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Mixed weekend for senior players

IT WAS a mixed weekend for Kilkenny players involved in the Airtricity National League. Former Manchester City player Garry Breen scored for Dundalk in their 3-0 win over UCD. In goal for College was former Evergreen player Billy Brennan.

Former Kilkenny City U21 player David Grincell was taken down for a penalty in Waterford United’s 2-1 win over Limerick FC. Another Kilkenny player in the Waterford squad was Timmy Purcell.

It was a weekend to forget to remember for another former Kilkenny City player Davy Mulcahy as his to then high flying St Patrick’s Athletic were beaten 1-0 by Alan Matthews struggling Drogheda United.

The Watershed is a great venue

THE IRISH Water Safety Association held their National Swimming teacher Course in the Watershed recently.

 

This was the first national course to be held at the Kilkenny venue and the Water Safety Organisers were most impressed with the venue and the range of facilities available. Hopefully, this is the first of many national courses to be held in the Watershed..

The picture shows the tutors and student teachers who successfully completed the course.

Second edition of The Reporter available

THE SECOND edition of Kilkenny's new newspaper,  The Kilkenny Reporter, is being delivered  to shops throughout the city and county of Kilkenny today, Monday.

Staff are delighted with the positive response to the paper. Over 20,000 copies of the first edition were elivered to homes in Kilkenny last week. Deliveries began on Monday and continued until Wednesday.

This week's edition includes a preview of the Senior  Hurling Championship with Pat Treacy. There is camogie, hurling and soccer action, with  full colour pictures.

Oh what a beautiful morning

OH WHAT a beautiful Monday morning. Kilkenny is dressed in its best finery today as the sun splashes down on our people. The recession is now seen in a different light - sunlight!

But despite the warmth and the resultant good cheer, it is not easy to disguise the fact that business is rather quite in our city. Then there is the one-way system. That should get a good airing later on this evening when Kilkenny Borough Council meets at City Hall. The meeting is to be attended by a good sprinkling of traders.

City centre traders blamed a 50% fall off in business on the traffic experiment. The weekend was rock bottom for local trade, according to a spokesman for traders.

Fun and games for O'Loughlin kids

O'LOUGHLIN Gaels GAA Summer Camp, organised by Niall Bergin and his team, goes ahead again this year.

 

It will be run over two weeks. Week One runs from Tuesday, August 3 to Saturday, August 7. Week Two begins on Monday, August 9 and ends on Friday, August 13.

The camp is open to all club members and children interested in joining O'Loughlin Gaels, aged between six and 13 years.

Great soccer as City rivals clash

FREEBOOTERS U10s played two very competitive and sporting games against city rivals Evergreen on the Kells Road. In the first match man of the match Ross Whelan scored the only goal of the game, with TJ Steins & Ciaran Walsh getting the Blues goals in the second game.

U11 Challenge

Freebooters 2, St Kevin's Boys (Dublin) 1

Positive response to new newspaper

KILKENNY'S new newspaper, The Kilkenny Reporter, has been delivered to homes and businesses throughout Kilkenny City and County. Staff are delighted with the enthusiastic response to the paper.

The 48-page full colour compact newspaper is staffed mainly by former employees of the Kilkenny People.

It is backboned by two of the country's longest serving journalists, Sean Hurley and Jim Rhatigan who between them have 97 years experience in provincial journalism. Sean is a former editor of the Kilkenny People while Jim is a former editor of the Kilkenny Voice. In charge of advertising sales is Peter Seaver.

Fighting Cat denied by a whisker

By: 
Jim Rhatigan
A GALLANT effort by the brilliant TJ Reid to grab a late, late equaliser for Kilkenny failed by a whisker as the Cats fell to their third defeat in the Allianz National League.

 

In a pulsating tie in front of a crowd of over 7,000, Kilkenny started sluggishly, rallied brilliantly but in the end were pipped by Galway on a scoreline of 1-23 (26 points) to 2-21 (27 points).

 

Nobody headed for the exits as the match went into a rather lengthy period of injury time following the stretchering off of the Galway goalkeeper following an accidental clash.

