2012 training started
Training for 2012 startedback on Fri 6th Jan. Some new faces appeared on the night and also some older ones returned. Training for anyone interested is on every Friday @8 pm in Ardscoil Na Trionoda in Rathstewart Athy. All are welcome even if it is only to run off some of the Turkey.
Results of the Christmas draw
Results of the Barrowhouse/Community Christmas draw:
1st Prize €500 - Margerie Molloy
2nd Prize €250 meat voucher - Roisin Lacey
3rd Prize €100 All 4 one voucher - Andrew Wall
4th Prize €100 Topaz voucher - Tom & Olivia Foy
5th Prize Christmas cake & bottle of whiskey - Aaron Mackey
Thanks to all your support!!
Santa will make a special visit to Barrowhouse on Sunday next 18th Dec. to meet all children in the area. He hopes to arrive at 2.00pm.
Sat 3rd Dec Barrowhouse GAA AGM 2011 @ 7.00pm in the hall. Again all are welcome both members and new members.
Busy times ahead
With all the playing finished for 2011 our attention is turning to matters off the field the coming weeks are going to be busy, here is a quick list of events over the coming month;
Friday 25th Nov Mass for deceased members. 7.00pm in Barrowhouse church.
Saturday 26th Nov. clothes and scrap metal collection, from 10.00am to 1.00pm at the field.
Saturday 26th Nov players meeting 6.00 pm in the hall
Sunday 27th Nov launch of Barrowhouse GAA 5 year plan takes place @ 11.00am in the hall. All are welcome to attend.
Friday 16th Dec. Barrowhouse GAA/Community christmas draw 9.30 pm in Purcells Bridge House Athy.
We hope you to come out and support us as much as you can.
Please see below a list of some of the main events that happened during the year.
Barrowhouse/St.Josephs defeated a game Mountmellick/Ballyfin side in the 2011 under 21 final at O'Moore Park. Played in ideal conditions both teams enjoyed periods of dominance throughout the game but St. Josephs/Barrowhouse had free takers who punished any indescretion by the Mountmellick/Ballyfin lads. Indeed they were to rue a second half penalty miss with only five points between the sides mid way through the second half. A paul Kingston goal shortly after killed the game and the lads ran out comfortable winners by 1-13 to 0-9.
Barrowhouse players on the team were Tom Page, James Brennan, Martin Murphy, Luke Malone, Emmet Malone, Aaron Mackey, Conor Barry and David Brennan.
Hard Luck to the under 14 team who went down by four points to a strong Portlaoise team. A great second half performance just fell short in the end, however the lads can feel very proud of their performance.
Barrowhouse players on the team were Darragh Phelan, James and Andrew Baldwin, Brian Daly, Eanna Burke and Padraig Whelan. Brian Malone unfortunately was injured and unable to play.
To hear St.Josephs/Barrowhouse U21 manager Noel Garvan's views on the match click on the following link
www.facebook.com/pages/Barrowhouse-GAA/173561812671495
For the second year in a row Barrowhouse have fallen at the semi final stage after defeat to Spink in Crettyard. Despite getting off to a great start with an Emmet Malone goal in the opening minutes we failed to stamp our authority on the game. Gradually Spink got into the game and a late goal and point left them leading by 1-5 to 1-1 at half time.
Barrowhouse again started the second half well with a point from Emmet Malone and were right back in contention when Mike Murphy scored a goal to leave just a single point between the sides. However that was to prove to be our last score, we pushed for the equaliser and were awarded a penalty which was saved. While Barrowhouse still pressed despite that set back, two late goals and a point sealed our fate.
Credit must be given to the lads and indeed the management team in getting as much out of a very small squad throught the year. We will have to regroup and try again next year.
The Kileen/Barrowhouse ladies are due to play Kilkenny champions Thomastown in the Leinster intermediate championship.
The match takes place Saturday Sept 10th in Kileen at 6pm. Best of luck girls.
Well done to the Kileen/Barrowhouse Ladies who defeated Ballyroan to capture the Intermediate title yesterday. Although the girls were slight underdogs going into the game they won out in a tough game. It's great to see that all the hard work through out the year has paid off!!
Barrowhouse Juveniles are heading to Clara Lara in Wicklow for our annual juvenile tour. A big crowd is heading down and a barbeque is planned weather permitting.
After the disappionting defeat to Spink last Sunday Barrowhouse only had four days to recover before facing Ballylinan. Barrowhouse appeared tired in the opening minutes and Ballylinan scored two early points before Mark O'Donoghue replied with a free. The teams traded points before Mark again struck for a goal to put Barrowhouse two points ahead. Ballylinan replied with a point before Declan Keville score a goal. Emmet Malone finished off the scoring just before half time to leave the score at 2-3 to 0-4.
