bryan Phelan getting our points. Paudie Nevin put us ahead but Passage goaled in the 13th minute. Points from Brian Cunningham and Adam Farrell levelled matters again by the 20th minute. Two further points from Adam Farrell and one from Bryan Phelan gave us a three point lead but Passage came back with three of their own to make it 0-9 to 1-6 at half time.

Passage pointed twice after half time before a fine run by Paudie Nevin set up a goal chance which Eddie Meaney duly converted in the fifth minute. Passage replied with three points before Adam Farrell pointed in the 11th minute to see us trail 1-11 to 1-10. Passage then scored three points in three minutes before a John Keane point reduced the margin to three midway through the half. We were level in the 17th minute when after good play by Jamie Sage, John Mullane finished brilliantly to the net. Two points from Adam Farrell and John Mullane had us two ahead by the 23rd  minute but Passage were level within two minutes. Then came John’s unlucky strike and those two late Passage points.

Scorers: Adam Farrell 0-7 (0-4 frees), John Mullane 1-1, Eddie Meaney 1-0, Bryan Phelan 0-2 (frees), Paudie Nevin, Brian Cunningham and John Keane 0-1 each.

Panel: John Coady, Jack McCarthy, Ian Flynn, Stephen Dalton, Bryan Phelan, Eoin Madigan, Oran Keevers, Matthew Barden, Tom Moran, Paudie Nevin, John Keane, Adam Farrell, Brian Cunningham, Jamie Sage, Eddie Meaney, John Mullane, Thomas Kearney, Stevie Brenner, Conan Watt, Colm Morris, Adam Doyle, Patrick Flynn, Robert Daniels, Evan Whelan, David Sutton,

• East Junior Football Championship  

Roanmore 2-13 De La Salle 0-6

Our understrength junior footballers were well beaten by championship favourites Roanmore in their Gracedieu venue last Saturday. Roanmore were the better side throughout but our lads battled hard until early second half injuries to Joey Twomey and Eoin Casey left us without fifteen fully fit players and they pulled away as the second half progressed. Mention must go to Conor Bohane who lined out even though he has only recently had a plaster removed from his hand.

It was tight enough early in the game and points from Joey Twomey (2) and Ben O’Dwyer saw us trail 0-4 to 0-3 after seventeen minutes. Roanmore dominated from there to the break adding six points to a single reply from Ben O’Dwyer to leave us trailing 0-10 to 0-4. We began the second half brightly and were on top for the first ten minutes but only succeeded in adding a point from Joey Twomey. We then lost Joey to injury and Roanmore responded with goals in the 12th and 15th minutes to decide the outcome. In the final quarter Roanmore added a further three points to a solitary reply from Barry Twomey.

Scorers: Joey Twomey 0-3 (frees), Ben O’Dwyer 0-2, Barry Twomey 0-1 (free).

Panel: Eamonn Dalton, Ryan Duke, David Sutton, David Farrell, Peter O’Hagan, Eoin Casey, Micheál Kavanagh, James Grogan, Adam Doyle, Joey Twomey, Eamonn Fitzgerald, Darren Casey, Conor Bohane, Barry Twomey, Ben O’Dwyer, Darragh Fitzpatrick.

• Peil na nÓg

Our U-14 footballers won the Eastern Division 2 final defeating a gallant Ferrybank side at Walsh Park on Saturday last on a score of 1-5 to 0-3. The weather conditions prevented a flowing game of football but a goal from Jack Stickle and points from Rueben O’Halloran, Neil Madigan and two from Darren Kenneally saw us lead 1-4 to 0-1 at half time. Another point shortly after half time from Jack Stickle set us on our way despite a spirited Ferrybank response.

Panel: Sean Treacy, Niall O’Keeffe, Shane O’Neill, Conor Walsh, Aaron Wymberry, Dean Casey, Alex Brown, Harry Lawton, Darren Kenneally, Nathan Finn, Neil Madigan, Conor Murphy, Jack Stickle, Eamonn Brosnan, Rueben O’Halloran, Lorcan Kerry.

• U-12 hurling

The U-12 hurlers played their second city league match v Mount Sion last week in Mount Sion. They maintained their unbeaten start with another good performance. Final score was De La Salle 8-6 to Mount Sion 0-3.

Scorers: Darragh Crowe 4-2, Josh Kelly 2-3, Owen Oseni 2-0, Alex Keane 0-1.

Panel: Daire Treacy, Cormac Dawson, Glen Buckley, Alex Keane, Conor Cummins, Evan Hayes, Kieran O’Sullivan, Josh Kelly, Conor O’Shea, Darragh Crowe, Owen Oseni, Shane Keenan, Jack Pheasy.

• U-11 hurling

Our U-11 hurlers have played three games in the City league recording a win over Tramore and two losses to Roanmore and Mount Sion.

Panel: Will Bermingham, Daniel Farrell, Conor Cummins, Neil O’Brien, Kieran O’Sullivan, Fionn McGrath, Jack Twomey, Emanuel Yartery, Sultan Andenka, Conor Keane, Conor O’Shea, Jack Cox.

• Lotto

There was no winner of our Lotto jackpot and it now stands at €5,500. The next draw takes place on Tuesday 5th May. Numbers drawn were 13, 22, 31, 32. There were five winners of €20 each.

Winners: Pete Gore c/o Seller Camogie, Sandra Hearne, Matt Bergin c/o Seller Paudie Brosnan, Marie Ryan c/o Seller Alan Duke, Sharon Simpson c/o Seller Camogie.

• De La Salle Camogie Club

Club Training & Fixtures:

U-8, 10, 12 training on Weds 29th April @ 6.30pm in Gracedieu.

Round 2 of the U-12 blitzes are on Sat 2nd May in Clonea-Power.

​U-14 A Championship round 3 away to Gailltir on Tues 28th April @ 6.45pm.

