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
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
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: We have been drawn to play Kiladangan in the next round of the SH Challenge cup.
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
Sympathies: We extend our deepest sympathies to the Kennedy family on the passing of Willie Kennedy. Ar Dheis Dé go raibh a h-anam dílis.
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 membershipoption 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.
Juvenile:
St Patrick Say parade: In keeping a wonderful tradition alive, we invite our U6 & 8, U10 and U12 players to walk with us in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Thursday. A very special welcoming invitation to our new Éire Ógres whom we hope will wear their new shirts and walk with us also. Please meet in the C.B.S. Primary on Summerhill at 1.45pm at latest. Parents must meet their boys in the Railway Station car-park as they arrive back after the parade. We will be there with the Goodie-Bags!
Under-12: Well done to the U12 A football team on a good win away to Inane Rovers on Saturday. We play Silvermines in the next round matches on Saturday at 2pm in Nenagh.
Under-14: Football training continues on Wednesday at 5pm. Your crested gloves can be collected there on receipt of payment. Keep up the hard work lads.
Under-16: Training continues on Wednesday at 5pm. We play in our first round of the football championship against Lorrha Rovers Gaels at home on Saturday at 2pm. Please come out to support the boys.
Scór na bPáistí: Well done to our participants in the Scór County Finals. Better luck next year to our wonderful kids.
Camogie Club:
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.
Training: All our teams are now back training in preparation for the 2016 season. We always welcome new players and those who may have played in the past and are thinking of coming out of retirement are always welcome back. If you would like to play camogie with us for the year please contact eireognenagh@gmail.com. Training for under-8, under-10, under-12 and under-14 is from 17:30 to 18:30 every Monday in MacDonagh Park.
Tipperary: Hard luck to both the A and B Tipperary under-16 teams who were defeated in their Munster finals in Puckane on Saturday last. The club was well represented on both panels with Niamh Sheridan, Caroline Browne, Rachel Browne and Lily Purcell all involved. Also Greg Browne was part of the management team. Well done to Grace O Brien and Ruth Hassett who were part of the county minor side who had a great win over Clare at the weekend.
Clothes Recycling: We will be having our annual clothes collection on April 9th in the complex in MacDonagh Park. If you are having a Spring clean and would like to get rid of old clothes, curtains, bed sheets, shoes etc please contact any member of the committee and we will be delighted to take them off your hands. Alternatively you can bring them to the hurling field on that particular date.
Flag Day: We are having our annual flag day on March 26th and we need volunteers to do just one hour at various locations around the town. If you are will to donate one hour of your time to help us raise badly needed funds please contact Caitriona Morris 087 777 6135.
Intermediates: We will be facing Drom and Inch in our very first competitive game at the intermediate grade soon. Please check social media and our website www.nenagheireog.com for details of this historical fixture for our club.
North Junior A Hurling League
9 Teams – 2 groups – Top 2 from each group to Semi Finals.
Kiladangan, Burgess, Silvermines, Toomevara, Borris-Ileigh, Kilruane, Templederry, Nenagh Éire Óg, Knochshegowna.
Group 2 Rd1
Knochshegowna v Nenagh Éire Óg
Borris-Ileigh V Kilruane McDonaghs
North Junior B Hurling league
13 Teams 3 groups 2 X 4 – 1 X 5 top team from group 1 & 2 and top 2 from group 3 to Semi Finals
Moneygall, Lorrha, Shannon Rovers, Nenagh Éire Óg, Ballinahinch, Borris-Ileigh, Roscrea, Ballina, Portroe, Kiladangan, Borrisokane, Newport, Toomevara
Group 1 Rd1
Kiladangan v Lorrha
Nenagh Éire Óg v Ballinahinch
Roscrea a bye
Minor A Football Championship – Commencing March 23rd
5 Teams 4 Rds. Top 2 to Final
Rd 1
Kiladangan v Newport
Moneygall / Clonakenny v Inane Rovers
Nenagh Éire Óg a bye
Minor A Hurling Championship
Top 2 Teams to semi 2nd & 3rd teams to quarter finals.
Roscrea, Nenagh Éire Óg, Toomevara, Kilruane McDonaghs, Newport, Moneygall, Borris-Ileigh, Kiladangan
Group 1 Rd1
Roscrea v Nenagh Éire Óg
Toomevara v Kilruane
North Junior A Hurling Championship
Group of 7 – Top 4 to Semi Finals
Nenagh Éire Óg, Kiladangan. Borris-Ileigh, Toomevara, Kilruane McDonaghs, Knochshegowna, Burgess.
