Graigue-Ballycallan GAA Club will be holding their Registration Day on Sunday 12th March at the clubrooms in Tom Ryall Park, Kilmanagh from 11.30am to 12.30pm.
Author: Teresa Corcoran
U14 Roinn B Football League – GBC v Mullinavat – 12/2/2017
Report by P J Trant
U10 & U12 Go-Games Fixtures 2017
Please click on the link below to see the U10 & U12 GoGames Fixtures for 2017
Kilkenny Supporters Club
Membership of Kilkenny Supporters Club is now due, cost €20. Contact Michael Dermody 086 8865483 for further details.
Kilkenny Club Information
AGM – GRAIGUE BALLYCALLAN GAA CLUB
The AGM of the Graigue-Ballycallan GAA Club will take place on Saturday 14h January 2017 at 8.30pm in the clubrooms in Tom Ryall Park, Kilmanagh.
Nominations for all positions are invited. Please note that all nominations must be with the Club Secretary, Philomena Brennan, Ballycloven, Callan, Co.Kilkenny by Friday 6th January 2017.
Please be advised that deceased members of the Graigue-Ballycallan GAA Club will be remembered at 7.30pm Mass in Our Lady Queen of Peace Church, Kilmanagh immediately preceeding the AGM.
All members are requested to attend.
Thank you.
Christmas message from the Chairman
Christmas message 2016 from the Chairman
As 2016 draws to a close, I would like to take this opportunity to wish all our players, mentors and our many supporters a Happy and Peaceful Christmas. A sincere thanks to everyone who both helped and supported the club in any way during the past year.
Next year 2017 is a year of opportunity for our club both on and off the field. I wish all our players and mentors the best of luck as we strive to compete at the highest level possible in all grades, both adult and juvenile.
With this in mind and following on from our recent open meeting, I and my fellow officers are putting the final touches to our Five Year Strategic Plan. At the meeting there were many ideas put forward that I am sure will make the playing experience more enjoyable and beneficial to all our players in both hurling and camogie.
However in order to bring an enhanced facility to fruition, we will require a complete buy in from all our members, players and parents of our rapidly growing juvenile section. The excellent facilities we enjoy at present, were made possible by a dedicated committee and hard-working parents who started their venture with a mere £17.00 in the bank in 1992.
I believe that it is our responsibility to ensure that the club we pass on to future generations will conform to the highest possible standard. In trying to attain this aspiration I must stress that it is neither, mine or the committee’s intention to saddle anybody with financial debt.
We will do it in the following manner:
Discuss ,Design, Decide, and Fundraise and then with enthusiasm, build for the future.
Thank you.
Dave O’Neill
Chairman.
U14 Review 2016
Report by Martin Delahunty
The U14 boys started out their campaign in the Football League all the way back in April with a deserved victory over city rivals O’Loughlin Gaels. This was the only runout they got in the Football League due to walkovers and unplayable pitches. But they were now into hard training for the hurling league after spending the winter months in a boxing club working on agility and upper body strength.
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Minor Review 2016
Report by Adrian Ronan
After winning the U16 Roinn B double in 2014 our goal to compete in Roinn A was the challenge facing the Minors of 2016. As a group we had serious expectations of achieving while acknowledging that maybe the Minors of 2016 were maybe a little too young and light. Read more
U10 Review of 2016
Report by Phil Maher
The U10s commenced indoor training in Wallslough in February. The team worked on basic skills and techniques for 5 weeks which created ideal building blocks for the months ahead.
In March they progressed nicely to our own local turf in Tom Ryall Park in Kilmanagh. Great credit must be given to all the lads for their dedication and commitment as the intensity picked up every week.
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U16 Report for 2016
Report by Philomena Brennan
The 2016 season for the Graigue-Ballycallan U16s opened with a challenge in March against their neighbours John Lockes in Callan. It gave the new mentors of Mark O’Brien, Michael Egan and Martin Delahunty an opportunity to see what the year would bring. Mark and Martin had previously worked with this group of boys at U14 level which saw them manage the boys to reach a Roinn B County Final where they made a gallant effort before succumbing to a stronger Bennettsbridge side. Numbers at this grade have always being a problem with only five boys playing up to their age.
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Draws for 2017 Intermediate Hurling League
The draws for the 2017 Intermediate Hurling League took place tonight, Thursday 15th December 2016.
Graigue Ballycallan have been drawn in the same group as Dunnamaggin, Glenmore, Fenians, Tullaroan & Tullogher Rosbercon
Group B is made up of St. Patrick’s, St. Lachtain’s, Thomastown, Mooncoin, Young Irelands & Lisdowney