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FERMOY ADULT GAA

 

JUNIOR A’S PLAYING AUGUST WEEKEND

Our Junior A’s are now playing Saturday 2^nd August instead of this Sunday. Their opponents are Newtownshandrum. Time to be confirmed.

 

MEMBERSHIP FEES

Membership fees for the year are now due. Adult membership is €50 per person and student membership is €20. Membership fees can be paid to Tommy O’Brien, John Fenton, Catherine Doyle, Michael O’Callaghan or Joe Kearney. If you don’t have your subs paid up you won’t be allowed play.

 

TRAINING

Training continues every Tuesday and Friday night – on the pitch for 7:30pm. If you are unavailable to attend please let one of the mentors know in advance. Attendance at training is crucial to set us up for the year ahead.

 

FERMOY JUVENILE GAA

 

CLEAN UP:

In preparation for the Fermoy Summer Skills Week we are conducting an assessment/clean-up of the various kit bins.

We now hope to arrange for all mentors and assistants to meet up at St. Colman’s GAA pitch at 7.30pm, on Monday next July 28, to empty all the kit bins and sort out all the gear involved including footballs, sliothars, training equipment, hurleys, helmets, bibs and training kit.

We are also encouraging all mentors to look into their sheds and bring to St Colman’s all the bits that they may have gathered up over the years. There was to be an amnesty on all gear brought in.

The clean-up is provisionally timed for 7.30pm, though, as that time may change, mentors will be notified of the confirmed time via the club text line over the coming days. All help available on the night would be appreciated.

 

SUMMER CAMP:

The ever-popular Fermoy Juvenile GAA summer skills camp will run from August 11-15 next and, as always, early booking will be essential. The camp is restricted to boys and girls aged from seven to 13 years - and will focus on a whole range of gaelic skills in both hurling and football.

We will be inviting a number of top outside coaches to participate while, as always, there will be a heavy club involvement. Because of the popularity of the camp, we have had to restrict overall numbers to 90 boys and 50 girls - and it will be strictly a case of ‘first come, first served’ though paid-up club members will be given preference.

The cost will be €70 for the first child and €50 for subsequent children. Youngsters taking part will receive a special training kit - and an acknowledgement of their successful completion of the skills week. Booking forms have been distributed throughout schools in the Fermoy area and are already flooding in so be warned - it’s very much a case of first come, first served! Anyone interested in taking part is urged to get their entry forms in over the next week to be sure of a place.

Forms can also be obtained from any club mentor or official. It is vital that anyone wishing to take part in the skills week complete a booking form and submit it as a matter of priority because space will be at a premium. Please watch this space for further updates on the skills week.

 

REGISTRATION:

A final, eleventh hour reminder to anyone who has not submitted a registration form for their child. It is absolutely vital that these forms and the respective payments are submitted as a matter of urgency as they are now weeks overdue. The club does not want to find itself in a position where a youngster is not allowed play in either a challenge or a competitive match because their fees and registration forms are not properly processed. We want to avoid such a situation as potentially upsetting for the youngster and very embarrassing for the mentors. However, the club must take heed of insurance implications.

 

GEAR:

The good news is that a full range of new club gear for players and supporters - complete with QuinnHealthCare logo - will shortly be available from Physical. Almost the full range, including all sizes, will be in stock so you’ve no excuse about wearing the town colours with pride!

 

U-8:

Training has now been suspended until Monday, August 18 next. This will give the hard-working mentors a break - and will also take into account the holiday period and the fact that attendances had dropped off significantly over the past few weeks.

Please watch this space for further details about training and scheduled challenge matches - and remember that the skills week is now looming on the horizon for August.

 

U-10:

On Saturday July 19, we hosted St Catherines, Lisgoold and Cloyne in another gaelic football mini blitz. The action started early at 10:00am. Our first game was against St Catherines and a lacklustre first half saw us down 2-2 to 0-2. Half time could not soon enough for some very frustrated mentors. Some appropriate words were said at half time and yet we found ourselves further behind when St Catherines struck for a quick goal.

Yet for some reason the magic words at half time seemed to be working and from being 3-2 to 0-2 down with 10 minutes remaining the Fermoy boys finally started playing and amazedly struck for three goals to level the game. Indeed they could consider themselves unlucky not to have forced a winning score.

Game 2 was against Lisgoold and a rip-roaring first half saw both teams level at 2-1 a piece. Everything seemed good at half time but maybe the break did not suit us as we never got going in the second half and were well beaten at the finish.

Game 3 was against a Cloyne side that had earlier beaten Lisgoold so the mentors were busy planning. All their plans must have been good because Fermoy were on a roll right from the start and after dominating both halves ran out easy winners.

