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Hurling Match Reports - Weekend 28th-29th April 2012

posted May 1, 2012 3:44 AM by Raheny GAA - Admin

U12 Hurling. Raheny 4-4, Castleknock 0-4. Aided by a strong breeze in the first half Castleknock started off the brighter with two well taken points. Raheny then got to grips with the game and began a very fine passage of play which resulted in a goal for Raheny. Raheny despite playing against the breeze had the vast amount of play towards the end of the first half but were wasteful in front of goal. At half time Raheny lead by 1-2 to 2 points. After a low scoring first half, Raheny, playing with the breeze, upped the ante in the second half to win this game by 4 goals. Overall the defence was excellent and was the platform on which the forwards and midfielders were able to get and control possession and take their scores. All of the team played well and showed a great hunger throughout the match not allowing Castleknock to settle on the ball. Scorers were Liam Dunne 3 goals, Alex Brae 1 goal, and points from Niall Walsh, Sean Farrelly, Luke Mitchell and Tom Keogh. This was a very much improved performance from the Clontarf match and well done to the whole team who raised their game.

AHL2 - Many thanks to all who came out to support our senior hurlers on a chilly saturday evening. They had a great win over St Marks. Raheny 8-10 v St Marks 1-9.

Junior E Hurling Championship Group 2 - Raheny 0-3 Castleknock 4-8

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posted Apr 23, 2012 11:21 AM by Raheny GAA - Admin

Minor Hurlers second league game v Setanta

posted Mar 11, 2012 3:04 PM by C Burgess [ updated Mar 11, 2012 4:24 PM ]

Raheny played the league leaders today, Setanta. Pitch one was soft and Setanta arrived unassuming. Our lads were ready and started well going four points ahead early in the first half. A superb goal spurred Setanta into action and following skillful hurling they ended the half three points ahead. Raheny started the second half with vigour and a goal scored from the ground by Shane Bell, Raheny were back in the game.

End-to-end hurling, two yellow cards and bruised knuckles saw Raheny trailing by two points with five minutes to the final whistle. Ansin fuair Rath Eanaigh puc saor direach in aice leis an cúl, bhí muid isteach leis an game winning free. Chuaig an sliothar thar an trasnán agus bhí muid ach pointe amhaín thaobh thiar. One last attack by Raheny ended with the sliothar breezing right and wide of the upright. Eddie Walker blew full time and Raheny lost by a point. Raheny 1-09 Setanta 1-10.

We would like to thank Eoin Leech, Cormac O’Flynn and David Cleary from the U16’s for togging out agus Christy O ‘Connell for putting up the nets and doing umpire. Man-of the match went to Jake Grogan. Jake has improved greatly working quietly and tirelessly on the pitch, battling hard, blocking well and passing cleverly. We look forward to playing St Maurs in Rush on the first of April.

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Raheny Senior Hurlers open their league campaign with a GREAT WIN

posted Mar 5, 2012 4:44 AM by Raheny GAA - Admin

Raheny 1.10 Naomh Fionnbarra 0.6

With the ground conditions very heavy underfoot on Pitch 9 Raheny Senior Hurlers opened their 2012 AHL 2 League campaign against last year’s Senior B championship winners Naomh Fionnbarra.

With newly appointed team captain Dave Heffernan winning the toss and deciding to play into the soccer pitch end- Raheny went to an early lead from Greg Bennett free from approximately 50m out which was followed up moments later with a beautifully struck point from Luke Dillon out on the wing.

Naomh Fionnbarra came back with a free from their danger man Inter County Senior Player Eamon “Trollier” Dillon. Trollier was finding it difficult to get into the game because of the close marking of Senior debutant Eamon Fitzgerald who continued to be a thorn in his side for the whole game and was tremendous throughout , keeping him scoreless from play over the entire hour

Raheny were feeding quick ball into the full forward line and were rewarded with a great goal from Sean Dempsey who broke through a number of robust tackles and with a powerful shot struck the sliothar into the top right hand corner of the net.

Both teams then exchanged scores - Dillon of Naomh Fionnbarra scoring 3 more hard won frees which Raheny replied with 2 great scores from play – Conor Henry from a near impossible angle and a sweetly struck point from Eoghan Smyth – our County Minor panellist –who was also making his Senior debut .

A notable element of the game at this stage was the great defensive play from the entire Raheny defence with exceptional leadership being shown by Derek Browne and Conor Gillen – with their tackling of the top order plus the great support play and distribution from both midfielders Greg Bennett and Ger Coady.

Half Time Score

Raheny 1.4 Naomh Fionnbarra 0.5

The 2^ndHalf began with some great team play from the entire Raheny team increasing the pressure on the Naomh Fionnbarra defence. This pressure resulting in them spilling over the ball and after some great passing movements involving Paddy O Gara , Eoghan Smyth, Luke Dillon all of the moves ended up with Dave Henry taking 3 beautiful points.

