Medal presentation for U.12,
U.14 & U.16 boys and U.14 girls this Friday (23rd Nov) in Monageer Hall at 7.30pm. All welcome.
On the Sixth of October in St. Patrick’s Park,
To beat Oulart would require a display of determination and heart,
T’was a draw the first day, neither team could be split up,
B’god we weren’t leaving town without this fucking cup!
Mog’s is a fair shot stopper; it has to be said,
But the hoor is liable to let a few balls drop in over his head!
After a shaky start, he had an unbelievable year,
But only after the Shugs had an ‘inspirational’ word in his ear!
With two corner backs like Nolan and Doran,
All you’d hear at full back is little corner forwards groan,
With pulling and sawing, they are rough men with hurling sticks,
Sure it was left to me at full back to produce all the deft touches and flicks!
Mick Sweeney hurled wing back in an unfamiliar role,
But to win a county medal, sure he’d have hurled in the goal!
A superb little hurler, who will give all he can,
And sure you’d never win nothing without a good Knocknaskeough man!
Chris Daly, our centre back had a good year aswell,
As he finally got engaged to the lovely Michelle,
Some of the boys enquired, ‘Who would be the best man?’
Ed Rowesome allowed, ‘Well I can guarantee you it won’t be either Scallan or Fran!’
Denis Walsh is the scaldiest man in our half back line,
Sure you can’t blame him for having to listen to Lara all the time!
In the replay, he never gave young Storey a stroke at all,
And you could hear Aul’ Willie on the line going ‘on the ball’, ‘on the ball’!
Damien Fenlon in midfield was always giving out,
I suppose he is like the Aul’ Hern in that he has a big mouth!
Jos Loughlin was perplexed he said, ‘Jaysus you’re useless Hern!
You can’t make the intermediate team and it being picked by your Uncle Fran?!
Larry Murphy is a good man to get you a score,
But he came out second best in his recent fight with the floor!
He found it hard to make training as he was driving tractors all year,
To be fair, the only ride Larry will ever get will be off a John Deere!!
Paddy Walsh and Bryan Dwyer are two hardy chaps,
They are well able to take as well as hand out slaps!
In winning the county final the two boys got a big lift,
As they were sure that their county medals would get them their first shift!
You’d think winning the county title would give Ed Rowesome the biggest thrill,
That’s where you’d be wrong according to Ed’s sidekick Will,
Ed reckoned ‘Hurling in County finals don’t mean as much to me,
As getting to say that I have hurled with the great Walter Pandiani!!’
Training wouldn’t be high on the agenda of Mick Salo,
Its pints of Heineken that fuel this Mullanree tyro!
When Mick togged out, the Oulart lads sniggered, B’god Salo is bet!
Be’Jaysus they weren’t nearly as cheerful, when Salo rattled their net!
John Salo became a Daddy for the first time this year,
But even little Evan couldn’t get him to go up another gear!
He is fair man to get frees and to whinge and to complain,
It should be good term next year so with the return of Keith Swaine!
As big ignorant full forwards go, theres none better than Jos,
And if we ever doubt his ability, he’s not slow to remind us!
Of that day in Farmleigh, where we started quite slowly,
But Jos struck three times to bury Bunclody!!
Being Managers son had James Gahan under pressure straight away,
But it was the mark of a good chap how he hurled every day.
A contrary little hoor, and from an argument he wouldn’t hide,
The Duck reckons that obviously comes from the Cousins side!
If you are looking for a lazy fucker, look no further than Dowd!
As this sleepy hoor really stands out from the crowd!
He fancies himself as a ladies man; I have to ask him to stop,
As the poor egit wouldn’t get a bird even if he owned a pet shop!!
Winning his first county medal and the age of thirty nine,
If I was going into battle I’d have Dec Kelly with me every time!
His man hit him a head butt, just to test him out
I think he got his answer after his sixth or seventh clout!!
As long as I’ve been hurling, there’s not many harder than the Staffords,
And this year was no exception with Aul Podge and the Clackers,
Clackers is trying to hurl as long as he can like me,
While Podge is trying to manage the Juniors and the mercurial Pandiani!
Young Diarmuid Breen is one of the fastest men on the team,
As the county final was the first day that he was actually seen!
The Bull Sean McCabe would never take a step back or yield,
And by Christ no Oulart man will take away the Bull McCabes field!!
Big Finn has never had much pace to burn,
Sure he’d need a ten acre field in order to turn!
When Noeleen puts the dinner out, Finn would ate and he’d ate,
Aidan reckons it’s a round feeder he needs instead of a plate!
Paul Farrington decided to hurl with the Junior B’s this year,
When he realised the prize for the John Jude was a few kegs of beer!
I’ve been meaning to ask Paul, does it ever get awkward?
When you are drinking with the Shugs and then tackling his daughter??
