BY JOHN MANLEY
BALLINURE NS & DUALLA NS SERVE UP THRILLER BY EOIN POWER RANG 6, DUALLA NS
On Thursday we played a match against Ballinure National School. We played the match at the Dennis Leamy Centre in Dualla. The match started at twelve o’clock and went on until about one. When the match started each team was level for a while. About ten minutes into the game Callum Lawrence scored a goal for Dualla. Ballinure retaliated with a point soon after. The match went on like this for some time but at half time Dualla were still in front. At half time Ballinure came out a lot stronger and they scored a few quick points and goals. After a while when Ballinure were only about two points behind them Dualla answered back by scoring some goals of their own. Most of Dualla’s goals were scored by Callum Lawrence and his brother Brendan also had an excellent performance. Páraic Brosnan also had an excellent performance alongside Brendan in Midfield and Dualla’s Goalkeeper Pádraic Flanagan held out some tough shots. The teams were very evenly matched but at the end of the game the final score was: Dualla N.S. 8-6 and Ballinure N.S. 4-2. The Dualla squad was as follows: Pádraic Flanagan, Brendan Lawrence, Eoin Power, Eoin Moloughney, Páraic Brosnan, Callum Lawrence, Tom Lawrence, Aisling Moloughney, Ava Ryan, Anna McCan, Hannah Hughes, Nicole Kennedy, Orla Power, Ciara Gahan, Caoimhe Howley, Rachel Brosnan, Rachel Ryan, Caitlin Morrissey and Leanne Toomey. It was a great match and everyone had fun. We are very grateful to Ballinure for travelling over to us for the game.
EQUIPMENT SCHEME EXTENDED
The Tipperary Allianz Cumann na mBunscol Equipment scheme is still open for the following equipment only: Helmets, leather sliothars (size 3 and 4), hurling gloves, hurleys (size 26, 28, 30, 32), indoor and synthetic hurleys, size 4 footballs. All information is available on our website regarding prices etc, (see 2014 equipment form) and was emailed to all schools in January. All Go Games sliothars, ordered and paid for, will be delivered by courier service. Tipperary Allianz Cumann na mBunscol regrets any inconvenience caused by the failure of our supplier to deliver the Go Games sliothars on the equipment night. Regrettably a few schools failed to turn up for equipment collection. This equipment must now be collected from Jerry McDonnell in Clonmel. His address is 25 Ballingarrane, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary. His phone number is 052-61-21431. The equipment can be collected at any time but please ring him beforehand to arrange a time for collection. Some schools have still not paid the 30 euro registration fee for the calendar year 2014. This registration fee must be paid immediately. Send a cheque, made payable to Tipperary Allianz Cumann na mBunscol, for 30 euro to: Jerry McDonnell, 25 Ballingarrane, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary. Please send this immediately, if you haven’t already done so. We know exactly which schools haven’t paid and we are asking them to pay the obligatory fee without delay. Please co-operate on this matter.
FREE JUNIOR MEMBERSHIP OF THE TIPPERARY SUPPORTERS CLUB
• With your FREE membership you are entitled to:
• Poster of your favourite Tipperary players
• Entry in to a weekly draw for prizes such as radios, Tipperary Supporters golf caps etc
• A chance to be the Tipperary Team mascot for a Division 1 National Hurling League match at Semple Stadium, including
• Sitting in with the Team for the pre-match photograph and joining the Tipp FM commentary team for their live broadcast
• 10% discount on all purchases in the Tipperary GAA Shop in Thurles
• A chance to win the Star Prize of a Special Coaching Session in your Club for your team given by members of the Tipperary Senior Hurling Panel.
• All you have to do to get your free membership is to ask one of your parents to fill in the form with name, address and email address so that we can let you know if you have won a prize. It couldn’t be easier and remember it is FREE. The form can be filled out online at the following link: http://www.tippsupportersclub.com/join/junior-members/
• For enquiries contact juniors@tippsupportersclub.com
HURLING & CAMOGIE FIXTURES
All hurling and camogie fixtures for Under 11 Go Games and Under 13 Competitions have been posted to our website http://cnmb.tipperary.gaa.ie/ should you need to access any of this information.
