Under 13 Football and Hurling
U14 hurlers lose narrowly at Commercials
U14H Div3 Commercials 2-12 St Sylvesters 2-6 As often happens in the 13-15 age groups, some of the lads can be almost twice the height of others and so it was last evening as Commercials had just too many big lads in key positions and we did well enough to stay close until the last few minutes. Once again Simon Owens was excellent, Paudi White had a great battle with a classy wing forward, Karl and Hugh played back and forward as we tried to find a competitive lineup, the fullback line (Sean, Gavin, Paddy) and two keepers (Josh and Eoin Mc) repelled a lot of pressure, Paul Ryan volleyed a lovely goal and Colm did well from frees.
No Feile for the boys this year
Disappointed with the results but not disappointed with our performances over at St Judes in Tymon in the U14 Hurling Feile. We won our first game well over Good Counsel. Unfortunately we gave up a few early goals against St Johns in the second game, hit the crossbar twice, hit the post twice and just couldn't get the scores to get us back into it, losing 1-4 to 5-1. Judes were stronger in the last game and although we stayed with them to the end they were always leading and beat us 6-5 to 2-4.
U14 hurlers win over St Johns
U14H Div3 St Sylvesters 3-8 St Johns Balinteer 3-7 This was a cracking game at Bridgefield on Saturday afternoon and gave us a little consolation after Johns knocked us out of Div2 Feile by a point last week before going on to win that division. This was definitely our best display in a long while, holding them to 1-3 to 1-2 playing against a strong cold wind in the first half and putting our bodies on the line to keep them out in the last few minutes.
More Leinster hurling medals for St Sylvesters players
Four St Sylvester's (Pobail Scoil Iosa) players were part of the Dublin North Colleges under 15 team that defeated Kilkenny CBS yesterday in theLeinster Colleges A Final, Paul McBride in midfield, Simon Owens (an under 14 player) Conor Dwyer at corner back and Philip Browne in goal. In a previous round they defeated the famous St Kierans of Kilkenny. To defeat two Kilkenny teams has to rank as a major achievemnt for these north Dublin hurlers
Syls disappointed to lose in Div2 Feile at Rush
We were disappointed to lose the opening game to St Brigids after dominating the first half but not putting up enough scores. The lads stepped up a few gears in the second match but lost by a point in a very exciting game to Ballinteer\St John who went on the win the Feile.
Syls host Football Féile Div5
The Juvenile section hosted the Div5 Féile on Saturday at Broomfield with teams visiting from Ballyboden, Kilmacud and Walkinstown. Our own U14b team managed by Padraig Quinn were a little unlucky to lose to Crokes in our first game but lost heavily to Boden in the second game only to recover with a good win over James Gaels in the third. Well done to Padraig, Ernie, Ciaran Meehan, Ursula Higgins, Mary Ryan and everyone who helped and supplied food and drinks.
U14 hurlers win at Nmh Barróg
Second win from four games in the league, Syls 1-9 Nmh Barrog 1-4. We trailed for all of the first half, down 1-3 to 0-1 at one point but battled hard to go in 1-3 to 0-4 at the break. A few positional changes brought us more into the game in the second half. Thomas Colclough gave a man of the match performance at centre back (think he got that from his father), sweeping all before him, Eoin McCarthy(4 ponts) and Eoin Kennedy (1 point) and Andrew Cunningham (2 points) picked up the pace and when Ben Higgins swung his Big Bertha to goal in the middle of the half we were on our way.
Syls lads win over mighty St Kierans Kilkenny
Dublin North 1-11 St. Kieran’s College ( Kilkenny) 0-09 Some Syls lads were in action yesterday for Dublin North. They beat the mighty St Kieran's College at DCU grounds. Paul Mc Bride did very well at midfield, Conor Dwyer did this usual stuff at corner back, Philip Browne not too busy in goal but did well when needed. Simon Owens ( who still has another year at this level) was on the bench. Well done lads. Think this is a round robin and another win will see Dublin North into Semi
U14A team back to winning ways
U14 Div2 Ballymun Kickams 4-6 St Sylvesters 5-10 Good win away to league leaders will give the lads a boost going into the Feile in two weeks.