Liam Gahan has had violent hardship with injuries this year,
Billy Gahan said it was just an excuse for him to go on the beer!
With all his hamstring problems, I thought it was very mean
Of Denis Walsh to start calling him the junior version of John Breen!
Brian Bolger took time out from his rugby career,
To hurl junior ‘a’ with Monageer for one match this year,
He’s not here tonight, but he actually said it was an honour,
To share the same pitch as his hero, the great Daire Turner!!!
Brendan Carton hurled with us before heading to Oz,
And he’s ten times as ignorant as his Aul lad ever was,
Brendan said he emigrated as he couldn’t take any more
Of helping John when he’s reffing keeping track of the score!!
What a management team were Dwyer, Square and Duck!
Who took on a junior team that was considered muck,
Training was held in the swimming pool to help us to win,
Where for the first time in my life I saw a Duck that couldn’t swim!
The boys agreed that Duck and Dwyer would be the master tacticians,
That left the Square in charge of the strength and conditioning!
Joe Kirwan introduced acupuncture into his physio role,
And if he brings back those needles next year, they will be shoved up his hole!
It was such a great honour to captain these men,
As their ignorance is only matched by their skill and their passion,
As for me, I’m not expecting Christmas cards from Bunclody or the Rock,
But we have the county title so I don’t give a flying fuck!!
Note to all full GAA Club members – If you wish to propose any motion for consideration by the club for the county convention please have your proposal, in writing to David Breen before Friday 19th of October at 8pm. Please submit a hard copy or e-mail it to secretary.monageerboolavogue.wexford@gaa.ie
The procedure for motions for county convention is as follows:
– A special general meeting will be held by the club to consider any motions proposed.
– All motions passed by the meeting will be forwarded to the county board for consideration at the annual county convention
– The club will hold another special general meeting when motions from all clubs in the county are available, to discuss the clubs voting position.
Also if you wish yourself to be considered for nomination to any available position on the county board please submit your nomination to David Breen before Friday 19th of October.
Monageer Boolavogue are the junior ‘a’ hurling champions for 2012 thanks to a three point win over Oulart the Ballagh, in a sunny St Patricks Park today. The drawn game was a low scoring affair and this replay was something similar with the final score being 1-09 to 0-09. Despite conceding the first score we started brightly taking a 3 points to one lead, with Ed Rowsome back on form with the frees, and a suberb score from Chris Daly. Oulart managed to get back into the game and we went in at half time level on 5 points each. A savage effort by all was the main reason we managed to outscore Oulart by 1-04 to 0-04 in the second half. James Gahan has to be given a mention for his outstanding effort, along with many others but Chris Daly was the outstanding back. An early score from John Ivory set us on our way in the second half, whilst Ed added more frees. At the other end Oulart were finding it difficult to get scores thanks to the dog ignorance of Daire Turner in particular. The introduction of Michael Ivory in the second half worked wonders as he scored the decisive goal within minutes of coming on. Another subsitute Adrian O Dowd scored the point to give us the three point lead with only injury time remaining. Our lads stood firm for the remaining minutes and secured a famous victory. Afterwards we were treated to a marvellous speech from our captain Daire Turner, which thankfully was in slightly better taste than the one he gave before the Buffer’s Alley match. He received the cup to great cheers and shouts from our large support, and one hopes that (in contrast to 2000) he will ensure that this time the cup will remain in one piece. On a more poignant note, it was perhaps fitting that we won our first county title in 10 years on this day, which is Shane Fenlon’s birthday. He was born on the day after we won our first intermediate title in 1980 and our lads had him looking down on us today.
Finally, well done lads on a great victory and lets hope that next year this team can establish themselves in the junior championship.
Team: 1. Morgan Gahan 2. Mick Nolan 3. Daire Turner 4. Sean Doran 5. Denis Walsh 6. Chris Daly 7. Mick Sweeney 8. Damien Fenlon 9. Laurence Murphy 10. Ed Rowsome 11. Bryan Dwyer 12. Patrick Walsh 13. James Gahan 14. John O Loughlin 15. John Ivory Subs: Adrian O Dowd for Patrick Walsh, Michael Ivory for John O Loughlin, Declan Kelly for Mick Nolan, Sean McCabe for John Ivory
Scores: Ed Rowsome 0-06 frees, Michael Ivory 1-00, Chris Daly 0-01, John Ivory 0-01, Adrian O Dowd 0-01
The junior a team drew with Oulart in the county final by 1-07 to 0-10. WE started the match well with Laurence murphy scoring inside the first two minutes but we only managed to add one more point in the first half which was a pointed free by Ed Rowsome. WE wasted a fair bit of possession and should have scored more in the first half. Our backs had the upper hand over the oulart forwards for most of the match. THe half time score was
0-02 to 0-05 in favour of Oulart, but this was when we were playing against a slight wind. WE were on top for most of the second half but again found it difficult to get the scores. A great point from James Gahan set us on our way in the second half and we drew level with two minutes to go. We missed two clear chances to take the lead, and the referee blew the game up a draw. It is unclear when the replay will be.
