Transfer deadline day 2015 has passed

Transfer deadline day when it comes to transfers in soccer has another seven days to go, but for those transferring within the GAA in Waterford, the deadline has passed and those agreed to by the transfer committee within the county board are set to be sanctioned this evening at a county board meeting.

As has become the norm in recent years, the greatest number of transfers come involving clubs in the east of the county.

In the East Waterford this year, it should be noted that Kill only play Football, Fenor only play hurling, Kilmacthomas only play football as do Newtown. Ballydurn, Ballyduff Lower and Butlerstown only play hurling. As is normal for many years now Rathgormack and John Mitchell’s only play Football and Clonea only play hurling.

With Naomh Pol deciding to not to field teams this year, thirteen players have decided to move clubs for 2015. 3 players have decided to move to Erin’s Own, 5 have moved to Saint Saviours, while Ferrybank, Portlaw, Roanmore, Dunhill and Mount Sion have all gained one player each from the Lisduggan club.

Two members of the Ballyduff Lower Club who are not fielding football teams in 2015 have decided to throw their lot in with Newtown. 12 members of the same club will be playing their football with Kilmacthomas, while 10 members of the Kilmacthomas club who are not fielding hurling teams in 2015 will be playing their hurling with Ballyduff Lower.

8 members of the Fenor Club have decided to throw their lot in with the Kill Footballers in the year ahead.

The Tramore Club have suffered a number of losses for the year ahead with players moving to Saint Saviours, Mount Sion, Butlerstown, Kill and Fenor.

The John Mitchell’s Club have had four players move to them which could well strengthen their challenge to get out of the Intermediate Football Championship at the end of the year.

With Butlerstown not fielding football teams in 2015, three club members will be playing their football with Newtown in the year ahead. 1 further player from Butlerstown will be moving from Butlerstown to Dunhill.

Bunmahon will have three new faces within their ranks in 2015, two from eastern clubs and one from the west.

Ballydurn (in hurling) and Newtown (in football) will have players moving to them from Kilrossanty and De La Salle.

Other transfers see players move from Fenor to Erin’s Own, Saint Saviours to Mount Sion, St. Molleran’s to Clonea, while the stand out transfer sees John Dee move from Portlaw to Mount Sion for the second time.

In the west, movement between clubs was not as widespread.

The biggest gain in the West sees former minor inter county player Kieran Power move from John Mitchell’s and Clonea to Dungarvan.

Old Parish who were beaten in last years Junior Football County Final after a replay against Kill sees four players move to the club for 2015, three of which move from An Rinn and one from Ardmore.

Melleray/Glen Rovers will have three new faces in the year ahead, as two players move from Cappoquin/Affane and one from Lismore.

Cappoquin who are playing senior hurling in 2015 sees one player move to them from neighbours Tourin.

Two juvenile transfers were granted to players in the east of the county involving players moving from Kill to De La Salle and Ferrybank to Mount Sion.

1 adult transfer from Tramore to Saint Saviours was turned down as was 1 juvenile transfer in the east from Butlerstown to Mount Sion. The latter was turned down as there was not a change of address, something that is required with a number of years in Waterford when it comes to juvenile transfers.

In the west two juvenile transfers were granted involving players moving from Abbeyside/Ballinacourty and Dungarvan to Naomh Brid, one of which will play adult hurling and football for Sliabh gCua/St Mary’s the other for Modeligo.

Four juvenile transfers were turned down in the east of the county involving players moving from Ballyduff Lower to Kilrossanty and Kilmacthomas to Stradbally because of a no change of address as is required.

Transfers in 2015.

Kevin Cheasty, Liam Flynn and Mathew Creed – Naomh Pól to Erin’s Own.

Pat Buckley, Wayne Shorthall, Pat Halpin, Stephen Butler, Stephen O Donohue – Naomh Pól to Saint Saviours.

