Club News 25 September 2023

Great week for adult ball teams: It’s been a great week to ten days for both our adult men and ladies footballers as are senior and Junior B men’s teams progressed to the quarter and semi-finals of their respective championships and the ladies team have advanced to the semi-final of theirs.

• Senior men’s football: Last weekend, we needed to beat Tinahely in Baltinglass to ensure passage to the quarter-finals. This was going to be a formidable challenge as their opponents had been unbeaten thus far in the championship. But a really good performance in tough conditions, saw them prevail by three points. They will play Arklow in the quarter-finals on 1 October. Read a match report HERE
• Junior B men’s football: Our second team secured their place in the last four of the championship courtesy of a good win over Avondale in Ballinakill on Monday. They raced into an earlier six-point lead which they never relinquished. They are due to play Tinahely in the semi-final on 29 September. Read a match report HERE.
• Adult Ladies Football: A late Ella Andrews goal settled the nerves and booked the team’s place in the semi-finals in their quarter-final match against An Tochar in Roundwood last Sunday. The team ran out four-point winners. They now face Bray in the semi-final tomorrow (24^th) at home at 12 pm.

Weekly fundraising lotto: The weekly jackpot is getting closer and closer to €5,000 as nobody matched all four numbers in last week’s draw. The winning digits were 6, 11, 15 and 27. This means that this week’s jackpot is €4,900. The weekly cash prize winners were Oliver Leonard and Donal Conlon. Get your tickets HERE

Dermot Earley Youth Leadership Programme: Following on from the success of last year’s Dermot Earley Youth Leadership programme for teenagers aged 15-18, especially TY students, Éire Óg, Greystones is pleased to announce it is running the programme again this year. Learn more at https://eireoggreystones.com/dermot-early/

Flying Visit: We had four brilliant performances from our four U16 boys football teams this week. The lads are always well supported, but one of the players, Niall Barry, had a special supporter, his great uncle Eugene who was on a visit from Canada. Eugene is the brother of club President Ray, and he played for the club himself back in the 1960s.