Well done to our U-14 girls who participated in the Waterford Feile Competition on Sat 25th April in Brickies GAA Club. In the Preliminary round we were victorious against the host club 4-3 to 1-1. We also had a victory over Lismore in the semis 4-1 to 1-0. In the final all the girls gave it their all but despite a gallant effort we came up short against a good Gailltir squad 4-7 to 0-1.

De La Salle squad on the day: Sarah Heery, Sharna Cremmen, Lucy Hogan, Ella Murphy, Charlotte O’Loughlin, Jade Phelan, Holly Ryan, Sarah Hunt, Megan O’Connor, Emer McGlynn, Abby Flynn, Ava Murphy, Lily McGrath, Frances Drohan, Molly Griffin, Sophie Fowler, Caithlin Kelly, Aoife O’Keeffe, Clare O’Connell. Four of our girls were unavailable for duty on Saturday Toni Forristal, Lucy O’Donnell, Saoirse Kinsella and Sarah Ryan. Roll on National Feile Ulster 2015 deserved reward for all the hard work put in by the girls.

U-18 challenge game on Thursday 30th April time & venue tbc.

Adult Junior challenge game confirmed for Friday 8th May details to follow.

Newcomers are always more than welcome to join in any of our club training sessions.

County:

Best wishes to the Waterford Intermediate Camogie squad who will play Laois on Sat 2nd May @ 2.30pm in Dr Cullen Park Carlow in the Daily Star National Camogie League Div 2 Final. Our club girls on this panel are Brianna O’Regan and Beth Carton.

International:

Congratulations and well done to our club girls Courtney Healy, Rachel Butler, Becky Roche, Beth Carton, Brianna O’Regan and their team mates in the Presentation Secondary School who got to represent their country Ireland in the World Student Basketball Games in Limoges France played over 9 days. Ireland finished in 16th place overall a superb achievement for the  school and girls considering that only 4 years ago were playing C grade in Irish schools basketball. Moving up the grades as they progressed through their schooling. Memories and friendships that will last forever.

Follow all our latest Camogie Club updates on our Facebook & Twitter club pages or on delasallegaa.ie.​

 

• National Hurling League Semi Final

Well done to Derek McGrath, Mark Cooney, Kevin Moran, Jake Dillon, Eddie Barrett, Shane McNulty, Stephen Daniels, Fergal O’Brien and the Waterford senior hurlers on their excellent win over Tipperary last Sunday in Nowlan Park which qualified them for a National final for the first time since the 2008 All Ireland Final. From a club point of view it was great to see Eddie Barrett make a competitive return to the county jersey since his injury against Cork last May and to see Kevin Moran selected as the TG4 man of the match.

• County Senior Football Championship

 Ballinacourty 4-14 De La Salle 0-2 

Our senior footballers sponsored by John Kelly Opel were comprehensively beaten by Ballinacourty in this second round championship game played in Walsh Park last Saturday. Whereas there was nothing surprising about the result the margin of defeat was devastating for us given that it was twenty minutes into the game before our illustrious opponents took the lead at a time when we should have been further ahead. We trailed by seven at the interval and when we missed an early second half goal chance the floodgates opened and the final whistle eventually came as a relief.

Before the game we lost Martin Sheehan to a hand injury in the warm up and with Craig Dowling having injured his knee in Thursday night’s minor match it meant James Coad made his senior debut. We opened the scoring inside twenty eight seconds with a point from Colm Morris after a good delivery from Stephen Walsh. Ballinacourty equalised in the second minute but we were ahead again in the third minute when Colm Morris pointed after good play by Patrick Fitzgerald and Stephen Walsh. There followed fifteen scoreless minutes in which we spurned five excellent scoring chances before Ballincourty made it 0-2 each in the 18th minute.

They took the lead in the 20th minute with a point. They pointed again in the 25th minute and goaled two minutes later. They added two further points in injury time to lead 1-6 to 0-2 at the break. Four minutes into the second half Ian Cantwell made a great run forward and set up Conan Watt for a goal chance which was saved by the keeper who immediately started a counter attack which resulted in a point. By the tenth minute they had added 2-1 to make it 3-8 to 0-2. Injuries to Stephen Walsh and David Greene didn’t help as our resistance crumbled and Ballinacourty added 1-6 to their tally without reply in the final twenty minutes.
Scorers: Colm Morris 0-2.

Panel: David Dennison, James Coad, Thomas Kearney, Christopher Sheehan, David Kennedy, Colm Clancy (captain), Stephen Dalton, Stephen Walsh, Oran Keevers, Colm Morris, David Greene, Patrick Fitzgerald, Conan Watt, Lee Hayes, Ian Cantwell, Kenneth Byrne, Eddie Meaney, Patrick Flynn, Eamonn Dalton, James Grogan, David Whittle, Martin Sheehan, Craig Dowling.

• East Junior Football Championship

De La Salle 3-10 Naomh Pól 4-4  

Our junior footballers got their third win of the campaign when we overcame a battling Naomh Pól side in Gracedieu last Friday. This was an entertaining game of football with the result in doubt up to the end as our opponents clawed back what was at one stage a nine point lead to just two before Adam O’Sullivan’s excellent point gave us some breathing space.

We opened the scoring in the third minute when Eamonn Fitzgerald goaled. Adam O’Sullivan added a point before Naomh Pól opened their account. Points followed from Eamonn Fitzgerald and Adam O’Sullivan before Naomh Pól pointed a free to make it 1-3 to 0-2 midway through the half. We added points from Eamonn Fitzgerald and James Grogan before Naomh Pól scored 1-2 within minutes to make it 1-5 to 1-4 at the break. A goal from Adam Doyle followed by a point from Adam O’Sullivan made it 2-6 to 1-4 at half time. A point from Adam O’Sullivan followed by a goal from Adam Doyle stretched the lead before Naomh Pól replied with a goal. Two points from Eamonn Fitzgerald were answered  by two goals from Naomh Pól to make it 3-9 to 3-4 with eight minutes left. Another Naomh Pól  goal made it a two point game before Adam O’Sullivan’s final point.

