Above Pic: Fins V Slyvesters - Senior Men Footballers
The weekend saw most of our teams return to action representing their club. From the youngest players first time out to the well experienced, it was great to see all the smiling faces and hearing the cheers from the sidelines. Great for us all to meet up again after such a long spell without our games.
The Courtyard
OPENING FINS COURTYARD / RUBY'S
Friday - 5pm
Saturday- 4pm
Sunday - 2pm
Phones will open for bookings on Thursday 6 - 9 pm and during the weekend opening hours.
Match Fixtures
Following great starts in the league last weekend for our senior footballers v Sylvesters & our junior 1st team footballers v Innisfails here are the match fixtures for this week. Best of luck to all our teams.
If your child is aged 4-6 and is interested in joining the Joe Duffy Group Nursery/Academy please contact Brian Jordan 087 3372495 or brian.jordan.gpo.dublin@gaa.ie
The Fins All Stars
A huge thank you to all our Fins All Stars Mentors who are doing a great job every Friday evening. But we are in desperate need of new volunteers to help with such important and rewarding coaching. It's for one hour on a Friday evening. (6pm - 7pm) and any help would be greatly appreciated. If you think you would like to help out please contact Niamh (0857332970)
Emily is one of our amazing All Stars who loves her Friday evening training.
Go Emily !!
Juvenile Section
It was great to see every blade of grass of pitches in full use this week with almost every juvenile team back in action.
Below are our U/9 boys finally getting to play their first Football match last weekend v Raheny & Naomh Mearnóg when they were supposed to have their first game in February 2020.
You can find a full list of fixtures for the Juvenile section on Dublingaa.ie.
Club Samhraidh
Tá cúpla spás fágtha ar ár gClub Samhraidh (9-13 Lúnasa) ach tá sé ag líonú go tapaidh. Brustaigí !!!
August 9th to 13th -- Fine Ghallainn Club Samhraidh
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Don't forget new members are always welcome. Just contact the club on Fingallians@gmail.com and we will forward details to the relevant mentor.
Gym is now up and running and open to all members.
In order to join the following will be required:
Be a fully paid up member of the club which includes Social Members
You will then have two payment options:
1. Pay a monthly fee of €10 per month through Legitfit app.
2. Upfront payment of €100 for 1 years membership.
Membership will entitle you access to the gym facilities between the hours of 6.30am and 10pm (with the exception of times allocated to Fingallians Adult Teams).
Access will be gained by a fob system which will be activated by payment of gym membership and signing of indemnity form.
It is anticipated that we will provide a variety of classes from September on wards (yoga, spinning, circuits, Pilates etc all with accredited trainers). Payment for these classes will be through the Legitfit app and classes will be available on a limited basis.
BINGO & LOTTO !!!!
This weeks Lotto Results
The Lotto takes place every Tuesday.
JUNE 22ND JACKPOT : €1,256
To play online at:
To play bingo at the Drive-in at Fingallians carpark, buy your books at the gate. Books bought here must be played in the carpark.
To play bingo on-line at home, you can buy your books at:
Camogie
Last November, the Club Executive set a goal to reintroduce an Adult Camogie Team to Fingallians, after an absence of over 30 years. Their vision, to assure our young juvenile Camogie players that there is a home for all camogie players (young and old) in Fingallians.
Before the Christmas break, we were delighted to have 9 players answer our call to come and play, with 11 more who had committed to start in the new year. Things were looking very positive! But unfortunately, a level 5 Covid lock-down closed everything and brought all our plans to a standstill . Little did we know at that time, our next training session would not take place until May 10th, 2021.
We eagerly met on May 10th and began preparations for the Adult League. Last Thursday night, June 10th, just four weeks later, this brand-new adult camogie team, took on its first major challenge. Togging out against the Mighty Titans of Na Fianna, for our first league match, brought a healthy dose of nerves mixed with fear! But most of all and air of great excitement. It was a huge step and a great achievement by all involved. Many of those togging out for Fingallians had never held a hurl in their hands just five weeks prior to the game. They diligently set about learning the skills, understanding the positions on the pitch, as the boldly built a strong and courageous team spirit. The bravest of the brave stepped forward, ...
Anne O'Louglin
Donna Gallagher (who last played camogie for Fingallians s over 30 years ago
Claire Moody
Fran Carton
Grainne Cassidy
Grainne McKenna
Jenny Ryan
Joy Downey
Laura Biddulph
Lauren McCormack
Lauren Retig
Lorraine Sheridan
Megan Campbell
Orla Leonard
Roisin Gallagher
Shauna Murphy
Therese Morris
Zoe Biddulph
Also James Fitzgerald (Coach) & Lesley Biddulph
Win, lose or draw the girls were determined to enjoy the experience (and secretly, to survive the match). Having dedicated their first game to Orla Kinsella & Sarah Lambert who couldn’t play on the night, they went out and fought tough and hard against a very experienced Na Fianna side. Leaving their hearts on the pitch, they never gave up. And although they lost the game on the night the won so much more. They had faced their fears, survived in grueling heat and loved every minute of it!
Now our focus is to continue building on what we have started.
We want to take the opportunity to thank all those in Fingallians for supporting us on this important adventure. Especially Colin Foley, Anne Marie Brett, Caroline Whelan, Mick Kennedy and the Executive. Thanks to is also due to Jean Kelly and her band of supporters (Minor Camogie Players) most especially Anna Mullen, Niamh Donoghue, Keelin McGrath, Aoife Grimes, and Ciara O'Grady
If you would like to be part of this adventure, or any Camogie adventure in Fingallians, please do contact the club PRO Esther, who will connect you. If you would like to become a Sponsor partner in this adventure, we would love to hear from you too. Again, details are available from Esther our club PRO.
