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Michael Twomey (Kilshannig GAA Club PRO) and Eithne Foley (Kilshannig Ladies Football Club PRO)

Kilshannig GAA Newsletter November 2016. Vol 2 Issue 4.

Thomas Russell’s Juvenile GAA News

The U9 and U10 footballers

who finished their season with

a Monster Blitz in Mallow GAA.

Kilshannig captured the County

U16 Premier 2 Football Champi-

onship Title recently with victory

over Carbery Rangers and in do-

ing so created history with the

U16 Footballers

Make History

club claiming a Rebel Og Premier

title for the first time. It was a re-

markable achievement for a superb

bunch of players and overcame a

number of strong challenges

throughout the campaign.

Kilshannig defeated Valley

Rovers (3-9 to 0-7), Ilen Rov-

ers (1-8 to 0-5) and

St.Finbarr's (3-9 to 3-5) to

progress to the final. In the

final itself, Kilshannig were

deserved winners and two

first half goals from Conor

McMahon and Stephen Gog-

gin were crucial to lead 2-3

to 0-4 at half time. McMahon

added a second half goal and

while Carbery Rangers made

a late comeback, Kilshannig

emerged victorious, 3-5 to 1-

8. With the majority of the

panel having lost a County

U16 Hurling Final earlier in

the year, it was an excellent

achievement by the players

to regroup and make up for

it on the football front. A

special mention to the

team's mentors also for their

hard work and help all year,

Denis Healy, Tadgh Twomey,

Kevin O'Callaghan and Larry

McMahon.

Not much news from the

Juvenile Club? That’s

because they need a PRO

(can be a shared role).

Support & training will be

given! Please consider.

Our Under 10s were thrilled to be

presented with a beautiful set of

Kukri jerseys by Brendan Creed of

Direct Tyres (Newberry). Brendan

is based locally in Newberry and

supplies tyres as well as fitting and

repairing tyres at home, work or at

the side of the road. Tel: 085 883

5709. Commenting on the

presentation, Brendan said "I am

delighted to get involved with

Kilshannig GAA and to support this

great bunch of girls. As my

business is based in Newberry, I

feel very much a part of Kilshannig

parish and I look forward to

Kilshannig Ladies Football News

Under 10 Jersey Presentation

serving the families of the area."

Chairperson of the Ladies Club

Pascal Ring thanked Brendan for

the sponsorship and added "We,

as a club, are delighted with the

sponsorship. The girls will wear

the jerseys with pride for many

years to come".

The Under 10s are pictured here

with Brendan and Mentor

Michelle McCarthy, Trainer Tim

Ring, Mentor Lisa Lucey, Club

Chairperson Pascal Ring and

trainer Dominic Jenks.

The Club was delighted to be chosen as the Cailin Ogra team to play the

half time exhibition match at the Munster Championship of Cork Ladies

Versus Kerry Ladies in Legion Killarney. 10 players played Dr. Crokes

(Killarney) at half time and did their clubs proud. The score after the

match was 0-2 to 0-2. Well done to Cork who were crowned Munster

Champions on the day.

Kilshannig Ladies ran a

fantastic Cork LGFA Summer

Camp for ladies footballers

aged 7-14 this summer, with

over 40 girls attending.

Training was provided by

Cork players Orlagh Farmer,

Marie Ambrose, Kate

Leneghan & Shauna Cronin.

Thanks to our own older

players who provided

additional training; Shauna

Ring, Elaine O'Hanlon,

Alannah Buckley, Emma

Healy and Ashling Healy.

Many of our members have

completed the

“Grab Your

Whistle”

course

and are

now in a position to referee

U8 and U10 non competitive

matches. Well done to

Aisling Healy, Alannah

Buckley, Aoife Barrow, Ciara

O’Callaghan, Clodagh

O’Sullivan , Eimear O’Hanlon,

Elaine O’Hanlon, Emily

Cremin, Emma Barrett,

Emma Jayne Young, Kate

Hickey, Laura Murphy,

Mairead O'Sullivan and

Shauna Ring.

