14 June 2015

Mount Sion GAA Club Notes

Under 10 Tournament

The Under 10s made the journey up to Naas early on Saturday morning for their annual tournament. In the first group game they played Maynooth which we started very strongly with great scores from all over the field winning 6-06 to 1-01, next up were Kilmacud Crokes and after a tight first half Sion pulled away in the second with 5 goals coming from Davin Marshall, Lee Flanagan and Adam Regan along with some great defending from Dylan Ryan we ran out winners 7- 06 to 2-6. In our third and final group game we played home favourites Naas and once again the goal hungry Sion boys continued their fabulous form running out winners 6-05 to 3 -02 in the process qualifying for the the final against a very strong Lucan Sarsfields from Dublin. Again we started fast and gained a 6 point lead at half time but Sarsfields  came right back at us in the second half but the Sion lads dug deep and won the final 2-05 to 2-02 . All the coaches are so proud of this young bunch of lads with many U10 again next year . The panel for the day was Davin Marshall, Lee Flanagan, Conor Walsh, Cormac Dunphy, Jack Cowman, Jake Marks, Jack Barrett, Killian Dundan, Dylan Ryan, Ross Byrne, Alex Walsh, Jared O Keeffe, Adam Regan, Adam Cummins and Emmanuel Adebayo.

Junior Hurling

The Juniors continued their good form of late in the Championship with a comfortable victory against Roanmore on Friday last in Walsh Park, it was a case of youth and experience combining with Darren Grey and Ian “Bomb” Power being stand out scorers for Sion along with Brian Hammond whose long range point was one of the scores of the game, well done to Pappy and his team for the good results of late and hopefully it’ll continue on to they next game..

Under 14 Feile

It’s all systems go for the Under 14’s as they prepare for the long journey to Donegal on Friday for the 2015 Feile na nGael tournament.We are being hosted by St. Eunans GAA Club in Letterkenny  and as people can imagine a trip like this costs money and we would like to give special thanks to our sponsors ERS Newgate St Waterford, PSI Ltd, Rockett Engineering and M.W. Murphy who have kindly made a donation towards the cost involved, keep an eye on social media and the website over the weekend for updates on all the matches, meanwhile on the playing front the boys had another good victory on Thursday last as they took on Sacred Heart in the club and despite going behind early came back to win convincingly, best of luck to all the boys as they represent their club and county next weekend.

Intermediate Hurling

Following recent poor results the Intermediates took to the field on Sunday last against Dunhill looking for their first win of this year’s campaign, Sion started brightly with Cian O Regan registering the first score of the game with a well taken solo point, Dunhill responded well and 10 minutes into the half keeper Owen “Savo” Sauvage was called on to make a save to deny the Dunhill attackers, there was nothing he could do about their next attempt though and as the Anne Valley men threatened to race ahead it was Sion who ended the half better with points from O Regan frees and Anthony Kirwan first pointing and then setting up Dermot O Byrne who in turn became provider for young Ben Flanagan to finish the half 0-09 to 1-08 in Dunhilll’s favour.Sion started the second half well with Michael Frisby setting up Kirwan who made no mistake from close range to raise the green flag, points from the dangerous O Byrne and O Regan put Sion ahead before Dunhill upped a gear and scored 2-04 without reply to comfortably run out winners on a scoreline of 3-17 to 1-15, there were many positives to be had from this game not least the quality of Sion’s scores and if they keep up the work rate the results will come.

Under 11’s

The Under 11 City League continued in the club on Friday last against De La Salle and although Sion lost by 2 points on the night we controlled most of the game and only for the heroics of the opposition keeper the result could easily have gone the other way, tough luck lads keep up the good work and the results will come.

Condolences

Sincere condolences to two of our young hurlers Brandon Collins and Sean Martin and their families on the death of their grandmother Anne Kennedy last week, ar dheis De go raibh a h-anam.

Fixtures

Under 14 Championship v Cois Bride on June 15th at 7.30pm

Under 12 City League v Mooncoin on June 19th in Mount Sion at 6.30pm

Senior Hurling Championship V Dungarvan on June 21st in Fraher Field at 3.30pm.

Deise Draw

June’s Deise Draw takes place at the end of the month and tickets are still available . 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.

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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