Na Fianna Nuacht

Still time to register for Na Fianna’s Good Friday 5K Fun Run. Open to runners, serious runners, walkers, strollers…all welcome. See www.clgnafianna.ie for all details including online registration

Pitches & Weekend Fixtures

All Na Fianna pitches, including Johnstown Park are OPEN this weekend. Full schedule of fixtures operates and starts this evening with Senior hurlers playing Naomh Fionnbarra in Mobhi Road and Junior B’s playing O’Connell Boys in Collinstown, both throw in at 6.45pm. Junior A’s play O’Tooles in Collinstown at 11am on Sunday. Also on Sunday, all three Minor football teams are in action with A’s hosting Cuala in Mobhi Road at 10.30am, B’s travel to play St Pats Donabate at 11and C’s play Ballymun in Mobhi Road at 12.15. Best of luck to all teams, support welcome, full details on website http://www.clgnafianna.com/fixtures/

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Féile Champions

Congrats to our Féile C girls who won their Division 9 Final last Sunday against Ballymun Kickhams with a score of 2-3 to 0-4. Reports from all of last weekend’s Féile Peil na mBan will feature in next week’s Nuacht.

Féile Peil Tomorrow

It’s the turn of the Boys this weekend as Na Fianna field two teams in tomorrow’s Football Féile. A’s (Div 1) play in Kilmacud Crokes and B’s (Div 9) play in St Sylvesters Malahide. Both teams start at 10.30, all support welcome, see fixture list http://www.clgnafianna.com/fixtures/

Club Shops Open Tomorrow

Both shops open tomorrow, Saturday 8th April. Hurley workshop open 9-12 and Club shop open from 9-1pm in Club foyer.

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This year’s Na Fianna Easter Camp is filling up fast with Week 1 almost booked out and online booking now closed. Bookings can be made in Club tomorrow. Online booking for Week 2 still open….but hurry. Please see link to website http://www.clgnafianna.com/na- fianna-easter-camp-2017/

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Na Fianna’s Dubs

Best of luck to Jonny Cooper, Conor McHugh and Dublin’s Senior footballers in Sunday’s League Final against Kerry. Dublin are seeking to extend their unbeaten run in the League and Championship to thirty seven games and a victory on Sunday would also secure a fifth successive NFL1 title for Dublin.

Good luck to Niamh Gleeson, Niamh Rock, Orla Gray and Dublin Camogie Minors who play Championship semi-final on Sunday. A first Championship semi-final in almost ten years for Dublin, the girls will play Clare in St Brendan's Park Birr, throw in at 2pm.

Best of luck also to Eva Ahern, Molly Cassidy and Sophia Nyhan playing for the Dublin U-14 Ladies footballers against Laois this weekend.

Congrats to Dublin under-21 footballers (pictured below) including Eoin Murchan, Aaron Byrne (Man of the Match) and Glenn O’Reilly on last week’s Leinster Final win over Offaly. Dublin’s backroom team was also made up of strong Na Fianna representation including Dessie Farrell, Phil McElwee, Cathal Ó Torna, John Campbell and Pat Naughton. Dublin will play winners of Donegal and Derry on Easter Saturday.

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Na Fianna Golf Society

Na Fianna Golf Society’s first outing of 2017 will be held in St Margarets on Monday April 24th, tee time 2-3.30, timesheet now available form Ciaran Gray 0872269133.

Na Fianna Golf Society was formed in the 1970s and what was one annual outing became more popular so additional outings were played. It was, and still is an opportunity for members past and present to meet each other outside of the normal GAA environment. Membership is open to all members both current and past.

We have three outings this year with the first outing in St Margarets on Monday 24th April. There will a further outing in early June, venue to be confirmed, and the Captain’s outing will be to Clontarf at the end of August.

This year’s Captain is Jimmy Gray. Captain’s prize winner receives the Sterling Winthrop Cup and the Golfer of the Year is awarded to the player with the best overall scores from the three outings and receives the Denis Gray Memorial Cup.

Inter Ladies Team Win Championship Debut

Well done to Na Fianna’s New Inter team who made their 2017 debut on Wednesday 29th March last at home against Portobello in the Cup and won! Watch this space.

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First League Outing For Senior Ladies

Our Senior Ladies footballers played their first Division One league match last Wednesday night, 5th April against reigning Dublin & Leinster champions, Foxrock Cabinteely. Sadly lost 2-7 to 2-10 but the team played with huge passion & with a bit more luck, Na Fianna could have won the game. Several brilliant individual performances but more impressive was how the team worked as a unit and supported each other from beginning to end.

Na Fianna Rounders Teams Start 2017 Season

Our three Adult teams (Womens, Mens and Mixed) played Limekiln, Dublin at Johnstown Park on Saturday 25th March. It was a beautiful sunny day and Na Fianna had a number of new players (young and not so young) making their first appearances.

The Mens team was first up to bat and despite a number of excellent strikes and catches were unable to contain Limekiln who ran out comfortable winners.

The Mixed team was next up and put up a good performance but again were out-gunned by a very experienced Limekiln team (current All-Ireland Mixed Rounders champions).

The Womens game was a much tighter affair, with some superb play by Na Fianna who got closest of all 3 teams to Limekiln (All-Ireland Womens Runners-up in 2016) - but Limekiln eventually prevailed.

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Limekiln (a dedicated Rounders only club) and Na Fianna are the only clubs in Ireland (and the World!) to have 3 Adult Teams operating.

Our next games (Womens and Mixed) are away to Cuchulainn, Carlow (in Ballon) on 9th April. Na Fianna Rounders welcome new Adult members of any age/ ability. Also if there are parents who have children u14 interested in taking part in Rounders Féile on 10th June 2017 please contact Ronan Gately immediately 086-8289296 or [email protected]

……and finally

Club Hurley Shop proprietor and Na Fianna Junior Hurling manager, Seosamh Breathnach, featured in yesterday’s TG4 magazine programme, Dúiche. If you missed it, the link below should see you right. Seosamh’s piece begins approx. five minutes in. http://www.tg4.ie/en/programmes/duiche/?gclid=CjwKEAjw8ZzHBRCUwrrV59XinXUSJADS TE5krckCBXngE5jn0BlZkoc7doroho-UFb5kreXwmRv74BoCkibw_wcB

Fógra Tabachtach

The objective of Na Fianna Nuacht is to communicate as much club activity as possible however it is important to note that all items for inclusion in either Club Notes or Na Fianna Nuacht are reported to [email protected] or texted to 087 9250697 by Sunday evening. With a membership of 2700 and approx 100 teams now competing it is difficult to ensure all club activity is reported upon – Do not assume that your team’s activity is already known to Na Fianna Nuacht or that someone else has reported it. When errors or omissions occur it is the policy of Na Fianna Nuacht to correct these in subsequent issues when they are reported to [email protected]

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