The Nenagh Éire Óg Club Lotto represents the club’s key fundraising initiative. Please consider supporting the Blues by playing our club lotto online: click here! Just watch how far we can stretch your €2!
Alternatively you can also support Nenagh Éire Óg by paying your club membership. Membership for 2015 is now due and can be paid to any club officer or online. The cost of membership is priced at €25. Help us to make the dreams of our players come true!
If you need to contact Éire Óg please do so via our Contact page. You can also keep in touch by accessing our Facebook page or by following @nenagheireog on Twitter.
Senior Club Notes
Junior A Hurlers play Burgess this Friday in Kilcolman at 7:30 p.m.
Thanks to everyone in the club involved in promoting the Tipperary Club Draw, and of course to everyone who supported the club by joining the draw.
The Blues 10K & 5K Fun Run/Walk will return to the streets of Nenagh on Sunday, July 16th (10.30am). Entry to the 10K run is priced at €15, entry to the 5K run is priced at €10 and entry to the 5K for walkers is priced at €10 per family.
Juvenile Club Notes
Junior A Hurlers play Burgess this Friday in Kilcolman at 7:30 p.m.
Thanks to everyone in the club involved in promoting the Tipperary Club Draw, and of course to everyone who supported the club by joining the draw.
The Blues 10K & 5K Fun Run/Walk will return to the streets of Nenagh on Sunday, July 16th (10.30am). Entry to the 10K run is priced at €15, entry to the 5K run is priced at €10 and entry to the 5K for walkers is priced at €10 per family.
Prizes: €75 for the first-placed male and female competitor in the 10K, €50 for the second-placed male and female and €25 for the third-placed male and female competitors. There will also be a series of spot prizes for runners and walkers. Please contact Shane Connolly at 087 637 3830 for further information.
Juvenile Club Notes
Under 6:
The under 6’s had another blitz in Toomevara on Saturday. Our thanks to them for giving us such a warm welcome and providing refreshments afterwards. Silvermines, Templederry, Loughmore Castleiney also took part.
Under 8:
Under 8:
On Saturday we hosted Kilruane McDonaghs and again we had very good numbers with over 45 players. We played 3 very competitive and enjoyable games in very warm conditions. The practicing the kids do at home is really beginning to show with some great performances. Our thanks to the parents who contributed to and helped with the refreshments and treats for all the players after the games. Training continues as normal on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Under 10:
Under 10:
Our u10’s travelled to Cappawhite last Saturday morning and played two games each in glorious sunshine. Many thanks to Cappawhite for hosting us.
All the u10 management and players would like to congratulate the O’Farrell family on the arrival of their twins Michael & Kevin and look forward to them wearing the sky blue and navy in years to come.
Under 12:
Under 12:
Our U12 teams had mixed fortunes on Friday in Dolla v Silvermines the A squad recorded an excellent win while the D squad were narrowly beaten after a very good display training continues this week with both teams in action later in the week details to be confirmed.
Under 14:
Under 14:
Our U14 hurlers were defeated by an excellent Silvermines team in Dolla last Wednesday. We produced a very spirited second half performance on the night. Our next match sees us face North U14 A Féile hurling champions Burgess at 6.30pm in Kilcolman on Wednesday, 21st June. Well done to our captain Jamie Kennedy who has been selected on the provisional county under 14 hurling squad.
AOB:
Our annual Summer Camp takes place from July 24th to 28th from 2pm-5pm. Always a wonderful week full of fun and games, contact Catherine on 086 0855165 to reserve your place or for more information.
10k Run and Family Fun Day set for July 16th. Registration at 9am with final registration at 10am. Commencing at McDonagh Park at 10.30am. 5k Run and Walk commences at 11am. All welcome!
Nenagh Éire Óg Healthy Club Project invite you to an evening on Gambling & Addiction Awareness in the Abbey Court Hotel, Wednesday December 7th at 7.30pm.
This event is open to players from all clubs and anyone from the wider community who would be interested in attending.
Admission is free.