Happy days for a smashing woman

By: 
Jim Rhatigan
A SMASHING Kilkenny woman celebrated her 50th birthday in style at the weekend.

 

Marie Shah, aka Marie Cummins, formerly of Irishtown, Kilkenny, is not 50 for another few days but she chose last Friday to celebrate in style at Langton’s Set Theatre.

 

It turned out to be a colourful fancy dress affair in a brilliant setting and friends turned up in big numbers to make it a memorable night for Marie and indeed for the entire Cummins family.

Treasured guests included Marie’s mother Josie and her 14 year old daughter Nailah.

A Vampire Story from Barnstorm Youth

THE NEW girl in school, Ella, befriends you and tells you she’s a vampire, 200 years old and has survived by drinking human blood. Do you believe her?  Of course you don’t. But what about when people start to disappear…?

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Clara lad excels at World Games

A KILKENNY boy has done brilliantly in his first World Sport Stacking Championships and was unlucky not to win a medal, his coach has said.

Eleven year-old James Carrigan from Smithstown, Maddoxtown, Co Kilkenny was among four Irish youths who competed in the World Sport Stacking Championships in Denver.

Sport Stacking involves up and down stacking 12 competition cups in various sequences against the clock. It is widely used by elite sports athletes as a means of improving their hand-eye co-ordination and boosting ambidexterity.

Glasgow Celtic supporters celebrate

MEMBERS of The Wolfe Tone branch of the Glasgow Celtic Supporters’ Club had an enjoyable night in The Rivercourt Hotel, Kilkenny, on Saturday.

The Hoops may not be enjoying the best season in the history of the famous club but supporters remain loyal.

For years the Wolfe Tone branch members have been making regular trips to Glasgow to support their heroes and in turn former players, some of whom now enjoy legend status, have attended functions of the Kilkenny club.

Among those still championing the cause if Derek Maher who was again among the chief organisers of the weekend event.

Timmy shows Blues the way

By: 
Jim Rhatigan
IT WAS another busy weekend for Kilkenny players in the Airtricity National League.

Success was the name of the game for North Kilkenny lad Timmy Purcell, formerly of UCD who scored the first goal for First Division League leaders Waterford United as the Blues saw off Mervue United 2-3 in Galway.

Another Kilkenny youngster who has played a major role in the renaissance at the Regional Sports Complex in Waterford is former Kilkenny City U21 player David Grincell.

Davy Mulcahy was in his usual hard tackling form as St Patrick’s Athletic played host to newly promoted Sporting Fingal in The Premier League at Richmond Park.

Great weekend for Kilkenny hurling

IT WAS a great weekend for Kilkenny hurling. St Kieran's College collected their 17th All-Ireland senior hurling crown when they stormed to victory over Ard Scoil Ris while Kilkenny eased past Limerick in the Allianz National Hurling League.

St Kieran's College looked to be doomed as they trailed by five points in the dying minutes of their clash with Ard Scoil who were chasing their first title. But, in typical Kilkenny fashion, the student Cats roared back for a wonderful victory.

Flood money follows devastation

THERE is good news for Kilkenny homeowners as the Government has awarded over €500,000 to Kilkenny County Council for flood relief.

“Late last year, I saw first-hand the devastation to Kilkenny homeowners caused by unprecedented flooding. The difficulties and expense to homeowners and families was compounded by the fear that something similar could happen again,” Deputy John McGuinness told Kilkenny Alive.

“In response to this, the Government has awarded over €500,000 to the County Council for flood relief that will concentrate efforts in the areas that are most at risk.

Time to broaden FAS Schemes

MANY hard-working and dedicated men and women who are on the live register but not in receipt of welfare payments should be allowed partake in FÁS for community employment schemes, Fine Gael Senator, John Paul Phelan, says.

When did your body last have a service?

By Breda Gardner

FAR too many people, most of them men, seem to care more about their cars than they do about their own bodies, according to complementary health practitioner in Waterford and Kilkenny, Breda Gardner.

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