County Junior B Hurling Final

Abbeyside 4-9 De La Salle 0-13

Commiserations to our junior B hurlers who found Abbeyside’s second string too strong in the county final played in Carrickbeg last Friday night. Three goals in four minutes early in the first half proved decisive and though credit to our lads who fought back to reduce the deficit to the minimum at one stage Abbeyside came back to regain control and emerged deserving winners.

Abbeyside opened the scoring with a point in the second minute. We equalised a minute later when Ian Condon pointed. We took the lead in the fourth minute with a free by Eamonn Fitzgerald after Jamie Sage was fouled but Abbeyside struck for their first goal in the seventh minute. A foul on Luke Lawlor saw Eamonn Fitzgerald score our third point a minute later but we were rocked when Abbeyside scored two goals in the 10th and 11th minutes to lead 3-1 to 0-3. Conor O’Toole pointed a free in the 14th minute after Lee Hayes was fouled but Abbeyside replied likewise a minute later. A foul on Christopher Sheehan saw Conor O’Toole point in the 19th minute but again Abbeyside replied in the 21st minute to make it 3-3 to 0-5. Eamonn Fitzgerald pointed three frees between the 25th and 28th minutes after fouls on Lee Hayes, Christopher Sheehan and a technical foul to reduce the arrears and when Eamonnn Fitzgerald himself was fouled Conor O’Toole converted from distance to leave us behind 3-3 to 0-9 at the break. We began the second half with Conor O’Toole again pointing from distance after another foul on Christopher Sheehan in the third minute and when Eamonn Fitzgerald pointed in the seventh minute after Luke Lawlor was fouled the margin was now down to one point.

However, that was as good as it got as four Abbeyside frees between the eight and fifteenth minutes gave them a 3-7 to 0-11 advantage. They added a point from play in the 18th minute and when they got their fourth goal a minute later that was that. Eamonn Fitzgerald pointed in the 22nd minute when his shot for goal carried over the bar and he got our final score two minutes later after Ciaran Corrigan was fouled. Abbeyside ended the scoring with their final point in the 26th minute.

We extend our thanks to player manager Alan Fitzgerald and his backroom team of Shane Barry, Lee Casey, Leon Mullally and Johann Carey on first aid for their efforts throughout the year. We congratulate Abbeyside on their fine win.

Scorers: Eamonn Fitzgerald 0-8 (0-7 frees), Conor O’Toole 0-4 (frees), Ian Condon 0-1.

Panel: Conor Bohane (captain), Tom Crotty, David Sutton, Darragh Fitzpatrick, Eoin Treacy, Alan Fitzgerald, Conor O’Toole, Conor Dunphy, Ian Condon, Christopher Sheehan, Lee Hayes, Eamonn Fitzgerald, Jamie Sage, Luke Lawlor, Sean Power, Mark Joy-Kinsella Tom Wiltshire, Ciaran Corrigan, Barry Twomey, Thomas Kenny, Kieran O’Donohue, Jack O’Donohue, Ronan O’Connor, Niall Walsh, Philip Burke, Niall O’Sullivan (injured), Jeff Cahill (injured).

Eddie O'Donnell Monumental Works East U-21 Hurling Semi Final

We now know that our opponents in this game will be Passage. We understand it may be played next Saturday but at time of writing we have no confirmed fixture. Please keep an eye on our social media sites during the week for news on this.

Annual Club Mass

The annual mass for deceased members will take place in Gracedieu on Thursday 23rd November at 7pm. All welcome to attend.

Annual General Meeting

Please note that the Annual General Meeting will take place in Gracedieu on Thursday 7th December at 7pm.

Granville Hotel Monthly Award

Congratulations to Kevin Moran on winning the Granville Hotel Monthly Award for September.

Maurice Davin Awards

Congratulations to Jake Dillon who was the recipient of the Maurice Davin Award for services to Waterford hurling at a presentation hosted by the St. Mollerans club in Carrick-on-Suir last week.