Opening Meet Tipperary Foxhounds A record mounted field of 125 riders turned out on The Square, Fethard, on Monday last for the opening meet of the Tipperary Foxhounds, where the traditional Stirrup Cup was provided by Michael and Josephine O’Hagan, with at least double that amount of car and foot followers. Following an address of welcome to all by Mr. Pat Maher MFH there was a joint blessing of the pack and followers by V. Rev. Fr. Breen PP and the Rev. George Knowd the hounds led by huntsman Derry Donegan and first-whip David Niven moved off to the traditional first draw at Rocklow. The bog at Leahy’s Bridge proved blank, but the small covert at Ballybough held. A fox from here ran through Aiden Mahers, John Halleys and Nevilles to the old Kilnockin Racecourse. Drawing back through Rathvin which was blank hounds found in the screen at Rathcoole entrance. This fox provided an excellent run to The Stables at Rocklow back through Rathcoole to the long Grove by the river where the bitch pack rallied him around it with great cry. Facing him out at the top they simply flew to Powers Wood. Hounds then hunted back from here to Ballintemple. The main covert at Rocklow held a fox, which quickly got to ground. One of a brace at Ardsallagh gate was hunted strongly back to Derryluskin where he got to ground, just ahead of hounds in the big badger sett. A Short run from Prospect to the Barrettstown Cross-Redcity road concluded a top class days hunting in glorious weather. ‘Tosach maith leath na h-oibre’, so says the old Gaelic sean-fhocail. If this is correct the Tipperary Foxhounds provided a very good start to the 2006-2007 season. The new huntsman received many good wishes and good luck messages from the followers present on Monday. Here’s hoping for many good days between now and the end of the season! With the White Heather Harriers November Cemetery Rosaries County Heritage Day While the focus of the Fethard day was ‘Local History in Tipperary’, the Cahir event will concentrate on ‘Architecture in Tipperary’, and, for example, the Dovecote Project in Cahir will be outlined by Joe Walsh. The South Tipperary Heritage Plan will also be launched, and at three o’clock there will also be a Heritage Walk around the town itself. People should arrive at the Castle by 9.45am and all are welcome. Unofficial World Record Congratulations are due to Sean “Glamour” Walsh who, last week, achieved his target of playing cards in 200 different venues. He now has to present the paperwork to the Guinness Book of Records to have his achievement verified, and if nobody else has laid claim to the title, Sean will hold the title for playing in the most venues in the World. As this will take some time, he has decided not to stop travelling to venues that he has never played before, and thus he will increase his record with each visit. So don’t be surprised when you open next year’s Guinness Book of Records at the entertainment section and see, alongside the Beatles, Elvis and other legendary record breakers, the face of Sean “Glamour” Walsh smiling out at you. Maybe it’s time for Sean to live up to the glamorous image and get ready for the big time. Get the white suit out Sean . . . it’s showtime! (N Gawe) The Well Golf Society The results are as follows: Our thanks to Cahir Golf Club for the use of their course which despite the recent adverse weather, was in excellent condition. Thanks also to their patient club members who allowed us the extra time that we needed. Thanks to Mary Stakelum and Joe Corbett for all their help, and last but not least, to our chief organiser Michael Kenrick. Our final outing of the year takes place on Sunday December 3rd at Slievenamon G.C. with a 12 noon tee-off. As previously stated, only society members who have played at least one outing this season are eligible. Halloween Fancy Dress Fethard and Killusty Community Lotto Results The three €50 Lucky Dip winners were:
