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Seniors win away to Mary's
AFL1 St Marys 0-09 St Sylvesters 0-13 A star display by Nigel Dunne with 9 points gave us a welcome away win. Alan Foy hit two nice second half points and was denied a a great goal by a fabulous save by the Mary's keeper. Ken Sweeney and Gavin contributed the other points.
Jackies regain Leinster
Congratulations to the Dublin Ladies and to our own Sinead Aherne and Niamh McEvoy regaining the Leinster title with a 14 point win over Meath. Peter Hickey has pictures at gaapics.com and the report is from hill16.ie
Death of Joseph Leahy RIP (father of Karen McArdle)
We would like to express our condolences to Karen McArdle on the passing of her father Joseph Leahy of Broomfield Malahide and to his grandsons Niall, Ciaran and Gavin who all lined out for Syls against Ballymun last Saturday.
Joe Hickey RIP (Jody's dad) - funeral mass Wednesday 10.00am
We are very sorry to report the sudden passing of Joe Hickey, father of Syls footballer and hurler Jody. From RIP.IE HICKEY Joseph (Joe) (Malahide) - July 6, 2013, (suddenly), beloved husband and best friend of Vera Hatch, adored father of Wendy, Cindy, Ruby and Jody and cherished grandfather of Connor and Amy; deeply regretted by his loving family, sons-in-law, sisters-in-law, brother-in-law, nephew, niece, relatives and friends.
Minor hurlers draw with Judes
MHL2 St Sylvesters 2-13 St Judes 2-13 After two great wins at Crokes and Scoil we were annihilated by Setanta so it was really interesting to see which Syls team showed up against unbeaten Judes. Thankfully it was the determined skilful variety as we gave our best display this year against some very strong opposition. It was great to have Alan Kavanagh and Jack back hurling and they grew in stature as the game progressed but all sixteen players contributed greatly.
Hurlers win well over Commercials
AHL3 St Sylvesters 1-17 Commercials 2-08 We won by 6 over Commercials after a sometimes fractious game in Broomfield. This keeps us in the hunt for promotion. Alan Morris got the goal from an unuasual position of corner forward. Stephen Keogh had a great runout at wing forward, the two O'Flynns in the middle and Dave Keogh at centre back were the pick of our lads. Hillary hit a few super long range points.
Seniors lose VdeP to Kickams
St Vincent de Paul Cup Final 2013 St Sy;lvesters 0-12 Ballymun Kickams 1-16 An early goal conceded and a few quick points was the difference in the usual competitive faire between these two teams.Ballymun led from start to finish and, except for the second quarter where we gained some control around the middle, we never really threatened their lead.
Great weekend for The Dubs
Can the Dublin Footballers really be that good . . . time will tell but they certainly look the part . . . and, what about the Hurlers . . . like the Germans or Man U or Kerry, you never beat The Cats in a replay . . . or, do you . . . Dennis Sweeney was in Portlaois . . . as was Colm, Fergus and Damian
Jackies face Meath in Leinster Final in Carlow on Sat 13th 5.00pm
Dublin coming off a superb win against Kildare, face Meath in the Leinster Final on Saturday next. In the semi- final the girls played a fast, free flowing brand of football and dominated in both halves. The interval score of 1.05 to 2.10 somewhat flattered Kildare. Dublin conceded a goal in the dying moments of the half.
Inters qualify for Loving Cup Final
LOVING CUP SEMI-FINAL: St. Sylvester's 0-13 Naomh Olaf 1-06 Our Intermediate footballers qualified for the semi-final of the Loving Cup with a strong performance against Naomh Olaf on Wednesday evening. With much greater mobility we overcame a game Naomh Olaf in Broomfield but only pulled away in the last 10 minutes.
Minors lose late to Lucan
In a game where the lead changed many times we lost to a late Lucan goal.
Inters win again over Vincents
AFL3 St Sylvesters 3-06 St Vincents 1-11 Another fine win keeping our promotion hopes alive. Thanks to Cathal for the reports. This was very much a game of two halves. With a strong wind blowing directly down the pitch from the school end towards the bull ring it was always going to be a case of building a lead and then defending it for the team that ended up playing with the with breeze in the first half.
