31st May 2015

31st May 2015

Mount Sion GAA Club Notes

Feile 2015

Preparations continue for the U14 squad to travel to the National Feile na Gael Festival on June 19th. We are being hosted by St. Eunans GAA Club in Letterkenny  Co Donegal and are currently fundraising with a Flag day arranged for Thursday 4th June at Supervalu at the Hypermarket Morgan Street. Any club members or parents available on the day to help please contact Michael Flanagan on 086 3583463. We have also arranged a “Golden Goal” competition for the Waterford/Cork Championship match with the chance to win one of three €50’s. Tickets are available from the bar staff. A special thanks to ERS Newgate St Waterford and PSI Ltd who have kindly made a donation towards the cost involved.

Golf Classic

The 2015 Mount Sion Golf Classic was held on Friday last in Waterford Golf Club and thankfully the weather held up to help make a most enjoyable day for all involved, many thanks to all our sponsors including main sponsor Martin Barrett Skoda and to the hard working committee who made everything happen so smoothly on the day, results and prize winners can be seen on the page on the website.

Junior Hurling

The Juniors made the short trip to Kill last Friday night to face Bunmahon in their latest Championship outing. It took just three minutes for the opening score to come in Bunmahon’s favour. Sion responded some minutes later with Joey Sinnott finding his range from the middle of the field. The ever improving Kaylem Kennedy added his first of the night with the experienced Ian “Bomb” Power leading the forward charge. Paul “Pooche” Browne was in fine form as he pointed to give Sion a small cushion early on. The seaside opposition gathered themselves and continued to chase down the lead. Both sides exchanged scores with Sion holding a one point advantage going in at the break.

 

Eric Hoban who made a late first half appearance for the injured Ian Power opened the second half scoring. The men from the Copper coast hit three scores in a row to take the lead, captain Aaron Dempsey gave a perfect ball into the path of Pooche Browne who gave the Bunmahon goalkeeper no chance to sway the game back in Sion’s favour. The combination of Sinnott and Dempsey edged Sion further in front, but to the credit of last year’s County Finalists they battled back once again with 1-3 without a reply to leave it at a one point game. As time ticked on Sinnott appeared for his third point of the evening before a long ball in over the top fell to that man again Pooche who made no mistake with a fine finish to the net. But all was not over, a twenty metre free for Bunmahon hit the net and left two points in it, as the clock crept into injury time it was all hands to deck with Stephen “Scratchy” Wilmott in defence being the personification of spirit as he bravely cleared a ball with no thoughts of his own personal safety to help the Monastery men hold on for their first victory of the championship, final score Cnoc Sion 2-15 Bunmahon 2-13! Well done lads great effort all round also well done to Pappy Bowe and Clive Power for all  their hard work over the last couple of months. Next game is in two weeks time against Roanmore.

 

Under 14’s

The Under 14’s were back in action in the City League on Thursday night last to face An Gaelthact in the club, the boys ran out winners on a scoreline of 5-12 to 2-07 with goals coming from the two P.J.s Fanning and Murphy and points coming from all areas of the pitch, things are looking well for the trip to Ulster for the Feile in a few weeks time.

Under 15 Munster Blitz

After a long break the Under 15’s played their first game of 2015 against Ballygunner in the Munster 10 a Side blitz in the club on Saturday morning last, in a fast flowing game Sion got off to the better start with Jordan Roche and Jack Meaney netting in the first half to put the score at 2-05 to 0-07, three more goals came in the second half the pick of which came from Alan Kirwan after some great work from Morgan Grace, with the backs and keeper Bill Wall on top form and Jordan Roche deadly on frees the lads closed out the game 5-09 to 1-11, well done on this result with a trip to Fermoy for the next round in a few weeks time now on the cards.

Under 11’s

In the City league on Friday night last the Under 11’s made the short trip to Cleaboy to face Roanmore, despite having played well on the night chances went astray and the hosts ran out winners on the night, hard luck lads keep up the good work and the results will come.

Dick Roche Memorial Tournament

 The club hosts the second annual Dick Roche Memorial Under 9 tournament on Saturday 6th June where we will welcome Carrick Swans, Faythe Harriers, Ballyduff Upper ,O’Loughlin Gaels, Portlaw, Ballyduff Lower and Fourmilewater .This promises to be a feast of hurling with some great young talent on show.

 

Deise Draw

May’s Deise Draw took place on Friday last and unfortunately we had no winners this time around. Tickets cost €10 a month with the club keeping 70% of the tickets sold. I.e. €7 a ticket.This year we are delighted to announce that Elverys Sports are the Offical Retail Partner to Waterford GAA. A 15% Discount Voucher will be available, on request through the club, to all members of the Déise Draw. Please leave money and names at bar or contact draw co-ordinator Josie Evans if you’d like to support our biggest yearly fundraiser.

Munster Championship

It’s Munster Championship time again as Waterford take on old rivals Cork in Thurles on Sunday next, best of luck to all involved especially Iggy, Austin and Martin who are involved on the panel and Granter on the backroom team.

Fixtures

Intermediate Hurling Championship V St Saviours in Walsh Park on Thursday 4th June at 7pm.

Under 12 City League v Tramore in Tramore on Friday June 5th at 6.30pm

Dick Roche Memorial Under 9 Tournament in Mount Sion on Saturday June 6th from 11am.

Mount Sion Clubhouse

Our club house is the perfect venue for your needs, if you have a family event coming up we can cater for all size parties from small private events to large gatherings, we have a spacious function room with private bar available for hire for all occasions including Birthdays, Christenings, Weddings, Confirmations, Communions, etc, please contact our Bar Manager Michael Ryan for more information on 051-372648 or call up and see him

For a post match drink or chat or to watch the latest sporting event on the big screen we have all the Sports channels available in our spacious bar where on Thursday nights it’s Darts night and on Fridays we have cards which are open to all and there are great prizes on offer, check out our website for more info and photos.

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Notes for Paper & Website

If you have any Cnoc Sion notes or announcements for the paper or website please contact Ciaran Sheridan by email pro@mountsiongaa.ie or text your notes to 087-6364716 before 8pm Sunday night. You can also follow us on Twitter @MountSionGAA or on Facebook MountSion GAA. The website is now mobile friendly and has an upgraded events calendar and gallery which are constantly updated with all Mount Sion related news and events!

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