Portarlington GAA Club Lotto Week 50
No Jackpot Winner
Numbers Drawn 1-2-14-24
€50 winners Kieran Bracken c/o J Sweeney and Ailish Leavy c/o J Leavy
€25 winners Ber Whyte c/o R McCann and Kieran Leavy c/o J leavy
Jackpot next week €2000
Next draw is Jan.6th 2015
What’s going on?
Portarlington GAA Club would like to wish you a very Happy Christmas and a Prosperous New Year.
Portarlington GAA Dinner Dance will be on January 31st 2015 at 7.30pm in the Heritage Hotel Killenard. Music is by Epic with Disco til Late. Tickets are €35 and can be paid in full or by the week in the small meeting room in the GAA Centre between 8-9pm every Tuesday.
Tickets can be purchased over the Christmas period by contacting 086 2712121 or by Private Message on the Club Facebook Page
Portarlington GAA AGM will take place on January 9th 2015 at 8pm in the GAA Centre.
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Portarlington GAA Club Lotto Week 48
No Jackpot Winner
Numbers Drawn 10-23-24-32
€50 winners Eileen Nolan c/o Michael Lawlor and The Hair Gallery c/o Ter Lawlor
€25 winners Sean Shortall c/o Joe Sweeney and Caoimhe Coffey c/o Cathal Ryan
Jackpot next week €1800
Fixtures
Laois play Louth on Thursday 11th December at 7.45pm in McCann Park.
What’s going on?
Portarlington GAA Dinner Dance will be on January 31st 2015 at 7.30pm in the HeritageHotel Killenard. Music is by Epic with Disco til Late. Tickets are €35 and can be paid in full or by the week in the small meeting room in the GAA Centre between 8-9pm every Tuesday.
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Colm Murphy – Laois minor player of the Year
Results
Portarlington GAA Club Lotto Week 47
Club Draw
Portarlington GAA Dinner Dance
U6’s Indoor Programme
Under 14 Paintballing trip 2014
Thanks to the local businesses for part sponsoring this event today: Liam Murphy, TVTRADE.ie, Bridgstone and Port Pharmacy.
Portarlington GAA Club Lotto Week 42
Fixtures
Results
Portarlington GAA Club Lotto Week 41
Jackpot Won!!!!!!!!!!!!!! — Congrats to Moira Shortall
Numbers Drawn 2-4-13-17
€50 winners Liz Whelan c/o Joe Whelan and John Mulligan c/o Burbages
€25 winners Henry McConn c/o Rose McCann and Conor Geoghan c/o Julia Leavy
Jackpot next week €1000
Fixtures
Port 13’s play Spink in Spink at 11am on Sunday 19th in the 1/4 final of the U13 Development League
Port U14’s play Portlaoise in the U14 League Final Replay on Friday 17th at 7.30pm Venue O’Moore Park
Port U15’s play Moorefield in Rd 3 of the Laois /Kildare League in Hawkfield on Wednesday 22/10 at 7.45pm.
Port U21’s play the winners of Sarsfields/Ballylinan-Glenmore in the U21 Championship Semi Final on the 1st November at 3pm in a venue to be confirmed.
Results
Port U13’s played Stradbally Parish Gaels in Rd 3 of the U13 Development League and won 2-11 to 1-05
Port U15’s travelled to Hawkfield to play Celbridge in Rd 2 of the Laois/Kildare U15 league and came away winners with a score of 4-18 to 4-04
What’s going on?
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Portarlington GAA Club Lotto Week 40
Results
Portarlington GAA Club Lotto Week 38
Numbers Drawn 15-18-29-31
€50 winners B Emerson c/o M Tynan and T Walsh c/o M Tynan
€25 winners B Molloy c/o P McSweeney and Liz Whelan c/o J Whelan
No Jackpot Winner
Jackpot next week €6900
Disappointment for Seniors and U16’s
Portarlington 1 – 12 vs 4 – 11 Portlaoise
Port Seniors exited the championship to defending champions Portlaoise, Saturday evening. After a fine first half performance Port led 1-9 to 1-3 at the break. The second half saw Portlaoise fast out of the blocks with Aussie Rules star Zach Touhy and former Laois player Brian McCormackto the fore, “The Town” scored 3-1 without reply in a six minute spell early in the second half, putting an unassailable lead between the two sides despite the best efforts of Port.
A big thanks to the Mentors and Players for all their effort this year, a good deal of progress has been made, making the Division 1 Final and putting in some fine performances in the championship.
