Club Notes: 15th July 2018
Shamrocks GAA Club Notes ( Kindly sponsored by Allen Engineering & Agri Sales Ltd).
Club Lotto.
Last week’s lotto draw, winning numbers were 1-10-14-24, and there was no winner. €20 winners were Joe Geary, Katie Purcell, Darragh Casey, Mary Moloney, and Carmel Baldwin. Next week’s jackpot will be €6,300.
JFC, Shamrocks 0-13, Kilgobnet 1-6.
Shamrocks played their last group game in the Junior Football Championship against Kigobnet in Cappoquin last Saturday, and made it 3 wins from 3 with a 4 point win. Despite lining out without at least six regulars, Shamrocks took the game to Kilgobnet, and points from Bernie Kelleher (4), the evergreen Liam Dalton (2), Ciaran O’ Keeffe, and Shane Roche saw us lead 8-3 at half time, against the wind. Kilgobnet got an early boost with a very dubious penalty in the second half, as we saw our lead cut to just one, but Shamrocks showed admirable composure to outscore their opponents with points from Kieran Crawford, Chris Murphy, and Shane Roche to close out the win. This was a very good win considering how many were missing, and we thank all those who stepped in when the need was greatest. We now have a semi final to look forward to. Panel; Tim Lenehan, Tom Roche, Tommy O’ Donovan, Padraig Roche, Liam Motherway, Shane Roche (0-2), Cathal Herlihy, Edward Hynes (0-1), Kieran Crawford (0-1), Chris Murphy (0-1), Bernie Kelleher (0-5), Alan Kelly, Padraig Ahearne, Liam Dalton (0-2), Padraig Tobin, Ciaran O’ Keeffe (0-1), Eamonn Forbes, Thomas Goulding, Ivan O’ Neill.
Cois Bhride win U-15 Western title.
Congratulations to Cois Bhride U-15 Hurlers who won the Div. Two Western title with a nine point win over Brickeys last Saturday. Mark Dalton was the undoubted man of the match, scoring 3-10 out of a total of 3-15, brother Tom also getting on the scoresheet. Chips off the ould block I’d say! Well done to all concerned.
Cats out of Championship.
It was a case of Munster abú with both Wexford and Kilkenny knocked out at the quarter final stage last weekend by Clare and Limerick. It was Limerick’s first win over the Cats in 45 years, following Waterford’s first win over them in 58 years last year. It’s great to see such records falling, which means there is not a lot between the top 8 counties in hurling, with some very close matches already this year. Limerick will have a great chance in the semi-final, and though Galway have been the most impressive team so far, I expect Clare to give them a very close run. It certainly overshadows the football championship with the Dubs looking increasingly likely to stroll to another title.
Committee Meeting.
There will be a committee meeting tonight (Wednesday) at 9pm in the Shamrock Inn.