14 August 2016

Mount Sion GAA Club Notes

Minor Hurling

The Minors were in action again on Wednesday night hoping to get their campaign back on track against Dungarvan in the club, on an unseasonably cold night for August Sion got off to the better start with the in form Evan McGrath once more leading the way with points from frees and play, Ben Sinnott netted Sion’s first goal of the game following good work from Alan Kirwan to give Sion a commanding 1-09 to 0-03 points lead at the break.

In the second half the men from the Old Borough started to eat into Sion’s lead and when they netted to put five points between the teams it looked like the comeback was on, but right from the puck out McGrath, in a manner reminiscent of his illustrious namesakes, picked up the ball in the centre of the pitch and ran towards goal where he shot to the back of the net to maintain Sion’s superiority, from then on the result was never in doubt and the young monastery men ran out comfortable winners on a scoreline of 2-15 to 1-09, fixtures are now coming thick and fast with the lads hoping to bring this form into the game on Tuesday night with local rivals De la Salle in Cleaboy.

Junior Hurling

The Juniors continue to lay waste to all round them as on Friday night they travelled to Portlaw and were comfortable winners on a scoreline of 5-19 to 1-10, under Pappy’s stewardship this team are going from strength to strength and are now in a good position for the knock out stages.

All Ireland Semi Final

The dream is over for another year for Waterford after Saturday’s thrilling replay against Kilkenny where as a man they gave their all but just came up short against the All Ireland champions, well done to all involved and especially to Austin who gave another massive performance and has been a credit to his county and club all summer.

Raffle

The Juvenile club are running a raffle which takes place on Saturday 27th August, first prize are a pair of All Ireland Hurling final tickets with €150 spending money and second prize a pair of All Ireland Football final tickets with €150 spending money, this replaces the Christmas raffle and tickets are priced at €5 each and are available from behind the bar, we would ask our members to sell as many as they can as this will be one of our main fundraisers for the year for the juvenile club.

Get Well Soon

Best wishes to one of our young hurlers Dylan Butler who broke his foot last week playing for the Under 15’s against Abbeyside, Dylan is out for the remainder of the campaign and we wish him well in his recovery.

Deise Draw

July’s Deise Draw took place in BallyMacarbary on Friday night last and unfortunately we had no winners.This is one of the main fundraisers for the club and we would encourage as many members and their families as possible to participate, as well as helping your club you are also in a great draw with many good prizes on offer. For information please contact our Club Co-ordinator Josie Evans (087) 068 6700.

Fixtures

Minor Hurling Championship V De La Salle in Cleaboy on Tuesday 16th August at 7pm

Senior League Semi Final V Dungarvan in Fraher Field on Friday 19th August at 7pm.

Mount Sion Clubhouse

Our club house is the perfect venue for all  your needs, only recently it made it into a list of the ten most unusual places in Ireland to have your wedding ! 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 , 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.

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.We are also now on Clubify App which is available on both IOS and Android, just download and search for Cnoc Sion. 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!