De La Salle GAA Live

• Phelan Cup Senior Football League

Ballinacourty 0-12 De La Salle 1-6

Our senior footballers were beaten by an understrength Ballinacourty side in the Phelan Cup in Gracedieu last Saturday. This was a close game for the most part and our lads put in a huge effort but too many missed point scoring chances both from play and frees helped to ensure the visitors took the spoils.

We opened the scoring in the fourth minute with a point from a Mitchell Casey free after he was fouled himself but Ballinacourty took over then and by the 13th minute they led 0-3 to 0-1. Points from Lee Hayes and Patrick Fitzgerald in the 16th and 20th minutes levelled matters only for Ballinacourty to regain the lead immediately. On the stroke of half time Mitchell Casey pointed to make it 0-4 each at the break.

Much like the first half we opened the second half scoring with a Colm Morris point only for Ballinacourty to reply with three of their own to lead 0-7 to 0-5 by the tenth minute. Lee Hayes reduced the arrears in the 13th minute but two more points made it 0-9 to 0-6 for Ballinacourty by the 18th minute. We got back on level terms when David Greene, Lee Hayes and Mitchell Casey combined for Patrick Flynn to finish to the Balliancourty net in the 20th minute. However, this was was to prove to be our last score and Ballinacourty added points in the 23rd, 27th and 30th minutes to finish on top.

Scorers: Patrick Flynn 1-0, Mitchell Casey (0-1 free) and Lee Hayes 0-2 each, Patrick Fitzgerald and Colm Morris 0-1 each.

Panel: David Dennison, Martin Sheehan, Thomas Kearney, Christopher Sheehan, Stephen Dalton, Colm Clancy (captain), David Kennedy, Stephen Walsh, David Greene, Lee Hayes, Patrick Fitzgerald, James Coad, Ian Cantwell, Patrick Flynn, Mitchell Casey, Colm Morris, Paddy Kennedy, Craig Dowling, James Grogan, Micheál Kavanagh.

• County U-16 Football Championship

De La Salle 4-2 Clashmore 0-13

Our U-16 footballers made it two wins from two when a magnificent goal from Kevin Hennessy three minutes from the end of normal time gave us a somewhat fortunate victory over Clashmore at the end of a most entertaining game in Gracedieu last Sunday morning. Having kicked thirteen scores, twelve of them from play, Clashmore will feel unlucky not to have come away with a share of the spoils but great credit to our lads for their determination and effort on the day.

We got a great start when Kevin Hennessy got on the end of a crossfield pass from Eoin Treacy to finish low to the net in the sixth minute. Clashmore came back and with the aid of whatever breeze was there kicked five points in a row between the seventh and twentieth minutes. Kevin Hennessy pointed a free in the 21st minute after Seán Power was fouled and a minute later we were back in front when Chris Kong worked the opening for Seán Power to score a fine goal. Four point between the 25th and 29th minutes put Clashmore back in front before Kevin Hennessy, Lorcan Dwyer Sheridan and Eoin Treacy set up Seán Power for his second goal to leave us ahead 3-1 to 0-9 at the break.

The second half began with Clashmore equalising inside the first minute. They took the lead in the eight minute but it was all square three minutes later when Chris Kong pointed after Seán Power was fouled.
Clashmore regained the lead in the 13th minute and there followed ten scoreless minutes before Clashmore stretched the lead to two from a free. A few substitutions breathed new life into our attack and in the 27th minute Luke Flynn dispossessed a defender and found Kevin Hennessy unmarked who unleashed a powerful shot into the far corner of the net for what proved to be the decisive score. Clashmore tried hard for the equaliser but were met with dogged resistance from our goalkeeper and defenders. They had one last chance from a free from an acute angle but it carried wide

Thanks to Margaret Treacy for washing the jerseys this week. Who is next?

Scorers: Kevin Hennessy 2-1 (0-1 free), Seán Power 2-0, Chris Kong 0-1 (free).

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

• National Hurling League

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

• National Football League

Hard luck to Oran Keevers and the Waterford senior footballers who suffered another narrow defeat when they went down to Antrim last Sunday in Walsh Park.

