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COUNTY HURLING LEAGUE
We got our defence of the county senior hurling league division 1 title off to a winning start last weekend with a hard fought win over fellow Premier Intermediate side Carrick Swans in Carrick On Suir. Upperchurch started the brightest with the opening 3 points of the game and further took control when Jim O'Dwyer rifled to the net after 20 minutes. This set up a 1-10 to 0-6 point lead at half time. Swans came out firing in the second half though, quickly reducing the lead to 4 within the opening 10 minutes. Upperchurch did manage to find their feet after this and still maintained a 3 point advantage as the game entered injury time. 2 late points from Swans gave them hope of nicking a point, however Upperchurch held on for a 1-17 to 0-19 victory. Our next game is against Mullinahone on the weekend of March 30th in Drombane.
MID JUNIOR HURLING LEAGUE
We play our first games in the mid junior league this coming weekend. In division 3 we are in action against Boherlahan Dualla tomorrow(Saturday) at 4pm in Boherlahan. Then on Sunday in division 1 we will play JK Brackens at 12pm in Templemore. Best of luck to both sides.
CROKE CUP
Congratulations to Toby Corbett, Sean Shanahan, Padraig Griffin, Sean Griffin and Michael Quinlan and the entire Thurles CBS team on their victory in the Croke Cup final last Monday in Croke Park. It was a tremendous show of patience and self belief to claw back an 8 point deficit to claim the All Ireland crown.
TIPPERARY GAA DRAW
Congratulations to Gerry Dwyer who won the 2nd prize of Return Flights for 2 to New York or Las Vegas in the March weekly Tipp GAA Draw.
MEMBERSHIP
Membership for adults & juveniles for 2025 can be paid either online on www.upperchurchdrombanegaa.ie or via club registrar Paul Shanahan. Adult rates are unchanged on 2024 levels while there have been some small increases in juvenile rates. It is especially important for players to have membership paid before games start for insurance purposes.
TIPPERARY MINOR TEAMS
Congratulations to Sean Griffin who was recently named as a vice captain for this years Tipperary minor footballers and also to Philip O'Dwyer who has been named on the Tipperary minor hurling panel
MICHAEL SUTTON CHARITY MEMORIAL WALK
A number of walks will take place on the Upperchurch loops on Saturday April 5th in aid of Bishop John Ryan's Education NGO Malawi. Registrations from 11:30pm at Upperchurch Community Centre. Donations accepted on the day or online. See our social media channels for more details
We got our defence of the county senior hurling league division 1 title off to a winning start last weekend with a hard fought win over fellow Premier Intermediate side Carrick Swans in Carrick On Suir. Upperchurch started the brightest with the opening 3 points of the game and further took control when Jim O'Dwyer rifled to the net after 20 minutes. This set up a 1-10 to 0-6 point lead at half time. Swans came out firing in the second half though, quickly reducing the lead to 4 within the opening 10 minutes. Upperchurch did manage to find their feet after this and still maintained a 3 point advantage as the game entered injury time. 2 late points from Swans gave them hope of nicking a point, however Upperchurch held on for a 1-17 to 0-19 victory. Our next game is against Mullinahone on the weekend of March 30th in Drombane.
MID JUNIOR HURLING LEAGUE
We play our first games in the mid junior league this coming weekend. In division 3 we are in action against Boherlahan Dualla tomorrow(Saturday) at 4pm in Boherlahan. Then on Sunday in division 1 we will play JK Brackens at 12pm in Templemore. Best of luck to both sides.
CROKE CUP
Congratulations to Toby Corbett, Sean Shanahan, Padraig Griffin, Sean Griffin and Michael Quinlan and the entire Thurles CBS team on their victory in the Croke Cup final last Monday in Croke Park. It was a tremendous show of patience and self belief to claw back an 8 point deficit to claim the All Ireland crown.
TIPPERARY GAA DRAW
Congratulations to Gerry Dwyer who won the 2nd prize of Return Flights for 2 to New York or Las Vegas in the March weekly Tipp GAA Draw.
MEMBERSHIP
Membership for adults & juveniles for 2025 can be paid either online on www.upperchurchdrombanegaa.ie or via club registrar Paul Shanahan. Adult rates are unchanged on 2024 levels while there have been some small increases in juvenile rates. It is especially important for players to have membership paid before games start for insurance purposes.
TIPPERARY MINOR TEAMS
Congratulations to Sean Griffin who was recently named as a vice captain for this years Tipperary minor footballers and also to Philip O'Dwyer who has been named on the Tipperary minor hurling panel
MICHAEL SUTTON CHARITY MEMORIAL WALK
A number of walks will take place on the Upperchurch loops on Saturday April 5th in aid of Bishop John Ryan's Education NGO Malawi. Registrations from 11:30pm at Upperchurch Community Centre. Donations accepted on the day or online. See our social media channels for more details
NEW FIELD BENEFACTOR SCHEME
Our new field benefactor scheme is still open for people to join and support our development work of a second full size pitch, a juvenile pitch, off road car parking and extended walking track. Patrons can support the scheme by bank transfer, subscribing in person with a committee member or payment online via our club website. There are multiple payment plans available and all who subscribed will have their names included on a monument to be erected at the club grounds. You can find full details on our website: https://upperchurchdrombanegaa.ie/new-field-benefactor-scheme Your support is appreciated as we develop facilities for present & future generations of boys & girls in the club. Thanks to those who have signed up so far.
PREMIER CO-OP LOTTO
PREMIER CO-OP LOTTO
You can now play the Premier Co-Op Lotto online at http://upperchurchdrombanegaa.ie/draws and help support Upperchurch Drombane Juvenile GAA. Last week there was no winner of the €8,600 jackpot. There was 1 match 3 winner who received €150. The jackpot for next week now resets to €8,800 for next week's draw. Tickets must be bought by 8pm on Tuesday to be in the draw. You can also buy tickets at Ryan's Shop, Drombane Co-Op, Pa's Bar, Kinane's Pub or Oliver Ryan's Pub.
CLUB MERCHANDISE
A range of club merchandise can be purchased from the O’Neills website. The link for the shop is: https://www.oneills.com/shop-by-team/gaa/ireland/upperchurch-drombane-gaa.html. We also now have a new shop with Bourke Sports: https://bourkesports.ie/collections/upperchurch-drombane-gaa
CLUB NEWSLETTER
Anyone interested in getting weekly club news and fixtures sent to them via email can subscribe to the mailing list by emailing upperchurchdrombane.gaa@gmail.com with “Subscribe” in the subject bar.
CLUBZAP
Do you have a smartphone and want to get news/fixtures and results for the club sent directly to it? Then download the Clubzap app(from the Apple App Store, Google Play store or at http://www.clubifyapp.com/download and select “Upperchurch Drombane GAA” from the menu.
CLUB SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS
Website: http://www.upperchurchdrombanegaa.ie
Twitter: http://twitter.com/churchdrombane
Instagram: http://instagram.com/upperchurch