Justin Campbell
(Former Galway Hurler)
As a professionally trained addiction counsellor, there’s no day Justin’s not meeting people in need of help. He combines his working life and coaching hurling teams with very active membership of the GAA’s National Health and Wellbeing Committee.
Justin Campbell won an All-Ireland U-21 medal in 1991 and played for the Galway senior team from 1992 to the end of that decade. He also won an All-Ireland Club Championship title with his club Kiltormer.
“By the age of 14, I had the misfortune to lose both of my parents to cancer. This was a very difficult time for me as a teenager as I hadn’t the tools to deal with the harsh realities of life…
Alcohol made me feel normal… I eventually put my hand up and asked for help.
I found it very difficult to admit there was something wrong. Little did I know that that is where you become really powerful? It was the best decision of my life.
I changed direction in my life and after a few years I qualified from Trinity College as an Addiction Counsellor.” – Justin Campbell
Niall McNamee
(Offaly Footballer)
Niall McNamee has played 14 years inter-county football for Offaly, and has been one of the top forwards in the country from the mid-2000s. He has also enjoyed great success with his local club Rhode over the years. He is a player engagement officer for the Gaelic Players Association and also one of their mental health ambassador’s specialising in addiction recovery, specifically gambling.
“I had done a lot of things I wasn’t proud of and this was eroding away my soul and my spirit. I knew I was a good person but somewhere along the way I lost sight of the important things in life like my family and friend… When I eventually told my father what was going on and explained the trouble I was in, it was like the biggest weight imaginable was lifted off me.” – Niall McNamee
Senior Club Notes
Our Senior Hurlers were eliminated form the Senior Challenge Cup, losing on a scoreline of 2-14 to 1-13 in Drombane on Friday evening.
The Junior A hurling team were eliminated from the League this weekend in the Semi-Final stages, losing out 3-20 to 0-23 to Kiladangan after extra time.
Congratulations to Andrew Coffey and the Tipperary Intermediate Hurling team on their 3-20 to 1-15 victory over Cork on Sunday, also to Daire Quinn, Barry Heffernan and the Tipperary Senior hurlers, who beat Cork 0-22 to 0-13 in the Quarter-Final of the Munster Championship.
TIPPERARY GAA DRAW: Can all Tipperary GAA Club members draw promoters bring their 2015/16 draw accounts up to date as this draw is now closed. A new draw will be rolled out over the coming weeks for 2016/17 with another €500,000 Prize Fund. For the same subscription of €100 or €10 per month (with 2 months free), this draw includes fabulous prizes;
– 8 Skoda Cars
– 8 Renault Cars
– Flights to Australia
– Family Florida Holidays
– Family Lapland trips at Christmas
– Golf group Holidays to the Algarve
– Cheltenham Festival Trips for groups
– Bonus Draw for All Ireland SH weekend
– Bonus draw for Direct Debit members
– Cash Prizes every week and month.
All current members will receive the new brochure with your receipt in the post before the end of April, or you can contact your draw promoter in advance of that. With the club receiving 50-70% of your subscription as commission for your membership we hope you will continue to support this fundraising imitative.
In recognition of our supporters who want to become club members, contribute to our weekly lotto and also support the Tipperary GAA Club Members Draw, we have developed some very attractive combination discounted packages for 2016/17 – Contact any committee member or county draw promoters for further details.
Juvenile Club Notes
Congratulations to one of our underage hurlers, Adam Brennan, who represented Tipperary at half time of the Munster championship encounter between Tipperary and Cork on Sunday in Semple Stadium in the Primary Game.
Under 8: Great attendance at Under 8 training. Matches arranged for June. Keep up the great work boys!
Under 14: Hard luck to the Under 14 football team who were beaten in the North semi-final by Inane Rovers last Wednesday evening. That brings an end to the football for the group for this year. The club would like to thank coach Kevin Mulryan for the huge amount of work he put in with the Under 14 and Under 16 team throughout the year.
