News
Jack Sheedy appointed Syls Senior Football Manager
Former Dublin mid-fielder and 1994 All Star Jack Sheedy has been appointed to run our senior football team. Jack will be joined by his Dublin team mate and Syls player Niall Guiden, along with Anthony Keogh, Cathal O'Donnell and Conor Dunne. Congratulations to the Football Committee on appointing such an experienced player and coach and we look forward to 2017. Best wishes to the new management and the very committed panel of players. Syls Abú.
Minors top their league - semi finals on Sunday
Still some silverware to be won, the Minors are in a playoff versus Castlenock) for Division 2 League. The team have been going very well lately so we have high hopes. 11-..am Sunday 4th at Broomfield.
Dublin Ladies Gaelic Football Annual Awards Evening 2016.
Sinead pictured on the outer left, was joint winner of the Dublin Senior Players Player of the year 2016 with Niamh Collins of FoxRock Cabinteely. Player of the year was awarded to Sinead Goldrick also of Foxrock Cabinteely. November has been a wonderful month for Sinead, picking up her 5th All Star, We Are Dublin Player of the year and the above award.
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.
Minor Footballers into Div2 playoff
MFL2 I didn't get the score but we won well over Whitehall in Broomfield this morning to qualify fo rthe playoffs of Div2 of the Minor Football League. Still some silverware to play for , semi final next week hopefully - I think against RT Lusk who gave us a good hiding a few months ago.
Girls' Under 14s Division 2 Play-Off Winners
Sylvester’s Under 14 girls had a great victory last Sunday over Plunket’s in a play-off that saw our girls win the division 2 title! The match itself was played at a thunderous pace throughout with both sides intent on winning the ultimate prize. The many spectators who turned up on a cold and wintry day were kept on their toes by a hotly contested battle from start to finish.
Reports for 2016 AGM
These are the reports for Thursdays AGM. A good attendance is important.This is a great opportunity to show your appreciation of the volunteers who work so hard to make Syls a great club and celebrate the many great achievements of the past year.
U21 football win at Ballinteer
U21 F B C'ship Ballinteer St Johns 0-09 St Sylvesters 0-15 Won by six, could have been sixteen, smashing energetic display fro a very young team. We were very solid down the middle and that gave us a platform for the lighter but very fast minors.
U21 Football at Ballinteer
Under 21 footballers playing tomorrow in championship v Balinteer St Johns 2pm Balinteer Community School
Nominations and Motions for St Sylvesters AGM
Attached please find nominations and three motions fo rthe upcoming AGM on Thursday 24th November at 8.00pm at the clubhouse 2 Church Road. Pease ensure a good attendance.
Update on the EGM
An EGM of the club was held at 2 Church Road on Thursday 10th November and as per the Constitution: 8.10 No business shall be transacted at any General Meeting unless a quorum of members is present at the time when the meeting proceeds to business. Save as herein otherwise provided, twenty per cent of Full Members eligible to vote shall be a quorum at a General Meeting. As less than 20% of the full members eligible to vote were present, no business was transacted and the meeting was dissolved.
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.
Pictures from the LGFA Awards
Well get you Keith Murphy, white bowtie, how cool. And Suzanne and Mick Stuart, swanking it on Saturday night. Congratulations to Angela and Redmond, great honour for your family and a great honour for St Sylvesters. Of course I was disappointed Sinead did not get Footballer of the Year, she had a great season but congratulations to the Cork girls, you'e some team. And well done Sinead for making Keith look so good, some achievement. Pictures from Peter.many thanks for sharing.
New floodlights for Broomfield
The club Executive have confirmed that work on installing new floodlights on pitch 2 will commence next week – this is being funded by the Sports Council Grant awarded in 2015 and the funds raised at the recent Gala Night. Total investment will be in the region of €145k
Best wishes to Sinead at the Ladies All Stars tonight
Congratulations to Sinead and also for her recent All Star nomination. She gets my vote but I'm sure that's no surprise. The nominees have today been announced for the TG4 Player’s Player of the Year awards with the overall winners set to be announced at the 2016 TG4 All Star Awards at the Citywest Hotel on November 12th. Briege Corkery could be set to win her third Player’s Player of the Year award and her second in a row as she is nominated for the award along with fellow 11 time TG4 All Ireland winner, Bríd Stack. Dublin’s Sinead Aherne is the third nominee for the honour following a series of brilliant performances throughout the year.
