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Level 1 Referee (5 positions ) Applications for 2017 Season
Application forms are now being invited for Referee Level 1 Course. The Club has been given 5 available slots by Dublin County Board. All applicants, must currently be fully paid up members and be 14 years of age by 31/12/16. All application forms (attached) must be returned by Sunday 28th August to Alillis1@eircom.net from PARENTS email only. Course will be held in March 2017 so please ensure availability around this time period before applying. Before returning application please go to the following link for all information of course details to understand the commitment required :
Extra Hurling Summer Camp - Aug 22nd
Due to high demand Eddie and Panner have added a sixth Summer Camp - Mon 22 Aug to fri 26th. Time 10.00 -1.00 Cost 40 Age group u8 - u12 Contact Eddie McLoughney 0876450628
U12 to U16 League positions 1st Aug 2016
Top of the tables in U12 and U13 D1v1 Football, U15s holding their own in Div1 Hurling and Football . . . .all tables attached thank to Damien Murphy at Parnell Park
Club position re Bridgefield and Broomfield
Dear Club Members, Further to the Club’s communication on July 5th in regards to proposed Bridgefield Redevelopment I would like to clarify and reassure members about our continued use of Bridgefield. St Sylvesters will continue to have use of 2 pitches after the proposed Development on which our Juvenile teams play. An equivalent large pitch will be retained and will be supplemented with a Go-Games sized pitch. The playing surface of the large pitch will be subject to a badly needed upgrade as part of this programme.
Moany McMoan - The Accidental Hero by Ray Flannery
Ray Flannery is a coach at St Sylvesters and also serves the community as a member of An Garda Siochana. Ray has written a children's book entitled Moany McMoan.. the Accidental Hero. In order to get it published he is trying to get it funded through Fundit.ie. If successful he will donate a % of the profits to Laura Lynn Children's Hospice. Have a l;ook at the link attached and the very best of luck to Ray and his boys.
Nicole Player of the Month
Evening Herlad Player of the Month for July for her display in the Leinster Final. Congratulations to the Syls Ladies section blazing a trail on the National stage.
Dublin Minor Ladies lose out in a cracker
The Dublin minor girls just missed out in a grandstand last quarter against defending champions Cork in the All Ireland Final in Longford. Syls Danielle Lawless scored a point and was involved in a few more for the Dubs who trailed by 8 points at one stage but battled back very gamely and were a little unlucky not to draw level in ythe last few minutes. See the report attached from the LGFA website. Alsio a few pictures of Danielle from the Armagh semifinal.
U10/U11 Boys head to Newry and bring back some silverware
Looks like a great outing, pictures from Peter Hickey. Many thanks to Mayobridge GAA Club in Co Down for a memorable day out and what a great lineup of clubs, Scotstown Burren, Crossmaglen, Ballinderry, many more, some of the greats of Gaelic Football. Here's pic with our boys with the Cross lads (The Real Madrid of GAA, according to the kids) Joe Brolly even gave the pic of the boys a retweet on Twitter!
Ticket List for Dublin Donegal
I believe the list closes on Sunday evening as Parnell Park need it on Monday. I will post an update if I hear of a change.
Coaching Workshop Aug 13th 9.00pm - Effective Forward Play
The Coaching Advisory Group have just confirmed that Oisín McConville will hold a Coaching Workshop for the Club on Saturday Aug 13th at 9.00am. The theme of the Workshop will be "Effective Forward Play" and will also include a talk on the "Importance of the Player & the One Club Model".
Friends of Dublin Hurling FODH 4th All Ireland Hurling Week Golf Classic
A chara, Please be advised that Friends of Dublin Hurling will hold its 4th annual All Ireland Hurling Week Golf Classic in Powerscourt Golf Club on Wednesday, 31st August. Team entry will cost €350 (to include meal) and tee-box sponsorship is €100. Prizes include 4 tickets for the All Ireland hurling final and green fees to a number of golf clubs including the K-Club, Mount Juliet, Castlewarden, Royal Tara, Black Bush and Powerscourt. The format for the classic is a four person scramble.
Interview with Nicole Owens
“Hopefully this generation along with the next generation of female footballers will get the opportunity to play on the best pitches and stadiums and have the level of support that the men take for granted” – Nicole Owens. Read the interview below
Minor A Hurlers finish on a high
Report attached from the Minor A hurling game played at the same time as the B hurlers were playing at Oldtown. I must say all the minor games I've seen this year in both football and hurling have been excellent and I'm looking forward to the championships starting in September.
