East Cork GAA

12 March, 2011

Eochaill GAA Club News

Winner alright!

Congratulations to Michelle Lawton and her family who travelled to Curraheen Park for the February Greyhound Spectacular in the Cork GAA Clubs Draw. The Lawton’s were wined and dined and had a wonderful night out and to top it all off Michelle had the second dog home in Race 6, netting her a nice €500.

Uachtarán Presents Jerseys

Uachtarán Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Críostóir Ó Cuana has generously donated a set of Jerseys to Bun Scoile Mhuire. The presentation was made at Bun Scoile Mhuire last Thursday afternoon by Eochaill Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Officer John Parker.

The Club and the school would sincerely like to thank the Uachtarán for this generous gift and we would also like to thank and congratulate John on the tireless work he does introducing our National game into the schools. John is a credit to the Association and to Eochaill Cumann Lúthchleas Gael.

Club Lotto

Drawn Numbers for March the 7th:

2 – 5 – 22 – 24

€ 2,810 NO WINNER.

€200 Shared prize: Mary Ann Tynan, Jonathan Ormonde, Bridie Owens, Maureen Fitzgerald. Sellers Prize €30 goes to Aoife Lawlor. You can get your Lotto Tickets from Club Members and the usual outlets. Youghal GAA would like to sincerely thank all our supporters of the Club Lotto. Go raibh mile maith agaibh. Next week’s Lotto Jackpot is worth €3,070

Time to step up to the oche

Youghal GAA Club is in the process of putting together a team to play in the East Cork Darts league. There are plenty of good arrows players who are members of our club and if you want to get ready for the big 9 dart check out contact the Club Arás facilities Manager Ken Bulman on 086-6013225.

Strawberries and Cream

Eochaill has now built a brand new Tennis Court and will soon look towards running the very first tennis tournament on this brand new facility at Club Arás. Again Ken Bulman on 086-6013225 if you have an interest in entering the tournament. (Apparently Eochaill Cathaoirleach Dave Kilgannon is a bit of a John McEnroe!)

Youghal Ladies Football News

Youghal Ladies Football is well and truly up and running, with all teams flat out on the training fields or in the hall. We now have got our championship and league draws, which will see plenty of action of the coming months. In preparation for the first league game the Youghal Ladies played a friendly last Wednesday night at Magners Hill against a Glanmire Minor Team.

Lá Fhéile Padraig

As we prepare to celebrate our National Holiday Youghal GAA would like to congratulate the Cork Hill/Youghal Pipe Band for their brilliant organising of the St Patrick’s Day Parade in Youghal. The Club will meet and march in the Parade and times and information will be given out during the coming week for assembly etc. After the parade there will be activities in Club Arás including a kids disco. As the Club Championships are being a Páirc an Chrócaigh, what better place to watch the action. It should be a super family day for our members and their friends.

2011 Championship & Leagues for the Youghal Ladies

Youghal Ladies Footballers will play in the Junior ‘C’ Championship in East Cork which comprises of 6 teams, where we have received a semi-final draw which will be played before April 10th. The draw is listed below;

• (A) Bride Rovers B v Fermoy B

• (B) Mayfield v Glanmire B

• (C) Semi-Final A v B

• (D) Semi-Final Youghal v Lisgoold

Youghal will play in the County League starting on March 13th against the following teams. 1st round games to be played before March 13th. • Mayfield • St. Peters • Macroom • Ardfield • Kilshannig • Lisgoold • Grenagh • Ballyphehane B

Our underage section will field 4 teams, U14, U12, U10 & U9.

The U14s will play in grade C, with Watergrasshill, Fermoy B, Cloyne, Bride Rovers, Rock Ban B & Aghada.

The first round is to be played before March 12th where Youghal will play Watergrasshill at home.

The U12s will play in the East Cork League of which the top 4 teams progress to the County League. In this league we will play Lisgoold, St. Colman’s, Aghada, Bride Rovers, Fermoy, Midleton & Cloyne.

The U10s play in an 8 team league, Ballinacurra, Bride Rovers, Erin’s Own, Fermoy, Inch Rovers, Midleton, St. Colman’s & Youghal. The first round to be played by April 15th.

The U9s will play in a series of blitz over the coming months. There will be 6 clubs in East Cork fielding U9 teams and each club will hold a blitz where emphasis is on having fun and no scores will be kept.

Training

Training has recommenced every Saturday @ 10:30am for our U14, U12, U10 & U8 teams. The managers for each team are as follows;

U14 - Claire Kennedy - 0879626513

U12 - Finbarr O'Mahony - 0860584699

U10 - John O'Sullivan - 0868258516

U8 - Cormac Galvin – 0870508474

Adult training takes place every Monday & Wednesday @ 7:20. New members always welcome. Membership & Insurance All players will have to be paid up members of the Youghal Ladies Football Club if they want to train & take part in matches. Terms of the insurance conditions is that every player must wear a gum shield at both training & matches otherwise they won’t be insured, just as in the case of hurling or Camogie where all players must wear protective helmets. Gum shields can be purchased in any sports shop or chemist for a couple of Euro. Please return your membership to your team manager.

Garryvoe Hotel Junior Football League Division 2

Youghal will play against Cobh this coming Tuesday night at Magners Hill in the East Cork Garryvoe Hotel Junior Football League Division 2.

After a great start with an opening win in Ballynoe against St Catherine’s, there was disappointment with a defeat to Glenville, but this is Youghal’s opportunity to get things back on track in their first home game of the 2011 League, so it is hoped that plenty people turn up to cheer on the lads.

A Cead Mile Failte

Eochaill played hosts to an underage hurling club from Newry who played at Club Arás. We want to wish them a safe journey home and were delighted to have them in our club.

GAA This Week

Derek Kiely is now presenting a weekly show on CRY 104FM called ‘GAA This Week’ which is broadcast from 4pm until 5pm every Thursday. The programme gets the latest news of what is happening in GAA in the Imokilly Division and all the Clubs in the Division are catered for as well as fixtures and results. The show can also be heard on the Web at www.youghalradio.com