Seniors lose in a cracker with Crokes
AFL1 St Sylvesters 1-10 Kilmacud Crokes 2-08 Tough one point loss after leading for most of a very high tempo game with a lot of what is good in Gaelic Football. Both sides were missing high profile players but that took nothing form the quality and effort. Syls dominated the first half with some quick open play and a great goal from Conor Daly but our old failing of slowing the delivery mid second half left Crokes into it and when they got all the frees in the second half (I think we got them in the first) they pipped us by a point. Have a look at the pictures.
Unders 16s show great spirit
The Under 16 footballers kept their top-four play-off hopes very much alive with a two points win over Geraldine Morans at Bridgefield on Thursday. With the league campaign closing down for July, the 5-6 to 3-10 win – the team’s fifth success from their last six games – consolidated thier third place position in the league and was down to great team spirit in the face of a late onslaught from the southsiders.
Junior Bs go out of Championship
JFC D St Oliver Plunketts ER 1-08 St Sylvesters 0-07 A disappointing second half display with a good wind in our backs after staying in the game against a strongish wind in the first. Similar to the Junior A team earlier in the week, we took the wrong options up front and failed to capitalise on sufficient possession to convert on the scoreboard.
Mark Reilly goal secures great draw for Inters
AFL3 Clontarf 0-12 St Sylvesters 2-06 A late punched goal by Mark earned u sthe draw against table toppers Clontarf and keeps us well in contention in AFL3. On what was a glorious evening for Football Syl's and Clontarf produced an extremely entertaining game that kept the supporters on the edge of their seats right up to the final whistle
Minor hurlers good win over Scoil
MHL 2 St Sylvesters 8-10 Scoil Ui Conaill 2-08 A surprisingly easy win for the minors, second in a row, over a Scoil team that usually put it up to us. In fairness, the general play was fairly even but we kept the goals out when it mattered and benefited from a few misjudgments into the sun to give us goals that effectively killed off the game. Colm Byrne was again in top form and supported by Shane, Simon, Eoin Mc and Jamie firing over some very sweet points, while Colm Boran, Paul Ryan, Eoin Cooney and Mikey contributed goals.
Seniors win over Raheny
AFL1 St Sylvesters 0-16 Raheny 1-06 Gabrial was pleased with the result with a skeleton panel - Gavin McArdle had a fine game in mid field . . .
Tough loss in Junior Football Championship
JFC C St Sylvesters 0-07 St Brigids 3-07 Slipped away in the last few minutes after we had generally outplayed Brigids but could not translate to scores. We had a lot of possession in both halfs but, in truth, I felt the Brigids backline were very strong and continually closed us down and dispossessed our forwards.
U15s third win in a row
u15f Div2 St Sylvesters 3-10 Ballymun Kickams 2-07 Very impressive win over a strong Ballymun in Broomfield on Tuesday evening after Mun had led for a long while. Another chance to further improve our position against Vincents on Thursday evening.
U12 Football 8 Matches in 7 days
Fresh from their trip to Ardara, the U12 footballers were straight back in to League action with a bang. Not only had we our normal 4 matches but we also had the 4 that had been rearranged due to the Donegal trip.
U8s at Carryduff in Co Down
At 7am on Saturday morning 30+ boys, coaches and parents, travelled to Carryduff GAC, Co Down, to play in a U8 Tournament. A great day was had, everyone got a medal and the boys got to play up 5 different teams from across Northern Ireland. Teams included, Lavey, St Galls, Maghera, Clan Na Gael, Burren,Moy, Clann Eireann, Magherafelt, St Johns, Kilcoo, to name a few.
Syls U12s in GAA Respect Poster
This photo was taken two years ago in Wexford Park after Dublin hurling league match -v- Wexford. We had what are now the current U12's down for friendly matches against Glynn-Barntown of Wexford, followed by trip to the inter-county match. After that match ended, as the Dubs were warming down, our lads decided to join in much to the amusement of all!!.
St Sylvester’s GAA club notes 23rd June
There is football championship this week with the junior B team playing at home to St Brigid’s on Tuesday evening. The junior D team play away to St Oliver Plunkett’s on Thursday also in the championship.
Leinster U14 Football Blitz at Broomfield 6th July
I think we have a few Syls involved . . . Luke, Daniel, any more?
Inters in Loving Cup semi's . .