Remember, Young or old there is a camogie home for you in Fingallians. We will keep you posted on our journey.
THANK YOU
Fingallians Camogie Section
If you would like any information on our girls or Ladies Teams please contact:
fingallians@gmail.com
secretary.fingallians.dublin@camogie.ie
Adult Summer Club Coaches
If you are aged 18 or over by July 19th 2021 and are interested in coaching in our Summer Clubs please fill the the form below:
https://forms.gle/uBdPA4ocV7uR4ktAA
Coaching Initiative
We are delighted that the first sessions of the Coaching Initiative with our senior players & coaches got off to a great start with more than 60 juvenile players participating in our younger group last Friday evening and over 40 in the older groups last Sunday.
This hurling coaching for the U8-10 age group now continues every Friday Night 6pm to 7.15pm on Main Pitch & Ball Wall and all are welcome.
Next session for the older groups U11-14 will be Sunday June 27th.
We hope all of our juvenile players will avail of the great chance to improve their skills. There will be a similar project also for Football in the not too distant future.
Membership
If your membership is still outstanding remember that players must have membership paid before taking part in any training or games.
The Golf Society
Our newly reformed Golf Society had a very successful first outing on 11th of June at Beaverstown Golf Course. It was back to Fins Courtyard afterwards for some refreshments and Prize giving.
Adult:
1st place - Heath Hayward
2nd place - David Cullen
3rd place - Barry Rodgers
Juniors:
1st place - Lachlan Hayward
2nd place - CJ Jones
The next outing is the 2nd July in Forest Little. New members would be very welcome.
For further details on joining the society please contact Barry Rodgers @ 086 8540223.
The Club Shop
The shop will be open from 7 - 8.30 this Thursday evening
and Saturday morning 10am - 1pm.
Update from O'Neills: 'Fingallians Shorts could take up to two weeks before they come into the shop. Half zips are scheduled for this week and jerseys are scheduled for next week but there is no guarantee that they will definitely be in this or next week
Trip Down Memory Lane - Dave McKittrick
FINGALLIANS GAA All STAR LEGENDS
If you walk into the bar area in recent times you will have seen pictures of our fellow club men and women who have won All Star awards.
The club over the years has had players who have represented different counties in gaelic football and hurling codes and who have been rewarded with an All Star. We have been lucky to have had 8 players who have received such awards . In men's football we have had Harry Keegan with Roscommon, Kieran Duff aka Dully Dublin and Paul Flynn Dublin. In LGFA we had two players who received awards while playing for Dublin Amy Mc Guinness and Sinead Finnegan, and finally in County Hurling we had three representatives on the Fingal county team that played in the Nicky Rackard championship. Dermot Vaughan , JM Sheridan and Peter Daly.
Over the next few weeks we will provide information on each of the award winners alongside a few pictures of them in their playing days .
This week we mention our two first all stars Harry and Dully.
Hope you enjoy reading about our club legends .
Harry Keegan (Roscommon 1972-1988) Right Corner Back
Harry Keegan made his debut for Roscommon in 1972 in a league game against Kilkenny and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement in 1988.
He won many titles during his early years with his home team in Roscommon Castlerea St Kevin’s before joining Fingallians in 1979-80 era. Harry represented Roscommon at underage minor and u21 level before playing senior winning numerous Connaught titles. He was the Fiins captain when they won the senior div 1 league title in 1985.
Harrys role of honour is as follows
All star– 1978 ,1980 ,1986
Connaught Titles : 1972,1977,78,79,80
National league titles: 1
Railway cup: Represented Connaught
Dublin senior div 1 winner 1985
Dublin senior div 2 1984
Kieran Duff: aka DULLY (Dublin 1978- 1988) Wing Forward /Corner Forward
Dully made his senior inter county debut in 1979 after two years on the county minor Panels and was involved with senior setup until 1992
Dully made 40 appearances in the senior jersey scoring 9-57
He also won all Ireland titles with Dublin Masters and toured Australia with this team.
He made is club debut at a slightly late age 13/14 and was also a very talented soccer player playing with Swords Celtic followed by Shelbourne and also was invited for trials at Manchester United in the 80’s.
He was also part of the great 70s team in St Finnians secondary school winning many Dublin titles and qualifying for a Schools All Ireland Final.
Dully’s career in the red jersey continued up into the early 2000’s and he has made numerous returns to the LMP pitch in charity games in recent years.
He was part of the Dublin management setup during Pillar Caffey’s reign 2008 – 2010
Dullys role of honour is as follows
All-star – 1987 and 1988
All Ireland winner: minor 1979 senior 1983
All Ireland R/up: minor 1978, senior 1985
National league titles: 1986-87 1990-91
Leinster Titles: 1983/84/85/89
Railway Cup: Represented Leinster
International Rules representative:
Goal of year: 1987 against Meath
Dublin senior div 1 1985
Dublin senior div 2 1984
Keep Fins Tidy
We have received complaints in recent weeks in relation to the leaving of plastic bottles on all our pitches after training and matches. We would encourage the use of reusable bottles that are taken home with players. If you see rubbish left behind we would kindly ask that you pick it up. Thanks in advance for your co-operation.
If you have any photos that you think might be of interest to Fingallians please get in touch
pro.fingallians.dublin@gaa.ie
Dave: dmacsitric@gmail.com
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