1st September 2019

Mount Sion GAA Club Notes

Senior Hurling Championship

Cnoc Sion 2-22

Lismore 1-15

The quarter finals of the Senior Hurling Championship took place on Sunday and Sion travelled to Dungarvan to take on hotly tipped Lismore knowing a big improvement was needed performance wise if they were to progress to the semi finals, right from the whistle the intent was clear as Sion raced into a three point lead before Martin F O’Neill pounced on a loose clearance to rattle the net setting up a seven point lead, Lismore worked their way back in but found Ian O’Regan on the goal in tremendous form as he pulled off a number of astounding saves to frustrate their efforts, frees from the dependable Evan McGrath kept the scoreboard ticking over as they went into the break with a five point lead , half time score Cnoc ion 1-12 Lismore 0-10, the second half continued in much the same vein and when Fish pounced on a poor clearance to get his and Sion’s second of the game the writing was on the wall for Lismore, though they tried to stage a comeback their big guns were thwarted by a solid defence and Sion closed out the game with a number of different scorers getting on the scoresheet as they comfortably ran out winners in their most convincing display of the year, final score Cnoc Sion 2-22 Lismore 1-15, the draw for the semi finals was made later that night and the opponents in four weeks time will be local rivals De La Salle.Team Ian O’Regan, Mikey Daykin, Peter Penkert, PJ Fanning, Luke O’Brien (0-1), Mark Hoban(Ben Flanagan), Stephen Roche (0-01), Charlie Costelloe (Evan Curran 0-02), Martin F. O’Neill (2-00), Evan McGrath (0-12), Michael Gaffney (Donal Power), Alan Kirwan (0-01), Austin Gleeson (0-04), Jack Meaney (0-01).

Deise Draw

August’s Deise Draw took place on Wednesday last and it was a very good night for the club as we had six winners with Davey Cummins topping the list with €2500, well done to all our winners and once again thanks for all the support, winners were as follows Davey Cummins €2500, Mount Sion Primary School €500, David Thornton €150,Jim (Dublin) Murphy €150, Lee Halligan & Martin Walsh – SuperValu Voucher.

Junior A Hurling

The Junior A’s bowed out of the Championship on Friday last as they failed once again to overcome the challenge of Newtown/Ballydurn at the semi final stage, Sion had the better of the first half going into the lead at half time but a better performance from Newtown saw them claw back the lead and they ran out easy winners to progress to another final at Sion’s expense.

Camogie

Training for 4-10 group tomorrow (Monday)6-7 in the Astro in the club
Ballyduff Lower visited us for a challenge game with both Under 8’s & 10’s on Thursday, we came away with a win and a loss. Well done to the girls for a great effort and thanks to Ballyduff for coming in.
Our Under 6’s took part in the Mooncoin annual blitz on Saturday, they played so well and had a fantastic time, special thanks to Mooncoin GAA for hosting such a great event. We also unveiled our new jerseys on the day, thanks to Sa’adh Shakil from Euro Centre in the Knockboy Business Park who has kindly sponsored them for the Under 8 girls.
The annual Danny Bowe tournament will be taking place on Saturday 14th of September, we have  teams coming from all over to take part and it promises to be a great day, everyone is welcome to come and watch on the day, as a special treat a few ex players of Danny’s will be playing at half time too.
Finally well done to our Under 12 girls who represented Waterford on Saturday evening against Wexford at half time in the legends game, it was a fantastic experience for all involved to play in such a special event.

 

Fixtures

Monday

Under 15 Hurling Knockout V Naomh Carthage in Lismore at 6-30pm

Tuesday

Junior Football V St Mollerans in Mount Sion at 6-15pm

Under 11 Football V Tramore in Tramore at 6-30pm

Friday

Under 11 Football V St Saviours in Mount Sion at 6pm

Sunday

Minor Hurling V Ballygunner in Mount Sion at 12pm.

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