• Munster U-21 Football Championship

Commiserations to Stephen Dalton and to selector John Cummins on Waterford U-21 footballer’s disappointing defeat to Clare last Wednesday. On a brighter note reports received suggest that Stephen was one of the players to impress on the night.

• Quiz Night

Please note that the quiz night scheduled for The Cove Bar next Thursday night has been postponed.

• De La Salle Camogie Club

Training:
U-8 & 10: On Weds 18th March @ 7pm indoors in the Presentation Secondary School Hall.
U-12 & 14: On Weds 18th March @ 6pm sharp in the WIT Sports Campus Carriganore on the Astroturf pitch.

U-16, 18 & Adult: On Thurs 19th March @ 7pm indoors in Gracedieu. Week 5 “Aerobic Session”. Please bring your towel & water.
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 Meath away in Rathoath Co. Meath on Sun 15th March in round 3 of the Div 2 National League. Waterford emerged victorious by 4 points on a scoreline of 2-14 to 1-13. Our club girls Beth Carton played half forward and Brianna O’Regan played in goal. 3 wins from 3 games for this squad. Next up on Sunday 22nd March in Round 4 is Kilkenny at home, time & venue tbc. Both teams have won all 3 group games so far, please come along & support our girls.

​Fixture:
U-18 A Championship Round 3 game Waterford V Limerick on Sat 21st March, time & home venue tbc. Best of luck to our club girls Courtney Healy, Beth Carton & Brianna O Regan who are members of this squad.

Happy St. Patricks Day to everyone.

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• Fixtures

Tuesday 17th March East U-21 Football Semi Final v Rathgormack in Dunhill 12 noon

Saturday 21st March Phelan Cup Senior Football League v St. Saviours in Gracedieu 3pm

Sunday 22nd March County Minor Football Championship v Tramore in Gracedieu 11.30am

• Phelan Cup Senior Football League

Nire 1-10 De La Salle 1-5
Our senior footballers were beaten by county champions Nire in the opening Phelan Cup game in Gracedieu last Saturday. Both teams were missing players for this game with our opponents being the worst hit. Our lads competed well for most of the game but too many missed point scoring chances in the first half plus the failure to convert two goal chances in the second prevented any chance of a surprise result.

We began well with points from Mitchell Casey (free) and Stephen Walsh in the second and sixth minutes.
Nire opened their account from a free in the eight minute and though we dominated possession we failed to score again until Ian Cantwell pointed in the 20th minute. Mitchell Casey stretched our lead with a point in the 24th minute after good play by Patrick Flynn and Ian Cantwell. Nire replied immediately a minute later with a point and followed with a free in the 29th minute to leave us ahead 0-4 to 0-3 at half time.

Nire resumed strongly and scored three points in the first four minutes. We were back in front in the sixth minute when a move began by Christopher Sheehan and carried on by Oran Keevers and Ian Cantwell saw Stephen Walsh crash the ball to the roof of the net. Good play by David Kennedy and Donal Barron made the opening for James Coad to point and make it 1-5 to 0-6 in the ninth minute with what was to prove to be our last score. Nire were back in front a minute later when our attack broke down and a long ball caused a defensive mix up which resulted in a forward having the simple task of palming the ball over the line. Nire stretched the gap to two points in the 13th minute and we were out of luck in the 15th minute when after a good run James Coad’s shot beat the goalkeeper but went just outside the post. Nire took control for the last quarter and added three points to their tally between the 17th, and 22nd minutes to end the scoring but we were out of luck again a minute from time when Mitchell Casey set up a chance for Stephen Walsh who beat the advancing goalkeeper only to see his shot come back off the butt of the upright.

Scorers: Stephen Walsh 1-1, Mitchell Casey 0-2 (0-1 free), Ian Cantwell and James Coad 0-1 each.

Panel: David Dennison, Martin Sheehan, Colm Clancy, Christopher Sheehan, Oran Keevers, Thomas Kearney, David Kennedy, Stephen Walsh, David Greene, Ian Cantwell, Mitchell Casey, Patrick Fitzgerald, James Coad, Patrick Flynn, Donal Barron, Eamonn Dalton, Micheál Kavanagh, Keith Deasy.

