Éire Óg senior hurlers return to action on Sunday evening against Kildangan as the inaugural club 10K proves a resounding success – well done to all involved.
SENIOR
Senior: The Éire Óg senior hurlers return to action on Sunday, June 22nd when the Blues face Kildangan in the Hibernian Inn North Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship Quarter-Finals in Dolla at 7pm. Kildangan are the north Tipperary defending champions and are an outstanding team. We appeal for your support on this occasion – your support means a lot to the players.
Minor: The Ger Gavin-sponsored North Tipperary Minor A Hurling Championship will get underway on Tuesday, June 24th when Nenagh Éire Óg face Toomevara in St Michael’s Park, Toomevara at 7.30pm.
Blues 10K Run: Well done to everyone who participated in and helped to organise the inaugural Blues 10K run which took place on Sunday, June 15th. A sincere thanks to race director Shane Connolly, safety officer Liam Quinn, marshals Gerry Robinson and Michael Geaney and registrar Anne Kennedy for ensuring that the event ran in such an efficient manner. Our thanks also goes out to the army of volunteers who surrendered their Sunday morning to help out. See you all next year!
Lotto: Last week’s lotto jackpot of €3,300 was not won. The €50 lucky dip winners were: Rita Powell (Puckane), Katherine Shoer (Gortlandroe), Dan Boland (O’Rahilly Street), Ciara Kennedy (Fermoy) & Ann Mulcahy (Ballywilliam). Next Lotto draw on June 16th for €3,400 – play online!
Please click here to play our club lotto online.
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!
CAMOGIE
Féile na nGael: The Féile na nGael is fixed for this Saturday in Kilkenny and it is an event we are really looking forward to after having a wonderful time in Killeedy, Limerick last year. The first game is on at 11am. Management will be in touch with players with details for the weekend.
Cumann na mBunscol: Best wishes to St Mary’s GNS who are contesting the county finals at both under-11 and under-13 level. The under-11s play their final against Boherlahan on Tuesday, June 17th at 4pm while the under-13s face the same opposition at 4.40pm on June 18th. Both games will take place in Semple Stadium, Thurles. Thanks again to all the teachers and the coaches in the school who so generously volunteer their free time to promote and coach camogie. Their hard work has been an enormous factor in the growth of Camogie in our town in recent years.
Bag Packing: We will be bag packing in Dunnes Stores on Friday, July 18th – this is a vital fundraiser for the club and if you are available for an hour please contact Denise Morris.
JUVENILE
Under-6 & Under-8: Our under-8 hurlers travelled to Dolla on Saturday for a blitz. A great morning’s hurling was had by all and the lads were a credit to their club. Thanks to our hosts for a great day out.
Under-10: The under-10 team head to Tullamore on Sunday for a blitz. Have a great day out boys!
Under-12: The under-12 boys had a great run out last weekend with the Group A team just losing out by a goal in a tight match against Kildangan. The Group D team travelled to Newport and recorded a good win. Both teams play Kilruane in Nenagh this weekend. Check www.nenagheireog.com for fixture updates.
Under-14: Our under-14s played a challenge game against JK Bracken’s on Wednesday night last. With Kilruane now participating in the A Grade we will now play our first round championship game a week earlier on Wednesday, June 18th in Cloughjordan at 6.30pm against the home team. On Saturday, June 21st we will travel to Mallow to participate in a Munster Féile tournament.
Under-16: Well done to our under-15 hurlers who came within a puck of a ball of reaching the semi-final of the Munster GAA Super-10s in Mallow on Saturday. They beat St Patrick’s of Waterford 3-3 to 0-7, but lost out to play Aghabullogue of Cork 0-6 to 1-6 in a game that was drawn five times and that we led on three occasions. The goal came at the death and as a result Aghabullogue went on to play in the semi-finals. The under-16 championship has been pushed out a week and will now start for us on July 7th. Challenges have been lined up for Sunday, June 22nd, Tuesday, June 24th and Saturday, June 28th.
Summer Camp: The Nenagh Éire Óg annual summer camp will take place from Monday, July 21st to Friday, July 25th for boys and girls aged between six and 14. Non-members are welcome!
The Blues 10K Run: Many thanks to the runners, walkers, stewards and everybody who contributed to making a success of the first Blues 10K Run and Family Walk. There was a great turnout with some stiff competition in the 10K race. Nenagh Triathlon Club’s Darren Dunne was the first home with Siobhán O’Doherty on his heels and claiming the prize for the first woman home. The 5K run was won by husband and wife pairing Ann and Dave Carroll with Ann claiming the bragging rights! The family walk added an extra dimension to the day and it was great to see all the kids enjoying the sunshine, treats and spotprizes. Well done to all and we will see you again next year. Check out the Nenagh Éire Óg Facebook page for photos.
CLUB NEWSLETTER
The May edition of the club newsletter, featuring a fantastic profile of club legend Conor O’Donovan 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.