Congrats to Maura Comerford who was the 1st prize winner in the 1st Piltown draw. Maura was recently presented with her winnings by Eileen Heafey, Josie Ronan and Pat Hayes. Best of luck Maura spend it well!
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U8 Hurler of the Week – 8/8/2015
Our U8 Hurlers of the Week for this week are Sean O’Halloran & Tony Butler. Well done lads!
Kilkenny senior camogie have sights on final
Best of luck to Aisling Dunphy and the Kilkenny senior team who take on Cork in the All-Ireland semi final on Sunday at 4pm in Walsh park. Please support the girls
U16 Roinn A Hurling Championship – 1st Round – 3/8/2015
Report by Philomena Brennan
All roads led to Palmerstown on the 3rd August last, as the U-16s took on the city side O’Loughlin Gaels in the first round of the Roinn A Championship. When the draw took place in early Spring, it was acknowledged that this would be a tough test for the locals. However, with good form displayed in the league the GBC boys and their mentors embraced the challenge and put everything into training coming up to the fixture. Read more
U8s at Mullinahone Tournament – Sat 1/08/2015
Graigue Ballycallan U8s who played 5 matches in the Mullinahone tournament on Saturday 1st August 2015
Lisdowney 7s Shield Winners 2015
Report by Niall Egan
On Saturday the 1st of August, a group of under 13’s made history by comprehensively winning the Kilkenny Supporter’s Club Shield at Lisdowney for the first time in the club’s existence. On the day, conditions were perfect for hurling and as the day unfolded it transpired that the team were in perfect condition! Read more
U11 Trip to Cork – 1/8/2015
Report by Philip Cody
On Saturday 1st August the GBC U11’s travelled to Blackrock in Cork for the Ger Dineen Tournament, having being invited by Joe Young. This was a two team tournament with the winners decided on combination of all results.
First up for the boys were the hosts Blackrock. Team Blue started brightly with Jeff Neary opening the scoring with a point, Eoin Egan followed this up with two goals. The boys lead at half time 2-2 to 0-1. Team Blue continued to dominate the second half and gave a great team performance scoring freely and ran out easy winners. Read more
U16 Roinn A League Play-off – Friday 24/7/2015
Report by Philomena Brennan
After a great campaign in the Roinn A u-16 league, the GBC boys shared the top position on the table with their counterparts from the south, Ballyhale-Shamrocks. Consequently a play-off situation existed and it was all roads to Dunnamaggin on Friday last to determine who would take the honours of heading the group and earning a place in the Roinn A League final for 2015. Read more
U-10 camogie news
Match report by Olivia Hogan
Last Saturday saw St. Brigid’s U10s host their own blitz to our visitors Tullaroan, Thomastown and Dicksboro. Read more
Lisdowney Sevens – Saturday 25 July 2015
Report by Niall Egan
Our U13’s took to Lisdowney on Saturday the 25th of July in perfect hurling conditions for the annual Lisdowney 7’s Tournament. Our first round game saw us meet a strong Dicksboro side. A keenly fought first half meant scores were at a premium, with the ‘Boro opening the scoring before Oisín Egan and Paddy Brennan put GBC one point up. Paddy was unlucky to have a goal disallowed before the half time whistle. Discksboro got the final score of the half to leave it 2 points a-piece at half time. Read more
U12 Go Games – 25/07/2015
Report by Willie Egan
First round of Go-Games started on Saturday morning 25 July 2015, GBC travelled to Young Ireland’s GAA grounds with weather conditions perfect for hurling. These two teams were well matched in the first half. Gowran opened the scoring early with a goal, Gowran dominated early exchanges and were two goals up after 7-8 mins. GBC got more into the game and were rewarded with a well taken goal by Tom Brennan. Gowran responded with a point (2-1) – (1-0). Playing on the half back line Billy Egan collected the ball went down the pitch and scored a excellent goal. On the half-time whistle GBC were down 2pts (3-3)-(3-1) GBC looked in a good position to take the win.
Intermediate camogie league round 3
Well done to our Intermediates who are now through to a league semi-final after topping their group due to a win over Rower Inistioge in the 3rd round of the league. The Rower, who are fresh down from Senior travelled to Kilmanagh on a windy Monday 20th July. Read more