Commiserations to the Nenagh Éire Óg minor A Camogie team which exited at the semi-final stage of the championship following a defeat suffered at the hands of Newport-Ballinahinch on Sunday afternoon. There has been more encouraging news, however, with a goal by Michael Heffernan nominated for the Cúil Iomána na Bliana 2015 award. Please read on for all the latest news, photos, reports and fixtures!
SENIOR
Under-21A: Greg Browne’s under-21A hurling team made an encouraging start to their championship campaign recently when beating Roscrea by sixteen points. The team is now awaiting a semi-final fixture. This year the under-21A hurling team is managed by Greg Browne (manager), Con Morris and Michael McNamara.
Cúil Iomána na Bliana 2015: Michael Heffernan’s goal against Thurles Sarsfields in the recent county senior hurling final at Semple Stadium, Thurles is in the running for the prestigious TG4 GAA Beo Cúil Iomána na Bliana 2015 award. Mikey’s brilliant strike is up against goals from Séamus Callanan (Tipperary), Aaron Cunningham (Clare), Joe Canning (Galway), Maurice Shanahan (Waterford), David O’Callaghan (Dublin), TJ Reid (Kilkenny), John O’Dwyer (Tipperary) and Shane Bennett (Waterford). The competition will be decided by a public vote. To watch Mikey’s goal please click here. You can show your support for Mikey by clicking on the ‘Votáil don cúl seo/Vote for this goal’ button directly under the video. Your support is always appreciated.
Night at the Dogs: Tickets are now on sale now for the combined juvenile and Camogie club ‘Night at the Dogs’ club fundraiser on Saturday, November 21st at the Thurles Greyhound Stadium. Tickets are priced at €10 and are available from all committee members.
AGM: The Nenagh Éire Óg Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held on Wednesday, December 16th at 8pm in the MacDonagh Park Complex. Nomination forms and forms for notices of motion are available from the club secretary Anne Kennedy – email secretary.nenagheireog.tipperary@gaa.ie. Nomination forms and notices of motion should be returned no later than 9pm on Friday, December 4th.
Lotto
Last week’s lotto jackpot of €1,100 was not won. The €50 lucky dip winners were: Kate O’Meara (Bawn), Jasmine Ryan (Árd Crudán), John Phelan (Rathnaleen – online winner), Patrick McCormack (Dunkerrin) & Bryan Hackett (Bawn). Please support the Blues and play our 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!
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
CAMOGIE
Minor: Our minor side were defeated by Newport-Ballinahinch in the county semi-final at The Ragg on Sunday last (1-13 to 1-5) and this concludes our on-field action for the year. The club wishes to thank the management team of Noel Coffey and Kieran O’Brien for the countless hours they put in this year with both this team and the junior A side. We wish also to thank Noreen Ryan, Marie O’Brien and Mary Quigley for all their work behind the scenes as well as Brian McDonnell, Shane Connolly, Ciara McGrath and Aileen Duggan who looked after proceedings on Sunday in the absence of Noel and Kieran. We especially want to thank the entire panel for their dedication throughout 2015 and in the proud manner in which they represented their club. We also wish to thank the mentors who looked after all our teams this year and all the players, parents and other volunteers who helped in any way in 2015. We want to thank Denise Morris and the committee who put in mammoth and often thankless work to help our teams and continue to grow our club. We look forward to seeing everyone back again in 2016.
AGM: The Camogie club AGM is due to take place on Thursday, November 26th in the clubhouse – if you are interested in getting involved in the club in any way or if you have any motions or nominations please contact any committee member or email us at eireognenagh@gmail.com.
Strength & Conditioning: Our strength and conditioning training continues under the supervision of former Tipperary hurler John O’Keeffe. On Tuesday nights we train in the running track at Ballygreigue. Under-10s and under-12s train from 7.30pm to 8pm while all players from under-14 upwards train from 8pm to 8.30pm. On Friday evenings we are training in the complex in MacDonagh Park from 7pm to 7.30pm for under-10s and under-12s while everyone from under-14 up trains from 8pm to 8.30pm. It costs €2 per evening and is run in conjunction with the juvenile club.
Night at the Dogs: Tickets are now on sale now for the combined juvenile and Camogie club ‘Night at the Dogs’ club fundraiser on Saturday, November 21st at Thurles Greyhound Stadium. Tickets are priced at €10 and are available from all committee members.
JUVENILE
Strength and conditioning 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.
Tickets are on sale now for the ‘Night at the Dogs’ club fundraiser on Saturday, November 21st at Thurles Greyhound Stadium. Tickets are €10 and are available from all committee members.
NENAGH HANDBALL CLUB
Nenagh Handball Club will host an open night on Friday, November 27th at 7pm at the Éire Óg complex. We would especially like to see boys and girls born 2003-04-05, but all are welcome to come along, have a go and see what it’s all about. Refreshments will be served on the night.
Well done to the St Mary’s Convent handballers who competed well in recent Munster championships. Sinéad Meagher will now continue to represent the school and compete in an All-Ireland semi-final this weekend.
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. https://www.nenagheireog.com/index.php/newsletter/
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 of this information together.
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.
