Hurling news and reports
Syls man on the Walker Cup Team
Congratulations to Trish and Dave Mc Bride with their son Paul being selected on the Walker Cup Golf Team. The only Irish man on the team. A true syls hurling family, Dave has been associated with football but mainly involved with hurling teams from juvenile level to senior level. Paul a noted hurler himself as you will see from articles below.
St Sylvesters Advanced Hurling Camp with Dublin Hurlers
St Sylvesters Advanced Hurling Camp with Dublin Hurlers 3rd July - 7th July
Free Style Hurling Friday Fever!
Pat Hoyne, a noted hurler and coach within the club, is organising a free-for-all hurling session at the ball wall for anyone who would like to come along – all ages, all teams - starting this Friday 25th May evening going forward (from 6.15pm to 7.15pm).
Syls Seniors Football continue good run in AFL1
AFL 1 St Sylvester’s 3-15 Clontarf 0-05 Our men’s senior team kept up their recent good run of results going with a comprehensive win of over division 1 newcomers Clontarf in Broomfield last night. The visitors started brightly with two quick points but once out lads got into their stride it was all one way traffic. We got two goals either side if half time through Alan Foy and Gary Sweeney that put a real gap between the teams that Clontarf were never able to come close to closing.
Syls defeat Lucan after extra-time
ST SYLVESTER'S 1-16 LUCAN SARSFIELDS 1-12 (After extra-time) St Sylvester's eventually progressed to the last-eight of the Dublin SFC following this second round victory after extra-time in Finglas on Friday night. In a pulsating battle the Malahide men found the scores in extra-time to secure victory with late points form Alan Foy, Conor Meaney and Ed Walsh sealing victory for Jack Sheedy's side
Junior Hurling Championship win vs Scoil Ui Chonaill
Junior Bs Championship RD1: St Sylvesters 2-8 Scoil Ui Chonaill 0-9 ( 7th May 2017- Broomfield) Very good result against a well drilled and organised Scoil Team. A nice blend of experience and youth paid dividends in this tightly contest match. The experience (aka the ould lads..! ) provided by Hillary, Ciaran Murray, Colm O’Connor and Ian McCafferty. The youth supplied by minor players Barry Crosse and Daniel Mannix, both played excellently. Scores provided by Colm O’Connor (2-4), Ian McCafferty (0-1), Denis Coffey(0-1), Eoran O’Reilly(0-1), Deccy Markey (0-1) Next Champ Match: Thursday 8th June vs Wild Geese, 19:30 Oldtown
Support for Senior Footballers in Championship
Senior Football Championship -Friday May 12th V Lucan at Erin's Isle 7.15pm Our club secretary is reaching out to Juveniles/Parent to support the Senior Football Team in their second round Championship game v Lucan.
Hurlers go down to Raheny
SHC B St Sylvesters 1-09 Raheny 0-16 A late goal took a little edge off the score but we were this far off Raheny in Broomfield in front of a decent crowd last evening. We started well and matched Raheny point for point but they were getting well on top from the possession perspective and always looked more comfortable to a disappointing Syls. We really need to up our point scoringand making space outfield as we seem to always be battling in heavy traffic and consequently under pressure.
Free-for-all on hurling wall
Pat Hoyne, Chairman of the Juvenile Section of the Club, is organising a free-for-all hurling session on the ball wall for anyone who would like to come along – all ages, all teams - starting this Saturday evening from 5pm to 6pm (before the Senior Hurling match on Pitch 1). If there appears to be an appetite for it, then he would be proposing to keep doing it every Friday evening going forward (probably from 6.15pm to 7.15pm, to be confirmed). It will be a casual, informal, free style, type session, with a few mini skills competitions for different groups. So if you are at loose end this Saturday evening, or Fridays going forward it might be worth checking out!
