CLUB LOTTO
This week’s draw will be for a whopping €19,500. Thank you for all your support and as always, you can enter online at http://www.delasallegaa.ie/lotto/lotto.html
RESULTS GAA
In the Senior B Hurling League Div 4B our hurlers went down 1-12 to Cappoquin’s 1-19. Our U15 hurlers had a great win v Abbeyside this week. Our U12B Hurlers had an emphatic win v Ballygunner. The U11sB had a great win v Na Gaeil this week. Well done to our U9s who have made huge progress under the guiding influence of Simon Hall, Derek Grant, Peter Hearne, Noel Dalton & Joey Carton. They played two great games v Mount Sion on Saturday and what a joy to watch.
RESULTS CAMOGIE
Our senior girls went down to Gailtir 1-6 to 2-8 in the Camogie League. Well done to our U16 girls who had a great win away to St Ann’s in Round 2 of the Championship. This week saw our u12 White squad with a good win over Lismore in R1 of the league. The u12 Reds lost out narrowly to St Declan’s in their 1st game whilst our adult squad lost out narrowly in the Non County Senior/Intermediate R2 game 4-4 to An Rinn’s 4-11.
CONDOLENCES
Deepest sympathies to Olivia Russell on the sad death of her Mam Alice. Ae Dheis De go raibh a h’anam dilis.
#TALESFROMDELASALLE
This week’s story is from Noel Dalton Club V/President, who was a member of our 1954 club team that won a junior championship and for several years played at senior level and who went on later to become an inter-county referee.
“You’ll be killed boy”! Those words are still etched in my mind seventy years later. I had heard in the locker room in De la Salle College that I was selected on the De la Salle minor football team to play in the Waterford championship of 1951 – I had just turned fourteen. As I was already togged out for training, I left the rooms and skipped with delight down to the college field. There was just one player ahead of me, Florrie Dullea, captain of the team. I could not restrain my delight and went over to him, “Florrie I’m on the team for Sunday” I said. The six foot one full back looked down on me and said in his rich Cork accent “you’ll be killed boy”. In the two minutes after leaving the locker room I had been over the moon and back down to earth again. We were pipped in the match by Mount Sion and although downcast at the result, I had scored a point, lasted the sixty minutes, and lived to tell the tale.
Since that day long ago, I have been a member of the club, playing, supporting, administrating and above all enjoying myself. So many men and women gave their time and expertise to the club that I will refrain from naming them individually as it would be impossible over that length of time from 1927 – 1951.
However, there was an exception. John Barron was that exception. I was a classmate of John and we won county championships medals in minor football, junior and senior and junior hurling and senior Sargent cup. John, of course was in a class of his own. He played for Munster, the Rest of Ireland and as left full back on the victorious All Ireland final team of 1959. I mention John because he was my best friend and at my wedding, he was my Best Man.
Like many other clubs ours rose and fell but there was always men and women to breathe new life into it. Now it rides the crest of the wave having members training juvenile, minor, junior and senior teams and above all was the creation of the Camogie club. Not having a field of our own in 1952, we now have Cleaboy and Gracedieu grounds as well as a new planned floodlit practice pitch due to open later in the year.
It was also with create pride to see my own three sons, Jim, Noel and Eamon all wear the white and red colours, so too has John Barron’s; John, Brian and Donal. My grandson Stephen has also worn the jersey in both Senior hurling and football. I also wish to acknowledge the tremendous assistance of the De la Salle Order in supporting both myself and our club through the years. In closing, recently I heard John’s grandson Seán and my grandson Cillian played together at centre field in the under 10’s league for who? Ballygunner! C’est la Vie.