Thanks to Matt Condon and Sean Shanahan for refereeing all six games on the day. By the time this issue hits the streets the boys will have played Watergrasshill in hurling and will have commenced their summer break. Please note that we will not be back training until Monday, August 18 next at the usual time and venue. Training will recommence after the Fermoy GAA Summer Skills Week.

 

U-12:

We have had a busy schedule of matches recently with clashes against Douglas, Nemo Rangers, Brian Dillons and Kilworth. The highlight was undoubtedly a great win against Douglas - and a steep learning curve in a defeat against a very strong Carrigaline side.

We have good numbers at training and we hope to arrange a return match with Kilworth within the next fortnight. The major event on our horizon is the eagerly awaited Mullinahone tournament at the end of August which, as ever, is one of the most popular juvenile tournaments in Munster.

Training continues as normal and a good attendance is vital if we are to remain competitive over the upcoming fixtures list.

 

U-14:

We play Passage in the semi-final of the Cork City League - with Mallow playing in the other semi-final. Training continues as normal - and we would urge everyone to make a special effort to attend given the hectic schedule of league and championship matches now on the agenda.

 

U-16:

We have been invited to take part in the annual Anthony Conway U-15 tournament in Carrigaline. The tournament takes place on August 16 next and a total of eight teams will take part.

We are gearing up for a busy period of matches after having taken a break over the exams period. We played Bishopstown in a hurling game and lost by just two points - a very impressive performance indeed by Fermoy against one of the best sides in the business.

Training continues as normal on Tuesday and Friday evenings - and we would urge everyone to make a special effort to attend given the hectic schedule of league and championship matches on the agenda.

 

GET WELL SOON:

Best wishes to Derek O’Leary, former Fermoy Juvenile GAA Club treasurer, for a speedy recovery after his recent accident. Derek has been a great and loyal servant to the club over the years and has also heavily involved in the ladies U-14 panel. Best wishes Derek for a speedy and full recovery.

 

GYM:

The reaction to our new gym continues to be extremely positive and membership has now topped the 340 mark - a very strong performance indeed given that the facility isn’t even opened a year yet!

 

OLD HELMETS:

We're again issuing a special appeal for anyone with an old or unwanted hurling helmet to please pass them on to the juvenile club - and to extend a 'thank you' to those who have already passed some old helmets on! We usually keep a small number of spare helmets in stock - but we have been overwhelmed by the large number of new recruits to training over recent weeks. Many of these lads want to sample GAA sports before they commit to investing in gear and a helmet - so having a stock of spare helmets is absolutely vital. Anyone interested in helping out should contact any official of the adult or junior clubs. Alternatively they can contact Bosco or Ralph at the numbers listed above.

 

CONTACTS:

The Club has acquired a mobile phone which we will use for keeping members informed of events within teams and the club generally. We have started sending out messages with this phone and are hopeful that it will prove to be useful.

The number is: (086) 3385578. Please save this number on your phone so that when messages come in you will know who it's from. Also, please do not reply to messages from this phone as it will clog up the Inbox. If we have made an error and you are receiving messages, which are not correctly targeted, please inform the appropriate mentor and we will rectify the problem.

 

 

 

CHAMPIONSHIPS:

Below is the list of proposed Cork Championship dates. U-14 Football 24/07/08; U-16 Football 08/09/08; U-15 Football 14/08/08; U-13 Football 11/09/08; U-12 Hurling 09/08/08; U-14 Hurling 29/05/08; U-15 Hurling 31/07/08.

U-16 Hurling 11/08/08; U-13 Hurling 09/06/08;

The Cork County Quarter-Finals will be as follows: U-12 Football 17/05/08; U-14 Football 16/08/08; U-16 Football 04/10/08; U-12 Hurling 06/09/08; U-14 Hurling 28/06/08; U-16 Hurling 06/09/08.

 

 

FERMOY GAA LOCAL LOTTO

LOTTO RESULTS

The lotto jackpot was not won last week when the draw took place in McGrath’s Bar, the numbers drawn were 11, 18, 20, 28. Six lucky dip winners were: Colm O’Connell c/o juvenile club, Brian Enright c/o Forge Bar, Luke Mannix c/o juvenile club, Paddy Glavin c/o Lombard’s Bar, Joan O’Keeney c/o John O’Keeney, Mary F O’Connor c/o Kevin Cronin.

As usual the clubs wish to thank all its subscribers and promoters and especially the business houses who allow our tickets to be sold. Your continued support is greatly appreciated.

 

LOCAL LOTTO – DENIED ACCESS?

