JUNIOR FOOTBALL: Our Junior footballers made a winning start to this years championship with a narrow 2-04 to 0-7 win over De La Salle this morning at Gracedieu. It was a game of two halves, with the strong win playing its part. De La Salle had the breeze in the opening half and built up a 0-6 to 0-0 lead at the break. Ferrybanks defence held firm in that opening half, not giving any goal chances to the hosts. In the second half, Ferrybank created scoring chances early in the half, but didnt take them, until Alex Power took a chance to register Ferrybanks first point, with John Ahern getting another score soon after. De La Salle replied with a point to extend it to five, but Ferrybank created chances and a low shot from Kevin Hurley was turned into the net from Martin Freeman from close range. Two points from Kevin Hurley levelled it up, and as the game entered injury time a Keith Power '45 was touched into the net by MJ Sutton to give Ferrybank the win. TEAM: Keith Power, Alex Kinsella, Aidan Sinnott, Seamus Burtchaeil, Robbie Carew, Damien Ahern, Tommy Carew, Luke Flynn, Oisin MacCathmhaoil, Cormac O' Driscoll, Kevin Hurley (-2), Shane Sullivan, Alex Power(-1) Martin Freeman(1-0), John Ahern (-1), MJ Sutton(1-0), David Atkins, Stephen Treacy. Next up for the Footballers is next Friday April 3rd at 6:30pm home to Portlaw.
UNDER 13 FOOTBALL: Our under 13 Footballers made the trip to Bunmahon last Saturday to play St Marys. Despite been short a few regulars, the lads put in an excellent performance, and fought for every ball in the tough windy conditions, and the team came away with a draw. Next game is home to Rathgormack in two weeks time. Training contuines on Tuesdays at 5:45pm.
CAMOIGE: Training for the Under 8,10,12 Camoige girls has now been changed and it will now take place every Saturday morning from 10am-11am in the Ferrybank Gaa grounds. All newcomers are more than welcome to attend, hurleys & helmets can be provided on the day.
MINOR FOOTBALL: The Minor Footballers are back in action this coming Sunday April 5th with a home tie against NaGaeil (Dunhill/Fenor) at 11:30am.
UNDER 11 HURLING: The Under 11 hurlers begin there season this coming Friday April 3rd home to Kilmacthomas at 6:30pm.
DEISE DRAW: We had no luck in the opening Deise draw of 2015 which took place last Friday night. A huge thanks to all who purchased tickets for the draw. Remember there is still time to buy a ticket with another 7 draws remaining. Tickets cost €10 with a top prize of €10,000, 2nd Prize €3,000 3rd prize €1,500, 4th-11th prize €250. Tickets can be purchased from Nicky Heffernan 087-6724212, Declan Howard 087-9393818.
ANGELA BURNS MEMORIAL 10K FUN/RUN WALK: The Angela Burns memorial 10k fun run/walk will take place on Sunday April 26th at 11am, with a under 12 race for the Boys & Girls commencing at 10:30am.There will be registrations nights leading up to main day, and they will be confirmed later. We would encourage all families to support this enjoyable day out whether you are a runner, jogger, walker, pram-pusher. With the evenings now brighter, now is a good time to get out and prepare for this day, with Ferrybank road runners out every Tuesday & Thursday nights at 7pm from the Gaa field.
AVONMORE PROTEIN SESSION: Ferrybank Gaa club held the Avonmore Protein session in the club grounds last Saturday. It started of with Kieran O' Connor interviewing Avonmore hurling ambassadors Ken McGrath, Jackie Tyrell, Patrick Horgan on their preparations before a match. There was also contributions from Kilkennys Physio Eamonn O' Reilly and dietition Noreen Roche. It was then onto the field where the Hurlers and Camoige players were put through their paces, with the Ambassadors giving the players inputs and tips with some drills & Skills. A huge thanks to Patricia Wrafter who was the winner of the competition and nominated the Gaa club for this day, to Luke Myers for some great photos, to Rackard Coady for bringing the Liam McCarthy down to the field, to all at Avonmore Protein Milk for their expert and professionalism during the day. An enjoyable day was had by all.
