Nenagh Éire Óg Weekly Notes

The Camogie team got off to an emphatic winning start against Portroe while the Éire Óg senior hurlers suffered defeat in their first competitive fixture of the year against neighbours Kildangan. Please read on for all the latest news from the Blues.

John Cahalan, Richie Flannery and Paddy Murphy pictured in action against Kildangan.

SENIOR

Challenge Cup: Nenagh Éire Óg suffered a defeat in their opening competitive fixture of the year when losing by five points (2-11 to 1-19) to an impressive Kildangan at MacDonagh Park, Nenagh on Sunday afternoon. Kildangan will now progress to face the Templederry Kenyons in the next round while Nenagh Éire Óg will take on Boherlahan-Dualla who lost to Ballingarry (1-8 to 1-17) in the opening round of this year’s competition. Please keep an eye on the fixtures section of the website and all club social media channels for updates on this fixture. For a report on the Kildangan game please see the club website.

County Championship: The schedule of matches for the forthcoming Clean Ireland Recycling County Senior Hurling Championship were confirmed last week by the CCC – in the opening round Éire Óg will face the Templederry Kenyons, then Ballina and, finally, Clonoulty-Rossmore during the group stage of this year’s championship. The structure of the season would suggest that Éire Óg will face Toomevara in the opening round of the Hibernian Inn North Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship in May prior to the third round of the county senior hurling championship. The club will confirm the dates, times and venues for those encounters as soon as they become available.

Congratulations: Well done to Barry Heffernan and Donnacha Quinn who won the Fresher’s All-Ireland hurling title with the University of Limerick at Mallow on Thursday, March 5th. UL, managed by Limerick’s Gary Kirby, beat University College Cork after extra-time on a 1-24 to 1-18 scoreline.

Good Luck: Best wishes to Tommy Heffernan and Dáire Quinn who feature on the University of Limerick team which faces the Waterford Institute of Technology in the replayed Fitzgibbon Cup final on Wednesday, March 11th (7.30pm) in Páirc Uí Rinn, Cork. The drawn final at Páirc na nGael, Limerick ended in a thrilling 3-12 to 0-21 stalemate after extra-time.

Anniversary Mass: The month’s mind mass in honour of the recently deceased Brian Gubbins will take place at the St Mary of the Rosary Church, Nenagh on Sunday, March 15th at 12.15pm.

Newsletter: The February edition of the club newsletter is now available to download. Highlights of this latest issue include a report from the 1915 north final success and, of course, much, much more. Our thanks, as always, go out to the club communications sub-committee and in particular to Catherine McTiernan and Enda O’Sullivan for pulling all of this terrific publication together. The latest edition of the Nenagh Éire Óg monthly newsletter is now available to download – click here to download it. For a full archive of editions please click here.

Fixtures: Please keep a close eye on the club website and on the club’s various social media channels for all the latest updates on fixtures and results.

Membership: Membership for 2015 is now due and is priced at €25 – family membership option A is priced at €60 while option B is priced at €85. Please click here to pay your club membership online.

“Richie Flannery, in the 2006 county final programme, was asked what did the club mean to him and he just said ‘everything’. It was one word and it says a lot. That says a lot in many ways. The club means everything as such. This club means everything to me. I fell on my feet when I joined Éire Óg. I just fell on my feet.” – Conor O’Donovan

LOTTO

There was one winner of last week’s lotto jackpot of €1,400. Congratulations to Pat Hickey (Ballina). The €50 lucky dip winners were: Conor O’Donovan (Melrose – online winner!) & Sine Morris (c/o the HiB). Please support the Blues and 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.

“We all identify with our own place. My place is Nenagh and I respect every man who is from every parish in Ireland who is identifying with his home. That’s the breeding since the world was made. I see the club as nothing only a way of giving our locality an airing on the public stage. It gives the youth of our town an opportunity to play our games. That’s what I see our club as” – Jimmy Minogue

Nenagh Éire Óg juveniles featured on north Tipperary under-14, under-15 and under-16 teams in challenge matches played last weekend. Pictured are the under-14 north Tipperary team which is also managed by Shane Connolly. The under-14 team featured the Blues’ Conor Hennessy, Seán Phelan, Gavin Dooley and Liam Heffernan. The under-14 team faced Clare and won by five points.

JUVENILE

Under-6 & 8: Saturday training continues at 10am. The juvenile club will also welcome Dublin’s Kilmacud Crokes to Nenagh on Sunday where they will play our under-9 team.

Under-10: Under-10 training resumes this Saturday at 10am. New players welcome.

Under-12: Full attendance required at training on Monday and Wednesday at 5pm. Challenge match against Roscrea in Nenagh at 11am on Sunday. Please be in the field at 10.30am.

Under-16: The first round of the football championship takes place on Saturday, March 21st against Inane Rovers in Roscrea.

Registration: Could those not registered please do so immediately. For insurance purposes, unregistered players may not train or play games.

St Patrick’s Day: The juvenile club will be marching in the parade again this year. The boys will get more information from their respective team managements.

North Tipperary: Nenagh Éire Óg juveniles featured on north Tipperary under-14, under-15 and under-16 teams in challenge matches played last weekend. Well done to all involved.

NENAGH HANDBALL CLUB

The best of luck to Katie Morris (under-14 singles) and Sinéad Meagher (under-16 singles) who will compete in All-Ireland semi-finals and to Eimear Meagher and Eleanor Percy (Lahorna) who will compete in the under-15 All-Ireland final this weekend at Connacht venues.

The Nenagh Éire Óg Camogie team pictured moments before their first competitive game of the year.

CAMOGIE

Training: Training has resumed for all teams in the club and details are as follows – the under-8 panel are training on Thursdays 17:30 – 18-30. The under-10 and under-12 panels are training Monday and Thursday from 17:30 – 18:30. The under-14 panel are training Tuesday 17:30 – 18:45 and Thursday 17:45 – 19:00. For further information on training please contact the mentors of the various teams or email us at eireognenagh@gmail.com.

Junior A: The Junior A team opened their league campaign with a 5-12 to 0-2 victory over Portroe on Sunday evening last. For a full match report and details of future fixtures please see our website www.nenagheireog.com.

Management: Management of all teams in the club are asked to contact our PRO once they have confirmed details of a particular fixture and inform him if there are any changes to said fixture. This is so we can publicise the details on our website and various social media channels.

Tipperary: Hard luck to the Tipperary under-16 team who were defeated by Clare in the Munster semi-final at the weekend. We had a large representation on the panel and all the girls did the club proud. The team’s next fixture won’t be until the summer when they will play in the All-Ireland championship.

CLUB NEWSLETTER

The Nenagh Éire Óg website has now been developed to host each and every edition of the monthly newsletter – please see here for more.

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.

“There is very little in Irish life which is better value for money than membership of a GAA club” – Tipperary senior hurling manager Eamon O’Shea

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.