Photo taken by @antoquig13
Portarlington 2 – 6 vs 3 – 8 Ballyroan Abbey Gaels
Our U16s lost out to a strong Ballyroan side, who along with Port were favourites for the Championship, trailing by six points at half time, Port rallied in the second half to reduce the margin to a single point. With the Ballyroan defence under pressure at this stage, Ballyroan broke against the run of play to score a goal adding two late frees to secure victory.
A very big thanks to mentors Clifford, David, Evin & John for the time and effort in preparing the Team. Both players and mentors can be proud of their achievements this year, with securing the League title against Ballyroan in the final the highlight, well done to all involved.
PORTARLINGTON MINOR FOOTBALL TEAM
LAOIS MINOR A CHAMPIONS 2014
Well done to our Minor team and Mentors who are Laois Minor Football Champions 2014, A strong performance saw them win 1-11 to 1-9 over Stradbally Parish Gaels in a tough game.
Portarlington Vs Stradbally Parish Gaels
Minor Football Final 2014 Highlights
Portarlington 1-11
Ross McGrath, Diarmuid Bennett, Sean Byrne, Chris Higgins, Stephen Lyons. Patrick O’Sullivan (c), Robert Piggott, Graham Weldon (0-2), Colm Murphy (0-3f), Jason Ward (0-3), Evan Clancy, Jake, Foster (1-2), Jamie Connolly, Barry Higgins, Jordan Fitzpatrick (0-1), Warren Murray, James Lawlor, Cian Corcoran, Conor Curtis, Ian Higgins, Cormac Curtis, Curtis Lyons, Ciaran Coleman, Eoin McCann
Mentors
Noel Coss, Philip Ward, Ivan O’Neill, Seamus Hunt
Stradbally 1-9
Sean Hennessy, Andy Daly, Joe Lacey, James O’Connor, Justin Lalor, Liam Knowles (c)( 0-4, 3f 1’45), Jack Deegan, Tom Shiel (0-3f), Eoin Buggie (0-1f), Conor Whelehan, Jamie Fenlon (0-1), Sean Devoy (1-0), Brendan Lalor, Jack Larkin, Colum Dunne.
Portarlington GAA Club Lotto Week 36
Numbers Drawn 4-17-24-31
€50 winners Noel Kelly c/o D Smith and Eileen Moore c/o Joe Sweeney
€25 winners Thomas Dunne c/o Bingo and Jim Colgan c/o Joe Whelan
No Jackpot Winner
Jackpot next week €6700
Fixtures
Port Seniors play Portlaoise in O Moore Park on Saturday 20th September at 7.30pm in the Championship Quarter Finals
Port Minors play Stradbally in the Minor Championship Final in O Moore Park on Saturday 13th September at 3pm
Results
U14 Championship final Report
Port U14’s met St Pauls for the 2nd year in a row in the U14 Championship Final and sadly for Port the result went the same way as last year with St Pauls emerging on top. A physically much bigger St Pauls team in virtually every area of the pitch used this to their advantage and combined with fast snappy delivery cut the Portarlington defence open on numerous occasions in the first half to lead at the break.
Portarlington had come into the game with a few players carrying injuries but they fought on with a renewed vigour in the second half and got the game to within touching distance again and were unlucky not to have put 2 goals past St Pauls with only fine work by their goalie keeping them ahead.
Under severe pressure from Port ,St Pauls broke down the field while leading by 2 pts and then slotted a goal home that put the score at St Pauls 4-07 to Portarlington 3-05 and that’s the way it stayed until the final whistle. Well done to Players and Mentors for getting to the final, they now look forward to the League final, where they meet Portlaoise.
What’s going on?
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Seniors in Quarter – finals
Port Seniors beat neighbours Emo by 1-11 to 1-9 Saturday evening to progress to the quarter finals of the championship. Emo got off to a flying start with a goal from the throw in from Laois inter-county player Darren Strong. With the score at 1-4 to 0-5 in favour of Emo at the break. David Murphy scored a palmed goal from brother Colm’s pass 8 minutes into the second half, to take the lead 1-6 to 1-5 and from there Port kicked on to ensure the win. Port now meet Portlaoise in two weeks time, date and time TBC.
Finals Week for Port GAA
This week sees the U14 and Minor teams compete in their respective finals for championship honours,
First up The U14’s play St. Pauls Wednesday 10th at 6:30pm, Venue: O’Moore Park, the club wishes Eamonn, Pat, John, Declan & team all the best.
