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Weekly Notes - 31st May 2006That 5th and 6th classes in St. Laurences have in their midst some skilful wielders of the camán was plain to be seen in the course of the Murphy cup blitz which was run off in St. Pats grounds in Wicklow during the week. The ability and commitment of the team had their reward and they returned to Kindlestown with the trophy which had earlier been delivered into the welcoming hands of captain, Andrew Walsh, son of juvenile chairman Gerry. St. Laurences were fully deserving of victory; they were unbeaten in the tournament and won well in the final against Glenealy. Comhghairdeachas lads! You did your school and your mentors, Bernie Jones and Colm Gaskin proud. Fingers crossed that many of you will go on to don the blue and white of Éire Óg at adult level! Táimid buíoch do Scoil Lorcáin and, indeed, to Scoil Chaoimhín and Scoil Bríde for affording the children in their schools the opportunity of experiencing the joys of hurling and football.The blitz was excellently organised by Andrew Cornyn, somewhat of a hurling evangelist, who has done more than his bit for the game's cause in the county. Incidentally, if you drop down to the Gaelic field at lunchtime to-day you will see St. Laurences in action against St. Kevins in the Cumann na mBunscoil football semi-final. It says something about the football talent in the area that two local schools have reached this stage in the competition. Every good wish to our own Colm Gaskin on his appointment as Games Promotion Officer with the Coiste Chondae. In these days when the G.A.A. is well down amongst the also rans in the hype stakes, Colm is facing a difficult task in getting the hurling and Gaelic football message across. On the other hand Colm has, in his undoubted enthusiasm for and commitment to the games – particularly hurling – the ingredients for success in his new post. Go n-eirí go geal leat, Colm. The clubrooms – ‘club premises’ might be more in keeping with its grandeur – are nearing completion and when the tarmacadam has been laid it will be an eye-pleasing addition to the environment. Then the headaches begin. A very large debt to be cleared and maintenance and running costs to be dealt with. But God is good and Jack is earning. Listening to the P.K. show on Friday, one was flabbergasted to hear that the government had advanced 20 million euro to the Landsdowne project before even a brick has been put upon a brick, aye, even before the planning process has been gone through; we are sanguine that we may be beneficiaries of similar government generosity. Scarcely an eyebrow raised in the media about such largesse! Contrast this with the furore in the media and among the bien pensants of the even numbered postal codes – many a morning on the train one had to bite ones lips to bleeding point to hold ones silence – when Charlie McCreevy gave the first 5 million to the G.A.A. A sum, by the way, which scarcely covered the VAT that had been paid to that date on the redevelopment of Croke Park. Conclusion: showing of enterprise does not pay. The u-10s travelled to Rathnew on Friday in their second outing in the league – unfortunately defeat was their lot on the scoreboard. On the field of play, however, exchanges were quite even but Rathnew’s extra man in the 1st half – the wind – played a decisive role in their big lead at the break. His participation when on our side in the 2nd half was sporadic and we failed to bridge the gap. Jack Dooley did very well in goals while Darragh Sheehan, Sam O’Byrne, Pearse Kelly and Seán Minogue were the pick of the outfield players. |
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