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Junior Bs disappoining exit from C C'ship
JFC C St Sylvesters 0-5 Lucan Sarsfield 2-12 We ended up losing by a big margin but, to be fair, we were well in contention for about 50 minutes. We started well, made a lot of scoring opportunities, but did'nt take enough of our chances and Lucan came back stronger to lead five points to four at the break. The second half proved more difficult. We did make some chances but, except for a nice point by Karl Hand, we continued to miss the posts or take the wrong options.
Seniors win again in the league
AFL1 St Judes 0-12 St Sylvesters 1-11 Another good win away to Judes, another good day for Ross and Shane in the middle of the field, Fionn (after a nice rest with the Dublin U21s) did a good job on Dubs star Kevin McMeniman, Nigel continuing his good form with 1-3, Aido continuing his recovery with a few points, Darren's first outing with us this year . . . team is starting to take shape.
U12 footballers at 'Stade de Bridgefild'
On a Sunny evening in the 'stade de Bridgefild' St Sylvester's U12's took on St Finians. The first 10 mins was tight and then flood gates opened. 3 goals and 2 points scored by midfield wizard Liam 'Messi' shalloe and a solid up and down the field performance by Sean 'the engine' O'Donnell meant that on this day Syls would be hard to beat.
U16As great win over Clontarf
U16FC A St Sylvesters 3-10 Clontarf 0-11Best display in years for a rejuvenated U16A team at Bridgefield today against a strong Clontarf. I could say we won it with a great defensive effort but, then again, I could also credit a hard working midfield or an excellent forward division, especially the full line. Maybe I'll leave it to Mike to give us the details. Next Saturday 2nd round v Cuala or Maurs at Bridgefield again, worth watching.
Some great wins this weekend
AFL1 St Judes 0-12 1-11 St Sylvesters IFC Syls 1-08 Ballyboughal 1-04 JFCB Syls 0-14 SOPER 0-08 JFCC Syls 0-05 Lucan 2-12 AFL1 Syls 1-11 St Judes 0-12 MHL2 Syls 0-7 Faughs 3-11
Girls Feile - so close and yet so far!
The Girls Feile was held in Broomfield and Mearnogs last Saturday. Thanks to all who helped in the preparation and on the day. The Broomfield pitched were in great condition and everyone was looked after very well with excellent catering offerings. On the field of play, it was a bitter sweet day where we experienced all of the highs and lows of sport.
U12 hurlers flying high
Great win today for Syls u12A hurling team. Came back from 3-6 to 1-4 down with 10min to go to record an amazing last puck of the game win 3-7 to 3-6 over a strong Kilmacud Crokes team. This team is now unbeaten in competitive matches since the end of the 2010 season and are now poised for a high seeding in this year's League. Well done to all the lads, their coaches and mentors. Eugene
U16Bs lose at Lusk
U16FC C Chu Culainn (Lusk Man of War) 4-18 St Sylvesters 3-04 Playing a team from two leagues above them proved a little too much for our U16 B team in the C Championship at Lusk. We weren't helped losing keeper Conor Matthews before the throw in and Cian, Jake and Tommy out but Ronan Gaynor stood up tall and Sean Qiunn, James McKenna Byrne and Paul Ryan all battled hard throughout.
Summer Hurling Camp - bookings open
Colm O'Connor is running his Dublin North Summer Hurling Camp again this year on starting 2nd July. Dublin star, Dotsie O'Callaghan will lead the coaching and it promises to be a great week for hurling - book early - see details attached
Coaching and Development Drills – Hurling & Football
A number of the coaches from the younger teams have asked me to put together the attached document which brings in a number of drills of various complexity and fun games. Thanks, Ernie
U13 Footballers two good wins
The under 13s A and B teams had 2 good wins on tuesday evening, the A team travelled to cuala and after some wayward shooting and a nervous period in the second half managed to close out the game and won comfortably in the end on a score line of 5-20 to 4-4.
