Club Notes: 26th June 2017
Shamrocks GAA Notes ( Kindly sponsored by Allen Engineering & Agri Sales Ltd)
Club Lotto.
Last Saturday’s winning Lotto numbers were 7-8-9-24, and there was no winner. €20 winners were Linda Aherne, Larry McGrath, George Mills, Therese Guiry, Dan Walsh. Next week’s jackpot will be €4950.
JHC Shamrocks 4-10, An Rinn 0-10.
Shamrocks Junior hurlers continued their great run in the Junior C hurling championship with a ten point win over An Rinn in Ardmore last Friday evening. Scoring was fairly even in the first half with Keegan O’ Farrell getting a goal, but further goals from Keegan, Padraig Tobin, and Eamonn Forbes gave us a comfortable win in the end. Veteran goalie Liam Murphy had to come off with an injury, but his nephew Richie proved an impressive stand in and brought off some fine saves. Though we were missing a few players, we had a good turnout, and the management team can be happy with their display. Panel; Liam Murphy, Martin Delaney, Thomas Baldwin, Michael Lucey, Mikey O’ Neill, Sean Murphy, Liam Dalton, Tom Roche, Billy Hynes, Alan Kelly, Bernie Kelleher, Edward O’ Neill, Keegan O’ Farrell, Padraig Tobin, Eamonn Forbes, Richie Murphy, Diarmuid Ahearne, John A. Kelly.
Minor Football, Cois Bhride 2-9, Mount Sion 4-8.
Cois Bhride minor footballers were knocked out of the championship at the quarter final stage by Mount Sion in Fraher Field last Sunday. ‘Sion started the first half in full flight, and led by 2-3 to 0-3 after 15 minutes. Things got worse after another goal was conceded, but give our lads their due they scored 2-1 to end the half only one point in arrears. Eoin McGrath was top scorer with 2-2, one goal from the penalty spot, as well as points from Will Cunningham, Billy Hynes, and Kieran Crawford. The second half was disappointing, and mistakes were proving costly as we constantly gave away possesion leading to scores. We kept plugging away, but a major blow was a disallowed goal from Charlie Murphy which the referee said was a square ball. As it didn’t come from a free or 45, we questioned the referee who didn’t seem to know that there is no longer square ball in football from open play. His response was “well it was a foul on the goalie so” which was clearly wrong and obviously just because he wouldn’t admit his mistake. Though Mount Sion deserved their win, and we won’t deny they were probably the better team, a goal at that vital stage could have had a huge bearing on the game. The least you would expect is that our referees know the rules. The minor hurling championship should be starting in a few weeks. Panel Mark Stewart, Billy Henley, Robbie Geary, Ben Ahearne, Tom Roche, Ivan O’ Neill, Ian Beecher, Billy Hynes, Eoin McGrath, Kieran Crawford, William Cunningham, Charlie Murphy, Darragh Buckley, Ciaran Hunt, Michael Condon, Padraig Hynes,
Junior Football.
The 4th round of the Junior Football championship takes place this Sunday at 12 noon against Sliabh gCua in Cappoquin. This will probably be our sternest test to date as the Touraneena lads are going well. We will be missing a few players, but hopefully can get a result.
Best of Luck Eoin!
We would like to wish great Shamrocks club man Eoin Murphy the best of luck in his new role as a selector with the Waterford senior hurlers. Eoin and Deise legend Ferghal Hartley will join Derek McGrath and Dan Shanahan as they plot Waterford’s next match in the qualifiers, the draw for which was to be held last Monday. They have an unenviable task to build up confidence again after a poor show against Cork. Good luck Eoin.