Scorers: Eamonn Fitzgerald 1-3, Adam Doyle 2-0, Adam O’Sullivan 0-5 (0-3 frees), James Grogan 0-2.

Panel: Eamonn Dalton, Ryan Duke, David Sutton, Conor Hogan, Peter O’Hagan, Alan Fitzgerald, Diarmuid Carey, James Grogan, Adam Doyle, Adam O’Sullivan, Eamonn Fitzgerald, Eoin Casey, Darren Casey, Barry Twomey, David Hogan, Keith Deasy, John Cummins.

• Condolences

We extend our deepest sympathy to the our former player and intermediate football manager Eddie Mulligan and to his family on the death of his mother Martha last week. Ar dheis Dé go raibh sí.

• Fixtures

Thursday 23rd April County Minor Football Championship v Dungarvan in Dungarvan 7pm

Saturday 25th April East Junior Football Championship v Roanmore in Roanmore Gracedieu 6pm

Sunday 26th April Sargent Cup Senior Hurling League v Passage in Passage 2pm

• De La Salle Camogie Club

Club Training & Fixtures:

U-8, 10, 12 & 14 training on Weds 22nd April @ 6.30pm in Gracedieu.

We hosted an U-12 blitz last Saturday in Gracedieu. 4 clubs attended DLS, Tramore, Gailltir & St Annes. A good day of camogie was had by all with approx 80 girls in attendance. Next U-12 blitz is on Sat 2nd May in Clonea-Power.

U-14 A Championship Round 2 away to Dungarvan on Tues 21st April to be rescheduled.

Round 1 result: DLS 9-7 Lismore 1-1 played in Gracedieu on Tues 14th April. Well done girls.

Best of luck to this squad who play in the U-14 Waterford Feile Competition next Sat 25th April in Brickey Rangers GAA Club. First game is @ 10.45am v the host club in the quarter final.

U-16, 18 & Junior Adult squads training on Thurs 23rd April @ 6.30pm in Gracedieu.

Newcomers are always more than welcome to join in any of our club training sessions.

County:

Well done to the Waterford Intermediate Camogie squad who defeated Kildare in the National League Div 2 semi final played in Nenagh last Sunday on a scoreline of Waterford 1-15  Kildare 1-7. Our club girls Beth Carton & Brianna O Regan are members of this squad but had to miss this game due to International Schools Basketball duty in France. Best wishes to this squad in the National league final v Laois in 2 weeks time.

Follow all our latest Camogie Club updates on our Facebook & Twitter club pages or on delasallegaa.ie.​

 

• County Senior Football Championship

Ardmore 1-10 De La Salle 1-9

Our senior footballers sponsored by John Kelly Opel had a heartbreaking defeat to Ardmore in this first round championship game played in Fraher Field last Sunday. Having dominated the first half we led by six points at the interval but we allowed our opponents to get on top in the second half with admittedly the loss of midfielder Stephen Walsh to injury not helping us. We now have it all to do to retain our senior status.

We opened the scoring inside the first minute with a point from Colm Morris but Ardmore equalised immediately. Donal Barron put us ahead in the fifth minute. We were on top at this stage but failed to make it count where it matters and Ardmore levelled it in the 13th minute. When David Dennison slipped taking the resultant kickout we were fortunate that he recovered to deflect the shot over the bar to put Ardmore ahead 0-3 to 0-2. They doubled their lead from a free in the 16th minute. We were back in front in the 19th minute when Lee Hayes got on the end of a high delivery from Ian Cantwell to fist it past the advancing keeper. We played excellent football for the final ten minutes of the half and scored five unanswered points from Colm Morris (2), David Kennedy, Ian Cantwell and Conan Watt to lead 1-7 to 0-4 at the break.

The game was really lost by us in the first ten minutes of the second half when Ardmore goaled in the third minute and followed with two points to make it 1-7 to 1-6. In the 15th minute they had another goal chance but David Dennison made a fine save. In the 18th minute Ardmore equalised after we failed to convert a free and they counter attacked. They added two further points before Conan Watt opened our second half account in the 26th minute. They again stretched their lead to two points before Colm Morris reduced it to the minimum again. However we could not find an equaliser in the added on time.

Scorers: Colm Morris 0-4 (0-1 free), Lee Hayes 1-0, Conan Watt 0-2, Donal Barron, David Kennedy and Ian Cantwell 0-1 each.

Panel: David Dennison, Martin Sheehan, Thomas Kearney, Christopher Sheehan, David Kennedy, Colm Clancy (captain), Stephen Dalton, Stephen Walsh, Oran Keevers, Colm Morris, David Greene, Donal Barron, Conan Watt, Lee Hayes, Ian Cantwell, Paddy Kennedy, Craig Dowling, Patrick Flynn, Eamonn Dalton, Kenneth Byrne, James Grogan, James Coad, Eddie Barrett, Jake Dillon.

• East Junior Football Championship

De La Salle 1-8 Bonmahon 0-4  
Our junior footballers got their second win when we beat Bonmahon in Bonmahon last Saturday. This was a hard fought victory with the fact that it was our third game and Bonmahon’s first probably giving us an advantage. We had plenty of early possession but couldn’t seem to handle Bonmahon’s sweeper system and it took us twelve minutes before Joey Twomey opened our account. Further points followed from Stephen Jacob in the 16th minute and Joey Twomey in the 22nd. We were fortunate not to be level when a Bonmahon goal attempt came back off the crossbar and it was 0-3 to 0-0 at the interval.

