Graham Keogh 30/07/2025 Graham Keogh 30/07/2025

Club Notes 27th July 2025

Good evening.

Blessington GAA &LGFA are holding a Golf Classic social club fundraising event on Friday the 22nd Aug in Tulfarris Hotel and golf resort. The format is a four ball team scramble with a shot gun start at 1.30pm. Post the golf we will have, prizes, food and a bit of craic. Details of the event are on the attached flyer, bookings and sponsporship for the event can be made using the below clubforce link or by contacting a member of the fundraising committee or Darren on 087 2264140. Spaced are limited to 26 teams on the day so please book early to not be disappointed. Booking is only secured by payment. https://blessingtongaa.clubforce.com/products/membership

Thanks to everyone who supported our new Blesso Espresso as we opened during the week. Keep an eye out for special offers. We will endeavour to open for all home games and events.

All Stars

Our All Stars Cul camp had to be called off due to the inclement weather. The camp went ahead on Tuesday with so many happy faces on the day. Thanks to everyone who volunteered and gave up their time to make the camp happen.

Senior Men

The lads are back in Aughrim this Saturday in the 2nd round of championship. They face AGB at 4.30pm. Let’s all get behind the team and management and show a huge Blesso support. Tickets must be purchased in advance on https://officialwicklowgaa.ie/tickets

Junior A

Our Junior A lads head to Hollywood on Friday evening in their 2nd round match against Baltinglass. Best of luck everyone. Please show your support for the team and management.

Junior B

Our Junior B lads are away to Bray Emmets on Thursday 31st July, Throw in against Bray at 7.30pm. Best of luck to you all.

Minor Boys

Well done to the minor team on their fantastic win against An Tochar last Monday evening. Final score Blessington 4-18 to An Tochar 0.06

U15 Boys

The team were away to Tomnafinoge on Wednesday evening in their first round of championship. Well done on a brilliant game. Final score Blessington 3-13 to Tomnafinoge 0-09

U14 Boys

Another super performance this morning from the lads in Celbridge. We were up by 2 points at half time 3-04 to 2-05, playing against a strong enough breeze, we probably could have led by more, but the lads upped it in the second half, and we’re on top all over try pitch. Some great performances from the younger lads once again who stepped up for us, and with the work rate of the entire panel in the second half conceding only 3 points, we ended up winning on a scoreline of 6-15 to 2-08, partly due to 3 super saves from Noah in goals. Well done to all, great start back to the Kildare championship 🔵⚪👍. And huge thanks to those who travelled out so early on a Sunday morning.

U16 Girls Blue Team

The Girls played a very strong unbeaten Tinahely team at home Thursday night and unfortunately came out wrong side with defeat.But this group will learn from Defeat and try make amends next Thursday night in their last league game at home to St Pats as know performance wasn't good enough.The group will reset then and focus ahead of championship start August 28th away to Tinahely.

Well done to Tinahely on win on Thursday, and best of luck in the last league game away to AGB to win league.

U12 Girls

Our U12 Division 1 Girls had a lovely win against Annacurra on Satuday morning...Some lovely football played.

Wicklow County Development

Well done to everyone who took part in games over the weekend with the development squads.

U16

Wicklow played Kildae in Aughrim and winning by 1 point. Well done Ryan Sargent, James Mc Carney, Jack Fitzgerald, Aaron Cantwel

U15

Well done to the U15’s Blessington lads who were involved with Wicklow this morning against Laois in the Dermot Earley Cup semi final, winning 5-06 to 3-10. Representing Blessington, Rian Elliott, Barry Smith, Noah Tyrrell, Wil O’Connor, Kayden McMahon & Conor Murphy.

U14

Well done to our Blessington lads Dylan Murray, Max Power and Liam Ellis who had super performances on the Wicklow U14 squad with 2 wins away against Longford on Saturday 26.

Wicklow Gaelic Masters

Big Big win for the boys on Saturday as they notched up a superb 0:15 to 0:08 win over the Cork Masters. With a victory required our lads didn't disappoint. The journey continues..

