| St. Patrick's GAA Club Lotto Results | | 30/06/2016 | | St. Patrick's Club notes – 25th April 2016 | Congratulations to our Under 14 Football teams who will be travelling to Cork and Kerry to participate in the John West Féile na nÓg. The John West Féile na nGael National tournament is a Club festival for Gaelic football and Ladies Gaelic football at Under 14 level, involving teams from across the Association which will be held in Kerry, West Limerick and West Cork on the weekend of 24th – 26th June 2016. The U14 Girls team played in the Féile on Tuesday evening in Bray. They had 2 games against Bray & Tinahely and were successful in retaining the Ellen Kinch Cup for the 5th year in a row. Lucy Dunne Captain lead her team in the now annual cavalcade through the main street to the clubhouse on Sunday evening where the girls were treated to a well-deserved pizza. Well done Eddie, Deirdre and girls. Our hosts will be Nemo Rangers, Trabeg Sports Centre, South Douglas Road, Cork. Congratulations to Paul Fox, Padge McWalter, Barry Cahill, Patrice Evans, Captain Cian Kelly, players and all involved with the U14 Lads who on Monday night in Rathnew beat AGB and Bray Emmets to qualify for Feile 2016. Our hosts will be Reenard GAA Club, Reenard, Cahersiveen, Co. Kerry. The fun now begins in preparation for the organising and funding of our trips to our hosts Nemo Rangers in Cork and Reenard GAA Club, Cahersiveen, Co. Kerry. Congratulations to all involved with Colaiste Cill Mhantain on their success in winning the Senior 'B' Schools championship especially our own members Conor O'Brien, Jack Dunne, Hugh Humby, Daire Reardon, Colin O'Toole, Robert Keogh, Rory Dowling, Mark Darragh, Andrew Earls and Brian O'Sullivan. On Saturday in Dunbur we hosted our near neighbours Rathnew in the Division 1 League at 4.30pm. In an entertaining game Rathnew were victorious with a Full time score: St Patricks 1-09 Rathnew 1-11. Team: Ian Murphy, Shane Murley, James Kavanagh, Padraig Higgins, Chris Kavanagh, Padge McWalter, Niall Donnelly, Dean Healy, Shane Doyle, Johnny Crowe, Conor Ffrench, Simon Bouchier, Conor O’Brien, Tommy Kelly, Donie Fitzgerald.
Subs used: Ciaran McGettigan for Chris Kavanagh, Brian Doyle for Conor O'Brien.
Scorers: Tommy Kelly 0-5(3F), Conor O'Brien 1-01, Johnny Crowe 0-02, Donie Fitzgerald 0-01 Our U12 hurlers commenced their league campaign last Monday evening in Dunbur against Eire Og. This match turned out to be a thrilling affair with Eire Og coming out on top by a single point on a scoreline of 4-04 to to 4-03. The majority of this St Pats team were playing their first ever 13 a side game so well done to all concerned. Also many thanks to the great support provided on the night by all the parents. The team on the night was Aarron Kavanagh, Sam Culleton, Rory Hennessy, Billy Joe Connors, John O Brien, Tom Davis, Joe Davis, Fionn Greene, Denis O Brien, Harry Tobin Kelly, Bill O Brien, Jim Connors, Joseph Neilan, Tom Phelan, Johnno Mooorehouse, Fionn Laffan and John O Brien. Monday 25th April:
U16 Hurling League/Championship Round 2 Venue: Wicklow St Patrick’s v Luke O’Tooles ref Anthony Nolan Wed 27 April
Junior Hurling League, Venue: Wicklow Town, St Patrick's Wicklow V Eire Og Greystones 19:15, Ref: Eugene Doherty Sat 30 April
County Hurling League Group 1, Venue: Wicklow Town, St Patrick's Wicklow V Carnew 18:30, Ref: John Keenan Sun 01 May
Campus Oil Division 1 Football League, Venue: Wicklow Town, St Patrick's Wicklow V Eire Og Greystones 11:00, Ref: Kieran Kenny
