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Good evening. Our Blesso LGFA Feile team took to the field today captained by Freya Carroll, and knew they would be up against it as there were some fine displays of football on show from all the teams in the Division one Competition.

We were out in a group with Tinahely An Tochar and AGB.

The girls were up against the aul nemesis Tinahely in their first game and lost by a single point- warm up game done and the girls blew it out of the park against An Tochar and AGB to qualify for the semi final against Carnew, a tough game but On they went again and the final lay in wait, again they faced Tinahely. A fine game of football and Blesso came out on top to be crowned Wicklow Feile champs. Way too hard to name a POTM, all 30 girls played their part. The girls who stepped up to do water/ spur on the girls- the supporters we can’t thank you enough. Teamwork and comaradery is what’s it’s all about and these girls have it in bucket loads.

We look forward now to the trip to Connaught. Well done coaches and girls. Be proud,and enjoy the celebrations as the club is extremely proud.

I think everyone will agree Blesso grounds were in tip top shape today so a huge thanks to everyone for all you done, you know who you are- Come on Blesso

Healthy Club

Our club with thanks to the Healthy Club Team have been chosen to take part in a pilot scheme sponsored by the HSE and Sunsmart where we will provide information on keeping safe in the sun. We now have a sun scream dispenser with SPF 50 for everyone’s use all we ask is you scan the QR code that’s on the board and take part in a very short survey, this will provide feedback with the hope of these dispensers being provided to all clubs throughout the country.

Referees

There is a huge shortage of referees in county Wicklow and the ask is on for people to step up and train to become a referee. This includes juvenile all the way up to senior. Full training will be provided and if this is something that you would be interested in please contact us and we will point you in the right direction.

With there being such a shortage of referee’s matches may not go ahead which would be very disappointing. We also ask that All teams and management show their respect to the match officials at all times.

Senior Men

The lads are away to An Tochar on Tuesday 30th April with a throw in time of 8.15pm. The very best of luck to you all.

Juvenile Boy’s

Minors

The lads had a very impressive win away to St.Pat’s last Monday evening. Well done to the team and management.

U12 Kildare league

So tough defeat for the lads today .

Played very well at times and dominated both half’s but we conceded sloppy goals which ultimately had us chasing the game.

Half time score

Blesso 1:05 to St Lawrence’s 3:03 conceding with a long ball into the box on the stroke of half time.

Second half’s we started well and won the dirty Ball but we conceded sloppy goals again.

We fought back and dominated scoring the goals we needed however we ran out of time.

Lads certainly disappointed but we learn and move on.

Final score

Blesso 4 - 05 to St Lawrence’s 5 -04

Well done to the lads who stepped up from the u11. Cian. Josh and Darragh.

We go again Monday night with Home game vs An Tochar

U11

Those who undertook one of the longer trips of the season on a Wednesday evening were rewarded with a fantastic boys U11 match against AGB in Arklow. From start to finish the players put in a fabulous effort in a game that was tough but fair and evenly matched throughout. Next up is a home game against Athgarvan.

Ladies Football

Super stuff from Under 16 girls at training on Tuesday. A beautiful evening in the pitches finished off with a well deserved homemade soup and rolls afterwards.

Keep up the great work girls. Thanks to all the coaches and helpers for their efforts as always

32,32,32 challenge

A group of five friends aged 22/23, Brian Kelly, Eoghan Diffley, Emmet Burke, Ciaran McManus, and Conor Murphy, have embarked on an ambitious challenge. Their goal is to kick points in all 32 counties of Ireland, visiting a different club pitch in each county. The group of young men, including four members from the St Barrys GAA club (Eoghan, Emmet, Ciaran, and Conor), along with Brian Kelly from the Newtown Cashel club in Longford, have decided to take on a challenge to support Conor's mother, Nicola. Nicola has recently received a diagnosis of Motor Neurone Disease, and the 5 young men are determined to raise funds for her.

Blessington GAA club has been chosen as the Wicklow club to host this challenge. The lads will arrive on Saturday 11th May at approx. 1-15pm and we would love to see as many people as possible turn up and support the lads. More details closer to the date.

Wicklow News

Minor Boy’s

Wicklow minors had a super win over Offaly on Wednesday in the Leinster preliminary quarter final. Well done to everyone involved including the Blessington players and management team.

Minor girls

The girls were so unlucky to be beaten by a point in their Leinster championship C final against Louth. Hard luck to you all.

Well done to Emily Behan and Lucy Keely, from our u14 Blessington team who won the u14 festival of football bronze championship with wicklow, in a terrific final against wexford.

You can keep up to date on all club related news across all social media and also with our Tik Tok account starting as soon as Craig finishes his thesis. For all thing LGFA related you can contact Olivia on 086 030 8395 and for everything else football or club related you can contact myself Lisa on 086 376 7534 and pro.blessington.wicklow@gaa.ie

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Club Notes 21/04/2024

Good evening. It was so nice to see the shining for the weekend; It was great to see all the activity up at the pitch. Our club with thanks to the Healthy Club Team have been chosen to take part in a pilot scheme sponsored by the HSE and Sunsmart where we will provide information on keeping safe in the sun. We will have sun scream dispensers at the pitches for everyone’s use and these will be in place in the next week or so.

Referees

Junior A

A nice win for Blessington at home v An Tochar on Sun 21 April. 1-11 to 1-09.

Scorers - Mikey OToole 1-5 ( 2 frees ) ,Brian Richardson 0-3,Pauric Quinn 0-1,Cillian Bailey 0-1 ,Thomas Mossy Walshe 0-1

Juvenile Boys

U15 Boys

U15 Div 1 vs St Nicks

Blessington travelled to Dunlavin in Game 2 of the league. It was a very wet night and heavy pitch and the lads battled hard for 60 mins against a tough St Nicks team. We played well in patches but again loads to work on over the next few weeks. The team & coaches would like wish James mc Carney best wish’s after he picked up a nasty injury.

Final score

Blesso 4-11

St Nicks 1-5

U12

U12 Kildare league , we made the long drive to Athy on Friday evening. After a long week we started the game slow conceding goals early . It took the lads 20 mins to get into the game. With a lot of damage already done. We slowly came back into the game just before half time.

Half time score 7:05 to 2:02.

With the lads coming off at half time disappointed they had 2 options, either down tools or get stuck in. We started second half playing the way we know we can, getting stuck in. Winning the dirty ball and driving forward as a team. We outscored them in second half ensuring the lads could hold their heads high. Still lots to work on but lads did themselves proud.

Final score 8:10 to 4:06.

Thanks to all the parents who travelled.

Thanks to Tomas and Ewan for stepping up from the u11.

As a treat we stopped off on the way home for some refreshments

U13 Spring League

Blessington travelled out to Eire Og Greystones .

After the long drive, one would be worried we wouldn’t start strong. This team continues to produce the goods. Playing against a strong wind, we dominated, attack followed by attack continuously ensuring Eire Og were under pressure from the start. When Eire Og did break through we quickly cleaned up loose ball and transitioned to the ball up the field taking the scores. Second half started with the wind behind us and we kept the pressure on for the entire half, taking the win. Well done to everyone. Thanks to all who travelled out.

Next up big game Friday night away to Athy.

U10

Well done to our u10s who put in another solid performance against a dogged Two Mile House side last weekend. Some impressive pick ups under pressure as well as a fantastic work rate from all caught the eye. Great to see them working for each other & coming off the pitch with plenty of smiles & red cheeks. Well done lads ! Easy job for the coaches today Super to have Sean Og back for his 1st match today & thanks to Jack for helping us out when numbers were short.

U8 Boys

We welcomed Eadestown GAA for a friendly match this evening, with a lovely change in weather up in the pitches .A great challenge on both sides, with lads getting chances to practice in all areas of the pitch. Thanks to Eadestown for travelling and to all for the support on the sidelines.

U7 Boys

U7’s Travelled to Ballymore in the Kildare league , Super performance’s from everyone on a lovely sunny Saturday morning.

Well done to all the boys who took part in the Cuman na mBunscoil blitz today in Hollywood Gaa pitches. 12 teams took part with Blessington players represented on the Lacken, St Mary’s and Gaelscoil na Lochanna teams. They were all a credit to their families, schools and club.

Congrats to our own Eoghan.

Who won the County Cumann naBunscol in Ballinakill earlier in the week. He’ll get to play in Croke park at halftime in one of the championship match’s later this year

Juvenile Girls

U14 Girls Blue

Our u14 blue team had a match this morning against Eire Òg at home. We played against the wind in the first half. Emily Behan scored a powerful goal from close range to get us off the mark. Thea Smith racked up some points from free kicks to keep us ahead. Eire Og pulled back with a goal and 2 points to level it up, Thea and Caitlin popped over a few points to get us ahead again, then Eire og slotted 2 goals to go ahead. Lucy and Grace then put away 2 goals just before half time to put us ahead 3-6 to 3-5. The start of the second half blessington had the wind at their backs but eire og struck first with a goal and a point. 2 goals from Lucy and a goal from Mollie and frees from Thea put us back in front. The forwards put alot of pressure on the kickouts which paid off and put points on the board. The end result was Blessington 6-14 Eire Òg 6-6. A great result from the girls who battled hard throughout the match. POTM goes to Thea Smith for her brilliant free taking and general hard work.

U14 White

Another super performance for the U14G White team v AGB this afternoon.

We played against the wind in the 1st half and still managed to lead by a point at half time.

The girls really shifted up a gear playing with the wind in the 2nd half. Some great team play with plenty of support play for each other and getting the basics right, which is what we’re practicing at training. Final score 9-6 to 1-10 with POTM going to Amelia who worked her socks off and was rewarded with some great scores.

