CLUB LOTTO
No winner in the recent Lotto Draw & a huge ‘thank you’ for your continued support. Numbers drawn were 13, 20, 25 & 30 with Lucy Dip winners Mark Douglas, Sinead Mulvaney, Deirdre Byrne, Bryan Phelan & Simon Hall. The next draw is Tuesday 8th June for a massive jackpot of €19,000 & you can enter here www.delasallegaa.ie Thanks to Olivia & the Lotto Committee for ensuring a safe draw.
CLUB FUNDRAISER
Our online Sports Predictor, ‘20for20’ fundraiser closes this week with 20 sporting events to predict. Entry is €20 with a cash prize pool of €1,000. You can enter and pay through the form on ClubZap or contact Paul Keane 087-6530013 to pay Revolut.
TRY CAMOGIE
Well done to everyone who participated in our “Come Try Camogie” sessions over the last 3 Saturdays in our Cleaboy Grounds. Fantastic numbers each Saturday. A massive thank you to the girls, parents, guardians, coaches, helpers for all there assistance & co-operation throughout. Our U6 & U8 age groups will now train on our 6-7pm slot on a Wednesday evening in our Gracedieu grounds X91 NHE6. Log on to www.Foireann.ie to register for our club membership which includes insurance & your Covid return to play form. A big thank you to Rose Madigan, Charlotte Brenner & Ita Murphy for co-ordinating the ‘Come Try Camogie’ sessions.
COUNTY DUTY
Brianna O’ Regan, Keeley Corbett Barrett, Beth Carton & Abby Flynn were in senior action but unfortunately went down to a clinical Cork. Abby got her name on a point and Beth clinical as ever in frees also gave a quick clinically delivered free herself to Niamh Rockett to ensure a consolation goal. Well Done to Niamh Murphy & Holly Ryan who were on the Waterford Camogie Junior panel against Limerick.
REFRESHMENTS
A huge well done to Suzanne, Lisa & Deirdre from the Community Committee who had ‘take away’ refreshments in form of complimentary teas & coffees for the singular parents who stayed while their children trained.
Will be available every Wednesday evening & watch this space for a Saturday morning offering as restrictions ease.
CONDOLENCES
Everyone at the Club extends deepest sympathies to Billy O’ Neill on the death of his sister Mary, RIP. Our condolences to all the O’ Neill & Ryan families at this sad challenging time. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a h'anam dílis.
TALES FROM DLS – Michael Cassidy
Both my parents were from Roscommon so you could not say hurling was running through my veins! I was born and raised in Marian Park. I was never too interested in hurling until first year in De La Salle College, when Brother Patrick (RIP) took our class for PE and introduced me to the game. I was paired up with Lenny Doyle, one of the more skilful players, but surprisingly I discovered I was able to hold my own with him.
Encouraged by Brother Patrick and my classmates, I turned up for hurling training in Cleaboy shortly afterwards and never looked back. The club became a focal point during my teenage years. It is only now that I realise the impact the club mentors, including Sonny Walsh (RIP), Davy Duggan, Tom O’Leary and Joey Carton, had - not only on our hurling abilities but also on our social interactions, both on and off the field.
In 1984, Trevor Clooney and myself were collected from Irish college in Ceann Trá outside Dingle by Brother Patrick and brought back to Waterford to play a minor championship match in Walsh Park. On route, Brother Patrick stopped off at his parents’ house outside Killarney, where we experienced real Kerry hospitality. Unfortunately, the match didn’t go our way and we faced a long return journey by train and bus the next day.
Years later, living in Kerry, I got involved in Tralee Parnell’s Hurling club, when my son, Niall, joined the club as an Under 10 player. I progressed as a trainer through the age groups with Niall, but as he is no longer a juvenile, this will be my first-year coaching/managing a team without him being involved.
After the Leaving Cert, I moved to Dublin to go to college and unfortunately drifted away from the De La Salle GAA club but still count several of my former teammates as friends. I had a real sense of nostalgia a couple of years ago when I travelled to the new De La Salle grounds in Grace Dieu to see my son play for Kerry in the Tony Forristal / Sonny Walsh tournament. Thank you to everyone who guided me along the way and the very best of luck for the future to everyone in the club.
Notes by Eddie Mulligan.....