Two minutes into the second half came the point of the game when Eoin Casey waltzed past four defenders to send the ball over the bar. Bonmahon opened their account in the fourth minute but they were rocked a minute later when after good work by Joey Twomey and Eamonn Fitzgerald, Darren Casey picked out the inrushing Stephen Jacob and he buried the ball in the far corner of the net. Bonmahon replied with a point but two points from Joey Twomey made it 1-7 to 0-2 midway through the half. Bonmahon pointed twice either side of an excellent save by their keeper from Eamonn Fitzgerald. Bonmahon were unable to trouble our rock solid defence for the goal they needed and Joey Twomey ended the scoring with another point two minutes from time.

Scorers: Joey Twomey 0-6 (0-3 frees), Stephen Jacob 1-1, Eoin Casey 0-1.

Panel: Eamonn Dalton, Keith Deasy, David Whittle, Conor Hogan, Peter O’Hagan, Alan Fitzgerald, Diarmuid Carey, James Grogan, Stephen Jacob, Joey Twomey, Eamonn Fitzgerald, Eoin Casey, Darren Casey, Barry Twomey, David Hogan, Adam Doyle, John Cummins, David Sutton, Ryan Duke, Adam O’Sullivan.

• County U-16 football championship

De La Salle 5-15 Dungarvan 2-2
Our penultimate game in this year’s county U-16 football championship ended with a very good win over what must be said was a weakened Dungarvan side who were missing a few of their players due to the holiday season. The game was probably our best performance all season in what was a great night for football played on a superb pitch in Dungarvan. With all our points coming from play with the exception of one free kick out of a final score line of 5-15 it was a fantastic return from what was a super team effort with eight players getting on the score sheet. It was also encouraging to again give our full panel game time. Unfortunately the only down side was the loss of Dylan Finn mid way through the first half with a hand injury and with Dylan having a very good season so far we wish him a speedy recovery.

Thank you to the large number of parents that travelled on the night supporting the team as well as Joanne Carey on first aid, Ger Treacy for donning thewhite coat and Willie Power for helping on the line.

We have now qualified for the semi final of the county and our final league game in the championship is against Naomh Bríd on Monday 20^th April in Gracedieu at 6.30pm so be sure to book the date in your diary and come along to support these great bunch of lads.

Panel: Donal Carey, Seán O’Keeffe, Seán Carton, Ciarán Corrigan (captain), Alex Kennedy, Conor Giles Doran, Seán Connolly, Eoghan Rea, Luke Flynn, Chris Kong, Dylan Finn, Peter Grogan, Lorcan Dwyer, Seán Power,  Kevin Hennessy, Eoghan McGrath Butler, Eoin Treacy, Liam Coad, Joshua Campus, Dan Casey, Luke Stacey, Stephen Power.

• Munster Minor Hurling Championship

Hard luck to Eddie Meaney, Michael Roche, Lee Wall, selector Ray Murphy and the Waterford minor hurlers who went down by the narrowest of margins to Tipperary in Thurles last Wednesday.

• National Hurling League Semi Final

Best wishes to Derek McGrath, Mark Cooney, Kevin Moran, Jake Dillon, Shane McNulty, Eddie Barrett, Stephen Daniels and the Waterford senior hurlers who take on Tipperary next Sunday in Nowlan Park.

• Lotto

There was no winner of our Lotto jackpot and it now stands at €5,250. The next draw takes place on Monday 20th April. Numbers drawn were 8, 13, 19, 29. There were five winners of €20 each.

Winners: Bill Power c/o Seller Gerry McNulty, Sandra/Claire c/o Seller Sandra Hearne, C. Farrell c/o Seller Adam Farrell, Damian/Christine Merrigan c/o SellerJohn Sheehan, Bridget Drought c/o Seller John Sheehan.
Fixtures

Thursday 16th April County Minor Football Championship v Naomh Deagláin Thoir in Kilmacthomas 7pm

Friday 17th April East Junior Football Championship v Naomh Pól in Gracedieu 6.45pm

Saturday 18th April County Senior Football Championship v Ballinacourty in Walsh Park 7pm

Monday 20th April County U-16 Football Championship v Naomh Bríd in Gracedieu 6.30pm

• De La Salle Camogie Club:

Club Training & Fixtures:

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

​U-16,18 & Junior Adult squads on Thurs 16th April @ 6.30pm in Gracedieu.

Newcomers are always more than welcome to join in any of our sessions.

Club registration forms to be returned to mentors asap please.

All U-8, U-10, U-12 blitzes and U-14A championship club fixtures can be viewed on our Facebook-Twitter pages.

U-14A Round 1 championship fixture on Tues 14th April DLS V Lismore @ 6.30pm in Gracedieu.

Round 2 Dungarvan v DLS on Tues 21st April @ 6.30pm in Dungarvan.

We host an U-12 blitz on Sat 18th April in Gracedieu starting @ 12.30pm.

County:

Well done to our club girls Katie Ryan (capt), Emma Fitzgerald and Katie O’Keeffe who were members of the Waterford U-16 County Squad who played Clare in the U-16C Munster Final played in the Ragg Camogie Grounds on Sat 11th April. Waterford lost out on a scoreline of 7-11 to 0-1 to a very strong Clare outfit.

2 more of our club girls Beth Carton and Brianna O Regan were members of the senior county squad who played against Clare in the Munster Senior Championship Preliminary Round also played on Sat 11th April in the Ragg. Waterford were very competitve throughout losing out by 3 points on a scoreline of Waterford 1-10 to 0-16.

Best wishes to our club girls Beth Carton, Courtney Healy, Brianna O’Regan, Rachel Butler and Becky Roche who head off to Limoges in France to the World Student Schools Basketball games representing Ireland and their school Presentation Secondary School on Friday 17th April. Enjoy the experience girls.

