Its a festival of Underage Intercounty Hurling this weekend.

The last weekend of August means one thing. The annual festivals of Inter County Under 14, 15 and 16 hurling are about to take place.

As is the case with over 30 years, the Annual Tony Forristal and Sony Walsh Tournament takes place in Waterford City.

The Competition sees the very best players across Ireland’s strongest hurling counties take part in a competitive Inter County Hurling Tournament for the first time. Down the years, the tournament has seen many of the finest players take part in the Tournament and it can be taken for granted that some of the players that will take part in this years tournament will in the next five or six years go on to play for their Inter County senior side with some potentially ending up on the steps of the Hogan Stand in September.

The draws for the competition were made recently. In Division one, twelve counties will compete in four groups of three, while the Division two competition has ten teams taking part split into one group of four and two groups of three.

Games in Groups one and two of the Division one tournament will take place at the Mount Sion Club Grounds while the games in Groups three and four will take place at the Saint Saviours Club Grounds.

In group one, Laois, Antrim Wexford play each other. Waterford are drawn in group two along with Clare and Limerick. Dublin, Cork and Kilkenny are all in Group three, while the four sides in group four are Tipperary, Galway and Offaly.

In Division two, Waterford, Dublin, Galway and Clare are in group one and will be based at the De La Salle Club Grounds at Gracedieu. Wexford, Limerick and Kilkenny are in group two and which will be based at the Erin’s Own grounds in Poleberry while Kerry, Tipperary and Cork are in group Three which will be staged at Walsh Park.

Fixtures – Division One – At Mount Sion:

Laois                                      V             Wexford                              at 10am

Waterford                           V             Clare                                      at 10-50am

Laois                                      V             Antrim                                  at 11-40am

Waterford                           V             Limerick                               at 12-30pm

Wexford                              V             Antrim                                  at 1-20pmm

Clare                                      V             Limerick                               at 2-10pm

Group A Winner               V             Groups B Winner                  at 3-50pm

Fixtures – Division One – At Saint Saviours:

Dublin                                   V             Kilkenny                               at 10am

Tipperary                             V             Offaly                                    at 10-50am

Dublin                                   V             Cork                                       at 11-40am

Tipperary                             V             Galway                                 at 12-30pm

Kilkenny                               V             Cork                                       at 1-20pmm

Offaly                                    V             Galway                                 at 2-10pm

Group C Winner               V             Groups D Winner             at 3-50pm

Fixtures – Division Two – At De La Salle:

Waterford                           V             Clare                                     at 10am

Dublin                                   V             Galway                                 at 10-50am

Waterford                           V             Dublin                                   at 12-15pm

Clare                                      V             Galway                                 at 1pm

Waterford                           V             Galway                                 at 2-30pmm

Clare                                      V             Dublin                                   at 3-20pm

Group A Winner               V             Groups B Winner                   at 3-50pm

Fixtures – Division Two – At Erin’s Own:

Wexford                              V             Kilkenny                               at 10am

Kilkenny                               V             Limerick                               at 11-50am

Wexford                              V             Limerick                               at 1-40pm

Group Winner @ Erin’s Own       V             Groups Winner at Walsh Park at 3-20pm

Fixtures – Sonny Walsh – Division Two – At Walsh Park:

Group A Winner                               V             Semi Final Winners (Winners Groups B & C) at 5-30pm

Fixtures – Tony Forristal – Division One – At Walsh Park:

Semi Final Winner @ Mount Sion              V             Semi Final winner @ St Saviours at 6-40pm.

The Annual Carrigdhoun under 15 Tournament takes place at Ballygarvan in Co Cork.

This year there is a new format to the competition.

Games this year are twenty-five minutes a half and in the final, teams will play two twenty minute halves.

This will cut the amount of time that teams will be expected to play compared to other teams. Each team will be guaranteed 100 minutes of action with the teams reaching the final getting 140 minutes of action.