Rd 1
Nenagh Éire Óg v Kiladangan
North Junior B Hurling Championship.
15 Teams 3 groups of 5. Top 3 to open draw with 2 going to semi-finals with the 3rd with runner up teams to quarter final (1 V 4, 2 V 3)
Moneygall, Lorrha, Templederry, Shannon Rovers, Nenagh Éire Óg, Ballinahinch, Borris-Ileigh, Roscrea, Ballina, Portroe, Kiladangan, Borrisokane, Newport, Toomevara, Silvermines
Group 1 Rd1
Moneygall v Lorrha
S/Rovers v Templederry
Nenagh Éire Óg a bye
U 21 A Hurling Championship
9 teams 3 groups of 3
Top 3 to open draw with 2 going to semi-final remaining team to play with runners up in quarter final.
Nenagh Éire Óg. Borris-Ileigh, Toomevara, Kilruane, Kiladangan, Newport, Ballina, Moneygall/Clonakenny, Roscrea a bye.
Group 1 Rd1
Nenagh Éire Óg v Borris-Ileigh
Toomevara a bye
Well Done to Barry Heffernan on his league debut with Tipperary v Waterford at the weekend. Well done also to fellow panel members Daire Quinn and Andrew Coffey.
County SH Challenge cup: The 2016 competitive season kicked off on a positive note with a hard earned victory over Templederry in the SH Challenge cup.
Divisional draws: The draws for the Junior Leagues and championships, Minor and Under 21 hurling were made last week and can be viewed on the club website
Sympathies: We extend our deepest sympathies to the family and friends of the late Ann Meagher on her recent passing. Ann’s daughters Sinead and Eimear are two fantastic handball players with Nenagh Handball Club. Sympathy also to the Seymour family on the passing of Patrick Seymour. Ar Dheis Dé go raibh a h-anam dílis.
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.
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:
Juvenile News
Under-6 & 8: Training has resumed on Saturday mornings at 10am. New members always welcome.
Under-10: Training resumed on Saturday and well done to all for the great turn-out.
Under-12: Our under-12 footballers got off to a winning start against Newport on Sunday. Training continues on Wednesday evening and full attendance required. Our next games are away to Inane Rovers on Saturday.
Under-14: Féile Peil will be held during March so full attendance required now at training. There will be a meeting on Monday at 6.30pm with the new management team and all players are asked to attend.
Under-16: Our match against Lorrha Rovers was postponed due to weather. We travel to Roscrea to play Inane Rovers this weekend. Please check the club website for up to date fixtures.
Scór na bPáistí: Best wishes to our Scór na bPáistí North winners who will compete in the county finals in Cashel on Sunday. Good luck from all in the club.
Handball News
Our deepest sympathies go to the family and friends of the late Ann Meagher on her recent passing. Ann was a passionate supporter of GAA and especially Nenagh Handball where her wonderful legacy to the club are her three children Eoin, Sinéad and Eimear. Our thoughts are with them, her husband Christy, extended family and friends at this sad time. Ar Dheis Dé go raibh a h-anam dílis.
Camogie News
Registration: could all players please pay their registration as soon as possible to any committee member or to a member of their management team.
Congratulations: Congratulations to Cahir on their fantastic win in the All Ireland intermediate camogie final on Sunday last in Croke Park. They have been fantastic ambassadors for our county and we wish them well in the senior grade in 2016.
County SH Challenge cup: The 2016 competitive season kicks off next weekend when we play Templederry in the SH Challenge cup on Sunday morning 6th March at 11am in Templederry.
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.
Membership: A final reminder to everyone and especially all players and mentors that membership for 2016 is now overdue and must be paid to 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.
National Clubs draw: A big thanks to all our supporters who contributed to the club finances through participating in the G.A.A. National Club Draw. The draw will take place on Friday, 11th March 2016.
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:
Juvenile club news….
Éire Ógres: Thank you to the wonderful young stars of our month long ‘Nenagh Éire Ógres GAA For Beginners Camp’ which finished on Saturday. The kids were presented with camp training T-Shirts to help them start their hurling careers in the coming weeks. Many thanks also to the trainers and family members for their support of the kids and club. Under-6 training will commence soon. Please keep an eye on the notes for details.
Under-10: Hurling training resumes on Saturday at 10am.
Under-12: The football championship kicks off this weekend with both A and D teams hosting Newport on Sunday morning. Gum shields compulsory.