Two early points in the second half put Barrowhouse seven points and seemingly coasting but Ballylinan replied with three points to put pressure on Barrowhouse again. Mark O'Donoghue scored another point to ease the pressure on a tiring team and Barrowhouse eventually hung on for a four point victory.
Portlaoise minors proved to be too strong for a gallant St. Josephs/Barrowhouse side in the minor county final on Wednesday evening. A nervy display was punished by Portlaoise who ran eventual winners on a scoreline of 2-12 to 0-6.
It may not have looked too promising on Sunday morning when a heavy drizzle threatened to dampen the field day but the afternoon cleared up and a huge crowd enjoyed a fun filled day.
Teams from Arles-Kilcruise, Ballylinan and Barrowhouse played out some entertaining games, while we were also entertained by the various Irish dancers on show. All the usual attractions were busy on the day with Tom Page (right) getting a good soaking with the wet sponges. We had lots of animals including ponies, milking cows, ducks, fish, mice and a runaway ewe who showed some fancy footwork in avoiding various attempts to catch her.
Many thanks to all who helped in any way to stage a thoroughly enjoyable event and also to all the teams and patrons who supported the day.
On a very wet evening Barrowhouse went down to a much improved Park Ratheniska side who had many regulars returning from the league game. Two goals either side of half time were the decisive scores with Park running out eventual winners on a scoreline of Park 2-6 to Barrowhouse 0-7.
Barrowhouse Laois county draw winner.
2011 has started off well for one lucky Barrowhouse member, congratulations to Tom Phelan who scooped the first prize in the Laois county draw. Barrowhouse doubled the amount of tickets purchased by members this year. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all our members who supported the draw.
Tom is pictured here receiving his cheque from Martin Byrne and Gerry Kavanagh at the Laois Tyrone game. Also at the game were Leo Keville, Anthony Brennan and Mick Burke.
Links
laoisgaa.ie
gaa.ie
leinstergaa.ie
teamer.net
Club Links
ballylinangaa.com
stjosephsgaa.com
arleskilcruise.laois.gaa.ie
courtwood.laois.gaa.ie
Training for 2012 startedback on Fri 6th Jan. Some new faces appeared on the night and also some older ones returned. Training for anyone interested is on every Friday @8 pm in Ardscoil Na Trionoda in Rathstewart Athy. All are welcome even if it is only to run off some of the Turkey.
Results of the Christmas draw
Results of the Barrowhouse/Community Christmas draw:
1st Prize €500 - Margerie Molloy
2nd Prize €250 meat voucher - Roisin Lacey
3rd Prize €100 All 4 one voucher - Andrew Wall
4th Prize €100 Topaz voucher - Tom & Olivia Foy
5th Prize Christmas cake & bottle of whiskey - Aaron Mackey
Thanks to all your support!!
Santa's visit
Santa will make a special visit to Barrowhouse on Sunday next 18th Dec. to meet all children in the area. He hopes to arrive at 2.00pm.
2011 AGM
Sat 3rd Dec Barrowhouse GAA AGM 2011 @ 7.00pm in the hall. Again all are welcome both members and new members.
Busy times ahead
With all the playing finished for 2011 our attention is turning to matters off the field the coming weeks are going to be busy, here is a quick list of events over the coming month;
Friday 25th Nov Mass for deceased members. 7.00pm in Barrowhouse church.
Saturday 26th Nov. clothes and scrap metal collection, from 10.00am to 1.00pm at the field.
Saturday 26th Nov players meeting 6.00 pm in the hall
Sunday 27th Nov launch of Barrowhouse GAA 5 year plan takes place @ 11.00am in the hall. All are welcome to attend.
Friday 16th Dec. Barrowhouse GAA/Community christmas draw 9.30 pm in Purcells Bridge House Athy.
We hope you to come out and support us as much as you can.
Please see below a list of some of the main events that happened during the year.
Under 21's win county final again
Barrowhouse/St.Josephs defeated a game Mountmellick/Ballyfin side in the 2011 under 21 final at O'Moore Park. Played in ideal conditions both teams enjoyed periods of dominance throughout the game but St. Josephs/Barrowhouse had free takers who punished any indescretion by the Mountmellick/Ballyfin lads. Indeed they were to rue a second half penalty miss with only five points between the sides mid way through the second half. A paul Kingston goal shortly after killed the game and the lads ran out comfortable winners by 1-13 to 0-9.
Barrowhouse players on the team were Tom Page, James Brennan, Martin Murphy, Luke Malone, Emmet Malone, Aaron Mackey, Conor Barry and David Brennan.