Junior hurlers impressive win over Finbars
AHL6 St Sylvesters 4-17 Naomh Fionnbarra 2-13 Good lively game in Broomfield and Syls came our with an impressive win in a well contested competitive game. Defensively we were pretty solid against a lively Finbars, David Kennedy in goal taking off a number of important saves, Derek Morris was very solid at fullback and Eoin Mc lively in covering along with Philip Ryan. Eamon McLoughney looked good up front along with Thanks to Aoife McLoughney for the pictures.
Hurlers let it slip after good comeback
AHL3 Scoil Uí Chonaill 1-11 St Sylvesters 1-08 A poor first half put us a hole losing 1-07 to 0-03 at the break. In fact, all Scoil's scores came in the first 20 minutes, we held them tight for the remainder of the half but poor shooting and decision making did't convert our supremacy into scores. We continued to dominate after the break and slowly pegged them back with points from Sean Graham, Martin, and a nice goa; by Colm Byrne. We got back to level 1-07 a piece but Scoil finished out stronger with a few good points while we missed the couple of chances we made.
Congratulations to Cuala from St Sylvesters
Big congratulations to the Cuala hurlers bringing the All Ireland Club Hurling title to Dublin for the first time. Great achievement lads and of course we're hoping this will translate to more county success where Cuala provide a lot of the Dublin team. Well done lads, enjoy the success.
Hurlers start with three good wins
AHL3 St Sylvesters 4-08 Kilmacud Crokes 0-08 Always great to start the league with a win, The Junior As had a 1-20 to 1-07 win over Olafs, I haven't heard how the Bs fared against Realt Dearg in Div8. The AHL8 team had a convincing 6 point win over Realt Dearg. Great start all roud.
Jim, the hurley fixer
It's a great tradition among hurlers that some guys fix broken hurleys. Two repaired examples showed up at our house this morning and I have to say they are a brilliant examples of an age old tradition. These are from Jim Wardick who has been fixing hurleys for Syls lads for over thirty years. Other lads like Bernard, Greg, Danny also practice this art, I even used to have a go myself years ago and maybe will again sometime. A great tradition Jim, many thanks from all the lads whose favourite piece of ash you saved.
Nice picture of Declan
Just spotted this picture of Declan Morris in Parnell Park with Mel and Declan Ryan at the Hurling Feile last year - probably a bit of a tear-jerker for some of us but I thought a lovely memory nonetheless.
St Stephen's Day Hurling - 10 years of memories
Another great turnout last Monday for the annual St Stephens Day hurling. We had a minutes silence and rousing round of applause for Declan, Leonard spared the whistle, Davy Keogh said Hello, Liam Foley led his crew, Tom Hughes gave Luke a hand, Ian's McCafferty's lad stole the show sending Hillary the wrong way, Shay Early's lad and Niall McCarthy also showed promise, another good day out. I almost have 10 years of pictures, mostly not great, I'm sure Danny O'Connor has lots more.
Eoin Mc hat trick seals final spot for U21 hurlers
U21HC C SemiFinal St Sylvesters 3-10 St Kevins 1-08 Good win last evening against a tough St Kevins at Alfie Byrne Rd. Eoin McCarthy gets the headline for three superb goals but is was a good all round display. Defensively we had to withstand a serious fightback from Kevins and we kept the goals out when it really mattered. Th efinal is this Saturday v St Maurs at the same venue, Alfie Byrne Park Clontarf 14.00 - see you there. A few artistic pictures from Peter attached.
21 hurlers win at Crokes
U21 HC C Kilmacud Crokes B 1-09 St Sylvesters 0-22 Good win, led from start to finish and generally looked the better side against an always handy Crokes. Early points from Eoin McCarthy, Eoin Kennedy and my man of the match, Jamie Kennedy was followed by a pretty wasteful period where we relied of Dan Murphy's free taking to keep the scoreboard ticking. A Crokes goal pegged us back for a little while but tightened up defensively, Thomas Colclough finding his form in the second half, Mikey, Eamon, Philip, Barry continuing where they left off at Minor and, while never completely comfortable, we maintained control for the second half.