Our intermediate footballers finished their program of round robin games in the Loving Cup a couple of weeks ago with a win over Naomh Barrog which left them on top of their group but waiting on St. Vincent's to finish off their games before knowing how the semi-finals would work out.
Junior Hurlers win in C'ship over Brigids
JHC C Syls 3-11 Brigids 1-11 . . . the hurlers were a little behind for a lot of the game but came through strong in the last third for a good win . . . I saw the evergreen midfield partnership of Pat Hoyne and Colm O'Connor stepping up the pace and a minors Eoin Mc and Eoin K contributing good scores . . .
Hurlers retain Senior status despite loss
SHC B KIlmacud Crokes 0-16 St Sylvesters 1-07 An early goal didn't give us the momentum needed to overcome a very slick Crokes B team who picked off their points in a crisper fashion than we could muster. Despite the loss we stay in the championship and retain senior status due to our head to head win over Nmh Barróg who lost late to Kevins.
Seniors qualify for another VdeP final
We won over Thos Davis last evening . . . I heard Micháel scored 9 points, 7 from play . . . believe we have Ballymun in the final
Former Syls players honoured in US
Pat ‘SQUEE’ Durnin from the hill and Paul Kelly from Chalfont were honored along with 4 other recipient’s at a dinner dance for their work with the Young Ireland’s GAA club in Philadelphia. They received awards as the original founders of the club which was founded in 1985
Yet another memorable trip to Ardara
At the end of a long weekend the Post Master in Divers came out from behind the counter to tell us that the boys were a credit to their club and families and to wish us all the best. That summed up the U12s trip to Ardara where we made loads of new friends and had a fun packed weekend.
Yet another memorable trip to Ardara
At the end of a long weekend the Post Master in Divers came out from behind the counter to tell us that the boys were a credit to their club and families and to wish us all the best. That summed up the U12s trip to Ardara where we made loads of new friends and had a fun packed weekend.
Another impressive win for Inters
AFL3 St Sylvesters 3-09 St Finbarrs 4-03 Our Intermediate footballers rounded off a very productive week with a hard fought 3pt win over a very strong Naomh Fionnbarra side on Saturday evening. A win that has us right in contention, only 2 points behind table toppers Clontarf, at the half way stage in the competition.
Junior Bs look strong
Junior D Championship Rosmini Gaels 1-5 St Sylvester’s 2-12 The junior football team were also in good scoring form with a very good championship victory over Rosmini. With Derek Roche at centre back and Shay Keogh in the middle we certainly had experience on the field and with Tricky O'Donnell on form at corner forward we kept the scoring ticking over.
St Sylvester’s GAA club notes
AFL1 St Sylvester’s 0-17 O’Tooles 1-5 A steady stream of good scores and a very mean defence gave us a comfortable lead going into the final quarter. Even manager, Gabriel Bannigan should have been pleased with this performance. Saturday’s game against St Maur’s was abandoned just after we scored to lead the game in the second half.
Senior match abondened at Rush due to rain
AFL1 St Maurs 1-06 St Sylvesters 0-10 Match Abandoned . . .Downpour started when the ball was thrown in and ended five minutes after the match was abandoned mid second half. We had just scraped our way into the lead over a very game Maurs
Inter footballers back to winning ways
AFL3 Naomh Olaf 0-11 St. Sylvester's 2-11 After losing our last two league games the pressure was on the get back to winning ways in the league. When Mark Finnerty hit the net with 30 seconds on the clock the stage was set for our lads to produce one of their best performances of the season so far.
St Sylvester’s GAA club notes 9th June
AHL3 St Sylvester’s 2-10 Parnells 2-19 A severely depleted intermediate hurling team could not provide the answers for a very sharp Parnells outfit. Barry Kiely scored a goal and a point early in the second half to provide some hope but Parnell’s kept the scoreboard ticking over more consistently.
U13 hurlers featured in Evening Herald
Nice report and pictures in the Herald - unfortunately the U13 hurlers were pipped at the post at Old Conna on Saturday after leading for most of the game. See report attached
U12 Football – 3 Wins and a good training session
The U12 footballers continued their good form with 3 wins in their recent round of games. The A team faced off against a very strong Clontarf team who were just behind us in 3rd place in the league and always give us problems but on this occasion we put in a hardworking and skilful display to run out 7-08 to 2-09 winners. We are now second in Division 1 and playing some good football.
