Reeling In The Year

Looking back at January & February last year, it was our U-13’s who were first out of the blocks, training in the Glenville Astro, please god our own Astro will be up and running in a couple of weeks so the lads can get going again soon. In fact, planning permission was granted in February last year as well as Sports Capital grant approval for €75,000 so hopefully it’ll be 12 months from approval to opening. The endo of February also saw the street lights on the newly installed cycle & footpath connecting the village to Felix Sarsfield Memorial Park being switched on. The project was completed by Cork county Council through tremendous support from Cllr. Sheila O’Calalghan and is a key enabler for the connection of our grounds to the village.

Club president Lizzie O’Leary along with Chairman Kieran O’Keefe and Underage Chairman Barry Joyce, made a presentation to Pat O’Brien to mark the occasion of his retirement as principal of Watergrasshill National School in January 2022. Not only has Pat been a great friend to the GAA and our own club, thousands of local kids have been mentored and inspired by Pat over the years we hope he’s still enjoying his golf 12 months later.

We were delighted & proud to be notified that the late Eamonn Ryan had been honoured with a lifetime achievement award at the 2022 GAA Coaching Conference. This was fitting tribute given Eamonn’s love for coaching at all levels from Bunscoil to senior intercounty.

By end of February last year, our U-17’s had what was to be the season opener against Kiltha Óg in Dungourney cancelled due to an unplayable pitch, maybe this year, surfaces will have had more time and we’ll get going before March.

2023 Membership opening soon

Our 2023 club membership will be opening soon and we would encourage everyone to renew as soon as possible. Our playing, non-playing and social membership options will be available again this year. It’s not just important for players to complete their membership for insurance and registration purposes, but social and non-playing members are just as important to ensure we have up to date member numbers, this help with Capital grant applications to GAA organisations and external private funding to help us continue to develop the best possible facilities for our community.

Rebels Bounty 2023

The Rebels Bounty draw is an initiative of "One Cork" to give clubs a significant opportunity to raise funds. Proceeds from every ticket sold above minimum targets go directly to our clubs in Watergrasshill & Glenville.  We had a fantastic response in 2021 and tickets are now up for renewal. We are asking all members and supporters to renew again this year and support this very important fundraised for both clubs. The 2022 prize fund is over €500,000 with 30 chances to win every month. Entries can be made on-line via www.gaacork.ie/rebelsbounty or through any club member. If you need any assistance, feel free to contact Brian or Paud or please email rebelsbounty@gaa.ie or hillglenvillerebelsbounty@gmail.com. Your support is greatly appreciated with much needed funds going directly into supporting your club and your community, míle buiochas duitse go léir.

Lotto

There was no winner of the Lotto Jackpot this week. Numbers drawn were 10, 23, 26 & 30. Lucky dip winners are Kieran Cotter, Martin O’Riordan, John O’Connor (Minane) & Grace Anna McCarthy. Congrats to you all. Next week's jackpot is €2,400 and draw will take place on February 13^th in The Fir Tree Bar. Tickets are on sale in some of the village businesses like The Hut Bar, The Fir Tree, Johnny's Shop and our new Lotto stand in Ross's Centra. Tickets can also be purchased on-line via our club website (www.watergrasshillgaa.ie). The Club would like to take this opportunity to thank all our members and supporters of the Watergrasshill GAA Club Lotto. The Club Lotto is a vital source of income for the running of all our teams within the Club and for future development of our facilities, so we ask you to please support it if you are in a position to do so. Remember, if you’re not in you can’t win.