Team News

Great to see a return to play following the winter break. Don’t forget you can send all your news to the PRO to help promote our club, your team, highlight any special performances and generally show everyone what a great and fun place Lucan Sars is for our members. Email: pro.lucansarsfields.dublin@gaa.ie

Football

A Good start to the league campaign for our Senior Football team, Lucan Sarsfields 1-16 vs 3-8 Ballinteer St Johns, great to see Daire Newcombe named in the GAAs Football team of the week after a great performance for the dubs at the week-end.

AFL6, 12th Lock, Lucan 0-13 (0-4) v 0-9 (0-7) K Crokes 

This was a tough day for management. 3 lads had to cry off due to work. Search & rescue are still after Cathal in and around Adamstown. Aaron’s hammer was pinged by sniper in warm up. Same sniper took out Farro in first quarter, then Tony and after the turn Sharks!! Fortunately, the brave souls who managed to avoid rifle fire, all performed heroically. Not to mention the bench that stepped in. Both sides had the look of untried outfits. Lots of mishandling. Passes going astray. Wrong options. Bad wides and short to keeper. First quarter saw 3 frees scored, with Lucan having the edge. Callum scored a fine point from play, and Lucan looked to have settled. That didn’t last long. A good Crokes break ended with an excellent point, and 2 more quickly followed as they pressed up on Dean’s kick outs. 0-4 v 0-2, had in 3 quick minutes become 0-4 v 0-5. There was a strong breeze and Lucan would have been happy to finish the half trailing by the minimum. Instead Crokes collected 2 further points. A 3 point deficit didn’t look that big a hill, considering the wind, but it had the feel of a game that would not break any scoring records; and neither side really gave much indication that an umpire would need to look for a green flag, so a good start to 2nd period was crucial. Adam, on his debut, hadn’t managed to get onto much 1st half ball, but he started things rolling after the break, with a sweetly struck point. Over the following 7 mins, Lucan added 6 further points. 3 down to 4 up, was the start that was needed and the winning of the game. There were some super performances. The young, James, and the marginally less young, Tim, were massive around the middle. Always available for transitioning ball. Brossie did very well and was as close as we came to a goal. A little bit too close and personal with their full back, I would have thought. Not quite as mobile, but Peter had an authoritative game on the 40, whereas Louis was exceptionally mobile! As was Conor. Repeatedly out in front to win ball. The final quarter was a bit of an arm wrestle. Lucan trying to defend their 4 point advantage. Crokes probably over carried into the wind in search of a goal. A bloody nosed Colm typified the determination not to let this slip. Lots of subs added to a messy quarter. Reece, a returning Cian (at last), Paddy & Conor all did their bit. 4 final quarter points were equally shared to get season up and running. But final mention(s) goes to Davy. Oh what a final point of the day! Right footed from a long way out on the right. Should never have even been trying for such a score. It sailed home! And with a tally of 0-8 I guess we better mention Jordan? Interviewed after matches, the Banisteoir always talks about “work ons”. We got a great win, but lots of room for improvement. ALSO PAY YOUR MEMBERSHIP. 

Team: D Davis, T Mulqueen, E Farrelly, C Kelly, C Sheary, S Keher, C Buchanan (0-1), T Bradley (0-1), J Finn, D Brosnan, P Carroll, L Butler, A Dunne (0-1), J Delmar (0-8), M Sharkey (0-1) 

Subs: D Mescall (0-1), R Lamphiere, C Gaire, P Fitzgerald, C Downes ,D Walsh  

Hurling

Medal Presentation Night

2022 was a very successful year for our adult hurlers with successes in leagues and championships across various grades. The medals for these will be presented on the evening of Saturday March 4th in the Clubhouse. We also have some outstanding medals to present for 2021 successes and indeed for the U21A championship success as far back as 2019, which were not presented at the time due to Covid.

The following will be presented on the 4th: 

2022: 

Senior - League Div 1 

Junior A - League Div 5 and Championship Runners Up

U21A - U21 B Championship 

U19A - U19 A Championship 

U17A - League Div 1 and Championship Runners Up 

2021: 

Junior A - League Div 5 

U21B - U21 D Championship 2019 

U21A - U21 A Championship.

 All players and mentors involved in any of those teams are asked to come along on the night. All parents, supporters, and club members welcome also for what promises to be a great celebration of Lucan hurling. 

Senior & Intermediate Teams - Mentor vacancies

Following the appointment of Charlie Carter (Manager) and Kieran Murphy (Coach) with our senior hurlers this year, we have two vacancies to fill to complete the Management and backroom team. We are looking for an additional selector/mentor and also for a Team Administrator. We are also looking for a Coach to work with our Intermediate team. If you are interested in any of these roles, please contact Paul Stapleton (087 2058572) or Vincent O'Connor (087 2075835).

Social News & Events

Membership

Membership for 2023 is now open 

Our number 1 priority is player welfare and we’d like to remind parents and adult players that players need to be registered and paid members of the club in order to be covered by insurance. This includes training and challenge matches as well as official club games. Any unregistered players that train or play matches are doing so at their own risk and accepting that they will cover any medical costs that may result from injuries.

Just a couple of points when doing membership this year: 

• As per club rules, all managers/mentors/coaches must be full members. Juvenile membership only includes Social membership which is not suitable for this role. All Family membership options include full adult memberships 
• If you have moved address since your last registration, or changed email can you please ensure that the correct details are entered on this year’s application.
• There is an option to pay membership over 6 months via debit/credit card and this can be selected at the end of the process 
• If you are unsure which option to select or what option are best value for money you can drop a mail to lucan.sarsfields.registrar@gmail.com 

Finally, if anyone has any issues or challenges with membership you can contact me in 100% confidence at lucan.sarsfields.registrar@gmail.com and we will work together to sort something out 

with thanks

John Cosgrove, Lucan Sarsfield’s Registrar

Healthy Clubs - Ireland Lights Up

Healthy Club initiative, Ireland Lights Up has now finished. Thank you to everyone who participated over the last 6 weeks. We enjoyed the walking and talking so much, we have decided to keep meeting up on Wednesdays for our walk. So if you are interested we will be leaving the clubhouse at 7.15 this Wednesday. Get in your steps and meet old or new friends...we have fast walkers and slower walkers in our group. 

Lotto

No Winner of last week’s Lotto Prize of €14,200.

The Numbers were 1, 9, 18, 22.

The 5 lucky dip prizes go to, Carmur Veya, Dardis Family x 2, Paul Stapleton and Bridie Bourke.  

Next week’s Lotto will be for a jackpot of €14,600. The draw is sponsored by O'Gradys Hearing Care Services and will be led by Mary Flannery.

Tá €14,600 sa phota óir don tseachtain seo chugainn agus is é urraitheoir na seachtaine:

Beidh sé beo ón Na Sárséalaigh Leamhcáin, an leathanach Facebook.

Déan cinnte go bhfuil d’iontráil curtha isteach agaibh roimh 6 i.n. oíche an chrannchuir, chun í a chur san áireamh sa chrannchur na seachtaine sin.

The draw will be held on Thursday 23^th February, at 9pm and is streamed from Lucan Sarsfields Clubhouse, on our Facebook page.

Make sure your entry is submitted before 6pm on the evening of the draw to be included in that week’s draw.

féidir libh ticéadaí a cheannacht ar líne leis an nasc seo:

Tickets can be purchased online at the following link:

http://bit.ly/LucanSarsfieldsClubLotto,

Go raibh míle maith agaibh as ucht tacú le Na Sárséalaigh Leamhcáin

Thank You for supporting Lucan Sarsfields GAA Club.