Weekly News 5th Oct 2015

05 October 2015

THE PAT WALSH MEMORIAL COMMITTEE will hold its next meeting on Tuesday next 13th October in St. Leonard’s Hall, Dunamaggan. The Celebrations next Easter will extend over two days and if anyone had ideas for the programme they should contact members of the committee or the chairperson, Ned Kirwan.


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BRIDGE CLASSES FOR BEGINNERS will commence on this Wednesday 7th October at 8.00 p.m. The classes will continue on 10 successive Wednesdays. No previous card knowledge is required. This is a great opportunity to learn the basic elements of the game. The cost for the 10 lessons is €20 and this includes tea/coffee. For further information contact 087 – 2257498.


 


U 12 HURLERS ARE RUNNERS UP IN CORK: The Dunnamaggin U12 team were invited to the prestigious Middleton U12 blitz on Saturday the 3rd October in Middleton, Cork. Middleton fresh from being crowded U12 Co. Champions  had two teams in it and Fermoy, who had beaten Dunnamaggin earlier in the year at the John Locke’s blitz were the other team who Dunnamaggin were up against. The matches were of 15mins a side duration and were refereed by Cork Co. Board referees. Dunnamaggin were pitted against the first of Middleton’s teams first and in a frantic game a draw was the result. With little or no turnaround Dunnamaggin were next up against Fermoy who had just won their opening game against Middleton B. The Dunnamaggin lads were not about to let the Fermoy lads beat them twice in a year and sneaked a victory by a one point margin. In the final game Dunnamaggin narrowly lost out to Middleton B but in an intriguing twist both sides were set to meet again in the final  as it all came down to scoring difference. Heading into the Final and with over an hour and a half of hurling played the Dunnamaggin lads were starting to tire but this did not lesson the spirits and they tore into their opponents and through great work by Denis Walsh, Shaun O’Keeffe and Jimmy O’Neill Dunnamaggin went into the lead narrowly at half time .It was the Middleton lads who struck hard in the second half with two goals to rock the Dunamaggin lads. However, a long ball in from Denis Walsh eluded the keeper and bounced into the net this was followed up by another great goal from Shaun O’Keeffe. Middleton were however never going to give up and broke through the Dunnamaggin defence to rattle the net again to level matters. They were the ones to finish stronger with a well taken free and a great point from play to crown themselves champions, devastation for the Dunnamaggin lads after a truly trojan effort by all 14 players. To reach the final was a serious achievement as Middleton are a big Cork club and had the majority of their lad’s right up to the age while the Dunnamaggin lads were much younger. This was the U12’s last trip out for the year and a trip to McDonalds on the way home was enjoyed by all. Panel:- Sean Rossiter, Colin Fitzpatrick, Ruairi Holden, Joe Fitzpatrick, Mark MacEaneany, Denis Walsh, Cathal Walsh, Mikey Thomas, William Browne, Shaun O’Keeffe, Aaron Moore, Jimmy O’Neill ,Tom Lodge, Craig Drennan.


JUVENILE TRAINING CONCLUDES: The juvenile section of Dunnamaggin GAA had their last training sessions of the year at the weekend. After a great year of training and matches the U6, U8, U10 & U12’s all finished up for the year at the weekend. Special thanks to all the parents who brought the players to training and match’s whenever asked to and helped out at the tea whenever visiting teams needed feeding. A special word of thanks is extended to all the volunteer coaches. Without them the club would not exist. They showed unbelievable commitment, patients and skill throughout the year in developing each players hurling to the best of their ability. Well done to all the players who improved so much over the year. The message to all players is keep practicing and be ready for next season. After their last fun training all players received a cert and goodie bag. Well done to all.