Hurling news and reports
Quiz night good craic
The U16 and Minor Hurlers hosts a very successful quiz night on Friday. Liz, Suzanne, Gabby and a lot more took the first prize, David Kennedy, Conor Ryan and few more took second . . .Lenny won an autographed Dublin shirt which he will surely treasure, the UUJ management and coaches just qualified for the Sigerson Final (which they lost today to UCC) joined us for a while . . . thanks to all who sponmsored and supported . . .well done to Colm O'Connor, Eddie McLoughney and Declan Ryan.
De La Salle go down in another classic
Ernie Brenner's (our juvenile secretary) brother Stephen kept goals for the Munster Champions De La Salle Waterford in another classic club hurling encounter, losing by a point after extra time to Clarenbridge. I'm a big fan of John Mullane in particular and disappointed he didn't make the final.
VdeP match off Friday - Pitches Off
Friday evening match v Parnells is cancelled due to the pitch not available?? (I have no clue) - Bridgefield, Castle and Broomfiled all closed fo rthe weekend.
Ormonde leads way for Fingal
FINGAL 4-18 MONAGHAN 0-13 St Sylvester’s Martin Ormonde hit an impressive 2-8 as Fingal cruised past Monaghan in Sunday’s Allianz NHL Division 3B at Lawless Park in Swords. The hosts were in command as soon as St Brigid’s full-forward Cian O'Mahoney pounced on a save from Monaghan goalkeeper Hugh Byrne and fired to the net to help them towards the half-time lead. Alan Morris and Andrew Richardson also featured.
So Liam, what did you say to the team before they took the field?
'Can we ask the children to leave the room' . . . . Liam managed the Tipp team who wrestled the Liam McCarthy Cup from the Mighty Cats in Sept 2010. He took some time to drop by the club and talk to our juvenile players and parents, a surprising number sporting the famous blue and gold. And our lads had lots of questions . . . Usain Bolt, Patrick Bonner Maher, Shane McGrath, Galway, I can't go there . . . a gentleman and a scholar without doubt and a nice treat for Syls, maith thú Liam.
The cobwebs are getting a good shaking
Fingal and Wicklow played a lively Keagh Cup game at Swords - Martin Ormande again featured well for Fingal while Alan Morris was mister flexibility playing at m wing back to wing forward but Wicklow stole it with a last second goal. I hear the minors are training in the morning, Dubs style, worth a try, we need to get back into contention in this grade. The U21s have already played a bunch of friendly games (good runout against Raheny this morning), should be a great game at Silver park next Saturday,
Junior Hurlers - Winning team have over 300 years club service
EVENING HERALD St Sylvesters junior hurling team completed an enjoyable and successful season when winning AHL 7 in an exciting final at Cloghran on Sunday 14th November 2010 where they edged out an excellent Whitehall second string and only ensured victory with two late points from Fergus Rooney and Ronan Kennedy to win by 0-10 to 0-7.
Junior hurlers win AHL7
Syls 0-10, Whitehall 0-8, made heavy weather of it as Whitehall had keeper sent off early on, Syls were better team and got most of our scores from play while Whitehall kept in the game with frees and they had an excellent freetaker.
FOOTBALL & HURLING MANAGERS
The club are currently looking to fill the managers positions for both the iintermediate football and hurling teams. We would like anybody who is interested in being considered for either of these roles to contact the Adult Games Committee at the details listed below. Contact: Cathal O'Donnell Mobile: 087-9842612 Email: codonnell3@googlemail.com The closing date for expressions of interest is 21/11/10.
Junior Hurlers win play off to gain promotion to AHL6.
AHL7 Playoff - Syls 3-7, Isles 1-10 - . Our Junior hurlers recorded a well earned victory over Erins Isle in Finglas yesterday, which guarantees the team 2nd spot in the league and sets up a final against Whitehall, to be played some time over the coming 14 days. Trailing for most of the game, the team dug deep to eventually pull clear in the 4th quarter, with a late Johnny Conway goal from the penalty spot ultimately deciding the game.
Monster Hurley Sale - Dublin
A Chara, Due to an existing customer going out of business we now have surplus stock of Cork Style Hurleys for sale, at greatly reduced prices: 1500 quality Adult Hurleys (sizes 34",35") available for only €14.50 each. (Top Quality balance and grain) Tell all your players and members!!!! This never to be repeated offer of quality hurleys will be conducted on a first come, first served basis only! Payment on the day! Where? FAUGHS GAA CLUB SATURDAY 30TH OF OCTOBER, 12PM-6PM, For further information contact: Paddy Barry – 087 2789429 Pat Meade - 087 6543287 WWW.PROGAA.COM INFO@PROGAA.COM
Friends of Dublin Hurling Annual Awards Night
I wish to remind clubs of the forthcoming FODH 4th annual Celebration of Hurling in the Grand Hotel, Malahide on Friday 19th November at 7.30pm.
Hurlers secure Intermediate status in a cracker
AHL3 Relegation Playoff St Sylvesters 2-13 Clanna Gael Fontenoy 2-11 Not for the faint hearted, Anthony Dunne blocked the ball onto the crossbar and away to safety in the 7th minute of added time to save our Intermediate status. At least, that's what I believe happened, it was difficult to see in the almost dark Broomfield after a tough game with no quarter asked or given. Pictures by Evan Walsh
Minor hurlers return to winning ways
MHC Syls 4-9 Brigids 2-10 Our minor hurlers responded well to their early championship loss against Raheny with a solid win against Brigids on Sunday morning. This result leaves us with a great chance of making the semi finals, provided we win our last group gam against Kilmacud Crokes. We were quick out of the blocks yesterday with early points from James O'Callaghan, Andy Smith and a long range effort from Stephen Keogh giving us an early cushion.
