Club Notes: 4th December 2016
Club Lotto
Last week’s winning lotto numbers were 4-10-15-19, and there was no winner. €20 winners were Margaret Maher, Anthony & Tony Walsh, Aoife O’ Donoghue, Marian Flanagan, and Eamonn Forbes. Next week’s jackpot will be €18,900. Just the job for the Christmas holliers…
U-21 HC semi final.
I really don’t know why this championship inspires such apathy, perhaps it’s because it seems to be thrown in at the tail end of the year, but the omens before this match against Dungarvan last Sunday weren’t good. Along with the enforced absence through injury of All Ireland winner Colm Roche, we were short by my count at least five other first choice players for various reasons. To have any hope of beating a strong club like Dungarvan we would need all available players playing well. We started well, with early points from Ryan Grey, Jake Neville, and Edward Hynes to give us a three points to one lead, but that was as good as it got as Dungarvan got a grip of the game, and though we had the breeze in the first half, we were down 1-7 to 0-4 at the break. It didn’t get better after the break, and with Waterford star Patrick Curran deadly from play as well as placed balls, the town side were convincing winners in the end. I couldn’t fault our players who battled right to the end, but we were unable to stop a fine Old Boro’ side who advance to the western final. To be fair to the selectors, they did their level best to organise matches and training beforehand, but it was difficult to get a full squad any day. Panel; Robbie Geary, Alan Curley, Robbie Beecher, Jack Tobin, Mike Tobin, Jordan Henley, Noel Condon, Adam Crawford, John Paul Lucey (0-1), Ryan Grey (0-2), Darragh Mulcahy, Edward Hynes (0-1), Jake Neville (0-1), Kelvyn O’ Farrell (0-1), Ian Beecher, Padraig Roche (0-1), Tom Roche.
Annual General Meeting.
This year’s A.G.M.takes place on Friday week 16th December in the Shamrock Inn at 8pm. All players, committee members and everyone else who has an interest in our club are asked to attend. This is the forum to address any concerns about the club, and not in the boozer holding up the the counter.
Get well soon.
The club would like to wish Margaret Geary, Moorehill all the best as she recuperates in hospital. Margaret and Paddy are true stalwart supporters who rarely miss a game. Get well soon Margaret.