Paul McBride golfing for Ireland
Best of luck to Paul Mc Bride who was selected for the Ireland U. 18 golf team to compete in the Home Internationals. The event will take place in Baltray G.C and their first game will see them take on England on Tuesday 7th August, with further games against Scotland and Wales. Paul is also joined on the team by fellow Scoil Iosa student and golfing talent Gavin Moynihan. Best of luck lads and if the golf doesn’t work out there’s always a place on the Football and Hurling team.
Paul McBride 4th in East of Ireland
Congrats to our Minor Footballer and Hurler, Paul McBride who finished 4th in the East of Ireland Golf Championship against the top amateurs in the country, a mighty achievement and another great Malahide Golfer for sure.
John Jockser Coughlan
The first in a series (hopefully a long one) of interviews with club members, prominent and otherwise and who better to start with than our Senior Football Captain John Coughlan . . of course, Sinead Tracy is also our Senior Football Captain and we'll certainly feature Sinead very soon . . but, anyway, let's go Jockser . . from Brian 'Damage' Danaher . .
St Sylvester’s GAA club notes 2nd May
At juvenile level our under 14s take on St Jude’s in division 1 on Saturday at 14.00 in Bridgefield. Give yourself a treat and support this fantastic team.
Inters lose in a ding dong battle
AFL3 St Sylvesters 0-12 Castlenock 2-12 Cracking game in pitch 2 tonight saw the Inters lose to a strong Castlenock but definitely not without a fight. We hit the bar and drew a great save from the opposing keeper in the middle of the second half that thwarted our comeback. Cotsie will hopefully send a report.
Second draw puts girls out of Senior Championship
Ladies Senior Championship St Sylvesters 0-10 St Brigids 1-07 A valiant effort by the girls getting their second draw in their first ever senior championship campaign but it wasn't enough to qualify for the knockouts. There was no doubt that Brigids were a top class senior team but our girls stayed with them to the end with the lead changing hands a few times in the final quarter.
Two big wins for Hurlers
AHL3 St Sylvesters 3-18 St Judes 0-11 Played Saturday - St Sylvesters 1-12 Thos Davis 1-11 played Wednesday. Wednesdays win over Davis at Broomfield was a a superb comeback after being down by 7 points at one stage. Gareth brought a bit of pep into the half back line and Nigel finished with a super goal and a cheeky point. Saturday we travelled with a very tight panel but everyone contributed to a great win, even Hillary Cluxton Murray-Hession scoring from 100 yards and Enda scored a goal coming off the bench.
U8 hurlers take on O'Tooles
Fantastic hurling Skills on show in Malahide Castle as the U8's hosted O'Tooles, in fine weather for a change. Under Armour swapped for Sun Cream and parents spotted with Deck chairs. Pics from Peter Hickey, fabulous
Feile Football report - belated
Sorry I'm late posting this report - Feile this year ended in disappointment for our under 14s as we failed to qualify out of the group stage, having lost Daniel denneher to injury a week before the tournament the lads were always going to have it all to do.
U14's topple Feile Champions Ballyboden
Congratulations to Ballyboden St Endas winning both Football and Hurling Feiles - a magnificent achievement. Syls under 14s got back to winning ways on Thursday evening against feile champions ballyboden st endas, with a lot of injuries and the first year exams up and running we were down to the bare bones numbers wise, we had 16 players on the night but every one of them played their heart out.
Girls stay alive in Senior Championship
Following last weeks 2pt defeat to Ballyboden, Syls girls travelled to Clann Na Gael for their 2nd senior championship game. After playing against a strong wind in the first half the girls trailed by 4 points at the break.
U12 Football 2 Wins, 1 draw and one defeat!
Firstly, congratulations to the 5 Syls players who won SFAI Cup medals will Malahide United last Saturday - Sean Gibson, Denis Smith, Simon Murphy, Josh Bannon and goalscoring hero Sean Guiden. Well done on behalf of the U12 players and Management
Intermediate Football Update
Over the last couple of weeks the Intermediate footballers have had three important wins in the cup and vitally, the 1st round of the intermediate championship. The end result of these games is that they have now qualified for the semi-final of the Loving Cup and we will in the hat when the draw for the 2nd round of the IFC is made on 12/06. Here's a quick round up of the games.