Once again very proud coaches.

U14 Pink

The U14G pink team had a tough match last night after a trek down to Rathnew.

Rathnew scored a few goals in quick succession in the first half which would be enough to deflate most teams, but not these battlers!

They came out after half time with their heads high led by captain Hollie Phibbs and fought hard proving to be the better team in the 2nd half but it wasn’t enough in the end unfortunately.

They learned a lot from that match against an opposition that should probably be in a different division and the coaches are very proud with how they never gave up and kept fighting till the very end.

POTM is Emma KH whose fitness showed as she never stopped battling for the whole match.

Gaeilge agus Cultúir.

Míle buíochas ó Fondúireacht Sheosaimh Mhic Dhonncha as the club received a grant of €190. This will pay for a 6 weeks 'Introduction to Irish course' which will start on Wed 17 Apr in the clubhouse 8pm - 9pm. This is FREE to attend to members and Blessington community. The focus will be in 'Conversation Irish'. If anyone is interested in attending, please text/WhatsApp Noreen on 0872859375. There are just a few Spares available and they will be offered on a first come, first served basis.

The club will host a couple of pop up Gaeltachts at Kaleidoscope this year as well as some high-profile games at the pitch.

The club hosted a very successful Scór Sinsir County Final in Kevin's Hall on 22 March and Asia O'Riordan (Amhránaiocht Aonair- solo singing and Sheila Naughton (Aistriseoreacht - Recitation) won a county medal. Sheila and Asia represented Blessington GAA and Wicklow GAA in Oulart, Co Wexford on Sat 6 Apr in the Leinster semi- finals. Asia was in a tough category and, unfortunately, didn't progress. This was her first time to compete in Scór Sinsir and we have no doubt in her ability to progress in the future. Sheila progressed to the Leinster provincial Final in The Downs, Co Westmeath on Sun 21 Apr.

Our Tráth na gCeist county 4 time winners - Pat Brennan, Pat Molloy, Tommy O'Donnell and Declan Reape will represent the club and county in Mullingar on Sat 20 April. Ádh mór oraibh go léir.

Asia O'Riordan was invited to sing the national anthem at the minor match in Aughrim on Sat 13 Apr.

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Condolences

Our sympathies this week to the Flanagan family , in particular to Teresa and Sharon , on the sad passing of Babs Flanagan ( Mearns ) . It’s the end of an era , we will all miss Babs indominable spirit and availability to help at the drop of a hat , and a cheerful outlook to cheer us all .

Babs celebrated her 104 birthday in Naas hospital with family and friends on Sunday 7 April . Babs was born locally at Dillonstown and subsequently lived at the Kilteel Road and stayed at Oak Drive with brother Jack .

The Flanagan family were a big part of the club last century , where Babs’s brothers Barney and Tom were key players . They both played for the club and the amalgam of Blessington and Kilbride known as Liffey Rovers , that was back in the thirties . In the following years Tom and brother Christy were stalwart supporters of the Blues . Babs maintained a keen interest in GAA and a club jersey was part of the Mass gifts at Crosschapel on Thursday last .

Rest in peace, Babs .

You can keep up to date on all club related news across all social media and also with our Tik Tok account starting soon. For all thing LGFA related you can contact Olivia on 086 030 8395 and for everything else football or club related you can contact myself Lisa on 086 376 7534 and pro.blessington.wicklow@gaa.ie

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Club Notes 07/04/2024

Good evening. We are in the middle of adult league football and already we have our championship fixtures for our Senior men, Junior A and Junior B teams. It’s hoped that the championship will commence on the 2ndweekend of July. We will keep you updated closer to the time.

As we all back to training now all membership fees should be paid in full. You cannot train on the pitches, in the gym or take part in any matches if you are not a paid up member. If you have any queries about this you can contact the club registrar Darren on 087 226 4140. We are looking forward to a brilliant season and we wish every team the best of luck.

Fundraiser

We are absolutely delighted to announce the final tally for our jungle challenge is €50,000 We can’t thank the community of Blessington and all the businesses enough for all the support you have shown to the brilliant contestants. Thank you so much to everyone who contributed in anyway. And last but not least thanks to the super fundraising committee for all their effort and dedication.

Referees

Juvenile Boys

U15’s had a good start to Div 1 with a strong win at home to Bray Emmets

Down a few 1st team players, big thanks to the U14 lads for stepping up.

Thanks to our team sponsors Monadock construction for their continued support.

U13’s

Great performance by our u13 team in the spring league on Wednesday evening vs St Kevins.

The lads worked so hard, with nice scores and teamwork both in and out of possession. The lads didn’t let up and worked to very end ensuring we came away with the win.

Thanks to both Conor and Aaron for stepping in to help the lads.

Thanks to all the supporters

Next up match this Saturday vs Round Towers in the Kildare league meeting 3:30.

U12 Kildare league

Blesso vs Round Towers

What a game , two evenly matched teams. With the wind involved it was certainly going to be a game of 2 half’s . Blesso playing against the wind in the first half, we knew we were going to be under pressure. Struggling to get out of our half against gale force wind and torrential rain where it was difficult at times to even see out the the field . We blocked , tackled everything in sight, half time arrived with Round Towers leading 5 points to 1 .

Second half we kicked on , taking our scores, again this team loves to get stuck in and we tackled everything. We started to get hold of the game and took the lead. Half way in second half , Round Towers scored a goal extending their lead by 2 points. In the final minutes of the half we pushed up on their kick out forcing a mistake and scoring the goal we needed. One final attack for Round towers broke down with our defence refusing to concede . We moved ball into the forwards and took the final score.

Final score .

Blessington 2:05 Round Towers 1:06

Great performance from everyone.

Thanks to all the supporters , they were certainly getting excited near the end.

Thanks to u11 lads (Tomas, Cian, Josh) who stepped in and did a great job as usual.

Thanks to Round towers for travelling down for the game.

Senior Ladies

The ladies were away to AGB today. Final Score AGB 1-14 to Blessington 5.12. Well done everyone.

Academy

The academy Blesso Blues returned last Friday evening from 5pm-6pm. It was great to see everyone again after the winter break, and also a big welcome to all of our new comers. Looking forward to a great season of skills, fun & games. See you all again next week at the Astro at 5pm.

Healthy Club

We are delighted to be one of the chosen clubs that will take part in a sun safe campaign starting soon. We will have sunscreen dispensers located (TBC) for your convenience on our grounds with information on how to stay safe in the sun. More details to follow.

Scor

Comhghairdeas to Sheila Naughton who represented Blessington GAA and Wicklow GAA in the Scór Laighean semi-final of Scór Sinsir on Saturday 6 April in Oulart, Co Wexford. Sheila performed in the Aistriseoreacht (Storytelling) category. Sheila progresses to the Leinster provincial final which will be held in The Downs, Co Westmeath on Sunday 21 April.

Maith thú Asia O'Riordan who performed "Irelands Call" in the Amhránaiocht Aonair (solo singing) category. This was Asia's first time competing at senior level and was unlucky not to progress. She will be back next year to compete again. A great days entertainment but a long drive there and back!

Comhghairdeas le Síle Ní Naughton a rinne ionadaíocht thar ceann CLG Cros Bhaile Coimín agus CLG Chill Mhantáin i gcluiche leathcheannais Scór Laighean de Scór Sinsir ar an Satharn, 6 Aibreán, in Oulart, Co. Loch Garman. Sheinn Síle sa chatagóir Aistriseoreacht (Scéalaíocht). Rachaidh Síle ar aghaidh go dtí cluiche ceannais chúige Laighean a bheidh ar siúl sna Dúnaibh, Co. na hIarmhí Dé Domhnaigh an 21 Aibreán.

Maith thú Asia O'Riordan a sheinn "Irelands Call" sa chatagóir Amhránaiocht Aonair. Ba é seo an chéad uair ag an Áise a bheith san iomaíocht ag leibhéal sinsearach agus bhí mí-ádh air gan dul chun cinn a dhéanamh. Beidh sí ar ais an bhliain seo chugainn le bheith san iomaíocht arís. Lá iontach siamsaíochta ach tiomáint fhada ann agus ar ais.

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Wicklow Football News

It was a great week for Wicklow football with the minors playing against Wexford on Wednesday evening. Blessington was well represented with Patrick Small sharing joint vice captain. Also included in the panel were Max Kehoe ,Ronan Smyth, James Phibbs, Conor O’Toole, and Oisin O’Connell. Final score Wexford 0-08 to Wicklow 0-09.

The U20’s were against Carlow on Wednesday captained by Austin Brennan and had a fantastic win. Final score Carlow 0-7 to Wicklow 3-11. Well done everyone. They will play on Tuesday evening in Blessington. Details on tickets to follow.

The senior team were away on Sunday against Wexford in their championship and again Blessington was well represented . Well done to Kevin Quinn ,Craig Maguire and included in the panel was Dan Cooney. Final score Wexford 1-11 to Wicklow 2-09. Next match is against Kildare in Portlaoise on 14/04/24 at 1.45pm. Details on tickets to follow.

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Club Notes 31/03/2024

Happy Easter to you all, hope you are having a lovely weekend. Just a brief recap on the past week

Juvenile Boys

U8’s

The U8s got back in the swing of things in sunny Naas with their first Go Games match of the season .Lovely scores and skills on show from Blesso and Naas, and a great example of the lads putting their training into practice. Thanks to Naas for hosting, parents for travelling and the lads for their efforts. We finished off with some Easter treats and hope everyone has a lovely Easter.

