Club Notes: 4th September 2016

Club Lotto
Last week’s winning numbers were 2-4-19-28, and there was no winner. €20 winners were Denis O’ Regan, Gio Allen, Rebecca O’ Keeffe, J. Geary, and Susan Cliffe. Next week’s jackpot will be €16,950.

Michael Tobin Cup
A good sized crowd attended the inaugural Michael “Bonzo” Tobin Cup between Shamrocks and Midleton at the Midleton Club grounds last Saturday evening. Unfortunately, from a Shamrocks point of view, Midleton were far too strong for our depleted team, winning fairly comfortably, and to make matters worse, we sustained a couple of injuries also with Joe Leahy looking likely to miss the rest of the season due to a broken collarbone. Not ideal with a few important weeks of hurling and football coming up soon. However we compliment Midleton for honouring one of our favourite sons, and thank them for their hospitality.

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Tobin Cup.
And speaking of Tobins and cups, the U-14 Tobin Cup, donated by the Tobin family, will take place, I’m reliably informed, tomorrow evening (Thursday) at 6.45pm in Knockanore between Cois Bhride and Clashmore. There will be a cup of tea and refreshments afterwards, so please come along and give them some support.

Eoghan Halford R.I.P.
Shamrocks would like to sympathise with the family and friends of Eoghan Halford, Aglish, who was tragically killed in a motor accident last week. A young man of only 18, just after his Leaving Cert results, and a great future ahead of him, cut down in the prime of his life. So sad. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.
We would also like to offer our sympathies to the family and friends of Joe Daly, Ballyduff / Lismore, who passed away recently.

All Ireland U-21 final.
As they say, all roads lead to Semple Stadium this Saturday as the Deise try to win only our second ever U-21 hurling title against Galway. With such a paltry haul of All Ireland titles at this age, it’s probably a bit surprising that we will start as strong favourites to beat the Tribesmen, but this is a wonderful team, backboned by the outstanding Austin Gleeson ( already a shoe-in for the young player of the year, in my humble opinion), and with a few other quality players including our own Colm Roche, who is playing very well this year, so the favouritism is probably justified. But beware, Galway won’t hand Waterford the title, and you can be sure they would take great pleasure in knocking the Deise lads off their perch. ‘Hon The Deise……

Tipp tops in Croker.
Was there a whiff of a changing of the Guard in Croke Park last Sunday? Tipp didn’t just beat Kilkenny, they dished out a lesson. Having said that, the Cat’s tally of 2-20 would win most finals, but there was no denying Tipperary who probably should have won by more, such was their dominance. You would have to admire Kilkenny’s stubborness, they never give up, but Callinan, Bubbles, and John McGrath were superb, totally on top of the Cats full back line, and incredibly, Cody never changed any of them. All great teams eventually give way, and Kilkenny were the best of the best, even if we were a bit sick of watching them collect the Liam McCarthy year upon year…. With the Minor crown collected also, it really was Tipp’s year.

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