Under-14: Football training continues at the usual times. Full attendance required.
Under-16: The under-16 team play Lorrha Rovers Gaels on Saturday in Nenagh at 4pm. Please come out to support the lads.
Scór na bPaistí: Well done to our super Scór competitors who won two North Finals on Sunday with our Ballad Group and Figure Dancers being successful on the day. The best of luck to them in the next round!
Camogie News…
Intermediate: Training for 2016 commenced on Saturday last for the entire panel and will continue again on Tuesday. All players are asked to attend as the league will be starting in the next few weeks.
Under-16: Training for this panel continues on Tuesdays and Fridays. All our other underage teams will be commencing training in the next few weeks and management will be in touch with the details.
Registration: Registration is due for the coming year. If you have not already paid please do so as soon as possible or contact Caitriona Morris on 087-7776135
Tipperary: Well done to the Tipperary under-16 side which defeated Clare on Sunday. Niamh Sheridan, Rachel O Connor and Caroline Browne all played. Best of luck to this team in the Munster final in two weeks time. Also the county minor team had a good win over Dublin on Saturday with Hazel McAuliffe, Grace O Brien and Maeve Coffey featuring. Best of luck in their next game against Clare in two weeks time.
Best Wishes: We send our best wishes to Cahir Camogie Club who contest the All Ireland intermediate final on Sunday next.
County SH Challenge cup: We have been drawn to play Templederry in the SH Challenge cup and this game which is our first completive game of 2016 is scheduled to take place on the w/e of the 6th March.
Harty Cup final: A crowd in excess of 3,000 were in attendance at the weekend for the Harty cup final. Thanks to all members who helped out in preparing the grounds and facilities for the event and also to all those that helped with general stewarding and all the other activities on the day.
Congratulations: Well done to Andrew Coffey and who made his SH league debut against Kikenny at the weekend, following on from Daire Quinn’s debut the previous weekend. Best of luck for the rest of the campaign to Andrew, Daire and Barry Heffernan who are all members of the Tipperary SH panel.
Membership: A reminder to everyone and especially all players and mentors that membership for 2016 is now overdue and must be paid to 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.
National Clubs draw: A big thanks to all our supporters who contributed to the club finances through participating in the G.A.A. National Club Draw. The draw will take place on Friday, 11th March 2016.
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. 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
Healthy club initiative: Our thanks to former Tipperary hurler John Leahy on giving a superb enlightening talk titled ‘Substance Awareness” last Saturday evening in the Complex. He spoke to the many teenagers in attendance and their parents about the dangers of substance abuse at a young age and also gave a fascinating insight into his own sporting life both on and off the field.
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:
JUVENILE
Éire Ógres camp: Our Éire Ógres GAA for Beginners camp finishes on Saturday. All registered members will be presented with a cert and a special t-shirt as a reward on the day.
Juvenile registration: Juvenile registration will take place on Saturday morning, February 27th from 10am-11am. Membership costs €25 for the year and we will have subsidised helmets and hurleys for sale on the day.
Under-12: Training continues at 6.30pm on Monday evenings. Gum shields are compulsory. The first football championship match will be on March 5th.
Under-14 & under-16: football training continues this week. More from mentors by text during the week.
Scór na bPaistí : The best of luck to our team who will compete in the figure dancing, ballad group and recitation in the North final on Sunday from all in the club.
CAMOGIE:
Tipperary: Sunday was a very proud day for the club as Alanna Morris became the second player from Nenagh Éire Óg (Ciara McGrath being the first) to play a competitive game for the county senior side as she came on at corner back in the league game on Sunday in The Ragg against Galway. We hope this will be the beginning of many appearances in the senior set up from Alanna. We also send our congratulations to the county minor side who won against Kilkenny, the reigning all Ireland champions, by two points. Grace O Brien and Hazel McAuliffe both played and had fine games while we also had three more players on the panel, Ruth Hassett, Maeve Coffey and Sarah Quigley.
Under 16: Training continues for this panel every Tuesday evening in the complex in MacDonagh Park at 7pm in the hall.
A talk by former Tipperary hurler John Leahy titled ‘Substance Awareness” has been organized for Saturday Feb 20th at 7:30pm in the Complex. While primarily targeted at u14, u16, minors players and their parents from the juvenile and camogie club, all club players and members are invited to attend. Now a qualified addiction counsellor, John works with the HSE and voluntary bodies as a drug education officer in the area of helping people overcome problems with substance abuse.