Follow all our latest Camogie Club updates on our Facebook & Twitter club pages or on delasallegaa.ie.​

 

• Phelan Cup Senior Football League

De La Salle 1-13 Gaultier 0-6

Our senior footballers sponsored by John Kelly Opel had a confidence boosting win over an understrength Gaultier side in this Phelan Cup game played inGaultier last Friday. With the championship on next weekend it was good to get a win after some narrow defeats recently.
Playing against the wind we opened the scoring with two points from Ian Cantwell and Colm Morris but it  was all square after seven minutes. The same two players pointed again to put us 0-4 to 0-2 up after twelve minutes. Gaultier reduced the arrears but further points from Conan Watt, Ian Cantwell andColm Morris had us ahead 0-7 to 0-3 at half time.
We opened the second half scoring with an Ian Cantwell free and in the sixth minute Ian Cantwell took a pass from David Greene just inside the Gaultier half and raced through to finish low to the net for an excellent goal. Gaultier replied with a point but points from Colm Morris (2) and Ian Cantwell had us ahead 1-11 to 0-4 after sixteen minutes. Both sides added two more points in the final period with ours coming from Colm Morris and Paddy Kennedy.
Scorers: Ian Cantwell 1-5 (0-3 frees), Colm Morris 0-6 (0-3 frees), Conan Watt and Paddy Kennedy 0-1 each.

Panel: David Dennison, Martin Sheehan, Thomas Kearney, Christopher Sheehan, Stephen Dalton, Colm Clancy (captain), David Kennedy, Stephen Walsh, David Greene, Colm Morris, David Breen, Donal Barron, Ian Cantwell, Lee Hayes, Conan Watt, Paddy Kennedy, Adam Doyle, James Grogan, Patrick Flynn, Eamonn Dalton.
East Junior Football Championship

• De La Salle 7-13 Kilmacthomas 2-6

Our junior footballers collected their first brace of points with a comfortable win in Kilmacthomas last Saturday. In fairness to Kilmacthomas the final scoreline was harsh on their efforts as they competed reasonably well for over forty minutes but tired in the final period.
The game started with both sides attacking equally and it was good from our point of view to see minor debutant Conor Hogan prominent in our defence. Barry Twomey opened the scoring in the eleventh minute and two goals in four minutes followed from the outstanding Joey Twomey and the returning Shane Quinlan. An exchange of points involving Patrick Fitzgerald followed before Kilmacthomas goaled to make it 2-2 to 1-1 after twenty three minutes. We goaled again when Joey Twomey hit the crossbar and Shane Quinlan was on hand to finish the rebound. Points followed from Patrick Fitzgerald (2), Joey Twomey and James Grogan to to put us ahead 3-6 to 1-1 at the interval.

We began the second half with two points from Joey Twomey before Kilmacthomas fought back with four consecutive points to make it 3-8 to 1-5 after eight minutes. However, any thoughts of a comeback ended four minutes later when Shane Quinlan completed his hat trick. Further points followed from Joey Twomey, Patrick Fitzgerald and Peter O’Hagan to one from Kilmacthomas to make it 4-11 to 1-6 with nine minutes left. A minute later David Hogan, not to be undone by his twin brother, got on the end of a move to round the keeper and finish to the net. Kilmacthomas replied immediately with a goal to make it 5-11 to 2-6 with five minutes left. Goals from Joey Twomey and Craig Connolly followed by points from Stephen Jacob and Patrick Flynn sealed the victory.
Scorers: Joey Twomey 2-4 (0-1 ’45), Shane Quinlan 3-0, Patrick Fitzgerald 0-4 (0-2 frees), David Hogan and Craig Connolly 1-0 each, Barry Twomey,James Grogan, Peter O’Hagan, Stephen Jacob and Patrick Flynn 0-1 each.

Panel: Eamonn Dalton, Keith Deasy, David Whittle, Conor Hogan, Peter O’Hagan, Alan Fitzgerald, James Grogan, Stephen Jacob, Patrick Flynn, Joey Twomey, Patrick Fitzgerald, Eoin Casey, Darren Casey, Barry Twomey, Shane Quinlan, David Hogan, Ryan Duke, Ben O’Dwyer, Craig Connolly, John Cummins.

• National Football League

Hard luck to Oran Keevers and the Waterford senior footballers who ended a disappointing campaign with defeat in Leitrim last Saturday.
Munster Minor Hurling Championship
We wish the best of luck to Eddie Meaney, Michael Roche, Lee Wall, selector Ray Murphy and the Waterford minor hurlers who play Tipperary in Thurles next Wednesday.

• Condolences

The death occurred at the  weekend of Donal McBride after an illness. Donal was a native of Wicklow and was a selector in our teams that won U-14 and U-16 football county titles in 1999 and 2001 and were All Ireland Peil na nOg runners up in 1999. His son Cillian was a member of our All Ireland Feile na nGael winning team in 1999 in Wexford and our Peil na nOg winning team in 2000 in Croke Park who went on to win several county medals with the club and was a prominent under age footballer with Waterford before work in Dublin took him to Ballyboden/St. Endas two years ago. We extend our deepest sympathy to the his family. Ar dheis Dé go raibh sé.

• Fixtures

Tuesday 7th April County U-16 Football Championship v Dungarvan in Dungarvan 6.30pm

Saturday 11th April East Junior Football Championship v Bonmahon in Bonmahon 6pm

Sunday 12th April County Senior Football Championship v Ardmore in Fraher Field 2pm

• De La Salle Camogie Club

Club Training & Fixtures:

U-8, 10, 12 & 14 squads on Weds 8th April @ 6.30pm in Gracedieu.

​U-16,18 & Junior squads on Thurs 9th April @ 6.30pm in Gracedieu.

Newcomers are always more than welcome to join in any of our sessions.

