The biggest ever turnout of the Carrick Triathlon Club took place last Friday 16th October, but sadly it wasn't for a race or even an A.G.M. but for the removal of one of the founding members and past chairman of the club, Barry McCarthy.

Barry passed away peacefully on Thursday 15th October surrounded by his family. He had courageously battled against cancer for over 18 months but eventually it got the better of him.

Barry, along with his twin brother Garry, started the club over 18 years ago with the first Carrick Triathlon, consisting of about 20 competitors, taking place during the River Festival in Carrick on a sunny June bank holiday weekend. The following year a little over 30 competitors took part and before we knew it the Carrick race grew and grew into what it is today with over 400 taking part this year. Throughout these years, even though Barry didn't take part himself, he was always involved in...
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ikf Super Middleweight Kickboxing Title at Woodlands Hotel

Waterford's Keith Whelan from the Pat Rockett Kickboxing Academy, Kilcohan, Waterford takes on Kilkenny's Myles Price next weekend, Bank Holiday, Sunday 25th of October for the ikf Super Middleweight Kickboxing Title. This promises to be an absolute incredible fight, fought over a gruelling 5 rounds.

Both fighters have been in training for this clash for the last 3 months with Price training in Thailand and Whelan who has done Waterford proud for many years in boxing, sparring every available fighter in the country to prepare for this title shot.

Promoter of this event, Mr Pat Rockett has 16 fighters from Waterford on the undercard of the show and promises a fantastic Bank Holiday Sunday's entertainment with a full light and music production to match the fights. The Woodlands Hotel, Dunmore Road is the venue with doors ...
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Waterford athletes do well in Munster Event
On Sunday last in St Augustine's College Grounds, Abbeyside hundreds of athletes from all over Munster competed in the Munster X Country Championship fixture in cold but dry weather conditions and once again Waterford athletes figured very prominently. Rory Moloney West Waterford A.C. won the under 23 title and also took the bronze medal in the Novice event and in the Under 23 Waterford took the County title and West Waterford the club award while in the Novice Championship Waterford were second County and West Waterford second club.

Elma Nugent was third overall in the Under 23 race and in the Novice women's West Waterford were second club. In the juvenile races three athletes from Waterford clubs won silver individual medals and these were Kate Veale u16, Sinead Flynn u12 both West Waterford and Tadg Brennan Ferrybank u 12, Kate Mc Grath West Wat...
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Next Match
By the time you read this column, in all likelihood the Blues will have played their next match, which is against Mervue United on Tuesday (20th, KO 7.45pm), brought forward from the coming weekend due to the clash with the FAI Cup semi final at Sligo Rovers. The game has become must win if the Blues are to retain even a slight chance of making the play-off positions, so hopefully the result went our way. The next match after this will of course be the Cup game, and of course it has now become the biggest game of the season. Elsewhere in the issue you can read about how suspended and cup-tied players will make a difficult task even harder, but United have a great away record this season, especially in the Cup, and of course the last time they went to the Showgrounds for a Cup match they came away winners after a penalty shoot-out, in 2007.

Condolences
All at the...
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Valuable points for Under 13s
Under 13 A: Bohs 2 Southend 3
Another valuable three points for Mickey and Matthew's side as we do the double over our great rivals. Like the game in Southend this was a close affair and after we missed a number of gilt edged chances particularly in the first half, we were at the end, glad to hear the final whistle.

After a good opening start from both sides, we eventually took the lead through a neat finish from the industrious Shane Mackey and then proceeded to miss a number of opportunities to increase our lead although it must be said that Josh Moore was very unlucky not to score just before half time with the ball just inches past the post.

It took us a while to get going in the second half and it took an absolute wonderful free kick from Dean O Halloran from all of forty yards to increase our lead, but we then went strangely quiet for awhile ...
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Blues head to Sligo for FAI Cup

Last Friday in Jackman Park, Waterford lost 2-1 against Limerick in disappointing fashion. Vinny Sullivan put the Blues in front after 65 minutes but straight from the re-start Stephen O'Flynn equalised for the home side. It was a crazy goal to give away from a Waterford point of view. All season the Blues defence has been superb but lately they have been conceding silly goals and this was one of those woeful goals and it knocked them out of their stride completely.

Dave Warren who was playing in an unusual position for him then gave away a needless penalty when he pushed the former Carrick United player, Daryl Kavanagh on 81 minutes when the ball was going out over the endline for what would have been a kick out to Waterford. Stephen O'Flynn sent Michael Devine the wrong way from the 12 yard spot.