Girls in Div1 Feile this weekend in Broomfield
St Sylvesters Girls will be competing in Division 1 Feile in Broomfield this weekend. Our Feile group, which consists of Slys, Ballyboden, Castleknock and Robert Emmets, will be tough but hopefully the girls can perform well on the day and do themselves justice. All support we can get will be greatly appreciated.
Syls girls help launch Ladies Football Feile 2012
Moya Cowley and Aobh Hyland of St Sylvesters U14 who wil compete in the Feile 2012, pictured at launch of Feile. Feile will be played on Saturday 21st April in St Sylvesters & Naomh Mearnog, the finals will be played on Sunday 22nd Apil in Parnell Park. Thanks Peter Hickey
Dave Magrath sudden death
It is very sad to report the sudden death of Dave Magrath in Inis Oirr last weekend. Dave was a very active player and coach at Sylvesters in the 80's and 90's and with Naomh Padraig in California. Our deepest sympathies go to Dave's family and friends. Funeral arrangements are reposing from 2.00pm at Staffords Portmarnock and 6.00pm at St Sylvesters Church on Thursday and burial after 12.00pm mass on Friday.
Minor Girls going well
The Minor Girls team had two great wins over the past couple of days. After losing the first match away to a very strong Fingallians side a few weeks back they played Raheny in Broomfield on Sunny Saturday and won the game by 12 points Syls 4-7 Raheny 1-4. They traveled to the other side of the Estuary on this cold wet windy Monday night where they beat St Pats of Donebate St Pats 0-1 Syls 0-4. The girls did not have a single official Minor Player (DOB 1994) on either night and they showed a great fighting spirit to win both games.
St Sylvester’s GAA club notes 15th April
The intermediate hurlers had a very comprehensive 12 point victory over Faughs. The junior 9 hurlers scored 5-8 in their victory over Lucan Sarsfields. Hillary Murray Hession, Andrew Richardson, David Keogh and Alan Morris picked up National Hurling League division 3 winners medals with Fingal in a proud day for club and county. The ladies football team were goal hungry with 6 of the best in their victory over Lucan.
Fingal National Hurling League 3A Champions
Congratulations to the Fingal Hurlers winning their second trophy of the season but, unfortunately, in very unsatisfactory circumstances. Reading the accounts of this fiasco in the National newspapers I can only sympathise with the Fingal and Monaghan hurlers that the powers that be in the GAA let the game be cancelled without raising an the slightest protest. Not good enough.
U14 footballers hard win in the Cup
Our u14 football team won their 2nd game in the U14 Football Cup against a hard working Erins Isle team in Bridgefield. The team is a mixture of our two u14 teams and because both path panels train together the players work hard for each other resulting in some fine scores and in particular a number of well taken goals. Although there was only a goal between the teams with 10 mins to play, we defended well with Jack Hussey and Luke Cassidy putting in a lot of hardwork. Our forwards responded with some goods scores to ensure a win for Syls..
U14 hurlers great comeback
U14H Div2 St Sylvesters 3-16 St Oliver Plunkets ER 5-07 A storming finish producing five points without reply saw the U14 win a game that seemed to be running away at one stage.
U16 hurlers win over O'Tooles
U16H Div3 St Sylvesters 5-14 O'Tooles 0-05 The scoreline certainly flattered us as O'Tooles fought from start to finish but struggled to score against a hard working backline with Danny Colclough very sharp in our goals. Up front Shane Nangle celebrated his first game of the year with 2-07 with Simon, Eoin K, Colm and Ciaran O'Carroll also on target.
Stephen Cunningham at midfeild for Dublin Minors
Stephen is starting and Conor Ryan is in the subs for Dublin's first outing in the Championship Leinster MFC first round at Dr Cullen Park (7.0)
Adult Ladies Win in Inter League
The adult ladies intermediate team had a conviencing victory against Lucan Sarsfields in Broomfield on Wednesday evening. A great work ethic across the team mixed with some super scores in both halves never left the result in doubt. Final score, Syls 6-10, Lucan 1-7.
