Carrick Swan Notes Monday August 11th.
Our Premier Intermediate hurlers defeated Clonakenny in Round 1 of the County Championship by 5 points. Well done, lads. Our next game will be in 2 weeks’ time, against Killenaule, with the official fixture to be determined.
Next Friday night, our Junior A footballers are in action. We take on Newcastle, in Marlfield, at 7pm.
An exciting finish and a late goal helped our Junior B hurlers to a 1-point victory over Newcastle on Sunday morning in Clonmel Sportsfield. The win means we top our group with 4 wins out of 4 and will take on Moyle Rovers in the South Quarter Final with the date and time yet to be determined. Well done, lads.
Our Junior B Camogie ladies had a great win over Ballina on Friday night, last, in Round 1 of their County Championship. They take on Clonoulty on Sunday week, in Round 2.
Our u19 footballers had a superb win against Ardfinnan on Wednesday last in the South Semi-Final. We take on St. Patrick’s in Monroe on Wednesday August 20th in the South Final.
Next Wednesday evening, our u19s swap the big ball for the small ball when they take on Ballingarry in the South Semi-Final. That game throws in at 6.45pm in Cloneen.
Last week, our u17’s were beaten by 1 point by Fethard/Clerihan. Unlucky, lads. We dust ourselves off and go again on Monday of next week, August 18th, we take on St. Mary’s in Clonmel.
Our u15 hurlers travelled to Clonmel to take on St. Mary’s last Wednesday and had a great win. Well done, boys. We welcome Mullinahone to Páirc na nEalaí on Thursday evening, that game throwing in at 6-30pm.
Both our u13 teams have now completed their group games and await their knockout fixtures. Our u13B hurlers had a busy week last week. On Tuesday night, we played Ballybacon Grange, on the Green, while on Friday night, we travelled to Ballingarry. We played some great stuff in both games but unfortunately lost out to two stronger teams.
Our u11’s are having the time of their lives at the moment. Following their games in Croke Park and during half-time in the South Senior Hurling Final recently, our u11’s took part in the prestigious Theo English Festival of hurling on Sunday, with Páirc na nEalaí being one of the host venues. We played some great games against Fr. Sheehy’s, Kilsheelan, and Fethard, and ran out Festival winners for our venue, on the day. Well done, all.
A special get well soon to Harry Waters, who unfortunately couldn’t make Sunday’s tournament but will be back in action soon.
Our u7 Cygnets played in a hurling blitz in Mullinahone, on Saturday morning. Well done to everyone involved in a great morning’s hurling. We’d like to say thanks to our coaches and parents for continued support of the kids. We’d also like to thank Mullinahone for their hospitality on the day.
There was no winner of last week’s Carrick Swan Lotto. Ten people matched 3 and won €20 each. The numbers drawn last week were 06 – 10 – 11 – 14.
This week, our Lotto jackpot is €4,250. The draw takes place on Thursday night, each week, and it costs just €2 to enter.
We’d like to say a huge thank you to all those who play our lotto – your continued support helps fund our young players and our Field Development Project. Play our lotto, support the future of our club!
All in Carrick Swan GAA would like to say a massive well done to our Culture & Language Officer, Niall Walsh, who completed the Youghal Bay 10k in East Cork on Sunday. Niall took part in aid of the Réalta Special Needs Sports Club in Carrick-on-Suir, and so far, he has raised over €2,000 for this fantastic cause.
Carrick Swan club would like to pass on our condolences to the Dalton family of Clairin, on their recent bereavement.