***Kindly Sponsored by Pa’s Bar, Upperchurch***
LAP OF IRELAND FUNDRAISER
A massive thanks to all who took part and donated to our Lap Of Ireland fundraiser last week to raise funds for our new walkway around the GAA field in Drombane and a new astroturf area. Our aim was to cover a distance of 2,150km over 2 days and so complete a lap of Ireland. The response was fantastic and the eventual total reached was almost 3,500km. Pictures submitted can be seen on our facebook page.
The total amount of money raised between our gofundme page & donations dropped to Ryans shop & Drombane Creamery came to a staggering €12,150. Thanks again to everyone for their generosity.
ANNUAL GOLF CLASSIC
Upperchurch Drombane GAA Annual Golf Classic will take place in Dundrum Golf Club on Friday 17th & Saturday 18th July. Due to huge demand almost all tee times are now sold.
Team of four for €200 including burgers at the 9th and meal afterwards. Tee box sponsorship opportunities also. Contact Richard Ryan on 0862676793 to book a tee time or sponsor a tee box.
SENIOR HURLING
The fixture for our first game in the senior championship has been set. We will face Burgess in Dolla on Sunday July 26th at 1pm. Our other games in the group are against Toomevara & Borris-Ileigh.
SENIOR FOOTBALL
Just 2 weeks to go till our first senior game post lockdown as we face Kilsheelan/Kilcash in the county championship. Throw in is at 4:30pm on Sunday July 19th in New Inn. Aherlow & JK Brackens are also in our group.
MINOR HURLING
The minor hurlers begin their mid campaign on Friday July 17th when they face Moyne/Templetouhy at 8pm in Templetouhy. They will follow this up with games against Loughmore/Castleiney, Na Sairséalaigh Óg, Gortnahoe/Glengoole & Moycarkey/Borris.
MID BOARD DRAWS
The mid board published their fixture plan over the past few days. The full plan can be viewed on their facebook page. In addition to the minor hurling above the main points affecting our club are:
Sun 9th August – Junior A Hurling championship begins
Wed 9th September – Minor football championship begins
w/e 4th October – Senior hurling quarter finals
w/e 11th October – Junior B football championship begins
2020 INTERCOUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS
The fixtures for this years All Ireland hurling & football championships have been set. In hurling Tipperary will meet the winners of Limerick or Clare on the weekend of 31st Oct/1st Nov in the Munster semi final. This years format is a knockout with a second chance for teams defeated up to and including the provincial finals. In football Tipp will face Clare in the quarter final the same weekend as the hurlers. The winner will face Waterford or Limerick in the semi final. The football is straight knockout this year, no backdoor is available.
PREMIER CO-OP LOTTO
The Premier Co-Op lotto will resume for the first time in 4 months on Tuesday night next, July 7th and will take place every Tuesday night going forward. The lotto proceeds are split between our juvenile GAA club, Upperchurch Drombane Development Association & Clodiagh Rangers FC. Next weeks jackpot is €3,600
NEW INSTAGRAM PAGE
We now have a new Instagram page for anyone wanting to keep up to date with news from the club. The handle for it is upperchurchgaa and you can also find it at instagram.com/upperchurchgaa
PARISH MASS
A reminder that parish mass celebrated by Fr Tony is being streamed through our website and is available at the following link http://www.upperchurchdrombanegaa.ie/parish-mass/
CLUB MERCHANDISE
An updated range of club merchandise can be purchased from the O’Neills website. The link for the shop is: https://www.oneills.com/shop-by-team/gaa/ireland/upperchurch-drombane-gaa.html
CLUB NEWSLETTER
Anyone interested in getting weekly club news and fixtures sent to them via email can subscribe to the mailing list by emailing upperchurchdrombane.gaa@gmail.com with “Subscribe” in the subject bar.
CLUBIFY/CLUBZAP
Do you have a smartphone and want to get news/fixtures and results for the club sent directly to it? Then download the Clubzap(formerly known as Clubify) app(from the Apple App Store, Google Play store or at http://www.clubifyapp.com/download and select “Upperchurch Drombane GAA” from the menu.
CLUB SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS
Website: http://www.upperchurchdrombanegaa.ie
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/upperchurchdrombane
Twitter: http://twitter.com/churchdrombane
Instagram: http://instagram.com/upperchurchgaa
