24 August 2014

Mount Sion GAA Club Notes

Senior Hurling

Cnoc Sion 1-19

Dungarvan 4-14

The last game of the group stages took place in Walsh Park on Saturday and Sion were hoping to build on last week’s good result against Ardmore as we move forward to the knock-out stages in a few week’s time, unfortunately it wasn’t a good day at the office for the Monastery men as the Westerners were the better team on the night with the only positive point for Sion being  the performance of Martin O Neill whose accuracy from frees and general all round play helped keep the scoreline at a respectable level, hopefully there’ll be big improvements all around the pitch in September as we take on Abbeyside in the Quarter Finals,  time and date to be confirmed.

Intermediate Hurling

Cnoc Sion 0-18

Butlerstown 1-15

The Intermediates played Butlerstown in Walsh Park on Friday night in a re-arranged fixture which both sides needed to win, Butlerstown got off to the perfect start with a goal from their first attack, following this though Sion kept plugging away with points from Gavin Carroll , Michael Power , Dermot O Byrne and Anthony Kirwan to leave the half time score at  Cnoc Sion 0-11 Butlerstown 1-06, the second half was an even affair with only the minimum separating both sides until the final moments when it looked like Butlerstown were on their way to a victory before the impressive Carroll stepped up to point from a free with the last puck of the game to earn Sion a draw, this result now means we go into a play-off with Tramore, date and time to be confirmed.

Junior Hurling

Cnoc Sion 3-17

De La Salle 1-05

On Thursday last the Juniors eased past De La Salle to secure their place in the knock-out stages, Minor stars Cian O Regan and Ferdia Mac Aogain  impressed in the first half getting the lions share of the scores while in the second half Johnny Hayes got in on the act with a goal and two points with Jamie O Meara , Clive “Parish” Power and the returning Aaron Dempsey also notching  before Mac Aogain capped off a good performance with his second goal, final score Cnoc Sion 3-17 De La Salle 1-05, well done lads, best of luck for the next match.

Minor Hurling

Cnoc Sion 1-13

Roanmore 3-10

It was heartbreak on Monday night in Gracedieu for the Minors as they narrowly missed out on victory once again against Roanmore, Sion flew out of the blocks and built up an early lead from a number of different scorers and went into the break 1-09 to 1-05 ahead, in the second half Roanmore got back into the game but Sion still kept in touch with Eric Hoban getting all our scores before Roanmore sealed victory with a late goal, hard luck lads keep up the hard work and the results will start coming, next week sees three games in quick succession to finish up this years group games

Under 14s

The Under 14s have been going along quite nicely recently and have been building up a nice string of results, Monday night saw them make the long journey to St Olivers where they comfortably saw off the hosts, well done lads keep up the good work.

Dartathon

Thanks to everyone who participated and took part or helped in any way in the Dick Roche Memorial Dartathon which was held over the weekend and helped raise much needed funds for the South East Radiotherapy trust.

Tony Forristal Tournament

The club are once again proud to host the Tony Forristal tournament this year. The Division One winners receive the Tony Forristal Cup named after the late Mount Sion man, with the Division Two winners receiving the Sonny Walsh cup in memory of the De La Salle man. The Tournament is held in high esteem and the success of the tournament over the last 33 years is a credit to the organisers. Club Deise has once again kindly come on board to sponsor the Tournament.Please come up and support Waterford in the club and keep an eye on the website for all the fixtures and results.

Happy Birthday

Tuesday is a special day for Cnoc Sion stalwart Phil Fanning as he celebrates his 70th birthday with his family and friends, Phil recently had hip surgery and is back flying around and everyone in the club wishes him well on reaching this latest milestone!

Deise Draw

August’s Deise Draw takes place on Friday in St Mollerans  and hopefully we’ll get a winner or two!  Tickets are still available for the next draws from Josie Evans or from the bar. Please contact Josie Evans (087-0686700) to join and more importantly to make sure you are in with a chance to scoop the top prize of €10,000!!! . Tickets are €10 per month for nine months. You can either pay up front or per month by leaving the money behind the bar. 70% of the money raised will go directly back to Mount Sion. Best of luck to all our ticketholders!

Fixtures

Under 16 County Championship V Cappoquin in Cappoquin on 25 August at 7pm

Need a venue for your party??

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Darts & Cards

Darts and Cards for club members. Come along and join in the fun. Darts takes place every Thursday night with Cards on Friday nights, both starting around 10pm. Great prizes on offer!! All Club Members are welcome.

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Notes for Paper & Website

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