Club Notes: 18th June 2017
Shamrocks G.A.A. Club Notes ( Kindly sponsored by Allen Engineering & Agri Sales Ltd).
Club Lotto.
The winning lotto numbers from Saturday 10th June were 3-4-7-27, and there was no winner. €20 winners were Larry McGrath (twice), Davy O’ Keeffe, Tadhg & Eoin Keane, Irene O’ Keeffe.
Last Saturday’s (17th June ) lucky numbers were 5-11-14-28, and there was no winner. €20 winners were Kieran Heffernan, Thomas Tobin, Ann Flanagan, Edward Lonergan, Tom & Eileen Coady. Next week’s jackpot will be €4,800.
IHL, Clashmore 4-18, Shamrocks 1-8.
This Intermediate Hurling League game was played in Knockanore last Saturday evening, where a very understrength team Shamrock side were well beaten by Clashmore who are going very well this year. Really this was no contest as we had a bare 15 players, so it wasn’t of much value to either side. With so many lads missing through holidays, injury, and work committments, perhaps all games of this kind should be abandoned for the present. After all, with Waterford now in the qualifiers, it looks like there won’t be any championship hurling played for quite a while. It’s no wonder fellas are going abroad during the summer, when there’s nothing happening at home. Maybe we should abandon all games for June and July altogether, and just start again in August, unless Waterford happened to get to the semi-final (a bit unlikely I fear). It seems ludicrous to be doing all the hurling in the late Autumn and Winter……Club players are really not being listened to.
Deise flop in Thurles.
Perhaps I’m being unfair, but Derek McGrath’s great strides with Waterford over the last couple of years just seemed to go down the swanee last Sunday. Despite playing poorly in the first half, we could thank excellent keeper ‘Socky’ for being level at half time with at least two brilliant saves. The expected 2nd half rally never materialised, and the only question most Deise supporters had at the end was have we gone back to the bad old days? We lacked fight, imagination, and any kind of guile or game plan. Congrats to Cork, they will be clear favourites for the Munster Final, and deservedly so. If we’re drawn against Kilkenny or Tipp in the qualifiers, I’d say it’ll be a early exit this year, unless Derek pulls off a resurrection of the Lazarus proportions…….
Well Done J.P.
Congrats to John Paul Lucey who played for the Waterford U-25 team last Sunday in Thurles, along with Cois Bhride teammates Jordan Henley and Ryan Grey of Tallow. Though defeat was their lot also, the lads gave a good account of themselves.
Good Luck Shane.
Best of luck to popular club player Shane Roche who has left for the U.S.A. for the Summer. Shane dropped out of the Waterford panel earlier in the year having been on it nearly three years without ever getting a chance of championship action. Only so much a guy can take. Best of luck Shane.
Congrats Kitty!
Our congratulations go to Kitty Farrell (nee Tobin), Carlow, who won €250 in this month’s Deise Draw. Kitty, like all the Tobins is a great supporter of the club.