U21 Football and Hurling
Syls U21 Football will be managed this year by Paul Hussey with assistance from Seamus Early, Cathal O'Donnell and Kenny Lawlor. First game in the U21 B Championship is this coming Saturday 19th against Ballinteer I believe - will post details when I can find them. The U21 Hurlers are managed by Leonard O'Carroll with assistance from Jimmy Deneher, Anthony Cooney,Bernard Boran and Liam Foley. They had a walkover awarded by Round Towers C last Saturday in the U21C quarter final (I think Towers had a clash with Inter Hurling). U21 is always a great competition, watch out fofr details and get out and support Syls.
Killian O'Flynn gets a Nicky Rackard All Star Award
Congratulations to Killian O'Flynn on his selection to the 2016 Nicky Rackard Champions Selection. Killian has been a Fingal stalwart since Fingal started competing in the Lori Meaghar, Nicky Rackard and National League competitions and won a National League Div3 medal in 2013. Killian has been excellent for Syls in the Senior and Inter hurling competitions and is a fairly handy junior footballer to boot.
Hangtime - white guys can jump
Peter sent these smashing pictures from the AHL game on Saturday . . . and what about Collie Byrne's fielding . . .
Inter hurlers lose narrowly to Kevins
AHL3 St Sylvesters 0-14 St Kevins 2-12 The goals were the difference, both teams hit plenty of wides in a lively game. See some pictures attached from Peter.
Minor hurlers pipped by Boden in C'ship Final
MHC D Final Ballyboden St Endas 3-08 St Sylvesters 1-11 A late Ballyboden goal gave them the win in a very entertaining game. Syls settled after a slow sart and were tied 1-06 each at the break. We dominated the second half but poor shooting and a great display from the Boden keeper yielded just five points. Two late goas pegged us back and gave them the win. Lovely morning at Trinity Gaels and a great Syls crowd. Congratulations on a great season..
Hurlers win in Finglas
AHL3 Erins Isles 0-13 St Sylvesters 4-08 Much improved display from the hurlers this afternoon against a handy enough looking Isles. A smashing early goal from a first time effort by Danny of a great setup by Andrew set the tone. Andrew and Danny were brilliant all through, Collie Byrne ain good form winning lots of high ball as was Simon while Eoin K and Diarmiud also contributed to the scoreboard. Kev Clarke had a great game at the back as had Graham at fullback and Derek in the goals.
Hurling Workshop Saturday Oct 22nd 2PM
The Coaching Advisory Group have organised a Hurling Workshop to be given by Paudie Butler this Saturday afternoon in Broomfield. We are very fortunate to be able to welcome someone of Paudie Butler’s calibre to our club to give a workshop exclusively to our own mentors. As many of you will know, Paudie is a former National Hurling Director and remains one of the most preeminent hurling coaches in the country with the high quality of his workshops renowned countrywide
Great turnout for Dave McGrath Memorial
Ref Danny Harrington called a dubious draw in a lively junior hurling game to remember former Syls star Dave McGrath who died suddenly in 2012. There was a great crowd at Malahide Castle and thanks to Lusk Round Towers who provided the opposition. Danny O'Connor will tell the full story, well done to all, a nice turnout of lads who played with Dave. Nice note attached from the McGrath family and a few pictures from Bernard.
Minor B Hurlers through to C'ship Final
MHC D Castlenock 1-05 St Sylvesters 2-11 Great performance by the Team today .Strong defensive performance into the a gale in the first half kept the Castleknock scoring to just 4pts and meant Syl's only had a one 1 point deficit at the turnaround . Two great goals in the first 5 of the 2nd half settled the team and they went on to comfortably win 2-11 to 1-5 . Congrats to all the lads and to the management, Jimmy Denneher and John Cross
Minor A hurlers pipped in C'ship semi final
MHC B Faughs 2-12 St Sylvesters 4-05 Championship hurling at it's best, no quarter asked or given in a tough encounter, the scoreline probably telling the real story of 14 scores to 9. This was a great battle from our lads against a skillful Faughs.