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SENIOR HURLING
Comiserations to our senior hurlers who were narrowly defeated by Thurles Sarsfields in the mid quarter final last weekend. Upperchurch led for the majority of the game but the reigning champions hit an extra gear in the final 10 minutes and an injury time goal saw them win by 3 points. Championship action is now suspended for a couple of months for the intercounty season but the county league will continue in the interim. The next game in the league is on Sat May 19th at 7pm when we face Roscrea in Roscrea.

MINOR FOOTBALL
In our final mid group game the minor footballers were defeated by Gortnahoe-Glengoole by 3-12 to 2-10. This sees us currently in 3rd place in the table on 4pts with one fixture left, Gortnahoe vs Loughmore.

JUNIOR HURLING
The mid junior A hurling championship starts on May 19th when we face Holycross-Ballycahill in Holycross at 7:30pm

TIPPERARY GAA MEMBERS DRAW
The new year of the Tipperary GAA Club draw is about to commence and promoters will shortly be contacting existing membership with view to renewal. If anyone is interested in joining the monthly draw as a new member please make contact this week with one of the promoters at the below link or the club facilitator Ailbe Quinlan (0870541130). Everyone who joins the draw, as well as being in with a chance of great prizes every month is also benefitting the local club as a portion of each membership is passed back to your nominated club. The first draw is on Friday May 11th with a Skoda Karoq & Renault Megane as top prizes along with many more. List of promoters: https://www.clubifyapp.com/public/articles/18864

MUNSTER HURLING CHAMPIONSHIPS
Tickets are now on sale for the group games of this years Munster senior hurling championship. Tickets for this are not being sold through the club for these games and must be bought either online on tickets.ie, in Supervalu or Centra stores on or matchday. Tickets for subsequent championship games after the group stage will be distributed through the club as usual.

CLUB MEMBERSHIP
Membership for the 2018 season is now due and remains unchanged from last years rates. €20 for all players between the ages of 16 to 18. €30 for all players between the ages of 18 to 21. €60 for all players over 21 years of age. €40 for all non playing members irrespective of age. Membership for 2017 can now be paid online on our website: http://www.upperchurchdrombanegaa.ie/members/ Payment can also be given to JJ Kinane or any committee member.

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

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.

CLUBIFY
Do you have a smartphone and want to get news/fixtures and results for the club sent directly to it? Then download the Clubify 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
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