Senior Ladies St Patricks V Bray Emmets in Bray at 11.30am Wicklow County GAA are very short on referees and CCC can see some games being postponed due to lack of same. If we have any Young Whistlers who can only do U8 & U10, and wish to do U12 or U14 they must do a further Referee course. Wicklow County GAA will organise the relevant courses for those interested. We urgently require referees, if anyone is interested please contact club secretary: Secretary.stpatricks.wicklow@gaa.ie .Closing date is Friday 29th April. It was another great turnout at Gaelic4Girls on Saturday morning in Dunbur. Girls aged 8-12 are still welcome to join at 10am for the next 5 weeks for €8. They will learn the basics of football and also play games and have fun, coached by John Gerard McGettigan, Donal Marron and a few of our Senior and Junior Ladies. We hope to see you there. A reminder to all members, membership is now overdue please contact Registrar Eddie Leonard to arrange payment (086 834 9272). No players can train or play matches until they have paid their membership, no exceptions! Welcome to the Club Executive Niall Hanton who is head of Recruitment as per the Club Development Plan and Michael Murphy as Vice Chairperson of St Patricks GAA Club. Wicklow Town will make its Darkness into Light debut in 2016 and become the third venue in the beautiful Garden County on Saturday May 7th at 4.15am start and finish at the Leitrim Lounge. Members of the organising committee club members Ruth Davoren, Conor O'Brien and Patrick Cullen will be in the Clubhouse Dunbur on Saturday 30th April at 11am with more information and details for registration. Our Senior Ladies have signed up for the Pieta House Fundraiser so remember to set your alarms the night before, arrive early, wrap up warm and soak up the unique atmosphere that is unique to the Pieta House flagship fundraiser! St. Patrick's GAA presents TEXAS HOLD'EM in St. Patrick's Clubhouse, Dunbur on Saturday 30th April. Registration starts at 8pm. Cost €20.00 Unlimited Buy-Ins until the break
Each Buy-In €10.00. Starts: 8.30pm ALL WELCOME We have a winner! Congratulations to Gerry Higgins in our 2016 Last Man Standing competition. For the last weekend of the competition they had to predict the winner of each of the football league finals as follows: Division 1: Dublin v Kerry, Division 2: Tyrone v Cavan, Division 3: Kildare v Clare and Division 4: Antrim v Louth. Gerry won our competition after going to the tie breaker based on the score between Dublin and Kerry. He had predicted 3 out of the 4 winners of the league finals as had Kieran Costello. However, Gerry's predicted score of 21 points to 14 in favour of Dublin was closer to the actual score of 24 points to 13 than Kieran's predicted score of 17 points to 14. Thanks to everyone who entered our competition. A big thank-you to Aine and Niall Esmonde from Fitzpatrick's Bar Abbey Street they are our main club sponsors this year. There was no winner of this week's Club Lotto Match 4 + Bonus Jackpot of €10,000 or Club Lotto Match 4 Jackpot €3,450. Numbers drawn were 3,4,16 and 23. The bonus number was 5. One person managed to draw 3 numbers winning the prize of €250; Willie Allen The Club would like to thank those who continue to support the lotto each week, both buying and selling tickets. If you're interested either text 087 6214903 or email treasurer.stpatricks.wicklow@gaa.ie and we will contact you. Lotto Sellers urgently required for the Saturday night rota please contact our new head of Fundraising James Phelan at Secretary.stpatricks.wicklow@gaa.ie. Please send any information for club notes to Pro.stpatricks.wicklow@gaa.ie before 9pm on Sunday evenings. You can contact St Pats at Facebook St Patrick's GAA Club Wicklow Town or Twitter @StPatsGAAWick. | 28/05/2016 | | St. Patrick's Club notes – 11th April 2016 | St. Patrick's GAA Club and Wicklow Rowing Club have their long awaited SURF V TURF night this Saturday 16th April in the Clubhouse at 8pm. Tickets are €15 and will be on sale in the Clubhouse this Tuesday 12th from 7.30pm - 8.30pm. They're also available from Derek Dunnes Butchers, The Fishman, Ernie's Pub, Fitzpatricks Bar and Lounge, Georgina Cruise 0868452869 and Wicklow Rowing Club 087 2547328. It promises to be a great night of boxing, Your Town Your Clubs. Cmon the Manntan