Lotto - Next draw 11th Sept in Mick Reids. Jackpot €2400. Thank for continued support. Div 1 – Renault Senior Championship – Hard luck to team and management who had to face St Patrick’s in Joule Park, Aughrim on Sun 9 Sep. It was all or nothing and unfortunately the scores didn’t come for us. That’s the end of the championship for 2018 for our seniors. Many thanks to all who supported throughout our campaign. Blessington 0-11 St Pat’s 3-09.  

Ladies

Ladies Senior B championship - Well done to the Senior ladies who beat Clara on Sun 9 Sep in Dunlavin in the senior football championship semi-final on a scoreline of 5-17 to 2-04. Well done ladies. Scorers – Molly Cullen 1-6, Jess Brennan 0-5, Ellen Quinn 1-1, Roisin Ellis 1-3, Shauna Byrne 1-0, Rachel Hanlon 1-0, Anna Vas 0-1, Niamh Cullen 0-1.

G4M&O – Well done to Blessington GAA G4Mother's on winning against Nurney 3-14 to 4-2 on Mon 3 Sep. A great game by all. A big thank you to Nessa Quinlan for the lovely tea and sandwiches afterwards.. Thanks to Noel Kinsella for Reffing. 

Juvenile boys

Blessington GAA Leinster blitz - On Sunday 9th September we held our annual blitz where we welcomed U8/9/10/11 teams from all over Leinster to our blitz. In total 32teams were involved from four counties. The blitz format is based on eight teams at each age level with the teams split into two groups of four. Each team played three group games and depending on results ended up in the Leinster, Connaught, Munster or Ulster final against a similar placed team in the other group. At any one time 8 matches were in progress and by the end of the blitz 36 hours of football was played. The 400+ kids who attended played very entertaining football throughout and most importantly enjoyed themselves and apart from a few showers the weather was kind. A big thanks to the parents of each Blessington team who provided food and drinks for all the visiting teams and club members and parents who also helped with car-parking, as pitch coordinators, selling raffle tickets and various other jobs. Also, a big thanks to Noreen and Ann-Marie for keeping everyone in tea/coffee and food from our club shop. Thanks to all the referees who had a busy morning including our club members and young whistlers who gave up their Sunday morning to ref all the matches. Also, thanks to all other club members who helped on the day and as usual Ivan provided the sound system. All the kids were presented medals by our club minor players, Craig Maguire and Kevin Quinn, who represented Wicklow so well this year. Finally, a special mention to our sponsors Qualitas Property Partners and Panasonic and to everyone who helped or contributed to our recent bag pack in Dunnes Stores.

 

Mini All Ireland - Will take place in the Blessington GAA on Tues 18 & Fri 21 of Sep. It’s open to both boys and girls born between 2006 - 2011 and the teams will be mixed. Cost is €10 per child. Starts at 5.45 both evenings. Please let know us if you want your child registered. Email to [email protected] or you can text / WhatsApp 0872704806. This is a very popular camp every year so early booking is advised! 
If your child received a registration form in school this can be returned to the school or given to your child's coach. Registration closes on Monday 10 Sep.

U17’s –Final match of the league on Mon 10 Sep at home v Clann na Gael at 7.15pm. Our lads are in the Semis of the championship. Currently joint top of the table with St Pat’s. Please come out and support this great group of lads.

U15’s – Training on Mon 7pm, Challenge match V  An Tochar on Tuesday away. Blessington Played Maynooth on Wed 5 Sep away in a good competitive game. Blessington came away with a win.

U13’s – Away v St Pat’s Blue on Mon 10 Sep at 7.15pm. At home v Rathnew on Mon 17 Sep 7.15pm.

U11’s – U11 red squad played Coolkenno at home on Wed 5 Sep in wet conditions. But bad weather didn’t stop them playing very well and getting some great scores and came away with a great win. Thanks to Coolkenno for travelling and as no official ref showed thanks to Coolkenno coach for reffing.

U11 white squad were away to Newtownmountkennedy and again with pure determination and desire to play football came home with a great win. Well done to parents and coaches for travelling.

Most of all well done to all players tonight in playing football and hope they all enjoyed it.

U11 blue squad home game was cancelled by travelling team. To be rescheduled.

U11’s at home v Raheens 2 on Thurs 13 Sep at 6.45pm. U11’s v Celbride on Sat 15 Sep away 3.30pm.

 

Well done to all 2007 players who took part in the blitz on Sun 9 Sep.We fielded two teams which was great and did well and won both our finals.  

 

U10’s - We fielded one team in U10 (2008) and we did well in the group but unfortunately some kids had to leave before the final but lads played well in final and just came up short. Well done to all parents for help with food and other duties carried out and to all the coaches for super help. Finally a big thanks to Kevin Gilmore for the main organisation of this Annual Leinster blitz and its huge success.

 

U9’s - Our U9’s was back in action in the NKL after a short break. This was the first match of a busy weekend for this super little team ahead of the Leinster club blitz on Sun 9 Sep.  They put in a great shift and came away with a strong win. We worked on our kick pass into space and moving the ball as quick as possible and all of this was done with are high work rate and tenacious tackling. Big thanks to all the who supported. Player of the day was Oisín Quigley.

The U9’s finished off a busy weekend with a 2-point win in the Leinster blitz final over a very good Kill team. The lads produced great football all day with 4 wins from 4 with great games against Celbridge Edenderry and Eire Og in the group stages. The final was a very tight affair and a last-minute score from Cormac Smith sealed victory for Blesso. The coaches are very proud of this young team and how much they’ve improved this year. Huge thanks to all the parents for the great support they showed all day and for all their hard work in preparing the food boxes for the visiting teams. At home on Sat 15 Sep v Sallins at 3.30pm. Next match is a home game v Naas on Tues 11 Sep at 6.45pm. U9’s v Sallins.

U7’s - U7’s v Clane 2 away on Sat 15 Sep at 2.30pm. U7’s – Monster Go Games Blitz in Ballinakill on Sat 15 Sep. Time TBC.

Hurling

Michael Dwyer’s Hurlers –

U17’s – Carnew v MD 7.15pm on Mon 17 Sep.

U15’s –Arklow Rocks Parnell v Michael Dwyers on Wed 12 Sep at 6.45pm.

U13’s - Michael Dwyers Blue v ARP on Sat 15 Sep at 7.15pm. Tomacork v MD Navy on Sat 15 Sep at 7.15pm.

U8’s - Well done to Blessington GAA U8 hurling team who played Coill Dubh on 6 Sep. It was a tough match and we came up short in the end. It was a great experience for us. Great performance from Cillian Curry and Tom Fleming. Thanks to all parents that travelled. U8’s away v Leixlip at 10am on Sun 16 Sep.

Club physio - Physio will be at the clubhouse on Wed at 7pm.  Contact Pat Molloy regarding any enquiries/emergencies on 0868230130.

Fixtures – All our fixtures for the week can be found on the Blessington GAA Facebook page and the club website.

Clothing Collection ongoing - collecting good quality second hand clothing suitable for re-use. Please fill as many black bin bags as you can – the more we collect, the more our club receives. If you are unable to bring them to the GAA grounds, we can arrange collection. Please contact: John Magee Snr 086 871 7483 or Breda Brophy 087 225 3892. Thank you for your support.

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