Club Notes: 29th April 2018
Shamrocks GAA Club Notes ( Kindly sponsored by Allen Engineering & Agri Sales Ltd.)
Club Lotto.
Lotto results from Saturday 21st April; Numbers drawn 8-11-16-20, and there was no winner. €20 winners were Yvonne Grey, Mary Herlihy, Margaret Nugent, Sean Twomey, Oliver Flanagan.
Lotto results from last Saturday 28th April; Numbers drawn were 1-11-16-22, and there was no winner. €20 winners were Mary Stakem, Anita O’ Doherty, Sophie Casey, Oliver Flanagan, Dot Lombard. Next week’s jackpot will be €4650.
U21FC Western Final, Cois Bhride 1-8, An Rinn 0-8.
Cois Bhride survived an early sending off to record a fine three point win over An Rinn in a spirited U21 Western football final in Cappoquin last Sunday. We started well and had 3 points from Ryan Grey (2) and Ian Beecher before An Rinn got their first score. Then Edward Hynes got a very harsh red card when he lashed back after being pulled back, and with numerical advantage An Rinn scored the last three points to go in at half time 0-4 apiece. It could have been a lot worse had Davy Tobin not pulled off a brilliant save from a penalty awarded for a pull down by Tom Roche who got a black card for his trouble. Despite all that, Cois Bhride continued to put on the pressure in the second half, and with points from Kieran Crawford and more from Ryan Grey, we were holding on, but a brilliant piece of skill from Darragh Buckley turned the game in our favour as he crashed home a great goal, and we held out for a fine 3 point win to lift the Western title. Great credit to the selectors Declan Butler, Stephen Pratt, Brian Harnedy, Denis Tobin and Tommy Daly, and we have a county final to look forward to. Well done lads.
Fixtures.
Junior Hurling, Shamrocks v. Cappoquin in Lismore next Sunday 6th May at 12 noon. Junior Hurling v. Melleray in Lismore Sunday 13th May also at 12 noon. So our Junior Hurlers have two games in a row over the next two Sundays, both in Lismore at 12 noon. Best of luck lads.
Liam Dalton.
Though I missed Shamrocks excellent win over Old Parish last weekend in the Junior Football championship, it didn’t escape my notice that a certain Liam Dalton was on the bench, and though he didn’t play, he was in fact togged out for an incredible 35th season in a row. Quite a record for a man who first pulled on the jersey back in 1983, and was of course a regular on the Waterford Football team for 14 years. The word legend is used all too often nowadays, but Liam, you’re definitely one.
Condolences.
Shamrocks CLG would like to sympathise with the family and friends of Agnes Coffey, Melleray Road, Cappoquin, who passed away last Saturday. Agnes was a sister to former Shamrocks player Michael Keane, and aunt of the Keanes, Ballymote. Ar dheis De go raibh a anam.