Fethard Ballroom Fethard & District Rugby Club Our first score came on 15 minutes, when our forwards rucked and mauled from the halfway to release the backs, when an inspired piece of thinking from Shane Kavanagh found Adrian Lawrence with a beautiful Ronan O’Gara style cross field pass to send him in at the corner. Adrian narrowly missed the connection. We were then subjected to ten minutes of continuous Waterpark pressure but Fethard stood strong and denied them a score. A penalty yielded us a line out on their 25, our hooker Kevin Hayes found Colm Dunne in the line out and the ensuing maul saw Joey Kelly flash across the line for our second try. This was Joey’s best game at No. 8, working extremely hard all day, his team play, support play, attacking play, defensive play, was faultless throughout. Adrian narrowly missed the conversion, we broke at half time with a ten point advantage. Waterpark really piled on the pressure in the second half, and were literally parked on our 25 for the remainder of the game, our lads defensive work was tremendous on the day and Jonathon Fleming impressed with a number of very effective tackles to keep Waterpark repulsed. Kevin Hayes and Andrew Kelly both of whom played very well, were substituted by Mark O’Sullivan and Michael Power, the fresh boys helped galvanise our forwards who were soaking up most of the pressure. Our props Stephen Heelin and David Hall had a tremendous game and proved their strength throughout, never yielding an inch to this big Waterpark pack. Waterpark did breach our defences with ten minutes remaining, following one of the few poor decisions by our lads on the day, when they opted to run from deep within our half rather than seek the safety of touch. With encouragement from their coaches however, our lads were not going to yield this one up, and from the kick off our team attacked which yielded a penalty that was duly converted by Adrian Lawrence. Our lads tails were up now, and our next attack saw quick ball from our scrum half and captain William Power flash across the backline to release Johnnie Moroney, who had the maturity of thought on crossing the line at the corner to touch down under the posts, giving Adi an easier conversion. The final score was Fethard 20 Waterpark 5. The coaches were very pleased with this win seeing it as a great team performance, but as coaches do they see tremendous room for improvement particularly with on-field decisions and the intensity of the tackling from the forwards. These improvements can only be made with the full squad at training every Tuesday and Friday night. Club News Fethard GAA News In the Senior Football Relegation Match we’re down to play Killenaule in Golden on Wednesday 1st November at 8pm. Congratulations to Aherlow on winning their first County Senior Football title since becoming a senior team in 1996 and the best of luck in the first round of the Munster Club Championship against Fr Caseys (Limerick). Aherlow appeared in four county finals, losing to Fethard in 1997, 2001, and to Commercials in 2003. Our Lotto Jackpot of €2400 was not won. The numbers drawn were 7, 19, 21, 22, with four match three winners of €40 each to Mike Conway (St Pats Place), Edel Fitzgerald (Kiltinan), Tom Purcell (Burke St), Sean Kelly (Rathvin). The €50 Lucky Dip going to Theresa Walsh (Ballypatrick). The previous week’s numbers were 1, 12, 13 and 21. There was no match three winner with the €50 Lucky Dip going to Kate O’Shea (Woodvale Walk), and €30 each to Mary Newport (Congress Tce), Catherine Kearney (The Green), Dick Fitzgerald (St Pats Place), Marie Smith (The Well), and Mike Shine (Fethard). The lotto results of two weeks ago were, numbers drawn, 4, 9, 19 and 27. €75 each to Con Doyle (Woodvale Walk), John Walsh (c/o Premier Foods Thurles) and the €50 Lucky Dip going to Frank Coffey (Burke St). All tickets were kindly sponsored by Harringtons Developments Our sincere sympathies are at this time with the McCormack Family (Monroe) on the death of Tom. Go ndeanai trocaire ar an ainmeachta. Fethard Players stage ’12 Angry Men’ Fethard Players will stage their production of "12 Angry Men" in the Abymill Theatre from Sunday 12th November to Saturday 18th November, with the exception of Thursday 16th November. Tickets are €12 each with a special priced ‘Family Night’ on Monday. The play starts at 8.15pm and tickets can be booked at O'Flynns Menswear, Fethard. Tel: 052 31254 or 087 1338961. The play, using a mixed cast, is produced by Austin O’Flynn. 