Ladies Football

U14 Girls

U14 girls had 2 great challenge matches earlier v 2 good Celbridge teams. It was great to see all the U14 girls from the 3 divisions play together with some fantastic team and individual performances. We won one match and came up just short in the other but would have won the one too with an extra 10 mins. POTM was very difficult coz they all played so well but in the end it goes to Georgia Byrne for her relentless work rate and super goalie Aoife Keogh. Well done to them all from Beverly proud coaches.

Easter Camp

The Easter camp was a huge success with over 120 kids attending.

Thanks to all who looked after registration and admin for the camp, much appreciated.

Thank you to all our coaches and our younger coaches for giving up your time to volunteer.

Many thanks to the Healthy club for providing lunches for all the coaches.

Thanks to both John and Will for having the pitches and facilities clean and in great condition.

Thanks to our senior lads for presenting the trophies and showcasing the Miley Cup.

Congratulations to our award winners:

*Academy*

Oisin Petroli Shirley

Natalie Paluch

*Junior*

Joshua Butler

Ewan Foster

Laura Flood

Kayla Cassidy

*Senior*

Conor Magee

Hollie Phibbs

Thank you to our sponsors Sports Direct

Finally thank you to the parents and children involved, the camp wouldn’t have been a success without you. Have a great Easter and we look forward to a great year.

Blesso Blues Academy

Our popular academy returns this coming Friday 6pm-7pm. All children aged 4-6 years are welcome to attend. Come along this Friday and meet your coaches and join in with fun and games.

Used Football boots

We are putting out an appeal to everyone to check under the stairs and cubby hole for any unwanted football boots. We know the rate that children grow out of them and it can be costly to keep buying new ones. We will gladly take them in for redistribution throughout the club.

Please leave them with any juvenile coach for the attention of J.P. where these will taken care of and recycled. Thank you.

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Club Notes 24/03/2024

Good evening, there were no club notes over the last 2 weeks as I was on annual leave, thanks to Olivia for looking after things on social media, you were a massive help.

It’s been busy on and off the pitch over the past few weeks and it’s great to see the activity starting back up again. With this in mind it important to mention that all players and coaches should have paid their full membership by now. If not can you take care of this asap on our club website blessingtongaa.ie/membership

The Jungle Challenge

On Sat 23rd March, over 400 spectators descended on Lawlor's of Naas to watch 24 brave contestants battle to be crowned King or Queen of the Jungle in the Energia Blessington GAA Jungle Challenge fundraiser. Since Christmas, the committee and contestants have been raising funds through sponsorship, advertising and local events. Support has been immense for all events including the Poker night, pool competition, darts competition, bag pack, car wash, quiz, Bar 2 night and disco bingo.

The most memorable challenges on the night included mysterious milkshake, snake coffin, banana run and award winning twerking. With 20 hampers on offer, the raffle was a great success.

Hats off to the King of the Jungle Gar Byrne. Sponsored by Mileys Bar and HD Fitness, Gar faced every challenge with equal quantities of craic and confidence. Blessington GAA will donate €1,000 to Gar's chosen charity, Friends of St. Brigid's Hospice.

Thanks to the committee, the contestants and, most importantly, the supports for a fantastic event for our club. We look forward to works commencing on our new clubhouse in the near future thanks to everyone's efforts and generous support.

Senior men

Our senior men were at home against A.G.B. on Saturday afternoon. Unfortunately we did not get the result that we were hoping for but the team and management will regroup and prepare for the next match which takes place this Thursday at home against Tinahely. Throw in is at 8pm.

Junior A

The lads were also at home on Sunday morning but lost out against Ballinacor with a scoreline of Blessington 0-07 to Ballinacor 1-12

Juvenile Boy’s

U15’s Travelled to play Thomas Davis’s in a Challenge game on Bank holiday Monday . The lads produced a super performance with loads of positives to come away with a strong win . It was very pleasing from the coaches point of view to see the general team play and what also stood out was our tackling and work rate & the intelligent use of the ball . Wicklow league’s start in a couple of week so the lads will keep building toward that.

U13 Wicklow league group 5

Great performance from this u12 team today.

We travelled out to Wicklow town with 12 lads and came back with the win. Playing with the strong wind in the first half , it took us a while to get going but eventually started to build the scores. Leading well at half time , we knew second half would be difficult against this wind.

Well the lads didn’t disappoint , they tackled everything refusing to concede any space to the opposition. Kept a clean sheet with zero goals. We attacked in packs with hand passing up the field taking our scores and tracking back when they needed to, dominating the second half again.

Well done to the lads

Great performance from everyone of them.

Big things planned for the year ahead.

Thanks to all the parents who made the long journey. Training again Monday

Ladies Football

Minor Girls

A tough and miserable evening on Monday for our Minor girls. A strong Balto team pushed the girls all the way in the Minor League, well done to them. The girls never gave up until the final whistle and that’s all we can ask. A lot of U16’s getting their first taste of minor football and will learn as they go. Mollie C has to get our POTM, very little gets by her. Heads up girls and we go again in two weeks.

U14 Girls

A great start to the league this morning with a win over St. Pats. The game started at a hundred miles an hour with Lucy and Grace scoring goals before Pats had time to settle. Pats started to mount a few attacks but we’re stopped in their tracks by Daisy and Sadhbh on the left wing. As the first half went on Blessington grew in confidence and played some great football from our goals to the full forward line. First half ended blesso 7-05 St. Pats 2-02.

Second half Pats started out strong but blesso defended well and kept them at bay. Pats were up for it in the second half and pushed us all the way to the final whistle. Final score Blessington 7-10 St. Pats 4-03. POTM goes to Daisy Lindsay for a powerful display in wing back. Special mentions to Hollie, Mollie, Dara,Amy and Lucy who joined the team from last years u12s.

All Stars

A million thanks to all our fabulous all stars for a morning of lots of fun and laughter, and to their amazing parents that travel weekly to our all stars from Blessington Hollywood, Naas, Saggart, Newbridge, Brannockstown, Brittas, Johnstown, Donard, Newcastle, Citywest, Tallaght, Ballinglass Vallymount, Dunlavin and Lacken . A big thank you to Ella for all your help this morning and for handing out the goody bags . Wishing everyone lovely Easter . We are taking a break next Sunday for Easter Sunday.

Easter Camp

Our ever popular Easter camp takes place this coming Wednesday Thursday & Friday from 10am-2pm.Looking forward to seeing you all for plenty of fun and games. Please pack for all weather possibilities.

Scór Sinsir

The Wicklow final of Scór Sinsir was held in St Kevin's Hall, Blessington on Friday 22 March 2024. The Scór was hosted by Blessington GAA. It was a brilliant night of entertainment with a capacity crowd in attendance. The talent was absolutely unbelievable. The winners of the following categories were:

Rince Foirne - Eiméid Charn Bhua (Carnew Emmets)

Ámhránaíocht Aonair - Asia O'Riordan Cros Bhaile Coimín (Blessington)

Aistriseoreacht -Sheila Naughton Cros Bhaile Coimín (Blessington)

Nuachleas -Eiméid Charn Bhua (Carnew Emmets)

Ceol Uirlise -Eiméid Charn Bhua (Carnew Emmets)

Rince Seit - Éire Óg na Clocha Liath (Éire Óg Greystones).

The winners were presented with their county medals from the Cathaoirleach CLG Chill Damien Ó'Broin and Robert Healy from the Chocolate Garden of Ireland (Sponsors of Scór Sinsir Chill Mhantáin). The winners now go forward to the Scór Sinsir Leinster Semi-Final on Sat 6 Apr at 5pm in Oulart Hall, Wexford. Thanks to the Blessington GAA Irish Language and Cultural Committee who co-ordinated the event. Thanks also to our Chairperson Michelle for giving a dig out. Thanks to Ivan Smyth and sidekick Paul for always being there's our sounds man.Finalky, thanks to Shane Byrne oifigeach Gaeilge agus Cultúir Chill Mhantáin. Míle buíochas go léir.

Introduction to Irish

Blessington GAA will host an 'Introduction to Irish' course in the clubhouse in mid April to end of March (6 weeks). Each session will be an hour and will be followed by a 'Cupán tae agus a cúpla focal' The focus will be conversation Irish.Beginners and those with 'forgotten ' Irish are welcome. There are just a few places left so if you are interested please contact Noreen on 087 2858375 or email noreenkeegankavanagh@gmail.com. Final dates have yet to be decided.

Best Wishes

As many of you will be aware that our good friend, trustee and club president Michael Sargent recently underwent surgery for prostate cancer. Michael is recovering well at home and in response to all the messages of support Michael sends a very grateful thank you to everyone of you.

Get well soon Michael and we look forward to your return to the pitch when you are back to your full health.

Used Football boots

Please leave them with any juvenile coach for the attention of J.P. where these will taken care of and recycled. Thank you.

Healthy Club

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Club Notes 03/03/2024

Good morning, Some housekeeping to start and to remind you all that registration is now due. Payments can be made on https://www.blessingtongaa.ie/membership or you can contact our registrar Darren 087 226 4140 if you have any questions. It is vital that you are registered before you return to training as otherwise you are not insured ,this also includes the gym. All adult members who have registered since the 1st January up until 6th March will receive a free entry to the GAA national draw which takes place on 27th March.

Club House development Fundraiser

Last week there was a Pool tournament held in Miley’s pub over 2 nights. There was a terrific atmosphere and plenty of competition between everyone.

Congratulations to the outright winner Phil Keogh who beat Ross O’Duffy in a brilliant final.

Saturday evening a Poker classic was held in Murphy’s bar with saw a massive support with plenty of people taking part. Thanks to everyone for your support. It’s fantastic to see the whole community coming out and getting involved. Congratulations to Conor Hendrick who was the overall winner.