This year, the Kilshannig Ladies

Football Club fielded an Under 21

team for the first time and a Junior

team for the first time in many

years. This has been a major under-

taking for the Club, but we are

thrilled to provide ongoing Ladies

Football opportunities to our play-

ers as they grow up. Pictured here

are the Juniors in their Gortroe Inn

jerseys at their last game of the

season.

Kilshannig Ladies

Sponsored Walk On Sunday 6th of November, the play-

ers of Kilshannig Ladies are doing a

Sponsored Walk in Bweeng Community

field. All in the Kilshannig community

are welcome to join us. The walk will

begin at noon, and there will be a com-

plementary disco and refreshments af-

terwards. Players please wear club col-

ours for a big club photo! The players

have all been given Sponsor Cards, and

as a special incentive, all returned sponsor cards will be entered into a draw, where prizes include vouchers

for Perry Street Market Café and Lifestyle Sports among others. Please support the girls in their efforts to

get sponsorship! Contact the Kilshannig Ladies Fundraising Committee with an questions; Neta Casey (086

0833574), Elmarie Young, Marie Roche, Mary Murphy, Alan Gould, Ashling Healy & Jo Timoney.

Over 100 members and supporters of

Kilshannig Ladies boarded two buses to go to

Croke Park, to support the rebels in retaining

the All Ireland Senior Ladies title.

Winning by just one point, it was a riveting

match and the Club was proud to be part of

it. The attendance on the day was a record-

breaking 34,445,

Thanks to all who helped make the day

happen for our girls, especially Eilis

O'Callaghan and Susan Healy. Roll on the

2017 final to make it seven-in-a-row!

Pictured here enjoying the day are Mairead

O’Sullivan, Faye Healy and Lauren Singleton.

Kilshannig Ladies are running a FUNdamentals Course on Sunday Nov 20th. Anyone interested in getting

involved in a team must do this course. Contact Eithne at kilshanniglgfc.pro@gmail.com for queries.

Text 086 237 8336 to be added to the Kilshannig GAA Phone

for alerts about matches , community events and more.

Looking for Kilshannig Club Gear? Kilshannig GAA Gear (O’Neills) is coordinated by Niall Murphy. Niall can be con-

tacted at 086 8196789

Kilshannig Ladies Football Gear is coordinated by Michelle McCarthy (087 9351354) and Lisa Lucey. Some Kukri gear (e.g.

bags) available online at /www.teamshopbuilder.ie/kilshannigladiesfootballclub/

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Completion Of

Main Pitch

Kilshannig Club Development Pro-

gramme has been in place for 13

years, which included (among

other items) the Sports Complex,

the upgrading of the second pitch

and bringing the main pitch to all

weather status. The cost of these

has amounted to approximately €

1.2million. The club has effec-

tively no debt, partly in thanks to

the generosity of the Kilshannig

community. The two items that

remain to be finished are lighting

of the main pitch, and the erec-

tion of a small spectator stand.

To this end, the Club are asking

Kilshannig families for temporary

financial assistance in the form of

interest free loans, which will be

paid back to the families in 3-5

years. If you are in a position to

make such a loan, please contact

any member of the Kilshannig

GAA Committee (or the Juvenile

Club / Ladies Club committees).

Thank you for your support.

Minors Fall Short in North

Cork Finals After two successful campaigns

our minors ultimately came up

short in their respective Minor A

Hurling and Football

Championship Finals. Following

impressive victories over Keale

Gaels and Cuchulainns, our

hurlers came up against a very

strong Ballygiblin side and won

comfortably on the night with

Ballygiblin going on to win county

honours. The footballers had

excellent wins over Kanturk and

Boherbue to set up a final

meeting with Fermoy. This final

was a much closer affair but

unfortunately Fermoy came out

on top by a two point margin.

While neither side achieved

North Cork success, it was a

superb achievement to make two

Minor A Finals in the one year..

All is not lost yet however for

both sides. As beaten, North Cork

finalists the footballers qualified

for the county stages and a

convincing quarter final win over

St. Vincent's has set up a semi

final rematch with Fermoy while

the hurlers progressed to the

league final following a 1-21 to 2-

12 victory over Banteer.

All Ireland Tug of War Competition

Sunday 27th November (all day)

Venue: Kilshannig GAA

Kilshannig GAA Complex

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