Watergrasshill Notes (10th Sep)
- Sep 10,2024
Semi-Final Spot for Hill
Our intermediate hurlers secured direct passage to the semi-final of the Premier Intermediate County Championship on Sunday with a 4 point win over Valley Rovers in Páirc Uí Rinn on Sunday. In truth, the gap could have been a lot more but for the accuracy of Valley’s Colm Butler who scored 0-7 from placed balls. The opening period of the game saw the teams exchange scores, with the hill each time pushing a point of two ahead, but for Valley’s to pull level. The pivotal moment of the first half came from Seán Desmond on 23 minutes who rattled the net following a long clearance, before that goal, Valley’s were actually ahead 0-6 to 0-7, but Desmond’s goal put us 1-6 to 0-6 ahead. At the break we were good value for our 3 point lead, 1-09 to 0-09. Following an early exchange of points after the restart, after 3 second half minutes, Brendan Lehane finished sublimely into the top corner following great work by Dáire O’Leary and Adam Murphy, and the lead was stretched back to 2-10 to 0-10. With the hill now scoring well from play, and Aiden Foley adding a huge effort from a placed ball, the lead had stretched to 8 points, before a goal from Valleys, left the score 2-13 to 1-11 after 14 second half minutes. As Valley’s lost momentum I the closing quarter and the hill defense defiant, the game finished 2-18 to 1-17 and we topped the group to progress straight into the semi-finals where we await the winners of Mallow and Dungourney.
Well done to the lads on a great campaign thus far – some super performances in both league and championship and we look forward to the semi-final.
Under 8’s in action
Well done to our under 8 boys who played in Pairc Ui Rinn on Sunday at half time in the Premier Intermediate game against Valley Rovers. The boys had a great day out and made the most of their time so many thanks to the coaches and parents who helped to organize – a great memory for the boys.
Under 6’s new tops
This year both Glenville and Watergrasshill GAA have come together to create training tops for our new starters. Training tops were distributed today to our u5's and U6's boys and were a big hit. Tops will be worn for both hurling and football matches. The future stars of our clubs
Lotto
There was no winner of the Lotto Jackpot this week. Numbers drawn were 2, 8, 13 & 31. Lucky dip winners, who each receive €30 are Noírín O’Riordan, Aidan Barry, Sharon Noonan & Ml O’Riordan c/o Hut. Congrats to you all. Next week's jackpot is a whopping €14,550 and draw will take place on 16th September in The Hut Bar.
Tickets are on sale in some of the village businesses like The Hut Bar, Johnny's Shop and our Lotto stand in Ross's Centra. Tickets can also be purchased on-line via our club website (www.watergrasshillgaa.ie). The Club would like to take this opportunity to thank all our members and supporters of the Watergrasshill GAA Club Lotto. The Club Lotto is a vital source of income for the running of all our teams within the Club and for future development of our facilities, so we ask you to please support it if you are in a position to do so. Remember, if you’re not in you can’t win.
Upcoming Fixtures
Saturday 14th September
Rebel Óg East, Fé18 D2 Championship Final
Watergrasshill V Ballygiblin at 1pm in Dungourney
Saturday 14th September
Rebel Óg East, Fé13 HL Group 1 Shield Final
Midleton V Watergrasshill at 5pm in Watergrasshill
Monday 16th September
Rebel Óg Coiste, Fé16 P2 Championship Semi-Final
Douglas V Watergrasshill at 6:30pm – Venue TBC
Recent Results:
Tuesday 3rd September
Rebel Óg Coiste, Fé13 HL Group 1
Bishopstown 1-10 V 2-13 Watergrasshill
Wednesday 4th September
Rebel Óg East, Fé18 Championship Seim-Final
Watergrasshill 1-23 V 1-19 Fr. O’Neill’s
Sunday 8th September
Rebel Óg Coiste, Fé13 HL Group 2 Plate Semi-Final
Watergrasshill 0-10 V 1-03 Bishopstown
Sunday 8th September
Co-Op Superstores, Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship
Valley Rovers 1-17 V 2-18 Watergrasshill