On Saturday 13th our Minor team take on Stradbally Parish Gaels in a repeat of the 2009 final, Throw in is at 15:00, with O’Moore Park again hosting this game. Best of luck to the Team and mentors Noel, Seamus, Ivan & Philip.
U10’s win the Mullally Cup
On Saturday our U10 team took honours in a blitz for the Mullally Cup. A big thanks to St. Pauls, Gracefield and Ballyroan Abbey for their participation. This blitxz marked the end of the U10’s season and a great team display ensured they went out on a high. A Big thanks from the club to mentors Tommy, Caroline & Dermot.
THIS WEEKS NEWS
Portarlington GAA Club Lotto Week 35
Numbers Drawn 3-12-28-29
€50 winners Eugene Murphy c/o Joe Whelan and M Higgins c/o Rose McCann
€25 winners Mark Murphy c/o Joe Whelan and Dolly Browne c/o M Fallon
No Jackpot Winner
Jackpot next week €6600
GENERAL NEWS
The winner of the draw for the 2 All Ireland Football Final and 2 All Ireland Hurling Final tickets was Mr Eddie Murphy of Gracefield, Portarlington.
Fixtures
The Seniors play Emo in O Moore Park on Saturday 6th September at 7.30pm in Rd 3 of the Championship
The Minors play Stradbally in the Minor Championship Final in O Moore Park on Saturday 13th September at 3pm
The U14’s play St Pauls in the U14 Championship Final in O Moore Park on Wednesday 10th September at 6.30pm
Results
Port Minors
Port Minors played Portlaoise in the Minor Championship Semi Final and what a match it was! Portarlington literally exploded out of the blocks and were totally dominant in the 1st Half with the score at the break,Portarlington 1-09 to Portlaoise 0-02.After the break play was end to end with Port marginally edging it but after a little while Portlaoise started to exert a little more pressure and put a few scores on the board but it wasn’t going to be Portlaoises day.when after a run of 3-4 unanswered points by Portlaoise a brilliant shot from Jake Foster from a narrow angle to the left of the post found its way inside the opposite post and all the hard work by Portlaoise was undone.The match finished up at Portarlingon 2-13 Portlaoise 0-8
U14’s
Port U14’s met Stradbally Parish Gaels in the Gala U14 Championship Semi Final and got off to a shaky start against a team they totally dominated on their previous meeting. Neither side was giving any quarter and when Stradbally managed to pull ahead by getting their goals, Port fought their way back up to near par again and again. Port trailed at the break by 2 and started the 2nd half well by keeping possession and playing much more confidently and were soon all level again. It remained very tight but as the game went on Stradbaly proceeded to give away a sucession of frees which saw Port creep ahead slowly but surely. With Port up by 4pts with literally a minute or less on the clock a collision occurred between 2 opposing players and while they were getting treatment the final whistle was blown.The match finished up Stradbally 3-02 to Portarlington 0-15.
Portarlington U14 Panel,the most consistent U14 Team in the County this Year who will contest all 3 finals at this age grade, The Feile Qualifier Final ,The League Final and the Championship Final
What’s going on?
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MINOR SEMI FINAL
Port Minors take on Portlaoise in the Minor Championship semi-final, this Thursday August 28, 7:00 pm throw in, Venue: Pairc Acragar Mountmellick.
U8 PRESENTATION
SENIORS INTO RD. 3 OF THE SFC
Port advanced to Round 3 of the SFC with a win over Arles – Kilcruise Sunday afternoon, Trailing by 1-2 to no score at half time after playing against a stiff breeze, Port rallied, scoring 11 points after the break, emerging with a 3 point advantage at the final whistle. Port now meet near neighbours Emo in the next round on Saturday 6th September, 7:30 throw in, Venue O’Moore Park.
(Photos: Canice McCarthy)
LATEST NEWS
General News
Our €5 Draw tickets to win 2 all Ireland Hurling and 2 All Ireland Football Tickets are on sale.Tickets are available from any committee member or by contacting Club Sec Adrainne McCarthy on 086 8267808 or Club Treasurer Sinead Harrington on 086 7728531
RESULTS
Port Minors
Port U16’s
RESULTS
Port U12’s narrowly lost out to near neighbours St Pauls in the U12 Competition Semi Final, they now meet Portlaoise in the Shield Final.