12 Angry Men is the gripping, penetrating, and engrossing examination of a diverse group of twelve jurors (mostly middle-aged, white, and generally of middle-class status) who are uncomfortably brought together to deliberate after hearing the 'facts' in a seemingly open-and-shut murder trial case. They retire to a jury room to do their civic duty and serve up a just verdict for the indigent minority defendant (with a criminal record) whose life is in the balance. The film is a powerful indictment, denouncement and expose of the trial by jury system. The frightened, teenaged defendant is on trial, as well as the jury and the American judicial system with its purported sense of infallibility, fairness and lack of bias. One described how the workings of the judicial process can be disastrous: "Life is in their hands death is on their minds! It explodes like 12 sticks of dynamite." |
ARCHIVED FETHARD NEWS 30 Oct 2006 23 Oct 2006 16 Oct 2006 9 Oct 2006 2 Oct 2006 25 Sep 2006 18 Sep 2006 11 Sep 2006 4 Sep 2006 28 Aug 2006 21 Aug 2006 14 Aug 2006 7 Aug 2006 31 July 2006 24 July 2006 17 July 2006 10 July 2006 3 July 2006 26 June 2006 19 June 2006 12 June 2006 5 June 2006 29 May 2006 22 May 2006 15 May 2006 8 May 2006 1 May 2006 24 Apr 2006 17 Apr 2006 10 Apr 2006 3 Apr 2006 27 Mar 2006 20 Mar 2006 13 Mar 2006 6 Mar 2006 27 Feb 2006 20 Feb 2006 13 Feb 2006 6 Feb 2006 30 Jan 2006 23 Jan 2006 16 Jan 2006 9 Jan 2006 2 Jan 2006 26 Dec 2005 19 Dec 2005 12 Dec 2005 5 Dec 2005 28 Nov 2005 21 Nov 2005 14 Nov 2005 7 Nov 2005 31 Oct 2005 24 Oct 2005 17 Oct 2005 10 Oct 2005 3 Oct 2005 26 Sept 2005 19 Sept 2005 12 Sept 2005 5 Sept 2005 29 Aug 2005 22 Aug 2005 15 Aug 2005 8 Aug 2005 1 Aug 2005 25 July 2005 18 July 2005 11 July 2005 4 July 2005 27 June 2005 20 June 2005 13 June 2005 6 June 2005 30 May 2005 23 May 2005 16 May 2005 9 May 2005 2 May 2005 25 Apr 2005 18 Apr 2005 11 Apr 2005 4 Apr 2005 28 Mar 2005 21 Mar 2005 14 Mar 2005 7 Mar 2005 28 Feb 2005 21 Feb 2005 14 Feb 2005 7 Feb 2005 31 Jan 2005 24 Jan 2005 17 Jan 2005 10 Jan 2005 3 Jan 2005 27 Dec 2004 20 Dec 2004 13 Dec 2004 6 Dec 2004 29 Nov 2004 22 Nov 2004 15 Nov 2004 8 Nov 2004 1 Nov 2004 25 Oct 2004 18 Oct 2004 11 Oct 2004 4 Oct 2004 27 Sep 2004 20 Sep 2004 13 Sep 2004 6 Sep 2004 30 Aug 2004 19 Aug 2004 12 Aug 2004 9 Aug 2004 29 Jul 2004 20 Jul 2004 15 Jul 2004 5 Jul 2004 29 Jun 2004 22 Jun 2004 14 Jun 2004 7 Jun 2004 3 Jun 2004 29 May 2004 20 May 2004 14 May 2004 11 May 2004 6 May 2004 3 May 2004 26 Apr 2004 14 Apr 2004 5 Apr 2004 1 Apr 2004 29 Mar 2004 23 Mar 2004 14 Mar 2004 8 Mar 2004 4 Mar 2004 1 Mar 2004 23 Feb 2004 16 Feb 2004 9 Feb 2004 3 Feb 2004 29 Jan 2004 21 Jan 2004 11 Jan 2004 31 Dec 2003 20 Dec 2003 12 Dec 2003 1 Dec 2003 22 Nov 2003 17 Nov 2003 10 Nov 2003 5 Nov 2003 2 Nov 2003 27 Oct 2003 22 Oct 2003 13 Oct 2003 6 Oct 2003 29 Sep 2003 22 Sep 2003 14 Sep 2003 8 Sep 2003 1 Sep 2003 25 Aug 2003 19 Aug 2003 14 Aug 2003 11 Aug 2003 8 Aug 2003 30 Jul 2003 22 Jul 2003 14 Jul 2003 29 Jun 2003 22 Jun 2003 6 Jun 2003 4 Jun 2003 26 May 2003 19 May 2003 11 May 2003 7 May 2003 22 Apr 2003 14 Apr 2003 10 Apr 2003 7 Apr 2003 1 Apr 2003 24 Mar 2003 18 Mar 2003 7 Mar 2003 3 Mar 2003 10 Feb 2003 6 Feb 2003 29 Jan 2003 26 Jan 2003 15 Jan 2003 8 Jan 2003 5 Jan 2003 30 Dec 2002 20 Dec 2002 16 Dec 2002 13 Dec 2002 9 Dec 2002 3 Dec 2003 1 Dec 2002 24 Nov 2002 15 Nov 2002 11 Nov 2002 9 Nov 2002 4 Nov 2002 28 Oct 2002 21 Oct 2002 14 Oct 2002 7 Oct 2002 4 Oct 2002 30 Sep 2002 23 Sep 2002 16 Sep 2002 10 Sep 2002 6 Sep 2002 3 Sep 2002 26 Aug 2002 13 Aug 2002 8 Aug 2002 3 Aug 2002 26 Jul 2002 24 Jul 2002 15 Jul 2002 1 Jul 2002 25 Jun 2002 |