Upcoming events taking place next week are Music Bingo in the West Wicklow House on Friday which promises to be a fantastic fun night and also bag packing in Dunnes Stores Blessington. Thank to everyone for your ongoing support. Tickets available to buy from all the contestants and in Next Door Shop Hennessy’s and the Office Shop.

Easter Camp

Registration is now open for our ever popular Easter camp which takes place on 27th, 28th,& 29th March 10am-2pm. Closing date for registration is 22nd March which can be done through our club website www.blessingtongaa.ie If you have any queries in relation to the camp contact Kevin 0874131408

2nd hand football boots

We are looking for any size used/unwanted football boots for recycling though out the club .Please drop them to the juvenile shed or Brew 21 container. All sizes needed for various ages. Thank you

Senior Men

The lads were due to host Rathnew last Friday but due to the snow this game was rescheduled to play this evening (Sunday). The game started equally mathed with both sides 0-04 at halftime. The 2nd half final score of Blessington 0-9 to Rathnew 0-15 is by no means a reflection on the standard of play from Blessington. The lads gave it everything but a few mistakes cost them the game. Thanks to Will Doyle for umpiring.

Next match away to Eire Og Greystones on Friday 8th March at 8pm

On behalf of the club we’d like to wish our physio Kell the very best of luck on her next adventure across the Atlantic in USA. Thanks Kelly for all your support over the past few years, you’ll be greatly missed and hard to replace. Bon voyage from all your friends in Blessington GAA.

Junior A

Div 3 A great win for our Junior A team in their second match in the Div 3 league which was played at home. Blessington v AGB Half-time Blessington 2-05 AGB 1-04 Full-time Blessington 4-08 AGB 2-08 Scorers Ruairi Finan 1.02 Tomás Walsh 1.02 Conor Richardson 1.01 Robbie Richardson 0.02 Thomas Fisher 1.0 Conor McDonnell 0-1. Thanks to Will Doyle and Pat Molloy for assisting with umpires.

Next match is away v Aughrim next Sun 10 March 11am.

Cul Camp Coaching

If you are looking for a summer job and are energeticand interested in sports coaching why not consider being a Kellogs GAA Cul camp coach. Contact Cormac Noone 086 701 3404 for more details.

Scór Sinsir 2024 - 3 seachtaine le gabháil!

Just 3 weeks now until Wicklow clubs take to the stage in Blessington GAA for this year's Scór Sinsir County Final sponsored by Chocolate Garden of Ireland

Anois féachaimis siar ar Scór Sinsir 2023 i Kiltegan Gaa.

Here, we have Molly Hynes ó Annacurra GAA & LGFA taking part in the Amhránaíocht Aonair category!

If you'd like to represent your club in Scór, contact your club's Oifigeach Gaeilge or Rúnaí!

https://youtu.be/TZC4Sfxjoqc?si=rUN4ScbhlYtD0oOU

#Scór #GAAGaeilge #WicklowGAA

Learn Irish with us

If you would like to learn Irish a 6 week Introduction to Irish language course will start mid April to end of May. Course duration will be 1hr a week. Contact Noreen at 0872858375 or email noreenkeegankavanagh@gmail.comto reserve your place.

Wicklow news

Congratulations to the Wicklow Minor ladies on their brilliant win against Longford in the Leinster Minor championship Rd 1. Blessington are well represented through out management/squad.

Final score Wicklow 2-13 to Longford 0-8

The senior men weren’t as successful from their match away to Offaly. Hard luck to everyone involved.

Season passes are now available for collection in Ballinakill

Today 3pm-8pm. Tues 5th 12 noon – 5pm, Wed 6th 10am-1pm and Thurs 7th 10am-1pm

You can keep up to date with everything that is going on within the club across all of the social media platforms, also keep a look out for our TikTok page which will be live soon enough and thanks to my assistant Craig Maguire who will manage this platform. You can also contact me Lisa Jackson PRO on 0863767534 and pro.blessington.wicklow@gaa.ie for all things club related and contact Olivia Kinsella on 0860308395 for all things LGFA related.

Graham Keogh 05/03/2024 Graham Keogh 05/03/2024

Club Notes 25/02/2024

Good evening, Some housekeeping to start and to remind you all that registration is now due. Payments can be made on https://www.blessingtongaa.ie/membership or you can contact our registrar Darren 087 226 4140 if you have any questions. It is vital that you are registered before you return to training as otherwise you are not insured,this also includes the gym. Thanks to anyone who has paid to date.

On the gym if we can ask everyone to be mindful of their footwear when entering the gym area. No football boots allowed. Please wear clean shoes/runners when taking part in any activities there. This is a message for everyone within the club and also for visiting teams and development squads, we are happy to provide these facilities but we need people to respect them and clean up after they have finished. Thank you

Club House development Fundraiser

Saturday 24th there was a car wash fundraising event held at the pitch. There a fantastic turnout with a constant stream of cars lining up all day. Thanks to everyone who helped out on the day and the atmosphere and team work up at the pitch was amazing.

Special thanks to Paul Carroll for the loan of all the equipment and for donating the fabulous Karcher power washer for the raffle. The club are so grateful Paul for your generosity.

Congratulations to Eoin Keogh who won this brilliant prize.

There are plenty more events happening over the coming weeks and it great to see so many people in the community taking part. Thanks so much everyone.

Senior Men

The lads started their Div 1 league last Friday evening against Avondale. This match was due to be played in Rathdrum but due to unplayable pitches it was re fixed to take place in Blessington. Blessington got off to a flying start and never let up in the first half leading 3-05 to 0-02 at half time. The 2nd half saw more points scored over the bar with Blessington never looking in trouble. Final score Blessington 3-11 to Avondale 0-05. Well done to the entire team with a special mention to Father and Son Eoin and Aaron Keogh both scoring a point each. This was Aaron’s debut for the senior team with his point getting the biggest cheer on the night.

Junior A

The lads had an early trip to Tinahely on Sunday morning as they started their league campaign. Hard luck lads on been beaten by 1 point. Final score Tinahely 2-08 to Blessington 3-04

Juvenile

A lovely morning on Friday up in the pitches for the first Cuman na mBunscoil blitz of the year. Today’s blitz for 5th and 6th class boys. 86 boys played at least 4 games. It was a great turnout with some great football played. Foot passing was the emphasis today, and there was some great kicking on display. Dunlavin,Donard,Valleymount Hollywood, St Mary’s Sns, Blessington educate together, and Blessington No1 schools took part. Pitches were in great condition. Thanks to Blessington Gaa for Pitches. Thanks to Cormac Noone for organising and thanks to Jonathan Daniels and Michael Moran from Dunlavin for refereeing. Next blitz is for 3rd and 4th class girls on 7th of March.

Scór Sinsir 2024 - 1 Month to Go!

A month to go and the clubs of Wicklow will take to the stage in St Kevin’s Hall, Blessington GAA in our 2024 Scór Sinsir County Final sponsored Chocolate Garden of Ireland.

Scór is a great opportunity to represent your club in song, dance, acting or traditional music. If interested in taking part, contact your club’s Oifigeach Gaeilge & Cultúir, Rúnaí or see other contact details on the poster below.

Scór is also a fantastic night’s entertainment for the audience as anyone in attendance last September in Kiltegan Gaa would attest!

Registration for our popular Easter camp is now open. https://www.blessingtongaa.ie/eastercamp. Camp takes place over 3 day’s 27th,28th and 29th March. All details are available on our club website.

Coaching

Attention Perspective Coaches including parents...Academy - Introduction to Coaching Gaelic Games - Short Course next March

We have some short coaching course upcoming and we encourage all parents and perspective coaches to undertake the investment.

Its very enjoyable and great learning which can be transferred to any sports and learning. So, be sure to sign up.

Online Course for Academy - 29th of February - 7.30PM

Introduction Module

This is the Introduction Module so you don't need to have played the game at any level at all to complete this module.

Registration Link Below

https://forms.office.com/e/HbsrA0jSxZ

Local Upcoming Training Details are in the Blessington GAA facility on the 14th, 21st and 28th of March - from 7PM to 9.30PM - you must make the three sessions.

https://forms.office.com/e/HbsrA0jSxZ

Cul Camp Coaching

If you are looking for a summer job and are energeticand interested in sports coaching why not consider being a Kellogs GAA Cul camp coach. Contact Cormac Noone 086 701 3404 for more details.

Very best wishes for a speedy recovery to lifetime member and supporter Seamus Breen who was recently hospitalised.

Graham Keogh 05/03/2024 Graham Keogh 05/03/2024

Club Notes 11/02/2024

Good evening. Some housekeeping to start and to remind you all that registration is now due. Payments can be made on https://www.blessingtongaa.ie/membership or you can contact our registrar Darren 087 226 4140 if you have any questions. It is vital that you are registered before you return to training as otherwise you are not insured. Thanks to anyone who has paid to date.

Last night we held our adult awards night in Lawlors hotel Naas and from all the feedback today this was a huge success. Thank you to everyone who attended, in particular all the families who were there to present awards in their family’s honour. We can’t thank the hotel staff enough for everything that they provided us with for the night and this is definitely a venue that we will use again.

Well done to all the worthy recipients on their awards and congratulations to the senior ladies on collecting their winning league medals.

Congratulations also goes to our Junior C men and our Senior men on their fantastic wins and becoming Wicklow County Champions.