Intermediate Hurlers continue impressive start!
AHL3 Faughs 0.05 St Sylvesters 0.17 Our Intermediate Hurlers continued their winning start to the season with a 12 point win against Faughs in Tymon North. At half time though we only led by 6 points to 4 having laboured a lot in front of goal registering 10 wides. The backs were superb throughout and on the resumption our forwards settled and some fantastic scores followed.
Ladies Section AGM - 19th April at 9pm
Please note that the Ladies Section AGM will be held in the clubhouse on the 19th April at 9pm. The Officer positions for election on the night are: Chairperson Secretary Co Board Delegate Ladies Section Executive Representative Anyone interested in applying for the above roles should email their notification to Cliodhna@dolmen-insurance.ie by 5pm on Tuesday, the 17th April.
St Sylvester’s GAA club notes 9th April
Nominations for positions and motions for the AGM must be received by Thursday April 12th. The AGM takes place on Thursday April 26th.
Bag packing a big success - thanks and well done
Last Saturday we had a fundraiser in dunnes stores in the pavilions swords where we had over 40 volunteers packing bags to raise money for the juveniles of st. Sylvesters. This turned out to be a great success with 1200 euro being raised through the huge efforts from parents of our young players.
Barney McKenna RIP - Up The Dubliners
Sad to hear the passing of the wonderful and original Dubliner Barney McKenna. Barney dropped by for St Stephens Day 2009 to give Eddie and Aine a hand with their VdeP fundraiser and and he gave us a tune with Eddie and Betty. We last saw him last Saturday week with Dubliners in Croker at the Dubs games. Bualla Bos agus Ar dheis De go raibh a anam.
Sweeney leads Dublin U21 attack in Leinster Final Victory
DUBLIN 1-16 LOUTH 0-8 A Ciaran Kilkenny-inspired Dublin under-21 side captured the Cadbury Leinster U21FC in emphatic fashion in Pairc Tailteann, Navan on Wednesday.
Planning application for Hurling Wall
Great to see Sylvester's Hurling Wall move on another step with this planning application to Fingal County Council F12A/0090 27-Mar-2012 Construct a new hurling wall together with associated lighting, fencing, and surfacing, and all other associated site works all at a site located to the rear of existing hockey pitch
Club's AGM takes places on Thursday 26th April
Nominations for positions on the Executive Committee should be submitted c/o the Secretary, 2 Church Rd by Thursday 12th April. A nomination requires a proposer and seconder and signature of consent by the nominee. Attached is a nomination form which may be used for this purpose. Also any motions for discussion at AGM must be submitted by 12th April.
Inters big win at Margarets
AFL3 St Margarets 1-04 St Sylvesters 1-16 We led by eight points to nil at one stage in the first half with Skinny Byrne and Mark Reilly completely dominating the middle and Keith, John Peacock and Damien sealing off the half line. Margarets finally scored a point followed by a classy breakaway goal and another point and it looked like game on with us facing a second half wind.
Win and a draw U16 Football
Syls 2-8 Scoil Úi Chonaill 3-5. After a slow start and conceding any early the lads got going and looked to be well in control up to half time with a good goal and a few nicely taken points. Scoil came back strongly in the closing stages and a draw probably fair enough in the end. The A team beat Nh Olaf 2-12 to 2-9 to move them up to 3rd in Div2
U14s leave it too late
U14F Div1 St Sylvesters St Johns Balinteer WE ere two points up at the break against the wind and, by all accounts, looking the stronger team. Nobody told Johns, however, who came out in the second half playing some fabulous football and knocking up 3-02 without reply before we got ourselves going again.