In the event of three or more teams finishing level on points in the group stages of the competition, ‘Scores Against’ will be used to determine the teams that will contest the final.

Fixtures – Division One –

Clare                                      V             Tipperary                             at 10-30am – Pitch One

Cork                                       V             Limerick                               at 10-30am – Pitch Two

Tipperary                             V             Limerick                               at 11-45am – Pitch One

Clare                                      V             Waterford                           at 11-45am – Pitch Two

Cork                                       V             Waterford                           at 1-pm - Pitch One

Fixtures – Division One – Plate Final

Third placed team            V             Fourth placed team        at 2-30pm – Pitch Two

Fixtures – Division One –Final (Ted Henley Cup)

Second Placed team       V             First Placed team             at 2-45pm – Pitch One

Meanwhile Cork, Tipperary and Limerick will take part in the Munster under 15 ‘B’ Tournament at Clarecastle.

Cork play Tipperary at 11am, Limerick and Tipperary clash an hour later while Cork and Limerick meet at 1pm.

The Tipperary Supporters Club sponsored All Ireland under 16 A and B tournaments will take place on Saturday with Clubs in South Tipperary hosting the competition this year.

The A group games will be hosted by Cahir, Moyle Rovers and Clonmel Óg with the St. Mary’s club in Clonmel hosting the finals.

The B group games will be hosted by Fr. Sheehy’s and Ballylooby with the final going ahead at Ballylooby.

The A groups are as follows: 1) Cork, Dublin, Clare and Waterford; 2) Offaly, Wexford, Limerick, Kilkenny; 3) Galway, Tipperary, Antrim and Laois.

The B groups are as follows: 1) Clare, Tipperary, Kilkenny and Kerry; 2) Galway, Cork, Wexford and Waterford.

Group Stages Fixtures

10.30am                                12.15pm                          2pm

Cork v Dublin                        Dublin v Clare                 Cork v Clare

Clare v Waterford                Cork v Waterford           Dublin v Waterford

Galway v Tipperary             Tipperary v Antrim         Galway v Antrim

Antrim v Laois                      Galway v Laois                 Tipperary v Laois

Offaly v Wexford                 Wexford v Limerick         Kilkenny v Wexford

Limerick v Kilkenny             Kilkenny v Offaly              Offaly v Limerick

The Shield final will go ahead at 3-45pm in Clonmel. Cahir and Moyle Rovers will host the semi finals with the final going ahead in Clonmel at 5-15pm.

All games are 15 minutes a side. In the event of a draw in both semi-finals and finals extra time will be played, five minutes aside. If still level the next score wins, maximum of five minutes then sudden death with 65 meter frees.

In all groups, if teams tie on equal points, then the team which won the head to head game will advance. If the game between the two teams that topped the group was a draw, then the team which conceded the LEAST amount of scores (overall total conceded) will go through and if the sides still cannot be separated the side that conceded the LEAST amount of goals will advance.

In the ‘B’ Competition. Clare, Tipperary, Kilkenny and Kerry will take part in group one at Ballylooby while Galway, Cork, Wexford and Waterford will play at the Fr. Sheehy’s Club grounds in Clogheen.

Group Stages Fixtures

10.30am.                               12.00                                                    1.30

Clare      v Tipperary            Tipperary          v Kilkenny                 Clare                    v Kilkenny

Kilkenny v Kerry                  Clare                   v Kerry                      Tipperary             v Kerry

Galway    v Cork                  Cork                    v Wexford                 Galway                v Wexford

Wexford v Waterford        Galway                v Waterford              Cork                    v Waterford

The top team from each group will contest the final at Ballylooby. All games are 15 minutes a side. In the event of a draw in final, extra time will be played, five minutes aside. If still level the next score wins   maximum of five minutes then sudden death with .65 meter frees. If there is a tie for top position, the team with the least amount conceded will advance to the final, and failing a winner to be found that way, the team that concedes the least amount of goals will advance.