Awards presented on the night

Frank Reid Ladies young player of the year Robyn Brennan

Jimmy Keogh Men’s young player Dan Silke Fetherstone

Elsie Hennessy Ladies Junior player Moya Richardson

Robert Hennessy Junior men’s player Bryan Carroll

John O’Connor contribution to ladies football award Kevin Dooley

Sean Duffy coach of the year Brian Cardiff

Teresa Sargent Senior ladies Player of the year Maebh Corr

Ray Daniels Senior mens player of the year Conall Gallagher.

Mick Curran Hall of fame Arthur Hennessy

Jack Magee Club person of the year Nessa Quinlan.

We also honoured our 3 county All Star award winners, Anto Mc.Loughlin, Glen Farrell and Niamh Cullen and wish them well for the county awards ceremony next week.

Thank you to the Wicklow county chair Damian Byrne and his wife Anne for attentending and addressing the crowd, and to the county secretary Chris O’Connor who also was in attendance, thank you both for all the support throughout the season.

Thanks also to our good friend Dave Barrett who took so many photographs on the nigh and also to Phylis and Barry Hamilton who we can always depend on for taking photos and sending them in to the Wicklow People.

Clubhouse development Fundraiser

The jungle challenge event will take place in Lawlors Naas on Saturday 23rd March. We have 24 contestants lined up to take part. All the details are available on our club website and on social media. In the build up to this you will see many of the contestants holding mini fundraising events and any support is greatly appreciated. Last week saw the darts tournament take place in the clubhouse with 64 participants taking part. The last 16 will take place this week and more details to follow. There is also a poker classic being held in Murphy’s bar on Saturday 2nd March, again all details are available on our social media channels. Well done to Ber Ellis on winning the bonus ball on Lorna’s fundraiser.

Save The Date

Our ever popular Easter camp returns on 27th,28th and 29th March. Details of times and booking are available on our website and social media.

Wicklow News

Congratulations to our strong Blessington contingent representing Wicklow LGFA Minors for 2024. Best of luck from all in Blesso. No doubt ye will do us proud as always.

Players:

Leila Shannon (captain)

Anna Carlyon

Aoife Cullen

Erin McMahon

Aisling Brennan

Robyn Brennan

Aibhe King

Paige McDonald

Management:

Jess Brennan

Kim Connors

Lynn McMahon

Rosin Ellis

Congratulations to our Blesso Contingent representing Wicklow LGFA at Under 16 for 2024. No doubt ye will do us and your club proud as always.

Players

Niamh Brennan

Cria Cullen

Ciara ONeill

Lauren McKeever

Katie Behan

Management

Pat Brennan

Huge congratulations to Katie Behan for making the cut for the Irish U16 Basketball team. We are all so proud of you Katie. Good on ya girl.

Congratulations to our Blesso Contingent, Emily Behan and Lucy Keeley, representing Wicklow LGFA at Under 14 for 2024. No doubt ye will do us and your club proud as always.

Condolences

Last week we lost, a former player and supporter , Phonsie Miley , after four weeks hospitalisation in Beaumont Hospital .

Phonsie born and raised on Main Street and was one of our exceptionally talented underage players of the sixties/seventies .Phonsie was on the winning county championship u14 (1967) and u16 (1969) teams of that time , that squad went to the minor final in 1972 only to lose out to AGB . Phonsie is always remembered by all his teammates as a fast and exciting left footed half forward . Phonsie was proud to this day to have played for the Blues and always asked after the lads and how they were doing today , he made it to Aughrim for the county final , a place Phonsie hadn’t seen in a lifetime . Leaving Blessington Phonsie went to Ballyfin and later set up a very successful business in the city .

Phonsie was predeceased by his brother Seamus , our condolences to Phonsie’s wife Mary , sisters Mary , Eileen , Kathleen , Carmel , Bridie and brother , Eamonn , son Robert and daughter Ruth and sister in law , Ethel . Phonsie’s funeral mass was held last Tuesday in St. Mary’s , Haddington Road

You can keep up to date with everything that is going on within the club across all of the social media platforms. You can also contact me Lisa Jackson PRO on 0863767534 and pro.blessington.wicklow@gaa.ie for all things club related and contact Olivia Kinsella on 0860308395 for all things LGFA related.

Graham Keogh 06/02/2024 Graham Keogh 06/02/2024

Club Notes 04/02/2024

Good evening, we hope that you are enjoying the Bank Holiday weekend.

Membership is now due for this season and all details can be found on our website at https://www.blessingtongaa.ie/membership . It is vital that everyone is registered before they return to training as you will not be covered by insurance. Thank you in advance of your understanding on this important matter.

Adult awards night

We are delighted to say that this year’s adult awards and dinner dance has completely sold out. Thanks to everyone who bought tickets and we can’t wait to see you all next Saturday night in Lawlor’s Hotel Naas. We have a strict running order on the night so that the band is ready to start on time and everyone can enjoy themselves. Doors to the Glending suite will open at 6pm with a prosecco reception before been called to dinner at 6.30pm. The first few awards will be announced at 6.45pm so we urge everyone to be there on time. The remainder of the awards and medal presentations will take place throughout the meal service. Looking forward to seeing you all.

Clubhouse fundraiser

Our epic fundraiser will take place in Lawlor’s hotel Naas on March 23rd. This promises to be a great night of fun and entertainment while the contestants raise much need funds for our new clubhouse.

Blessington GAA’s Clubhouse fundraiser, The Jungle Challenge:

Our contestants really appreciate your support through their individual fundraising events and idonate page https://www.idonate.ie/event/blessingtongaajungle2024

Remember all funds raised will go straight into our new clubhouse. Please see our website for more details https://www.blessingtongaa.ie/development

Easter Camp

Save the date for Easter camp 27/28/29 March, more details to follow later in the week and Registration will open next week.

Healthy Club

The GAA in partnership with Movember ahead of the game ran an in-house workshop on Wednesday evening with the U15 boy’s team. The feedback was very positive and thanks so much to the parents and coaches that attended along with the boy’s. This is a pilot programme that they hope to roll out throughout the nation and across all age groups.

Ireland Lights up

We will continue tomorrow evening from 7pm-8pm and light up our main pitch and welcome you all to come along and enjoy a walk in a safe and friendly environment. The uptake over the past few weeks hasn’t been great but we’ll continue for the duration of Operation Transformation. This is open to anyone in the community and theres a hot cuppa available afterwards.

Coaches wanted

At Blessington GAA and LGFA, we take pride in our thriving community of 230+ young female athletes. As our family grows, so does our need for dedicated coaches and helpers.

Be a Mentor, Be a Guide:

Whether you’re a seasoned coach or eager to start, your assistance is essential. Help our 230+ young female athletes grow, not just in sport, but in life.

Step Up, Make a Difference:

Be the change, be a coach or a helper. Reach out to Michelle Richardson at 086 373 4748 or DM us to get involved. We need helpers at all levels to sustain this growth and without your help it won’t happen! Join us to continue to provide amazing opportunities for the young girls of Blessington!

Together, we grow stronger. We offer full training and support to ease your journey into this fulfilling role. Remember, many hands make light work, and your commitment is the key to our collective success.

Graham Keogh 29/01/2024 Graham Keogh 29/01/2024

Club Notes 28/01/2024

Good evening. We had a super weekend of the Ladies and Men’s 7’s tournament finals. The completion was fierce and the banter was brilliant. There seemed to be a little bit of cheating going on with some counties and there’s a call for batons to be used next time. But it all came down to the pure craic that everyone had over the 2 weeks.

The Dublin ladies were victorious in their tournament with Meath getting the wooden spoon. And the Wicklow men were outright winners in their group. Awards were presented to the captains of both teams up in the club house.

A massive thanks to everyone who was involved over the 2 weeks with the organising of teams, the pitches, the referees, the healthy club for providing hot drinks and a huge thanks to everyone who made sandwiches/cakes for afterwards. It goes to show what a great club we are and you can always count on people to pull together. Well done everyone.

Afterwards it was up to Murphys bar for the launch of this years huge club fundraiser The Jungle Challenge sponsored by Energia. The brave contestants were introduced to the public and you can see all the super photos on our social media pages. The event takes place in Lawlors Naas on Saturday 23rd March and we look forward to seeing you all there.

The development committee have been busy in the back ground planning and designing our new clubhouse. Images were shared on our social media pages during the week and what’s in the plans looks absolutely fantastic. Thanks to everyone involved in this venture and we look forward to the exciting times ahead.

Dinner Dance

There is less than 2 weeks to go to our Adult awards night and dinner dance which also takes place in Lawlor’s Naas on Saturday 10th February. This promises to be a fun night with awards being presented to the worthy recipients and after dinner there will be plenty of time for dancing with the brilliantly entertaining Pump Up The Jam 90’s band.

For anyone who has reserved a ticket payment is now due as numbers will be sent to the hotel this week. There will be no tickets added after Friday 2nd and no money collected on the night. Revolut Lorna on 086 217 8969 Thanks to everyone for your understanding on this.

Membership

2024 membership is now due. You must be registered before you return to training as you will not be covered by insurance. Thanks to Darren White our club registrar for setting up the easy accessible link to our club website where all payments can be made https://blessingtongaa.ie/membership or if you need assistance with this contact Darren on 087 226 4140. We are all looking forward to getting back to another season of training and matches.

Ireland Lights up

On Monday 29th January from 7pm-8pm we will light up our main pitch and we invite any member of the community to come along and enjoy a walk or run in a safe environment, also hot soup will be available afterwards. Keep an eye on our social media pages for updates.

Graham Keogh 24/01/2024 Graham Keogh 24/01/2024

Club Notes 21/01/2024

Good evening, a bit of housekeeping to start with , registration is now open and this year thanks to Darren there’s an easier way to sign up/pay reg fees. Checkout our club website https://www.blessingtongaa.ie/membership for an easy to follow guide.