U9 girls make their debut
Syls U9 girls played their first matches Sunday morning at a sun drenched St Brigids. They competed brilliantly in a 4 team blitz and the future looks very bright for this group of players. Thanks to Ernie and Bernard for pictures
Hard fought draw for U16Bs
U16F Div7 Syls 2-8 Scoil Úi Chonaill 3-5. After a slow start and conceding any early the lads got going and looked to be well in control up to half time with a good goal and a few nicely taken points. Scoil came back strongly in the closing stages and a draw probably fair enough in the end.
Juniors win at Stars of Erin
AFL7 Stars 1-07 Syls 5-13Our junior 3 team make the long trip to Glencullen in the Dublin mountains to record an impressive won to maintain their 100% start in the league. It was an all round good team performance with the backs getting on top throughout and forwards converting the majority of scoring chances.
Some smashing scores in U13 game
The St Sylvester’s U13A team kicked off their league campaign on a sunny Saturday afternoon in the castle where last years Div 1 North champions were up against the Div 1 South champions, Kilmacud Crokes. It’s rare that a match lives up to its expectations but this one certainly did not disappoint.
Big win for seniors over Thos Davis
AFL1 St Sylvesters 2-18 Thos Davis 0-07 We don't often win over Davis so this was a surprisingly big win and maybe our team is starting to take shape. Micháel hit 7 and Nigel 5 points and by all accounts a lot of leadership. Unfortunately Dave Galvin and John Murphy both missed the game with long term injuries and we wish them a speedy recovery.
Syls in Minor Action.
Dessie Farrell's Dublin Minors retained the Leinster Minor League with three Syls lads in the starting linup - Stephen Scuby Cunningham, Dave Sexton and Conor Ryan. Kevin O'Flynn lined out at midfield for the Minor Hurlers in their win over Limerick. Nice to see Conor and Kevin out with our own minors on Sunday at Finbars.
Minor hurlers win at Finbars
MHL Div2 St Sylvesters 3 - 13 Naomh Fionnbarra 3- 7 It was a steady performance all around, we were up three points at half time. Fionnbars clawed it back to one point half ways through the second half but we pulled away finishing the stronger adding the last four points without reply.
Win away to Naomh Olaf in a hard fought match.
U16F Div2 Syls 2-12 Nmh Olaf 2-9 Syls U16A team came out with good result in a tough match against Naomh Olaf on Saturday. Unfortunately Syls gave away an early penalty in the first half. Matthew Rose-Nel went the right way and despite getting his hand to the ball it still flew into the back of the net
U11 hurlers unbeaten in A Division
The U11 hurlers maintained their unbeaten start to their first season in the A Division with a hard fought victory over a very good Nh Mearnog side at Bridgefield on Saturday. Games between the near neighbours are generally close and can go either way but it is to Syls credit that they fought hard for this win.
Nicky Cleere Trust
We are looking for ticket sellers to help the Nicky Cleere Trust and sell tickets for only €10 each . All tickets will be entered in to a raffle to win an exclusive 15 person corporate suite (plus lunch and refreshements) for either the hurling or football final. Each ticket seller who sells and returns more than 50 tickets will automatically be entered into a draw to win a pair of tickets - Draw 1 is two tickets for the Hurling Final and Draw 2 is two tickets for the Football Final. Want to know more? Visit www.nickycleeretrust.com or email sales@nickycleeretrust.com
Syls players in Leinster Minor League Final
Best of luck to Stephen Cunningham, Conor Ryan and David Sexton in the Minor Leinster League Final. Dublin V Meath Sat 31st in Navan, throw In 4.00 p.m.
Dermot Lally RIP
We regret to announce the tragic death of Dermot Lally , a former player of our club. Funeral Arrangments are as follows; Removal this evening (Wednesday) from Rock's Funeral Home, Swords to St. Nicholas of Myra Church, Kinsealy arriving 6.30 o'c. Funeral after 11 o'c. Mass tomorrow (Thursday) to Fingal Cemetery, Balgriffin.
