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MINOR FOOTBALL
Our minors suffered defeat to Moycarkey in their opening game of the mid championship last Wednesday. In a tight first half there was only 2 points in it at the interval. However Moycarkey were the stronger team after the break and eased to a 2-13 to 0-6 victory.We now face Holycross-Ballycahill next Wednesday at 6:15pm knowing that we require a sizable victory to progress to the mid semi finals.
SENIOR HURLING
Our quarter final in the mid championship against JK Brackens has been fixed for Saturday October 3rd at 1pm in Holycross.
TIPPERARY CLUB MEMBERS DRAW 2020
The new installment of the Tipp GAA Clubs Draw commences in just one week. There are €500,000 in prizes to be won over 11 draws with 2 CARS, plus €25k in Cash prizes up for grabs in 1st BUMPER DRAW on Sept 18th. A CAR, plus €25k Cash prizes to be won every 3 weeks after 1st draw. 11 draws over 8 months for only €100, with final draw free to fully paid sign ups.
Signing up also gives funds back to our club. You can sign up via your normal promoter in the club or at www.tipperary.gaa.ie/clubsdraw
FRIENDS OF TIPPERARY FOOTBALL GOLF CLASSIC
The Friends of Tipperary Football will go ahead with their deferred golf classic on Friday & Saturday 2nd & 3rd October at Thurles Golf Club. You can enter a team of 4 players for €120. Tee booking now open, please contact Martin Dwyer – 086 2549154
TICKETS FOR MID GAMES
It was announced during the week that limited crowds are now allowed attend games, tickets will go on general sale on the new Mid Board Ticketing website. Tickets will be sold on a first come first served basis. There will be three ticket options: Adult, Student/OAP and Juvenile. It is important to note that juvenile tickets may only be obtained by purchasing one of the other two ticket types in the same transaction.
From next week on, general admission tickets for the following seven days will go on sale each Tuesday at 8pm. In relation to minor games from next week onwards tickets which are not taken up by the participating clubs by 8pm on Monday night will be released on general sale. The mid board have taken the decision not to release all tickets for minor games for general sale until clubs have purchased their required amounts for parents/ guardians.
The link to the new website is https://embed.futureticketing.ie/c/mid-tipp-gaa/
There is also a link up on the Tipperary GAA website.
CLUB YOUTUBE FOOTAGE
A dedicated page has been added to the club website where a collection of club games and footage uploaded to youtube has been gathered. These are games uploaded by the club and by others. The Hurling In The Hills DVD along with a number of old county finals are up there and we will be uploading more old matches over the coming months to build the collection. The link to view it is http://www.upperchurchdrombanegaa.ie/youtube-matches/
CLUB MERCHANDISE
An updated 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/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(formerly known as 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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