 

No joy for Waterford ladies in All-Ireland semi final, but progress is made.

For the second year running, Waterford bowed out of the All-Ireland Intermediate Camogie Championship on Saturday last at the semi final stages of the competition, going under to Galway for the second successive year.

When the thirty plus players in the panel in the coming days and weeks sit down in their own time and think back over the year they had, they can do so with some pride.

Great strides have been made with Camogie over the past number of years, and the indications are that with Waterford moving in the right direction in underage circles, the future is indeed bright for Waterford.

In the last five years, three All-Ireland Junior Finals were reached, after winning the title in 2011 Waterford have reached the last two Intermediate semi finals, but surely it is only a matter of time before Waterford take that extra step and return to Croke Park on All-Ireland Final day and when they do, you really have to fancy the side to move up to the next grade of competition.

It’s fair to say that when it comes to the G.A.A. in Waterford and at a national level in general, our ladies do not get the recognition that they deserve. However, slowly this is starting to change. The Sunday game have given coverage to the Ladies Football and Camogie Senior Championships in the past few weeks which is a welcome move, and thanks in no small part to a small band of freelance journalists, a round up of games can be read in the some of the National papers on a Sunday.

The commitment by our ladies can be compared to our men’s sides. They put on the same training. They make the same sacrifices. It could be even argued that the commitment and sacrifices are even greater than what the men put in, as in Ladies Football and Camogie, there is no GPA to support them, and players often have to pay out of their own pocket to get to training and games, and when meals are arranged afterwards, it is often very basic.

During the past year, the Waterford intermediate Camogie team played thirteen games between the National League, the Munster Championship and the All-Ireland Championship.

The panel of around thirty players is made up from players coming from players all over the county.

It’s not true, but let’s say it is, that all the players come from the centre of the county, take Lemybrien as a base. If the players were to travel together to and from the thirteen games, they would have clocked up in the region of 3,200km this year. For some, the figure will be slightly higher, for some slightly lower, but it is an average figure. Add in what players would have clocked up in their cars to attend training sessions at venues like De La Salle, Lismore and the Gold Coast this year, all at their own expense or shared expense if two or more players were to travel together, and you really have to admire their commitment.

In the league this year, Waterford reached the Semi finals of the league this year where they were beaten by Kildare which was progress on past years, they reached the Munster Intermediate Final where they easily beat Tipperary and in the championship the semi finals were reached.

Galway at The Ragg got off to a dream start. Inside five minutes of the game starting they were five points up. Aoife Callanan opened the scoring for the Tribes-ladies which was quickly followed by a point from Aoife Donoghue.

Galway’s dream start quickly got better when Orlaith McGrath cracked a goal to the Waterford net in the fifth minute.

In fact, things could have been a lot worse for Waterford at this stage of the game. Aisling O’Brien in the first attack of the game did brilliant to keep Aoife O’Donoghue from bellowing the Waterford net and shortly afterwards the same player was foiled by Trish Jackman.

It was clear to see in the opening minutes that Waterford were in trouble at the back and the Waterford management team wasted no time in reshuffling their defence and the moves worked.

While Galway were next to score through Finola Keely, Waterford for the remainder of the first half proved to be the better of the two sides.

Nicola Morrissey pulled a point back for Waterford on seventeen minutes.  Aoife Donoghue hit her second of the game soon afterwards. Zoe O’Donoghue hit a point for Waterford to leave the Déise ladies trailing 1-4 to 0-2, but she was unlucky the effort from the Saint Anne’s player could with some lady luck on her side have gone under the crossbar.

Trish Jackman and Rebecca Hennelly swapped scores for the two sides to keep five between the sides, but the Saint Anne’s duo of Zoe O’Donoghue from play and Karen Kelly with a free and a forty-five raised white flags to leave just two between the sides.

