Club Notes 08/09/2024

Good evening. There is still plenty of activity on at the pitches and it was great to see so many taking part in juvenile blitz’ and games over the weekend. After the couple of days of bright sunshine the darker evenings are closing in so just be mindful and slow down when driving in and out of the car park.

Senior men

The team are in Bray this coming Friday at 8pm in a battle against relegation with Barndarrig. It’s not a situation that they ever thought they’d be in and we wish the lads and management the very best of luck on Friday.

Minor boy’s

The lads had a great win against St. Nicks last Monday in Round 5 of their championship. Final score St. Nicks 2-11 to Blessington 3-13. Their next championship match is at home on Monday 16th September against Annacurra.

U15A Boys

U15A Championship

Blesso 2-12 to Bray 0-3

The 15’s finished the group stage unbeaten with a good home win v Bray Emmetts . The lads now look forward to the County Final next Sunday in Aughrim, it would be fantastic to get some support out there for these brilliant bunch of lads.

Blesso vs Stratford u13 C semi final

Unfortunately Tuesday was not our night

From the moment the lads arrived at the pitch this evening , they were all switched on. Obvious to see the how focused the lads were.

With Stratford a physically bigger team and their primary u13 team tonight was always going to be difficult against our u12 lads

From the throw in Stratford scored a goal . We switched on and we started to dominate . Great movement , passing link play we started to show what this game meant to us . Taking some lovely scores . We were dominating all over the field. Stratford snatched a couple of goals through the big physical players who difficult to hold up . However we matched them with every 50/50 challenge. Going in level at half time where we should probably be leading .

Half time talk keep at it. On a sloppy night we needed to keep the passing crisp and keep attacking every time we had opportunity.

Started a little slow but again we were fighting for every ball. As the half went on every time we scored a nice point , they came back with a goal.

We took a 3 point lead 15 mins into the second half , missed a couple of frees and ball went the other end and we conceded a goal. Could see all the effort we put in was having an effect on the lads . We conceded multiple goals in a short space of time . We kept at it and got into some nice scoring position working to the very end . Probably our best performance of the season. Playing against a physically bigger team with players who are playing u15 championship, this was always going to be tough .

Coaches so proud of the effort put in this evening.

Final score 3-16 to 11:08

Thanks to all u11 lads who made a difference late into the second half.

Thanks to our professional umpires

Thanks to all the supporters this evening , great to see and hear everyone cheering the lads on.

We go again.

U8 Boys

The U8s had a busy week with two fixtures, Blessington hosting Athy and Castlemitchell for Go Games at home. The lads got some great scores in and showed they’re picking up the skills from training. Thanks to both clubs for travelling and to the Blesso parents for getting the lads out for two matches this week.

U7 Boys

Our U7s were out in Ballinakill on Saturday afternoon competing in the Wicklow League. They played 3 great games against An Tochar, Tinahely and Eire Og in very warm weather. Well done to all the lads who are improving their skills every week and thanks to all the parents for travelling out also.

Ladies Football

Tough night at the office on Thursday evening all round for our brilliant U16 girls. AGB were a strong physical team and Clara also. Best of luck to both teams asthey progress in the championship. Whatever about the score lines and the wins/losses throughout, these girls are a credit to their parents and the club. These times will make them stronger on and off the field. Thanks to all the parents for travelling and the support as always- ye never fail to support our girls and the coaches, U14’s and management, thank you to ye all for your support and best of luck to the girls on Sunday in their championship game.

Academy

Great night at our Academy, thanks to our sponsor Peter Hudson for sponsoring the Academy this year, it’s greatly appreciated by everyone at the club.

Every Friday 5:30 to 6:30 Academy boys and girls the next generation of Blesso stars.

Thanks to our great Coaches, Warren, David and Kirstie.

Healthy Club

Date for your diary Friday 27th September

The Ramblers Rest are holding a Bingo/Karaoke night with all proceeds going to the new Sensory room for our super All Stars. This promises to be a terrific night of fun, hope to see as many as possible there.

Re-Turn Bin

The orange bin is beside Brew 21 container and we ask you NOT to dispose coffee cups in it just any plastic bottles and cans. Thank you in advance.

World Suicide awareness day takes place on Tuesday 10th September and the team will be handing out green ribbons and information on suicide awareness. Also there are free online webinars on this subject and all details are on our social media pages through a QR code.

Irish language and culture

Date change!

Blessington GAA have received funding from the Fondúireacht Sheosaimh Mhic Dhonncha (Joe McDonagh Foundation) and this is part funded by Blessington GAA to host a series of "FREE Irish storytelling for children" between the ages of 4 and 8 which will be held in Blessington Library fir 8 sessions

commencing Sat 28 Sept, 12,26 Oct, 9,23,30 Nov, 7 and 14 Dec 2024 from 12 noon to 1pm. This event is open to all children in the community but numbers are limited for each session. Please contact Noreen on 0872858375 to book a child's place. Places will be offered on a first come first served basis.

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