Skerries Harps GAA Club
Draw Details for August 16 2020
| Prize |
Value |
Winners |
| 7 |
€ 2,500.00 |
0 |
Results for the last week:
Last Monday our U16 Footballers kicked off their Championship campaign with a comprehensive win against St Oliver Plunketts ER while our Minor Ladies Footballers lost out to St Vincents. On Tuesday the Junior Camogie team were the sole team in action as they hosted Na Fianna with the visitors coming out on top, 1-5 to 0-6.
Wednesday saw the Senior Ladies Footballers hosting Man O War in the final group game in the Intermediate Championship. Although both teams were out of running for a semi-final spot it was a keenly contested local derby with the the Harps up by a couple of point at the break. However, the home side dominated the 2nd half to record a 4-14 to 2-7 win. The Junior Ladies were away to Wanderers, the home side winning 2-10 to 1-10.
Our two U15 Hurling teams started their respective Championship campaigns on Thursday with wins over St Sylvesters & Erins Isle, a fantastic achievement to field two teams at this age group. Well done to the players & mentors!
Senior Footballers were up against Round Towers Lusk in their final Championship group game knowing that a win would secure a place in the last eight. Round Towers started very strongly & led 2-2 to 0-3 after 15 minutes but a strong finish to the 1st half saw Harps hit 2-3 in 10 minutes to lead 2-8 to 2-4 at half time, with the goals coming from Harry Dawson & Ciaran Murphy. The teams traded points in the opening stages of the 2nd half before Harps were awarded a penalty after 7 minutes however Dawson's effort was saved. Just over midway through the 2nd half Harps still held a 4 point lead before Ciaran Murphy bagged his 2nd goal followed by a point from Harry Dawson. Both sides kicked 3 points each in the final 10 minutes leaving the final score, Skerries Harps 3-15 Round Towers 2-10. Next up is a quarter final v St Judes on the weekend of 29/30 August.
Intermediate Footballers lost to Ballyboden St Endas, 0-15 to 0-10, on Saturday. In an evenly matched first half Ballyboden led 0-7 to 0-6 at the break. The hosts opened up a 3 point lead in the early stages of the 2nd half but Harps responded with the next 2 points to cut the deficit to the minimum midway through the half. Ballyboden finished stronger kicked the final 4 points of the game to run out 5 point winners.
Our U8 Girls hosted St Maurs in football on Sunday morning while the U13 Camogie team defeated Castleknock, 7-5 to 1-3. In the afternoon U11 Girls hosted St Finians (S), U16 Ladies Footballers lost to St Brigids, Junior Footballers defeated Ballyboden St Endas in a rematch of last years JFC5 Final while the Senior Camogie team followed up their opening round win with a big win over Raheny in St Annes Park. To view all recent result’s go to www.skerriesharps.ie/fixtures
Upcoming Fixtures (up to Sunday 16-August):
Date / Time Team Opposition Venue
19-Aug 19:15 Junior Ladies F/B Cuala Meadowvale
19-Aug 19:30 Senior Ladies F/B Lucan Sarsfields Skerries - Main Pitch
23-Aug 11:00 Junior Hurling Civil Service Islandbridge
23-Aug 11:00 Minor 'A' Football Cuala Hyde Park
23-Aug 11:00 Minor 'B' Football St Judes Skerries - Main Pitch
23-Aug 13:30 Senior Camogie Castleknock Skerries - Main Pitch
Zingo Result 16-August:
Zingo draw took place on Sunday evening, the numbers drawn were 1-6-7-2-4-5-3 & there were no winners of the Jackpot or Dividend. Next week's Jackpot €2,600 Dividend €900. We would encourage regular weekly players to sign up online through the following link Zingo Online Sign up , envelopes are currently only available in the Club Bar. This is currently our only source of fundraising & any support you can give would be greatly appreciated!
Club Shop:
Club Shop will be open on Thursday night from 8 - 9pm for anyone needing shorts, socks, skorts, gloves, gumshields etc.
Club Bar:
The Club Bar is now serving food & is open on Thursday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday for a trial period in adherence with all Covid-19 restrictions/guidelines that are currently in place. For the moment only over 18's will be admitted. You can book at https://forms.gle/bVc1uWCDyKSzcLqy8. Thanks to all who dropped in last week, your support is greatly appreciated! A big thank you to our Bar Committee & to all our volunteer staff for their efforts over the past few weeks to get the doors back open.