Club registration forms to be returned to mentors asap please.

All U-12 blitz & U-14 A championship club fixtures can be viewed on our Facebook-Twitter pages.

U-14 A Round 1 championship fixture on Tues 14th April DLS V Lismore @ 6.30pm in Gracedieu.

County:

Well done to our club girls Taylor Healy (full back), Colette Hogan (half back), Aisling Madigan (midfield), Niamh Murphy, (half forward) Katie Ryan (sub) & Chloe Dempsey (sub) were members of the Waterford U-16 county squad who lost out to Tipperary 4-8 to 1-6 in the Munster A Shield Final played last Friday in Kilsheelan. 2 points down with 4 minutes to go Waterford conceded 3 late goals which overshadowed a great team performance.

3 more of our club girls Courtney Healy (half back), Beth Carton (centre forward 1-7) & Brianna O Regan (sub goalie) were members of the minor County squad who played against Dublin last Saturday in Round 4 of the All Ireland Championship. Waterford lost out by 5 points in the end on a scoreline of 2-16 to 3-8. Waterford were 12 points down at half time but got it back to within 2 points until the concession of a late goal sealed Dublin’s victory.

Well done to all mentioned above for there commitment to both club & county squads.

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• Sargent Cup Senior Hurling League

Ballygunner 1-18 De La Salle 1-16

We began our Sargent Cup last Saturday in Ballygunner where we went down to the host side by two points. This was a game between two understrength sides with from our point of view the most significant event was to see Stephen Daniels start and finish a club game for the first time since the 2012 Munster Final against Thurles Sarsfields. Hopefully we will now see Stephen getting back to the outstanding hurler he was then.

The game itself saw Ballygunner, playing against the wind, make the early running and a 12th minute goal helped them to a 1-5 to 0-4 lead midway through the half. Our lads improved and a succession of points followed by a 31st minute goal from Paudie Nevin, after a foul on Eoin Madigan saw John Keane’s free saved, put us 1-9 to 1-7 ahead at half time. Aided by the wind Ballygunner had forged ahead 1-15 to 1-13 with ten minutes to go and maintained that gap to the end.

Scorers: Adam Farrell 0-7 (0-5 frees), Paudie Nevin 1-0, Eddie Barrett and Stephen Daniels 0-2 each, Jamie Sage, John Keane, Ian Flynn (free), David Greene and Thomas Kearney 0-1 each.

Panel: John Coady, Stephen Dalton, Jack McCarthy, Adam O’Sullivan, Tom Moran, Ian Flynn, David Greene, Eddie Barrett, Stephen Daniels, Adam Farrell, Thomas Kearney, Paudie Nevin, John Keane, Eoin Madigan, Jamie Sage, Bryan Phelan, Dylan Foley, Stevie Brenner, Matthew Barden, Martin Sheehan, Patrick Flynn, Robert Daniels, Evan Whelan,

• East Junior Football Championship

Ferrybank 2-4 De La Salle 0-7 

Our junior footballers were most unlucky to lose to Ferrybank in Gracedieu last Sunday morning in a game that was ruined by the gale force wind.

We had the gale in the first half and led 0-6 to 0-0 at the interval but were unfortunate to lose Patrick Flynn to a head injury before half time. Our lads battled hard throughout the second half and midway through Barry Twomey’s point helped us to lead 0-7 to 0-2. Ferrybank then got a goal and as we entered injury time we still led by the minimum. Ferrybank equalised in the 31st minute and we then launched an attack that saw Micheál Kavanagh’s shot hit the crossbar. Ferrybank then attacked and won a ’45 in the 33rd minute which dropped short but was deflected to the net to give them both points. Credit to both sides for the efforts in this game

Scorers: Barry Twomey 0-2, Patrick Flynn, Eamonn Fitzgerald, Stephen Jacob, Donal Barron and Darren Casey 0-1 each.

Panel: Eamonn Dalton, Eoin Casey, Alan Fitzgerald, Peter O’Hagan, Diarmuid Carey, Craig Dowling, James Grogan, Stephen Jacob, Donal Barron, Micheál Kavanagh, Patrick Flynn, Eamonn Fitzgerald, Darren Casey, Barry Twomey, Matthew Barden, Patrick Fitzgerald.

• County U-16 Football Championship

Ballinacourty 2-10 De La Salle 2-6

e played our third round of the championship on Sunday last in windswept Gracedieu hoping to maintain our unbeaten start against Ballinacourty.  Without the injured Kevin Hennessy and Ciaran Corrigan from our last game we got off to a poor start conceding a goal from our visitor’s first attack. We clawed ourselves back into the game with points by Eoghan Rea, Lorcan Dwyer and Peter Grogan and were happy to be level at half time after losing Eoghan McGrath Butler and Ian Condon to injuries during that opening period.

Our injury problems continued with Alex Kennedy having to retire at half time but Eoghan Rea gave us a good boost scoring an early point after a great run from his own half. This game was now in the melting pot and It was end to end stuff with both teams showing great skill and effort in difficult playing conditions but we again received another injury blow with the loss of Dylon Finn who was having a fine game.  At the midway point both teams had opportunities to goal but it was our visitors who took the advantage with a well worked three pointer followed by a couple of kicked points which meant the game was now beginning to drift away from us heading into the final period.

 

To be fair to the lads they never gave up and when Donal Carey and Sean Connolly combined to save a certain goal we soon followed this up with Ian Condon finding the back of our visitors net after resuming corner forward. Seán Power added to our score late in the game with a deserved goal of his own meaning this contest went down to the wire but Ballincourty held out and were deserved winners. Well done to the lads for a great effort and equally well done to all substitutes introduced.  We wish the injured players a speedy recovery and hopefully it doesn’t impact too much on the enjoyment of their Easter holidays.

