Report by Martina Teehan
What a wonderful day the U10 camogie girls had on Sunday last 10th Sept. We departed the pitch in Kilmanagh at 9.30am with an excited bus load of players, brothers, sisters, friends, Mammies and Daddies. Spirits were high as we travelled to Kilmacud Crokes to play a match, especially after our Intermediates had such glory in the All Ireland 7’s the day before. Well done! Read more
Our U10 Player of the Week – Lia Butler and our Most Improved Player is Ciara Muldowney. Well done girls keep up the great work!
The last training of 2017 for our U8s and U6s!
Best of luck to the girls this Saturday 9/9/17, as they have their final blitz at home in Kilmanagh commencing at 10am. We would ask for donations for the kitchen and also help in the kitchen on the day where possible.
Report by Philomena Brennan
The Annual Family Fun Day which was postponed recently due to inclement weather took place on Saturday evening last 02/09/2017. Despite the postponement, a large crowd turned up in Tom Ryall Park, Kilmanagh to support the club’s fund-raiser. The club had been busy since early morning as the first ever Billy Malone Memorial U17 Camogie Tournament was in progress. The tournament has been established to honour the memory of Billy, a great supporter of camogie in Kilkenny and who was also a trustee of the hurling club.
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Report by Martin Delahunty
Graigue Ballycallan 2-18 Rower-Inistioge 1-16
The All-Ireland Camogie quiz live on air with KCLR’s John Walsh will take place in Brennan’s Bar Kilmanagh on Thursday night 7th September starting at 9pm sharp. This is to raise much needed funds for the Kilkenny Senior Camogie team who are contesting the All Ireland final on September 10th. Teams of 4 €20.
1st prize: 8 stand tickets for the match, 8 Banquet tickets & 4 double rooms in The Red Cow OR €400
2nd prize: 4 stand tickets for match & 4 Banquet tickets OR €200.
Come on up to Brennan’s on Thursday night and support our own Aisling Dunphy and the Kilkenny team. If you would like to enter a team contact Josie on 0862740366
Match reports -Our first round of games took place just after 10am. St. Brigid’s were up against neighbours Danesfort first and after a tough battle, goals made all the difference. Final score was 4-2 to 2-5. On the other pitch our travelling teams took each other on, Naas showed great skill and had a very talented set of forwards, they came out winners over Mount Leinster Rangers on a scoreline of 2-10 to 4 points. Read more
Report by- Mary East
On Thursday 31st August, St. Brigid’s U14 girls travelled to St. Lachtain’s Freshford to play the Roinn A Semi-Final against what was a very strong and powerful Dicksboro side. Read more
Our U10 player of the week – Shannon Comerford and our two most improved players are Mollie Guiry and Leah Peters. Well done girls keep up the great work!
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 St Brigid’s U6 girls who played Tullaroan in a tightly contested match yesterday evening 30th August. They played their hearts out for their club and for each other until the final whistle went. Our future stars camogie players Go St Brigids! – By Jane Shore Butler
