East Intermediate Football Championship

De La Salle 1-7 Newtown 1-6

Our intermediate footballers had their first win of the campaign when we came from behind to defeat Newtown in Walsh Park last Saturday. This was a game that could have gone either way with man of the match Seaghan Walsh’s goal six minutes from time proving the decisive score. From our point of view it was another chance to blood some more younger players, in addition to the lads introduced last week, with teenager Sean O’Keeffe and minors Sam Flynn and Aidan Gannon all making impressive debuts.

Newtown opened the scoring in the first minute and we equalised three minutes later when Paddy Kennedy pointed a fee after he was fouled himself. The next score came in the 14th minute when Paddy Kennedy pointed another free when John Mullane was fouled. Newtown levelled immediately before Seaghan Walsh, who was causing problems in the aerial duels, pointed twice in the 17th and 18th minutes. However, Newtown were back in front in the 19th minute when they got in for a goal which was the last score of the half and they led 1-2 to 0-4 at the break.

Newtown stretched their lead in the second minute of the half and we got our first score in the ninth minute when Paddy Kennedy was fouled and he converted the free. Newtown got on top at this stage and added two points to lead 1-5 to 0-5 after twelve minutes. Seaghan Walsh reduced the arrears in the 16th minute and Lee Hayes made it a one point game in the 23rd minute. We were in front a minute later when Seaghan Walsh rose above the defence to finish Paddy Kennedy’s delivery to the net. The last score came in injury time when Newtown were awarded a free but the shot carried over crossbar and the final whistle sounded

Scorers: Seaghan Walsh 1-3, Paddy Kennedy 0-3 (frees), Lee Hayes 0-1.

Panel: Donal Carey, Ryan Duke, Colm Clancy, Sean O’Keeffe, Evan Whelan, Thomas Kearney, David Kennedy, Sean Carton, Kenneth Byrne (captain), John Mullane, Sam Flynn, Aidan Gannon, Matthew Barden, Seaghan Walsh, Paddy Kennedy, Lee Hayes, Dylan Foley, Eddie Meaney, Joey Twomey, David Dennison.

Munster Minor Football Championship

Best of luck to Niall O’Keeffe and the Waterford minor footballers who play Tipperary in Leamybrien this Wednesday.

Sean Roche

We lost another link to our 1958 County senior football championship winning side when full back Sean Roche passed away last week. Sean was a native of Wexford and made a massive contribution in his adopted city in many ways including GAA and politics. He also featured in one of the greatest days for Waterford senior footballers when they shocked Kerry in the Munster championship in 1957. That team was inducted into the Hall of Fame at the county board awards night in January but unfortunately Sean was unable to attend. We extend our deepest sympathy to his wife Mary and his family. Ar dheis Dé go raibh sé.

Juvenile report

We had two U-11 hurling teams in action this week. One team played both St. Marys and St. Mollerans with a win over St. Marys and defeat at the hands of St. mollerans. Our other U-11 suffered defeat at the hands of Mount Sion after a terrific game. Our U-14 football team saw plenty action this week, defeating Clann na Gael early in the week. They also qualified for the U-14 county Feile final by defeating Roanmore, St. Marys and The Nire. The final of this competition will be played shortly

De La Salle Camogie Notes

Results:

U-14 Feile B Blitz Thurs 19th April Gracedieu:

DLS 5-3 Lismore 2-1. Brickeys did not attend.

Feile B semi final Sun 22nd April WIT Arena DLS 6-0 (Alannah McNulty 3-0 Emily O'Mahony 2-0 Ella Houlihan 1-0)  Butlerstown 0-1.

Feile B Final : DLS 2-4 (Alannah McNulty 1-4, Ella Houlihan 1-0) Abbeyside 0-1.

Fixtures:

Mon 23rd April U-18 championship R2 away v Portlaw @ 7pm.

Tues 24th April U-14 championship R3 away v Dungarvan @ 7pm.

Sun 29th April R2 Senior League away v Tramore @ 7pm.

Mon 30th April U-18 championship R3 home v Butlerstown @ 7pm.

Feile B Competition :

Well done to our U-14 girls who have qualified for the National Feile Finals which takes place later this year in June. We hosted our group on Thurs 19th April in Gracedieu. 3 teams were down to participate but Brickeys were unabe to attend. It was a winner takes all game v Lismore. Both teams served up a great game with play swaying from end to end with our girls victorious at the final whistle on a scoreline of 5-3 to 2-1. We had a panel of 21 girls for this game with all girls getting game time.

The Feile B semi finals and& final were scheduled for Sunday 22nd April at the WIT Arena. All teams were minus players due to prior commitments. We had 15 girls available for the semi final v Butlerstown and all the girls played fantastic throughout the semi final. We were victorious on a scoreline of DLS 6-0 Butlerstown 0-1.

Next up was the other semi final and after another fantastic game Abbeyside won v Dungarvan 0-3 to 0-1.

DLS v Abbeyside was the final pairing. We started with the same 15 girls with 1 more girl available to us before half time. Our girls from the first whistle till the final whistle showed great energy determination skill and commitment, running out winners on a scoreline of DLS 2-4 Abbeyside 0-1. Well done to all 4 teams for 3 very competitive sporting and entertaining games.

Great celebrations at the final whistle from a great bunch of girls. Onwards now to the National Feile Finals in June. Many thanks to everyone for the great support on both days for the girls.

Panel for Sunday: Luda Mooney, Isobel Boland, Caoimhe Mulvaney, Layla French, Ella Houlihan, Aoife Connolly, Sabhbh Cawley, Alex Healy, Sarah Heery, Kayleigh Kirby, Alannah McNulty, Sarah Sheehan, Elena Murphy, Emily O'Mahony, Saoirse Reddin, Maggie Gostl.

Girls that were unavailable for Sunday but played on Thursday were Caitlin Kelly, Abbie Mullane, Isobel Casey, Sarah Reidy, Ellen Riordan, Beth Faulkner.

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