 

Thank you to Margaret Treacy for looking after our jersey’s following our last match and to Lilly O’Keeffe for helping out this week.

 

Our next game is scheduled for Tuesday 7th April away to Dungarvan.

 

• St. Mollerans Senior Hurling Tournament

Templederry Kenyons 4-11 De La Salle 1-11

This game was played in torrential rain and a strong wind in Carrickbeg. We played against the wind in the first half and conceded three goals to trail 3-4 to 0-4 at half time. We conceded a fourth goal at the start of the second half but we battled back to trail 4-6 to 1-9 after twelve minutes aided by a storming performance from Shane McNulty and a goal from John Keane. However our opponents regained the initiave to finish comfortable winners on a night when both teams deserve huge plaudits given the weather conditions.

Scorers: John Keane 1-1, Shane McNulty 0-3 (0-1 free), Adam Farrell (0-1 free) and Ian Flynn (0-1 free) 0-2 each, Brian Cunningham, Eddie Barrett and Stephen Jacob 0-1 each.

Panel: John Coady, Stephen Dalton, Jack McCarthy, Adam O’Sullivan, Oran Keevers, Ian Flynn, Shane McNulty, Eddie Barrett, Matthew Barden, Paudie Nevin, Thomas Kearney, John Keane, Brian Cunningham, Adam Farrell, Dylan Foley, Tom Moran, Stephen Jacob, Michael Roche, Martin Sheehan, Adam Doyle, Kyle Sinnott.

• East U-13 Football

De la Salle 7-11 Portlaw 5-4

Our U-13 footballers had a good win over an understrength Portlaw side last Saturday.

Team: Aaron Wynberry, Daire O’Keeffe, Daire Treacy, Evan Hayes, Conor Walsh, Josh Kelly, Rueben O’Halloran, Dylan Stickle, Jay Hearne, Nathan Finn, Alex Brown, Sean Treacy, Owen Oseni.

• National Hurling League

Well done to Derek McGrath, Mark Cooney, Kevin Moran, Jake Dillon, Shane McNulty, Eddie Barrett, Stephen Daniels and the Waterford senior hurlers on their excellent win over Galway last Sunday in Walsh Park.

• National Football League

Hard luck to Oran Keevers and the Waterford senior footballers who were denied victory through a late goal in London last Sunday.

• Lotto

There was no winner of our Lotto jackpot and it now stands at €5,000. The next draw takes place on Tuesday 7th April. Numbers drawn were 7, 9, 13, 30. There were five winners of €20 each.

Winners: H. Flynn c/o Seller Liam Flynn, Liam Palmer c/o Seller Francie Dunphy, Theresa Roche c/o Seller Willie Stephens, Margaret Burke c/o Seller Philip Burke, Rita Power c/o Seller John Sinnott.

• Condolences

The death occurred during the past week of Billy Purcell who was a former club player winning a county minor hurling medal in 1961. Billy was a regular at our games especially when his grandsons were playing. He was very proud to see his grandson Jamie Roche emulate his achievement by also winning a county minor hurling medal as goalkeeper in 2013. He was also delighted to see his other grandsons Cian and Conor Purcell win county U-16 hurling medals in 2014. We extend our deepest sympathy to his family. Ar dheis Dé go raibh sé.

• De La Salle Camogie Club

Club Training:

U-8, 10, 12 & 14 squads on Weds 1st April @ 6pm outdoors in Gracedieu.

​U-16,18 & Junior Adult squads on Thurs 2nd April @ 6.30pm in Gracedieu.

Many thanks to WIT Sports & Recreation student Michael Kavanagh MK Fitness for helping out with the Pre Season indoor sessions over the last 7 weeks. The girls really enjoyed the sessions.

Newcomers are always more than welcome to join in any of our sessions.

Club registration forms to be returned to mentors asap please.

All U-12 blitz & U-14A championship club fixtures can be viewed on our Facebook-Twitter pages.

County Fixtures:

U-16A : Munster Shield final  v Tipperary on Friday 3rd April in St. Mollerans Gaa Club time tbc. DLS club girls Taylor, Aisling, Colette, Katie, Niamh & Chloe are squad members.

U-18A: Round 4 of the All Ireland Championship in WIT Carriganore @ 2.30pm versus Dublin on Sat 4th April. Club girls Beth, Courtney and Brianna are squad members.

The Waterford Intermediate Camogie squad are away to Down on Sunday 5th April in round 5 of the National League Div 2. 4 wins from 4 games so far so the girls will be hoping to continue the winning trend & set themselves up nicely for the League semi finals. Brianna and Beth are members of this squad.

Well done to our club girls who picked up there 2014 U-16 (Brianna O Regan, Taylor Healy, Colette Hogan, Courtney Healy, Beth Carton, Niamh Murphy, Chloe Dempsey, Caoimhe Drohan) & U-18 (Brianna O Regan, Hayley Cox, Beth Carton, Courtney Healy) All Ireland winning medals at the Waterford Camogie Victory Celebration Function held on Sat 28th March in the Park Hotel Dungarvan. A good night of presentations and entertainment by The Unusual Suspects took place on the night. Beth Carton picked up the young camogie player of the year award for 2014. Well done to the organising committee/County Board on a splendidly run night. De La Salle Camogie club were well represented on the night.

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• Fixtures

Friday 3rd April Phelan Cup Senior Football League v Gaultier in Gaultier 7pm

Saturday 4th April East Junior Football Championship v Kilmacthomas in Kilmacthomas 5pm

• East U-21 Football Semi Final

Rathgormack 4-14 De La Salle 0-5

Our U-21 footballers were comprehensively beaten by a very good Rathgormack side in the semi final of the eastern championship in Dunhill on St. Patricks Day. We went into this game as huge underdogs but given the individual ability of the players that lined out for us the margin of defeat was very disappointing. However it has to be said that with no preparation for the game we could not match the superior cohesion and team work of our opponents.