Thanks to everyone who has registered so far.

Well done to all the players from the Ladies 7’s and Men’s 7’s tournament and all the supporters that braved the winter elements on Saturday for this fun but extremely competitive competition.

The next round plus the finals takes place next Saturday with the Ladies starting at 1.45pm followed by the Men at 3pm. We hope to see as many as possible and thanks to the Healthy Club Team for supplying the well deserved hot drinks.

The Jungle Challenge

Next Saturday 27th January in Murphy’s bar Blessington, the club fundraising committee will hold the launch of this year’s fantastic event which takes place in Lawlors Hotel Naas on Saturday 23rd March.

You will be introduced to all the brave contestants that will take part in the show which promises to be a brilliantly entertaining night. Looking forward to seeing you all in Murphy’s next Saturday.

Adult Awards and Dinner Dance.

This year’s social night will take place in Lawlors Hotel Naas on Saturday 10th February. Tickets are limited and selling fast, after we reach Max. capacity no further tickets will be sold. We have a super night planned with the doors opening at 6pm with a Prosecco reception before being called for dinner at 6.30pm. Our first awards will be announced at 6.45pm just before dinner is served.

Tickets available from Lorna 0862178969 and Christy 0858009043 and also in person at the clubhouse this coming Friday 26th January from 7pm-8pm.

Ireland Lights up

On Monday 22nd January from 7pm-8pm we will light up our main pitch and we invite any member of the community to come along and enjoy a walk or run in a safe environment, also hot soup will be available afterwards. The healthy club team will make a judgement call tomorrow if the weather remains too bad. Keep an eye on our social media pages for updates.

Graham Keogh 18/01/2024 Graham Keogh 18/01/2024

Club Notes 14/01/2024

Good evening. Thank you to everyone who braved the cold last Monday evening to take part in the Ireland lights up. The healthy club team will be at the main pitch again tomorrow evening from 7pm-8pm with the floodlights on for anyone in the community to come along and walk in a safe environment, and when you are done why not join us for a hot cup of soup. Hope to see as many as possible there.

Tickets for our dinner dance are now flying out and as numbers are limited we encourage you to secure your tickets asap. Once we reach the limit we will not be able to release any more tickets. We have a fantastic evening planned with emphasis of having fun while presenting the club awards.

Doors will open at 6pm to the Glending room, Lawlor’s Hotel Naas with a Prosecco reception,and 6.30pm the call to your table for dinner. We will publish a full running order of the evening will will be adhered to as we want the night to be enjoyed by everyone.

Tickets on sale at the clubhouse this coming Friday 7pm-8pm and you can also message Lorna 0862178969 for tickets

The Jungle Challenge

Our club fundraiser will also take place in Lawlor’s Hotel Naas on Saturday 23rd March. This promises to be a brilliantly entertaining evening.

The launch night of the Jungle Challenge sponsored by Energia will be held in Murphy’s Bar Blessington on Saturday 27th January where our contestants will be introduced to you. Come along and cheer them on.

January Club 7’s

Both the ladies and men will hold a 7’s tournament starting this coming Saturday 20th. Come along and enjoy some serious competition with the ladies matches starting at 1.45pm and the men straight after at 3pm. Hope to see you all there.

Wicklow news

The Garden County All Star winners were announced on Friday evening and the club was absolutely delighted to have plenty of nominations. We offer a huge congratulations to Senior Football player Anthony Mc.Loughlin, Junior C player Glen Farrell and Ladies senior player Niamh Cullen on your All Star win. Presentation will take place in the Arklow Bay Hotel Saturday February 17th. Well done to you all.

Well done to the Wicklow Senior team who beat CLG Laois in the O’Byrne Sheild semi final on Saturday. They will face Louth in the Shield final this Thursday evening.

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Club Notes 7/01/2024

Good evening and a very happy new year to you all. Hope you are all enjoying the winter break and looking forward to the next season kicking off, there’s still a bit of time before we head back in to training but still so much planning going on in the backround.

The healthy club team have organised the Ireland Lights up in association with RTE and Operation Transformation, we invite the entire community to come along and enjoy an evening walk around our grounds with the floodlights on. You can then join us for a hot cup of soup afterwards. We will be taking part for the next 6 weeks so hope you can come along and join us.

Lotto

Our club lotto returns on Tuesday 9th January with the jackpot standing at €10,200. What a lovely start to the new year. You can get your tickets on the club website www.blessingtongaa.ie and also in Next Door shop Hennessy’s. Thanks to everyone who continues to support us into 2024.

Ádh mór ar fhoireann Ghlór na nGael Tráth na gCeist Cúige Laighean a bheidh ar siúl i CLG Naomh Éanna Bhaile Buadáin Dé Máirt seo, 9 Eanáir 2024. Is é an fhoireann - Pádraig Ó'Braonáin, Tomás MacDomhnaill, Pádraig Ó'Maolmhuaidh agus Déaglán Ó'Reapaí.

Good luck to our team taking part in the Glór na nGael Tráth na gCeist Cúige Laighean which will be held in Ballyboden St. Endas GAA this Tuesday 9 January 2024. The team is - Pat Brennan, Tommy McDonnell, Pat Molloy and Declan Reape

Dinner Dance

Tickets for our Dinner Dance in Lawlor’s hotel Naas are available to buy now and are selling fast. We have a fantastic evening planned with a Presecco reception, Dinner, awards, and entertainment from a brilliant band Pump up the Jam with a disco to follow if you still have the energy! The emphasis on the night is to let your hair down and enjoy this fun filled night with friends ,family and fellow teammates. We also will have spot prizes on the night. Tickets cost €60, you can contact Lorna or Christy to secure your ticket or contact Blessington GAA for further details.

Fundraising event

We have a brilliant fundraising event coming up in March also in Lawlor’s Naas. The Jungle Challenge promises to be a super evening. We have the contestants lined up and ready to go. Further details will be out soon. Watch this space.

Condolences

Sadly while most of us were enjoying our Christmas Day , a former stalwart committee person passed away .

Jean Walsh died on Christmas Day in the Lourdes Hospital , Drogheda , to the sadness of many of us who knew and admired Jean’s huge support to our club during Jean’s time while working with Ulster Bank .

During the seventies and early eighties , Jean was a constant on the committee , was club treasurer for several years and then shared that role with Rena O’Neill . Those were the times of dinner dances and fund raising fashion shows in the Downshire and Jean was to the forefront of the events , arranging and managing . There were also the times of the AIB Club of the Year awards and there were great outcomes for the club as Jean lead with others the annual club entry .

We will forever appreciate Jean’s commitment and love for the club during those days that Jean spent amongst us .

We extend our sympathies to Jean’s sister Katie and brother Tom .

We offer our sincere condolences to our Chairperson Michelle and family on the sudden passing of her Uncle Tom Long at the weekend. Funeral arrangements to follow.

Ar dheis De go raibh a hanam

We would like to offer our heartfelt condolences to Barry Cotter on the passing of his Dad John this week, Also to our senior players Jack and Ethan and Saidbh Cotter on the passing of their grandfather.

Ar dheis De go raibh a hanam

Wicklow News

Congratulations to everyone who has been nominated for a county All Stars award. Winners to be announced next week, and awards will take place in The Arklow Bay Hotel on Saturday 17th February.

The Wicklow seniors played Carlow on Saturday with a win and were represented by Blessington players. Well done to you all.

You can keep up to date with everything that is going on within the club across all of the social media platforms. You can also contact me Lisa Jackson PRO on 0863767534 and pro.blessington.wicklow@gaa.iefor all things club related and contact Olivia Kinsella on 0860308395 for all things LGFA related.

Graham Keogh 03/12/2023 Graham Keogh 03/12/2023

Club Notes 3/12/2023

Good evening, our club lotto has been on a rollover for a good while now and the jackpot stands at €10,000! Our next draw takes place on 12th December and some lucky person could have Christmas wrapped up early! Don’t forget to get your tickets early to avoid disappointment. Tickets available in Next Door Shop Hennessey’s or online at blessingtongaa.ie

Adult awards night

A date for your diary, Saturday February 10th in Lawlors of Naas we will hold our Adult awards night. The night will consist of a dinner dance with awards being given out to the worthy recipients and also to celebrate our senior men and Junior C championship success. The emphases of the night will be fun filled with plenty of time for dancing and celebrating. Tickets will go on sale soon and are priced at €60

Club Fundraiser

Our club development fundraiser takes place on Saturday March 23rd also in Lawlors Naas and it promises to be a fantastic night “ The Jungle Challenge”!! Again more details on this to follow.

Christmas Draw

We have a Christmas draw on December 8th with 1st prize €1000 Dundrum Shopping center voucher and 2nd prize €500 Kildare village voucher. These tickets are limited and selling fast so don’t miss out. Contact any member of the executive committee to purchase your ticket. Any full cards sold could you please return to the committee so the draw is ready to go on schedule.

Juvenile Boys

So the Juvenile boys finished up this week. What a year. Great to see the success over the season. The ultimate success is seeing everyone enjoying their football and representing the blue and white with pride.Thanks to everyone who has supported the teams over the season, it’s great to see what this club means to everyone.

Blue stars awards for 2023 as follows:

U12

Liam Richardson

Liam Ellis

Shane Buggy

U13

Wil O’Connor

Conan Dunne

Oisin Pender

U14

Rian Keogh

James mc carney

Jack Valentine

U15

Harry Lyon

Cian Bruce

Jamie O’Toole

U17

Aaron Keogh

Ronan Smyth

Adam Neilan

Player or the year

U12-Dylan Murray / Austin Murphy

U13-Kayden McMahon

U14-Callum Dempsey

U15-Jack Murray

U17-Robert Grassick

Team of the year 2023 - u13 Team

We now take a short break and we will kick on again next season

A few photos from our awards night

Thanks to the senior lads for presenting the trophies.

