Week Ending 28th September 2008
Seniors rech Semi Final
Just reward for the hard work by Morgan Lalor, his management team and the players over the past three years but it was not easily achieved.
The quarter final with Na Fianna on Saturday 27th September 2008 in Parnell Park went to the wire. A third of the way through the game Crokes led 0-5 to 0-1. The Glasnevin men reeled them in. It was 0-9 to 0-6 at the break. By the thirty sixth minute Na Fianna had reduced the margin to two and while Crokes led by five with five minutes of normal time to go they were relieved to hear the long whistle 0-14 to 0-12 to the good. Among Crokes best performers were full back Dave Mahony, corner men Willie Ryan and Rory O’Carroll and midfielders Adrian Grogan and Fergal Armstrong. Neil Casey and Ross O’Carroll were the pick of the forwards while substitutes Donal McGovern and Conor Clinton also made telling effects. The semi final against Crumlin, impressive winners over Craobh Chiaran, is scheduled for the weekend of 11/12th October 2008. For report click HERE
Intermediates beaten 2-17 to 1-07 by Nmh Barrog
Earlier in the afternoon the intermediates travelled to Pairc Barrog for a league tie that saw Naomh Barrog run out 2-17 to 1-7 winners. A slow start left Crokes with too much to do, not helped by the spurning of a number of scoring opportunities. Best for the visitors were Donal Monnelly, Aidan McCarthy, Brian Sheehan, who scored a good goal from a free, and Damien McSweeney.
Junior D's fail to overcome Parnells
On Sunday the Junior D’s outplayed Parnells in the first half of their league clash in Pairc de Burca and led 2-5 to 0-4 at the interval. For the first fifteen minutes of the second half Crokes were still well in the game but eventually fitness told and the younger northside team finished stronger to win 3-12 to 2-8. Best for Crokes were Niall McIntyre, Padraig Donahy, Shane Canny, Alan O’Connor, Barry Gavigan, Ian O’Keeffe and Nicholas Canny.
Team: N Canny, J Galvin, S O’Donaill, T McIntyre, N McIntyre, M Donnelly, Donal O’Dwyer, S Canny, P Donaghy, F O’Connor, A O’Connor, Declan O’Dwyer, I O’Keeffe, B Gavigan, D Morris. Sub: F Keane for D O’Dwyer (inj)
U12B's beat St Sylvesters
In the other Sunday afternoon game the under 12B’s had a good 9-6 to 5-3 win over St. Sylvesters in the league at Deerpark. Crokes led 3-3 to 1-1 at half time. Some early goals seemed to put them entirely in the driving seat but the Malahide team came back and, with several goals, made a game of it until Crokes again opened the scoring valve. Among those to shine were Niall Sweeny, Barney Sultan, Ruairi Geraghty, Fionn Donnelly, Killian O’Shea, Ronan Kennedy and Stephen Barr.
Team (13 a-side): R Geraghty, F Donnelly, M Redmond, S Crowe, K O’Shea, S O’Hurley, D Dagg, B Sultan, S Barr, D Coakley, N Sweeny, R Kennedy, T Murphy.
Hurling Nursery
On its second Saturday since resumption the Hurling Nursery continued to attract large numbers. Next Saturday the Nursery returns to Glenalbyn at 11.00am. A meeting for new parents will be held in Glenalbyn on Thursday 2nd October. For further information contact Niall Corcoran, Hurling Coach, 087-9834287.
All newcomers will begin their training with Niall Corcoran in “the new group” for a few weeks and then the older new players will be transferred into their appropriate age group. Existing under 6’s (born 2002) and under 7’s (born 2001) will train under Mark Lohan and Ken Hall, respectively. The boys born in 2003 will continue as a separate group and become the “new” Under 6’s at the beginning of 2009.
Communication with parents is by both e-mail and by text. We strongly encourage parents to subscribe to our tacutext texting service in order to be kept fully informed of team notices, training news, change of venue/pick-up times, etc. specific to your son's group. Each message you receive will cost you 20c. The message will be sent to the phone from which the instruction is sent.
Boys Born in 2001- To join the hurling text service, send the following text message to 53215
JOIN CROKESHURL2001 0876781776 YOUR_SONS_NAME
e.g. join crokeshurl2001 0876781776 joebloggs
You can stop receiving messages at any time by sending the following text to 53215
STOP CROKESHURL2001 0876781776
Boys Born in 2002 - To join the hurling text service, send the following text message to 53215
JOIN CROKESHURL2002 0878052999 YOUR_SONS_NAME
e.g. join crokeshurl2002 0878052999 joebloggs
You can stop receiving messages at any time by sending the following text to 53215
STOP CROKESHURL2002 0878052999
Boys Born in 2003
We suggest you join the 2002 group until you become new U6's in 2009. At that time, you can stop your membership of the 2002 group and join a new 2003 group.
Parental Assistance
We appeal to all parents of the new group to offer assistance in any way possible. No previous coaching experience is required and even periodic help is better than none at all. The success of the club relies on volunteers and it is a great way of getting to know other parents. If you are willing to offer any assistance in any capacity, whether it be coaching, roll, setting up pitches, tidying up pitches, etc. etc. please contact any of the following:
Niall Corcoran, Club hurling coach, 087 983 4287, niall.corcoran@gmail.com
Michael Crowe, Chairman, Juvenile Hurling Group, 087 996 7608 , mjcrowe@gofree.indigo.ie
Margaret Keane , Registrar, 086 311 0020, Margaret.keane@yahoo.ie
Quote from Parent
“As a parent who has 5 children in the club and 2 more about to start, I have got to know more people since I started helping out with my 5th child that I did bringing all my other children to training and matches. Your child will love to see you getting involved. And remember, these parents are the people you will be standing with on the sideline of pitches for the rest of your son's playing career! Many helpers lighten the load for everybody.”
Management Contact Details
Senior: Colm Maher - colm.maher@citi.com - 087-2755074
Intermediate: Seamus Kennedy seamus.kennedy@ericsson.com - 087/2334560 or Brian O'Neill - boneill@mountbrook.ie - 0868155140
Junior B: Mark Regan - (086) 6995821 and markregan@cck.ie
Junior 5: Barry Gavigan - Barry.Gavigan@o2.com - 086 6005412
Under 21: Niall Butler Niall.E.Butler@aib.ie 086-8071821
Minor: Pat Halpin - Pat.W.Halpin@aib.ie - 086-8326377
Under 16: Martin O'Dwyer - Martin.O'Dwyer@intel.com - 087-4191982
Under 15: Colm Maher - colm.maher@citi.com - 087-2755074
Under 14: Ronan Conway - ronan.d.conway@intel.com - 0874197753
Under 13: Tom McIntyre - tommcintyre@gsi.ie- 087 2563493 and Gearoid MacGabhann - gmacgabhann@yahoo.com - 087 -9679605
Under 12: Mick Crowe - 087-9967608 and mjcrowe@gofree.indigo.ie
Under 11: Tony Fleming - 087-8061023 and tony.fleming@Eirgrid.com
Under 10 Jim Ryan – 087-9673861 and jim.ryan1@hse.ie
Under 9: Alan Kehoe - alan.n.kehoe@aib.ie and 087-7553380
www.kilmacudcrokes.com/hurling
Under 8: Robbie Kinsella - 087-2322832 and robert.kinsella@amnch.ie
Under 7: Ken Hall - 087-6781776 and ken_j_hall@adp.com
Boys born in 2002 or later
Contact: Mark Lohan - 087-8052999 and marklohan@eircom.net