Club Notes: 11th July 2017
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Club Hurling fixtures.
The club has two hurling fixtures for next Sunday 16th July. First up our Junior Hurlers play Clashmore/Kinsalebeg in the Junior Championship in Ardmore at 12 noon. This team has been going very well and are so far unbeaten after four games. Then at 7pm on the same day (Sunday 16th July) we are scheduled to play St. Marys in the Intermediate Hurling League in Knockanore. It will be a big effort to field two teams on the same day, and we wish them the best of luck. They would appreciate some support.
Congratulations!
Well done to the Shamrock Ladies football team who represented Waterford in the Primary Game at half time in last Saturday’s Senior Ladies Football Final in Mallow which Waterford unfortunately lost by a point. You did your parish and club proud, girls.
Golf Classic.
The KGK Hall Committee in Knockanore are hosting a Golf Classic in Lismore Golf Club to raise funds for the KGK Hall. Saturday July 22nd is the date, a team of three players is €90, and that includes a meal. All support would be gratefully appreciated, and if you don’t wish to play, any sponsorship would be gratefully accepted. Tom O’ Donovan 087 6547032, or James Tobin 087 6831368 are the men to get in touch with.
And speaking of golf…
We would like to wish Shamrocks stalwart and Lismore Golf Club Captain the great Tom O’ Donovan the best of luck with his Captain’s Prize in Lismore Golf Club next weekend 15th and 16th July. Tom is a hard working Shamrocks Committee member, and we hope the sun shines brightly this weekend.
58 years of Heartache finally banished!
It is astonishing to think that Waterford had only ever beaten Kilkenny once in the Senior Hurling Championship since the GAA was formed, and not since 1959 subsequently. I realise that Waterford’s paltry two All Ireland titles pales into insignificance compared to the Cat’s 30 plus, but Waterford have been in the top flight of hurling for a long time, even if we don’t have the titles to show for it. So last Saturday’s win over the old enemy was certainly significant, not only because it was historic, but to have victory almost snatched from their grasp as had so often happened in the past, but to be able to put that behind them and win comfortably in the end was a great tribute to their determination. I would argue that Waterford were at least 2 goals better than Kilkenny, but how many times in the past have the Cats beaten us from that position. I thought Tadhg de Burca was immense, and Jamie Barron seemed to get better as the game went on. I’m not sure that it will lead to the elusive All -Ireland, there are still some great teams left in it, but at least we have that monkey off our back. What a night for Shamrock legend Eoin Murphy, perhaps he is the missing ingredient that Waterford needed to get past Kilkenny! 2 Games, 2 wins, you must be doing something right Murph! ‘HON THE DEISE!
While I’m at it…
Congratulations to neighbours Cork on their fully deserved Munster Final win last Sunday. The swagger is back, and with Galway, Tipp, Clare, Wexford, and of course the Deise still there, interesting times lie ahead! This could be a vintage year for hurling.
The Sky is not the limit!
I know I’ve had my rant about this subject before, but I am so disgusted with the GAA for signing away the rights to our National Games to Sky TV. There are a lot of people who were unable to go to the hurling double header in Thurles last Saturday evening, and instead of being able to watch the game live on our National TV Station, we have to subscribe to a British company to see it, or else go to a pub. This is so far removed from what the GAA’s Founding Fathers envisaged for our National Games as to be almost an insult to them. Our Games are for all to see, not just those with a subscription to Sky. It is pure commercial greed on the part of the GAA, and I for one would welcome any suggestions as to how it can be reversed. National petition anyone? Michael Duignan let the GAA have it on the same subject on the Sunday Game last Sunday night, and I applaud the man for saying what everyone else is too chicken to say. When are you going to cop on, Croke Park???