Week Ending 30th November 2008
Kilmacud Crokes Hurling is delighted with the appointment of Anthony Daly, a regular visitor to our Punchestown Race Day, as the new Dublin senior hurling manager and wishes him well in his new role.
Anthony is a former Clare All-Ireland winning captain and manager. Following a glittering hurling career during which he captained Clare to Liam MacCarthy glory on two occasions (1995 and 1997) he returned to the Clare senior team in 2003, this time as manager. In 2005 Daly’s side had the reigning All-Ireland champions, Cork, on the ropes in the All-Ireland semi-final and also reached the semi-final the following year against Kilkenny.
We also send our congratulations and best wishes to Vincent Teehan, former Crokes senior manager, who will assist Anthony
Dublin and Crokes hurling received a great fillip when Dublin South Colleges beat Kilkenny CBS in the Leinster Senior Colleges “A” Final (Corn Ui Dhuill) in Carlow on Wednesday. The sides finished all square in regulation time and at the end of extra time it was Dublin South 2-16 Kilkenny C.B.S. 0-18. The victors were captained by Crokes Kevin O’Loughlin while Bill O’Carroll, Killian Doherty and Sean McGrath also started. Darren McVeigh and Barry Mulligan were introduced. Jack Doughan and Gary McMorrow were also on the panel. For report see HERE
On Saturday it was a case of too little too late for Crokes in the Dublin South Section Final (County semi-final) of the under 21 hurling championship at Silverpark against Lucan Sarsfields. Boosted by the return of the five players who found themselves exam tied for the 2007 senior league final on Monday and one of the players unavailable through injury for that match, for more the fifty minutes of this game the home team were outclassed and outfought.
Crokes opened the scoring with a Kevin Dalton point in the third minute. By half time Lucan were 1-6 to 0-4 ahead and by the fifty second minute had stretched this to 1-12 to 0-5. A Neil Casey goal at that stage reduced the margin to seven. Another major five minutes later and a pointed free in the fifty ninth minute left just three in it but time ran out and, with it, Crokes hopes of progression. Final score 1-12 to 2-6.
Team: R Tighe, R Walsh, F Garvey, A Hopkins, S Gillen, Rory O’Carroll, R O’Loughlin, P Clinton, Ross O’Carroll, B Sheehan, C Clinton, N Casey (1-0), S O’Rorke, K Dalton (0-1), B O’Rorke (0-5, f -4, 65 -1), Subs: B O’Carroll for A Hopkins, F Monnelly for S Gillen, N Butler for B Sheehan, S McNicholas, B Mahon, S McGrath, K O’Loughlin and G McMorrow
Monday’s 2007 senior hurling league final turned out to be very disappointing with Crokes, hit by exam related withdrawals on the morning of the match, putting up token resistance and going down 6-17 to 3-8. One of the few positives from a Crokes point of view was it gave the chance to try out Ballyboden’s new floodlit all-weather surface at Sancta Maria school.
Team: R Sweetnam; W Ryan, D Byrne; R Mangan, A De Paor, A Grogan, D De Paor; N Corcoran, F Armstrong, H Gannon, J Burke, B Motherway; S Gillen, E Fitzgerald, A Tiernan. Sub E de Paor for A Tiernan.
Under 7 Arena League
The under 7 indoor league commenced on Friday 28th November and will run each Friday until 12th December and then resume back in January 2009. For more see HERE
Hurling Section AGM
The Hurling Section AGM took on the 26th of November in Glenalbyn House. With nearly 70 in attendance business was got through briskly and efficiently. For report see HERE
GAA Strategic Vision and Action Plan 2009-2015
The GAA Strategic Vision and Action Plan 2009-2015 was launched on 25th November 2009 at Croke Park. The plan is billed a roadmap for the future which is realistic and achievable and will help the Association build and develop participation in Gaelic games and culture. Click HERE for more details
Hurling Nursery
The Hurling Nursery continues on Saturdays in Glenalbyn - at 9am for boys born 2002 and at 10am for boys born 2001 and 2003. All newcomers will begin their training with Niall Corcoran, Kilmacud Crokes Hurling Coach, 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
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
Under 8: Robbie Kinsella - 087-2322832 and robert.kinsella@amnch.ie
Under 7: Ken Hall - 087-6781776 and ken_j_hall@adp.com
Under 6: Mark Lohan - 087-8052999 and marklohan@eircom.net
Boys born in 2003 or later
Contact: Mick Crowe - 087-9967608 and mjcrowe@gofree.indigo.ie
www.kilmacudcrokes.com/hurling