John Ryan RIP - former Chairman of St Sylvesters
John Ryan passed away this evening, May he Rest in Peace. John was Chairman in 1984 when the clubhouse was opened on Church Road, played on the junior football team that won our first ever Championship and was always a hardworking and well respected member of the club,
TABLE QUIZ In aid of NCBI
. . working for people with sight loss. Where : St Sylvester’s G A A Club, Church Road, Malahide When: Thursday, May 30th at 8:30 p.m. Tables of 4- €40 per table Why not come along and join in the fun and support a good cause at the same time?!!
Malahide young chess players prepare for All-Ireland finals
Members of Malahide Junior Chess Club, which meets in St Sylvester’s Club, are currently preparing for the All-Ireland finals( u16 Chess)taking place in Athlone over the week-end 25th & 26th May.
St Sylvester’s GAA club notes 19th May
The senior, intermediate and junior A football teams have all qualified for cup semi-finals. The fourth team had a great win over Naomh Barrog in glorious sunshine in Malahide.
Colm Byrne wins it for Minor Hurlers
MHL 2 Kilmacud Crokes 3-15 St Sylvesters 4-14 A rousing win having been six behind with 10 minutes remaining, Colm Byrne simply decided to change things as he drove through for two excellent goals. Conor Dwyer added the winning points while Killian Power and Thomas won the balls that mattered in defense to give us a most satisfying win. It was a good game for us from the start as Crokes had some fine hurlers, as usual, but we stayed with them throughout and it was only in the last quarter that they seemed to have us beat before Colm intervened.
U9s win at Kilmacud Blitz
Sorry boys, a week late. There was a great buzz in the club last Sunday afternoon when Ray, Shay and Podge returned from the Crokes Tournament where our B team won. Ray Flannery sent a few pictures . . .
Hurlers let it slip at Finglas
SHC B Erins Isles 1-17 St Sylvesters 1-14 We recovered very well from a very slow start but couldn't quite finish it off and Isles pulled away in the last quarter. Isles striking into the wind in the first half was excellent and they opened up a good lead into the wind before a few positional changes got us going and we got back to a one point deficit, 10 to 9 at the break.
Quiz for Oxfam
I am involved in a 50k trek for Oxfam across the Mourne Mountains with four of my friends on June 15th-we hope to do this in 14-16 hours. To do this event, we must raise over €2k and we are doing a Table Quiz next Friday 24th in St Sylvesters Gaa Clubhouse to try raise a large portion of this money.
Ollies win Fingal Primary Schools League
St Oliver Plunketts Girls gaelic football team have a great win in the final of the Fingal Primary schools league. The final of the Fingal National Schools League was played in Parnell Park on Tuesday, 14th May, with Ollies facing off against Skerries. This was the same Ollies team that had endured heartache in Croker earlier in the year when losing the Cumann na mBunscoil final. But they made no mistake this time. This was a very hard fought victory and the girls had to show great belief.
Golf Society News - May 2013
Latest News up-date from St Sylvesters Golf Society: Heritage Outing Sat 4th May: We had a very enjoyable outing to the Heritage Golf Club on Saturday for the Mick Morris Memorial trophy. With lovely weather the members that travelled produced some excellent golf and the winners were:
INVITATION TO ALL OUR MEMBERS, FRIENDS AND SUPPORTERS
Broomfield Sunday 12th - Big Day Out starting at 1.00pm. We take the next step in developing our facilities at Broomfield when we TURN THE SOD for our new Ball Wall, we are launching a Buy-a-Brick Fundraiser and, of course, we host about 120 children in our ever colourful Annual Mini-All-Ireland Finals. We invite all our members, friends and supporters to join us for a great day for St Sylvesters.
Tribute to John 'Skinner' Ryan
Very sad tonight to hear of the death of the Great Sylvester's Legend and proud to say a great friend John (Skinner) Ryan. Skinner captained Syls to Junior Championship Victory in Croke Park in 1963 the same year that the Dubs (Captained by Des Foley) won the All Ireland. The same Syls team went Intermediate & then Senior within a few years.