Under 16: Our Under 16 hurlers traveled to Portroe on Monday night for a challenge game. We also took part in the Holycross 7 a-side tournament on Saturday last. Training continues on Wednesday & Friday.
Camogie Club Notes
Under-8 and Under-10: Training for these teams continues as normal and all new players are always more than welcome to come and give camogie try. If your daughter is interested in taking up the sport please email us at eireognenagh@gmail.com.
Under-12: Our match against Newport Ballinahinch is expected to take place soon and mentors will be in touch with the details.
Under-14: We defeated Knockavilla Kickhams last week and now face Toomevara this Monday at 7pm in MacDonagh Park.
Training: Training continues for our minor, under-16 and intermediate teams. Please contact Paul Henry for further details.
Club Walk: Our annual club walk has been re-fixed for Sunday, May 29th at 11am in MacDonagh Park. Best of luck to all concerned.
File na nGael: We have the honour of hosting HWH Bunclody in this year’s Féile na nGael competition and the entire panel are really excited about welcoming their new friends from Wexford. The Féile na nGael committee visited Gaelscoil Aonach Urmhumhan last Thursday and talked to the pupils about the upcoming competition and to promote hurling and camogie in the school. Thanks to the staff for accommodating us and Maria Sheedy and Alanna Morris for representing the club.
Race Night: We will be hosting a race night in The Hibernian Inn on June 17th. This is a social occasion for everyone in the club and we invite you all to attend what promises to be an enjoyable occasion. Committee members are selling tickets for the night.
Ours thanks go to the club communications sub-committee, in particular we would like to thank Catherine McTiernan and Enda O’Sullivan for piecing together this terrific publication.
If you have any photographs, news or other information that you would like to see included in future newsletters, please email: eireognenagh@gmail.com.
The Club would like to thank Dr. Fergus Heffernan and the Healthy Club Project team, who organized a health and wellbeing night in the Abbey Court Hotel on Wednesday March 23rd .
Our Senior hurlers play Kildangan in the opening group game of the 2016 County Championship on Saturday, April 9th at 6:30 p.m in Dolla. Our Junior A hurlers started the 2016 league with a 1-08 to 1-06 victory over Knochshegowna last Friday night. They play Borris-Ileigh on Friday, April 8th at 6p.m in MacDonagh Park, Nenagh. Our Junior B hurlers play Ballinahinch on Saturday, April 8th at 6p.m in MacDonagh Park, Nenagh.Our Minor A footballers play Inane Rovers on Wednesday, March 30th at 6p.m in Roscrea.
The draws for the Junior A & B Leagues and championships, Minor and Under 21 hurling were made last week and can be viewed in full on the club website. Juvenile Club Notes
Our Under-8s will have their first training session on Wednesday at 5.15pm.
Our Under-12s training is as usual this week. Next match is on Friday evening against Ballina in Ballina. Best of luck to the boys.
Well done to Fiachra Starr, Sean Shanahan Daniel Molamphy and Scott O’Brien who were part of the North Tipp Under-16 panel for the Garda cup on Saturday. Camogie Club Notes
Intermediate: Sunday last was another historic day in our history as for the very first time we played a competitive game at the intermediate grade when Newport visited MacDonagh Park for the opening round of the league. Under the management of Paul Henry, Bertie Sherlock and Bob O Brien the girls produced a magnificent performance to defeat their opponents and as it was Newport’s second loss, the win guarantees us a semi final spot. We play Drom and Inch in our next game. Please see the website for details of this game. Well done to all involved.
Flag Day: Last weekend we had our annual flag collection and we wish to thank all who so generously donated, all the collectors and the businesses who kindly allowed us to collect outside their premises. Your kindness is very much appreciated.
Clothes Collection: We are holding a clothes collection on Saturday April 9th between 10am and 12am in MacDonagh Park. Please bring along all your unwanted clothes, bed linen, curtains, shoes etc to help us raise some badly needed funds. If you cannot make it on the day please contact a committee member who will be delighted to collect your bags prior to the collection.