In their last three games, Stephen Henderson's m...
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Munster Junior Cup
Lismore 0 Villa 3
We made the trip out west in the Munster Junior Cup and recorded a good 3-0 victory. Eoin Ginnety opened the scoring with a 30 yard strike. Danny Walsh added two more in the second half with assists from Conor McDonald and David Murphy.

Next Fixture : Our next Premier fixture is on Saturday away to Park Rangers in the FAI Junior Cup kick off 2pm.

Under 11 League: Tramore A 0 Villa A 3
We travelled to the seaside venue on Saturday last to play our fourth league game against Tramore. After an unusually sluggish start we eventually settled down to play our normal passing game. Our first goal came straight from the set-piece training manual when a corner from the right by Craig Dunphy received the deftest of headed touches by Dan Coad to place the ball just inside the far post. Goal number two arrived on the 20 minut...
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Soccer Academy bank holiday weekend break
The Soccer Academy will be taking a break this Saturday 24th October as many coaches and players will be away for the Bank Holiday week-end. We will be back again on Saturday 31st October from 9:15am until 10:30am in the Waterpark Rugby Club grounds in Ballinakill. The Academy is open to both Boys and Girls between 5 and 10 years of age who are interested in learning to play soccer in a safe and friendly environment under the supervision of FAI qualified coaches. There are still spaces available in the Academy. To join please collect a registration form at the Academy or e-mail cloonshanatgmail.com. Any parent/guardian who is interested in their children joining the Academy is very welcome to come along any Saturday morning to view the activities and talk to the coaches. Alternatively contact Maurice Shanahan, Academy Director 087-273-3173

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Gunners take Cathedral Town Ballygunner and Lismore returned to Walsh Park on Saturday last for the replay of their Waterford Senior Hurling County Final and again, as in the drawn encounter, it must be said it was superb fare from start to finish. On the basis of scoring chances and possession, Lismore will probably bemoan the fact that they did not win on the first occasion but "the hard dog......." was in evidence as the Gunners, through the exploits of Paul Flynn, stayed in there and eked out a draw at the end. On their two previous final appearances it was Ballygunner who had the upper hand over Lismore but, this was a new day and a different occasion. Both teams have been complimenting their established stars with young talent that have come through the ranks and so for many players this second "bite of the apple" had given them valuable experience of the big occasion.

Gunners manager had made one change from tha...
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Congratulations to John Mullane and also to Michael 'Brick' Walsh on their well deserved selection on the 2009 All Stars team. Well done also to John on making the final three nominations for hurler of the year.

East Under-13 Football Championship Semi Final

Gaultier 3-7 De La Salle 3-6

Our Under-13 footballers went down by the minimum margin when they lost to Gaultier in Tramore last Sunday morning. This was an excellent and thrilling game of football between two very good teams who took some fine scores and in the end it was our opponents, whose goalkeeper once again was outstanding, who finished on top.

Despite lining out without James Grogan, Luke Power, Dean W...
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Spirited display from Under 15s
Our under 15 hurlers, while short of a few regulars, produced a spirited display despite losing against Scared Heart on Friday afternoon. The younger lads produced some outstanding displays, with Jeff Lawless, Cian Mac, Shane Morrissey and John Ahern leading the way.

Under 16 Football
Our U 16 footballers crashed out of the county championships last Saturday against Bricky Rangers in Kilmacthomas at semi final stage. After playing some great football in the last few weeks the slip lads produced their worst performance of the year and lost this match by half time. It was a disappointing end for a team that was shaping up nicely.

Benefit Night
Ferrybank GAA club will hold a night at the dogs on Saturday 31st Oct at 8pm. Tickets are now on sale at £10 euro's, we would urge all players, members, and parents of...
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Under 16 Division 4 County Football Final Win
In Fraher field last Saturday we beat Affane by 2-13 to 0-3 in the Div 4 Co Football final.Best for Sacred Heart were Sean Keogh,Sean Brett,Cian Daniels,Conor Byrne,David and Dean Kennedy,Waltie Croke,Glen Hawe and captain Adam O'Connor.

U15 Hurling v Ferrybank
Played in Poleberry we won this game by 2-16 to 2-6,best for Sacred Heart were Mark Sheridan,John Frampton,Gavin Jacob,Kevin Allen-O'Neill,Darragh Flynn and Geoff Brett.