Minor Hurlers come up short at Oldtown
MHL5 League Final Wild Geese 1-14 St Sylvesters 2-06 We lost by five points after a fine competitive game to Wild Geese. Syls started well with two excellent early goals from Sean Drumm but the home side picked away at us, their numbers 8 and 12 hitting some excellent points, Brian Murray and Gavin Hydes responding for us. We lost Murray to injury at half time, he looked very uncomfortable and I believe he went for treatment so hope he is ok. That knocked us back a little in the second half but stayed within three points until the last few minutes. Great achievement fielding a second competitive hurling team. Congrats to Wild Geese, they are really pushing hurling in Fingal and great credit to them,
AHL 8 Update - going well
The Junior B hurling team heads into the 3-week competition break in a healthy state. In the league, we had a good win over promotion rivals Wild Geese on 30th June by 0-17 to 1-10 where Colm O Connor’s 11 points were the winning of the game. Immediately after was another league match on Leinster Hurling final morning against Na Gael Oga out in St Catherine’s Pk when Gary Plunkett, flanked by Kieran Canny gave a great full back display in a 0-11 to 1-4 win with Deccy Markey in good scoring form.
Danielle Lawless stars in Dublin Minor win
Danielle is currently helping at the Syls summer camps as a coach for the 270 kids. Dublin will play Cork in AI Final Bank Holiday Monday 1st August, Live on TG4 Attached match report and pics of Dannielle in action and a pic of some of the syls traveling supporters.
Junior Hurlers great win over Na Fianna
AHL6 St Sylvesters 3-14 Na Fianna 4-08 A cracking game by all accounts, Peter caught a few nice pictures.
Inter hurlers lose to Olafs
AHL3 We lsot by 4 in the end but this was a game we easily could have won, we simply hit too many wides at critical times and our heads seemed to drop late in the game. We lost earlier in the week to Finbarrs in the Championship but, unlike that game, I thought we looked the better team on Saturday and was disapppinted the way we fell away. Falvey scored a cracking early goal, Alan Kenny and Dara Flaherty were solid at the back and Killian was the pick of the forwards.
Minors lose at Lusk
MFL2 GrB We ended up losing by five points but had been much further behind in the last quarter against a handy looking Lusk outfit. Beautiful morning with a good crowd, we never reached the intensity achieved against Marnógs earlier in the week.
Seamus Begley visited Syls
Regulars at our clubhouse had a nice treat on Friday when Danny brought Irish Trad legend Seamus Begley by to say hello. Seamus, not a stranger to Syls, played a few tunes and reminded us that we should have a bit of music in the club from time to time. maith fear, go raibh maith agat.
The Team of '96 - 20 years on
Brian Talty reminded me to mention that it was 20 years since Syls won our only ever Dublin Senior Football Championship. I took a look at my archives, courtesy of Brian Colgan a few years ago, and was struck by the number of lads still very involved in coaching, some still playing, a great tribute to St Sylvesters.. Have a root through the pictures and news clippings, pretty cool stuff. I think Talty said he was going to buy a pint some evening, maith fear, mines a Guinness.
Minor footballers in local derby
MFL2 GrB St Sylvesters 3-09 Naomh Marnóg 0-13 The minor As jumped to the top of the league with a hard fought win over our local rivals. Peter was present with his trusty Canon and captured some good moments.
Hurlers lose to Finbarrs
SHC B Nmh Fionnbarra 4-16 St Sylvesters 0-10 Slow start, tight field, we hit a lot of wides in the first half while Finbarrs Dubs star Eamon Dillon was in good form.
Minor B Hurlers reach League decider
Congratulations to Jim and John and their Minor B Hurlers beating St Pats (P) in the playoff today to reach the league decider on Wednesday week against Castlenock or Wild Geese. This is our first year to have two minor hurling teams and great credit to everyone involved. Sorry I missed it, will sure we have a photographer at the final.
Dublin Ladies win Leinster – Nicole is player of the Match
Dublin Ladies won their fifth Leinster title in a row in style, beating Westmeath comprehensively, 4-21 to 0-7. All three Syls girls, Sinead Aherne, Niamh McEvoy and Nicole Owens, made significant contributions with Nicole winning the Player of the Match trophy on the back of 6 wonderful points from play as well as being involved in several moves that lead to other scores.
Facility improvements in Broomfield
Led by Liam Foley a small group of volunteers gave up their time for the 2nd Saturday in a row and tackled the hedging , balls stops on pitch2 and our sponsors signs on the pitch 1. Liam brought some machinery for height access to tie up the ball stop nets. The lads also tidied up the hedging allowing much easier access if any balls end up in the ditch. They also removed the rubbish from the dressing rooms and Liam has committed to do this on a weekly basis.
Three Syls on Dublin U17
Dublin U17 footballers played Louth at the weekend up in the center of excellence in Darver, Dublin won by a couple of points, 3 Syls players involved, 2 Daniels and Aaron Lynch
Junior As beat Crumlin
AFL5 Lively game on pitch two and an important win for Syls. I was particularly impressed with the running and point scoring of Alex Wright, it's been a while since I've seen him play.. Andy at full back and Airy at Centre give us a solid defense and with lads like Niall Higgens, Kevin Lynott, Eoin Hammill we had a good side out for our fourth adult game of the weekend.
