ALL IRELAND
CHAMPION - COUNTY DUTY:
It was a
busy weekend for some of our underage stars representing the County, and
congratulations to Grainne Heffernan and the Waterford Under 16 Camogie team
that defeated Dublin in the All Ireland Final in Nenagh on Sunday. Lets hope
this is the first of a Heffernan sister double, as Grainne’s sister Iona will
be involved in the All Ireland Intermediate Camogie final in Croke Park in
September.
Also well
done to Eimhin Burns and Ryan Tierney who were involved with the Waterford
Under 14 Hurling team that played in the Tony Forristal last Saturday, and also
Neil O’ Sullivan who was involved with the Waterford Under 15 Hurlers that
played in the Carrigahoun tournament in Cork.
ALL IRELAND
INTERMEDIATE CAMOGIE FINAL:
Ferrybank Camogie
club are organising a Bus to the All-Ireland Liberty Insurance Intermediate Camogie
final in which Waterford play Kildare on September 13th at 2pm. If
interested in travelling, please contact, Debbie Boden 087-9385162.
INTERMEDIATE
HURLING:
Our
Intermediate hurlers were defeated in the quarter-finals of the Gerry Kennedy Crash
Repairs sponsored competition last Saturday afternoon, going down to Clonea
after extra-time on a scoreline of 3-15 to 1-18.
Ferrybank
played well in the opening half, showing great hunger and determination, and
points from Robbie Carew, Eoin O' Neill, Phil Blake, Cormac O' Driscoll and
Mark O' Brien ensured a six point lead for Ferrybank at half-time.
Clonea,
aided with the breeze in the second-half, came more into the game and reduced
the gap to a point, but Ferrybank replied when John Ahern latched onto a threw
ball and planted the sliothar into the back of the net. This gave Ferrybank
confidence, but crucially hit some bad wides during the half to further extend
their lead.
Points from
Mark O' Brien and Oisin MacCathmhaoil kept Ferrybank ahead, and entering the
closing minutes, a second Clonea goal reduced the gap, and deep into injury
time, a Clonea '65 levelled it up.
Into extra-time,
Ferrybank held a narrow one point lead at the end of the first period, and
extended it to three in the second period, but once Clonea dug deep, and three
quick points levelled it up, and with time almost up, a Clonea shot struck the
post, came back and the ball ended up in the Ferrybank net.
This was a
tough defeat for the team, and to be fair didn’t deserve to lose, they gave it their
all on the day, and deserved another game, but that’s sport, and hopefully they
will come back next year more determined as they will have learned a lot.
A special
word of thanks to Doxer, Marty, Dom, Padraig, Decky, Maxi, Sarah, Tony and Andy for
all their help and preparing team during the campaign, they left no stone
unturned with the team, and gave it everything.
UNDER 13
HURLING:
Our Under 13
hurlers have qualified for the knockout stages of the City League. After a slow
start in the league, along with some unfortunate injuries along the way, we
lost out to Ballygunner and St. Mollerans, but the lads got back on track with
good wins over Sacred Heart and St. Saviours.
Our final
game in the group was against Ballyduff Lower, and following a cracking game of
hurling, the lads lost out narrowly on a scoreline of 5-03 to 3-05. We now play
Sacred Heart in the play-offs.
City League U11 Gala Day:
The City League
U11 gala day will take place on Saturday 19th September in Walsh Park or
Carriaganore (tbc). As Ferrybank Under 11s topped Division 3, we will be
playing at this gala day, hence we need all payers for this day.
Further
details will be given out at training.
We will
handing out the City League winner medals at the Ferrybank GAA Dog Night in
November.
DÉISE DRAW:
We had no
luck in the August Déise draw which took place last Friday night. Thanks to all
who purchased tickets, and the next draw will take place on Friday September 25th
at Erins Own GAA club.
JUNIOR
FOOTBALL:
It’s back to
the big ball for the Junior Footballers this coming Thursday night September 3rd
with a home game against Bunmahon at 6:45pm.
UNDER 21
HURLING:
Our Under 21
hurlers will play Portlaw in this year’s championship. No date has been
confirmed for this game.
