Congrats to our senior hurlers who put in a solid performance v Inagh Kilnamonagh to secure a spot in the semi-finals. They were drawn against Kilmaley and the semi will be on Sat 20th at 4.30pm in Cusack Park. Our Intermediate hurlers quarter final v Ogonnelloe takes place Sun 21st at 12 in Broadford. Well done also to our Junior B hurlers who topped their group, they are straight through to the semis and have a bit of a wait with another round to be played as well as quarter finals.
All hands on deck this weekend which brings two quarter finals with our Junior A footballers up against Kilmurry Ibrickane on Friday evening and our seniors v Miltown on Saturday. Also in action Sat eve is our Intermediate camogie team v Ruan while on Sunday our Junior B footballers take on Clarecastle in round 4 and our Junior B ladies play Cooraclare in their first game of the season.
*see full fixture details on image above*
Wishing the very best of luck to all teams. Wrap up well and come out to support the teams and help get them over the line
A reminder that this year we have the upcoming 25 year celebration for our 2000 senior football championship winning team. The celebration kicks off in the clubhouse on Saturday October 11th with food and refreshments for the team followed by an evening of reminiscing and music where all are welcome to come and take part in. The County Board will make a presentation to the team at half time in the senior football final which is scheduled for Sunday 12th. For more info, contact John Hickey who has tremendous work done in organising this event. We will have more detail closer to the time.
Caint is Craic
Tá Caint is Craic ag dul ar aghaidh go breá gach Oíche Déardaoin, 9-10, meascán den gcaint, argóint, míreanna ón teilifís, scéalta, gáire agus cuimhní. Fresh faces always welcome-you don't have to be fluent, or even half-fluent, just gur maith leat fuaim Ghaeilge. Also, if any members who have children who play traditional music, or dance, or sing, would like to get involved in promoting Scór in the club, we'd love to hear from them. Over 30 GAA clubs in the county are currently involved (including Éire Óg), but we'd like to strengthen our involvement if we had enough members interested. Cuir ríomhphost chugham ag windswepthill2@gmail.com, más suim leat tuilleadh eolais faoi.
Healthy Clubs Updates
All Stars are back for another year! We are starting back on September 16th. Thank you to everyone that has volunteered to date. Anyone wishing to volunteer is very welcome please contact Noreen on 087-6449781 if you are interested.
We are very excited to travel to Mallow this Saturday for the Munster All Inclusive day. We will have 12 children travelling representing the club.
There will be a First Aid course in the clubhouse on September 22nd from 7-10pm This is open to everyone but we would encourage at least one coach or mentor with all teams to attend. Numbers are very limited so it will be on a first come basis. Anyone interested please contact Noreen on 087-6449781 or fill in the form at this link: https://forms.office.com/e/kxRm7vn4uw
Our Gaelic for Mothers n Others team had a great day out in Dublin at last weekend’s National G4MO Blitz. Plenty of fun and games was par for the course on the day, and they are already busy planning their next day out! The G4MO team trains on Tuesday’s from 7 to 8pm and newcomers are always welcome, contact Ruth with any queries: 085 137 9566
Camogie
Congratulations to our Minor girls on a great win over Feakle Killanena in the recent Minor B Shield final.
Well done to our under 16 team and management in round 2 during the week in Gurteen they held off a strong St Joseph’s threat to take the win by the minimum. Next up we have Clarecastle on Saturday, September 20th. A home fixture - details to be confirmed
Best of luck to our Intermediate team who are away to Ruan in round 3 on Saturday evening at 6pm.
Ladies Football
Our Junior ladies are finally kicking off their championship with their refixed game v Cooraclare going ahead on Sunday at 1pm in Éire Óg. They play Banner on Friday 19th at 8:30pm in Lees Road under lights on the all-weather pitch. Our minors are through to the C Cup semi final v the Banner on Tuesday 16th in Lees Road at 6:30pm.
Our 14 championship continues, where our Red team put up a great fight against a very strong Doora Barefield team in division A losing on a score of 2-11 to 1-9, while our White team had a great win over West Clare Gaels by 4-17 to 2-04.
The U12 team will be participating the Marion Keane tournament in Gurteen on Saturday. With over 30 teams taking part it should be a great day.
The U8 girls took part in our final blitz of the year in Eire Og last Saturday taking on Crusheen and Clooney Quin. Over 60 girls took part, and a great morning of football was had by all.
Exciting fundraiser for our Ladies Football Club!
Our ladies have come up with a fundraiser with a twist as they plan to complete the distance of two marathons, one marathon running and one marathon while soloing the ball…the challenge is to guess the time it will take them to complete both, with all ages and grades taking part.
The challenge will be run (and soloed!) on the week commencing Sept 22nd Sept and will take place at various times and training sessions. All times/distances will be tracked till the 2 x Marathon distance has been completed. Top prize is €100, second prize €50.
Academy
Unfortunately not the result our minor hurlers needed on Monday when losing out to Clooney-Quin in the last league game of this year's "A" Championship. We will join seven other teams in what will be an ultra-competitive Shield competition for all "A" teams who failed to make the semi-finals.
On Sunday our other team take on Clonlara in the U17 Academy "A" Shield Final at 12pm in Clonlara. Best of luck to all travelling.
Our U14 hurlers had a good start to the U14B Championship with a 1-13 to 2-05 win over Wolfe Tones on Wednesday evening in Shannon. The U14s will begin a 12 week block of hurling training sessions this Tuesday evening at the Astro Turf in Ennis National School.
On Sunday morning the U14 footballers begin their campaign with a home match Vs Coolmeen/Kildysart in Eire Og.
Excitement is building ahead of Sunday week's trip to St. Jude's GAA, Templelogue, Dublin for this year's U9 Mini All-Ireland Football Tournament. This is the second year running we have been invited to attend. We have a full 52 seat coach leaving Eire Og at 8.30am on Sunday morning for what will be a great day out for the players, coaches and parents.
Garda Vetting
A reminder of changes to the initial stages of the Garda Vetting process, please visit the Garda Vetting info page on the club website for details: https://eireoginis.ie/pages/garda-vetting
Club Lotto
Club lotto jackpot is steadily rising and now stands at €4375. Last Thursday’s numbers were: 2, 9, 11, 27. There was no Jackpot winner, and we had three Match 3 winners with €35 each going to: Niall Connolly, Nollag MacNamara and Rebecca Loftus . The Promoters Prize of €25 went to PJ Kelly’s Bar. Well done to all. Paul will be in touch re prizes.
Enter club lotto online on the link below, play ahead for up to 52 weeks for just €2 per week: https://eireoginis.ie/draws
The draw takes place every Thursday night at the clubhouse and all are most welcome to attend.