Our girls juvenile awards night will be held on the 6th of December at 6:30pm in Blessington Community College.

3 in a Row Minor Champions, Report from last weekend

Some will say it took us a while to wake of an early Sunday morning throw in! AGB got off to the perfect start scoring a goal from the throw in which unsettled us as we uncharacteristically made hard work of the first half with some poor basic errors and decision making. A physical encounter throughout also where physio Keith had his busiest day! Our girls grew into the game just like we knew they would and with the impressive efforts of our turnovers won and the pressure we applied we began to play patient composed football to go in at halftime leading 1-6 to 1-2.

The break was needed and the regrouping at HT was the key to turning this performance around and it began from the second throw in with Emily-Rose tenaciously taking the breaking ball to filter the ball fantastically through the forwards for a super team score. AGB were awarded a penalty early in the second half, Anna Carlyon pulled off the saves of all saves diving pin perfect to the ball on her right. Spectacular moment with the girls knowing this was the game changer, we powered on from that and never looked back, continuously widening the gap and converting some excellent scores.

All our girls stood up when it counted and this is a trait they never fail to convict. A team of pure class

Thank you to physio Keith Burke who has been fantastic with the girls.

Thanks to our No1 Ella Kelly for doing a super job as water girl.

Huge thank you to Lynn McMahon for everything.

Lastly thanks so much to the parents who have been an incredible support throughout our journey

Result:

Blesso 4-12 AGB 3-4

Anna Carlyon,Elaine O’Dwyer (Captain),Orlaith Ní Ghallchobhair ,Ava Jordan Dempsey

Erin McMahon. Emily-Rose O’Toole 0-1,Niamh Brennan, Leila Shannon (Vice Captain) ,

Aoife Cullen ,Aibhe King 0-2,Sadhbh Fisher 0-3,Aoibheann Bailey 0-1,Paige McDonald 1-1 ,

Robyn Brennan 2-3, Ciara O’Neill 0-1, Cria Cullen, Clara Keane 1-0 ,Abbie O’Riordan ,Roisin Doyle ,Sadhbh Keenan ,Eilis Reid ,Aisling Brennan.Emma Stynes

We are proud more than words can say of everything this team has achieved. One hell of a trophy cabinet:

9 A Championship Titles (U12-Minor)

2 Feiles & 1 National Feile

5 Division 1 Leagues (U12-U16)

All Stars

A super morning was had at the All Stars, we had a very special guest from the North Pole. The All Stars children were absolutely bursting with excitement to receive a gift and goodies from Santa.

Thank you so much to John Walsh, who does a brilliant job.

Thank you to our Senior players Jack Gilligan, Craig Mcguire,Roisin Ellis and Ladies Senior manager Stephen Flanagan for giving up their time this morning to present the medals.

The All stars were delighted to get a photo with you all and The Miley Cup.

A million thanks to Brian Dempsey for his very kind donation of toys, which was greatly appreciated.

We wish all of our All Star Families a very Happy Christmas & very best wishes for 2024.

Looking forward to seeing you all in the New Year for lots more fun,games &laughter.

Irish Culture

Ghlac Nóirín Ní Aodhagáin Caomhanaigh (Oifigeach Gaeilge agus Cultúir) agus Máirtín Ó’Seanáin (Coiste Gaeilge agus Cultúir) leis an mbonn cré-umha ar son Baile Coimín.

Nóirín Ní Aodhagáin Caomhanaigh (Irish Language and Cultural Officer) and Martín Ó'Seanáin (Irish Language and Cultural Committee) accepted the bronze medal on behalf of Baile Coimin.

Tá oíche mhór cheiliúrtha ag Páirc an Chrócaigh agus boinn Fondúireacht Sheosaimh Mhic Dhonncha 2023 le bronnadh.

Tá 55 club ó gach cearn den tír i ndiaidh boinn chré-umha, airgid nó óir a bhaint as a gcuid iarrachtaí, a gcuid oibre agus a dtiomantas do chur chun cinn na Gaeilge.

Seo iad na chéad chlubanna a chuaigh faoin spotsolas anocht.

Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media Foras na Gaeilge Nuacht TG4 Sport TG4 Raidió na Gaeltachta (Oifigiúil) Raidió Fáilte Raidió na Life,

There is a big night of celebration at Croke Park with the 2023 Fondúireacht Sheosaimh Mhic Dhonncha medals to be awarded.

55 clubs from all over the country have won bronze, silver or gold medals for their efforts, their work and their commitment to the promotion of the Irish language.

These are the first clubs to go under the spotlight tonight.

Wicklow GAA Club Season Membership is on sale :

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Adult €120 Student/OAP €100 from now to 31st Dec 2023.

Adult €130 Student /OAP €110 from 1st Jan 2024 onwards.

Our Annual Season Ticket is the ideal Christmas present for the GAA fan and it is now available online, you can access through the QR code attached or via our Website.

When you purchase you will get a temporary email until your card arrives. The cards will be sent to Ballinakill where we will put them in a nice presentation box and arrange collection.

This pass will make it a lot easier when attending Wicklow GAA Club matches in 2024 this year it will have a bar code and scanned at the venue.

Please note this pass is NOT for County or Leinster Club games.

You can keep up to date with everything across all of our social media pages

Contact Lisa Jackson PRO 086 376 7534 (Eilís Mhic Shiacais)

Olivia Kinsella 086 030 8395 All lgfa related

Pro.blessington.wicklow@gaa.ie

Graham Keogh 03/12/2023 Graham Keogh 03/12/2023

Club Notes 26/11/2023

Good evening. Thank you to everyone who attended our A.G.M. last Monday evening. We are absolutely delighted to have our chairperson Michelle Richardson remain in place for another year, and to all our officers and committee members who have agreed to keep their roles within the executive committee we can’t thank you enough. Also we would like to welcome our new registrar Darren White to the team, and also we wish our new secretary Gillian Balfe the very best as she takes on the new role as club secretary.

We’d like t take this opportunity in thanking our outgoing committee members for all of their hard work that they’ve put in throughout the past year, your time and support have been truly appreciated, and we wish you well in your future endeavours.

Healthy Club

In partnership with our friends at West Wicklow Cancer Support Group an information evening will take place this Thursday 30th November in the Coimin Center. The discussion focuses on men’s health and we invite everyone from the community to attend. There will be talks from Mr. Raymond Poole and Dr. David Burke, and you chance to ask some questions. We do hope that you will spread the word and come along on Thursday evening.

There are a couple of dates for the diary for next year and it’s so exciting and something to look forward to. First of all we have our Dinner Dance and awards night to honour the brilliant teams and club people for all their effort and hard work throughout the season. This night takes place in Lawlors Naas on Friday February 10th, more details to follow.

Our club development fundraiser takes place on Saturday March 23rd also in Lawlors Naas and it promises to be a fantastic night “ The Jungle Challenge”!! Again more details on this to follow.

Minor Girls

A massive congratulations to the Wicklow LGFA Minor girls on their 3 in a row win today over AGB in the minor A championship final. Well done to everyone involved.

U19 Boys

Hard luck to the lads who were beaten in their semi final today by An Tochar

Irish Culture

Ar an Luan 13 Samhain, bhuail an Coiste nua Gaeilge agus Cultúir le Seán de Paor, Oifigeach Forbartha Ghlór na nGael, chun plé a dhéanamh ar phleananna do CLG Baile Coimín chun cuimsiú na Gaeilge agus imeachtaí cultúrtha a chur chun cinn sa chlub agus sa phobal.

Tá an club cláraithe anois mar bhaill de Ghlór na nGael (a thugann tacaíocht agus treoir) agus glacfaidh an club páirt ghníomhach i bhFondúireacht Sheosaimh Mhic Dhonncha (Fondúireacht Joseph McDonagh). Tá deontais ar fáil ón bhForas chun cabhrú leis na pleananna a chur i gcrích agus bronnfar boinn ar chlubanna as leibhéil éagsúla gnóthachtála i gcur chun cinn na teanga.

Is iad seo a leanas an coiste nua - Noreen Keegan Kavanagh Nóirin Ní AodhagáinCaomhanaigh (Oifigeach Gaeilge agus Cultúir), Pat Brennan (Pádraig Ó'Braonáin), Pat Molloy (Pádraig Ó'Maolmhuaidh), Meabh Corr (Méabh Ní Chorra), Jack Gilligan ( Seán Ó’Giollagáin), Ciara Gilligan (Ciara Ó’Giollagáin), Tommy McDonnell (Thomás MacDomhnaill), Barry O’Donovan (Barra Ó’Donnabháin) and Youth members Eimear Doyle (Eimear Ní Dubhghaill), Aisling Brennan (Aisling Ní Braonáin) agus Conor McDonnell (Conor MacDomhnaill).

Tá Coiste na Gaeilge agus Cultúir agus Feidhmeannas an Chlub ag tnúth le dul i dteagmháil leis na baill agus le pobal Bhaile Coimín i gcoitinne chun pleananna a fhorbairt chun an Ghaeilge a chur chun cinn laistigh den chlub do 2024 agus ina dhiaidh.

On Monday 13 November, the new Irish and Cultural Committee met with Seán de Paor, Development Officer at Glór na nGael, to discuss plans for Blessington GAA to progress the inclusion of the Irish language and cultural activities within the club and community.