Naomh Fionnbarra tried in vain to break down the Raheny rearguard but with some fine corner back play from both Richard Judge and Kevin O Gara they just could not do so.

Raheny kept the momentum going and with some intelligent and accurate puck outs from Paddy Bradshaw in the Raheny goal into the midfield and half forward areas resulted in Naomh Fionnbarra defence conceding frees which were duly converted by Greg Bennett.

25 Minutes into the 2^nd half Naomh Fionnbarra got their first score of the 2^nd half converting a 65 but Raheny replied with another fine point form Conor Henry.

Raheny introduced 3 subs in the last 15 minutes of the game Eoin Gillen , Richie Peavoy and Michael Grenham and with their fresh legs and very skilful play continued the great work rate shown by the team throughout the game and inspired their team mates in preventing Naomh Fionnbarra from scoring again.

Final Score Raheny 1.10 Naomh Fionnbarra 0.6

With a number of players injured or sick on the day Ed Mullane, Ger Sheehy, Sean Collins, Simon Deignan and Eoin Keogh unavailable due to his inter county under 21 football commitments there will be great competition for places on the team for future games and hopefully this display will be a good starting point but will only be a starting point for a successful 2012.

The team got off to a great – no doubt to the very well organised and dynamic warm up organised by John Coughlan , Ger Sheehy and new (very welcome)member to the management team Eamon Bryce.

The team would also like to thank the preparation of the pitch by Pearse Donegan, Gene Henry and Andrew Dowling- many hands make light work.

It was great to see such a large contingent of Raheny supporters on the line shouting on the team – your support was very much appreciated

The next competitive game is away in 3 weeks against Clann na Gael in Round 2 of the league

AHL5 Raheny 2.11 Scoil Ui 2.13

posted Mar 5, 2012 4:35 AM by Raheny GAA - Admin

Pitch 10 hosted the AHL5's opening league game of the season v Scoil Ui Chonaill. Both teams provided a big crowd of spectators with a very exciting and high scoring game considering the heavy conditions underfoot, Scoil started the better going ahead by 3 points in the early stages but Raheny answered well with 2 points from collie donegan, the 1st half saw both teams exchanging pionts ontill the last 5 minutes of the half when Scoil registered 2 goals giving them a 7 point lead at the break. The second half started as the 1st with Scoil raising the 1st White flag but it was Raheny that dominated from there on with dogged determination and some excellent defending and some fine scores. A goal from S.Carr mid way through the half gave Raheny a huge lift and a 2nd from G.Manley near the end put 2 points between the sides but the goal proved to be the last score and Scoil claimed the win.

Minor Hurlers v Naomh Ólaf Match Report

posted Feb 26, 2012 11:50 AM by Raheny GAA - Admin [ updated Mar 1, 2012 6:50 AM by C Burgess ]

The minor hurlers won their first league game v Naomh Ólaf. Naomh Ólaf scored two early first half goals which increased their early lead to seven points. Raheny came to life and and rallied towards the end of the half. The team lifted their heads, raised their spirits and put in a magnificent team performance and ended the half five points up. The second half started Raheny 2-08 Naomh Ólaf 2-03. N Ólaf started the second half on fire and quickly reduced the deficit to two points. Our lads responded once again, dug deep and with goals from Conor Flaherty and Eoghan Smyth, Raheny finished well - winning by nine points.

Man-of-the-Match performance went to Danny Reid who played center half back. Danny read the play well, passed the ball superbly and most importantly battled 110% for every single sliothar.

Conor Flaherty and Eoghan Smyth scored two goals each and Shane Bell from the U15's scored two fantastic points, one from his right, and one from his left hand side. We're looking forward to a year of developing our skills, comradeship and most importantly - PLAYING HURLING FOR RAHENY.

Up the Parish!!

Club Hurling Grades for 2012

posted Jan 28, 2012 6:18 AM by Raheny GAA - Admin

Folks,

See links below for Hurling grading for- AHL2, AHL5, AHL9 -SHCB, JHCD, JHC E.

We are also in the Corn Ui Laochra and the Doyle cup
Some of you were worrying would you get game time throughout the year- i think you now should have no worries.

I want to call a meeting for middle of next week ( next Wednesday night 8 pm) to advise how the hurling section intends to operate for the season or very much the next quarter.

As you may know we still do not have a Senior hurling manager in place – all I can say we are actively discussing the position with a number of possible candidates and will hopefully have someone in position within the next fortnight to appoint a candidate.

The Senior Hurlers are undergoing a very intensive pre season session under the guidance of a number of the more experienced players and i am satisfied that we will be ready for when the season starts and if our discussions come to nought – I have a plan B prepared .

