Club Notes: 25th June 2018

Shamrocks GAA Club Notes ( Kindly sponsored by Allen Engineering & Agri Sales Ltd).

Club Lotto.
Last week’s winning numbers were 4-12-14-27, and there was no winner. €20 winners were Bernie Murphy, Mary Stakem, Tomas Roche, Kitty O’ Callaghan, Joe & Teresa O’ Neill. Next week’s jackpot will be €5,850.

IHC, Shamrocks 1-18, Brickey Rangers 4-6.
This second round tie held in a very warm and sunny Cappoquin last Sunday evening was truly a game of two halves. Shamrocks started like a whirlwind reeling off 1-6 before Brickeys registered their first score. Colm Roche was in inspired form, hitting 1-3 from play, frees and even a sideline cut, with Stevie Lucey scoring two points and Shane Roche also scoring before Brickeys finally opened their account with two frees. Colm and Shane continued to score another four points between them, but Brickeys grabbed a lifeline just before half time with a goal against the run of play to leave 7 points between the sides, 1-10 to 1-3. Despite scoring the first two points of the second half from Kieran Crawford and Colm, suddenly Brickeys scored 2-1 in quick succession, and all of a sudden, the game was very close. More drama was to follow when Brickeys were awarded a penalty. However Ciaran O’ Keeffe was equal to it and saved the penalty brilliantly. Colm continued to keep the scoreline ticking over with frees, but another goal and point from the men by the Brickey river left the sides all square. To their credit, however, Shamrocks weathered the storm and finished with four points, three from Colm, and one from Edward Lonergan, to one point from Brickeys to give us a three point win. So, a tough test safely negotiated, but we can’t afford to rest on our laurels, because old foes Stradbally await next Sunday evening in Cappoquin at 7pm. Panel; Ciaran O’ Keeffe, Padraig Roche, Tommy O’ Donovan, Brian Harnedy, Cathal Herlihy, Shane Roche (0-2), Adam Crawford, Edward Lonergan (0-1), John Paul Lucey, Stevie Lucey (0-2), Shane Harnedy, Edward Hynes, Kelvyn O’ Farrell, Colm Roche (1-12), Kieran Crawford (0-1), Joe Leahy, Billy Hynes, Tom Roche, Eamonn Forbes, Ivan O’ Neill, Liam Motherway, Thomas Goulding, Jason Ahearne, Keegan O’ Farrell.

JHC, Shamrocks 2-18, Abbeyside 4-9.
Shamrocks Junior Hurlers won their fourth match out of seven last Saturday evening in Cappoquin when they beat Abbeyside by three points. Though we were without a few players, we still put up a fine score, and would have won by more but conceded a couple of late goals. Eamonn Forbes and Bernie Kelleher were our main scorers, but there was a good mix of scorers throughout the team. As Clashmore / Kinsalebeg have pulled out of the championship, we only have one more group match against Ballysaggart left to play. Panel; Thomas Goulding, Martin Delaney, Liam Dalton, Michael Lucey, Tom Roche, Joe Leahy, Ivan O’ Neill, Chris Murphy, Liam Motherway, Alan Kelly, Bernie Kelleher, Edward O’ Neill, Keegan O’ Farrell, Padraig Tobin, Eamonn Forbes, Eoin Roche, Connor Goulding, Sean O’ Neill, Sean Casey.

Fr. Pat Condon.
Na Seamroga CLG would like to congratulate Fr. Pat Condon, P.P. of the three parishes on celebrating the 30th anniversary of his Ordination recently. Fr. Pat is a great supporter of all activities in the parishes, and he is also a President of the club. Congratulations Fr. Pat, from all in the club.

Knockanore Fete and Festival.
Next Sunday 1st July sees the 45th running of the Fete and Vintage display in Knockanore. Some of the activities include a 4 mile Fun Run/ Walk on Thursday night at 7pm, a Tag Rugby tournament on the Friday night plus a Table Quiz in the Shamrock Inn later, a Variety Concert on Saturday night at 8.15pm featuring local talent, and also includes the excellent Trad group Torcán, and then the Fete on Sunday in the JFK Community Field featuring Fancy Dress & games for all the family, Baby Show, Bouncy Castles, Arts displays, and much much more. It’s a great day out for all the family, and all starts around 2pm.

Walsh Park Makeover.
The county board have announced plans to upgrade Walsh Park to accommodate up to 16,000 to 18,000 patrons. Why Walsh Park? Wouldn’t Fraher Field have been a better choice for an upgrade seeing as it is in the middle of the county? Why weren’t the clubs consulted about this? Where is the money going to come from? There are a lot of questions hanging over the whole issue, and not too many answers forthcoming. Parking problems make Walsh Park a bit of a disaster for Munster matches in my opinion, not to mention the fact that the Western side of the county is being overlooked again. This is not a solution to the problem.

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