Hard Luck to the under 14 team who went down by four points to a strong Portlaoise team. A great second half performance just fell short in the end, however the lads can feel very proud of their performance.
Barrowhouse players on the team were Darragh Phelan, James and Andrew Baldwin, Brian Daly, Eanna Burke and Padraig Whelan. Brian Malone unfortunately was injured and unable to play.
To hear St.Josephs/Barrowhouse U21 manager Noel Garvan's views on the match click on the following link
www.facebook.com/pages/Barrowhouse-GAA/173561812671495
Junior A's bow out in semi final
For the second year in a row Barrowhouse have fallen at the semi final stage after defeat to Spink in Crettyard. Despite getting off to a great start with an Emmet Malone goal in the opening minutes we failed to stamp our authority on the game. Gradually Spink got into the game and a late goal and point left them leading by 1-5 to 1-1 at half time.
Barrowhouse again started the second half well with a point from Emmet Malone and were right back in contention when Mike Murphy scored a goal to leave just a single point between the sides. However that was to prove to be our last score, we pushed for the equaliser and were awarded a penalty which was saved. While Barrowhouse still pressed despite that set back, two late goals and a point sealed our fate.
Credit must be given to the lads and indeed the management team in getting as much out of a very small squad throught the year. We will have to regroup and try again next year.
Ladies start Leinster campaign
The Kileen/Barrowhouse ladies are due to play Kilkenny champions Thomastown in the Leinster intermediate championship.
The match takes place Saturday Sept 10th in Kileen at 6pm. Best of luck girls.
Ladies overcome Ballyroan in intermediate final
Well done to the Kileen/Barrowhouse Ladies who defeated Ballyroan to capture the Intermediate title yesterday. Although the girls were slight underdogs going into the game they won out in a tough game. It's great to see that all the hard work through out the year has paid off!!
All roads lead to Clara Lara
Barrowhouse Juveniles are heading to Clara Lara in Wicklow for our annual juvenile tour. A big crowd is heading down and a barbeque is planned weather permitting.
Juniors secure first championship win
After the disappionting defeat to Spink last Sunday Barrowhouse only had four days to recover before facing Ballylinan. Barrowhouse appeared tired in the opening minutes and Ballylinan scored two early points before Mark O'Donoghue replied with a free. The teams traded points before Mark again struck for a goal to put Barrowhouse two points ahead. Ballylinan replied with a point before Declan Keville score a goal. Emmet Malone finished off the scoring just before half time to leave the score at 2-3 to 0-4.
Two early points in the second half put Barrowhouse seven points and seemingly coasting but Ballylinan replied with three points to put pressure on Barrowhouse again. Mark O'Donoghue scored another point to ease the pressure on a tiring team and Barrowhouse eventually hung on for a four point victory.
Minors defeated in county final
Portlaoise minors proved to be too strong for a gallant St. Josephs/Barrowhouse side in the minor county final on Wednesday evening. A nervy display was punished by Portlaoise who ran eventual winners on a scoreline of 2-12 to 0-6.
Barrowhouse GAA Annual Field Day a great success
It may not have looked too promising on Sunday morning when a heavy drizzle threatened to dampen the field day but the afternoon cleared up and a huge crowd enjoyed a fun filled day.
Teams from Arles-Kilcruise, Ballylinan and Barrowhouse played out some entertaining games, while we were also entertained by the various Irish dancers on show. All the usual attractions were busy on the day with Tom Page (right) getting a good soaking with the wet sponges. We had lots of animals including ponies, milking cows, ducks, fish, mice and a runaway ewe who showed some fancy footwork in avoiding various attempts to catch her.
Many thanks to all who helped in any way to stage a thoroughly enjoyable event and also to all the teams and patrons who supported the day.
Junior A's bow out in semi final
On a very wet evening Barrowhouse went down to a much improved Park Ratheniska side who had many regulars returning from the league game. Two goals either side of half time were the decisive scores with Park running out eventual winners on a scoreline of Park 2-6 to Barrowhouse 0-7.
Barrowhouse Laois county draw winner.
2011 has started off well for one lucky Barrowhouse member, congratulations to Tom Phelan who scooped the first prize in the Laois county draw. Barrowhouse doubled the amount of tickets purchased by members this year. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all our members who supported the draw.
Tom is pictured here receiving his cheque from Martin Byrne and Gerry Kavanagh at the Laois Tyrone game. Also at the game were Leo Keville, Anthony Brennan and Mick Burke.
Links
laoisgaa.ie
gaa.ie
leinstergaa.ie
teamer.net
Club Links
ballylinangaa.com
stjosephsgaa.com
arleskilcruise.laois.gaa.ie
courtwood.laois.gaa.ie
