Club Notes 04/08/2024
Good evening. Hope you are all enjoying the Bank Holiday weekend. As we are in full swing of the championship for all teams we would like to thank everyone for the support shown so far. It’s very much appreciated that supporters take the time to travel to all the away games and to see the blue and white in the stands gives the players a massive lift. A special mention to Alan Bruce who has been kept busy taking photographs of the teams and putting reels together, again this is very much appreciated.
Thanks also to Dave Greville and Heart Healthy Solutions for providing the teams with new first aid kits and supplies. The club really appreciates it.
Our Senior Ladies would like to thank everyone who supported our “Guess the Score” competition for the All Ireland Final.
Congratulations to our Winner Lauren Edgeworth.
Senior Men
The lads had a bit of a break in games but it was back to business on Saturday as they headed to Baltinglass to take on Kiltegan in their 2nd round of championship. It was neck and neck the entire game with both teams level on 1-07 at halftime. The 2nd half was pretty much the same with the game finishing a draw at the full time whistle. Final score Blessington 2-14 to Kiltegan 2-14. Scorers for Blessington: Kevin Quinn 0-05, Anto Mc.Loughlin 1-04, Mikey O’Connor 1-03 and Dan Silke Fetherston 0-02
The team head back to Aughrim on Saturday 10th August and they face Baltinglass in the 3rd round. Throw in is at 4.30pm
Junior A
The Junior A team faced Kilmac in the third round of the Championship in Laragh on Sunday 4 August. Kilmac are the favourites in this group and they showed their form by leading 2-9 to 0-4 at half time. Blessington had a better second half but there was no stopping the opposition. Final score Kilmac 2-17 to Blesso 1-6. Next up is An Tochar in Valleymount on Fri 9 Aug at 7.30pm.
Scorers were Peter Manning 0-01, Mikey O’Toole 1-03, Finn Behan 0-01, Thomas Walsh 0-01 .
Junior C
Our Junior B lads hosted Donard/Glen on Thursday. Well done lads on a great win. Final score Blessington 2-10 to Donard/Glen 2-08.
Scorers: Thomas Walsh 1-01. Cian Long 0-02, Conor Dolan 0-01, Bryan Carroll 0-06 and Jonathon Behan 1-00.
Next match is away to Avondale in Avondale on Thursday 15th August, throw in at 7.30pm
Minor
The minor lads are away to Michael Dwyers on Tuesday 6th August in Stratford. Throw in at 8pm
Ladies Football
U16 Girls
Well we had the final game of the Under 16 League on Thursday in Blesso, the girls came up against a strong Rathnew team. A great game of competitive football ahead of the up and coming championship at the end of the month. To field two teams at Div 1 & Div 3 throughout the league wouldn’t have been possible without hard work from the girls and management and the super help from the U14 squad. Hats off to everyone. The girls came away with a win and a lot of happy faces left the pitch with soaked faces after putting in a hard shift. Well done to each and every one of them. Too hard again to pick POTM but we mention Meabh Doyle for doing a super job in goal and Leah for scoring a well worked team goal. Huge thanks to all the supporters today ye were Brillo Fantastic performance and on we go with champo prep.
All Stars Cul Camp
The inclusion Cul camp took place last Monday and Tuesday with 24 children taking part. This is our 3rd year to host the inclusive camp and are so proud of how much it has grown over the years. The children that took part were not just from Blessington but the wider community and also Kildare. The fun that everyone had over the 2 days is so hard to describe so if you take a look at the video that we put together the smiles on everyones faces tells it all. Thanks so much to all the helpers and volunteers who made this camp possible. There are too many to name individually but everyone knows the part they played.
Next stop is to Croke Park on Tuesday 6th August to take part in the inclusive Go Games. We are really looking forward to this event. Again keep a lookout on our social media pages for all the photos.
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 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