East Intermediate Football Championship 

De La Salle 2-14 Dunhill 1-7

Our intermediate footballers ensured a quarter final place with a comfortable win over Dunhill in Fenor last Friday night. It was a game in which we played some very good football in the first half and when we scored our second goal immediately after the restart the win was never in doubt with the only downside being a second half injury to John Mullane. The game proved a personal triumph for Mitchell Casey, who having stopped playing through a persistent injury and had become a selector, but was forced to line out after some late withdrawals went on to score 1-6.

Dunhill opened the scoring and Mitchell Casey equalised all within the first minute. The outstanding Adam Farrell put us ahead a minute later and further points from Colm Morris and Mitchell Casey had us three ahead after six minutes. Dunhill got back into the game and three points saw the sides level by the midway point. Good play by Lee Hayes and Adam Farrell saw John Mullane put us back in front in the 16th minute and John then set up Colm Morris for a point. A fine run by Stephen Dalton made the opening for Lee Hayes to point in the 22nd minute and we then got our first goal when Colm Morris goaled from a penalty after Peter O’Hagan was brought down when through on goal. We added on points from Lee Hayes (2) and Mitchell Casey (2) to lead 1-11 to 0-4 at the break. The second half began with Thomas Kearney winning the throw in and giving it to Adam Farrell who raced through before supplying John Mullane who set up Mitchell Casey for a cracking goal all inside twenty seconds. Lee Hayes and Mitchell Casey added points with both being set up by Adam Farrell before Dunhill goaled in the 11th minute to make it 2-13 to 1-4. Mitchell Casey pointed a free in the 14th minute after a foul on Colm Morris which proved to be our last score. Dunhill scored three points in the final quarter as the game petered out.

Scorers: Mitchell Casey 1-6 (0-2 frees), Colm Morris 1-2 (1-0 penalty), Lee Hayes 0-4 each, Adam Farrell and John Mullane 0-1 each.

Panel: David Dennison, Ryan Duke, Colm Clancy, David Greene, Oran Keevers, Stephen Dalton, Stephen Walsh Adam Farrell, Thomas Kearney, Kenneth Byrne, Colm Morris (captain), John Mullane, Peter O’Hagan, Lee Hayes, Mitchell Casey, Martin Sheehan.

All Ireland Hurling Qualifiers

Well done to Derek McGrath, Kevin Moran, Jake Dillon, Shane McNulty, Stephen Daniels, Mark Cooney, Fergal O'Brien and the Waterford senior hurlers on the long awaited and exciting victory over Kilkenny in Thurles last Saturday. We now look forward to a quarter final match in two weeks.

U-13 Hurling League

De La Salle 4-8 St. Mollerans  2-2

Our U-13 hurling team sponsored by St Dominic Credit Union played the third match in their group against St. Mollerans in Gracedieu on Monday last. The scoreline might suggest an easy victory but this was in fact a very tight game of hurling. We opened with a couple of points to our opponents one, we goaled and they responded with a point. We added another goal and two points to lead 2-4 to 0-2 at halftime. We continued to score after halftime and two further goals and four points had us lead 4-8 to 0-2. However our opponents never gave up and scored two goals and would have scored more were it not for the excellent Dylan Quinlan Meagher in goal.

This tournament now takes a break for three weeks and we resume with a visit to Tramore in three weeks.

Panel: Dylan Quinlan Meagher, Niall Dawson, Conor Cummins, Jack Cox, Kieran Kennedy, Jack Twomey, Jack Douglas, Sultan Andnekan, Ben O’Neill, Will Bermingham, Kieran O'Sullivan, Jake O’Halloran, Daniel Goff, Alex Finn, Daniel Lalor, William Irish, Billy Griffin, Rory Wymberry, Conor O’Shea, Conor Keane, Jayden Casey, Davin Power.

De La Salle Activity Group

Indoor Bowls will continue every Thursday in Gracedieu starting at 7pm and finishing at 9.30pm All supporters and retired members are invited to participate. It is great fun so why not come along and try it out. We have a fine club house and a céid míle fáilte is extended to all.

Yoga

Every Monday at 6.30pm Yoga for Beginners with Bozena in De La Salle GAA club, Gracedieu. Get flexible, strengthen the body and relax with this dynamic therapeutic workout. €10 drop in or €45 for 5 classes. For booking or more information contact Bozena on 085-1786088.

Fixture

Saturday 15th July East Intermediate Hurling Championship v Erins Own in Walsh Park 3.30pm.