However, in the time that was left, Galway were the only side to score as Rebecca Hennelly from a very harshly awarded free pointed to give Galway a 1-6 to 0-6 lead at the change of ends.

Galway in the second half proved to be the better of the two sides. Finola Keely and Rebecca Hennelly added early scores which stretched the Tribe’s ladies lead to five.

Waterford pulled a point back through Zoe O’Donoghue but Galway were to hit the next four scores through Orlaith McGrath, Deirdre Burke, Rebecca Hennelly and Orlaith Burke again to give them a 1-12 to 0-7 lead with forty five minutes on the clock.

Two minutes later, Waterford won a free forty-five metres from goal. Karen Kelly sent in a testing ball around the Galway goal which a number of Galway players unsuccessfully tried to clear and somehow, the ball managed to find its way to the Galway net to leave five points between the sides.

Waterford were unable to add to the goal, and the eventual winners were able to land a hat-trick of points all from Rebecca Hennelly which helped them to a 1-15 to 1-7 win.

Galway are through to the All-Ireland for the second year running where they will play a very good Limerick side.

As pointed out, some good progress is being made when it comes to Camogie in Waterford in recent years. I for one, have no doubt that the raw material is there to achieve even greater achievements. Waterford I believe are doing about things right. Steady progress is made each year and the players some of whom are very young are picking up some great experience which will stand to them.

There can be no doubting, the panel will have been disappointed after last Saturday’s defeat to Galway, but they know they are moving in the right direction, and all those involved in the game within the county know that some great prospects can be added to the panel over the next year or two.

Some more progress can be made this weekend when the counties under 16 team travel to Mallow to play Cork in the All-Ireland ‘B’ Final. The sides have met a number of times this year. There had been one win for Waterford, one defeat for Waterford and on one occasion, Waterford had to settle for a share of the spoils.

This weekend, these results will have to be forgotten about. A quick glance at the scoreboard before the game will show that it read’s 0-0 to 0-0 before the throw in. What it will be after the game right now is anyone’s guess. Let’s hope that it will be in Waterford’s favour, which might make up for some of the disappointment of last weekend.

Galway: Roisin Callanan; Tara Kenny, Shauna Healy, Colette Gill; Paula Kenny, Sarah Noone, Sinead Keane; Aoife Callanan, Caitriona Cornmican: Katie O’Dwyer, Rebecca Hennelly, Maria Cooney; Finola Keely, Orlaith McGrath, Aoife Donoghue. Subs: Deirdre Burke for Moira Cooney, Moira Connaughton for Sarah Noone, L Mitchell for Finola Keely, Megan Moran for Caitriona Cornmican.  

Scorers: Rebecca Hennelly 0-7 (4 frees, 1 ’45), Orlaith McGrath 1-2, Finola Keely, Aoife Donoghue 0-2 each, Deirdre Burke, Aoife Callanan 0-1 each.

Waterford: Aisling O’Brien; Emma Hannon, Fiona Morrissey, Vicki Falconer; Marie Russell, Charlotte Raher, Jenny McCarthy; Trish Jackman, Mairead Murphy; Jennie Simpson, Nicola Morrissey, Shona Curran; Karen Kelly, Zoe O’Donoghue, Ruth Geoghegan. Subs: Claire Murphy for Ruth Geoghegan, Lorraine Bray for Emma Hannon.

Scorers: Karen Kelly 1-2 (1-1 frees, 0-1 ’45), Zoe O’Donoghue 0-3. Nicola Morrissey, Trish Jackman (free) 0-1 each.

Referee: Ger O’Dowd (Limerick).

 

 

Plenty of Drama as last four in Senior Hurling Championship are confirmed.

The quarter final pairings for this years county senior hurling championship were confirmed over the weekend with the staging of the final round of games in the league section of the competition in the two groups.

Games in group A were played at venues across West Waterford on a Saturday evening with group two games going ahead twenty four hours later at Walsh Park, Kill and Fraher Field.

