Congratulations to Maura Comerford, Knockeenbawn on winning 1st prize of a car in the first Piltown draw of the year. Also to John Ryan, Desart and Patrick Duffy St. Francis Terrace, Kilkenny who both scooped €200 each.
The club would like to say a massive thanks to all Piltown Ticket Sellers and of course everyone who purchased a ticket. We exceeded our sales for 2014 and this is down to a huge effort by all involved. Thanks again!
Report by Martin Delahunty
The annual U14 Declan Byrne Memorial Tournament was held in Tom Ryall Park on Saturday last, 6th June. There was huge work put in by all in organising teams, officials and preparing the grounds for the big day. In all, 8 clubs participated in the tournament with the first games getting under way at 10am sharp in glorious sunshine. As each team finished their first match all players, officials and parents were served refreshments by the tireless team in the kitchen who worked hard from early morning to make sure nobody went thirsty or hungry. Read more
Results from the annual U14 Declan Byrne Memorial Tournament which took place today Sat 6/6/2015 in Tom Ryall Park, Kilmanagh.
Graigue Ballycallan were victorious in the cup final when they beat Ballyhale Shamrocks on a scoreline of 3-4 to 1-2.
Dicksboro B team won the Shield final when they beat city rivals O’Loughlin Gaels B team by 1-9 to 2-2.
Well done to both teams on their win and a big thanks to everyone who helped out in any way at the pitch on the day. Full report on matches to follow.
Below is a small selection of photos from the presentation, more photos from all matches will be uploaded in the coming days.
Report by Niall Egan
Team Blue played Lisdowney in Nowlan Park on Saturday 6th of June in the Go Games finals. Playing 9 a-side with a strong breeze our lads started well, with Ryan, James & Aaron getting the Kilmanagh side off to a lively start. We rotated our subs every few minutes but this didn’t interupt our dominance.
Thanks to Ben and Aaron who agreed to play the 2nd half with Lisdowney, meaning everyone got full game time. For the record we won 5 games and drew 1 to complete our round of Go Game fixtures.
Panel: Aidan Cahill, Paidí Egan, Ben Young, James O’Halloran, Aidan Comerford, Aaron McEvoy, Chris Mahony, James Casey, Elliot Teehan, Donnacha Cleere, Ryan Corcoran.
Graigue Ballycallan GAA Club will host our annual U14 Declan Byrne Memorial Tournament this Saturday 6th June 2015. We have teams coming from Ballyhale Shamrocks, Piltown, Dicksboro, O’Loughlin Gaels, Clara, Barrow Rangers and Ballingarry. Matches commence at 10am. For more details see Rules and competing teams below.
Graigue Ballycallan GAA Club and St. Brigid’s Camogie Club would like to send best wishes to all students from the parish who are sitting Leaving Cert and Junior Cert exams which start Wednesday 3rd June. This can be a stressful time for students and their families so stay strong, take care of yourselves properly and remember it’ll soon be over!
Well done to Cian Ronan who is our U8 Hurler of the Week for this week. Well done Cian, keep up the great work!
Report by Niall Egan
We played Glenmore and Conahy Shamrocks recently in our last round of Go Games.
We made the long journey to Glenmore on Saturday 16th May. Glenmore made a strong start, leading 3-1 to no score after 10mins. Our lads finished the half stronger with good scores from Aaron, Elliot and Ryan to leave the score 3-1 to 2-2 at half time. The 2nd half was end to end with scores hard to get. Our backs defended well keeping Glenmore scoreless to win on a scoreline 4-6 to 3-1. Read more
Report by Philip Cody
Graigue Ballycallan U10 White Team played their last go game on Monday evening away to Dicksboro. In an entertaining game, both sides hurled well and showed an array of skills. In the opening minutes three points were exchanged between both sides but goals from Jeff Neary, JakeO’Brien and Martin Brennan gave the boys a halftime lead of 4-3 to 0-3. The second half was fiercely contested with both sides raising the green flag on four occasions. Through a great team effort and good defensive play throughout the field the boys came out on top, 8-7 to 4-3. Well done lads on the great hurling over the last few weeks. 
Team and Scorers: Billy O’Neill, Sean Roberts, Pat Purcell, Sean McGrath, James Brennan, Jake O’Brien(3-2), Ryan Cody, Sean Dillon, Jeff Neary(2-1), Dean O’Brien(2-4), Martin Brennan(1-0) and Cillian Hoyne.
Our U8 Hurler of the Week for this Week is Shane Cody. Congratulations Shane, well done and keep up the good work!
SuperValu stores nationwide are awarding juvenile O’Neill’s kits to over 400 clubs around the country. When you spend €40 or more in-store, you will receive Kit for Kids token which can be donated to your chosen club through in-store collection points.
Super Valu in Callan has Graigue Ballycallan GAA Club collection point. A minimum of 2,000 tokens must be collected by the club to receive the kits. This offer will continue until 5th July. If you collect a token in any of the other SuperValu stores there will also be a collection box at the clubrooms in Kilmanagh where you can drop tokens.
Report by Philip Cody
Graigue Ballycallan U10 White Team continued their winning ways when they played Danesfort last Friday evening. The boys were on top from start to finish with all of them performing well. Well done.
Team and Scorers: Cillian Hoyne, Sean Roberts(1-2), Patrick Purcell, Sean McGrath(2-0), Dean O’Brien(0-1), Ryan Cody(1-0), Billy O’Neill(0-6), Sean Dillon, Jeff Neary(4-1), James Brennan, Jake O’Brien(0-2) and Martin Brennan(3-0).
