2015-11-04

 
Borrisoleigh Cycling Club presenting a cheque for €1025 to Track-Attack for the further development of the Borrisoleigh track.
L-R Christy Reid, Ruairi O’Connell, PJ Delaney, Paddy Ryan, John F Kennedy, Tom McGrath.

Cooney Brothers Ruling Supreme

The Cooney brothers Nicky and Will are ruling supreme in their respective groups of the Planet Track-Attack Series following some excellent performances in the four rounds to date. Overall the Series is surpassing all expectations with numbers hitting close on 170 each week and with every passing round, the level of performances from the athletes right throughout the various 16 groups is getting increasingly more impressive and the improvement rates are hugely evident when comparing the performances and times from week 1 to week 4. Competing in the 4km distances, Nicky hit the front once the starting whistle echoed around the track and the blistering pace he set resulted in the field struggling to prevent a gap developing. His impressive display saw him shave 67 seconds from his previous best, returning to base in a time of 15:30. He now holds a 2 minute plus lead at the head of the Pluto group with John Ryan and Aaron Reid currently laying claim to the 2 remaining podium placings. A time of 19 minutes flat resulted in Will Cooney laying down a challenge for all his Neptune group members to try chase him down over the coming weeks. He has widened the gap at the summit of the group to 3 minutes so the likes of Martin Fahy and the impressive young gun Eamon Groome who are his closest challengers will have to up the pace in the remaining rounds in order to wrestle the league lead and title away from him.

Oran Bergin is in pole position in the Uranus group after opening up a 2 minute advantage over his closest challenger Mattie Stapleton. The 3 remaining groups within the 4km distance have all got female leaders following the opening 4 rounds. Patrice Cooney holds a 39 second advantage over Christine Rabbitte in the Comets group with Mossie Shanahan next in command in third spot. Phil Mason is the new leader of the group labelled Space and with a one minute advantage, she will be attempting to fend off the challenge of the likes of Betty Slattery, Aisling Gleeson and Helen Hurley when the league moves into the business end of things!! A string of impressive performances from Deirdre Collins has earned her the table top position in the Apollo group but she will have to keep a close eye on the likes of Kate Minogue, Noreen Ryan, Margie Ryan and Aine Costello as their current level of improvement could well see them lay a serious challenge for the outright title in the coming weeks.

In the 2.7km distance, a superb battle is developing in the Galaxy group in which only a mere 5 seconds separate Brian Bourke and Luke Mockler with another superb young talent in Donnacha Ryan only a further minute in arrears in third spot. Joey O’Dwyer leads the way in the Sun group thanks to some very impressive displays but he will have to keep looking over his shoulder as Templederry’s Paddy Kennedy will do all in his power to reel him in over the remaining 6 weeks. Another Templederry athlete in Edel Kennedy occupies the third spot at present and could well threaten the leading duos grasp of the lead yet. Karen Nash has been the outstanding performer in the Moon titled group showing a brilliant level of improvement and consistency each week to date. Sinead Ryan is shining brightest in the Stars group and has a 3 minute lead over Aileen Stapleton.

Karen Nash & Seb Marchand

Four men and two women hold down the leading positions in the 6 groups within the 6km distance. Jupiter is the pick of the entire bunch to date as one a single second separates the leading duo with Eamon McGrath just edging out Michelle Fitzpatrick while only a further minute in arrears is Tricia Ryan. Siobhan Carey is showing a tremendous level of competitiveness in the Saturn group and in doing so, she has carved out a 2 two and a half minute lead over Frances Maher and Mags Looby.

Namesakes Kathleen and Mick O’Meara are the early title contenders in the Mars group with Kathleen holding a 6 second advantage over her Upperchurch opponent. The Earth labelled group is proving to be a brilliant battle and the leading soldier is Daniel Hogg after a string of very impressive performances. Hot on his heels however are the quintet of Noel Kennedy, Helen Kiely, Aisling Dolan and JJ Kinane.