Ahead of this past weekend’s games, De La Salle, Fourmilewater and Ballyduff Upper had qualified for the knockout stages in group one, while Mount Sion and Passage had qualified in group two.

The game at Cappoquin on Saturday evening between Ballyduff Upper and Fourmilewater was in effect a dead rubber game with the only thing to be decided which of the two would finish second and third.

Both sides were short of first choice players and both sides also played without the players on the county minor team that are most likely to feature in the upcoming All-Ireland final.

The opening half proved to be an even battle with the sides retiring level at the break (1-5 to 0-8) the goal coming on twenty four minutes for Ballyduff Upper from Kevin Casey.

Fourmilewater were well on top in the second half, striking the first seven scores of the half, including a goal from Jamie Barron on thirty eight minutes which gave Fourmilewater a 1-11 to 1-5 lead.

At the three quarters stage mark in the game, Fourmilewater had stretched their lead to eight points (1-15 to 1-7) and they continued to dominate the game to run out comfortable 1-21 to 1-9 winners.

At Clashmore Lismore were always on top. There was never any doubting what the final outcome of the game would be, the only thing to be decided was the winning margin and then Lismore would have to wait for news from Fraher Field to see if their efforts were all in vein.

Lismore in total struck seven goals over the course of the hour. Former inter county star Dan Shanahan struck the first two goals of the game, the first coming on ten minutes and the second coming ten minutes later.

Chris O’Gorman added a third goal for the Heritage Town side on twenty four minutes which helped Lismore to a 3-14 to 0-9 lead at the break.

In the second half, Lismore continued to control proceedings. Paudie Prendergast hit their fourth goal on thirty nine minutes and on forty six minutes John Heneghan added a firth which gave Lismore a 5-19 to 0-14 lead.

Dave Howard added a sixth for Lismore on fifty three minutes and the route was complete for An Rinn a minute from time when Jordan Shanahan crashed Lismore’s seventh goal.

An Rinn in their first season back in the senior ranks since they were relegated in 2009 finished bottom of the group and will face Roanmore in a relegation play off in the coming weeks.

Both sides throughout the championship have suffered their share of injuries, but the 2012 intermediate champions will go into that game in somewhat of a confident mood as after hitting nineteen points in this game, a tally that would win most games would have won most games and they would have had something to spare as well.

All Lismore’s hard work in the game with An Rinn was to prove to be for nothing however as their neighbours Tallow pulled off what some have described as a surprise win over last years county senior hurling champions, De La Salle who were short several members of that winning team.

Tallow opened the game brightly hitting two early frees from Paul Kearney and they added the first goal of the game on seven minutes when Thomas Ryan finished superbly to give them a 1-2 to 0-2 lead.

De La Salle missed a good chance to come right back into the game on twelve minutes when Eoin Madigan won his side a penalty but Jake Dillon saw his effort saved by Shaun O’Sullivan in the Tallow goal.

Tallow added a second goal in sixteen minutes, Thomas Ryan again sending the umpire to reach for the green flag, a score which gave Tallow a 2-2 to 0-2 lead.

The remainder of the half proved to be an even enough encounter as Jake Dillon put over a brace of frees for De La Salle and Paudie Nevin added one from play, while Paul Kearney added two for Tallow and Aidan Kearney added one to give Tallow a 2-5 to 0-5 lead at the switch of ends.

Tallow began the second half as they did the first putting over a brace of scores, but De La Salle responded with points fro John Coady, David Green and Adam O’Sullivan.

Former inter county hurler Bryan Phelan in between efforts from Paul Kearney and Shane McCarthy gave Tallow a 2-9 to 0-9 advantage at the three quarter stage mark in the game.

De La Salle however were to finish the game the stronger of the two sides, as Adam O’Sullivan, Jake Dillon with a brace and John Coady all landed points, with Tallow’s sole response coming from William McCarthy which helped his side to a 2-10 to 0-13 victory and a place in the quarter finals.

