Waterford GAA Awards

The above awards took place in Lawlors Hotel on Friday last and there was a sizable club contingent present given we had two players nominated for awards on the night, Brian Looby (Adult Footballer of the Year) and Colin Foley (Young Footballer of the Year).

Unfortunately, Brian was out of luck with the award going to Rathgormack’s Conor Murray, however to the delight of those club members present Colin was announced as the winner of his category.

This of course is a great personal honour for a dedicated and skilful player who has been a mainstay of many underage teams over the years, including the County Champion U-19 football team last year. Wholehearted congratulations to Colin from all in the club as he becomes the 7th Abbeyside / Ballinacourty player to win this prestigious award. We look forward to seeing him don the jersey with distinction for many years to come.

Also, over the course of the evening it was wonderful to see the 1959 team honoured, which it must be said was a wonderful gesture by the organising committee. This of course included our own Austin Flynn and it was a tremendous privilege to spend some time with and be in the company of these great men.

This was an excellently run event and credit to all involved. Hopefully we’ll have reason to attend again 12 months hence.

Membership

With the playing season commencing very shortly we ask all players to get their membership paid quickly. Also non playing members can pay their membership in the coming weeks. Membership can be paid to Kevin Tobin.

Jack the Joker

Our ever-popular Jack the Joker fundraiser continues this Sunday night in Minnie’s Bar where the jackpot will be €4800 as on Sunday night Eugene Hickey was drawn out of the drum and chose card number 23 which when turned over was not the joker, but he did win €50. Shane Briggs and Mary McGrath won €25 each.

Club Bingo

Our club bingo continues in the CBS Hall this Sunday night where the jackpot is €1100.

Sympathy

On behalf of everyone in the club we would like to extend our deepest sympathies to the family and friends of the late Vincent Byrne, The New Line, Abbeyside. Vincent spent many years playing with the club and was indeed a member of the Ballinacourty team that 1st achieved Senior status following victory over Rathgormack in the 1965 Intermediate County Final. Subsequent to hanging up the boots he remained active in the club and was a mainstay of fundraising initiatives for many years.

Also, our thoughts are with the respective families of Breda Veale and Teresa Dalton who both passed to their eternal reward this week Both families play crucial and active roles within the club and our thoughts are with all concerned at this difficult time.

Contact

As the new season begins to click into gear if any team managers or indeed anybody within the club membership as a whole have anything they would like included here any week please feel free to drop us a line at abbeycourtypro@gmail.com. This is the primary outlet we have for keeping people up to date with what is going on so we’d encourage you to avail of this facility.