Parnells Club Notes

A busy week for the Senior Men when 3 games took place.  Thursday saw a resounding win against Harlesden Harps in the Senior League.  A mixture of youth and experience yet again produced a winning result.  The game got off to a blistering start with a goal on the first minute by forward Matthew McHugh but the team did not capitalise on their great start and ended the first half poorly, 6 points down 1 - 06 to 2 - 09.  The half time talk fired up the players producing much better passing and shooting outscoring Harlesden Harps by 3- 08 to 1 - 02.  Thereby producing a win with the final score being 4 - 14 to 3 - 11.  A good result with a young team against a good side.  Scorers on the day; Brian O'Sullivan (1-0), Matthew Leneghan (0-1), Jake Moran (1-0), Seamus Stenson (0-7), Joe Fegan (0-2), Matthew McHugh (1-0), Eanna Flaherty (0-1), and Davy O'Sullivan (1-2).  Substitutes:  Gearoid McCarthy (0-1) for Matthew Leneghan.  Unfortunately Parnells were not so lucky on the Sunday, losing to NLS in the Reserve League and to Round Towers in the semi-final of the Tipperary Cup.  The Round Towers game was very close at times and yet again, Matthew McHugh put his name on the score sheet with a brilliant goal resulting from great link play to respond to Round Towers 3 earlier points.  All to play for in the second half but eventually losing 1-04 to 0-11.  Davy O’Sullivan contributing 0-3 along with Joe Fegan 0-1.  It would be fair to say on paper that what could be said to be an under strength side gave everything they had on the day showing team spirit and were unlucky not to convert some of their scores. 

Training at Northwick Park for the Seniors on Tuesday 7.30 – 9.00pm.  Reserve League game on Thursday v Tara 7.15pm Northwick Park.  Always happy to welcome new players to an established and sociable club.  Please contact Senior Secretary Dennis Diggins on 07768352680.  Lifts can be arranged.

Quieter for the youth section this week with just the U12’s playing on Saturday at a blitz hosted by TCG.  The U14’s have an important game on the 5^th June v Dulwich Harps.  The winning team will feature in the League Div 1 Final.  Our U10’s will be in action at the Gael Londain Blitz which looks like a fantastic family event with football, hurling, food, entertainment and televised showing of the Lions game. 

As the summer continues, training attendance has been fantastic.  The U6/8/10 and U12 Girls have sessions on a Wednesday from 6.30-7.30/7.45pm.  U12 Boys-Thursday’s 6.30-7.45pm, U14’s-Tuesday 6.15-7.30pm, U16’s-Tuesday 6.30 – 7.45pm.  Minors linking up with the Seniors for their training sessions.  To attend any of the above training sessions contact Youth Club Secretary, Colin Corrigan on 07917729411 or Fiona Corrigan for the girls on 07940 568702.  A great response to the handing in of membership forms to date but there are still some outstanding, please ensure they are completed and passed to your manager as soon as possible.  The club’s new socks and shorts have arrived and will be distributed shortly to paid up members.

For all Parnells Club activity, please visit our website http://www.parnellsgaa.com where further details and information is published.