On Sunday evening, Mount Sion were to prove too strong for Roanmore at the Kill venue.

The Monastery Men were always on top in this game and lead 0-4 to 0-1 after fifteen minutes.

At the break they lead 0-10 to 0-4 and they continued in the second half to be the stronger of the two sides.

At the three quarter stage mark in the game they held a 0-13 to 0-6 advantage and in the final quarter of the game, the two sides split eight points evenly between them as Mount Sion ran out 0-17 to 0-10 winners.

At Walsh Park, for much of the first half very little separated neighbours Ballygunner and Passage.

A Brian O’Sullivan goal on three minutes was to prove to be a crucial score for Ballygunner who needed to win this game to secure a place in the last eight of the championship.

Just past the quarter of an hour mark Ballygunner held a 1-2 to 0-3 advantage, and at the break they had stretched the gap between the sides to four as they went in leading 1-7 to 0-8.

At the end of the third quarter Ballygunner lead 1-13 to 0-8 and they stretched that lead even further on forty seven minutes when JJ Hutchinson rattled the Passage net.

Inter county minor panel member Sean Hogan pulled a goal back for Passage three minutes from time, but it was to prove to be a mere consolation score as Ballygunner ran out winners on a 2-17 to 1-9 winners.

There was plenty of drama at Fraher Field where the nearest of neighbours Dungarvan and Abbeyside clashed in a must win game for both sides.

An estimated attendance of around 3,000 filed through the turn styles to see both these sides serve up a battle that the final outcome was in doubt right up to the finish.

Abbeyside were to have the better start in this game and after nine minutes they held a 0-3 to 0-1 lead, but from here to the break, Dungarvan were to proved to be the better of the two sides and they retired to the dressing rooms holding a 0-9 to 0-4 advantage thanks mainly to the unerring shooting by Patrick Curran with older brother Cormac as well as inter county player Jamie Nagle also getting their names on the score sheet in the first half.

The opening exchanges of the second half proved to be even enough as both sides traded scores.

On thirty nine minutes Mark Gorman put over a free to leave his side trailing 0-13 to 0-7, but when Patrick Hurney finished a long range Richie Foley free to the net two minutes later the tide began to turn.

Hurney added another point to leave two between the sides and when Gary Hurney was pulled down inside the box on forty nine minutes, Stephen Enright made the long trip up field to take a penalty and he made no mistake in giving his side a 2-8 to 0-13 advantage.

Dungarvan needing to win if they were to advance to the knockout stages of the championship with Ballygunner winning in Walsh Park hit back with a brace of Patrick Curran frees to give Dungarvan a one point advantage with nine minutes to play.

It was now Abbeyside that had to show what they could do as they would bow out of the competition if both Dungarvan and Ballygunner were to win, and they hit back with a brace of Mark Gorman points to give them the advantage with two minutes to play.

There was still time for Drama as Cormac Curran levelled matters with a minute to go, and with just seconds left of the clock Mark Gorman put over a free to give Abbeyside the lead.

Nobody however was leaving the ground early and in stoppage time Dungarvan won a free less than thirty metres from goal. Patrick Curran had no other option but to send go for goal. The supporters of both sides held their breath as Abbeyside brought fourteen men in front of their goal, while Dungarvan had twelve players in front of the Abbeyside goal and the County Minor star standing over the ball.

Abbeyside were able to prevent the ball from reaching its destination, and the full time whistle soon followed. Abbeyside won by a goal, but for some Abbeyside supporters the win was worth a lot more to see their neighbours from across the harbour go crashing out of the championship.

With the final whistle came the confirmation of the quarter final pairings. De La Salle and Ballygunner will mean in what surly will be the tie of the round. Mount Sion and Tallow have served up some lively battles in the last few years and they must meet once again, while the other quarter finals see Abbeyside and Fourmilewater clash in an all Western Clash while two sides from opposite ends of the county Passage and Ballyduff Upper also meet in the last eight.

