Monday, April 6, 2015

Ferrybank GAA - Weekly Notes



ANGELA BURNS MEMORIAL 10K FUN RUN/WALK
With only a couple of weeks to go to the Angela Burns Memorial 10k Run/Walk which take place on Sunday April 26th at 11am from the Ferrybank GAA grounds. Entry fee is €10.
Pre-registrations nights will take place on the following evenings from 7pm-8pm Tuesday 14th, Thursday 16th, Tuesday 21st and Thursday 23rd April.
The Burns’ family will donate €1 towards the prize funds for every runner/walker registered!
There will also be a juvenile race for the Under 12's, taking place at 10:30am, with an entry fee of €2.
For the walkers, there will be a slight change of route from last year, with them turning right at Kilmurry crossroads, turn right at the end of Kilmurry lane, turning right again into Gyles Quay at Ballyvalla, walk down by the rivers, turn right at Larkfield house, and back home via Peafield (Ellicksons). There will be stewards on hand to give the directions.
Go to www.facebook.com/AngelaBurnsMemorial10k for all details!!
We would encourage everyone to help out, bring the family along and enjoy this great day out. If you want to do some training for this day, Ferrybank Road Runners run every Tuesday & Thursday nights at 7pm from the GAA field.

JUNIOR FOOTBALL:
Our Junior Footballers recorded their second victory in the John J Murphy sponsored competition with a hard fought win over Portlaw in Ferrybank last Friday night. Portlaw had the better of the first-half, with Trotter in goal pulling off a couple of crucial saves in the opening half, but a point from Davy Atkins and a fine goal from John Ahern ensured the sides went in level at the break.
Ferrybank began to get a grip on the game in the second-half and points from Keith Power, MJ Sutton (2), Robbie Carew and Kevin Hurley put us into the lead and they held out to record a good win.
Two wins from two, and the lads make the trip to Kill next Friday night April 10th at 6:45pm. Your support will be appreciated on the night.

UNDER 14 FOOTBALL:
Our Under 14 Footballers were narrowly defeated by Rathgormack in Ferrybank last Saturday evening on a scoreline of 4-05 to 3-05. This was a great game, and the lads can count themselves unlucky not to come away with something, as they dominated the closing minutes, but couldn’t get the equaliser against a good Rathgormack side.

MINOR FOOTBALL:
Our Minor Footballers had to concede their latest championship game against Clan Na Gaeil (Dunhill/Fenor/Butlerstown) last Sunday morning. With a small enough panel, there was a few players unavailable, and it made it tough to field a team against a much stronger selection.