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Irish Independent
10 hours ago
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- Irish Independent
Dates set for start of Wexford club hurling championships
The start date was dependent on how far the footballers progressed in the competition, and their exit means that the county's inter-county GAA commitments for 2025 have concluded. Two rounds of hurling will get the domestic action under way, with the fixtures released on Monday night. Defending champions St. Martin's - fresh from their first-ever Division 1 league title success last Sunday - will begin their Group B campaign with a local derby against Faythe Harriers in McCauley Park, Bellefield on Friday week, June 27, at 8 p.m. At the same time in Chadwicks Wexford Park, Shelmaliers will be in action in Group B against Rapparees, who collected the Division 2 title during the week. Each venue will host a double-header on the following evening, June 28, with two Group A matches to be staged at the Enniscorthy venue. Crossabeg-Ballymurn will be up against Rathnure at 6 p.m., before Naomh Éanna lock horns with Ferns St. Aidan's at 7.30 p.m. The Chadwicks Wexford Park programme on Saturday week will start with the Group A meeting of St. Anne's and Oylegate-Glenbrien at 5.30 p.m., before Oulart-The Ballagh battle it out with Glynn-Barntown in Group B at 7.15 p.m. The second round matches on the weekend of July 4 to 6 have been scheduled around the All-Ireland semi-finals - down for decision on Saturday, July 5 at 5 p.m., and Sunday, July 6 at 4 p.m. Three games will take place at 7.30 p.m. on Friday, July 4, with O'Kennedy Park in New Ross getting its first taste of Pettitt's Senior hurling championship action for 2025 when St. Anne's play Ferns St. Aidan's in Group A. The same section will see Oylegate-Glenbrien facing Crossabeg-Ballymurn in a big local derby in McCauley Park, Bellefield, while the Group B pairing in Chadwicks Wexford Park will be Glynn-Barntown versus Shelmaliers. Two games are fixed for Saturday, July 5 at 2.30 p.m., with Faythe Harriers playing Oulart-The Ballagh in Group B in Chadwicks Wexford Park, and Rathnure up against Naomh Éanna in Group A in McCauley Park, Bellefield. The round two action will conclude in Chadwicks Wexford Park on Sunday, July 6 at 7 p.m., with St. Martin's meeting Rapparees in Group B. The opening round matches in the top five grades are all down for decision on the last weekend of this month, with action in The Courtyard Ferns Intermediate hurling championship also starting on Friday, June 27. Samaritans St. Patrick's Park in Enniscorthy will stage the clash between Gusserane and Askamore in Group B, while Taghmon is the venue for the battle between Blackwater and St. James' in Group A.
Irish Independent
01-05-2025
- Sport
- Irish Independent
Lee Chin: ‘My career as a hurling goalkeeper didn't last long. We played a county final and conceded about six goals'
The Wexford hurling star looks back on three occasions that the Davin Stand in Croke Park played a part in days he will remember forever Growing up in Wexford, I was involved in football, hurling and soccer from an early age. I always played outfield in football and soccer but in hurling I had a short stint in goal at Faythe Harriers. I only lasted a game there at my age level but I sometimes played in goal if I was playing an age level or two up. We played a county final and I was in goal for it, but conceded about six goals. That sporting career didn't have any longevity! I made some early strides outfield in hurling but my first chance to play at Croke Park came as somewhat of a surprise. It was a Thursday when I got a phone call asking would I go to play for Wexford Under-14s. That call was from Joe Kearns, who was part of the Wexford panel when they won the All-Ireland Final in 1996. I told him that I might need to get hold of my mam to ask could I take the day off school. He said, 'I don't think she'd have a problem with that!' Sure enough, he was right. I remember they had a bus arranged and off we set. Mam and my grandmother followed up in the car. This was a place that I had only ever dreamed of playing in. The dressing room, walking out from the tunnel — it is all so clear, even to this day. I scored a point at the Davin Stand end that afternoon. If you asked me now, I could still point out the exact spot that I scored it from. That game impacted me so much. It made me feel I was chasing the right thing.
