South Eastern Cancer Foundation: Tom Cheasty Memorial Trophy

Senior Hurling
Sunday 18th May
Waterford 1-20 Kilkenny 0-20

This match was played in memory of the late and great Tom Cheasty and also in aid of the South Eastern Cancer Foundation. The total money raised was over €30,000. Well done to both teams for an excellent game. And the result added to it being a good night!

GAA Results

Leinster Senior Football Championship:
Kildare 0-9 Wicklow 0-13
Meath 1-25 Carlow 0-8

Connacht Senior Football Championship:
Galway 2-16 Roscommon 0-6

Ulster Senior Football Championship:
Antrim 1-14 Cavan 1-19

Ulster Senior Hurling Championship
Monaghan 1-15 Donegal 1-14
Tyrone 1-6 London 2-13

UEFA CUP Final 2008: Zenit St. Petersburg 2 Sectarian Bigots 0

Enough said. Well done to the Russians. They actually played football and beat Rangers brand of negative football. Rangers only contribution to the whole thing is captured below where they caused trouble like they have done on numerous occasions before

Been a While

Haven't been on for a while. What have we missed
1. Tipperary win hurling league
2. Derry, Westmeath, Wexford and Offaly win football leagues.
3. Bertie decided to announce retirement - THANK GOD!
4. I didn't win the LOTTO!

NHL: Waterford 3-29 Antrim 3-10

Easy win for Waterford. Observations from the game:
1. Can't believe how bad Antrim were - some guys could hardly strike the ball!
2. Waterford left in 3 goals: the last one from Clinton Hennessy trying to be clever which he certainly wasn't!
3. Starting Declan Prendergast at full forward - he won't be there come championship. Should have given a forwards sub a chance instead.
4. Big Dan - 2-2 - is there anything he can't do.
5. Good to see Ken back looking fit.
6. The Bull Phelan must start!
7. Best game I saw Seamus Prendergast playing for a long time.

Israeli Aggression

Who suffers when Israel decides to go bombing and shooting all over the place - innocent civilians. Five children were killed playing football on Thursday, a day after this baby was killed. Its time for Israel to stop murdering innocent people!!
They say that they are defending their country from rocket attacks - these kids didn't fire the rockets, did they?

Win of the Weekend

Well done to Wexford footballers for beating Down by 5 points - win of the weekend I say. Also I have to say well done to Waterford footbalers for their win against Clare.

Murders of Polish men in Dublin

What can we say about the vicious murders in Drimnagh last week of the 2 innocent Polish men. I was glad to see the huge turnout at the vigil last Saturday night .
None of these so called hard men have the balls to admit their guilt and face the consequences. They are just cowards and murderers and it is about time that the court system did something decent for a change and throw the book at these scumbags. I sincerely hope that there will be convictions and that they will get life.
The sad thing is that at 16, my hobby was hurling and not hanging around shops intimidating people. I would have died if a cop said boo to me. O how things have changed. Where are these scumbags' parents in all this - surely they also have a responsibility in what their offspring have done. Its time Ireland woke up and start to reclaim the streets from scum like this! Hit back, that's what I say.

What are Kilkenny up to?

With the end of the cork dispute (enough said on that one), it was decided by the hierarchy of the GAA that Cork should forfeit the Allianz National League points to the opponents that they failed to meet in the first two rounds of the Leagues, Meath and Dublin in football and Kilkenny and Waterford in hurling. To me that's a copout -the decision was taken earlier that if 2 consecutive games were to be missed then you were thrown out of league and relegated.
Cork have also been fined €400 per game unfulfilled - WOW what a deterrant!!
Then low and behold Kilkenny offered to play their game with Cork - this was subsequently rejected by the GAA - and rightly so.
So why did KK do this?
1. They felt sorry for poor Cork?
2. They were hungry for some gate receipts?
3. GAA President and KK man Nicky Brennan, bowing to pressure from powerful Cork, pushed the KK county board into it?
4. It was all Cody's idea - not to give Cork any psychological edge in the KK attempt at the 3 in a row year?

I'd have to go for the last one myself!!

Brendan Hughes RIP

Born October 1948; died February 16 2008.
A true great republican.

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