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Nenagh Éire Óg - Club Notes 16/03/2015

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Nenagh Éire Óg - Club Notes 16/03/2015

Well Done: Congratulations to Tommy Heffernan and Dáire Quinn who featured on the University of Limerick team which beat the Waterford Institute of Technology in the replayed Fitzgibbon Cup final on Wednesday, March 11th in Páirc Uí Rinn, Cork. Tommy Heffernan and Dáire Quinn scored the vital goals for UL in a 2-18 to 1-14 win.

Challenge Cup: Nenagh Éire Óg will face Boherlahan-Dualla in the second round of the County Senior Hurling Challenge Cup on Tuesday, March 17th at 11.30am (extra-time will be played in the event of a draw). Please support the Blues. Win or lose on Tuesday the team is scheduled to play in the third round of the Challenge Cup at 12 noon on Sunday, March 22nd. Please keep an eye on the club website and respective social media channels for updates.

Junior A: Éire Óg are scheduled to take on Borris-Ileigh in the opening round of the Watch Centre North Tipperary Junior A Hurling League in MacDonagh Park, Nenagh on Saturday, March 21st at 5pm. The team are managed by Greg Browne, Con Morris, Michael Ryan and Conor Ryan this year. We wish the lads all the very best during the campaign and appeal for your support. The competition will be played on a two-group system with the top two teams in each progressing to the semi-finals. Nenagh Éire Óg have been drawn in group one alongside Borris-Ileigh, Roscrea, Knockshegowna & Toomevara. Group one features Burgess, Silvermines, Templederry Kenyons, Kilruane MacDonagh’s & Kildangan.

Junior B: The first round of the junior B hurling league is scheduled to take place on Saturday, March 28th when the Blues will host Portroe at MacDonagh Park, Nenagh. The team are managed this year by Cian Tucker, Mark Long and John Paul King. We wish the lads all the very best during the campaign and appeal for your support. The competition will be played on a two-group system with the top two teams in each progressing to the semi-finals. Nenagh Éire Óg have been drawn in group one alongside Toomevara, Newport, Shannon Rovers, Moneygall & Portroe. Meanwhile group two features Borrisokane, Ballina, Borris-Ileigh, Silvermines, Lorrha-Dorrha & Kildangan.

Minor A: The Blues’ will launch their North Tipperary Minor A Football Championship campaign on Wednesday, April 1st when Nenagh Éire Óg will host Ballina in MacDonagh Park, Nenagh at 6.30pm. The team are managed by John Manley, Paudie Gleeson, Derek Lillis and Christy McLoughlin. We wish the lads all the very best during the campaign and appeal for your support.

Congratulations: A huge well done to Dean Ray who was among six others from the division who recently completed the referee’s course. Referees are vital component of the Gaelic Athletic Association and anyone who volunteers to take on this key role should be commended. Well done Dean.

A Night with Christy Kenneally: The Nenagh Éire Óg Healthy Club Project will host a ‘Night with Christy Kenneally’ in the Scout’s Hall on Wednesday, April 15th at 8pm. The theme of his talk is “from heartbreak to hope”. Admission is priced at €5 while under-18s will be admitted for free. For full details on this event please see the club website.

Newsletter: The February edition of the club newsletter is now available to download. Highlights of this latest issue include a report from the 1915 north final success and, of course, much, much more. Our thanks, as always, go out to the club communications sub-committee and in particular to Catherine McTiernan and Enda O’Sullivan for pulling this terrific publication together. The latest edition of the Nenagh Éire Óg monthly newsletter is now available to download from the club website.

Fixtures: Please keep a close eye on the club website and on the club’s various social media channels for all the latest updates on fixtures and results.

Membership: Membership for 2015 is now due and is priced at €25 - family membership option A is priced at €60 while option B is priced at €85.

Lotto: There was one winner of last week’s lotto jackpot of €1,000. Congratulations to Michael O’Meara (Bulfin Crescent). The €50 luck dip winners were: Olive Keaveney (Dublin Road) & Lillian Mulcahy (Ballywilliam). Please support the Blues and play our club lotto.

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