It is possible that some of you may experience some issues with regards to accessing the Local Lotto website due to company policy or otherwise. If this is the case for you, please drop me an email at conor.cooney@arup.com or a text to 086 823 9754 and we will sort this out for you. “There’s more than one way to skin a cat!” www.locallotto.ie or www.helpmyclub.com are the two main ways of accessing the website

 

FERMOY LADIES GAA

 

FERMOY LADIES FOOTBALL

Fermoy girls U14 football enjoyed a great days football on Saturday 12^th in the annual Ballyduff 7 a side tournament. We had two teams entered Fermoy, Corrin and Fermoy, Barnane.

Fermoy Barnane had Tramore, Old Parish, Aherlow in their group while Fermoy Corrin had Bride Rovers, Ballyporeen and Éire Óg in theirs. Fermoy Barnane were the first in action where they lost a high scoring game by a goal. Next up was old Parish where we found the going very tough but finished strongly to score a few goals of our own. Last but not least we played Tramore and with the girls finding their feet we fashioned a well deserved victory. Team Barnane: Clare Foley, Stephanie McCarthy, Saoirse Moore, Rachel Morrison, Lisa Feerick, Cliona O’Connell, Ciara McCarthy, Michelle Flynn, Niamh Daly. Next up was team Corrin and a game against Éire Óg. We were very slow to settle and gave up two man scores early to easily and although we fought back well we were still four points down at the final whistle. Our next two games were against local rivals Bride Rovers and Ballyporeen which we won both convincingly. The most impressive part of these wins was the constant support play the girls gave each other.

Some of the scores we got were out of the top drawer with sometimes four or five girls passing to each other and then the final pass being given to someone all on their in front of the goal which resulted in numerous scores. It really is the best way to play football and it is the most effective but most pleasing of all is the pleasure it gives to watch your own team to it.

Team Corrin: Ciara Howard, Aoife O’Sullivan, Ursula Llewellyn, Mary O’Sullivan, Julie Buckley, Aoife Hartnett, Sophie Flynn, Brianne Bartley, Leah Lyons. Well done to all the girls and a big thank you to Ballyduff for the great day.

 

SUMMER CAMP

Fermoy Juvenile Summer Camp will run from August 11-15 next and as ever early booking is essential. If there is any girls out there age U10, U12 or U13 who still have not booked please hurry to get them back to your members or contact Billy McCarthy (087) 2977857.

 

U16 / JUNIORS REPORT

The U16s will be expected to train at least one night a week with the Juniors during the summer. The Juniors have two competitive matches to be played in the next month, Glanmire in the East Cork Championship and Aghada in the County Championship.

Training will continue on Saturday mornings at 11am in Colmans and the Juniors continue to train on Tuesdays and Thursdays in Colmans at 6.30.

 

 

FERMOY GAA CLUB NEWS

 

VOTE OF SYMPATHY

The sympathy of the club is extended to the wife Margo and family of our   late friend and neighbour in Oliver Plunkett Hill, the late Mr Dan Crean RIP and a well known and respected publican of many years.

The late Dan’s son Richie was a very prominent hurler with our club up to a few years ago, the family have always supported our weekly lotto draw and facilitate the club by selling and hosting the draw over the years. As a mark of respect for the family, last week’s draw was postponed to later in the week. May he rest in peace.

 

FERMOY PITCH & PUTT CLUB

 

CAPTAIN’ PRIZE DAY A GREAT SUCCESS

JJ Quirke Captain, was blessed with great weather, a lively but friendly competition, wonderful prizes, a terrific number of players but most of all he had the support of his wonderful wife, Kim. It was great to see Kim being busy around the place as usual (and looking so good!)  we all know that the family had a worrying time during the week and we pray that things will get better for them from now on. The games began with a 36 hole qualifier during the morning and early afternoon.

Michael Cahill had the best first 10 wit a score of 4, the second 18 went to the PRO on 42, he was delighted to win this as he said, he hadn’t won anything since winning a rubber dick in Perks in 1946! And even that sank in the Atlantic without trace went too much water got in it’s hole a few months later! Sad! The third 18 was won by Damien Burke on 45. The first gross went to John Cahill on 135 and the second gross to Paul Doyle with 142, these scores and any subsequent ones went to John Cahill on 135 and the second gross to Paul Doyle with 142, these scores and any subsequent ones were over 54 holes. 2^nd nett was David O’Keeffe on 133, 3^rd nett was Christy Kennedy on 137 4^th nett went to Jim Noonan on 138, 5^th nett was Jim Doyle in 139 and 6^th nett was Daren Quirke also on 139. The past captain’s prize went to Alan O’Mahony and finally to the overall winner. I had the privilege of playing in the final round with this man and it must be said that you could travel Ireland and not find a more amicable and friendly young man anywhere, it was a pleasure to be in his company and isn’t this what the game is all about, as I always say, winning is only a bonus, playing is the prize!

