Over €4000 raised for Barretstown already
The Carnew Emmets side at the Ellen Kinch Memorial Cup.
Tinahely A, who claimed the Group A crown at the Ellen Kinch Memorial Cup.
Caoimhe O’Rourke, Joe Hughes, Geraldine McLoughlin and Séan Callaghan at the Ellen Kinch Memorial Cup event in Tinahely.
The An Tóchar team who took part in the Ellen Kinch Memorial Cup.
The St. Pat’s team who competed in the Ellen Kinch Memorial Cup.
Referees Marian Hayden, Terry Canavan, Eamonn Bradley, Ciaran Walshe and Pamela Prendergast.
The Castletown footballers who played in the Ellen Kinch Memorial Cup last weekend.
The Clan Na Gael team.
Shelmaliers.
The Tinahely B team.
Clonee, who finished in second place in Group A.
The Ellen Kinch Memorial Cup event was a wonderful success yet again this year with over €4000 raised for Barretstown to date and fun and laughter the order of what was a beautiful Saturday afternoon at Tinahely GAA Club.
On what was a scorching day, the Kinch family’s hopes of remembering their daughter and sister’s name were well and truly granted with teams from Wicklow and beyond and plenty of spectators turning up for a feast of football and plenty more besides.
It was a day of good craic and some superb football while thekid’s corner proved a real attraction with facepainting and more while for the older and more ambitious there was a guessing game and a fittest person competition with contestants having multiple exercises to complete!
There were also copious amounts of home baked treats and good coffee from Caiféin, who are based in Kilanerin on a day-to-day basis!
On the football field, there was a double success for Tinahely, with their teams coming out on top of the Group A and B competitions, Group A being for Senior teams and Group B featuring a mix of Junior and Intermediate sides.
Clonee finished up in second spot in Group A while Shelmaliers claimed runners up spot in Group B.
Tinahely’s Zoe Katus was named player of the tournament (voted by referees after each game) while the Gaelic4mothers&others also had four teams playing in a blitz, with some brilliant football on display and plenty of craic and laughter!
Other results on the day:
Bluezone fittest person: Naomi Kiernan (€100 Bluezone voucher).
Guessing the spuds:
1st: Kate Harmon (€100 O’Connor’s voucher); 2nd: Karen O’Keeffe (€50 First Batch Bakery voucher).
“We would like to say a massive thank you to all our volunteers,” said the Kinch family. “And to Tinahely GAA Club for the pitch, the referees, Caiféin, Carnew GAA Club for lending their goals, the community hall for tables and chairs, anyone who baked and all our sponsors who have been named on social media accounts.
“So far, we have raised over €4000 for Barretstown due to the kindness of everyone! The link will close on Wednesday, June 12,” they added.
