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Weekly Notes - 22nd November 2006An rud is giorra don chroí is giorra don bhéal - that which is nearest to the heart is nearest to the mouth. In essence, the sean-fhocal says that one is inclined to rant on, even to the point of boring ones hearers, about that which is preoccupying one at a given time. At the present moment the business that is uppermost in the collective consciousness of Éire Óg Greystones members, including this column, is the club's Big Draw (100euro/ticket for super prizes) and we'll all be babbling on about it until the closing date. So readers, the column craves your indulgence. One cannot over-emphasise the importance of the draw to the financial well-being of the club. The club has stuck its neck out and, with the same enterprising spirit that built Croke Park, has provided a wonderful facility for, not only the club, but for the community at large. It has had the temerity to do so from a relatively weak financial base and is now faced with quite an intimidating financial burden. We are hoping that the draw will make big inroads into this debt so it is imperative that it is a success. The club is depending on you to buy a ticket and to encourage others to do so also.Tickets may be obtained through any committee member or by phoning Felicity at 086 3448975 or Con at 2875522. Monies may be returned to Felicity in the clubhouse on Tuesday nights from 8.30pm. Felicity is at present attending the First Responders' course in Laragh and is acquiring, among other skills, expertise in the use of the defibrillator - not of great value to the club at the moment since we don't have such a machine. Perhaps there is someone out there who might consider sponsoring one. From the agitation she shows on Tuesday nights it may be a case of 'physician cure thyself' if you do not return your ticket money quickly! At the semi-final stage, the u-16A hurlers exited the championship at the hands of Carnew at a wet and windy Dunbur on Sunday. They were beaten by a superior team but their defeat was not without honour. They battled bravely to the very end. The quality of the Carnew team can be gauged from the fact that two of their number this year won county senior medals. Thus, while it might have been vain to have nurtured hopes of victory, our cause was not helped by circumstances. Short of two of our better players, Scott Smullen and Michael Walsh, through injury, we lost Keith Nolan after about 5 minutes as a result of a recurring knee problem. On top of that, in the second half when we were facing into it, the wind turned traitor and stepped up several notches on the Beaufort scale. We started off well and soon had 1-1 on the scoreboard - the goal came from Conor Finn who had an excellent game. Lorcan Kelly, back after a protracted sabbatical, played well and also netted. Freed of the burden of expectation which attends his playing at u-14, John Deeney, who replaced Keith Nolan, gave a fine display of defensive hurling at wing half-back. Hughie O'Neill, another u-14, was not overwhelmed when thrown in at the deep end. Jack Tanner excelled at centre-field and Daniel O'Connor was our choice of "Man of the Match". We were sorry to hear that we were losing Mark Hayes from the Sports Dept. of the paper. We had always found him very helpful and appreciative of the effort which went into the preparation of these notes. Guímid gach rath a's beannacht air in his new endeavours. |
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