Midleton GAA Club

25 August, 2013

Midleton Hurling & Football Notes

Junior Hurling
All good things come to an end and so did the unbeaten run last Saturday evening in Castlemartyr of the Junior B hurlers against Aghada. Their wonderful run goes back to a defeat by Erins Own in June 2008, with 4 titles in a row since great credit must go to the ever present selectors Gavin Power, Michael Tobin & Ger Lawton.
A back door game awaits against either Dungourney or Ballinacurra.
Final Score: Midleton 1-07 v Aghada 0-13
Team: Coran Swayne, Colm Leahy, Alan Cahill, Joe Stack, Billy O Shea, Jerome Curtin, Luke Dineen, Alan Stanton, Davy Hogan, Mark O Keeffe,  Keith Ryan, Ian Fitzpatrick, Gavin Hurley, Aonghus Cotter & Willie O Brien. Subs Niall Walsh for Stanton & Stanton for Alan Cahill. 

Field Championship Games
Last week we hosted the East Cork Fe21 B Hurling Championship semi-final between Castlegoold and Watergrasshill, where the Hill came out on top.     
Last Sunday afternoon we hosted the replay of the Premier Hurling Championship fourth round game between Cloyne and Youghal, after an exciting hour Youghal won on a scoreline of 2-14 to 2-09.
Many thanks to the Board’s for selecting our venue for these games and also to all our club members who helped to prepare the pitch and surrounds on both occasion’s it’s very much appreciated.  

Essential Maintenance Work in the Club
Further to a number of Pavilion Committee meetings over the last few months it has been decided that some essential maintenance and upkeep of the club buildings needs to be carried out immediately. It was agreed that that the following area's require attention;
Upgrade of the main Electrical distribution board, to move the ESB meters to an external location and feed the building with a new cable, upgrade the external lighting of the building, carry out strategic new cable runs to allow for further expansion and redevelopment, Upgrade the hall heating system and change it over to Nat Gas, make provision for Nat gas to service the southern side of the building, make essential changes to the cold water storage (tank on roof ), convert old ESB meter location into a club office, look at our energy costs and make changes on the type of fittings and energy use to make things more cost effective.  
All of the above works come on the back of the New development which was a very successful project and is very energy efficient, the work involves an overlapping of the "old" with the "new" to future proof the whole building. 
The Club executive would like to apologise to our members and supporters for any inconvenience caused by these works which will be carried out over the next number of weeks. Please take caution in all area's of the Club.

Fixtures
30th August RedFM Senior Hurling League v Newtownshandrum in Midleton @ 7.15pm
8th September All Ireland Hurling Final
15th September Fe 21 East Cork A Hurling Championship v Castlelyons in Carrigtwohill @ 3.30pm
21ST September East Cork Junior Hurling Championship v St Ita’s in Shanagarry @ 6pm
29th Senior Hurling Championship v Carrigtwohill or Bishopstown in Pairc Ui Chaoimh @ 4.15pm 

BINGO for all every Friday night in the GAA Pavilion from 8pm, guaranteed Jackpot of 1,000 euro!!
Dancing in the GAA Club each Saturday night, last week saw another great night with Declan Aungier, there is no Dancing next Saturday night.
Lotto
Our Jackpot was €2,800 last week, the numbers were 2,4,11 & 16 with no winner, the Lucky dip winners were Declan/Caoimhe Ryan, Bernie Kearney, Martin O Brien, Gerry Smyth & Cathy Drisla, next week’s Jackpot is €3,000.

Juvenile Notes

Draw for All Ireland Final Tickets
The Juvenile Club have just launched a very exciting draw with a chance for someone to win much coveted tickets for the All Ireland Hurling final.  
In addition to the tickets, a Cork jersey is for second prize and a Voucher for Pat Walsh Paints for third. Cards are available from team managers, each line is 5 euro with 20 lines on each card.
The draw will take place on Tuesday 3rd of September at a Juvenile GAA Club meeting, please contact Kevin Mc Sweeney or Cormac Quirke for more information.  

Fe8/9
Our Fe 9 hurlers had a great outing last week with Carrigtwohill, well done lads you did yourselves proud, many thanks to the parents for their support and to Carrigtwohill for hosting the games.
On Saturday 15th September our Fe 8/9s will travel to Roanmore, Co. Waterford for the Annual Hurling Blitz, this year’s competition is in aid of the Jack & Jill Foundation, more details to follow soon.

 

Fe 11/Fe 12
On Saturday 7th September our Fe11 & Fe12 hurlers play the finals of the GO GAMES hurling in Mallow, the Fe11s play Douglas in three games and the Fe12s play Glen Rovers in two. Best of luck to all involved.  

Fe13
The hurlers lost out recently in the Rebel Og Premier 1 Hurling league to Valley Rovers at home.

Fe14
Our hurlers had a very comfortable victory in the Rebel Og Premier 1 Hurling Championship last Saturday against St Finbarrs in Kilbarry, they led right from the start and won by a score of 7-12 to 0-06. Well done to all involved and we wish the lads well in the semi final against Shandrum, date and venue to be confirmed.  

Fe 16
Our footballers are playing Championship on Wednesday 28th August against Donoughmore in Whites Cross and the hurlers are playing Inniscarra , venue to be decided on the 4th September in the Rebel Og Premier 2 Championship.
      
Club Gear
The Club shop is open each Saturday morning from 11am to 12, a full selection of gear is available including new club branded base layer tops. Anyone looking for presents can also buy gift vouchers from the club shop. Full price lists are available on the club website www.midletongaa.com 

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