U14Bs lose by 2 to O'Tooles
The U14B team were unlucky to lose by 2 to an O'Tooles team who had beaten us by a big score only two months ago down at Airfield. Today we lead for much of the game and got some really good scores. Now looking forward to the Feile in a couple of weeks time with confidence.
U16 and U15 hurlers draw, U14s lose
The U16s had a great draw against a strong St Judes at Tymon in Div1 on Saturday, the U15s snatched a late draw in Bridgefield against Setanta in Div2 while the U14 had a disappointing 10 point loss against Commercials also in Bridgefield.
U14 hurlers lose badly at Cabra
After a good start 2 weeks ago the U14 hurlers went down to a heavy defeat against a fine looking St Finbars team at Cabra. Hopefully we can bounce back and not let our season slip away too early.
Hurlers entertain Bredagh from Belfast
Bredagh brought two hurling teams to Broomfield on St Patrick's morning - the minor game was drawn and Syls won an excellent U14 game by a goal or two (with a little help from our U15s). We fed the lads back at the club thanks to some of our parents and Gary and Eoin. Thanks to Colm O'Connor for organising.
U14 hurlers kick off with a win
U14 hurlers had a fine 3-09 to 1-06 win over Nmh Olaf in Sandyford in our first outing of the year. The win was built on a fine defensive display by Simon Owens, Thomas Colclough and Eoin Kennedy in goal and a tight full line of Jake Fricker, Gavin Mulligan and Ciaran Casey/Eric Ryan. Up front, Paul Ryan continues to improve, Colm Boran was flawless from frees and Sam Horan got an early goal and a smashing point.
U14s lose narrowly - twice
Both U14 teams lost tight games at Broomfield. The B team was up first against Raheny, went 3-3 to no score behind before even got out of bed but were unluckt to lose by two in the end of a high scoring and exciting game. The A team eventually lost by a single point after holding Maurs with 14 men for most of the second half.
U13B team celebrate good year
The lads trained again yesterday, helped Anthony Lavin distribute the St Vincent de Paul appeal in the afternoon and had a party and awards in the evening. Busy lads finishing off a great season where they competed in the top four of division 5, not bad for a B team. Danial Colclough was awarded Player of the Year and Liam Finn Most Improved PLayer. Well done boys. Well done also to Ciaran Creamer and Padraig Quinn for all their hard work during the year.
U13 hurlers finish season in style
U13H Div2 St Sylvesters 7-4 Castlenock 4-8 We've been playing much better since the summer, only losing once by a small score to the league winners Clontarf. Yesterday was probably our best display of the season against a handy Castlenock team. We played on the new pitch at Broomfield (probably a little big for U13 but maybe that worked to our advantage, good surface for hurling.
U13 hurlers trip to Killimor in Galway
Another good day out with the U13 hurlers - played 17-a-side Killimor on a huge pitch, decent game which we lost 4-4 to 2-3 I think, had a training session on their new hurling wall coached former Galway hurler, Andrew Keary, bit of grub in the village and go-kart racing over in Tynagh. Of course the Killimor lads were lovely hosts, thanks to the Havertys for organising.
U13 hurlers continue good form at The Bogies
St Sylvesters 6-3 St Finbars 1-6 The U13 hurlers continued their revival in form with a hard earned win over The Barrs in Cabra. The scorline doesn't really reflect how hard we had to battle as the opposition had a number of fine hurlers and were pretty even stevens in general play. Killian Haverty was again superb in goal and the full back line of Jake Fricker, Gavin Mulligan and Dylan McEvoy blocked and hassled as if their lives depended on it and gave great cover to Killian.
Hurling - U15s win championship - 16s fought a good fight - 13s and 14s battle hard
Pride of place goes to the U15 hurlers who beat St Vincents in the B hurling championshipfinal. Great Syls crowd in Parnell to cheer them on as there was on Saturday at Bridgefield as the U16s took on Lucan in the A championship semi final.
