club notes

Senior Team

Silverbridge qualified for the next round of the Intermediate Championship with a six point victory over St. Pauls in excellent playing conditions at Abbey Park Saturday evening last. St Pauls were first on the scoreboard with a point from the throw in an although Silverbridge enjoyed the lions share of possession in the first half they failed to penetrate a tight St Pauls defence, on the other hand St Pauls were much more economical with their attack and by half time were leading 1-5 to 6 points their goal coming from a well taken penalty. The Bridge started the second half in fine form and scored four unanswered points although St Pauls pulled one back in the 12^th minute of the half this proved to be their last score of the game as Silverbridge controlled the game from there on in. Final score Silverbridge 0-15 St Pauls 1-6 next weeks match is against Ballymacnab at home on Sunday.

B Team

Silverbridge played host to Granemore on Wednesday night last. During the first half they failed to compete with the running of the Granemore side and were eleven points behind at halftime on a score line of Granemore 3-4 to 0-2. The Silverbridge management team made dramatic changes at the interval substuting four players and taking Jarlath Burns out from full forward to midfield to partner Fergal Campbell. Immediately these changes started to show, scores started to come and Granemore found it hard to by-pass the mid field area. Silverbridge plugged away with points to peg back the score line and in the last five minutes managed to score two superb goals via Thomas McKenna and Fergal Campbell to finish winners by one point.

U16

The boys fielded an under strength team on Thursday evening last against Keady due to the holiday period. The lads tried hard but a strong Keady team ran out easy winners.

U14

No match this week, training on Thursday at 7pm.

U10

Our under 10’s continued their good progress with a fine win over a gallant Cullaville side.

U8 Blitz

Under 8 Blitz next Sunday in Forkhill all children please be at Clubrooms for 12.30pm bring a light snack and a drink.

Lotto

The lotto was not won last week numbers drawn were 4, 7, 10, 18 Bonus 6 lucky dip winners £100 Lisa McKeown £50 Dee Keenan £25 Nancy Neary £25 John McMahon next weeks lotto £12,200.

Activity week

The club is hosting an Activity week starting from Mon 11^th Aug to Sun 17^th Aug

Mon-thurs: Sports camp 8-13 years old 10am-2pm £20stg registration night Tue 5^th Aug at 7pm

Tues and Thurs: 7pm Adults Games- target golf, Poc fada, outdoor bowls…and more

Wed: Treasure Hunt 7pm:

Fri: Traditional Music from 4pm

Sat: Barbecue and barn dance, resource centre 8pm, bar facilities, adm: £10 (including food)

Sun: Children’s sports day

Meeting

There will be a meeting of the Executive on Tuesday 29^th July at 9pm.

Summer Camp

Over the past week our club has staged the V.H.I. Cul Summer Camp. What a success it was with two hundred children taking part. We would like to take this opportunity to thank the County Armagh Board and especially their team of coaches, Denis Hollywood, Fintan Burns, Aileen Matthews etc for their commitments and efforts over the week. Our children in the Silverbridge Community thoroughly enjoyed it.

Silverbridge Badminton Club.

Silverbridge juvenile badminton club are running a summer camp in the resource centre from Tuesday 5^th Aug to Friday 8^th Aug from 10am to 12.oo ages 7-10/beginners cost £12. 12.30pm to 3.30pm ages 11-15 cost £15 places available contact Margaret Hughes on 30868822.

Congratulations to Peter McDonnell and his Armagh team on winning another Anglo Celt Cup and also Jim Finnegan and the Armagh Ladies Team on their victory over Waterford in the All Ireland Series.

Tickets

Ticket requests for Armagh’s quarter final on the weekend of 9/10 August can be e-mailed to silverbridgeharpsgac@ireland.com
or contact Thomas Hamill on 028 30889710 / 087 2796998 before Monday 4th August. One ticket per member only.

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