Rathgormack totally dominated early on and led 1-6 to 0-0 after twenty minutes. Points from Robert Daniels and Ethan Hurley in the 21st and 23rd minutes reduced the gap but any ideas of a comeback ended in the 25th minute when Rathgormack got their second goal to lead 2-6 to 0-2 at half time.

The second half was totally Rathgormack and they led 4-14 to 0-2 after twenty minutes. In fairness to our lads they kept trying and two points from Patrick Fitzgerald and one from Eddie Meaney ended the scoring

Scorers: Patrick Fitzgerald 0-2, Robert Daniels, Ethan Hurley and Eddie Meaney 0-1 each.
Panel: James Grogan, Conor Hogan, Adam Doyle, Michael Roche, Craig Dowling, Stephen Dalton, James Coad, Patrick Fitzgerald, Tom Moran, Dylan Foley, Shane McNulty, Eddie Meaney, David Hogan, Robert Daniels, Ethan Hurley, Lee Wall, Jeff Cahill, Ryan Duke, Ciaran Brady, Colm Stockdale.

• Phelan Cup Senior Football League

St. Saviours 1-8 De La Salle 1-7

Two points in injury time denied us at the least a deserved share of the spoils in this well contested and entertaining Phelan Cup game in Gracedieu last Saturday. St. Saviours opened the scoring with a goal inside fifty seconds. Points from Patrick Fitzgerald, Ian Cantwell and David Greene had us level by the 18th minute but by then we had lost Mitchell Casey to a possibly serious knee injury. St. Savious regained the lead but points from Patrick Flynn and Ian Cantwell had us ahead 0-5 to 1-1 at the break.

St. Saviours restored their lead with two points in the first two minutes but Paddy Kennedy goaled a minute later to put us ahead 1-5 to 1-3. A double exchange of points involving Ian Cantwell had us still two ahead after twenty two minutes before three points in the 25th, 31st and 33rd minutes secured the win for St. Saviours.

Best wishes to Mitchell Casey as we still await definite news on his injury.

Scorers: Ian Cantwell 0-4 (0-2 frees), Paddy Kennedy 1-0, Patrick Fitzgerald, David Greene and Patrick Flynn 0-1 each.

Panel: David Dennison, Martin Sheehan, Thomas Kearney, Stephen Dalton, Oran Keevers, Colm Clancy (captain), David Kennedy, Stephen Walsh, David Greene, Colm Morris, Patrick Fitzgerald, Donal Barron, Ian Cantwell, Mitchell Casey, Paddy Kennedy, Patrick Flynn, Craig Dowling, James Grogan, Eamonn Dalton, James Coad.

• County Minor Football Championship

Our minor footballers secured two point in this championship when Tramore were unfortunately forced to concede a walkover last Sunday morning.

• National Hurling League

Well done to Derek McGrath, Mark Cooney, Kevin Moran, Jake Dillon, Shane McNulty, Eddie Barrett, Stephen Daniels and the Waterford senior hurlers on their excellent win over Wexford last Sunday in Wexford Park which secured promotion back to Division 1A. It was a good day for the club with Derek as manager, Kevin as captain and Jake as top scorer from play.

• Deise Draw

Please note the new Deise Draw begins next Friday 27th March. The organising committee of Noreen Cotter, Maureen Keane and Tom O’Leary would like to thank all those who sold or purchased tickets last year. They ask that you please support the club and the county by again purchasing a ticket.

• De La Salle Camogie Club

Training:

U-8 & 10: On Weds 25th March @ 7pm indoors in the Presentation Secondary School Hall.

U-12 & 14: On Weds 25th March @ 6pm sharp in the WIT Sports Campus Carriganore on the Astroturf pitch.

U-16, 18 & Adult: On Thurs 26th March @ 7pm indoors in Gracedieu. Please bring your towel & water. Last session indoors before we head back outdoors. Newcomers are always welcome to join in any of our sessions. Club registration forms to be returned to mentors asap please.

County:

Well done to the Waterford Ladies Senior Camogie Squad who played Kilkenny at home in the WIT Carriganore Sports Campus on Sun 22nd March in Round 4 of the Div 2 National League. Waterford emerged victorious by 9 points on a scoreline of 2-13 to 1-7. Our club girls Beth Carton who played half forward scoring 1-3 and Brianna O Regan was reserve goalkeeper. 4 wins from 4 games for this squad. Next up for this squad on Sunday 5th April in Round 5 is Down away.

3 of our club girls Courtney Healy (half back), Beth Carton (centre forward scoring 1-6) and Brianna O Regan (goalkeeper) were members of the U-18 County squad who lost out to Limerick by 4 points on a scoreline of 4-8 to 1-21 in Round 3 of the All Ireland A Championship played in the WIT Carriganore Sports Campus on Saturday 21st March. Next up for this squad is Dublin in Round 4, this game to played on Sat 4th April at a home venue.

Best of luck to our club girls who will pick up there 2014 U-16 (Brianna, Taylor, Colette, Courtney, Beth, Niamh, Chloe, Caoimhe) and U-18 (Brianna, Hayley, Beth, Courtney) All Ireland winning medals at the Waterford Camogie Victory Celebration Dinner Dance being held next Sat 28th March in the Park Hotel Dungarvan. A good night of entertainment in store anybody looking for tickets please contact any club committee member.

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• Fixtures

Wednesday 25th March St. Mollerans Senior Hurling Tournament v Templederry Kenyons in Carrickbeg 8pm.

Saturday 28th March Sargent Cup Senior Hurling League v Ballygunner in Ballygunner 3pm

Sunday 29th March County U-16 Football Championship v Ballinacourty in Gracedieu 11am

Saturday 29th March East Junior Football Championship v Ferrybank in Gracedieu 11.30am