Up the Pats. SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL CLUBS! On a bitterly cold Saturday that had winter showers our seniors travelled to Tinahely for the Campus Oil Division 1 Football League. In an evenly matched game in which missed opportunities proved crucial Tinahely were victorious. Final score: Tinahely 1-11 St Patrick's 1-07 Team: David Byrne, Wayne Doyle, Padraig Higgins, Ciaran Doyle, Chris Kavanagh, Niall Donnelly, Padge McWalter, Richard Murphy, Dean Healy, Shane Murley, Thomas Kelly, John Crowe, Donie Fitzgerald, Daragh O’Sullivan, Conor O'Brien Subs used: James Kavanagh, Simon Pippy Bouchier, Ruairi Marron, Ciaran McGettigan Scorers: Dean Healy 1-01, Tommy Kelly 0-03(3F), Padge McWalter, Niall Donnelly & Donie Fitzgerald 0-01 each On a dry but windy Dunbur on Sunday morning we welcomed Enniskerry to Dunbur in the Campus Oil Div 3 Football League. In a frustrating game Enniskerry were victorious with the benefit of a retaken penalty in the second half. Final score: St Patrick's 0-07 Enniskerry 1-06. Team: Ian Murphy, Cormac Murnane, Lorcan Smullen, Barry Fitzgerald, Chris Kavanagh, Davy Byrne, Aidan Dunne, Joe Quinn, Bosco Guinan, Ciaran McGettigan, Gary Duffy, Simon Pippy Bouchier, Conor O’Brien, Ruairi Marron, Paul O’Brien. Sub Sean O’Brien for Bosco Guinan. Scorers: Ruairi Marron 0-03(2F), Conor O’Brien 0-02(2F), Ciaran McGettigan & Paul O’Brien 0-01 each In the first game of the year in Dunbur we welcomed Éire Óg/Corrachoill from Kildare in the Leinster Club Hurling League Division 3 Semi-Final. On a sun drenched pitch with cool breeze we witnessed an entertaining game of hurling. Congratulations to Éire Óg/Corrachoill on their two point victory. We wish them every success in the final. Final score: St Patrick's GAA Wicklow 2-09 Éire Óg/Corrachoill 1-14. 50 Years Ago St. Pat's won the Dunne Cup with a win over Newtown in torrential rain with a score line of 2-03 to 1-05. Playing were L. Dover, L. O'Toole, M. O’Neill, P. Roche, A. Phillips (RIP), J. Fitzpatrick, T. Dunne, W. Cuffe(RIP), P. Barry, P. O'Brien, M. Carey, A. O'Neill(RIP), L. Keogh, B. Dunne and F. O'Neill. Calling on all Minor Footballers for 2016. Registration and Players meeting on Wednesday 13th April at 7.30pm in the Clubhouse, Dunbur. Meet the 2016 management team of John Smith (086 813 0477), Paul Earls, Michael O’Reilly and Brian O’Connor. All welcome. Well done to our U14 boys team who took part in the Wicklow Féile on Saturday in Ballinakill. They have made it into a playoff game, with the time and date to be confirmed. We wish them the best of luck for the rest of the season. A big well done to Eddie Leonard and his U14 girls team who won their first league match v Tinahely on Thursday evening, 6-06 to 3-05. Well done to Captain Lucy Dunne, Vice Captain Jess Lyons and all the girls. We look forward to a great season ahead. The club hosted the first week of our Gaelic 4 Girls Programme on Saturday with an excellent turn out. It's only €8 for girls aged 8-12 years old with no experience of Gaelic football. Everyone is welcome to join. It includes fun games while also learning the basics of the game, coached by John Gerard McGettigan, Donal Marron and also ladies from our Senior and Junior teams. Our programme coordinator, Georgina Cruise, can be contacted on 086 845 2869. Everyone Welcome. The Go Games season kicked off on Friday evening with our U8 and U10 hurlers in action in damp conditions in Kilcoole. Despite the weather we got 3 teams out at both U8 and U10 where we took on the locals and Glenealy. Well done to all and keep up the practicing! Training is back again on Tuesday evening. Our 'Little Warriors' Nursery is back again this Saturday from 11am-12pm in Dunbur. We cater for boys hurling and football and girls football for children aged 4-6. For more information you can contact Alan Lawlor (Boys) 086 278 4498 and Triona Keogh (Girls) 086 897 4811. A reminder to