Weekly Club Notes - 28th Sept 2024

We face Cashel King Cormacs today(Saturday) in the county semi final. Throw in is at 3pm in Semple Stadium with the senior county semi between Moycarkey & Toomevara following our game. This is a vitally important game for us to get one step away from regaining our senior status next year so we are hoping for a good local support to urge the team on. Best of luck to players & management. Tickets can be bought in advance at embed.futureticketing.ie/c/tipperary-gaa/ or via Tap n Go at the grounds.

Another crucial game for us this weekend is the intermediate relegation final this Sunday where we face Ballybacon-Grange in Bansha at 1pm. Again we hope to get a good following as the team look to compete at intermediate grade for a 3rd year in 2025. Tickets can be bought in advance at embed.futureticketing.ie/c/tipperary-gaa/ or via Tap n Go at the grounds.

JUNIOR FOOTBALL

Our junior footballers were defeated by Boherlahan Dualla on a scoreline of 4-8 to 3-2 in the mid semi final last weekend.

U15 HURLING
Best of luck to our u15 hurlers who face Holycross Ballycahill in the mid final next Tuesday evening at 6:30pm in Templemore

SLIEVE FELIM RAPPAREES
Congratulations to the ladies of Slieve Felim Rapparees who were victorious in 2 junior county semi finals in football last weekend. Best of luck in the upcoming finals and also their junior C camogie county semi final.

SPORTS CAPITAL GRANT
The club received the news this past week that our application for Sports Capital funding was successful and we have been granted €161,000 towards our continuing development work in Drombane. This is a fantastic boost to our plans and will allay a portion of the cost of the project. Credit to those in the club who put in the hard work preparing the application and submitting all the necessary documentation..

NEW FIELD BENEFACTOR SCHEME

Thanks to all who have signed up so far to our New Field Benefactor Scheme. To help cover the cost of providing a 2nd full pitch, a juvenile field and the provision of car parking facilities in Drombane we are inviting supporters to help us and become a benefactor. Patrons will be able to support the scheme by bank transfer, subscribing in person with a committee member or payment online via our club website. You can find full details on our website: https://upperchurchdrombanegaa.ie/new-field-benefactor-scheme These new facilities will be of major benefit to both our juvenile & adult teams as well as the ladies of Slieve Felim Rapparees for many years to come.

You can now play the Premier Co-Op Lotto online at http://upperchurchdrombanegaa.ie/draws and help support Upperchurch Drombane Juvenile GAA.  Last week there was no winner of the €10,800 jackpot. There were 4 match 3 winners who receive €40 each. The jackpot for next week now resets to €11,000 Tickets must be bought by 8pm on Tuesday to be in the draw. You can also buy tickets at Ryan's Shop, Drombane Co-Op, Pa's Bar, Kinane's Pub or Oliver Ryan's Pub.

A 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. We also now have a new shop with Bourke Sports: https://bourkesports.ie/collections/upperchurch-drombane-gaa

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