St Stephen’s Day - ‘Puck it for Marsy’ 

Save the date! - On St Stephen’s Day (Thursday 26th December) there will be a Long Puck competition in the Club in memory of our former great, Derek Maher (‘Marsy’), who passed away earlier this year.  The competition will include categories for adult players, U18 players, and retired/non player in both men’s and women’s.  The pucking will start at 1pm with refreshments in the bar afterwards. We are asking all adult and minor Hurling and Camogie teams to support this very special event and aim to have two or three entries from every team. Entry is €10 for adults, €5 for under 18s.  Entry details will be advised in coming weeks. 

Miyawaki Forest 

On Friday 13 of December 2024 at 12pm, Lucan Sarsfields, in collaboration with the 100 Million Trees Project, and with the generous support of AIB, will be planting approximately 1.7k native Irish trees on our waste ground area. This will significantly enhance biodiversity in our club and promote environmental sustainability. We have arranged for some of our juvenile teams to come up and help with the planting, but we would like to invite any and all club members who would be interested to come and join us. This will be a great day for community engagement and for the club as we will become stewards of the largest mini forest on any sporting site in Dublin. 

Lotto 

We had a winner of last week’s lotto jackpot of €13,000. Congratulations to Eimear O’Leary 

The Numbers were 5, 8, 23, 18 

The lucky dip prizes go to Declan Lee, Shane Biggs, Maaike Quinn, Eddie Keogh & Ken Kearney. Turkey Vouchers go to Susan O’Reilly, James Graham, Margaret Byrne, Mary Flannery, Jackie Foley & Yvonne McCarney. This week’s Lotto will be for a jackpot of €13,000. The draw is sponsored by Henley Forklift Group 

U21 Dublin ‘A’ Hurling Champions 

The final competitive action of the adult hurling season saw our Under 21 hurlers win the Dublin 'A 'Championship for the fourth time in the Club's history (following previous wins in 2008, 2014 and 2019).  The title was secured in a hard-fought victory over Faughs played in difficult conditions - see match report below.  Great credit is due to the full panel of players and to the management team of Niall Gleeson, Johnny McCaffrey, Aidan Roche and Peter Kelly.  This management team have done great work with the Under 21s over the past three years, winning the 'B' Championship in 2022, losing the 'A' final on penalties last year, and then securing the ultimate prize this year.  More importantly, they have contributed hugely to the development of the next generation of adult hurlers for the club which will hopefully provide a platform for ultimate senior success.   

As the season draws to a close, we would like to thank all the hurlers who togged out for the Club this year, all the mentors who worked with our teams and all our volunteers and supporters.  Looking forward to lots more in 2025! 

Under 21 Hurling 'A' Championship Final:  Lucan Sarsfields 3-10  Faughs 1-8. 

O'Toole Park, 7/12/2024. 

This match was played in very blustery conditions as the tail-end of Storm Darragh blew across O'Toole Park.  The wind made it difficult for free-flowing hurling but both teams showed great endeavour and skill to provide a very entertaining match despite the conditions.  Faughs got off to a great start with a goal from a penalty in the second minute.  Lucan also lost centre back Jack Behan to illness early in the game though Cillian Costello proved to be a very able replacement, and he had a very good game when introduced.  Lucan gradually settled into the game and three frees from Sean Harkness had them trailing by just a point, 1-1 to 0-3, after 15 minutes.   Lucan took the lead in the 18th minute when Darragh Meehan finished a great move with a brilliant goal.  A David Mulqueen point two minutes later had Lucan 2 points up after 20 minutes.  Faughs threatened a quick response at the other end but Cathal Doody brought off a great save to deny them.   A further free from Harkness and a Meehan point from play stretched the lead before Liam Garrigan capitalised on a great pass from Darragh Lyons and scored Lucan's second goal in the 25th minute to open a decisive gap,  Faughs replied with a point to leave the half time score 2-6 to 1-4. 

Faughs started the second half with renewed intensity and started to dominate.  They got the first three points of the half to reduce the deficit to just three.   A long range Hugh Cuffe point in the 45th minute was Lucan's first of the half.  This was quickly followed up by a point from Joey Dunne to bring the scoreline to 2-8 to 1-7 with 10 minutes to play.  Lucan were exerting control again and two further points from play from Sean Harkness extended the lead to six.  The victory was effectively secured in the 57th minute when David Mulqueen combined with his brother Charlie and finished expertly to get Lucan's third goal.  Faughs replied with a late point, but the gap was too much, and Lucan were deserving winners at the final whistle on a scoreline of 3-10 to 1-8.  Captain Sean Harkness accepted the Cup at the end of the game and the celebrations began! 

This was a very effective all round team performance from Lucan with all 19 players who featured making a contribution and ultimately this strength in depth was the difference between the teams.  Ryan Clancy was outstanding in a very resolute defence, Liam Garrigan gave a man of the match performance in mid-field while Darragh Meehan was most prominent in the forwards.  This was the culmination of a four-match championship campaign and 8 weeks of great commitment from the full panel of players and they fully deserved this historic success. 

Lucan Team/scorers:  Cathal Doody, Sean Langton, Massimo Pappalardo, Alex Hickey, Ryan Clancy, Jack Behan, Cathal Kennedy, Darragh Lyons, Liam Garrigan (1-0), Hugh Cuffe (0-1), Darragh Meehan (1-1), Matt Coogan, Brendan Kavanagh, Sean Harkness (0-6, 0-4f), David Mulqueen (1-1).  Subs introduced: Cillian Costello, Joey Dunne (0-1), Charlie Mulqueen, Senan Bolger.  Panellists: James Finn, Jamie Smith, Michael Young, Paddy Ryan, Conor Hyland, Cathal Geraghty, Cormac Coffey, Shane Coffey, Liam Fitzgerald, Cian Canavan, Sean O'Neill, Conor Greally, Michael Cunningham, Dan Kane, Finn Bruton. 

Mentors:  Niall Gleeson, Johnny McCaffrey, Aidan Roche, Peter Kelly, Mark Smith. 

U21 Camogie 

 After a hard-fought final, unfortunately it wasn't to be for our U21A camogie team as they lost their championship final to Ballyboden. Hard luck to the team and management.  

Adult Football Coach Development 

Lucan Sarsfields are planning to commence the above programme in the coming months. If you are interested in becoming a coach, please complete the form below and we will be in contact with you. 
https://www.surveyhero.com/c/xtpesbuu 

Thank You for supporting Lucan Sarsfields GAA Club.