• Hurling Challenge

Waterford U-21s 4-20 De La Salle 2-23
We had our first hurling challenge game last Wednesday when we played a county U-21 selection in what was an entertaining high scoring game. Fielding only seven senior hurlers we used the match to give a run to some of our younger players which proved worthwhile. A positive note for us was to see Eddie Barrett play for over fifty minutes on the night and to notch some fine scores.

• County Minor Football Championship

We headed with a very young minor team to Abbeyside to take on the home team Ballinacourty in our second round football championship match on Sunday last. The game was played on a lovely morning on our hosts new and very impressive pitch. The team put in a very hard working display over the hour but unfortunately our opposition were just way too strong on the day and played some very impressive football with each of their players very comfortable on the ball. Their manager made the effort to compliment the team on their efforts and positive attitude throughout which is always nice to hear, so well done to the lads for making such an impression when representing the club. Unfortunately our case wasn’t helped with the loss of James Stone who had to depart early after taking an accidental knock on the head and for safety reasons remained on the sideline. Johann Carey managing our first aid was on hand to help James and ensure he remained warm with a very impressive rug. Thank you Johann, Sheila, Ann and Richard for making the effort and driving our players to the game, your help is much appreciated. Our next game is at home to Tramore on Sunday 22nd March.

• U-16 Football

We play Clashmore/Kinsalebeg in Gracedieu next Sunday at 11am and thanks to Helen Power for washing our gear after the last game. Hands up who’s next from the great response we received to managing this very important task

• National Hurling League

Well done to Derek McGrath, Mark Cooney, Kevin Moran, Jake Dillon, Shane McNulty, Stephen Daniels, Eddie Barrett and the Waterford senior hurlers on their excellent win over Offaly last Saturday afternoon in Tullamore.

• National Football League

Hard luck to Oran Keevers and the Waterford senior footballers who despite a spirited fightback were narrowly beaten by Longford in Pearse Park last Sunday.

• Munster U-21 Football Championship

We wish the best of luck to Stephen Dalton, who has been selected at corner back, Patrick Fitzgerald and the Waterford U-21 footballers who take on Clare in Miltown Malbay next Wednesday.

• All Ireland Freshers Championship

Congratulations to Stephen Dalton who was a member of the UL team that won this championship for the first time ever beating UCC last Thursday. Stephen was following a family tradition as his uncle Noel was a member of the first team from WIT to win it.

• Old Photographs

Chairman Owen Dunphy is anxious that we display a photographic story of the club down the years. If anyone has old photographs maybe in their attics or in albums we would be grateful to have a lend of them. We are concentrating initially on hte period 1927-1950. Maybe, some relative or supporter may have these and if so please contact Noel Dalton or Davy Duggan who would be delighted to receive them.

• Quiz Night

Please note that we will hold a club fun and social quiz night in The Cove Bar on the Dunmore Road on Thursday 19th March 8.30pm Tables of 4, €5 per person. Prize for winning team as well as spot prizes on the night. All members and non members welcome.

• De La Salle Camogie Club

Training:

U-8 & 10: On Weds 11th March @ 7pm indoors in the Presentation Secondary School Hall.

U-12 & 14: On Weds 11th March @ 6pm sharp in the WIT Sports Campus Carriganore on the Astroturf pitch.

U-16, 18 & Adult: On Thurs 12th March @ 7pm indoors in Gracedieu. Please bring a towel & water.

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

Many thanks to all who turned up at the launch of our open day for our first ever Adult Junior team for season 2015 in Gracedieu last Sunday morning the 8th March.

County:

Well done to the Waterford Ladies Senior Camogie Squad who played away to Cork on Sun 8th March in the 2nd round of the Div 2 National League.

Waterford emerged victorious on a scoreline of 1-9 to 1-8 with our club players Beth Carton scoring 1-4 and Brianna O Regan as reserve goalkeeper. Next up on Sunday 15th March in Round 3 is Meath away.

Schools:

Well done to the Mercy Secondary School who won the All Ireland Junior D Schools Camogie Final 2-8 to 1-3 against Mac Dara’s Tempelogue on Sat 7th March. Our club girls on this squad were Katie Ryan, Aisling Madigan, Emma Fitzgerald and Caoimhe Drohan. Aisling also emerged with the player of the final award after a superb display.

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• Fixtures

Thursday 12th March St. Mollerans Senior Hurling Tournament v Carrick Swans in Carrickbeg. Time TBC.

