Success at Community Games, Sevens Tournament and Tinryland news

Success at Community Games Finals

It was a successful weekend for Area 11 (Bennekerry/Tinryland) athletes at the county athletics finals in Ardattin recently. Well done to the children, parents and coaches involved. There were medals galore brought back to Tinryland and Bennekerry.

Individual events: 1 Adam O’Brien U6 60m, 3Martha Homan U10 100m, 4 Ryan O’Regan U10 100m, 4 Hannah Cope Nolan U14 100m, 2 Devyn Morrissey U12 200m, 3 Quinn Morrissey U14 100m, 4 Patrick Cranny U14 100m, 1 Éanna Dunican U16 100m, 2 Keegan Lawlor U16 100m, 4 Jack Wickham U16 100m, 2 Cillian McAteer U16 200m.

Relays: 2 girls U6, 1st boys U6, 3 girls U8, 4 boys U8, 4 mixed U10, 3 girls U12, 2 boys U14, 1 boys U16.

Field events: 2 Lar Delaney, U14 javelin; 2 Joanne Cranny, U16 discus.

Martha, Devyn, Quinn, Keegan and Cillian will compete at the regional finals in Clonmel on 10 August.

Lar, Joanne, Éanna and the U16 boys relay team made up of Cillian McAteer, Daniel Kehoe, Jack Wickham and Daniel Byrne will progress to the national finals, which will be held in SETU Carlow on 24-25 August.

South-East Sevens Tournament

The first of three huge weekends in Tinryland club was successfully completed on Sunday last when the south-east sevens U16 girls and boys football tournament was run off in brilliant sunshine.

Thirty club teams from 14 different counties battled it out over the two days for the Mary Dwyer cup and shield and the Pat Doyle cup and shield. At the end of two days of intense competition, Portlaoise defeated fellow Laois club St Brigid’s to win the Mary Dwyer girls’ cup, with Wexford’s Shelmaliers winning the Mary Dwyer shield, defeating Louth club Newtown Blues in the final.

The local Bennekerry/Tinryland team had a very good girls’ tournament, reaching the cup semi-final where they lost out to eventual runners-up St Brigid’s.

Fifteen boys’ teams competed for the Pat Doyle cup and shield on Sunday and there was a big local interest with the host club Tinryland reaching the cup final where they lost out by two points to Sarsfields of Kildare. In the Pat Doyle shield competition, Mount Leinster Rangers lost out by the minimum margin to Ballylinan from Laois. A feature of this year’s sevens was a fully computerised information system where all participants and their supporters could check the progress of the tournament via an app. This resulted in a huge level of efficiency with over 70 games completed within the designated time scale.

The final instalment of this popular event will take place on 6-7 July when Cora Townsend and Ned Hayden will be remembered in girls and boys U12 competitions

The daily timetable for each day of the tournament is: 9am registration, 9.20am coaches meeting, 9.30am parade, group matches 10am to 1pm, food break 1-2pm, quarter-final cup 2pm, quarter-final shield 2.30pm, semi-final cup 3pm, semi-final shield 3.15pm, all finals 4pm and presentation of trophies 4.45pm.

Parks Tennis Camp

The Parks tennis camp will take place at Tinryland Park between 22-26 July between 10am and 12.15pm each day at a cost of €45. Equipment will be provided. Age groups are 5-8 years and 8-15 years. Register at www.carlowtennis.ie. For further information, contact Helen Chalton on 086 1675663.

GAA News

The Tinryland GFC lotto jackpot stands at €7,800 and can be played online via the Clubforce app or by purchasing a ticket for the Monday evening draw from any committee member.

Numbers drawn last week were 7, 17, 25 and 29. Lucky dip winners of €25 each were John Kenneally, Lorraine McGuire, Sean Byrne and Tom Lynch.