Castleblayney Hurling Club Notes 24th Feb 2025
Date for your diary….Save the Date.. For one night only Castleblayney Hurling Club presents “The Family Fortunes Experience”, the Gameshow we all love, with a local Blayney Twist!!
This promises to be a fantastic night for our Club and entire Community!!
Ticket details coming soon!!
Registration is now open & due before 31st March. The following are the rates for 2025:
Juvenile Membership €25, Adult member (non playing) €30, Student Senior Player €30, Senior Player €120, Cairde Family €120, Juvenile Family (2 Adults & Children) €50. Follow the link https://castleblayneyhurlingclub.clubforce.com/products/membership or Revolut bbol123.
Draw for Free Membership will take place at the end of Feb for all those who have paid their registration before Fri 28th Feb.
50/50 Draw The February draw will take place on the last Friday of the month. To get your entry follow the link https://member.clubforce.com/memberships_cart_m.asp?LL_ID=2. 767&intMF_ID=7833#Anchor. This provides you with different payment options including setting up a 12 month direct debit subscription paid on a monthly basis which will ensure you are in for every draw. Alternatively, you can get an entry through REVOLUT to @bbol123 putting your name and contact telephone number. A huge thanks for your continued support.
Juvenile Presentation takes place in Iontas on Sunday 9th March at 6pm. This is an evening where all our families & friends are invited along to acknowledge & celebrate the participation & involvement of all our Juvenile teams. Our U16 double County Champions will be honoured on the night. Looking forward to seeing you all there, everyone welcome.
Juvenile Training
U8’s training continues Wednesdays at Castleblayney Boys’ School 5.30pm-6.30pm. Great to see our new recruits last week at their first training session. New players welcome & hurls and helmets provided if needed. Contact David 0862517407 U8’s indoors, DOB 2017/2018.
U10 training on Wednesday evenings, 5.30-6.30pm, Scoil Mhuire Boys National School Castleblayney. DOB 2015/2016. New players welcome.
U12 training on Tuesday evenings from 6.30 to 7.30, Boys School Astro turf pitch. First blitz of the year in Dundalk this Friday evening.
U14’s train Monday evenings, Boys School Astro, 7pm – 8pm
U-14 hurlers had their first game of the year when they played Craobh Ruadh of Camlough in a challenge match in Concra last Saturday evening. In what was a very competitive and close game, the boys put in a brilliant performance in what was their first game of the year. Training continues on Monday evening in the boys School Astro turf pitch 7pm to 8pm. Well done boys.
U10 Blitz The season kicked off last week for our U10 team with training on Wednesday and a regional blitz in the DKIT arena on Friday. The boys showed huge potential at the blitz, winning four out of the five games they played. Training continues this Wednesday evening at 5.30pm in the Boys School Astro turf and new players are more than welcome.
U17 County team played Fermanagh in round 3 last weekend coming away with a draw. Next week they meet the same opposition in the final. Club represented by Tom Duffy, Caimin O’Brien, Keelan Morgan, Cathal Malone and Liam Bolger. Best of Luck in the Final lads.
Team of the Week Well done to Niall Garland who has been named on the @officialgaa Hurling Team of the Week. Niall had a fantastic game on Saturday & contributed hugely to Monaghan’s win v Warwickshire. Big bualadh bos for Niall!
Condolences to one of our loyal supporters, PJ Harte on the passing of his father-in-law, Oliver Mee, Cootehill. Ar DheisD é go raibh a anam.
Hugh McKenna RIP Castleblayney Hurling extends our deepest sympathy to the family of Hugh McKenna, one of our founding members of the reformed club in 1954. The founding Committee was celebrated & acknowledged last March at our 70th Celebratory dinner dance but unfortunately Hugh was not in a position to travel from his home in Tralee.
Hugh served on the HC committee in 1954 and 1955. He was a right half back in the 1955 championship winning team and was goalkeeper for the 1956 final, the 1957 final win, the 1958 and 1959 championship wins and Mid Ulster League wins in 1958 and 1959. He was county sub keeper in 1957.
Hugh was a man for the stage and acted as compere of the Down Express at the Lyric Theatre in 1958 and many other shows, dinner dances, fundraisers etc. He was also a member of the Emmett Céilí Band. Hugh emigrated to England in September 1960, before returning to Dublin and now Tralee. Ar Dheis Dé go raibh a anam uasal.
Gaeltacht Scholarship If your son/daughter has secured a place on a Gaeltacht course this summer & are a registered member of the club then they should consider applying for a Gaeltacht Scholarship. Contact the club’s Cultural Officer, David Connolly or get an application form at the link:
https://forms.gle/j6FHyRp9jsZx1TH97