Saturday 14th March Phelan Cup Senior Football League v Ballinacourty in Gracedieu 3pm

Sunday 15th March County U-16 Football Championship v Clashmore/Kinsalebeg in Gracedieu 11am

• County U-16 Football Championship

De La Salle 1-9 Gaultier 1-3

Our U-16 footballers made a good start to their campaign when they travelled to Gaultier last Sunday morning and came away with a hard earned victory over the home side who were missing a few players. This was a well contested and even enough game, with both sides missing chances, but our lads were a bit more economical in front of goal and emerged deserving winners. The mentors were also happy that they were able to give game time to all twenty one players present.

We got a great start and led 1-3 to 0-0 after 10 minutes through points from Kevin Hennessy, Seán Power and Alex Kennedy who then set up Lorcan Dwyer Sheridan for the goal. Gaultier opened their account a minute later when goalkeeper Donal Carey turned a goalbound shot over the crossbar. There was no further score until the 24th minute when Chris Kong pointed and four minutes later the excellent Eoghan Rea pointed after a strong run to leave us ahead 1-5 to 0-1 at the break. The second half began with our lads on top but they were unable to make it count and Gaultier were right back in the game when they pointed in the 12th minute and followed with a goal a minute later. However, our lads responded well and four points in the next ten minutes followed from Eoghan Rea, Kevin Hennessy, Stephen Power and Peter Grogan put us seven ahead. Gaultier pointed in the 25th minute and tried hard to break through our defence for the goals they needed but found Seán Carton, Ciáran Corrigan, Conor Giles Doran and Dylan Finn in resolute form.

Scorers: Lorcan Dwyer Sheridan 1-0, Kevin Hennessy (0-1 free) and Eoghan Rea 0-2 each, Seán Power, Alex Kennedy, Chris Kong, Peter Grogan and Stephen Power 0-1 each.
Panel: Donal Carey, Seán O’Keeffe, Seán Carton, Ciáran Corrigan, Eoghan McGrath Butler, Conor Giles Doran, Dylan Finn, Eoghan Rea, Luke Flynn, Kevin Hennessy, Peter Grogan, Chris Kong, Lorcan Dwyer Sheridan, Seán Power, Alex Kennedy, Luke Walsh, Eoin Treacy, Stephen Power, Luke Stacey, Dan Casey, Ian Condon.

• East U-21 Football Semi Final

The board has fixed our U-21 football semi final against Rathgormack for next Friday night in St. Mollerans at 8pm. However, since then the Waterford v Offaly league match was changed to Saturday and we requested a postponement of the U-21 due to Shane McNulty’s double involvement. The Waterford U-21 football selectors have also requested that it be postponed until after they play Clare. At the time of writing these notes we don’t know if the game will go ahead or not.

• Fitzgibbon Cup

Well done to team captain Jake Dillon and WIT hurlers on their battling performances in the Fitzgibbon Cup in Limerick at the weekend. Hopefully they will be successful in the replay.

• National Football League

Hard luck to Oran Keevers and the Waterford senior footballers who were beaten by Carlow in the Fraher Field last Saturday.

• Lotto

There was no winner of our Lotto jackpot and it now stands at €4,500. The next draw takes place on Monday 9th March. Numbers drawn were 5, 18, 26, 29. There were five winners of €20 each.

Winners: Joyce Sinnott c/o Seller John Sinnott, Anne Stephens c/o Seller Willie Stephens, John Sinnott, Eoin Houlihan c/o Seller Willie Power, John Duggan c/o Seller Alan Duggan.

• Deise Draw

Please note the new Deise Draw begins at the end of this month. 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 4th March, both these squads will play some challenge games away to Tramore starting @ 6pm on the Astroturf in Tramore GAA Club.

U-12 & 14: Training resumes on Weds 4th March @ 6pm sharp in the WIT Sports Campus Carriganore on the Astroturf pitch.

U-16, 18 & Adult: On Thurs 5th March @ 7pm in Gracedieu, Week 4 “Circuit Session”. Please bring a towel & water.

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

Open day for our first ever Adult Junior team takes place on Sunday 8th March @ 11am in Gracedieu. If you are interested please come along on Sunday morning. All help greatly appreciated.

