1. Leinster Qualifier

2. Scoil AGM

3. U16 Reach Championship Final

4. U12 League Champs

5. Team Updates

6. Fixtures

7. Other News

Leinster Qualifier

Our Senior Hurlers (recently crowned Senior B Champions of Dublin) face Round Towers Clondalkin this Sunday 20th of October in Parnell Park. The match will be the curtain raiser for the Senior A Championship Final. The match will take place at 2pm. The winner will go on to the Leinster Intermediate Championship.

Please get out and support the hurlers. It has been a monumental effort to get this far and we are hoping to continue in this vein!

Tickets are priced at €20 on the day or €18 for pre-booked tickets. Students/seniors are priced at €10.

Up Scoil!

Scoil AGM

The club’s AGM will take place next month on Thursday the 28th of November. A date for your diaries.

All motions must be in 28 days prior to the AGM so please be sure to get your motions in as soon as possible!

All motions to be emailed to secretary.scoiluichonaill.dublin@gaa.ie.

U16’s Reach Championship Final

The following report comes from the U16 ladies management team of Paul Keane and Niamh Crowe about their phenomenal achievement:

Under 16 girls v Fingal Ravens 13-10-2019.

 The mud fields of Flanders had nothing on the grounds of Fingal Ravens on Sunday.  Our under 16 girls ably abetted by four under 14’s knew they were in for a hard game as the opposition had only lost one game in the last two years. Right from the beginning Ravens went on the attack and scored the first point within minutes but after that it was tooth and nail all the way with both teams continually scoring until at half time it was Scoil 2.7. to Ravens 3.3. This game had it all. We had two goals disallowed and two girls black carded something that had never happened our girls before . Even with only thirteen players we were putting it up to Ravens.  On the plus side Isabelle made a wonderful save when Ravens were allowed a penalty. The parents were thrilled with the performance of our girls as they battled and battled. Liadan, Sofia and Amelia blocked ball after ball. Siobhan was dogged in defence as was Jody. Eve was determined that nobody was going to get her ball. Siofra caught some great balls. Abby was unbelievable cutting through the opposition to score and Reailtin was a great asset to the team weaving her way here and there. Siorcha was her usual cool self and the government should have Pola on the Brexit negotiations because nobody was going to better her.  Sadhbh M anticipated every dropping ball and Sadhbh Nic P and Meadhbh played their usual cool brand of football.  Caoimhe did what she does best and got on the board for her goals and Holly got a necessary and inspiring point.  It was great to see Aoibheann back in action even for a short while and the fact that we had subs made all the difference as Paul could make changes as necessary. Towards the end of the game the mentors were almost voiceless and we were winning by four points until Ravens got a goal and so the atmosphere grew even more tense, Two inspired goals by Scoil in the last few minutes sealed the victory and we won by seven points. UP Scoil.

Scoil 7.6  Ravens 2.12

Final to be confirmed.

U12 League Champs

Congratulations to the U12 team who were crowned Div. 6 champions last week with a game to spare! The following message is from JP Courtney. (JP is reportedly fuming that the Senior team won the Hurling Championship. He was sure he had manager of the year sewn up!)

Scoil Uí Chonaill U12 Hurling Match Report;
Scoil (6-5) v Na Fianna (3-7)

DIV 6 League Champions (with game to spare)

Well done Lads – As they say it’s a marathon not a sprint. Most of the lads were a bit leggy today after their respective School Semi final matches but some late scores saw Scoil over the line against a skilful Na Fianna Team.

A lot of work put in over the years with this bunch so delighted for myself, Liam & Ronan and especially the boys, that their efforts have reaped rewards – Well done to all.

Attention now turns to Away Football v Judes next Saturday.

Team Updates

Some of our younger members got to meet players from the Senior Hurling team who presented them with the cup on Monday night. The players, Barry, Joey and Eoin, spoke about the hard work they put in to achieve their goal. Doing the basics right and working hard were some of the messages passed on! Barry is said to have claimed the phrase “clear eyes, full hearts, can’t lose” as his own.

Fixtures

Thank you to Molly Power for supplying this week’s fixtures.

Other News

• Twelve Scoil players will be playing in the Cumann na mBunscol final next Tuesday 22nd Oct in Croke Park at 2.20pm. Eight representatives from O’Connell’s CBS and four from St. Brigid’s. Best of luck to everyone involved!

• The National Club Draw will be appearing over the coming months – so please keep an eye out for this.