The future is Blue
Daniel Murphy , Eoin Cooney and Mikey Meaney who all played a major part in North Dublin Colleges winning the under 14 Leinster Colleges " A " final in Kinnegad this week . The North Dublin squad beat combined Offaly Colleges in the final. A great achievement by the colleges and the thriving Dublin Hurling and it's great that Syls and Scoil Iosa are part of it.
Hurling . . another gift for the World
I only recently became aware of the spread of Irish Dance in Russia and places not directly associated with Ireland or Irish. Makes sense, it's a wonderful and social form of exercise and art. Gaelic football was very popular in schools in the San Francisco Bay Area in the '90s as an alternative sport. Again, made sense to me, it's a relatively easy game to play, inclusive and challenging. Never crossed my mind, however, that hurling would be attractive to 'Non Irish'. Seems to be hard enough to promote the game to many of our clubs in Ireland. Then we meet this Oyvind Dahl guy - see his email below.
Malahide Community School Mixed Football Tournament
Following an initiative suggested at our last Juvenile Committee meeting, the inaugural Malahide Community School 2nd Year Mixed Football Championship was hosted by Syls in Broomfield on Wednesday morning. Organised by Panner and Philip Reid with the help of Dave Peyton in the School the event was a huge success with a full turn out in glorious weather, fun and good football and refreshments and a cup sponsored by Autobar Vending (Anthony Cooney).
Three losses in Cup football
The Inters had a two point loss in a 'robust' game at Man of War, the Juniors by a single point over at Fingallians while the Junior Bs lost by 3-07 to 1-06 at Clontarf after being even for most of the game. (Sorry lads, I had robbed Derek of a well worked goal in the JuniorB game)
Three adult hurling wins for first time ever
The Inters recorded a very impressive win over Vincents at PNU yesterday while both junior teams also won well on Sunday against Civil Service and Raheny
Minor Bs spectacular comeback
Well done to St Sylvester’s Minor B team who completed a spectacular comeback to beat St Vincent’s in a keenly contested match in Broomfield. At one stage Syls trailed by 6 points in the second half but a great team performance saw them winning by a deserved 3 points.
U16 hurlers good win at Skerries
16H Div3 Skerries Harps 2-04 St Sylvesters 4-10 Second win of the season with lots of good hurling from both sides on a beautiful afternoon. The game was pretty even in general play but our defense has been pretty stingy with Killian Power and Barry Shearman very competitive, Danny making no mistakes and some good saves in goal and Paudi White very sharp in the corner.
St Sylvester’s GAA club notes March 25th
All three adult hurling teams recorded great wins this weekend. The intermediates led the way by defeating St Vincent’ by 15 points to 7 and Malahide Castle hosted the two victories by the junior teams. What is going on in hurling in the club?
Minor As impressive over Vincents
Both Minor Football teams played Vincents in Broomfield this morning. The As really opened up in the second half after being held to a single point at the break. Defensively we were always on top with Conor Quinn solid at fullback, Stephen Cunningham and Jack Hazely commanding in midfield and Conor Mullarkey and Mark Hazely very lively up front. Yet again we have high expectations of our Minors.
Syls U14s went paintballing
Syls U14s went paintballing in Louth on Sunday, both A and B team players had a great day. We then returned to the club and treated the players to Pizza. Thanks to the parents that helped with the transport.
Scoil Iosa Ladies Football
Scoil Iosa Senior Girls Gaelic Football Team & Mentors in Broomfield today Friday 23rd March 2012. They lost to a very strong Loretta Steven's Green Team in a Challenge game today. Loretta are a very strong team and most of their players are much older.
Young Syls and The Dubs
Best wishes to Sylvester's Louise Ryan who lines out today for the Dublin U16 girls in the Leinster Championship v Wexford. Stephen Cunningham, Conor Ryan and David Sexton have all been playing well with the Dublin Minor Footballers while Kevin O'Flynn has been playing with the Minor Hurlers. Great stuff, good luck to you all.