County

U-18: Well done to our club girls Beth Carton and Brianna O Regan (Courtney Healy was unavailable) and their team mates on the Waterford U-18 Squad who played Galway away in Ballinderreen Co. Galway in the 2nd round of the U-18 All Ireland A Championship on Sat 28th Feb. Waterford lost out on a scoreline of Waterford 1-5 Galway 3-8. Next up is Limerick @ home in Round 3 on Sat 21st March.

Best of luck to the Waterford Ladies Senior Camogie Squad who play away to Cork on Sun 8th March @ 2.30pm in the 2nd round of the Div 2 National League.

Hard luck to Lismore Camogie Club who lost out by 1pt to Piltown in the All Ireland Intermediate Club Final played in Croke Park on Sun 1st March.

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• Fixtures

Wednesday 4th March Senior Hurling Challenge v Waterford U-21s in Carriganore. Time TBC.

Saturday 7th March Phelan Cup Senior Football League v Nire in Gracedieu 3pm

Sunday 8th March County Minor Football Championship v Ballinacourty in Abbeyside 11.30am

• East U-21 Football Championship

De La Salle 2-7 Naomh Deaglain Thoir 1-7

Our U-21 footballers had a hard earned victory over the Kilmacthomas/ Ballyduff Lower combination of Naomh Deaglain Thoir in the first round of the championship played in Kilmacthomas last Sunday. We went into this game as favourites but an inability to convert our chances, particularly when on top in the second half could have cost us this game.
Playing against the wind we opened the scoring in the second minute after a strong run from defence by James Coad. Naomh Deaglain Thoir equalised immediately but Robert Daniels restored our lead in the fifth minute from a free after Shane McNulty was fouled. Our opponents then scored three points between the 8th and 18th minutes to lead by two before Robert Daniels pointed a free in the 19th minute after a foul on himself. We should have taken the lead three minutes later when Robert Daniels was out of luck as his low shot beat the goalkeeper but failed to beat the pool of water on the goal line. Adam Farrell equalised in the 24th minute after good work by Shane McNulty but Naomh Deaglain Thoir finished the half strongly with two late points to lead 0-6 to 0-4 at half time.

We began the second half pointing twice inside the first three minutes through Ethan Hurley and Patrick Fitzgerald. However, our opponents struck back in the fourth minute with an excellent goal. We then created two goal chances but hit the side netting with both before Micheál Kavanagh, Patrick Fitzgerald and Robert Daniels combined for Dylan Foley to finish clinically to the net in the 11th minute. Three minutes later we were ahead when Shane McNulty found Robert Daniels and he rounded the goalkeeper to finish to the empty net and it was 2-6 to 1-6 midway through the half. We had a chance in the 17th minute to stretch our lead when Robert Daniels was grounded but he dragged his penalty just wide of the post. We were fortunate not to be pegged back in the 23rd minute when goalkeeper James Grogan had to go full stretch to save at the expenses of a fruitless ’45. A point from Ethan Hurley put us four clear in the 27th minute before our opponents ended the scoring with a point in injury time.

We expect to be in semi final action next weekend but the draw and fixture won’t be made until Tuesday night’s board meeting

Scorers: Robert Daniels 1-2 (0-2 frees), Dylan Foley 1-0, Ethan Hurley 0-2, James Coad, Adam Farrell and Patrick Fitzgerald 0-1 each.

Panel: James Grogan, Conor Hogan, Adam Doyle, James Stone, James Coad, Stephen Dalton, Gavin Coppinger, Adam Farrell, Shane McNulty, Micheál Kavanagh, Dylan Foley, Patrick Fitzgerald, Ethan Hurley, Robert Daniels, David Hogan, Ryan Duke.

• National Hurling League

Well done to Derek McGrath, Kevin Moran, Jake Dillon, Shane McNulty, Stephen Daniels, Eddie Barrett and the Waterford senior hurlers on their comprehensive win over Laois last Saturday night in Fraher Field.

• Dean Twomey

This week we say bon voyage to one of our senior hurlers Dean Twomey who is moving to Canada. A night was held in the Cleaboy pub last week to bid him farewell. Hopefully we will see Dean back wearing the club colours again in the not too distant future.

