Bray Emmets Senior Hurlers: Well done to Pat Lee and the senior hurlers on a great victory over Carnew in the Division 3 Leinster Club Hurling League Final. Martin Skelly, Chairman of the Leinster Council presented the trophy to Bray Emmets’ Christy Moorehouse at the end of the game.
Wicklow Senior Hurlers and Footballers: Congratulations to Bray’s Wicklow Senior Hurling panel members John Henderson, Christy Moorehouse, Aaron Murphy and Harry Stephenson on their Christy Ring Cup semi final win over Meath. Hard Luck to Wicklow Senior Footballers on their loss against Meath. Bray Emmets Niall Gaffney was part of the team playing at Dr Cullen Park on Sunday. Best wishes and a speedy recovery to Leighton Glynn who was injured during the game.
Cumann na mbhunscol
Well done to St Cronans on winning the O’Doherty Cup and becoming Wicklow Champions in the Cumann na mbunscol finals. The winning Gaelic football team had a strong representation from the under 12 Bray Emmets team. Well done also to our u12 Camogie player Naimh McCormack on winning the Camogie skills competition in Wicklow. Niamh who attends Scoil Chualann will go onto to represent Wicklow at one of the half time championship games in Croke park over the summer.
Midsummer Music Event: On the 23rd of June Bray Emmets will host ‘Flutopia’ and Comhaltas at our Club house in Old Conna, with doors opening from 7pm. This is a fund raiser for the club and we look to all our members to support us in this. The tickets will include a barbeque and further information regarding the event will be available on the website in the coming days.
Speech Therapy at Old Conna on 16th June 2012
Do you have questions about your child’s speech and language development? Club member and Speech and Language Therapist, Stephanie McGrath will be in Bray Emmets on Saturday 16th June to provide free advice to parents and anyone else who is interested in developing children’s speech and language skills. Stephanie will hope to provide concerned parents with useful information to assure them that they can work to overcome their child’s speech and language difficulties. Club members can avail of a private and confidential one-on-one consultation with Stephanie in the club house meeting room between 9.30am and 12.30pm on Saturday, 16th June. Stephanie’s Speech Therapy is located on the Strand Road, Bray and is offering fellow Bray Emmets’ members 10% discount on all initial assessments and therapy sessions. Contact Stephanie directly on , email; or check out her website .
Lotto: The Lotto jackpot now stands at €2,400. Thank you to all those that have registered and to those that haven’t please support your club by registering at www.brayemmets.com. There was no winner this week and the numbers drawn were 14, 7, 13 and 27.
Dates to Note:, Kellogg’s Cul Camps; 16th July – 20th July (football) and 23rd July – 27th July (hurling and camogie).
Mens Football Fixtures: The Senior Men are home to Donard-The Glen on Tuesday 30th May and the Junior B’s are away to Ashford the following evening.
Mens Hurling Fixtures: The Junior hurlers are away to Barndarrig on Wednesday 30th May.
Junior Hurlers : The Junior hurlers faced Avoca Wednesday last in beautiful May conditions. Bray thundered into an early lead, fine scores from Luke O’Reilly and Willy Nolan while Jordan Lee and Ryan Tynan worked unselfishly in the half-back line. Bray took a tighter grip in the second-half, David Ebbs and Peter O’Reilly both contributing heavily. However, the goals scored by John Ward, Brian Lambe and Dara Maloney underlined the final divide between the 2 teams. Táimid ag imirt arís Dé Céadaoin seo chugainn, sa Bhearn Dearg ag 7:15pm.
Emmet Bhré – Peter O’Reilly, Billy Brazil, Tadhg Ó Broin, Emmet Fitzgerald, Ryan Tynan, Michael Walsh, Jordan Lee, Luke O’Reilly (0-4), Cathal Ó Dúlacháin (0-4), Dara Maloney (1-8), Willy Nolan (0-5), David Ebbs (0-1), Decy Glynn (0-1), John Ward (1-3), Craig Brack-Synott. Brian Lambe (1-1) for D.Glynn, Mick Burns for E.Fitzgerald, Decy Glynn for D.Ebbs. Bainisteoirí – Christy Moorehouse, Jackie Napier
Juvenile Games
Girls Football and Camogie: The under 14 Camogie team participated in the Dublin Feile at Portmarnock on Saturday, well done to all the girls who put in strong performances in very warm conditions. The under 10 footballers travelled to the north side to play Craobh Ciaran.
