Report by Martin Delahunty
Graigue Ballycallan 2-18 Rower-Inistioge 1-16
Graigue-Ballycallan will be represented on the pitch in Croke Park on this All-Ireland Sunday!!
The 1992 and 1993 Kilkenny All-Ireland winning hurling teams will be honoured at half-time and introduced to the crowd.
Our very own Adrian Ronan will fly the flag for our club!!! Enjoy the day Ronnie!!
We also have Billy Dowling playing at half-time, best of luck Billy and all the Dowlings, enjoy this great experience!
The re-scheduled Family Fun Day 2017 will now be held on this Saturday 2nd September commencing at 3pm. The annual club fund-raiser will be preceeded by the inaugural U17 Billy Malone Memorial Camogie Tournament. All the usual attractions will be there, Where will Winnie Pooh???, Bric-a-Braq, the popular raffle for a large trailer of sticks and of course the eagerly awaited Timber Auction. In addition there will be a sports evening for all U6, U8, U10, U12 children, races and novelty races. For the older ones, there will be skills competitions with prizes for the winners. The barbeque and kitchen will be in full swing so save on the cooking and come and join us for your evening tea.!! The annual Billy Ronan Tournament will be played at six o’clock where our Intermediates will take on the Danesfort Senior team. So come along and support the Family Fun and Sports Evening 2017. Entry is free to all.!!
Well done to Stephen Keoghan and the Kilkenny U16 Squad on winning the Arrabawn Tournament in Tipperary on Saturday 26th August. They beat Tipperary in the Final on a scoreline of 3-21 to 2-10.
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Congrats and best of luck to all the Graigue Ballycallan lads who are involved with various Kilkenny underage teams on Saturday 26th August 2017:
Tom Brennan with the U14s – Tony Forristal Tournament at Mount Sion (Waterford) first match 10.50am v Limerick
Oisín Egan and Eoin Delahunty with the U15s – Wexford Tournament in Ferns, first match 10.30am v Dublin
Stephen Keoghan with the U16s – Arrabawn Tournament at Grangemockler (Tipperary), first match 10.30am v Limerick
Report by Martin Delahunty
Graigue Ballycallan 3-22 Cloneen/Railyard 0- 8
Thanks to all who sold and bought lines for the recent U16 fundraiser to predict the score in the Intermediate Hurling League match – Graigue Ballycallan v Tullaroan.
We have 2 winners – Laura Hennessy, Dama, Ballycallan and Paul Sweeney, Tullaroan. Each received €50. Congrats!
Well done to our U12’s who won the Fr. Kennedy cup in Coolderry on Saturday 12th August. They beat hosts Coolderry in the opening match on a scoreline of 4-12 to 3-3.
In the semi-final the boys played Ballygunner of Waterford . After a tight match the lads progressed to the final winning 4-5 to 3-6.
In the final they faced Clooney-Quinn from Co. Clare. Again this was a tough match with the lads doing well and they won 7-5 to 4-4 – Report by Philip Cody
We are so so proud to have 5 lads from our club involved with the Kilkenny Minor panel when they take on Galway in the Minor All Ireland Semi Final in Croke Park tomorrow Sunday 6th August 2017. The very best of luck to Tommy Ronan, Conor Flynn, Sean Ryan, Jesse Roberts and Killian Egan, the whole parish is behind ye! Throw-in is 1.30pm and the match will be shown live on TG4.
This year’s Family Fun Day will take place on Sunday 20th August 2017. We will have all the usual attractions – underage blitz, inflatables, monster timber auction, bingo and lots lots more. Please spread the word to friends and family.
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Report by Tracy Millea
The annual U14 Declan Byrne Memorial Tournament took place on Sunday last in Tom Ryall Park. A huge amount of preparation was put in by all over the last 3 weeks leading to Sunday.
The annual U14 Declan Byrne Tournament will take place on Sunday 30th July 2017 in Tom Ryall Park.
Please click on the link below for all information.
Declan Byrne Tournament Information