• Quiz Night

Please note that we will hold a club fun and social quiz night in The Cove Bar on the Dunmore Road on Thursday 19th March 8.30pm Tables of 4, €5 per person. Prize for winning team as well as spot prizes on the night. All members and non members welcome.

• Foundation Coaching Course

A Foundation Coaching Course will commence on Monday March 2nd in Gracedieu at 7pm. Any club member who is interested in doing the course should contact Joey Carton or Eamonn FitzGerald.

• De La Salle Camogie Club:

Training:
U-8 & 10 : On Weds 25th Feb @ 6pm indoors in the Presentation Secondary School hall.
U-16,18 & Adult: On Thurs 26th Feb @ 7pm in Gracedieu, Week 3 “BLT Session”. Please bring a towel & water. Enjoy girls, newcomers welcome.

As this will be our first year entering an Adult team in the County Championships we encourage any girls 16 and over unattached to a club interested in playing Camogie to contact us or come along on Thurs evenings. All help greatly appreciated. Open day for our Adult Junior team takes place on Sunday 8th March @ 11am in Gracedieu.

County:
U-18 & Senior: Well done to our club girls Beth Carton, Brianna O’Regan, Courtney Healy & their team mates on the Waterford U-18 Squad who played Offaly away in Belmont GAA club in the 1st round of the U-18 All Ireland A Championship on Sat 21st Feb. Waterford lost out by 7pts on a scoreline of Waterford 2-9 Offaly 3-13. The following day Sun 22nd Feb all three girls made their Senior Inter County debuts in the National League Div 2 game v Tipperary played in the WIT Sports Campus in Carriganore. Scoreline Waterford 2-21 Tipperary 0-4. Beth started scoring 7pts from play, Courtney & Brianna were introduced as second half substitutes.

Congrats to the Mercy Secondary School in winning their All Ireland schools semi final played in Mooncoin on Sat 21st Feb versus Portlaoise on a scoreline of 5-5 to 2-7 and in particular to our club girls Aisling Madigan, Katie Ryan and Emma Fitzgerald who played prominent roles in the victory.
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• East U-21 Football Championship

We play Naomh Deaglain Thoir in Kilmacthomas next Sunday in U-21 football championship at 2pm. The following week the winner will play in the A semi final and the loser will play in the same stage of the B championship.
National Hurling League

Well done to Derek McGrath, Kevin Moran, Jake Dillon, Shane McNulty, Stephen Daniels, Eddie Barrett and the Waterford senior hurlers on securing a share of the spoils with Limerick last Saturday night in the opening league game.

• Lotto

There was no winner of our Lotto jackpot and it now stands at €4,250. The next draw takes place on Monday 23rd February. Numbers drawn were 23, 28, 31, 32. There were five winners of €20 each.

Winners: Mary McNulty c/o Seller Gerry McNulty, Niamh Duggan c/o Seller Jack Duggan, Dick Phelan c/o Seller Francie Dunphy, May Sage c/o Seller Jamie Sage, Caoimhe Mulvaney c/o Seller Camogie Club.

• De La Salle Camogie Club

Training:

U-8 & 10: On Weds @ 7pm indoors.
U-12 & 14: Will start back shortly, parents will be notified by the mentors.
U-16, 18 & Adult: On Thurs @ 7pm in Gracedieu, Week 2 “Buddy Session”. Please bring a towel & water. Enjoy.

As this will be our first year entering an Adult team in the County Championships we encourage any girls 16 and over unattached to a club interested in playing Camogie to contact us or come along on Thursday evenings. All help greatly appreciated. Open day for our Adult Junior team takes place on Sunday 8th March @ 11am in Gracedieu.
County:

U-18: Best of luck to our club girls Beth Carton, Brianna O Regan & Courtney Healy & their team mates on the Waterford U-18 squad who play Offaly away in the firstst round of the U-18 All Ireland A Championship on Sat 21st Feb time & venue tbc.

U-16: Well done to our club girls Taylor Healy, Colette Hogan, Aisling Madigan, Niamh Murphy & Katie Ryan who were members of the Waterford U-16 Squad who played away to Limerick in the Munster A Championship preliminary round on Sun 15th Feb in Ballybrown GAA club. Waterford lost out by 1 point on a scoreline Waterford 4-4 Limerick 0-17. A great display girls. Keep up the good work.

