ALL IRELAND CLUB QTR FINALS WEEKEND IN RUISLIP
ALL IRELAND CLUB QTR FINALS WEEKEND IN RUISLIP
January 12, 2011
15.01.11 (Saturday)
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AIB GAA Hurling All Ireland Intermediate Club Championship
Quarter FinalKilburn Gaels v Dicksboro
Time: 1 30 PM, Venue: Ruislip
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Referee: TBC
Extratime playable
DICKSBORO CLUB HISTORY
DICKSBORO GAA Club, founded in 1909, takes its name from a townsland about one mile west of Kilkenny city on the Ballycallan road, then a meeting place for young people of the Kilns, St Canice’s and Ballycallan areas. Rambling, dancing and hurling provided simple entertainment in those far-off times, and, inevitably, a hurling team evolved from these activities.At a meeting arranged in Lennon’s, the only house in the townsland, a new hurling club was formed. The decision was taken to name the club after the area and thus Dicksboro Club was born. The ’Boro entered a team in the junior championship of 1910. This they duly won and the following year the club entered the senior championship where it was to remain until 1960, winning three senior titles – 1923, 1926 and 1950 – during that period. In 1961, Dicksboro failed to field or enter a team and this remained the case until 1969 when the club was reformed and a minor team was entered. The following year a junior team took the field and from that date the club has blossomed into what it is today.In 1980, at a meeting in the Metropole Hotel, the decision was taken to acquire club grounds and premises. A development committee was set up and following several years of intense fundraising, Dicksboro officially opened its new premises in Palmerstown in June 1990. Since then, improvements to the club complex have been ongoing. New dressing rooms, gym facilities, extended car-parking and spectator facilities have been added, and a new hurling wall has just been completed.On the field of play, since its reformation in 1969, Dicksboro has won titles in all adult grades, while at underage level, the past decades have seen spectacular success.
KILBURN GAELS A HISTORY
“Kilburn Gaels Make History” read the newspaper headline as the club became London Senior Hurling Champions for the first time. They have since added the League and Ryan Cup titles to confirm their position as the outstanding team of 2010. This is truly a watershed year for Kilburn Gaels Hurling Club. Known for many years more perhaps for its successes at underage, 2010 marks its coming of age as a senior club. Although only founded as an adult club a dozen or so years ago, Kilburn Gaels traces its roots back to what many regard as the golden years of London hurling through the former Desmonds and Glen Rovers clubs from which it was formed. Competing initially at intermediate, the club tasted its first success in winning the Intermediate League and Championship in 2000, thus gaining the senior status that it has retained ever since. During the ten campaigns that have elapsed since that time the club has had its share of success in the cup competitions but the big prizes had always eluded it. A consistent semi-finalist throughout this period, the club’s only championship final appearance had come in 2006. On that occasion, the result was a one-sided defeat to a very strong Robert Emmets team that went on to be crowned All Ireland Intermediate Champions, coincidentally on the same Croke Park bill that today’s visitors Dicksboro won the Junior title.Following on from a respectable 2009, several key additions to the team for the current campaign led many to predict that this could be Kilburn’s year. And so it proved as the club went through the season with only three losses in all competitions, two of those by the smallest possible margin. A convincing 3-11 to 0-7 victory over Sean Treacys in the championship final set the seal on a magnificent season. Although only in existence as an adult club since 1997, Kilburn Gaels had its genesis as a juvenile club around the early 90’s. The story started with some Saturday morning coaching sessions for youngsters in Gladstone Park, Cricklewood. From these beginnings evolved the first underage team under the guidance of Mick O
16.01.11 (Sunday)
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AIB GAA Football All Ireland Senior Club Championship 10/11
Quarter FinalNeasden Gaels v Crossmaglen Rangers
Time: 1 30 PM, Venue: Ruislip
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Referee: Michael Duffy
Extratime playable
Admission to both £5
Special Match Programme available for £2
For more details contact secretary.london@gaa.ie
Neasden Gaels A History
Crossmaglen Rangers
Brief History
Crossmaglen is a the largest town in the parish of Upper Creggan which covers a relatively small area of South Armagh and North Louth made up of approximately 1600 families. The parish has always been a vibrant GAA stronghold with 4 thriving clubs, 3 of which play in Armagh and 1 in Louth. The Crossmaglen GAA club was founded on 1st October 1887 and won their first County title in 1906. The name Rangers and the black and amber colours were adopted at a football meeting held in Owen Traynors pub in Crossmaglen in 1909. The Rangers soon made their presence felt and won the championship and McKillop Cup competition in 1911, 1912, 1913 and 1916. In fact they played over forty matches in succession without suffering one defeat in those years. The 1920’s saw the Rangers winning 5 championships in a row from 1923 to 1927. Championship titles were won in the 1930’s and 1940’s but the 1950’s was to prove to be the only decade in which the Rangers failed to win a title since they were formed. The team that emerged in the latter half of the 1960s became legendary winning 3 in a row from 1965 – 1967 as well as in 1970. The well documented occupation of the club grounds during the troubles did not lessen the resolve of the club and success at championship level was achieved in 1975, 1977, 1983 and 1986. A very barren spell of 10 years passed until Joe Kernan’s young team took the country by storm and recaptured the Armagh County Title in 1996 and have retained it ever since. Thus began a remarkable period of success, which landed 13 consecutive Armagh County Championships, 8 Ulster titles and 4 All Ireland titles in 15 years up to 2010. The run of 13 in a row, matching Ballina’s national record was broken in 2009 but Rangers bounced back in 2010 to claim the Armagh title for a record 38th time. Rangers 3rd consecutive Ulster club title achieved on 07 December 2008 also matched the Ulster record of consecutive titles in this competition. Our success in the Armagh Championship brings our total wins to 38 thus setting a new record for county club titles. Today, the club fields a total of 20 teams at every age group from U-8 to U-21, as well as Senior, Junior, B, Ladies Football and Camogie. In addition to a record number of Co Armagh Senior Championship successes, the Rangers have won 4 consecutive B Championships (1992-1995), 6 U-21 Championships including 4 consecutive titles (1993-1996) and 7 Minor Championships as well as having had numerous underage successes including All-Ireland Feile titles in 1988 and 2002.