Please Note: Our Roinn B Minor Hurling Championship county final tomorrow v Slieverue has been changed from Bennettsbridge to Piltown as Bennettsbridge pitch is unplayable after the heavy recent rain. Match is scheduled for the same time of 2pm. Please pass the word around and we would ask everyone to come out and give the lads loads of support.
Author: Teresa Corcoran
Scor na nÓg – Thursday 13th November 2014
Well done to the instrumental group of Alex McCluskey, JJ Ryan, Katie Brennan and Sarah Harrison who came first in the instrumental section of the Scor na nÓg tonight. They now move on to the Leinster competition on 13th December and we would like to wish them the best of luck in that. They will be on KCLR tomorrow night during the radio program build-up to the county final on Sunday. Read more
U12 Geoffrey Croke Tournament, Ballingarry 9/11/2014
Report by Martin DelahuntyGraigue Ballycallan U12’s travelled to Ballingarry on Sunday last to compete in the Geoffrey Croke Tournament. The boys played their first game against the hosts and this turned out to be the match of the day. Ballingarry opened the scoring early with a point from a free but our lads began to dominate with the midfield pairing of Oisín Egan and Scott Lawlor launching ball after ball in to the forward line. Read more
U14 Roinn B County Championship Finalists 2014
Panel: Jason O’Brien, Kevin Ging, Adam O’Brien, Alex McCluskey, Eoin Delahunty, Aaron Brennan, Eamonn Corcoran, Oisín Egan, Finn Lanigan, Alan Wall, Killian Egan, Daniel Lawlor, Paddy Brennan, Stephen Keoghan, Simon O’Dwyer, Jack Walton, Lee Ronan, Scott Lawlor, Brendan Dunne, JJ Ryan, John Muldowney, Mark Brennan, Stephen Robinson.
Family Fun Day 2014
U14 Roinn B County Final Saturday 18/10/2014
Report by Philomena Brennan
The eagerly awaited Roinn B Hurling County Final took place in John Locke Park, Callan on Saturday last. The Graigue-Ballycallan boys have been on the road since their first training session in late February and up to their County Final appearance had played nearly forty games, between the League, Championship, tournaments and challenges. Throughout the year, under the stewardship of their management team the boys made great progress and through sheer hard work, dedication and no small amount of self-belief they earned the right to represent the club in the championship final.
U12 HURLING NEWS
Report by Martin Delahunty
The U12 panel finished up their 2014 campaign with a visit to James Stephens Kells Road venue on Sunday morning 12th October to play the Andy Egan Tournament. We had a near full turnout with 24 boys togging out on the morning, this gave a difficult task to the mentors, as the games were played over only 24 minutes with 12 players a-side. Read more
U12 Conahy Tournament 2014
Report by Martin Delahunty
Graigue Ballycallan U12 boys competed in the Jim Comerford Conahy tournament over the last 2 weekends. They were drawn in a group of 4 and played games against Bennettsbridge, Blacks and Whites and O’Loughlin Gaels. The boys put together 3 outstanding performances on the morning and beat all 3 teams convincingly. What impressed the coaches most was the first touch, great interlinking and hugely impressive finishing skills of all players. This meant that our boys topped their group and headed back to Conahy on Sunday to play Lisdowney in the semi final.
U10 Blitz Saturday 20th September 2014 – Tom Ryall Park, Kilmanagh
Report by James Cahill
We hosted a very successful U-10 Blitz on Saturday morning 20/09/2014 in Kilmanagh. Teams from Durrow Harps (Laois), Moycarkey Borris (Tipperary) and our own two u-10 teams participated. The teams were split into two groups. Graigue-Ballycallan teams topped each group after some keenly contested games with not much separating the teams. Read more
U14 Ball Wall Training – Dicksboro GAA Club
Last Thursday 18th September, the U14 panel attended a wall-ball training session in the Dicksboro grounds. The team management were joined by our own Eddie Brennan who took part in the session with the boys.
Photos by Tomás McCluskey
U-9 Roanmore Tournament 2014
The U-9 Team recently took part in the Roanmore Tournament in Waterford. They played against teams from Lisgoold (Cork), Carrick Swans and Sacred Hearts (Waterford).
Panel: Charlie Cleere, James Brennan, Sean Dillon, Aidan Cahill, James Casey, Jeff Neary, Ryan Cody, Martin Brennan, Pat Purcell and Billy O Neill.
Congratulations Billy!
Congratulations to Billy Ryan on winning a Minor All-Ireland medal with Kilkenny yesterday. Billy came off the bench in the 2nd half and contributed to a fantastic win for Kilkenny against a highly fancied Limerick side on a scoreline of 2-17 to 19 points. Well done Billy, you did yourself and your club proud!