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St James Under-10 Side Win

St James U10 footballers scored a 4-5 to 1-3 win over Taghmon/ Camross in the Kent Stainless U10 football league in Taghmon on Thursday night last with Tomas Walsh, John Power (1-1), Andrew Walsh (1-3), Amy Meyler, Mark White, Adam Prendergast and Dara Lyons all playing brilliantly. They now take on Geraldine O’Hanrahan’s in the semi-final in New Ross on Thursday, 9 August, at 7.30pm. Mentors Thomas Crosbie, Pat Walsh, & Co are very pleased with the effort put in by all the players. They are asking supporters to travel to New Ross to cheer on the boys on Thursday night.

Fethard Go Under

Fethard Intermediate hurlers were most unlucky to lose by a single point to Rosslare in the Intermediate Championship last weekend. It was a game they should have won, but all credit to the players for putting in a huge effort.

Birthday

Congratulations to Patrick Mylett of Great Island, Campile, on celebrating his 21st birthday with a party in the Hillside Bar, Camblin, on Friday night last with his family and friends.

BallykellyWhist Drive

Results of Ballykelly Whist Drive last week were as follows:

Ladies: 1: Eva Neville; 2: Peggy Neve; Half Time: Breda Long.

Gents: 1: Mary Whitty; Joint 2nd: John Hearn and Michael Fleming; Half Time: Tommy Reilly.

Specials: Brian Neve, Pat Murphy, Betty Murphy, and Maureen Davitt.

Field Day

Fethard Coiste Na Nog Club are holding their annual Field Day on Sunday next, 12 August, in the GAA pitch at Ramstown.

Duncannon Soccer Club AGM

The following committee was elected at the Duncannon Soccer Club AGM. Chairman: John Flood; Coach: Colm Murphy; Treasurer: Peter Dunning; 1st Team Manager: John Flood; Coach: Colm Murphy; 2nd Team Manager: Mary Downes.

Progressive 45

The following are the results of the weekly Progressive 45 Drive, which was held in Ballycullane Hall on Wednesday night, 1 August.

1: Brigid Whelan, J Kehoe and May Neville; 1: Sean Doyle, Ann Duggan, and John Colfer; 3: Paddy Kehoe, Molly Whelan, and Eileen Stafford. Last Game Draw: Marie Doyle, Nancy Gleeson and Biddy Culleton. Raffle Winners: 1: Paddy Kehoe; 2: Joe Chapman; 3: Jackie Hancock. MC: Jackie Hancock.

U8 Football

The Gusserane U8 team took on Fethard in a tournament game at Fethard on Tuesday night last in Fethard, and two well-contested games resulted, with Gusserane winning the A clash 9-5 to 3-3 while Fethard came out on top in the B clash by 2-0 to 1-2. There was plenty of excitement and quality football in both encounters, with Sam Wall, Oisin Foran, Gavin Sheehan, Donal Kinsella, Kevin Donohue, and Eoin Dunne-Codd all earning a high rating for the A team, while on the B team Mark Flynn, Stephen Whelan, Tommy Ryan, Laura Cullen and Jamie Sheehan (1-1) did powerful work. The A team: Eoin Dunne-Codd, Donal Kinsella, Eoin Stafford, Seamus Murphy, Sean O’Leary, Sam Wall, Anastasia Breen, Gavin Sheehan (2-1), Oisin Foran (4-1), Ryan Cullen, Kevin Donohue. The B team: Colin Walsh, Stephen Whelan, Daniel Flynn, Ryan Egan, Tommy Ryan, Laura Cullen, Roisin Power, Jamie Sheehan (1-1), Niall Molloy (0-1), Jack Delahunty, Laura Ryan, Mark Flynn.

U10 Kent Stainless Steel Semi-Final

Giving their best performance of the year to date, Gusserane led hot favourites Taghmon/ Camross by two points, 2-4 to 1-5, in the semi-final of a top-quality contest in Taghmon on Wednesday. 1 August. Unfortunately, the game was called off by the referee at half time. The teams then very sportingly agreed to replay the game the following evening, 2 August, in Ballycullane at 7.00pm. All the Gusserane boys really rose to the challenge in this encounter and were shaping up as the likely winners when a halt was called. Team: Michael Ryan (gl), John Roche, John Breen, Ciaran Conway, Jack Culleton, Donal Kiely, Martin Fitzharris, Mark Rossiter (0-3), Mark O’Neill (0-1), Ciaran Hartnett (1-0), Sam Wall (1-0). In the refixture the following evening Gusserane again led by 2 points at half time, 1-0 to 0-1. But the very strong and talented Taghmon side really sparkled in the second half, winning by 1-10 to 1-2, with their goal coming in the final minute, which was a pity for the O’Rahilly’s.