With regard to the Junior B team – I have heard rumours of people interested in managing the team but until they present themselves so as to firm up on their ideas this position remains open.
This team will not be a social team as has been in the past and if it does become one it is my intention is to disband immediately and all interested players will be incorporated in the Junior A team – this is a development team for the younger players coming out of minor to start off their adult hurling careers playing alongside experienced interested focused players who wish to remain hurling as their careers tapers off. This team is more than capable of winning the championship and getting promotion form its league.

Once again I have no real worries most of the players who will be playing at this grade since majority are doing some sort of fitness work across the various teams/sections and I will continue to train all players for the Junior Section.
If no person comes on board as manager of this team we will appoint a group of people to co-ordinate the management of the team from within the club , this is not ideal but I am certain with your co-operation that it will work.

The Junior A team whilst performing well last year must set at a minimum the goal of getting out of JHC D and perform to the best of their abilities in the cup and league where the opposition will be of a much higher calibre but all who play on this squad are well capable of meeting the challenge.

Please circulate the mail to all within the hurling section interested in playing hurling at whatever grade in 2012.

Kevin Broderick

(Club Coaching Officer)

Advanced technical skills video for Hurling

posted Jan 22, 2012 12:54 AM by Raheny GAA - Admin [ updated Jan 22, 2012 1:00 AM ]

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Raheny Vs St Sylvesters

posted Dec 3, 2011 4:18 AM by Raheny GAA - Admin

Result:

Raheny 1-11

St Sylvesters 3-09

St Sylvester's produced an impressive display in recording a 3-9 to 1-11 victory over Raheny in their Dublin Minor 'C' Hurling Championship Final at St Anne's Park on Sunday morning 27th November 2011.

Most of the damage was done in the opening half, as the visitors struck for three precious goals and although Raheny battled gamely throughout, they couldn't reel in their opponents by the end.

The goals, scored by Thomas Richardson, the exceptional Gareth McGrath and Sean Kane, were augmented by points from Kevin O'Flynn and Derek Morris, and Sylvester's enjoyed a 3-4 to 0-6 interval lead.

Eoghan Smyth was Raheny's scorer-in-chief in the opening-half, with excellent scores from both frees and open play, while dual player Simon Deignan was an immense presence at centre-back for the hosts.

Raheny, who beat Naomh Fionnbarra in the semi-final, improved upon the resumption with corner-back Shane Kavanagh clearing a pile of ball while midfielder Brian Fenton was prominent throughout, scoring three points over the hour.

STRUGGLING

Despite increased levels of possession, Raheny were struggling to make serious inroads against a dogged Syls rearguard in which goalkeeper David Kennedy was given excellent protection from his full-back line.

However, with full-back Danny Reid in top form, Raheny were keeping matters similarly tight at their end. Mid way through the 2nd half, Raheny moved Jack Dempsey out to centre forward and made some other positional changes. Raheny started placing more direct ball into the danger zone which started to cause problems. A goal from Dublin minor footballer Rutherson Real with 10 minutes remaining breathed fresh life into their challenge. The home side narrowed the gap back to a goal and as the game closed out, the Raheny lads were pushing hard for an equaliser.

However, the Malahide lads composed themselves sufficiently with points by O'Flynn, Conor Meaney and Shane Cunningham getting Syls over the line by the end, to the delight of mentor Eddie McLoughney, who manages the side along with Colm O'Connor and Declan McGrath.

"This is the first time in around 15 years that Sylvester's have won a minor hurling championship at any level. They are a great group of hurlers and hopefully the majority will filter through to intermediate and senior ranks in the club," said McLoughney.

Thanks to Raheny Mentors Enda Mulcahy & Mick Grenham for taking the team during the year.

Minor Hurling C'ship SF Raheny 2-15 Naomh Fionbarra 1-09

posted Nov 14, 2011 6:59 AM by RahenyGAA Juvenile

Inspired by a solid performance from Simon Deignan at Centre Back, Raheny produced a strong team display to defeat Naomh Fionbarra in the Semi Final of the Minor Hurling Championship on Pitch 9 yesterday.

A quick start saw the lads into an early lead with some lovely scores from Eoghan Smyth, Jack Dempsey and in particular a huge point from Wing Back, Michael Grenham, providing the platform for this victory which coming on the back of the U14 Feile win,the narrow defeat for the U15s and the great win for the U16s in their respective Championship finals, is further evidence that the work being done within the Club at all age groups is starting to produce results.

While we managed to keep the 6/7 point cushion for most of the first half,thanks to some good goalkeeping from Liam O' Shea and a desperate goal line clearance from Danny Reid the crucial goal arrived minutes before half time when Brian Rodgers was first to react to a batted clearance to dispatch the sliotar to the net.

This gave us a 9 point advantage at the break and despite a late revival from Naomh Fionbarra,further points from Eoin Gillen, Brian Fenton and a fortutious goal from Smyth enabled the lads to maintain the lead to the final whistle.

Congratulations to Enda, Mick and to all the players and best of luck in the final.