COUNTY FINAL DATES PROVISIONALLY FIXED
The Tipperary Allianz Cumann na mBunscol County Finals in Hurling and Camogie are provisionally fixed for Thursday 5th and Friday 6th of June, in Semple Stadium. Please keep these dates free from School Tours etc. The Semple Stadium Committee have committed to these dates for us. The only problem that could arise is if Limerick and Tipperary draw their Munster Senior Football championship match on the previous Saturday, in Limerick. If that is a draw then the replay will probably be in Semple Stadium on Saturday 7th June. This decision will be made by Munster Council. That could leave us in a difficult position as the Stadium is not allowed have matches in the days leading up to a Munster Senior championship game. If this is the case our back up dates for Finals will be Monday June 9th and Tuesday June 10th.
PRIMARY GAME 2014
All primary game entry forms and consent forms have been posted to our website. Please return the relevant entry forms to all coordinators by March 31st.
The following dates have been penciled in for our selection days:
Ladies Football
Mid/North Trial: Durlas Óg GAA Pitch Tuesday 1st April 4.00pm.
South / West Trial: Golden GAA Pitch Wednesday 2nd April 4.00pm.
Football
North Trial: Borrisoleigh GAA Club Tuesday 1st April 4.00pm.
West Trial: Golden GAA pitch Thursday 3rd April 4.00pm.
Mid Trial: Durlas Óg GAA pitch Tuesday 8th April 4.00pm.
South Trial: Moyle Rovers GAA pitch Wednesday 9th April 4.00pm.
Camogie
Mid/North Trial: Dr. Morris Park, Thurles Wednesday 2nd April 4.00pm.
South/West Trial: New Inn GAA Pitch Wednesday 9th April 4.00pm.
Hurling
South Trial: Moyle Rovers GAA Pitch Tuesday 1st April 4.15pm.
Mid Trial: The Ragg GAA Pitch Wednesday 2nd 4.15pm.
North Trial: Cloughjordan GAA Pitch Wednesday 9th April 4.15pm.
West Trial: Golden GAA Pitch Thursday 11th April 4.15pm.
REGISTRATION FEE 2014
All schools should forward the registration fee of €30.00 to our Treasurer Jerry McDonnell, 25 Ballingarrane, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary. Please note this is an annual fee which covers a school for a calendar year. Payment of this fee entitles schools to participate in all Cumann na mBunscol activities for 2014.
REPORTER OF THE WEEK
Schools are reminded and encouraged to send news and updates of their progress in the hurling championships for the coming season. Reports on upcoming challenge games would be hugely appreciated. Reports should include, in as much as possible, school names, referee, venue, final score and a balanced account of the match. A Reporter of the Week will be chosen and their work included in the weekly report. Please ensure all reports are a single paragraph in Verdana 10 type. All submissions should be proof-read by the teacher before submission.
TWITTER
For any schools/teachers wishing to access Tipperary Cumann na mBunscol news and updates via Twitter, the Tipperary Cumann na mBunscol Twitter username is @TippCumanNamBun. The following link will enable you to follow us: https://twitter.com/TippCumanNamBun. We would encourage as many teachers and schools as possible to follow us as this will enable you to access information as soon as it becomes available. We thank all the teachers who have become followers of Tipperary Cumann na mBunscol on Twitter. We have got a great reaction from teachers and schools in recent months. We now have 670 followers.
CONTACT CUMANN NA MBUNSCOL
For match reports, fixtures and school G.A.A. News and events, please email Tipperary ALLIANZ Cumann na mBunscol P.R.O. John Manley Dualla NS pro.cnmb.tipperary@gaa.ie Website: http://cnmb.tipperary.gaa.ie/
Ní neart go cur le chéile.
