COUNTY DUTY:
Congratulations
to Mark O' Brien and the Waterford Under 21 hurling team on their All-Ireland
final success over Galway in Semple Stadium last Saturday evening. Lining out
at midfield, Mark gave another excellent performance for the Déise and his hard
work and dedication has been rewarded with his second All-Ireland hurling medal
at underage level in the last three years.
Well done
to Mark and the team, and hopefully it’s onwards and upwards from here. Also
lining out at Thurles last Saturday, was the Under 12 Ferrybank hurlers who
played an exhibition game at half time against Clarinbridge. This was a great
experience for the lads.
The team on
the day was Shane Egan, Joe Carter, Shane Purcell, Izaak Richards, Daniel
Griffin, Sean Heffernan, Ruaidhri McGarrity, Odhran Power, Jamie Sutton, Sean
Fagan, Matti Tomczuk.
UNDER 15 HURLING:
Well done
to the Under 15 hurlers on the excellent win over a gallant Ballygunner side
last Monday night in Walsh Park in the Division 3 Eastern Final on a scoreline
of 4-13 to 3-08.
UNDER 16 CAMOGIE:
Congratulations
to the Ferrybank/Butlerstown Under 16 Camogie team on a great win over Portlaw
in Walsh Park in the final last Wednesday night in Walsh Park.
UNDER 13 HURLING:
Hard luck
to the Under 13 hurlers who were defeated by Roanmore by four points in the
Division three Eastern final in Walsh Park last Saturday morning.
INTERMEDIATE HURLING:
Our
Intermediate hurlers are scheduled to play Ballygunner in their final Championship
round-robin game this coming weekend in the Gerry Kennedy Crash Repairs sponsored
competition. The game takes place on Sunday 18th at 1:30pm in Walsh Park.
JUNIOR FOOTBALL:
Our Junior
Footballers made the trip to Bunmhaon last Friday night in their final league
game of the John J Murphy sponsored competition, and a hard fought game, the
lads came away with the points on a scoreline of 1-08 to 1-03. With the heavy
rain after stopping, ground conditions were very slippery, and we had to wait
for our opening score, a point from Philly Blake midway through the opening
half.
Ferrybank
were on top for most of the half, and further points from Oisín MacCathmhaoil
extended the lead, but a rare brake from Bunmahon yielded a goal from a
penalty, to bring the sides level, but just on the stroke of half-time, Marty
Freeman scored a goal from close range, following good work from Jeff Lawless
and Alex Power.
In the
second-half, Ferrybank had most of the play, and missed some great chances to
extend the lead, but good points from Damien Ahern, Philly, Oisín and Marty saw
the team home. A good win for the team, and they now go onto the quarter-finals
in a few week time.
Team: Sam
Lawless, Oran MacCathmhaoil, Pat O' Neill, Aidan Synnott, Seamus Burtchaell,
Damien Ahern (0-01), John Ahern, Luke Flynn, Oisín MacCathmhaoil (0-04), Daryl
Griffin, Philly Blake (0-02), Cormac O' Driscoll, Alex Power, Marty Freeman (1-01),
Jeff Lawless.
UNDER 14 HURLING:
Our Under
14 hurlers are in action this coming Monday night September 12th with
a home game against Clashmore/Kinsalebeg at 6:45pm.
UNDER 16 HURLING:
Our under
16 hurlers are in knockout action this coming Thursday night Sept 15th away to
Sacred Heart at 6:30pm.
UNDER 12 FOOTBALL/ HURLING:
Our Under 12s had a great day in Thurles last Saturday. The lads played an
exhibition game at half-time of the Under 21 All-Ireland Final. This was
a great experience for our lads specially on the same day that our own Mark O' Brien picked up his second All-Ireland medal. It’s a busy
week for the Under 12's as the hurlers make the trip to Ballyduff Lower this
coming Tuesday night September 13th in the Autumn League, while the Under
12 Footballers play at home to St. Saviours this coming Friday September 16th
at 7pm.
CLUB NURSERY:
Parents who
have any young children, who would like to get involved in learning hurling and
football, well why not bring them along every Saturday morning from 10am to
11am in the Ferrybank GAA grounds, where the club nursery programme, teaches
them the basic movements and skills required to play Gaelic games. The club
nursery targets 5/6/ years old, and it’s a great way to introduce new children
and Parents to the club and be involved. Helmets and hurleys are provided on
the day.
CLOTHES COLLECTION:
With Autumn
upon us, and if the wardrobe needs a good clear out, well any unwanted Clothes,
Soft Toys, Curtains, Belts, Handbags, Towels, etc., you can drop them down to
the Ferrybank GAA grounds anytime during the evening, or on a Saturday morning
from 10am to 12pm.
RIVER SUIR POC FADA:
How far can
you hit a Sliothar, well here is your chance. In aid of Pieta House and the
South East Waterford Marine Search & Rescue, the mighty River Suir Poc Fada
will take place this weekend Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th
September from 10am to 6pm on Merchants Quay car park Waterford. It costs €2
per sliothar or 3 for €5.
