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Clanna Gael Fontenoy GAA Club
CLANNS UPDATE
Club supports Pieta’s “Darkness into Light” walk
Our local politicians have come together as a team behind the club’s
support for the Pieta House “Darkness into Light” walk on Sat. 6th May.
Proud sponsors of Clanna Gael Fontenoy
Club News
Pieta House Charity Walk –
call for volunteers
L to R: Councillor Chris Andrews (Sinn Féin), Deputy Jim O’Callaghan (Fianna Fáil),
Minister Eoghan Murphy (Fine Gael and Senator Kevin Humphreys (Labour) ‘tog
out’ with Clanns and Dublin minor footballers, Ella Thirroueiz and Claire Byrne
The walk will commence at the club at 4.15am and finish there some time
later. As well as opening up our facilities to the participants, the club will
also be providing a large number of volunteers to help ensure a successful
event. More than 2,000 are expected to participate.
Many club members and supporters
have already volunteered their time
to assist in making the Pieta House
"Darkness into Light" walk on the
morning of Saturday 6th May a
success.
If you’re available to assist, then
please contact Una McCullagh at
[email protected] or 086 0889949.
Politicians with Clanns and Dublin minor footballer, Maria O’Dea
“Darkness into Light” is the main fund raiser for Pieta House, a charity
which raises awareness of self-harm and suicide and enables them to
provide life-saving support to people in need – see www.pieta.ie
Jason hits the jackpot!
Imagine winning up to €10,000 .. well it could be you if you're our next
lucky Lotto winner! Jason McDonnell, coach of our U10 boys team and
former club player himself, swooped our most recent Lotto Draw 2
Jackpot. He plays Lotto Online every week and always enters the same
numbers - the birthdays of his wife and three children. He was delighted
that he chose to automatically renew his Lotto subscription when he
signed up online as that means he never misses a draw. It's never been
easier to play the Lotto as it can now be played online by clicking here.
Jason plays the weekly Lotto draw to help our fundraising efforts and to
give something back to the club he has been with for the last 28 years plus he has the chance to win cash prizes. As well as providing much
needed funds for investing in special projects, it allows the club to provide
the playing and training facilities we need on an ongoing basis.
Minor hurlers record another win
Club News
Lotto Online
The jackpot now stands at €10,000 as
there was no winner in the draw on
April 24th.
The numbers drawn were
 7, 11, 16 and 31
The following were winners of the
€20 cash prize: Christina Byrne,
Carmel Bolger, Abigail & Amelia,
Dermot Nicholson and Des, Eithne
and William Mooney.
You could be the lucky winner of
€10,000 by playing the Club Lotto. It’s
never been easier - you can do so
online by clicking here
A bright, sunny Sunday morning provided the perfect setting for the third
match of the season for our minor Isles of the Sea hurlers, this time
against Ballyboden St Endas. The niggling started before the referee had
even thrown in the sliotar, but that didn’t stop Isles getting off to a quick
start with a pointed free and a point from play from Robert Kennedy
followed by a converted 65 from Daragh Levins. They continued to
dominate much of the play and duly got to the half-time break 0-8 to 0-2
ahead. The second half started well for them and they notched up
another six points. With 10 minutes to go they were 10 points up but a
couple of late goals from Boden saw the margin reduced to three points.
Daragh Levins was particularly strong at full back and both David
McGauran and Conor Ennis had a great match at corner back. The half
back line of Connor Barnes, Sean Barry and Conor Farrelly performed
extremely well. The work rate from Eoghan McKay and Ted Walsh in the
centre of the field was immense. The half forwards, David Kennedy,
Robert Kennedy and Seamus McCann all got on the scoreboard. Patrick
Duffy, Tomás O'Connell and Conor Rimmer in the full forward line
defended well from the front. Substitutes Scott Collopy (corner forward),
Karl Morgan (full forward) and Matthew O'Rourke (wing forward)
performed well when they came on. Dean Fitzpatrick in goals was his
usual reliable self and provided some great puck outs. Special mention
goes to Sean Barry who left the field temporarily with a dislocated finger
but was soon back on the pitch having had it put back into position!
Scorers: Robert Kennedy 0-7 (3f); Daragh Levins 0-3 (2 '65, 1f); David
Kennedy 0-2; Eoghan McKay, Seamus McCann 0-1 each. This makes it two
wins out of three for the team and leaves them in second place in the
league table.
Isles of the Sea 0-14 Ballyboden St Endas 2-5
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U12 Girls continue strong season
Following comprehensive pre-Easter wins over Thomas Davis and
Ballyboden, Our U12 girls footballers were recalled from their Easter
holidays to take on two strong teams from Ballinteer St. Johns. A well
drilled and skilful team, Ballinteer have always provided a quality and
competitive contest.
Clanns were quicker to shake off the chocolate poisoning, winning both
their first matches in the tie. There were some excellent individual efforts;
however, it was the sharp passing and running off the ball which created
large gaps in the opposition defences which were heavily punished. The
second matches showed the dominance of Clanns with very strong starts
and a high level of fitness coming to the fore. The coaches were delighted
to see all 20 players making such strong contributions. The final combined
score from the four games was 20-15 to 1-6 to Clanns. Next match is away
against Cuala.
Fun at the Féile
The second part of this year’s Féile journey, the Hurling Féile or Féile na
nGael, takes place this weekend - 29th and 30th April. Our boys will be
playing their group matches in Westmanstown sports complex to the
following schedule:
10.30 Clanns v St Perigrines
11.45 Clanns v Round Towers (Clondalkin)
13.00 Clanns v Westmanstown Gaels
14.00 Lunch
If they win the group, they will stay in Westmanstown for the semi final at
16.00hrs. If they come second in the group, they will travel to the Erin Go
Bragh club in Mullhuddart to play a semi final. Either way a semi final win
would see them play in the final in Parnell Park on Sunday morning at
11.00am. Stranger things have happened! All support is welcome. Clans
Abu!
Proud sponsors of Clanna Gael Fontenoy
Adult fixtures
Junior A Hurling Championship
 Naomh Fionnbarra v Clanna
Gael Fontenoy
Saturday 29th April, 18.00hrs
Pope John Paul II Park, Cabra
 Clanna Gael Fontenoy v
Ballinteer St Johns
Saturday 6th May, 18.00hrs
Sean Moore Park
Minor Football League
 Isles of the Sea v St Marys
Sunday 30th April, 11.00hrs
Clontarf Road
Come on out to support your team.
Good luck lads
We wish the best of luck to:
• Our adult hurlers who play the first
round of the championship this
weekend – see details previous page.
Best of luck to Brendan and the team!
• Our U14 hurling team who play in
the Féile this weekend - see details
across the page. Best of luck to Ken,
Donough, David, Austin and the team.
It would be great to get out and
support them. Clanns Abú
The boys had a great day at the football Féile, performing well in the group
games but coming up short in the semi final. Great credit and thanks is
due to all the coaches - Nicky English and Austin Dodd in hurling and
Austin and David Meenan in the football. Special thanks also to the
fundraising team and to Siona Lyndon for all the assistance.
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