U11 s being put through their paces by Dubs star
At the end of a long tough season most inter county players are putting their feet up or catching up on some well earned socialising but not our Niamh Mc EVOY who was up in a bitterly cold Broomfield to coach the U11 s. it shows the calibre of person Niamh is who will give her time up like this and boy did the girls enjoy it. It was no surprise that once word got out who was training them that there was a 100 % attendance.
U15 Report from Ernie
Winning a Championship takes hard work in all kinds of weather and, as this picture from an U7 challenge match against Clontarf in November 2008 shows, this group of 2001 boys have never been afraid to put the effort in, an effort that was rewarded by the clubs second U15 A Football Championship in 3 years on a glorious day in O’Toole Park
Gala Night Great Success
The Gala Night at the Malahide Grand Hotel was an outstanding success and big big thanks to all who contributed and to our wonderful organising committee for a great night out. Chairman Ciaran Meehan presented special awards to our two very loyal and supportive Trustees Michael Howard and GV Wright in appreciation of their huge contributions to St Sylvesters GAA over the years. Peter supplied some pictures, we sure do scrub up well.
U15 Championship Win, U16 Footballers, Gala Night and Christmas Party
Busy weekend for the Juvenile section - see attached note from Juvenile Chairman Paddy Miskelly - well done all
Milestone reached by U16 Footballers
Our under 16 footballers completed their juvenile football journey on Saturday with their last competitive games at U16. Our A’s had a tricky assignment in Castleknock. A revised throw in time to accommodate the Dublin senior championship final saw us without some key players.
U15s magnificent championship win
U15 FC Final St Sylvesters 2-12 Ballyboden St Endas 1-07 A really top class display by our lads to beat an equally fine Boden team in a very entertaining game at O'Toole Park in Crumlin. Sean Guiden was awarded man-of-the-match for a great display of point scoring from full forward. Goalkeeper Simon Murphy made two super saves in the first half and saved a penalty at a pivotal point in the second while Euan Farquarsan and Aaron Coleman in the half back line were strong contenders.in what was an all round great display from the Sylvesters team. Ernie will send a report when he catches his breath and Maurice has pictures. Congrats to David 'Super' Ryan, Panner McCarthy and Ernie Brenner.
Minor As win at Boden but fail to qualify
MFC A Gr1 An excellent six point win away to Ballyboden wasn't enough to see us qualify for the semi finals as Clontarf beat Crokes to take the second spot. Pity really as this team, operating in Div2 of the league, were really taking shape and well justified the decision to push for A Championship participation.
Ladies Section Fundamentals Coaching Course Sun Nov 27th
Sunday 27th of November 0930 to 1600, Innisfails GAA club Carrs Lane Balgriffin. St Sylvester’s Ladies coaching committee will hold a Fundamentals coaching course in conjunction with the LGFA on the above date. There are a limited amount of places, so book early. Please note only on receipt of course fee will places be confirmed an email will be issued confirming booking. For more information please contact: Marcus Heary, 0874129062 email: mheary189@gmail.com
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.
Gala Night Raffle Tickets
Gala Night to help fund the first stage of an all-weather facility takes place on Saturday 5th – raffle tickets are on sale and we need your help to make this a big success. There are a great set of prizes. All funds raised will go towards improving our playing facilities so please help by playing a part.
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.
Extraordinary General Meeting 10th Nov
Re :Proposed Forest Adventure Area and Multi-use Reinforced Grassed Area in Malahide Demesne which was approved by Fingal County Council at their meeting of 11th July 2016. Having regard to the impact of this proposed development on the playing pitches in Bridgefield, the adjacent woodland area and the town and community of Malahide, together with the absence of approval by the membership of St Sylvester’s GAA club, we the undersigned, request the holding of an Extraordinary General Meeting of the club to discuss the following motion:---