Congrats to the WIT Camogie girls on a fine win in the Ashbourne Cup.
Best of luck to the Mercy Secondary School in there forthcoming All Ireland schools semi final in particular to our club girls Aisling Madigan, Katie Ryan & Emma Fitzgerald.
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• St. Declan’s School.

Indoor Hurling

Our Indoor Hurlers played in the final blitz on Tuesday February 10^th. at The Butler Community Centre. There were four teams in our group: Ballygunner, Holy Cross, Mount Sion and ourselves. We recorded two narrow victories over Mount Sion and Holy Cross. However Ballygunner proved too strong for us and they were the eventual winners of the blitz.

Panel: Will Birmingham, Fionn McGrath, Alex King, Keegan Borla, Luke Winkle, Conor Fanning, Joe Caulfield, Neil O’Brien, Ben O’Neill, Callum Flynn.

• County Minor Football Championship

Nire 2-10 De La Salle 3-0

Our minor footballers made a losing start to this year’s championship when going down to a superior Nire side in foggy Gracedieu last Sunday morning. Nire were totally dominant early on and goals in the 8th and 20th minutes helped them to a 2-6 to 0-0 lead with twenty five minutes played. We opened our account in the 27th minute when Chris Kong set up Eddie Meaney for an excellent goal to leave us trailing 2-6 to 1-0 at half time. We improved in the second half without ever threatening a comeback but were unfortunate to lose David Hogan early in the half to a head injury, suffered when he came close to adding a second goal. Three points between the 10th and 16th minutes stretched Nire’s lead. In the 27th minute Evan Whelan created the chance for Eoin Treacy to goal and a minute later good work by Eddie Meaney saw Chris Kong finish to the net and the margin was down to six points. Nire ended the scoring in injury time with a point to ensure victory.

Scorers: Eddie Meaney, Eoin Treacy and Chris Kong 1-0 each.

Panel: Donal Carey, Sean Carton, Colm Stockdale, Ryan Duke, Gavin Coppinger, Lee Wall, Conor Hogan (captain), Eddie Meaney, Evan Whelan, David Hogan, Conor Giles Doran, Chris Kong, Peter Grogan, Jeff Cahill, Ben Fitzgerald, Ciaran Corrigan, Eoin Treacy, Luke Flynn.

• National Football League

Hard luck to Oran Keevers and the Waterford senior footballers who found the handicap of being a man down for fifty minutes too much in Tullamore last Sunday when losing to Offaly.

• Condolences

We extend our sympathy to senior footballer Mitchell Casey and his family on the death of his grandmother Mabel Roche in her 101st year last week. Ar dheis Dé go raibh sí.

• De La Salle Camogie Club

Training:

U-8 & 10: On Weds @ 7pm indoors.
U-12 & 14: Will start back in 2 weeks time, parents will be notified by the mentors.
U-16, 18 & Adult: On Thurs @ 7pm in Gracedieu.

As this will be our first year entering an Adult team in the County Championships we encourage any girls 16 and over, unattached to any club, interested in playing Camogie to contact us or come along on Thursday evenings. All help greatly appreciated.

County

U-18: Our club girls Beth Carton (1-6), Brianna O Regan and Courtney Healy were members of the Waterford U-18 Squad who lost out to Cork in the Munster A Championships in a game played in Fraher Field Dungarvan on Sat 7th Feb. Final Score Waterford 2-6 Cork 2-15. Waterford start their All-Ireland campaign at this grade on Sat 21st Feb away to Offaly.
U-16: Best of luck to our club girls Taylor Healy, Colette Hogan, Aisling Madigan, Niamh Murphy and Katie Ryan who are on the Waterford U-16 A Squad who will get there Munster A Championship campaign under way next Sun 15th Feb away to Limerick in Ballybrown GAA Club throw in @ 1.30pm.

Katie O’Keeffe, Emma Fitzgerald and Rachel Butler have been selected on the Waterford U-16 B Squad. Well done to all our club girls who attended U-16 County trials over the last few weekends.
Best of luck to our club member Ita Murphy in her new role as Chairperson of the Waterford Camogie County Board. Many thanks to all who have supported the County Board fundraisers over the last couple of weeks.

