Weekly News 26th Aug 2013

26 August 2013

NEW SCHOOL BUS SERVICE: A new school private bus service will commence on this Wednesday 28th August. It will be operated by Ronan Coaches. The rout begins in Kilmoganny at 7.45 a.m. taking in Newmarket at 7.50 a.m., Knocktopher at 8.00 a.m., Dunamaggan at 8.10 a.m. and Kells at 8.20 a.m. It will have drop off points for the Presentation Secondary School, St. Kieran’s College and the C.B.S. i9n Kilkenny. The cost is €2 per trip and you pay as you go. The service has been organised by parents as no suitable service is provided by the state to service the needs of pupils. For further details contact Dermot Ronan 087 – 2076844 or Deirdre Ryan 087 – 2410598.


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BRIDGE RESUMES in St. Eoghan’s Centre, Kilmoganny on Wednesday 4th September at 8.00 p.m. The Kilmoganny Bridge Club would welcome new members. The club will host lessons for Bridge Beginners commencing on Wednesday 2nd October at 8.00 p.m. The lessons will run for 10 weeks and the total cost of the lessons is €20. No previous card playing knowledge is required. For further details contact 087 – 2257498.


 


DUNAMAGGAN HURLING CLUB: The last few weeks has been a very busy time for the Hurling club and it executive would like to thank everyone for their support of a number of events; (1) The Parish Gathering: The Hurling club were involved in a number of events to do with the parish gathering. Firstly the U 6's had their own internal blitz on the Saturday which preceded a "Fathers Vs Daughters" game in Dunnamaggin GAA grounds. Then on Sunday there was a very novel event a "Cross Country Poc Fáda" which involved teams of three hitting the Solitar from Dunnamaggin to Kilmoganny through fields and over ditches, dikes, rivers and roadways. A special word of thanks to all the land owners for the use of their land and to all those who participated or helped out in some way. (2) Piltown Draw: Thank you to all who supported the Piltown draw this year. This is a vital fundraiser for the club each year. The Club sold four winning tickets over the course of the five draws this year. (3) Dunnamaggin G.A.A. Golf Classic. The Dunnamaggin G.A.A. golf classic was held on the weekend of the 16th & 17th August and was a huge success with over 52 teams competing. Thank you to all who participated in the classic or helped out in some way. A big thank you also to all the sponsors who supported the classic. The prize winners were as follows: 1st Place: Helen Davis, Michael Davis, Sean Greene, Kathleen Phelan. 2nd Place: Barry Henriques, Claire Henriques, Jim Dowling, Dan McCarthy. 3rd Place: John Healy, Jim Kirby, John Grace, Murt Duggan. The Longest Drive competitions were won by Killian Buckley and Berna Walsh. Closest to the pin was won by Danny Reid and Kathleen Hession.


 


U 14 HURLING CHAMPIONSHIP: The U 14’s played their 1st round championship game against Piltown in Mullinavat on Monday evening. With Dunnamaggin missing a number of players due to holidays etc, this was always going to be a tough task against this fast moving Piltown side. Piltown raced into a 1 - 3 lead before Rory Lodge cracked home a good goal to keep Dunnamaggin in the hunt. Darragh O’Keeffe pointed from play but so did Piltown. Piltown really piled on the pressure with 10 minutes remaining in the half and yielded an additional 1 - 3 despite the best efforts of Dunnamaggin’s centre diamond of Jamie McLoughlin, Rory Lodge, Robbie McCauley, Ian Walsh and also Darragh O’Keeffe who seemed to be everywhere. Conor Lawlor did point a free just before half time to send the sides in 2 - 7 to 1 - 2.


Dunnamaggin came out fighting and Robbie McCauley pointed straight away and seemed to be on the fight back with Ian Walsh and Jamie McLoughlin now switching positions. It was however Piltown who drove on scoring another goal and point to Conor Lawlor’s two pointed frees. Dunnamaggin were playing much better in this half and were denied scores on a number of occasions by the exceptional Piltown keeper. Dunnamaggin 1 - 5 Piltown 3 - 8. Unfortunately Piltown found the back of the net again and pointed straight after to extend their lead. Conor Lawlor did manage to point another free with ten minutes remaining. Sean Carroll went into the goal for the last ten minutes to allow Denis Walsh up the field and Killian Lafford also moved to the edge of the square. This forced more pressure on the Piltown defence and it immediately created a no of scoring opportunities but the Piltown defence, and particular their goalie was up to the challenge. Rory Lodge pointed from play with five minutes to go but it was to be Piltown’s day. Piltown 5 - 9 Dunnamaggin 1 - 8. Denis Walsh, Killian Lafford, Conor Hoban, Alex Moore, Harry Walsh, Ian Walsh, Dylan Crehan, Rory Lodge, Robbie McCauley, Darragh O’Keeffe, Jamie McLoughlin, Conor Brett, Eddie Dunne, Conor Lawlor, Andy Hickey, Sean Carroll, Ger Coffey, Cathal Ryan, Derek Carroll, Dillon Wall, Eoin O’Driscoll.