The quarter finals of the championship are pencilled in for the weekend of September 14 and 15, and while it is to be confirmed it could well be expected that An Rinn and Roanmore could clash in the relegation play off.

Weekly Digest - 23 August 2013

Minor Hurling Championship

During the week, games were played in divisions one and two of this year’s Minor Hurling Championship.

On Thursday, I tweeted the up to date league tables as I had them, i.e. from results given on the County Board’s Website. However, they do not appear to be correct, as a number of people have got onto me to tell me that games were played already but no results were given on the website.

I am at present trying to get my hands on all results so far in this year’s championship and once these results are sourced, correct tables will be put together.

Sometimes, fixtures going up on the county board website can be a little slow. This is no fault of the County Board officers. Maybe, clubs however could play their part in ensuring that their supporters at home and abroad and GAA supporters in general get to know the results of games as soon as possible after games by having someone uploading the result of games onto an official Twitter page which can be linked with a Facebook pages. Social Media is a great way to promote something, and in the main it is free so why not have clubs use it.

Camogie

It’s a big weekend for Waterford Camogie as the counties Intermediate side takes on Galway in the All-Ireland Semi Final. The game has a 2-30pm thrown in on Saturday at the Ragg in Co. Tipperary. The game has been previewed elsewhere on this blog.  With the All-Ireland Under 21 semi finals on in Thurles patrons may experience some delays on the way home as well as on the way to the game if its let to the last minute to arrive at the venue.

Ladies Football

Saturday is a big day for Ladies Football in the county as the Counties Under 16 team take on Meath in the All-Ireland ‘B’ Final at McDonagh Park in Nenagh. The game has a 3-45pm throw in and is preceded by the ‘C’ Final between Limerick and Westmeath. As with the Camogie game, supporters returning home from this game could expect some delays in Thurles due to the All-Ireland under 21 semi finals which are on at Semple Stadium on Saturday evening. The under 16 game is previewed with the Camogie game elsewhere on my blog.

County Fixtures.

The final round of games in the league section of this years county senior hurling championship are down to be played this weekend. Previews can be found elsewhere on my blog.

Minor Hurling Fundraiser.

A number of Fundraising nights to try and help off set the cost of the upcoming All-Ireland Final clash with Galway or Limerick have been arranged. On Monday night an auction will take place at O’Donnacha’s in Kilmeaden. Entry is €5. One item to be auction on the night are two All-Ireland Hurling Final tickets along with a signed Waterford jersey and signed hurley.

Eastern Fixtures.

Fixtures in the East of the County this weekend.

Friday -            I.H.C.   Clonea V Butlerstown in Dunhill at 7pm

                        I.H.C.   De La Salle V Mount Sion in Walsh Park at 7pm

                        J.H.C.   Tramore V Fenor in Kill at 7pm

                        J.H.C.   Ballydurn V Bunmahon in St Molleran’s at 7-30pm

                        J.H.C.   Ballygunner V Passage in Clayboy at 7pm

Saturday -        I.H.C.   Ballyduff Lower V Erin’s Own in Kill at 5-15pm

                        I.H.C.   Ballygunner V Dunhill in Walsh Park at 7pm

                        J.H.C.   Tramore V Butlerstown in Kill at 7pm

Sunday -          I.H.C.   Portlaw V Ferrybank in Walsh Park at 2-30pm

Development Squads.

A Waterford GAA Development Squad Fundraiser takes place this Saturday in Walsh Park when the counties U14, U15 & U16 hurling teams play against Kilkenny. Tickets are on sale from Walsh Park, Coaching and Games Development Committee, Clubs and Development Squads at just €5 for adults and free admission for U16's. Tickets will also be available on the day at Walsh Park. The action gets under way at 2pm. 