THIS WEEKS NEWS
Portarlington GAA Club Lotto Week 31
Numbers Drawn 10-12-14-30
€50 winners Jordan Fitzpatrick and G Garry
€25 winners Teresa O Neill and Ronan Dunne
No Jackpot Winner
Jackpot next week €6200
CHAMPIONSHIP WINS FOR MINORS & U14s
A terrific performance from our Minor Team sees them progress to the next round of the Championship with a well deserved victory over competition favourites Graiguecullen. Leading by 0-5 to 0-3 at half time, a well struck penalty from Stephen Lyons saw Port extend their lead to 6 points early in the second half. Graigue then hit a purple patch scoring a goal and some well struck points to gain a 2 point advantage entering the closing stage of the game,
This fired Port into action with some great work from Colm Murphy winning a penalty that was again converted by Steven Lyons, along with an excellent point from Paddy O’Sullivan driving the team to a 5 point victory, with a final Score of 2-13 to 2-08. Again this was a fine team performance from 1 to 15 plus subs.
Earlier in the evening the U14s had a fine victory over Stradbally winning 5-15 tgo 5-05, well done to both Teams and Mentors
SENIORS REACH ACFL DIVISION 1 FINAL.
Our Senior Footballers reached the Division 1 league final for the first time in 13 years with a hard fought win against recent bogey team St. Josephs, St Josephs lead by 1-4 to 1-3 at half time with the Port goal coming from Chris Booth, Port dug deep in the second half finishing very strong but came up just short, the game finishing level 1-8 to 1-8 at the end of normal time.
Port pulled away in the first half of extra time with goals from Hayden Weldon and Kevin McGrath to lead by 9 points. A real team effort ensured this lead was maintained at the final whistle. Final Score 3-13 to 1-10, Congrats to Team and mentors, we now meet Portlaoise in the Final next weekend.
U16’s open Championship with a Win
Port U16’s gained a 6 point victory over Portlaoise in the first round of the championship, with scoreline of 2-10 to 0-10. A great team performance ensured the win with Colin Slevin & Jordan Fitzpatrick prominent for Port. Well done to the Team and Mentors Evin, Clifford, David and John.
Victory and Semi final place for Port U12’s
The U12 Footballers had a fine victory Monday evening against St. Pauls Gaels, winning with a score of 6-8 to 3-5. They have now reached the semi final of the league. Well done to mentors and Team
Senior Footballers Reach the League Semi Final.
Our Senior footballers have reached the Semi-Finals of the ACFL Division 1., concluding the League stage of the competition with a hard fought victory over our near neighbours Emo, with a final score of 3-14 to 2-15. Trailing by 10 points at half time, second half goals from David Murphy & Jake Foster helped Port regain control of the game, with crucial scores from Shane McAuley and Joe Sweeney along with the defensive performance of Paddy O’Sullivan, Keith Bracken & Cathal Ryan ensuring Port ran out 2 point winners at the final whistle. The team now look forward to a semi-final meeting with St. Josephs, Throw in: 7pm on Sunday 27th of July, in Delaney Park, Stradbally.
General News
Gracefield GAA and Portarlington GAA will play a Charity Challenge match on Sunday 20th July in Gracefield GAA at 6.30pm.There is no charge on the gate but donations will be accepted at the gate with all proceeds going to the Bubbles for Ciaran Fund
Juniors win the League Final
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Congratulations to our Junior Team who claimed victory in the ACFL Division 4 final vs Timahoe, with a final score of 2-8 to 1-8. Goals from Eoin McCann at the start and end of the first half provided the platform for a magnificent team effort that secured the honours for Port. They now look forward to a first round championship meeting with our near neighbours Courtwood on the 23rd of July, again the venue will be Emo GAA Club. Panel: Brian McAuley, Alan Bracken, Gary Fitzmaurice, Robert Piggott, Patrick O’Sullivan, Padraig O’Dwyer, Conor Coleman (Captain), Keith Bracken, Eoin McCann, Niall Lawlor, Stephen Mulhall, Chris Ryan, Jake Foster, Joe Sweeney, Stephen Lyons, Eddy Weldon, Eric Ward, Conor Brady, Barry Higgins, Jason Ward, Colm Murphy, James Lawlor, Declan Gallagher, Brendan McCann, Hugh Emerson, Daryl Foy, Chris Higgins Mentors: Tom Murphy, Padraig O’Dwyer, Joe Whelan
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(Photos: Canice McCarthy)
Electric Ireland Leinster MFC Semi-Final Kildare v Laois
Saturday 3pm St Conleths Park Newbridge
Portarlington GAA wish all the best to our representatives, Colm Murphy, Graham Weldon, Jake Foster, Jason Ward and Paddy O’Sullivan on the Laois Minor panel for Saturdays encounter with Kildare. Laois will play Kildare for a place in this year’s Electric Ireland Leinster MFC Final this Saturday in Newbridge at 3pm. Kildare are the reigning champions after they defeated Westmeath in last year’s decider and indeed it was Westmeath that they faced in the first round this year in Cusack Park Mullingar back in April when once again they wre victorious on a scoreline of 1-12 to 1-8. Kildare then faced Longford who came through the back door in Quarter Final at Glennon Bros Pearse Park last month and after a superb game that went to extra time the lily whites emerged victorious on a scoreline of 2-17 to 2-12. 