'Introduction to Handball' - coaching course for teachers
As part of the ongoing schools promotional drive, GAA Handball would like to announce eight 'Introduction to Handball' coaching courses specifically for primary and secondary school teachers. The courses are spread out across venues in Ulster and Leinster, and provide teachers with a great opportunity to learn various coching ideas and games to help incorporate Handball into their PE lessons. The courses are open to teachers from near and far, and are not specifically directed towards teachers and schools from the local vicinity.
Jim Stynes RIP - Paul Clarke to represent The Dubs at his funeral
We at Syls extend our condolences to the Stynes family on the passing of Jim who represented his family, the GAA and Ireland so well on the World Sporting Stage. It is a nice honour for Paul Clarke, currently coaching our senior footballers, to represent Dublin GAA at Jim's State funeral in Melbourne and he carries all our best wishes.
Sweeney leads Dublin attack
Gary is picked at centre forward for the Leinster U21 semi-final against Westmeath in Portlaois on Wednesday 7.30pm . . . best of luck lads.
Death of Elizabeth Clifford RIP (Ray's mother)
We would like to express our condolences to Ray and his family on the passing or Ray's mother Elizabeth (Lily) in Swords. Removal this Tuesday evening from Rock’s Funeral Home, Swords to St. Colmcille’s Church, Swords, arriving at 6pm. Funeral after 10am Mass tomorrow, Wednesday, to the adjoining cemetery
St Sylvester’s GAA club notes 18th March
The adult hurling and football teams are back action next week with a full programme of games. Our three adult hurling teams are back in action next Saturday and Sunday and hoping to build on their very impressive recent results. Please come along and support.
Maria Carroll performs 'From Russia with Love'
Maire Carroll, daughter of John Carroll and sister of Ronnie Carroll, will perform in 'From Russia with Love' at the RDS on Sunday April 1st. Maire, a pianist, was the national winner of the inaugural Hibernian Orchestra Concerto competition and she will perform the famous Rachmaninov 2nd piano concerto. Maire has been chosen as one of the three Irish finalists to compete at this year's Dublin International Piano Competition.
Syls U16 hurlers played a European selection
This week, young would be hurlers from Denmark, Norway, France and England are in Ireland to enjoy a three-day training camp conducted by Paudie Butler & Pat Daly in Ratoath GAA and to play a couple of friendlies against local opposition. And they did so with the financial backing of the EU. So on short notice we mustered a team to play an u16 International selection.
NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF ST SYLVESTER’S GAA CLUB HEREBY GIVES NOTICE OF ITS INTENTION TO CONVENE AN EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF THE REGISTERED FULL MEMBERS TO BE HELD ON THURSDAY, 29TH MARCH 2012 AT 8.30 P.M. AT 2 CHURCH ROAD, MALAHIDE
Dublin Games in Croke Park 24th. March
Preliminary Notice - Dublin League games in Croke Park on Saturday evening 24th March Football Dubs v Donegal; Hurling Dubs V Tipp Full Details later
Fundraising - Bag Packing Dunnes Stores Saturday 31st March
HELP NEEDED - FYI our U13 football team have organised bag packing in Dunnes Stores, Swords Pavilions Centre on Saturday 31st March between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.
No Juvenile fixtures 17th Mar
No fixtures this week. If you are arranging friendlies, please do let me know so that they can be cleared with County Board in advance.
u11 hurlers trip to Cuala….
Playing in the top section of u11 hurling has some disadvantages, early starts, long trips, tough teams but when the teams put in a performance like Saturday it renders all disadvantages obsolete. We play 2 11 a side teams with aggregate scores counting over the 50 minute matches. This was our second league game having beaten St. Marks narrowly in our first.