Match Reports:
U11 Boys Football: The under 11’s played in the annual Kilmacud Crokes Football tournament Sunday last. In the group stages, we defeated St Anne’s, Kilmacud and St Judes. In the final we beat Tyrrelstown – all offering tough opposition – but Bray Emmets were in flying form. From David Maloney at the back, Conor Dowling prowling midfield, to Rory Lambe prolific up front, Bray were always going to be difficult to overcome. David Martin did very well in his debut tournament, David Nesbitt in the half-forward line provided invaluable link-play and Rian Knox obligingly played Goalie/out-field when required. This was a great squad performance. Darragh McCormack accepted the winners trophy on our behalf. Buíochas mór le Brenda Maloney agus Debbie McDonagh a rinne picnic mhór do na buachaillí/tuismitheoirí ar fad.
U11 Hurlers: The under 11’s played Oliver Plunketts in the Dublin league Thursday night. This Navan Road fixture was won by the tightest and slimmest of margins. Many players gave hugely for this victory to become a reality; among them were Jamie Baguley, David Maloney and Michael Timmons. A last gasp (1-1) from an outstanding mid-field Rory Lambe sealed the honours for Brí Chualann. Táimid ag traenáil arís maidin Dé Sathairn. Emmet Bhré 5 – 6,Oliver Plunketts 4 – 5. Emmet Bhré – Under 11. Aaron Graham, Conor Hardiman, Darragh McCormack, David Maloney (1-0), Gavin Henderson (0-1), Jamie Baguley, Michael Timmons, Rian Knox, Rory Lambe (4-5), Seán McDonagh.
Emmet Bhré – Under 11. Aaron Graham, Conor Dowling (2-6), Conor Hardiman (2-2), Conrad Ruddy (1-0), David Martin, Darragh McCormack, David Maloney, David Nesbitt (1-3), Gavin Henderson (1-1), Rian Knox (1-1), Rory Lambe (9-5), Seán McDonagh (0-1), Stephen Reynolds (0-3).
Under 8 Football: Two of our under 8 football teams travelled to Fergal Og on Friday evening to play Roundwood and Newtown. The weather was very good giving us an evening of very entertaining football. We had six very close games with some great skill displayed from the whole squad. There was some great goal keeping from Cian, Fiachra, Cal and Kaleigh. Cathal, Ciarán, Adam, Luke Micallef and James all played well in the backs with the midfield very well marshalled by Joshua, Sean, Cillian, Jack and Luke Kane. The forward line saw some great link up play with fine scores from Nathan, Sean, Charlie, Diarmuid and that great score from Alex. Bray ended the evening ahead in a couple of the matches with some impressive scores and skill shown by all, well done to both teams. Thanks to Fergals for a well ran blitz. We have a very busy few months ahead and training continues every Sat morning 10 till 11.30. New members more than welcome.
Emmet Bhre 2004
Bray Emmets U12 camogie team travelled to Carnew on Friday last for the latest round of the Wicklow U12 league. Great credit must go to both sides for sustaining an absorbing game in persistent rain and biting cold conditions. The Bray girls came out of the block quickly and a period of sustained pressure resulted in a fine point from a 65 free by Rachel Rice. A goal from the ever threating and impressive Ailbhe Byrne followed some sustained pressure by Molly Fitzgerald and Rachel Rice in midfield. A Carnew point soon followed but not before a second goal scored from the ever threatening Lauren Mc Kenna in the full forward position. Carnew added a goal before the break to leave the score at 2:01 to 1:01 to Bray.
The second half started in frantic fashion when Bray powered ahead through a well taken goal from Ali Byrne who doubled on the sliotars in mid-flight. Carnew pulled a second goal back before Rachel Rice pointed from a long range effort on her half back line. A well taken point from play from Tricia Phelan put some level of comfort between the teams. The remaining minutes of match saw resurgence from Carnew who put the Bray back line under a lot of pressure which was expertly dealt with by Maeve O Doherty and Brona Murphy.
It was a very brave performance from the Bray girls in the inclement conditions and particularly in a venue where few Bray team have been on the right side of the score line. Particular mention should go Olivia Duffy, Lauren Healy and Ailbhe Byrne who all impressed with their work rate and commitment throughout the match.
Bray ran out eventual winner on a score line of 3:02 to 2:01.
Team: Eleanor Hayes Carroll, Tricia Phelan, Molly Fitzgerald, Rachel Rice, Lauren Mc Kenna, Ali Byrne, Maeve O Doherty, Olivia Duffy, Ailbhe Byrne, Brona Murphy and Lauren Healy
Cillian Murphy, Fiachra O Dhunai, Kaleigh Broderick, Luke Micallef, Nathan Hunter, Sean Byrne, Luke Kane, Diarmuid McCarthy, Charlie McCabe, Cathal MacMaoilin, Cian Longmore, Adam Prunty, Joshua Butler, Jack Kearney, James Byrne, Alex Colgan, Cal Quinn, Cian Eddy, Ross Hayde and Ciarán Kelly.