Laois defeated Carlow 0-14 to 0-5 in their first round in O Moore Park back in April and had to go to Wexford Park in the Quarter Final to face a fancied Wexford side who had beaten Louth comprehensively in the first round.
There is a saying that goals win matches and this was the case for Laois against Wexford as they emerged narrowly in the end 2-7 to 1-8 to reach the last four. Laois have not won a Leinster MFC title since 2007 despite enjoying a lot of success through the mid 90’s and indeed the early part of the new millenium. Laois won three Leinster MFC titles in a row from 1996 – 98 and won back to back titles again in 2004 & 5. Kildare’s win last year was their first title in 22 years. Laois have 9 Leinster MFC titles only one behind Meath who are in second place. Kildare have 6 titles. The Fr. Larry Murphy Cup is at present sitting in Kildare as they bid to reach back to back finals for the first time since 1991. The winners of this semi-final will play the winners of Offaly v Dublin who play next Thursday July 10th In O Connor Park Tullamore at 7:30pm (Article courtesy of Leinster GAA)
U12 Result
Well done to our U12 Team and Mentors, who had a brilliant result against our local rivals O’Dempsey’s in the GALA U12 League Thursday evening, winning with a a score of 1-14 to 0-4.
RESULTS
Port U16’s played Ballyroan Parish Gaels in the final of the League in Fr Browne Avenue on Friday June 27th last. They emerged triumphant winning with a a score of 2-05 to 1-07.
Port U14’s played Portlaoise in the League Final on Wed June 2nd, but play was suspended in the second half due to a player injury. After discussions between both teams and with agreement of Coiste na nOg the fixture was abandoned and will be replayed at a future date.
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General News
There is another election on the cards, this time to become Mayor of Portarlington. Portarlington Lions Club in association with the French Festival Committee are hosting an election for the honorary position of Mayor/Mayoress, over the greater Portarlington area including, Emo, Rath and Killenard. The election will serve as a fundraiser for local clubs and associations, who can ‘sell’ votes for €2 a line, with raffle prizes for voters.Noreen Mooney is Portarlington GAA Clubs candidate in the Mayoral competition so make sure to support her by buying a line.(1 Line = 1 Vote) New Website is now live, clgportarlington.com
1st League Trophy of The Year!!!!!!!!!
Congrats to our Under 16’s who had a thrilling victory over Ballyroan Abbey Gaels winning 2-7 to 1-5 in the League Final, Well done to the Team and mentors Clifford, David, Evin & John. They now look forward to the 25th of July, meeting Portlaoise in the first round of the championship.
GALA U16 League Final
Portarlington Vs Ballyroan Abbey Gaels Venue: Pairc Ui Fhaolain, Portlaoise. Throw in 7pm. Tonight Friday 27th of June. Best of luck to our U16 Team and Mentors in tonight’s final.
Wins for the U16 and Junior Teams
Great wins for our u16 and Junior Teams last week sees them into their League Final and Semi final respectively. These fixtures will be confirmed shortly
GALA U14 League Semi-Final
Great result Monday night for our U14 Team Vs Stradbally Parish Gaels to reach the final of the league,well done to all.
ACFL Division 1 Result
Portarlington 1-15 Arles – Killeen 1-09 Portarlington remain top of the table level on points with Portlaoise. Our next fixture is away to Arles-Kilcruise
1st Club Trophy of the Year
Congratulations to the Portarlington U14 group who won the Laois U14 7-a-side Tournament in Rathleague.The Trophy was presented to Cole McLoughlin,Team Captain by Pat O Sullivan, CLG Laois Coaching Officer and our thanks also to Donie Brennan who organised the Tournament.