Seniors Footballers navigate first hurdle in Championship
SFC 1st Rd St Sylvesters 2-16 Clontarf 3-07 Good game of football without really having the intensity of championship against Div3 Clontarf. With two goals in the first half, one a cracker from new Dubs star Jack McCaffrey, Clontarf put it up to us but we seemed to be able to respond with points from Micháel, Nigel and Mark and still lead 0-10 to 2-01 at the break.
U14s in Feile na nÓg
Football Feile was last weekend where our A team missed qualification by a single point against Crokes after beating Lucan.
Four teams U12 all doing well
The Under 12 footballers had a busy weekend fielding 4 teams in the second round of fixtures in the league. It is a credit to all the players that we are managing to field 4 teams and do so to a high standard.
Dublin Minor Girls Leinster Champs 2013
Congratulations to Niamh Harney & Ciara Lynch who won Leinster Minor medals for Dublin V Meath on Sunday in Clane Co. Kildare. The final score Dublin 2-14 Meath 0-4. They will now play the Ulster Champions in the All Ireland Semi Final in July.
Certified Fitness Trainer - 50% discount for Syls members
Offered by Aiden Mahon
Paddy Barnes RIP (Des' brother)
We send our condolences to Des Barnes and the lads on the passing of Des's brother Paddy who has lived in England for a long while. Paddy, of course, played with Syls, and his funeral is next week - I'll post details.
U12 Disco Dancing
The U12s ran their first fundraising disco in the club on Friday 19th and it was a great success with almost 150 5th and 6th class students coming along. The music had everyone up dancing all night and thanks to Gary, Stephen and Micheal for their help with the hall and all the parents, especially the mothers, who came along to supervise. We will be running another disco on the 31st of May so see you all there......
St Sylvester’s GAA club notes 5th May
Next Sunday May 12th we have the Audi North Sponsored Mini All Ireland Final in Broomfield. This will coincide with the sod turning ceremony at 16.30 for our new ball wall and the launch of our Buy a Brick fundraising drive to improve our playing facilities. Please come along and enjoy a great day of celebration.
Goals sink us in 2nd round of Senior Hurling C'ship
SHC B St Kevins 5-09 St Sylvesters 2-15 Five goals are too much to recover from, especially as a few were of the softish variety and spoiled a gutsy all round display in our second Snr Hurling game against a vastly more experienced Kevins Hurling Club over in Dolphin Park. We started well but didn't take our scores and Kevins stole a couple of goals off slow reactions in our defense.
Minor Girls Top Team North of Liffey
St Sylvesters Minor girls became the top team North of the Liffey with one game to go in this years Minor Division One League. They have beaten all of the four other North Dublin Div 1 teams Fingallians, Clontarf, Na Fianna, and last night Castleknock's A team. Last nights game V Castleknock A was played on a nice but windy evening in Broomfield.
*MALAHIDE CLASSIC CAR SHOW TO BRING IRELAND'S VERY FIRST CAR HOME*
On Sunday 19th May the Grand Hotel Malahide will play host to the 2nd *Malahide Classic & Vintage Motor Show *a charity fundraiser by *Malahide Lions Club. The first petrol-driven car in Ireland, a Mercedes Benz Velo Comfortable, was imported in 1898 by Dr. John Colohan then owner of the Grand Hotel.
Colm Doyle RIP (U15 player Christian's dad)
It is with much regret that we have learned of the passing of Colm Doyle father of Christian Doyle of the under 15 football team. Well done to our U15s and Malahide Rugby U15s for forming a guard of honour at the church, nice gesture lads. Solas na bhFlaitheas ar a anam uasal.
U12 hurlers on a roll
The U12 hurlers finished the grading part of the season on a high on Saturday with a two great victories on the field, and later another at a Ball Wall tournament hosted by O’Tooles where we emerged victorious in dramatic fashion!
Minor As lose at Na Fianna
MFL1 Na Fianna 1-17 St Sylvesters 0-08 The score doesn't tell the story well from our perspective. We have suffered many big defeats to this All Ireland winning Na Fianna side over the years and with Simon sidelined through injury and losing Jack two minutes into the game, things looked bad. We gave up a goal and a few points but I must say the lads rallied well and played some of their best football in a long while.
U8 hurling pictures
Some pics from the U8 hurlers who played Whitehall in glorious sunshine on Saturday morning in Malahide Castle. Peter