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Weekly notes

November 8, 2018

SHC: Our senior hurlers made it two wins from three following a ten-point win over Templederry last Sunday in the championship. Final score was 1-16 to 0-09. See website for match report.Round 4 takes places this weekend with Borris-Ileigh providing opposition. This is fixed for Sunday 15th May at 7pm in Toomevara.

JBHL: Our league game against Templederry did not take place over the weekend as no referee turned up for the game. Ths game will be played at a later date. The 5th round game against Kilruane is on Sat 14th May at 7pm in Nenagh

MAFC: Our minor footballers had a 2 point win over Lorrha last night in the championship.
 
County Board Draw: The 2011-2012 County Draw has just been launched. There is over €500k in prize money this year with 2 Star prizes on offer in addition to 2 cars and many other prizes each month. This draw has been a vital source of generating revenue for over twenty years and is a major fundraiser for us with 50% of all monies coming directly to the club. We would like to thank all the club promoters who do such sterling work each year promoting the draw and they will be canvassing to enlist the support of existing members and new subscribers in the next few weeks.

Juvenile news:
Training: Hurling training for U6, U8 and U10s takes place on Wednesdays at 5pm and Saturdays at 10am, all new players welcome. There are helmets available at €40 (medium) and hurleys at subsidised prices.

U10: Our U10s visited Durlas Og on Saturday last for a blitz and had an enjoyable mornings hurling. Many thanks to the Parents who travelled.
 
U12: We defeated Moneygall/Clonakenny last Friday in Nenagh. We will have played Ballina in our final group game in Monday of this week, regardless of the result; we have now qualified for the semi final of this competition.
U14: We defeated Kildangan in the North semi final in Puckane last Wednesday. We play Newport/Ballinahinch in the final, see fixtures. The hurling championship is scheduled to start this Wednesday with a game away to Roscrea
 
U16: We were defeated by Ballina in the North final last week in Kilcoleman. Many thanks to the selectors and players for their efforts. Best wishes to Ballina in the County championship.
Juvenile membership: There has been a great response to membership but there is still a few outstanding. Please get a form from your team manager or any Juvenile officer if not registered. We will publish a list of paid up juvenile members on the Club noticeboard on June 1.
 
Parish League: Our U12 parish league concluded last Tuesday with the 2 finals going ahead. 60 boys and girls took part in what was our first parish league for a number of years. Many thanks to the Geaney family for providing 2 Cups in memory of their father Michael Geaney. The winning joint captains were Hazel McAuliffe and Evan Murphy and Sarah Kennedy and Aaron White. Thanks to all who organised the league and to Michael Hallinan and Noel Coffey who refereed the games.