all members, membership is now overdue please contact Registrar Eddie Leonard to arrange payment (086 834 9272). No players can train or play matches until they have paid their membership, no exceptions! Are you available to help out in the club tuck shop on the odd occasion to cover this seasons matches and fixtures. If anyone is interested can you please contact Siobhan on 0872556356 or Emma on 0879921064. Everyone at St Patrick's wishes former player Jimmy Carroll a speedy recovery to full health following a recent operation. There was no winner of this week's Club Lotto Jackpot of €3,300. Numbers drawn were 4, 10, 16 and 18. The bonus number was 6. Two people managed to draw 3 numbers sharing the prize of €250; Ethan O'Toole and Greta Knowles. The Lotto's bonus prize of a Toyota Yaris has now been replaced with a cash prize of €10,000 from this week forward. The Club would like to thank those who continue to support the lotto each week, both buying and selling tickets. If you're interested either text 087 6214903 or email treasurer.stpatricks.wicklow@gaa.ie and we will contact you. Please send any information for club notes to Pro.stpatricks.wicklow@gaa.ie before 9pm on Sunday evenings. You can contact St Pats at Facebook St Patrick's GAA Club Wicklow Town or Twitter @StPatsGAAWick | 11/05/2016 | | St. Patrick's Club notes – 7th March 2016 | St Patricks GAA Club are teaming up with Wicklow Rowing Club for a SURF V TURF Fight Night Special on 16th April in the Clubhouse at 8pm. There are 12 fights planned, both male and female. Tickets are €15 and go on sale from 9th March. The St Pats Dream Team consists of Stephen Duffy, Chico Murphy, Eamon Wolfe, Daragh O'Sullivan, Chris Kavanagh, Adam Cox, Gary Jameson, Shane Byrne and Leona Franey. More details will be released in the coming weeks. Your Town Your Clubs SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL CLUBS Cmon the Manntan! Up the Pats! Our Senior County Ladies secured yet another great victory on Sunday where they beat Derry in Bray. At half time they were ahead, 4-07 to 0-0, and carried on that momentum in the second half to win 6-18 to Derry's 0-01. Well done to our Senior Club players Niamh McGettigan, Niamh O’Brien, Rose Fagan, Clodagh Fox and Eleanor Dunne and Selector Mick Kavanagh on a job well done. Hard luck to Dean Healy, John Crowe and Padraig Higgins who were members of the Wicklow Senior Football team that were on the wrong side of 0-14 to 0-17 scoreline in the Allianz NFL Division 4 clash in Aughrim with our near neighbours Carlow. Best of luck to the County Wicklow U21 squad with club players Ian Murphy & Ruairi Marron when they take on Laois in the refixed Leinster U21 Championship Quarter Final in Portlaoise on Wednesday Night 9th March. The Senior Men faced Coolkenno in the Division 1 League on Sunday morning in Kilcoole. The sides were close enough going in at half time, 0-08 to 0-03 in St. Pats favour. In the second half, Conor O'Brien and Connor Ffrench scored a goal each edging the lads further ahead. By full time Pats were well on top, winning 2-15 to 0-06. Team: Davy Byrne, Ciaran McGettigan, Lorcan Smullen, Ciaran Doyle, Chris Kavanagh, Niall Donnelly, Wayne Doyle, Shane Doyle, Richard Murphy, Shane Murley, Conor Ffrench, Padge McWalter, Conor O’Brien, Johnny Delahunt, Donie Fitzgerald. Subs: Tommy Kelly for Donie Fitzgerald, Paul O’Brien for Conor O’Brien, Aidan Dunne for Ciaran Doyle, Simon Bouchier for Johnny Delahunt and Colm Byrne. Scorers for St Pats: Conor Ffrench 1-03, Conor O’Brien 1-01, Shane Murley 0-03, Johnny Delahunt & Richard Murphy 0-02 each, and Niall Donnelly, Shane Doyle, Padge McWalter and Tommy Kelly 0-01 each. Our Junior A footballers will play Eire Og Greystones on Tues 15th March in the County Football League Division 3 in Greystones. Both our Senior and Junior Hurlers were in action on Saturday in Round 2 of their respective Adult Leinster Hurling League.
