The Nenagh Éire Óg senior hurlers are preparing this week for a critical clash with the Templederry Kenyons at Dolla on Sunday evening.
SENIOR
Senior: Following their win over Clonoulty-Rossmore in the opening round of the Clean Ireland Recycling County Senior Hurling Championship the Nenagh Éire Óg senior hurlers return to action this Sunday, April 27th when the Blues take on the Templederry Kenyons in Dolla at 7.30pm. The game will form the second part of a double header with Upperchurch-Drombane and Kildangan playing at 6pm. The lads would appreciate your support as they continue their efforts to represent the town to the very best of their ability.
Junior: Congratulations to our junior A hurlers who got the better of an out-of-sorts Toomevara side at MacDonagh Park, Nenagh on Saturday evening in a North Tipperary Junior A Hurling League clash (5-18 to 0-14). For a full report on this encounter please see the club website – click here.
Well Done: Congratulations to Michael Heffernan and Paddy Murphy who were members of the Tipperary hurling panel which beat Clare on Sunday and qualified for the Allianz National Hurling League final. Tipperary will face Kilkenny in the league final on Sunday, May 4th.
Civic Receptions: Nenagh Town Council will afford the following Nenagh Éire Óg teams civic receptions to mark their 2013 achievements on Friday, April 25th – junior B & minor A county Camogie champions (6.30pm), minor A hurling county champions (7pm), scór team (7.15pm) and Nenagh Handball Club (7.30pm).
Membership: Membership for 2014 is now due and can be paid to any club officer or online. The cost of membership is priced at €25.
LOTTO
This week’s lotto jackpot of €2,500 was not won. Lucky dip winners: Jane McCarthy (Ormond Keep), Billy Duff (c/o The 44), Doirean Kennedy (Ballycahill), Aoife Moloney (Ballyphilip), Ann Kelly (Moanfin). Support the Blues and play our club lotto online – click here.
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 2014 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!
JUVENILE
Under-6 & Under-8: Special training sessions with some of our senior hurlers are being arranged. Keep up the great attendance at training. More about future match dates from management at training.
Under-10: Challenge matches are being planned at the moment. More from management during the week. Community Games competition will be starting soon so full attendance at training is required.
Under-12: Our under-12 D footballers are through to a semi-final against Ballina on Friday, April 25th. Best of luck to these great lads – see www.nenagheireog.com for details. We would welcome any boys born in 2002-03 to attend training on Mondays at 5.30pm and Wednesdays at 6.30pm and enjoy a great summer of hurling. Contact manager Michael McNamara on 087 357 7531 with any queries.
Under-14: Attention turned to hurling this past week. We travelled to Kildangan on Monday night for the quarter-final of the Féile na nGael. In a closely-contested game the Blues came from behind in the closing minutes to snatch the game by the minimum of margins. The semi-final was played on Thursday against Silvermines in Dolla. The honours went to the home team on the night on a scoreline of 1-6 to 0-6. In football we play our final group game against Inane Rovers on Wednesday night, April 23rd in Nenagh.
Under-16: The under-16 footballers will face Inane Rovers in the semi-final of the A league. The match will take place in Roscrea on Monday, April 28th at 6.30pm. We wish the boys the best of luck.
NENAGH HANDBALL CLUB
Best of luck to Nenagh Handball Club players Sinéad Meagher, Katie Morris and Eimear Meagher who will represent Munster in Cavan this weekend. The girls are the only Tipp representatives on the team of twelve and this is a great achievement for the club. Well done to the girls and to coach, Eamonn Spillane.
Nenagh Handball club are set to be honoured with a Civic Reception at the Civic Offices on Friday, April 25th at 6.30pm. It will be a special occasion with many thanks to Nenagh Town Council.
NENAGH ÉIRE ÓG CAMOGIE CLUB FUNDRAISER
A clothing recycling drive in aid of Nenagh Éire Óg Camogie Club will take place on Saturday, April 26th – please drop off all items between 10am and 12 noon.
Please donate all of your clean and unwanted clothes also bed linen, towels, curtains, shoes, bags, belts and soft toys.
Wearable clothes will be recycled and re-used and other items will be recycled for items, such as, industrial wipes or soundproofing.
Laptops (must be intact with lead) and mobile phones will also be accepted, but please keep these items separate.
Books will be accepted, but no school books, magazines or diaries.
No household bric a brac.
If you cannot make it to the club house on the day please contact any committee members before April 26th to make arrangement for the collection of items.
Thank you for your support of this fundraising drive.
CAMOGIE
Junior A: Our Junior team played Kildangan in Puckane in the league on Sunday morning last and despite working very hard over the hour we unfortunately lost by three points. We are due to play Moneygall this Sunday. Details have yet to be confirmed. Please see the club website for a report on this encounter – click here.
Under-14: We are due to play Newport this week in the fourth round of the championship.
Under-12: We are playing Burgess in Kilcoleman on Sunday at 12pm.
Tipperary: Hard luck to Alanna, Rachel and the Tipperary minors who were defeated by Cork in the All-Ireland semi-final on Saturday last. The girls have a chance to avenge their defeat as they meet the same opposition in the Munster final which is due to be play on Saturday, May 3rd.
Clothes Collection: A clothing recycling drive in aid of Nenagh Éire Óg Camogie Club will take place on Saturday, April 26th – please drop off all items between 10am and 12 noon. Please donate all of your clean and unwanted clothes also bed linen, towels, curtains, shoes, bags, belts and soft toys. Wearable clothes will be recycled and re-used and other items will be recycled for items, such as, industrial wipes or soundproofing. Laptops (must be intact with lead) and mobile phones will also be accepted, but please keep these items separate. Books will be accepted, but no school books, magazines or diaries. No household bric a brac. If you cannot make it to the club house on the day please contact any committee members before April 26th to make arrangement for the collection of items. Thank you for your support.
CLUB NEWSLETTER
The March edition of the Nenagh Éire Óg club e-newsletter is now available to download. Click here!
If you have any photographs, news or other information that you would like to see included please email eireognenagh@gmail.com
Thanks again to the club communications sub-committee and in particular to Catherine McTiernan and Enda O’Sullivan for pulling all this information together.
CLUB HISTORY
As most of you are aware the club, under the expert guidance of PJ Maxwell, Nancy Murphy and Donal A Murphy, are putting the finishing touches to our club history book. This promises to be a comprehensive collection of the history of Gaelic games in our parish.
While the club have made every effort to collect photographs of teams from the present to the distant past and other pictures which would be of interest we appeal to people to get in touch if you have a photograph of interest in your possession.
Please do not assume that we already possess your photograph or that it is of no interest.
Every Éire Óg photo, whether it is of a team, presentation or action shot is of massive importance to us and we would be delighted to have it. We are also anxious to get photos of school teams from any of the schools in the community.
If you have a photograph please get in touch with us at eireognenagh@gmail.com
We promise to return the photo as soon as we have it scanned.
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.
