“Club wise, in the New Year (2011) we hope to see action on our Dressing Rooms, increased support for our Lotto and more players taking part at all levels. We call on our Senior Men to make a special effort to bring the Senior Men’s All Ireland trophy to Limekiln for the 1^st. time, come on Lads,” to quote from the last years report.  Fingers crossed, there seems to be a move from S.D.C.C. to initiate work on the Dressing Rooms. Congratulations to our Senior Men who achieved their goal and became All Ireland Champions. This was a 1^st. for our Club after over 30 years of trying, well done Lads. Not a bad return on a wish list. The Senior Men also captured the " James O'Connor Cup", when they paid a visit in early June, to Naomh Mhicil's fine facility in Moneymore Co. Derry, beating the host team in an exciting Final.

          We entered all competitions open to us, except for the Gary Kelly Cup, from which our Senior Ladies withdrew late on.  In Community Games our under13 Boys, under15 Girls & Boys won the Dublin section. The u/15 Boys & Girls went on to lose to Wexford in the Leinster semi-finals. At Feile, held in Clara Co. Offaly on August Bank Holiday weekend we had teams in all sections, including 3 teams in the under14 Mixed. The under 13 Boys won their Novice Plate. The under 15 Boys & 16 Mixed, having won all their preliminary matches, were both unlucky, collecting Silver Medals, with some close calls not going their way, they lost by 1 run to the Heath in the Finals.

        At All Ireland Level the Minor Men, Women & Mixed took Silver, the Mixed losing by 1 run, again to the Heath. The Senior Ladies & Senior Mixed, having topped their groups in the preliminaries, lost in the Semi-Finals. The Mixed went down by 4 to Ballon and the Ladies by 1 to Bagenalstown. The Senior Men took Gold in an epic match against the Heath. Having gone 9 runs down in the 1^st. innings, the mighty men from Limekiln made a spirited fight back to level the score at 18 runs each after the regulation 7 innings. Indeed, but for a mix up with the batting order of the Heath team, requiring Limekiln to make 4 outs in the 7^th. Innings, the game could have been done and dusted. In the 8^th.The Heath batting first scored 3, Limekiln came up with 4. The 9^th, started with the first 4 batters scoring for the Heath, with bases loaded and no one out, Adam Riordan, pitching for Limekiln, somehow engineered 3 outs without further damage. Limekiln batting to win the match, scored with their 1^st. two batters but at the cost of 2 outs. The next 2 batters got to base and then Gary Kett hit a spin off, which was played by the Heath catcher, knocking the ball out of play and allowing the 3 runners to score. Final score Limekiln 27 Heath 25. The Men who made history for our Club were, Adam Riordan (pitcher), Darren Goode (left outfield), Eddie Healy( short stop), Christopher Hughes (1^st. base), Dashmir Hoaxha (3^rd. Base), Michael O’Connell (2^nd base), Gary Kett (right outfield), John Nolan ( right outfield), Shane Murtagh ( catcher), David Ryan, out through injury, did a stand out job as coach on the day. Mention must be made of James Dillon, who though missing for the final, had helped to get the team there.

     Limekiln Challenge Cup, which usually signals the end of our season, was held on 11/9/2011. ( This year we have some outstanding Finals at Leinster underage level, which look like being postponed until the spring of 20012). The weather was kind to us again this year with the rain holding off. Because of a clash with other fixtures our numbers were slightly down on last year. Notwithstanding four teams fielded. After a bout of very close first round games the Pro-Team and Triple-D met in the final. The final, like most of the matches on the day, proved to be a close and exciting affair. With the 5 innings completed the match was drawn at 6 runs apiece. Two extra innings were played, after which the Pro-Team came out on top with a score of 10 to 9. Lynsey Healy, showing form not seen for a while and Darren Goode with an excellent fielding performance were tops for the winners. Dylan Clerkin was outstanding for Triple-D, With a 100% at bat (4 runs) making him the top scorer in the final. Team list Triple-D :-:Yvonne Healy, Kelly Mc.Gee, Darryl Dolan, Shane Murtagh, Shauna O’Reilly, Dylan Clerkin, Molly Meade, Dano Costello and Adam McGarry. Pro-Team :-; Lynsey Healy, Dar Goode, Niamh Haverty, John Nolan, Mick O’Connell,Elaine Costello, Adam Riordan, Gary Kett (captain) and Shannon Kelly. Special mention for Darryl Dolan from Erin Eagles, who had an outstanding series of games with Triple-D, thank you Darryl. Thank you to Liam & Eddie who kept us fed & watered and to everyone who helped to make the day a success, especially the players.

Home Run  Compettition :-: Juniors- Anne Meegan.  Seniors- Dylan Clerkin.

Player of the Year :-:  As usual it was most difficult to make this call, in the end James Dillon got the nod, congratulations to James and as always to everyone who took to the Diamond for Enjoyment throughout the past year. Hope to see you all, plus extras playing next year.

All Stars Awards 2011:-:  Congratulations to all 24 recipients for 2011, especially the 7 from Limekiln. Christine Kelly, Michael O’Connell, Shane Murtagh, Eddie Healy, Christopher Hughes, Darren Goode & Gary Kett.

       We thank the staff and patrons of the Traders and all others who supported us in any way in the past year and look forward to your continued support into the future. We wish each and everyone a happy and peaceful Christmas with a New Year that brings good health, hope and contentment to all.

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