Hurling Training Times
U/5 & U/6- Wed from 5.30 - 6.30 in Poleberry and Sat 11.00-12.00pm in Poleberry
U/7 & U/8- Wed from 5.30 - 6.30 in Poleberry and Sat 11.00-12.00pm in Poleberry.
U10 - U12 hurling training has moved to Tuesday in Poleberry from 6pm - 7pm.

The U10's will train seperately to the U12's between 6 and 7. <...
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Dublin City Marathon
Next weekend over 12000 runners will take to the streets of Dublin for their 30th annual Dublin City Marathon. Among them will be 12 members of our club, many of whom have not taken a break from the triathlon season yet as they increased their miles in preparation for this arduous race. Best of luck to them all.

Winter League Returns
Dig your hi viz vest out of storage because the very popular Winter League will return again this year on Thurs 5th November. It has been rumoured that there will be a few changes to the course this year to make it more manageable for the many hundreds of runners that take part each night over the winter months. A brilliantly organised event which caters for all abilities.

Winter Training
Now that the triathlon season is over, our training schedules will change for the next few month...
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Bank holiday weekend breakNo fixtures this weekend due to the Bank Holiday.

Results
Division 3 and 4 were in action this weekend with Newtown hosting the local division 3 derby versus Dungarvan on Saturday 17th Waterford 2 v 3 Dungarvan

The Division 4 side travelled to Fermoy on Sunday 18th. Fermoy 0 v 0 Waterford

Training
The Irish Hockey Association High Performance Director, Dave Passmore, was in Newtown on Thursday night last to carry out a training session with a mixed group from the three ladies senior teams. Dave has a vast amount of coaching experience, most recently with the Irish Senior men's team. The session was focused on technique, methodology and approach to training and there was great participation from all present. Dave is currently working with a number of the Munster Division 1 clubs and this was a valuable development opportuni...
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"Come and Try it" Evening, Fun for All!

A "Come and Try it Session" organised by Waterford Sports Partnership was held in Cill Barra Sports Centre on Wednesday 30th September. The evening was open to adults with a physical disability in the Waterford and South East region. The 'Come and Try it' evening gave participants an opportunity to try a new sport or activity that they may not have tried before. The participants had the opportunity to try out Athletics, Basketball and Soccer skills.

On the night Paralympics Coach Pat Furlong gave up his time and travelled from Wexford to demonstrate some of the athletics disciplines. The participants then got a chance to try shot putt, discus, javelin and much much more. Also helping out and giving up their own time to demonstrate athletics skills were Paralympic athletes; Catherine Wayland and John McCarthy. Both Paralympics athletes are experts in th...
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Men's and Ladies Leagues

The Waterford County Men's and Ladies Leagues began this week with seven out of the eight Dunmore teams in action. The results were as follows:

Men's League
Section B - Dunmore 1 beat Kilmacthomas 3-1 away. Team: Peter Fleming, Jackie Dunne, Seamus Hearne C, John Byrne.

Section C - Dunmore 2 beat Kilmacthomas 4-0 at home. Team: Padraic Connolly, Mick Kennedy C, Stephen McNamara, Neville Murphy.

Section D - Dunmore 3 drew 2-2 with Modeligo at home. Team: David Flynn C, Pat McGrath (Sub), Tony O'Keeffe (Sub), Paddy Murphy (Sub).

Ladies League
Section C - Dunmore 2 beat Dunmore 3 4-0.

Dunmore 2: Jo White C, Bernie Maher, Mary Ryan, Jeanne McNamara.

Dunmore 3: Loretta Dwyer, Suzanne Brady C, Angela Gilmartin, Deirdre McCarthy (Sub)

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Luck Eludes Superb Young Wildcats
Bausch & Lomb Wildcats 57 Dublin Meteors 65

Wildcats started with flair, passion and superb finishing that belied expectations that this young team had little or no hope of getting a win all season. Such was the quality of their fast breaking game that they had won over the home support midway through the 1st quarter. Supporters greeted every score with a tremendous roar that inspired the team to a 22-14 lead at the end of the opening quarter. One major reason why Wildcats were coasting in top gear was the magnificent performance of Sinead Deegan, who at just 17 years of age, (in the opinion of this biased reporter), is the best point guard on this fair isle. The Mercy Leaving Cert student finished the quarter on 9 points and assisted in very other score Wildcats registered.

Disaster Struck
The second quar...
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