Western Final

Ardmore and Cappoquin will clash in the final of this year’s Western Intermediate Hurling League on Friday August 23. The game has a 7-30pm thrown in and will double as a game in the league section of the championship. The winners of the game in addition to winning the league will go straight to a Western semi final while the losers will play in the quarter finals.

Western Fixtures

Fixtures in the West of the County this weekend.

Friday -            I.H.C.   Ardmore V Cappoquin in Fraher Field at 7-30pm

                        I.H.C.   Fourmilewater V Cappoquin in Colligan at 7-30pm

                        J.H.C.   Dungarvan V Tallow in Cappoquin at 7-15pm

                        J.H.C.   Lismore V An Rinn in Bushy Park at 7-15pm

                        J.H.C.   Abbeyside V Clashmore in Ring at 7-15pm

                        J.F.C.    Stradbally V Ballinameela in Abbeyside at 7-30pm

Saturday -        J.H.C.   Modeligo V Kilgobinet in Bushy Park at 7pm

Sunday -          I.H.C.   Clashmore V Ballinameela in Cappoquin at 3-30pm

                        I.H.C.   Abbeyside V Brickeys in Fraher Field at 3-30pm

                        J.H.C.   Saint Mary’s V Ballysaggart in Cappoquin at 2pm

                        J.H.C.   Colligan V Geraldine’s in Fraher Field at 2pm

Divisional League Tables

Comeragh Oil Western Intermediate Hurling Championship Group 1

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	Points
Cappoquin	3	3	0	0	57	41	16	6
Ardmore	3	2	1	0	67	45	22	5
Stradbally	4	2	1	1	71	50	21	5
Tourin	3	0	0	3	37	58	-21	0
Fourmilewater	3	0	0	3	33	71	-38	0

Comeragh Oil Western Intermediate Hurling Championship Group 2

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	Points
Shamrocks	4	3	0	1	85	60	25	6
Clashmore	3	2	0	1	51	41	10	4
Brickeys	3	2	0	1	51	49	2	4
Ballinameela	3	1	0	2	60	54	6	2
Abbeyside	3	0	0	3	27	70	-43	0

League Table John J. Murphy East Intermediate Championship Group 1

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	Points
De La Salle	5	4	0	1	95	57	38	8
Ballygunner	5	4	0	1	65	52	13	8
Ferrybank	5	3	0	2	105	79	26	6
Butlerstown	5	3	0	2	90	94	-4	6
St Molleran's	5	1	0	4	76	90	-14	2
Ballyduff Lower	5	0	0	5	47	106	-59	0

League Table John J. Murphy East Intermediate Hurling Championship Group 2

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	Points
Clonea	5	4	0	1	94	83	11	8
Portlaw	5	3	0	2	100	80	20	6
Mount  Sion	5	3	0	2	106	95	11	6
Dunhill	5	3	0	2	89	79	10	6
Erins Own	5	1	0	4	62	72	-10	2
St Saviours	5	1	0	4	63	105	-42	2

League Table 2013 - The Local Bar Western Junior Hurling Championship

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	Points
Ballysaggart	4	3	0	1	101	70	31	6
Geraldines	4	3	0	1	82	53	29	6
Colligan	4	2	0	2	84	57	27	4
St Mary's	4	2	0	2	71	65	6	4
Modeligo	4	2	0	2	73	79	-6	4
Kilgobinet	4	0	0	4	37	124	-87	0

League Table Gerry Kennedy Crash Repairs East Premier Junior Hurling Championship

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	Points
Tramore	5	5	0	0	90	45	45	10
Ballydurn	4	3	0	1	69	41	28	6
Bunmahon	4	2	0	2	56	62	-6	4
Fenor	5	2	0	3	65	89	-24	4
Kill	5	1	0	4	55	71	-16	2
Naomh Pól	5	1	0	4	63	90	-27	2