Paul Clarke coaching at Syls
Paul Clarke, All Ireland Medal winner with Dublin, former Dublin Senior Football team coach and now coaching our senior football team delivered a tackling session for our u14 football squads last night. We had 28 players at training , the lads really enjoyed it and were hanging on to Paul's every word. I would like to thank Paul for his help and expertise. Ciaran
Death of Sally Lynch RIP
We regret to announce the death of SALLY LYNCH wife of Mattie Lynch, two Life Members and great supporters of our club . She will brought to St Sylvesters Church on Monday arriving at 6:00pm . Funeral Mass on Tuesday at 11:00 - May she rest in peace
Two wins in Junior Leagues
Our good start to the season in junior football continued with two impressive wins. The AFL6 team travelled to Tallaght for a very competitive 2 point win over Thos Davis while the AFL9 team were six point winners over Oliver Plunketts scoring some wonderful points in a 0-14 to 1-07 win and only giving up the goal and few points very late.
U12 and U14 hurlers entertain Bishopstown from Cork
Bridgefield was a hive of hurling activity on Sunday morning as Bishopstown, in Dublin to watch Cork at Croke Park, had over 40 young hurlers.
Inters let it slip
AFL3 St Sylvesters lost by a point to St Finnians Swords after leading for most of the game but mostly by two or three. Finnians upped the pace in the last 10 minutes and scored a lovely punched goal off a crossed ball to take the lead late giving us little time to respond.
U16 hurlers - busy day off
With a double header in Corker, Syls was the popular choice amongst travelling teams for friendly matches and even though we didn't have a match ourselves it turned out to be one of our busiest days ever as we were required to give support to various teams. We deployed our troops on three fronts. Simon Owens, Shane Nangle, Ciaran O'Carroll & Barry Shearman were on the Dublin U16 panel playing Cork in DCU. All four lads played in a series of three matches and reports are that they all played well & did us proud winning their matches.
Ladies update
Another great weekend of results for sylvester's girls at both club and county level. Under 12 & U13 girls both had great league wins against Oliver Plunketts & Skerries. At Co level Kim White starred for the Dubs Minors in a big win against Louth. Our senior players travelled north to take on Donegal Ladies and came away with a big win and the points. Sinead Aherne bagged 2-5, Niamh McEvoy scored a goal and Nicole Owens got her first point for the senior Dubs. Sinead Tracey was rock solid at full back. Well done to all on another great weekend.
U16As win over Finbars
U16A Div2 St Sylvesters 1-13 Naomh Fionnbarra 2-3. Syls U16A returned to winning ways against Naomh Fionnbarra at Bridgefield. After the disappointment of a recent loss and having to concede a match it was great to see the players bounce back and show exactly what they are capable of.
Senior win in the league
AFL1 St Vincents 1-07 St Sylvesters 2-09 The goals won this one, a penalty by Gavin after good play by Micháel and a classy finish by Fionn Cahill in a first half where we threatened to run away with the game (Micháel hit the post after Ross set him up). We backed off a little in the second half without ever looking troubled. A nice late point from Eoin Boyne cheered me, I love the see the half backs supporting the forwards.
16Bs win at Na Fianna
U16F Div7 Na Fianna 2-08 St Sylvesters 3-09 Good fighting display in a second half that when we trailed twice but fought back each time. Some smart defending from Conor Matthews in goals, Sean Quinn and Ronan Gaynor, James McKenna Byrne caught good ball in the middle when needed and Sean Foley and Sean ? in the corer contributed the scores late, Foley's goal a gem.
Syls Legends on tour . . .
Monday March 5th was a lovely spring day. The sun shone. The bus arrived on time and the only delay was from all the handshakes and greetings as old acquaintances were renewed. The Malahide Lions Club sponsored the bus and got the first and biggest cheer of the day. The “hard chaws” as usual took up the back seat and were giving out lip from the start. Thankfully we had the civilizing influence of some lovely women.
A hurling story from An Fearr Rua
Michael Walsh captained The Rower - Inistioge to their only Kilkenny county senior hurling title. He died on 10th January. RIP