BLARNEY GAA NEWS
September 2011
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Under 21s in Mid-Cork Final Blarney U21 hurlers play Cloughduv in the Mid-Cork final in Coachford on Sunday the 11th of September at 4pm. They beat Donoughmore in the semi-final on Wed the 7th by 3-12 to 2-08! We need all the support we can get to cheer the lads on so remember the time and date and shout the lads on!! Our under 14s and 16s are also playing in county semifinals soon and details of those are on the next page!
The seeds are sown!! As can be seen from the photographs below, seeding has been completed for the new and very welcome pitch adjacent to the coursing field. This is an exciting development for the Club and we would like to thank all those who have helped! Funding for this stage of the development was raised by the draw held in June and we thank all those who supported the draw!
Blarney/Rathpeacon Underage Fe 16 ( Hurling) The lads are now in the Champion ship semi final having defeated Courcey Rovers by 1-16 to 0-13! They now play Na Piarsaigh in the semi final on Sun the 18th of this month at 12 noon. Venue to be fixed. Well done lads and good luck! Fe 14 ( Hurling) These lads are playing well also having defeated Killeagh/St. Itas by 6-07 to 4-04 in the quarter-final! They now play Aghabullogue in the semi final on Sat the 17th in Ballyanly at 1pm. Fe 11 (Football) The under 11 footballers have played 2 matches in the Garda League losing to Na Piarsaigh but defeating St. Nicks on Mon. the 5th of Sept. by 3-04 to 2-0. Well done lads!
Leading this competition as of the beginning of September is Dermot O’Sullivan on 108 pts followed by Ken Martin and Dermot Crowley on 98 pts .It is tight at the top and we will keep you informed of progress as the year progresses!
Fe 16 ( Football)
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Blarney v Macroom ( Championship) on Sat evening 10th of Sept in Macroom at 6-15pm.
Our youngest club players continue to train every Friday evening at 6pm. The under 7s took part in a blitz on Friday the 2nd of September with players from Eire Og and well done to them!
Our County Stars Well done to all our under 15s and under 16s who played on victorious Cork hurling development squads recently in Tipperary! Those players were : U16 - Shane Mulcahy U15– James Mulcahy, Darragh Kelly, Peter Philpott and Dylan Lenihan
We say a big well done also to the Under 10 hurlers who have won all 4 matches in the Co. Board league. The future looks bright!!
Car Boot Sales Coming up...our final car boot sale of the year. This one will be held on Monday the 31st of October. We thank all who help organise these events and any queries can answered by Ray Coleman on 087 2333180
Club Calendar We are about to commence the process of collecting photographs for the 2012 calendar. If anyone has any photographs of any matches, teams or of any Club event during 2011 please send them to
[email protected] or else contact Club PRO Sean Mac Donnchadha at 087 9401537! Thank You!!
Club Shop The shop will be open on Friday evenings to take Christmas orders. There are new personalised Club gear bags in two different sizes in stock at the moment.Please keep an eye out for texts for the exact opening times!