Michael O’Brien is the new leader of the Venus group where he holds a 31 second lead over the ever improving Denis O’Connell. Tom Ryan is next in line with both Martin Maher and John Cummins now poised to make a title challenge over the coming weeks. The outright speed merchants are enlisted in the Mercury group. Andy Quinlan is burning up the track each night where last week he held of the challenge of Declan Doherty to come home in 23:23. He has a one minute lead at the head of the table over Liam McCullagh with Mike Gleeson next in line making up the podium placings.

Mary Slattery Benefit Run

On the weekend of the 13th to 15th of November, a benefit weekend will be held to raise funds for Borrisoleigh native Mary Slattery. As part of this weekend, a 2 mile fun run/walk will be held at the track on Friday 13th starting at 7:30pm. Entries will be taken from 7pm onwards in the Pavilion where the entry fee will be in the form of a donation of your liking. Spot prizes and tea/biscuits will be given out in the Pavilion after the event. It is an ideal run for our Track-Attackers to test their leg spread and we would encourage as many runners, joggers and walkers to come along where possible. Details of all the events over the weekend can be seen on the Mary Slattery Benefit Fund Facebook page.

Declan’s Speed Sessions

Track-Attack’s speed sessions under the watchful eye of Declan Doherty take place every Friday night at 7:30pm at the track. All are welcome to attend and those who do attend have been vocal in their praise for the work that Declan do and the difference it is making to their overall performance.

Power Hour

Minors

Hard luck to our Minors who were narrowly defeated by Holycross in the play off match for the group last Sunday. A hard fought battle saw Aédin Hogan and Sarah Kinane excel and with a fantastic overall team performance, this team were unfortunate not to lead in the second half. A draw at half time could not be held and Holycross came out fighting and scored three goals and a point in quick succession. Borris came back with goals from Sarah Kinane, Aédin Hogan and Sarah Leamy, however with a final score of 6-02 to 5-08 to Holycross loosing this match by a narrow three points.

Scores from: Sarah Kinane 3-01, Aédin Hogan 1-01, Emer DeLargy 1-00 & Sarah Leamy 1-00.

AGM

Our A.G.M. is due to take place on Sat 14th November at 7.30 p.m., all new members are very welcome.

Fundraising

We intend to hold a Fashion Show early in the New Year, confirmation of date to follow.

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Borris-Ileigh GAA Club

New Development

As many of you have probably seen by now, a new development has begun to take place in the town park. This is quite a large scale development and hopefully will leave the parish with one some of the best, if not the best, facilities in the county. We hope to have this development up and running in the next few years and looking forward to people enjoying these marvellous facilities.

As stated, our plan is to have state of the art facilities for the people of Borrisoleigh. This will consist of the following; the building of a state of the art multi purpose sports complex that will house our sports hall, ball alley, gym, 4 dressing rooms, meeting rooms, external floodlit hurling wall, kitchen and toilet facilities and also a viewing area out on the pitches. We will also complete the floodlighting of the now extended walking track, the building of a third playing pitch, the re-development of the tennis courts and the re-development of the soccer pitch. As you can imagine this will not come cheap, and we hope that with the support of the parish, we can complete this development within the next few years. We are proposing a fundraising scheme where we can claim back tax on a charitable donation. We are proposing that people give a donation that equates to €4.80 per week for 3 years by standing order which we hope will finish paying for the development. We hope as many people as possible will become involved in this scheme and help us give the people first class sports and recreational facilities in the parish.

Borrisoleigh GAA Club Gear can be ordered directly from O’Neills at www.oneills.com. Click here to see the full selection.

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 Scór 


The North Final of Scór Na nÓg will take place in Birdhill hall on Saturday 7th November. Please note change of time and venue.

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Team Hope Christmas Shoebox Appeal

 

 Its that time of year again & We want to get as many Christmas Shoe Boxes filled as possible. All you have to do is wrap a shoe box in Christmas paper & fill it with goodies appropriate for the age group you select.
Leaflets can be got in Borrisoleigh from Fiona Max & filled boxes can be dropped to Fiona’s also.
Any queries to Fiona on 087-2169150.

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Graduation Day

Grace Prior, Rebecca Prior and Clíodhna Bourke at Graduation Day in Cork recently

 

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 Pic of the Past……….down memory lane 


Dancing in the Marion Hall in the 1970s

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