The club’s Junior A team overcame a 5 point deficit to run out 1-8 to 1-6 winners over Knockshegowna in the opening round of the North Junior A League. A late goal by centre forward Mark Tuite proved the decisive score in a hard fought but sporting game.
The team lined out as follows.
1. Bryan D’Arcy
2. Séan Geaney
3. Michael Collins
4. Eoin Fitzgibbon
5. Alex Jones
6. Alan Kelly (C)
7. Aodhán Geaney
8. Adam Healy
9. Adam Carey
10. David Cleary
11. Mark Tuite
12. Willie Bolger
13. Christopher Ryan
14. Bob O’Brien
15. Aidan Healy
Subs
(HT) Darragh Walsh for Adam Healy (injured)
(HT) David Hackett for Adam Carey (injured)
(45) Craig Hilmi for Christopher Ryan
(50) Brian Tuite for David Cleary
Scorers
Mark Tuite 1-04 (4f)
Bob O’Brien 0-02
Willie Bolger 0-01
Darragh Walsh 0-01
The Camogie section will be having their annual clothes collection in Saturday April 9th between 10am and 12pm in MacDonagh Park.
Please bring all your unwanted clothes, shoes, blankets, bed linen etc to the clubhouse on the day or alternatively contact any committee member to arrange prior collection
Saturday, April 9th
Nenagh Éire Óg vs. Kildangan in Dolla @ 18:30
Killenaule vs. JK Brackens in Holycross @ 18:30
Éire Óg Annacarty vs. Roscrea in The Ragg @ 18:30
Burgess vs. Moyne/Templetuohy in Toomevara @ 18:30 (Burgess to change jerseys)
Loughmore-Castleiney vs. Borrisokane in Moneygall @ 18:30
Sunday, April 10th
Drom & Inch vs. Upperchurch Drombane in Templemore @ 14:00
Holycross vs. Toomevara in Templederry @ 14:00 (Holycross to change jerseys)
Moneygall vs. Carrick Swans in Leahy Park Cashel @ 14:00 (Moneygall to change jerseys)
Ballina vs. Silvermines in Nenagh @ 14:00 (Silvermines to change jerseys)
Thurles Sarsfields vs. Borris-Ileigh in Templemore @ 15:30
Portroe vs. Lorrha-Dorrha in Nenagh @ 15:30
Ballingarry vs. Clonakenny in Leahy Park Cashel @ 15:30
Mullinahone vs. Templederry Kenyons in Templetuohy @ 18:30
Clonoulty/ Rossmore vs. Kilruane MacDonags in Dolla @ 18:30
Healthy Club Initiative: The Healthy Club Project team are hosting a health and wellbeing night in the Abbey Court Hotel on Wednesday March 23rd at 7.30pm. The talk, which is entitled “Minding the Body, Minding the Mind”, will be given by Dr. Fergus Heffernan PhD, who is a renowned psychologist and psychotherapist and a leading educator in the area of stress management and how it relates to our mental health. Fergus has worked with the Irish Defence Forces, the United Nations and NATO. He is a visiting lecturer and Workshop Director in Trinity College Dublin, Columbia University New York and Boston University USA.
County SH Challenge Cup: Our senior hurlers ran out 1-12 to 0-13 point victors over Kildangan in the second round of the Senior Challenge Cup on Saturday.
Divisional Draws: The draws for the Junior A & B Leagues and championships, Minor and Under 21 hurling were made last week and can be viewed on the club website
Membership: A final reminder to everyone and especially all players and mentors that membership for 2016 is now overdue and must be paid to Membership secretary Derek Lillis, any club officer or online before the end of February. The cost of membership is again very reasonably priced at €25 with a family membership option A priced at €60 and an option B priced at €85.
Club Lotto: The Nenagh Éire Óg Club Lotto represents the club’s key fundraising initiative. Please consider supporting the Blues by playing our club lotto online.
Camogie Club Notes
U10 , 12 and 14s training Monday and Thursday 5.30 to 6.30 all players to attend as u 14 Championship is starting Monday 5th April with a challenge match due this week tba.