Keys Found

A bunch of keys were found on the road side at Burkestown, Ballycullane, last night (1 August). The owner can obtain the keys from Philip Wallace’s hardware shop at Ballycullane (051-562117).

St Kearn’s Regatta

The annual St Kearn’s Regatta, which was held on Sunday, 29 July, was another huge success with the biggest attendance to date and many exciting and close finishes, and many successes for the local club. In addition, everything ran like clockwork. So well done to all involved.

U21 Football Championship

A very young and inexperienced Gusserane team were beaten 2-11 to 1-6 by Fethard in the New Ross District U21 football championship in Gusserane last week. The O’Rahilly’s enjoyed some good spells and never stopped trying, but lack of fitness told against them. Next year they will be much stronger. Gusserane: Eoin Fardy (gl), Eoin Reidy, Conor Clery, Shane Browne, Tommy Cosgrove (1-0), Mark Egan, Willie Fitzpatrick, Cillian Kehoe, Sean Redmond, Nicky Cahill, Seamus Kehoe, Garry Murphy, Ger Wallace, Alan Culleton, Raymond Flynn. Subs: Patrick Doyle, Barry Downes, Barry Kearns.

Selected for Wexford County Council

Congratulations to Martin Murphy, Dunmain, Gusserane, who was recently selected for the Wexford County Council to take the place of Sean Connick TD, who was elected to Dail Eireann. It was a popular choice as the highly respected Martin only lost out by a small number of votes for the final seat in the County Council elections two years ago. Martin will no doubt do much for the parish and district. The last man from the parish on the Council was Seamus Whelan, PC, Ballyhogue, who did excellent work for the parish and its people over the years.

Kent Stainless Steel U10 Final

Gusserane will meet Adamstown in the Division 2 final of the Kent Stainless Steel U10 football league in Gusserane tonight (Wednesday, 8 August) at 7.00pm. A great game is assured as both teams are evenly matched, and will both meet again in the B Final (another rousing match is expected). All players should report to the ground at 6.45pm.

Tidy Towns

All residents of Ballycullane are asked to do everything possible to ensure that the village looks its very best this month as the final inspection by the Tidy Towns judges will be carried out during the month and there will be no forewarning. Ballycullane has a great record in the competition and it would be important to maintain that.

Annual Pilgrimage

The annual Padre Pio pilgrimage to Knock Shrine, County Mayo, takes place on Sunday, 16 September. A bus will leave Ballycullane, Clongeen, Newbawn, New Ross, and Enniscorthy. For details, contact Kitty Cullen (051-562900).

Ladies Football Championship

Gusserane ladies’ football team will take on St Anne’s in the 1st round of the county Junior Championship at Rathangan tomorrow (Thursday, 9 August) at 7.30pm. This will be a very tough assignment for the girls and they will need to be at their very best if they wish to win. The girls are asking their supporters to travel in strength to Rathangan.

Junior Hurlers Championship Draw

Gusserane Junior hurlers played a 1-7 to 0-10 draw with Harriers in the Championship at New Ross last week. A feature of the game was the brilliant second-half goal by Fintan Ryan and many superb saves by goalie Kenneth Cahill. The next outing will be against Rapparees this weekend in New Ross, which they hope to win. Team: K Cahill, M Walsh, PJ Rossiter, E Byrne, P Wallace, P Wall, C Somers, S Ryan, S Cullen, G O’Grady, K O’Grady, W Cosgrave, D Bohanna, F Ryan, A Flynn. Subs: A Doran, B Murphy, G Wallace.

Minor Football

The Minor footballers (amalgamated with Bannow/ Ballymitty) had mixed luck in their two championship matches during the past week, beating Shamrocks but losing to Kilanerin/ Tara Rocks.

U10 Final

Exceptional interest surrounds the meeting of Fethard (holders) and Taghmon/ Camross (two great sides) in the final of the Kent Cup at Ballycullane at 7.00pm on Friday night, 9 August.