Team: Morgan Gahan, Sean Doran, Daire turner, Mick Nolan, Denis Walsh, Chris Daly, Mick Sweeney, Damien Fenlon, Laurence Muprhy, Ed Rowsome, Bryan Dwyer, Patrick Walsh, John Ivory, John O Loughlin, James Gahan. Sub : Adrian O Dowd for John O Loughlin
Scores: Ed Rowsome 0-04 frees, Bryan Dwyer 1-00, Laurence Murphy 0-02, James Gahan 0-01.
The junior ‘b’ team lost to Ballyhogue in the district final straight after the junior a. Our lads have put in a very good effort this year and our third team reached its first ever district final. Playing against Ballyhogues first team, and losing Adrian O Dowd to the second team and Miheal Somers to a hand injury meant that this was always going to be a hard one to win but the lads did themselves proud, and will surely be amongst the distrcit favourites next year.
team: Larry Carty, Anthony Dempsey, Declan Kelly, Martin Sweeney, Padraig Stafford, Barry Millar, Michael Stafford, Diarmaid Breen, James O Loughlin, Morgan Rowsome, Michael Ivory, Peadar Leacy, Ciaran Fenlon, Paul Farrington, Tomas O Leary. Subs: John Murphy, Adrian O Loughlin, Maurice McGrath, William Murphy, Conor Doyle, Micheal Somers (injured)
Monageer Boolavogue 4-12 Bunclody 1-07.
We are through to the junior a hurling final where we will face Oulart The Ballagh, after beating HWH Bunclody this evening in Farmleigh. We started well thanks to a brilliantly taken goal by John O Loughlin, but bunclody were finding the
scores easier to get, pulling level on 1-02 to 0-05. However we finished the first half strongly and went in at half time leading by 3-04 to 0-06, thanks to goals from John O Loughlin again and Ed Rowsome from a sideline ball. The secondhalf started in the worst possible way, with bunclody scoring a goal, but they didnt manage to score again from play for the remainder of the game. John O Loughlin scored his third goal of the match, and points were tagged on by Bryan Dwyer, John Ivory and James Gahan among others.
Team; 1. Morgan Gahan 2. Sean Doran 3. Daire Turner 4. Mick Nolan 5.
Denis Walsh 6. Chris Daly 7. Sean McCabe 8. Mick Sweeney 9. Damien Fenlon 10. Ed Rowsome 11. Bryan Dwyer 12. Patrick Walsh 13. James Gahan 14. John O Loughlin 15. John Ivory Subs: Laurence Murphy for Sean McCabe, Niall Finn for Ed Rowsome
Scores: John O Loughlin 3-00, Ed Rowsome 1-05, John Ivory 0-02, Patrick Walsh 0-01, Laurence Murphy 0-01, Bryan Dwyer 0-01, James Gahan 0-01, Damien Fenlon 0-01
Our Junior A hurlers are playing in the semi final this Saturday at 5:30pm in Farmleigh.
After a thrilling quarter final win over Glynn-Barntown the team is looking forward to play a good Bunclody side.
Please come out and support the lads, who to date have provided some very entertaining performances.
Farmleigh Saturday 22nd at 5:30pm.
There are many people who make the grade of Junior b sound even worse by calling it Junior ‘d’. This in fact is doing our lads a dis-service and they proved it with a brilliant second half display last night to reach the district final on a scoreline of 1-15 to 0-07, despite trailing by two at half time. This is the first year i can remember the third team actually having collective training sessions other than those in the Harrow. Our lads have been training twice a week for a good while now, and they are seeing the benefits of it now. Sure its not that long ago when county teams didn’t even train twice a week.
I wasn’t at the game myself but i was told by many that our lads hurled the sh*te out of the Rapps in the second half. We had three additions to our team from the drawn game, Paul Farrington, James O Loughlin and Micheal Somers and surely they must have made a difference. The other semi final is on Thursday night between Ballyhogue and Rathnure. Our lads must be brimming with confidence now and will certainly not fear either team.
Team: 1. Larry Carty 2. Martin Sweeney 3. Declan Kelly 4. Anthony Dempsey 5. Padraig Stafford 6. Barry Miller 7. Michael Stafford 8. Diarmaid Breen 9. James O Loughlin 10. Peadar Leacy 11. Michael Ivory 12. Adrian O Dowd 13. Morgan Rowsome 14. Paul Farrington 15. Michéal Somers Subs: John Murphy for Micheal Somers, Conor Doyle for Morgan Rowsome .