U14 fixtures: Monday April 4th Nenagh v Annacarthy, April 11th Toomevara v Nenagh, April 18th Knockavilla v Nenagh, April 25th Annacarthy v Nenagh, April 29th Nenagh v Toomevara, May 9th Nenagh v Knockavilla.
U8 training Thursday 5.30 to 6.30 new members are always welcome as are returning members to any squad its never too late,
U16 and Intermediate training will continue this week, managers will be in touch with times. The Intermediate team play Newport this Sunday in Nenagh at 12 noon in the first round of the league, opening a new chapter for the club . U16’s first round match is on the 29th all panel members must attend training in readiness for this game.
U16 fixtures March 29th Newport v Nenagh, April 5th Nenagh v Annacarthy, April 10th Nenagh v Cashel.
Nenagh Éire Óg Camogie Club flag day will be on next Saturday and we are looking for volunteers to help out in this important club fundraiser. Catriona Morris can be contacted at 087-7776135 if you want to help in any way.
Clothes recycling is on Saturday 9th April this is another important fundraiser for the club.
Congrats to Alanna Morris and the Tipperary Senior Camogie team on their second win of the campaign on Sunday away to Offaly which puts them in the reckoning for the league Quarter finals .
Congrats also to Meaghan Morris, Abbie Sheedy and Ella Carey who were on the Tipperary u14 team which played Cork on Sunday and have all made the final squad.
Registration is due and can be paid to any committee member or team manager.
Juvenile Notes
A big thank you to our juveniles and all who helped for their wonderful behaviour walking behind our banner on St. Patrick’s Day. Well done to all and congratulations to Hughie McGrath and the team once again for their great work for the town.
Our under-12 players have a bye in the football championship this week. Well done to all for their huge effort on Saturday and your training continues as usual.
The under-14 football season begins on Easter Monday when they take part in the Féile Peil, playing Ballina in the semi-final in Ballina at 2pm. The final will follow on the day.
Under-16 footballers travel to Roscrea to play Inane Rovers on Monday, March 28th.
Best of luck to the lads
All out-standing memberships should be paid asap. For insurance purposes, only paid-up members can play.
Under-21A: The 2016 playing year kicked off in the best possible fashion when our u21 hurlers won a thrilling North u21 final. Coming from 9 points down during the 2nd half, they then held on to win an absorbing contest. Well done to all players, team management and backroom staff and hard luck to a very magnanimous Kildangan side who lost nothing in defeat. We now play Thurles Sarsfields in the county semifinal. Watch social media for fixture updates throughout the week.
Membership: A reminder to everyone that membership for 2016 is now due and can be paid to any club officer or online. The cost of membership is again very reasonably priced at €25 with a family membership option A priced at €60 and an option B priced at €85.
Volunteer Appeal: With the numbers we currently cater for, there is a huge need and opportunity for more people to become more involved in the day to day running of club affairs so that fresh faces can bring fresh ideas forward. Whether you are currently involved or on the periphery, whether you have skills in administration or coaching, we are actively seeking volunteers to come forward, If you are interested in getting involved in any capacity call 0872850732, contact any club officer or email eireogneneagh@gmail.com.
Club Lotto: The Nenagh Éire Óg Club Lotto represents the club’s key fundraising initiative. Please consider supporting the Blues by playing our club lotto online: click here!
Juveniles: Winter training classes classes will continue on Friday night at the following times: 10/12s girls and boys to be in complex at 6.50pm to start at 7pm, 14/16 boys in complex at 7.50pm to be ready for 8pm. Running Tuesday night at 7.30pm for 10/12 and 8pm for 14/16.
Handball: Hard luck to Billy O Brien and Eoin Garrigan who lost out in their under-10 North Final at the weekend.
CONTACT
If you need to contact Éire Óg please do so via our Contact page. You can also keep in touch by accessing our Facebook page or by following @nenagheireog on Twitter.