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• St. Declan’s School

Indoor Hurling

Our Indoor Hurlers qualified for the final following the first round blitz played on Tuesday February 3rd at Cill Barra Sports Centre. There were five teams in our group: St. Saviours, St. Paul’s, St. Stephens, Mount Sion and ourselves. We drew with Mount Sion in our first game and followed this up with three wins over the remaining teams. We now play in the final at the Butler Community Centre on Tuesday February 10th.

Panel: Will Birmingham, Fionn McGrath, Alex King, Keegan Borla, Luke Winkle, Conor Fanning, Joe Caulfield, Neil O’Brien, Ben O’Neill, Callum Flynn.

• Juvenile Presentation Awards

Our annual juvenile presentation of player of the year awards and medals was held in the showroom of our senior team sponsors John Kelly Opel on Sunday last. The guests on the day to present the various medals and trophies included county senior hurling captain Kevin Moran along with Jake Dillon, Eddie Barrett and Stephen Daniels as well as Oran Keevers who was a McGrath Cup winner with the county senior footballers last weekend.

Juvenile chairman Paudie Brosnan welcomed the lads and their parents. He complimented all the teams who had represented the club during the year and emphasised the importance of the enjoyment of playing whether trophies were being won or not. He specially emphasised the wonderful discipline and behaviour of the lads both on and off the field.

He spoke of the great weekend the U-14 footballers had in Leitrim when they won their division of the All Ireland Peil na nOg and he congratulated all the teams that were successful.

He thanked all the various team mentors for their work and the three schools for their help. He thanked groundmen in Cleaboy and Gracedieu for the excellent condition of the pitches always. He then thanked clubman Martin Doyle of John Kelly Opel for providing their facilities and their hospitality on the day and David Hayes for the PA system.
Club chairman Owen Dunphy also complimented the lads and their families. He thanked John Kelly Opel and the boys families for their valued and continued financial support in these times.

County and Eastern Division 1 medals were presented to our U-16 hurlers. Eastern Division 1 medals were presented to our U-15 hurlers, our U-14 hurlers and footballers and Division 2 medals to our U-12 footballers. City League Division 2 medals were presented to our U-12 hurlers.

It was then on to the presentation of the various player of the year and most improved player awards.

Most Improved Players

U-11 hurling: Glen Buckley, U-12 hurling: Killian Power, U-13 hurling: Evan Drohan, U-14 hurling: Colm Maher.
U-12 football: Ose Ehimare, U-13 football Adam O’Brien, U-14 football: Dan Casey.

Players of the Year

U-11 hurling: Cormac Dawson, U-12 hurling: Reuben Halloran, U-13 Hurling: Darren Kenneally, U-14 hurling: Lorcan Dwyer-Sheridan, U-15 hurling: Ian Condon, U-16 hurling: Michael Costigan.
U-12 football: Conor Walsh, U-13 football: Shane O’Neill, U-14 football: Kevin Hennessy, U-16 football: Colm Stockdale.

• Minor Football Championship

Next Sunday 8th February sees the beginning of the new season which commences with our minor footballers taking on the reigning county champions Nire in Gracedieu in a game timed for 11.30am.

• Championship Start Dates

As stated the first team in action next weekend are our minor footballers. U-21 footballers will be in action on both the weekends of 22nd and 29th February. Junior football is planned to start on 27th March. Senior football is down for the weekend of 12th April. Senior and intermediate hurling is scheduled for weekend of 3rd May with the junior hurling set to commence the following week. The senior football league is due to begin on Saturday 7th March with the senior hurling league starting three weeks later on 28th March.

• National Football League

Well done to Oran Keevers and the Waterford senior footballers on continuing their winning run with victory over Wicklow in Fraher Field last Saturday in the opening football league game.

• Lotto

There was no winner of our Lotto jackpot and it now stands at €4,000. The next draw takes place on Monday 9th February. Numbers drawn were 2, 12, 19, 22. There were five winners of €20 each.

Winners: James Lacey c/o Seller Cathal Crowe, Geraldine Kennedy c/o Seller Mairead Kinsella, Sheila Coppinger c/o Seller Trevor Clooney, Ritchie Power, Ava Manning c/o Seller James Manning.