In Division 3 Our Senior Hurlers beat Crookedwood of Westmeath, 3-19 to 1-11 in Kilcoole GAA Club.
In Division 4 our Junior Hurlers beat Naomh Moninne of Louth by a big score of 5-17 to 3-9 in Newcastle GAA Club. Well done to both teams. We look forward to continued success that keeps us in line for qualification to the play-off stages. Thank you to the Kilcoole and Newcastle GAA clubs for allowing us use their facilities over the weekend. Their assistance is very much appreciated. Our Ladies Junior Team train every Friday night at 7:30pm in East Glendalough and are getting great numbers each week. If you're interested in joining, contact Linda Wynne 087 624 5130. We have been awarded a Gaelic for Girls programme for the year ahead. We previously took part in this programme in 2013 and it proved to be a great success. It was enjoyable for everyone involved. Details will follow in the coming weeks. Our U8 hurlers continue training on Tuesdays at 6.30-7.30pm in the Hall Dunbur. Our U10 hurlers are training on Fridays at 7-8pm in Rathnew Soccer Club Indoor arena. The Boys Nursery will start back on Saturday the 12th March at 11am in Dunbur. Membership forms are now available for the 2016 season from Club Register Eddie Leonard (086) 834 9272. Registration will take place in club lounge during the Saturday Nurseries. 2016 membership car stickers are available. All membership must be paid before 31st March. There was no winner of this week's Club Lotto Draw of €7,500. Numbers drawn were 6, 14, 19 and 22. The bonus number was 17. Two people managed to draw 3 numbers sharing the prize of €250; Colm Franey and Laura Vickers. The club are always looking for more volunteers to head out as Lotto Sellers in Wicklow Town on a Saturday night, with groups of 4 heading out once every six weeks. Any player/member/supporter who would like to be in our club lotto every week and not miss out can do so by signing up to a standing order. The cost is only €8 per month and when paying by this method you are entered in 2 draws free of charge. Our current jackpot stands at €7,600. If you're interested either text 087 6214903 or email treasurer.stpatricks.wicklow@gaa.ie and we will contact you. Please send any information for club notes to Pro.stpatricks.wicklow@gaa.ie before 9pm on Sunday evenings. You can contact St Pats at Facebook St Patrick's GAA Club Wicklow Town or Twitter @StPatsGAAWick. | 06/04/2016 | | Planning For The Year Ahead - Leinster GAA Coaching Courses | Improving Performance Seminars 2016
“Planning For The Year Ahead”
Leinster GAA’s first coaching seminar will be targeted at Youth and Adult team coaches and focus on how to plan your coming year, from setting out the initial program to managing changes both planned and forced.
Martin Kennedy, who has been working as strength & conditioning coach with the Dublin footballers for the last number of years will be delivering this seminar. The seminar will be divided into two parts:
Part 1: An online presentation that will be shared with coaches to view at their own time. This will deal with the theory behind the practice
Part 2: A face to face seminar where Martin will take us through case studies and show to put the theory into practice.
Cost €15
In order to offer this to as many coaches as possible we are going to have two face to face sessions:
Venue 1: Rathcoffey GAA Club on Saturday the 9th of January from 09:30 to 13:00
To purchase tickets log on to www.leinstergaacoaching.eventbrite.ie or call Leinster GAA at 057 8682000 ext 0
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| 20/01/2016 | | St. Pats GAA Wicklow. A poem dedicated to the memory of our good friend Sean Connolly. Kindly sponsored by Dooley Poynton Auctioneers, Wicklow Town | Congratulations to Pat Brennan on a job well done. St.Pats GAA. A poem dedicated to the memory of our good friend Sean Connolly also my good friend George Johnson RIP. Special thanks to Eugene Dooley for his kind sponsorship. Eugene Whelan & Patrice Evans for their help. Also Shaun Carroll and kids as xtras. Philip & Joe Healy looking well. Hope you enjoy Pat St. Pats GAA Wicklow. A poem dedicated to the memory of our good friend Sean Connolly.
| 04/01/2016 | | St. Patrick's Club Notes - 30th November 2015 | Our Minor Ladies team are in the County Final this Friday, 4th December, where they play Blessington at 8pm in Bray.