You can keep up to date on all club related news across all social media and also with our new Tik Tok account Blessington GAA Club. For all thing LGFA related you can contact Kim 085 207 9649 and for everything else football or club related you can contact myself Lisa on 086 376 7534 and pro.blessington.wicklow@gaa.ie

Graham Keogh 17/07/2025 Graham Keogh 17/07/2025

Club Notes 13th July 2025

Good morning. Blessington GAA &LGFA are holding a Golf Classic social club fundraising event on Friday the 22nd Aug in Tulfarris Hotel and golf resort. The format is a four ball team scramble with a shot gun start at 1.30pm. Post the golf we will have, prizes, food and a bit of craic. Details of the event are on the attached flyer, bookings and sponsporship for the event can be made using the below clubforce link or by contacting a member of the fundraising committee or Darren on 087 2264140. Spaced are limited to 26 teams on the day so please book early to not be disappointed. Booking is only secured by payment. https://blessingtongaa.clubforce.com/products/membership

Adult Men’s Teams

A disappointing start for both teams yesterday. Senior men travelled to Aughrim on Sunday morning for their opening game against Rathnew. The lads got off to a flying start but Rathnew found their boots and quickly followed on the scoreboard. Well done to everyone for putting on a super game of football in intense heat. Final score Blessington 2-10 V Rathnew 2-15. The lads have a couple of weeks to regroup before their next game on Saturday of August Bank Holiday weekend.

Then it was straight to Baltinglass for the Junior A lads to face Shilleagh/Coolboy. Again the lads started off well going in at halftime 1 point up. But Shilleagh came back out fighting and won on a scoreline of Blessington 2-13 V Shilleagh/Coolboy 4-13. Well done to everyone, it was a long hot day for the Junior team. And a huge thanks to all the supporters for travelling to both games.

U15’s Div 1 Match Report Wed 9th July

Our U15 Division 1 team kicked off their championship campaign last Wednesday with a tough away fixture against Rathnew.

Rathnew started off the brightest, and took control early on and slotted over some scores to lead at the first half water break. A better showing in the second quarter saw us reduce the deficit slightly, going into the half-time break five points behind.

With no breeze and temperatures still high, the second half opened brightly for us. We rattled off three unanswered scores to claw our way back into the game, and by the water break the sides were level heading into a tense final ten minutes.

Despite a spirited effort from our lads, Rathnew edged ahead again in the closing stages. We had a chance to snatch the win with the last kick of the game, but a great save from the Rathnew goalkeeper turned a potential match-winning goal into a single point.

Plenty of positives to take from the performance, and valuable lessons learned both on and off the pitch. A big thank you to all the parents and supporters who travelled on what was a very warm evening, next up is our second championship match this Sunday against Bray Emmets.

Final score:

Rathnew 2-15

Blessington 4-08

Blessington vs Portarlington u13

On Thursday evening our U13 held a challenge game in very warm conditions. Two evenly matched teams put in a great effort in preparation for next week’s championship.

Thanks to Portarlington for travelling down.

Thanks to Aaron, Sean, Josh and Kian for helping out this evening and to all parents who cheered them on.

Boy’s 8’s & 9’s

Blesso U8 and U9 boys hosted a go games blitz this week with Valleymount and Dunlavin. All teams put in great effort in very hot and sunny conditions, thanks to the away teams for travelling and all the positive support from the sidelines.

U10 Boys

The lads made the long trip to Arklow on Monday evening and put in a brilliant performance against a very well coached AGB team.Super stuff lads.

Blesso Blues Academy

What a fantastic evening we had up in the pitch on for our Academy on Friday. With a bit of quick planning and some very grateful help Blessington Fire Station came down with a full tank and helped the kids cool down and how delighted they all were. Us too!!! It was a brilliant evening and that’s just some of the fun we do get up to on Fridays. Even our Sponsor for Academy got soaked. Thanks Hudson Brothers,

Academy is every Friday 5.30-6.30.

U16 Girls

The U16 girls had a brilliant fun training session last night in unreal weather followed by Leah Headon’s Nutrition chat with the girls about eating healthy for their growth and development. The chat was specifically tailored to the female player/ athlete and the demands on their bodes during training and matches. We hope that the girls take something from the chat about how they plan there week around rest, training and match days, as well as implementing some of the fuelling habits for there overall health, which was the main theme of the chat. Thanks again to Leah Headon, Johnathan Behan and Qualitas Property Partners for sponsoring the chat and Kennys Super Valu for sponsor the recover fuel after training.

U14 Girls White

The u14 White team brought the league campaign to an end with a bang, putting on a super performance tonight away v St Pats.
Relentless work rate, team play and support gave them an impressive 6-11 to 1-03 win. Thanks to U12 girls for helping out. Well done girls

All Stars

Blessington inclusion Cul camp will run on Monday 21st and Tuesday the 22nd of July from 10am till 12noon. A big thank you to Cormac Noone and Cul camp for your help organizing. Any kiddies that are registered are very welcome to pop up next Sunday for a look around from 10am to 11am and meet some of Blessington All Star coaches and helpers that will be helping Cormac. Looking forward to meeting everyone.

Coffee Shop

Our coffee/snack shop will reopen in the coming days. Huge thanks to Brew 21 for the last many years of serving delicious coffee. All we need now is a new name! If you have ant suggestions please text Lisa 086 3767534