Anthony Heffernan – Naomh Pól to Ferrybank

Joe O’Brien – Naomh Pól to Portlaw

Pat Foran – Naomh Pól to Roanmore

Anthony O’Brien – Naomh Pól to Dunhill

Anthony Fitzpatrick – Naomh Pól to Mount Sion

Raymond Ryan and Paul Kennedy – Ballyduff Lower to Newtown

John Carey, Craig Tyrell, Eoin Cummins, Cillian Harris, Coleman Power, Marcus Millea, Emmett Power, Darragh Larkin, Declan Cheasty, Bryan Power, Brian O’Leary and John O’Leary - Ballyduff Lower to Kilmacthomas

Martin Sutton, Adam Walsh, Evan Joy, Patrick Mulhearne, Caolan Kiersey, David Hugh, Moyles Walsh, Ryan Gallagher, Arron Walsh Davis, Sean Dee – Kilmacthomas to Ballyduff Lower  

Anthony Whelan, Walter O’Neill, David O’Brien, Sean O’Keeffe, Oisin Queally, Robert Tyrell as well as Peter and Donal Kelly – Fenor to Kill

David Hayes – Tramore to Saint Saviours

Sean Colfer, Damien Frisby Nicholas Cannell – Tramore to Mount Sion

Sean Hicks – Tramore to Butlerstown

David O’Connor – Tramore to John Mitchell’s

Oliver St. John, Eoin Farrell, William Cullinane, Eric Lonergan – Tramore to Kill

Oliver St. John, William Cullinane, Eric Lonergan – Tramore to Fenor

Cian Butler and Jason Browne – Rathgormack to John Mitchell’s

Jason Wall and Barry Frayne – De La Salle to John Mitchell’s

Pat Matthews, Richard Barron and Shane Kavanagh – Butlerstown to Newtown

Ryan Butler – Butlerstown to Dunhill

Stephen Power – John Mitchell’s to Bunmahon.

Ross Kiely – Newtown/Ballydurn to Bunmahon

Stephen Curran – Kilrossanty to Ballydurn

Ronan O’Sullivan – De La Salle to Newtown (football), Ballydurn (Hurling).

David Bennett – Fenor to Erin’s Own

Lee Douglas – Saint Saviours to Mount Sion

Thomas O’Connell – Saint Molleran’s to Clonea

John Dee – Portlaw to Mount Sion.

Paddy Kiely – Kilrossanty to Stradbally

Kevin Dineen – Stradbally to Bunmahon.

Colm Ryan – Kilgobinet to Abbeyside/Ballinacourty

Craig Dunne – Tourin to Cappoquin/Affane

Cathal Fitzgerald – Ballysaggart to Lismore

Ed Molumphy – Ballyduff Upper to Tourin

Nicholas Condon, Adam O’Riordan, Seamus Ó Lonáin – An Rinn to Old Parish

Richard Stillwill – Ardmore to Old Parish

Pat Whyte – Kilrossanty to Clonea

Ricky Power – Bunmahon to Stradbally

Sean and Martin Ormonde – Cappoquin/Affane to Melleray/Glen Rovers

Shane Hickey – Dungarvan to Colligan

Kieran Power – John Mitchell’s (Football) Clonea (Hurling) to Dungarvan

Sean Cunningham – Ballyduff Upper to Ballysaggart

Pat Carey – Sliabh gCua/St Mary’s to Ballysaggart

Mark Montayne – Lismore to Melleray/Glen Rovers

The following are expected to be allowed to assist other clubs in 2015.

Corey Kennedy, Cillian Kirwan and Michael Mooney (all Kill and assisting Fenor)

Danny Sutton, Shane Fanning, Dan Cusack, Jonathan Long, Alan Fitzsimmons, Michael Mears (all Ballyduff Lower to Kilmacthomas)

Dylan Reed, Ross O’Shea, Jake Power, Colm Dempsey, Kieran Cheasty, Cormac Dunphy, Luke Gahan O’Brien, John Kennedy, Calum Lyons, Ryan Murray Eoin O’Brien (all Kilmacthomas to Ballyduff Lower)

Michael Galvin, Donal Fitzgerald (Kilrossanty to Ballydurn)

Juvenile Transfers:

Gearoid Hallinan – Abbeyside/Ballinacourty to Sliabh gCua/St Mary’s

Darragh Reddy – Dungarvan to Modeligo

Evan Hayes – Kill to De La Salle

John Martin – Ferrybank to Mount Sion