The club is now registered as members of Glór na nGael (which offer support and direction) and the club will actively participate in the Fondúireacht Sheosaimh Mhic Dhonncha (Joseph McDonagh Foundation). Grants are available from the Foundation to help realise plans and medals will be awarded to clubs for various levels of achievement in promotion of the language.

The new committee are as follows - Noreen Keegan Kavanagh Nóirin Ní AodhagáinCaomhanaigh (Irish Language and Cultural Officer), Pat Brennan (Pádraig Ó'Braonáin), Pat Molloy (Pádraig Ó'Maolmhuaidh), Meabh Corr (Méabh Ní Chorra), Jack Gilligan (Seán Ó'Giollagáin), Ciara Gilligan (Ciara Ó'Giollagáin), Tommy McDonnell (Thomás MacDomhnaill), Barry O'Donovan (Barra Ó'Donnabháin) and Youth members Eimear Doyle (Eimear Ní Dubhghaill), Aisling Brennan (Aisling Ní Braonáin) and Conor McDonnell (Conor MacDomhnaill).

The Irish Language and Cultural Committee and the Club Executive look forward to engaging with the members and the wider Blessington community to develop plans to promote the Irish language within the club for 2024 and beyond.

You can keep up to date with everything across all of our social media pages

Contact Lisa Jackson PRO 086 376 7534 (Eilís Mhic Shiacais)

Olivia Kinsella 086 030 8395 All lgfa related

Pro.blessington.wicklow@gaa.ie

Graham Keogh 03/12/2023 Graham Keogh 03/12/2023

Club notes 19/11/2023

Good evening,

This year’s A.G.M. takes place on Monday 20th November in The No.1 School at 8pm. This meeting is open for anyone to attend and we always welcome new faces. All items have been sent out to members by email but if for some reason you did not receive your copy please contact secretary.blessington.wicklow@gaa.ie . There are a few positions to be filled on the night, Chairperson, Treasurer and Registrar, also we would welcome new people to sit on the executive committee. Looking forward to seeing as many of you as possible tomorrow.

Adult awards night

Club Fundraiser

Our club development fundraiser takes place on Saturday March 23rd also in Lawlors Naas and it promises to be a fantastic night “ The Jungle Challenge”!! Again more details on this to follow.

Christmas Draw

U19’s championship

The U19’s delivered a brilliant all round team performance away to Rathnew this morning in a must win championship game. The lads put in a huge first half against the wind to lead 1-4 to 2pts at half time. Blesso did not let up who were led by Finn Behan scoring 2-03 .

Huge performances from Adam Smith , Seán Ellis , Aaron Keogh as well as many others . This win means Blesso top the group and now look forward to Home semi final next weekend . It would be great if we could see a huge Blesso crowd up to support these great young men.

Final score Blessington 2-09 to Rathnew 1-03

Juvenile boys will hold their awards night on Wednesday 29th November in the No.1 school. This is a celebration of all the hard work that has gone into the season.

Wicklow LGFA Minor A Championship Final

Our Minor Ladies face AGB in the Final of the A Championship next weekend.

Blessington Vs AGB on Sun 26th Nov, 11am in Echelon Park, Aughrim

Best of luck to all involved.

You can keep up to date with everything across all of our social media pages

Contact Lisa Jackson PRO 086 376 7534 (Eilís Mhic Shiacais)

Olivia Kinsella 086 030 8395 All lgfa related

Pro.blessington.wicklow@gaa.ie

Graham Keogh 17/11/2023 Graham Keogh 17/11/2023

Club Notes 12/11/2023

Good evening. A little bit of housekeeping to start off. Our A.G.M. takes place on Monday November 20th in the No.1 school at 8pm. This is open to anyone in the community and would we love to see as many as possible attend. After having such a successful year we are hoping to see more people come on board and join in wherever you think you can be of help. Our executive committee is seeking nominations for the following rolls: Chairperson, Treasurer and registrar. If you would like to nominate someone be sure that you have their permission and email secretary.blessington.wicklow@gaa.ie by close of business Monday 13thNovember

Our club development fundraiser takes place on Saturday March 23rd also in Lawlors Naas and it promises to be a fantastic night “ The Jungle Challenge”!! Again more details on this to follow.

We would like to offer a huge thank you to Russborough House for welcoming the Wicklow county champions on Saturday to have their team photos taken in the beautiful surroundings. The staff of Russborough went above and beyond to make sure everything was in order and provided the team with refreshments and cakes afterwards. We are very grateful for the hospitality shown to us. Also to Alan Bruce who came along and took the photographs, they’re fantastic Alan, thank you.

Also thank you to Andrew Ronaldson for the loan of his marquee that was used for the gathering after the county final, we really appreciate it and are extremely grateful. Thanks to Ethel in Miley’s who let us make ourselves truly at home and for the endless supply of Macari food. You are a little gem.

The lads have been busy parading the Miley cup around to all the juvenile teams and it is hoped that they will get to visit the schools in the coming weeks.

U15 boys

Fantastic end of season & team bonding day today for our U14’s which capped off a great Season . We spent the day on the Lake and finished the day with some team cooking in Russborough & Pizza afterwards. But the big highlight was the arrival of the Miley cup & a big thanks to Kev , Curt & Rob for their inspirational words. The lads will take them all onboard

Congratulations to NKL u14 shield champions

Minor Ladies from last Sunday

Wicklow LGFA Minor A Championship

Result

Blessington 12-17 to Bray 2-2

Our Minors had a big win vs Bray away last Sunday evening in what was a very strong team performance. The girls now move onto the semi-final of the Minor A Championship.

Scorers,

Paige McDonald 4-4,Aibhe King 4-0,Sadhbh Fisher 1-4,Robyn Brennan 0-5,Ciara O’Neill 1-2,Emily-Rose O’Toole 1-0,Clara Keane 1-0,Aoife Cullen 0-1,Aoibheann Bailey 0-1

Well done to all involved

Wicklow LGFA Minor A Championship Saturday 11th November

Result

Blessington 6-19 to Annacurra 2-6

Our Minors had a great win away vs Annacurra tonight with a brilliant team performance. Our girls now qualify for the Minor A Championship Final on Nov 26th vs the winners of AGB vs St Patrick’s More details to follow !

Scorers

Robyn Brennan 4-7,Leila Shannon 1-3,Paige McDonald 0-3,Aibhe King 0-3,Ciara O’Neill 1-0,Sadhbh Fisher 0-2,Aoibheann Bailey 0-1

Well done to all involved

All Stars

Lots of fun at all starss this morning. Our all stars are swapping to Saturday for the 18th and 25 th of November from 11 to 11.45 on the astro . Margaret from Blessington Library is popping up for a morning of fun on Saturday 18th We have a very special visitor from the North Pole coming up on Sunday 3rd of December on the astro from 10 to 11 to finish up all stars till after Christmas .

Condolences

f John Byrne, Father to our County Chairman Damien Byrne,

We send our deepest condolences to Damien Byrne our county Chairman and his family on the passing of his father John Byrne , may John rest in eternal peace.

You can keep up to date with everything across all of our social media pages

Contact Lisa Jackson PRO 086 376 7534 (Eilís Mhic Shiacais)

Olivia Kinsella 086 030 8395 All lgfa related

Pro.blessington.wicklow@gaa.ie

Graham Keogh 17/11/2023 Graham Keogh 17/11/2023

Club Notes 5/11/2023

Well our seniors missed out on progressing any further in the Leinster senior football championship. The team were at home to St. Mary’s Louth in the quarter finals today but were beaten on a score line of Blessington 2-05 to St. Mary’s 3-09. Blessington went in at halftime 1 point up but unfortunately the 2nd half wasn’t as successful.

The lads gave this match 100% after only a week since winning the county title last weekend. We are extremely proud of every one of them and they can hold their heads high knowing the impact that their super win last week meant to the entire community.

The team and management will have a well earned break and regroup in the coming weeks. Thank you to everyone for your full support throughout this campaign.

U19’s

The team had their first championship match against Aughrim on Saturday at home in Blessington. In awful weather conditions they beat their opponents on a scoreline of Blessington 2=08 to Aughrim 1-07. Well done to everyone involved.

U12’s

Our U12’s wrapped up a weekend the club will never forget with a great win in the Allen Cup final against Michael Dwyers in Dunlavin last Monday. In horrible conditions the lads showed they’re not just a lovely football team but a very hard working one not giving MD any time on the ball and punishing them on every attack. Noah pulled off some super saves in goals, at the back we had stand out displays in Austin Max Sean Evan Denis and Alex, in midfield Luke and Dylan once again covered every blade of grass and turned over lots of MD attacks and helped by Hugo and Noah Byrne. Up front the 2 Liamo’s led the attack with Mason Craig Conor Eoghan Isaac Dylan G & Aaron all working hard as a unit and contributing some great scores. Special mention to Brogin who was injured but still there to support the lads. Captain Liam Ricker was presented with the cup by Geraldine Boothman and our POTM was Shane Buggy today who gave a display of attitude and work rate. Thanks to everyone for supporting us and Sharon & Lilly for tea after

U12’s were joined by the county champions and the Miley Cup at their end of season party on Saturday. Thanks so much to the players for taking the time out to spend time with the juvenile players.

U8’s & U9’s

The boys U-8s and U-9s went to the Connaught Centre of Excellence Air Dome to play Borrishule Mayo in Go-Games as an end of the season trip. They brought along the Miley cup too for the trip. They all had a fantastic day and well done to the coaches for organising.

You can keep up to date with everything across all of our social media pages

Contact Lisa Jackson PRO 086 376 7534 (Eilís Mhic Shiacais)

Olivia Kinsella 086 030 8395 All lgfa related

Pro.blessington.wicklow@gaa.ie