All support is welcome. Good luck girls.
Well done to the DCW Senior team managed by Kathryn Fox who beat Baltinglass in the County Senior Semi-Final, 6-15 to 3-05. It was a great display of football from all the girls. The majority of the team are Pat's girls, and it's great to see the Senior players encouraging and supporting the younger girls. A big thank you must go to Damien O'Brien who also helps out with the team. Thank you also to the parents who ferried the girls to and from the match and those who supported the players. Thank you to Rathnew GAA who provided their facilities for the game.
Congratulations to Brian and Patrice Shannon on their recent wedding. Congratulations to James Quirke and Suzy Connolly on their recent wedding.
The Club AGM will take place in the clubhouse at 8pm on Monday 7th December.
There was no winner of this week's Club Lotto jackpot of €6,300.The numbers drawn were 11, 13, 15 and 17. The bonus number was 18. Three people managed to draw three numbers sharing the prize of €250; Karen Vickers, Brendan Murphy and Dazz McGuire. | 12/12/2015 | | St. Patrick's GAA Club Notes – 10th August 2015 | Senior Teams Both our Senior teams were in action this week. The Ladies took on Tinahely in their last group game of the championship on Friday evening. It was obvious that a good but tough game was in store and that was shown at half-time when the ladies were only down by a point, 6 points to 5. Tinahely got a few early scores in the second half extending their lead, just edging out the girls. The game ended 16 points to 9 in favour of Tinahely but the St Pat's ladies played a good game overall. The Senior Men were then in action on Sunday in Dunbur, with a Div 1 League game against Blessington. Both teams were level at half time, 0-10 to 2-04, but the lads kept pushing on and after 12 minutes into the second half they led 1-14 to 2-7. They then scored another two goals before the final whistle, with the match ending 3-16 to 2-10 in favour of St. Pat's. It was another great victory for the lads. A big thank you to Bash Barry who sponsored the team with new tops. Well done to our Senior captain Daragh McEvoy who played in the Charity GAA match this weekend. He played with St. Luke's and scored the winning goal. Juvenile A double header took place in Dunbur on Wednesday evening in horrible conditions. The U14 girls had a league game against AGB and won 3-07 to 3-02 retaining the league cup, congratulations to all involved. Then Eddie Leonard's Minor team played next in a championship game against St. Kevin's. They too grabbed a great victory, winning 5-09 to 2-10. The showers just about held off for the U8 hurlers on Tuesday evening, and you could see all the hard work paying off from the previous week's Cúl Camps. This week's Hurlers of the Week were U8 Callum Hodgkinson and U7 Senan Shorthall. St. Pat's U8 girls were in action on Saturday at a blitz in Bray Emmets. The girls finished with 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss in three very competitive matches against Newtown, An Tochar and Bray Emmets. Well done to all the girls involved: Maeve, Amy, Emma, Niamh, Kella, Katie, Emily (who was playing in her first blitz), Caoimhe and Sophie. Training continues on Saturday mornings in Dunbur @ 11am. Club Lotto There was no winner of this week's Club Lotto Draw. Numbers drawn were 4, 13, 20 and 22. The bonus number was 2. Two people managed to draw 3 numbers sharing the prize of €250; Eddie O'Sullivan and Andy Dunne. Thanks to everyone who continues to support, and the volunteers who sell the tickets each week. Other Club News In the Senior Men's Sports Prediction Competition events 1-12 have taken place with 5 people in the lead with 32 points; Aidan O'Neill, Stephen Tierney, John Lynch, Declan Monoghan and Joe Flaherty. 3 people are on 30 points and 10 people have 28 points. A massive congratulations to Jack Fitzpatrick and his wife Ciara on the birth of their baby boy Zac! Another fine footballer in the making. | 12/09/2015 | | Club Lotto - 29th June 2015 | This week's club lotto jackpot of €3,150 was not won. Numbers drawn were 13, 16, 21 and 25, the bonus number was 14. A number of people managed to draw three numbers sharing the prize of €250; T Hawkins, Gareth Evans, Becky Byrne and Chris and Kevin. | 31/07/2015 |
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