The overall prize went to James Noonan and he proved to be a very popular winner, the only problem now is if Kevin Cronin hears about it, James might find his handicap isn’t as good as it used to be! A huge crowd turned up for the presentation on Sunday evening which turned out to be a very enjoyable occasion with music afterwards by the Quirke brothers, Nedser and Seanie, they left the Blues Bros trotting a mile behind! John O’Keeney praised John Richards for his efforts in preparing the course and he gave special mention to Noel Nelligan for his help over the last two weeks, we thank Noel sincerely for coming to the club’s assistance at a time when we really needed it. Eamon Joyce was also thanked for his help, John said that if you wanted anything done, you only had to ask Eamon and the job was as good as done. This was also echoed by JJ in his speech, he said that he has had so much help from  Eamon since he was elected, that he didn’t think that he could do the job without him, wonderful praise all round, well done Eamon you are an inspiration to the club. We couldn’t let the occasion pass without thanking the ladies, girls, you were tremendous, the food and drink provided was excellent, the handing out and checking of cards and the encouragement during the final round was second to none, special mention too for Caroline O’Flaherty who did Trojan work on the day, thank you all so much, as usual you turned up trumps!

The Captain’s fourball on Friday evening was well supported with about eight players turning out and the winners in this were: Overall - Helen Quirke and Daren Quirke, 2^nd nett Michael Cahill and Brian Power, mixed - Frances Tobin and Darren Quirke and gross Ann O’Mahony and John Cahill.

 

THE DOYLE FAMILY COMPETITION FOR JUVENILES

We thank the Doyle family for their support for the younger members, they had been sponsoring this event for thirteen years now and this is very important for the future of the club, the youngsters of today are the champions of tomorrow. Thanks to Caroline for checking the cards and anyone who helped in anyway. The overall prize was won by Denis Galvin who is doing very well recently, 1^st nett went to  Davin Roche and 2^nd nett to Bryan Flynn. The gross was won by Daniel O’Regan, others winners on the night were – Laura Flynn, Michelle Flynn and Michael Shane McDonagh. Well done to all and thanks to everyone who took part.

 

TIMETABLE FOR THE OPEN WEEK

Monday and Tuesday, 28^th and 29^th July: Singles stableford over 18 holes, cards unlimited with two to court, prizes, ladies and gents, nett and gross. Wednesday, July 30^th: Foursomes strokeplay, prizes, overall nett and gross; Thursday, July 31^st: Mixed fourball v/par, prizes overall nett and gross; Saturday and Sunday, August 2^nd and 3^rd singles strokeplay over 18 holes, two cards to count. Prizes ladies and gents overall nett and gross, open perpetual cups, other gents, nett and gross in three grades, other ladies nett and gross in two grads. Monday, August 4^th – Scotch foursomes stroke (one day only) prizes, overall nett and best gross, cards singles C2, fourballs C6. Bar facilities and meals available in the clubhouse. Entertainment in clubhouse on Saturday and Sunday nights. PPUI registeration cards are required. All the best to everyone in these competitions, lets hope the weather isn’t a spoilsport!

 

CASTLELYONS OPEN (PPUI)

This event will take place over the coming weekend July 26^th and 27^th. The competition will be strokeplay with two cards to count. Cards will cost €3 each. Times of play as follows: Saturday 9am until dusk,  Sunday 9am until 6.30pm. The Kearney Cup for ladies overall nett The Show Cup for ladies overall gross, the Green Cup for gents overall nett, the Fleming Cup for gents overall gross, nett and gross, gents in three grades, nett and gross, ladies in two grades. Prizes will be in the form of vouchers and the presentation will take place at 8.30pm on Sunday. PUI registration cards must be produced.

 

GENTS OVER 55S FIXTURES

The gents over 55s social mornings continue with a game at St Annes on July 28^th. On August 11^th we switch to the Brinny course and then on August 25^th we will see the fun competition played on the local course in Fermoy! All these games begin at 10.30am on the day.

 

THE LOTTO

The numbers drawn last week were 11, 18, 20 and 28. We didn’t have a winner so the jackpot this week is €6,400. The lucky dips went to: Colm O’Connell, c/o S O’Hagan, Luke Mannix, c/o Juvenile Club, Brian Enright, c/o The Forge Bar, Paddy Glavin, c/o Lombard’s Bar, Joan O’Keeney, c/o John O’Keeney and Mary F O’Connor, c/o Kevin Cronin.