Ballymore Eustace GAA Club
Juvenile Football & Hurling
The AGM:
The Juvenile annual general meeting took place on
Tue 26th Feb. The serving committee were all reelected
plus some new faces. Very welcome are
Michelle Waters, Natasha Halpin, Gillian Smith,
John Field, Steve Carter.
Team Mentors for 2008
U8: Alan Gilroy, Steve Carter, Eoghan Barrett
U9: & U10 Noel Thompson, Johnny Murphy, Steve
Deegan, Steve Carter.
U12: Martin Kelleher, Dermot Walters, Joe Piggot.
U13: Mick Byrne, Martin Kelleher, Eoghan Barrett.
U14:(Plunketts): Mick Byrne.
U16: (Plunketts) Tim Gorman
U18: (Plunketts) Paul Murphy, Tim Gorman.
Training:
The 8 to 12 year old's are back training each Sat. at
4:30 to prepare for leagues starting early April
The U12 girls train on Sat 4:30 and Sun morning
(girls only) at 11:00.
Note: the U8 year old's will commence training
Sat. 29th March at 4:30
The U10 hurlers completed their session of hurling
blitz's in Athy on Sun. 9th March.
The lads competed very well playing 6 games (10
minutes per game) per session. Clubs involved were
Ballymore Eustace, Castledermot, Nurney, Athy, St.
Laurence s, Moorefield & Eire Og.
U10 Hurlers in Athy
Back Row: Tom McGuirk, Caolan Halpin, Tom
Carter, Mark Daly, Sean Murphy, Robbie Noone,
Ciaran Kelleher, Enda Stewart Byrne, Niall Murphy
Front Row: Shane Barrett, Ben Noone, Darragh &
Kevin Kelleher, Aaron Deegan.
Fixtures:
U8 & U10 West Wicklow hurling blitz's.
Date Venue
Saturday, 19 April Hollywood
Saturday, 17 May Dunlavin
Saturday, 21 June Hollywood
Saturday, 19 July Dunlavin
Saturday, 16 August Blessington
Sat., 27 September Hollywood
Sat., 18 October- Dunlavin
U12 hurling.
Sat 10th May Athy V Ballymore/Nurney in Athy at
3.00pm
Sat 17th May St Laurances V
Ballymore/Castledermot in Castledermot at 3.00pm
Sat 7th June Ballymore/Nurney V Castledermot in
Ballymore at 3.00pm
Sat 14th June St Laurances/Ballymore V Athy in St
Laurances at 3.00pm
Annual Membership:
The annual Juvenile Club Membership fee will be
€25 for one child and €50 for 2 or more children.
Where one of the parent/guardians is a member of
the Ballymore Eustace GAA Supporters Club the
Juvenile membership fee will be €10 for one child
and €20 for 2 or more children.
We will also collect €2 per family at each training
session. This money goes towards the club
maintenance costs, which includes playing gear,
travel expenses, referee fees and equipment
replacement.
If you are interested in helping in any way please let
us know, no previous experience is required and we
will arrange for coaching courses for anybody that is
interested.. (Many hands make light work).
Summer Camp:
The summer camp will take place from the 30th
June to the 4th July and will be open for children
from Senior infants to 6th class.
(More details to follow)
Coaching motto: Children first, winning second
Ballymore Eustace GAA Club
Juvenile Football & Hurling
St Oliver Plunketts:
The U14 team have played 2 games in the Feile B League.
On Sun. 2nd March. away to Suncroft and with the wind in their favour led 2-11 to 1-6 at half time. In the
second half Suncroft with the strong wind slowly notched their way back into the game and scoring a goal
with five minutes to go left only 3 points between the teams. Good commitment was shown by both teams
and in the end the lead built up by Plunketts in the first half and the determination by the backs in the second
left Plunkett with a final score of 2-14 to Suncroft 2-11.
On Sat. 8th March at home to St. Laurence's the pattern of the game was similar to the previous Sun. St.
Laurence's playing very good football led by 6 points at half time. In the second half St. Laurence's started
stronger and stretched the lead further. Plunketts battled hard through-out the field and this determination
paid off as they slowly got back on level terms after 20 minutes. From there on they took control of the
game and finished 3-15 to St. Laurence's 3-5.
St. Oliver Plunketts U14 in Suncroft
Back Row: Owen Rafter, Stephen Murphy, Tim Dunleavey, Patrick Ruff, Mark Sherry, Stephen Fitzsimons,
Keith Brady, Scott Hewitt Murphy, Jake Burke, Adam Fitzsimons.
Front Row: Mark Slevin, Patrick Langan, David Murphy, Eoin Woods, Adrian Quirke, Ronan Breslin, Glen
Burke, Tom Higgins, Chris Healy, Adam Burke.
Coaching motto: Children first, winning second