County Senior Hurling Championship

De La Salle 3-20 Abbeyside 0-14

Our senior hurlers ensured a place in the knockout stages of the championship with a comfortable win over an understrength Abbeyside team in Walsh Park last Saturday. After the lengthy lay off it was good to see this performance from our lads given we were without the injured Ian Flynn, Michael Doherty, Stephen Daniels and Eoin Madigan.

We opened the scoring as early as twelve seconds with Jake Dillon pointing and Jack Fagan adding a second twenty seconds later. Abbeyside then pointed still inside the first minute before Shane Ryan (3), John Mullane and Adam Farrell made it 0-7 to 0-1 after eight minutes. An exchange of points involving David Greene followed before Kevin Moran, Kenneth Byrne and David Greene set up Shane Ryan for our first goal. Abbeyside then pointed but Shane Ryan replied to make it 1-9 to 0-3 after fifteen minutes. Abbeyside added their fourth point before a superb cross field pass from Jake Dillon was taken at speed by John Mullane and crashed to the net. John was nearly in again shortly after but his low shot was deflected over the bar in one of several fine saves by the Abbeyside goalkeeper. Abbeyside then shot three points in a row before Jack Fagan replied for us. A late exchange of points involving Paidi Nevin, playing his first championship game in sixteen months, left us ahead 2-12 to 0-8 at half time. Early second half points from Eddie Meaney, Jake Dillon and Jack Fagan stretched our lead before Abbeyside pointed in the 10th minute. Further points were added by Shane Ryan, Eddie Barrett and Jack Fagan with Abbeyside replying in the 14th minute to make it 2-18 to 0-10. Shane Ryan pointed in the 16th and 19th minutes. Abbeyside came back with three points between the 23rd and 28th minutes. Cormac McCann was then introduced for his senior debut and he made an immediate impact dispossessing a defender and setting up Jack Fagan for our third goal. Abbeyside ended the scoring with an injury time point

Scorers: Shane Ryan 1-7 (0-4 frees, 0-1 ‘65), Jack Fagan 1-4 (0-1 free), John Mullane 1-2, Jake Dillon 0-2, Adam Farrell, David Greene, Paidi Nevin, Eddie Meaney and Eddie Barrett 0-1 each.

Panel: Shaun O’Brien, Paddy Kennedy, Kenneth Byrne, Stephen Dalton, Shane McNulty, Kevin Moran, Tom Moran, Eddie Barrett (captain), Adam Farrell, Jack Fagan, David Greene, Jake Dillon, John Mullane, Paidi Nevin, Shane Ryan, Eddie Meaney, Dylan Foley, Thomas Kearney, Cormac McCann, Stevie Brenner, Dean Twomey, Gavin Coppinger, Brian Cunningham, Mikey Costigan, Ryan Duke, Adam Doyle, Evan Whelan, Eoin Casey, Matthew Barden, Thomas Douglas, Donal Carey, Ian Flynn, Michael Doherty, Stephen Daniels, Eoin Madigan.

County Minor Hurling Championship Quarter Final

De La Salle 1-16 Clonea 1-13

Our minor hurlers qualified for a semi final clash with either Mount Sion or Abbeyside with a hard earned victory over Clonea in a game dominated by frees last Sunday morning in Kill. The feature of the game was the fact that Thomas Douglas accounted for all our scores bar one point.

Playing with the wind we struggled in the first quarter with points from Thomas Douglas and Dylan Finn our only scores. We received a boost in the 19th minute when Thomas Douglas’ free ended up in the net and he followed up with four points in a row. Three further points helped us to a 1-9 to 0-7 half time lead. Another three points from Thomas helped us to lead 1-12 to 0-8 midway through the second half. Clonea pointed twice before Thomas Douglas reeled off another three points. Clonea pointed and Thomas Douglas got our last score in the 26th minute to make it 1-16 to 0-11. Clonea battled to the end adding to points before converting an injury time penalty to end the scoring.

Scorers: Thomas Douglas 1-15 (1-10 frees, 0-1 ‘65), Dylan Finn 0-1.

Panel: Donal Carey, Ethan Halloran, Peter Grogan, Lorcan Dwyer-Sheridan, Sam Flynn, Chris Kong, Ian Condon, Sean Carton, Conor Giles-Doran, Darren Kenneally, Dan Casey, Luke Flynn, Kevin Hennessy, Thomas Douglas, Dylan Finn, Eoin McGrath-Butler, Ciaran Corrigan, Colm Maher, Sean Power, Eoin Treacy, Eamonn Brosnan, Aidan Gannon.

Wedding

Congratulations to club player Barry Twomey who married Martina Moloney last week in Spain accompanied by family and friends. We wish Barry and Martina and their two children Abbie and Jay every happiness for the future.

Condolences

We extend our sympathy to Dylan Foley, Lee Wall, Craig Dowling, Megan O’Connor, Chloe Dempsey, Emma Dempsey and their families on the death of their grandfather Paddy Butler last week. Ar dheis Dé go raibh sé

Juvenile News

U-13 Hurling Sponsored by SDCU

Our SDCU sponsored U-13 hurlers played in the Eastern Final on Sunday afternoon in Walsh Park. We faced a strong Ballygunner team and at half time we were behind by six points. We put in a great effort all over the field throughout the game and for long periods we had the lion’s share of possession. However the Ballygunner defence held firm and the final scoreline read Ballygunner 1-10 DLS 1-3. Well done to all our lads who had a great campaign and worked hard in all year in training.

Panel: Daniel Lawlor, Jack Douglas, Kieran Kennedy, Conor O’Shea, Connor Cummins, Kieran O’Sullivan, Niall Dawson, Dylan Quinlan-Maher, Jack Twomey, Ben O’Neill, Sultan Adenekan, Rory Wymberry, Jake O’Halloran, Davin Power, Daniel Goff, Conor Keane, Jack Cox, William Irish.

U-14 Hurling

Our U-14 hurlers qualified for the county semi final with a well earned 2-9 to 2-5 win over our neighbours Mount Sion in Gracedieu on Monday last. This was a well contested game between two very well matched sides but our ability to take our scoring chances proved decisive in the end. The lads now play Abbeyside in Leamybrien in the semi-final at 7pm on Monday next.

U-16 Hurling

Our U-16 hurlers play their quarter final on Sunday 24th September v Passage in Passage at 11am.

Bag Pack

A big thank you to everyone who assisted in our Annual bag pack. This is a good fund raiser for the juvenile club and the efforts of all parents involved is much appreciated.

Foundation Coaching Course

A Foundation Coaching Course is taking place next month starting on Wed. Oct. 4th. and continuing for the four Wednesdays in October. If you are interested please pass on your name to Joey Carton, Paudie Brosnan or Eamonn Fitzgerald.

Fixture

Sunday 24th September County Senior Hurling Championship v Tallow in Fraher Field 5.30pm.