Both hurling teams win again
Intermediate hurling championship St Sylvester’s 4-13 St Peregrines 2-13 Junior D hurling championship St Sylvester’s 1-8 Naomh Olaf 0-8 The intermediate hurlers had a well deserved victory over Peregrines and the junior hurlers had a goal to spare over Olaf’s in their championship encounters. Danny provided reports
Junior Hurlers keep to their winning ways
AHL 7 September 5th Sylvesters 5-9, Erin’s Isle 3-5. From the throw in, Syls showed they meant business when Niall O Connor goaled after the first long ball went in and was knocked down by Johnny Conway. Leading 1-3 to no score after 6 minutes and playing against the wind, a loss of concentration let Isles in for a goal and coming up to half time it was 1-6 to 1-4 for Syls when a Colm O Connor shot was turned in by a defender to leave us up 5 points with a strong wind to help in the second half..
Syls Adult Results from Weekend
IHC : St Sylvester's 1-3 Whitehall 0-09. AHL 7 : Erins Isle 3-5 St Sylvester's 5-9. MFC A : St Anne's 2-14 St Sylvester's 2-10. MFC F : St Sylvester's 4-15 Lucan Sarsfields 1-4.
Inter hurlers go down narrowly to Whithall
IHC St Sylvesters 1-3 Whitehall Colmcille 0-10 Bit of a Jekyll and Hyde display by our lads. Defensively we were excellent all through, holding a handy looking Whitehall forward division to about 5 points from play and superbly supported by Anthony Dunne making two great saves in goal. We played into the wind in the first half and trailing 0-6 to 0-2 at the break seemed in a good position.
Junior Hurlers fine win in Championship
JHC Syls 4-14 Oliver Plunketts 1-4, In what we hope is a pre cursor for the Senior Football game, our Junior hurlers recorded an emphatic victory on Thursday night in their last group championship game. This was by far the teams most complete performance to date with no fewer than 10 players contributing their names to the scoresheet. We had 2 players in David Kennedy and Graham Morris celebrating their leaving cert results the night before and had reason to be nervous prior to throw in considering we drew with the same opposition in the league and we also knew a defeat would have eliminated us from the championship.
Junior Hurling C'ship v OPER switched to Thursday 19th at Broomfield
That game is switched to Broomfield on Thursday night at 7pm - was originally 12.00pm Sunday 20th at Malahide Castle (taken from Facebook note)
Hurlers record fine league win
AHL3 St Sylvesters 3-16 St Marks 5-8 The Intermediate team recorded a fine win over a strong St Marks at Broomfield
"Pull Hard" takes on a new meaning for Syls
Syls Tug of War team did little to distinguish themselves in the competition held as part of the Malahide Has It Festival. The big crowd who gathered on the Green on Sunday expected an experienced 8 to overwhelm the opposition but despite drawing Gilbert & Wrights (whose team included a girl!!-ok she was a 9th person as against our 8) our team, which seemed to contain more brain than brawn, did not get past the first round. Some are blaming the defeat on the management skills or Cathal O’Donnell, others on the coaching of Brendan Carney but those in the know believe that the absence of proper footwear did the damage.
Hurlers go down in Inter Championship
The Inter hurlers travelled to Silver Park on Friday evening but lost out 1-18 to 1-08 to Kilmacud Crokes. This leaves us bottom of the group with 3 losses and two more games to come in Sept - hopefully we will have some of our long list of injuries recovered by them.
Syls lads in Nicky Rackard action
A number of Fingal hurlers face fitness tests this Friday night before they know if they will face London on Saturday afternoon in the Nicky Rackard quarter-final at Parnell Park (1.30). Martin Ormonde (hamstring), Ross McGarry (elbow), and Emmet McCabe (hip) will be put through their paces on Friday night before being given the all-clear but manager Denis Murphy is optimistic that they will prove their fitness in time. Andrew Richardson (ankle) and Alan Morris (finger) - who both missed last weekend’s victory over Tyrone - will definitely be available for selection. However, Eoghan Cullen (fractured finger) is doubtful.
Important: Playing Rule Changes
Note: the attached playing rule changes are effective from next Saturday for all CCC2 fixtures. Please circulate widely within your club. Damian
Dublin North are Leinster Schools Juv. H “A” CHAMPIONS..!!
Dublin North just defeated Kilkenny CBS in a cracking final in Carlow. Final Score 1-12 to 1-8 ( Curtesy of Brendan Bannigan ) Four Syls players involved, Paul Mc Bride (Centre Forward), Conor Dwyer (corner back), Philip Browne (Keeper), Simon Owens (corner back) - I sent a camera so I hope to have a picture - this is a BIG DEAL for the Dublin North hurling fraternity - congratulations to all involved.
SPECIAL K SAVES THE DAY FOR SYLS
A last minute penalty save from keeper Billo Kirrane secured victory for Sylvesters Junior hurlers in their first outing in the 2010 championship. In a pulsating game in St Anne's Park, Syls beat Raheny by a scoreline of 5-10 to 5-07. The lead changed hands every few minutes throughout the game and at one stage in the second half it looked like we were dead and buried.
Results of adult games - 28th March 2010
AFL1 syls v kilmacud crokes - no show by kilmacud. AFL3 clann mhuire 0-8 syls 1-7. AFL6 suls 1-8 vincents 1-9. AFL9 syls 2-5 clann mhuire 0-6. MHL2 kevins 7-17 syls 4-4.
Hurlers good start - great win over Kevins
AFL9 Syls 1-5 Park Rangers 2-7. AHL3 Syls 2-16 Kevins 1-12. AHL7 Syls 6-14 Crumlin 2-7. MFL1 Ballyboden 4-12 Syls 1-3. Conlon Cup Syls 0-16 James Gaels 0-11.