Ladies Local Derby:
Kilcullen Ladies team face Ballymore this weekend in Group B of the Junior Championship. The match takes place at 7pm on Saturday night in Ballymore. Best of luck to all involved.

Survival Battle Looms:
Kilcullen Seniors go into the relegation play-offs to stay senior after a crushing defeat to Round Towers yesterday evening. Kilcullen never got out of the blocks, but despite this only trailed by 3 points at half time. However the Kildare Town men completely dominated the second half to win by 2-13 to 0-6. Kilcullen's best player was Shane Lambe who tried his best at both full forward and half forward, while Cormac Aspell was accurate with his point taking. The Rags now face Confey in a relegation play-off, with the losers of this game to meet the losers of Maynooth and Naas, to decide who will be Intermediate next season.

Kilcullen Line-Up: Paddy Maher; M.Dooley, R.Aspell, I.Barker; Paul Maher, G.Shanahan(capt), J.Lambe; F.Aspell(0-1), W.Kinsella(0-1); M.Williams, B.Bell, J.Whyte; P.Jones, S.Lambe(0-1), C.Aspell(0-3).
Subs Used: T.Shanahan, B.McMahon, S.McMahon.

Under 16's Progress:
The Under 16's progressed to the next round of the Under 16 Championship with an impressive and convincing win over Ellistown last night. Well done to manager Dan Bell, the team and all involved.

GAA Golf Classic Rescheduled:
The Annual Kilcullen GAA Golf Classic, which had to be postponed in July because of poor weather, will now take place in Baltinglass Golf Club on Friday 28 September.

The Time Sheet starts at 11.30am and the event will be a 4 Ball Scramble with teams of men, ladies or mixed.

Handicap limits (GUI Members) – men 20, ladies 28, (Non GUI Members) – men 18, ladies 24.

Entry is 280 euros per team, meal included.

Time Sheets are available from Jim Kiely 086 0692544, Tommy Howard 087 6811848, Tommy O’ Connor 087 8128779 and Owen Barker 087 2393947.

Senior Championship:
Kilcullen Seniors have a must win game against Round Towers in their final game of Group A. The game takes place at 6.30pm on Sunday at St.Conleth's County Grounds in Newbridge. Towers will be tough opposition featuring current County player Mark Scanlon, legend Glen Ryan and Under 21 star Padraig Golden. The Rags will also need Clane to beat Leixlip to have any chance of qualifying and this game takes place at the same time in Celbridge.

Ladies Championship:
The Ladies Junior Championship match against Round Towers originally fixed for this Saturday at 7pm has now been CANCELLED as towers have indicated they are unable to field a team.

Under 16 Championship:
The Under 16's had a comofortable win over Geraldines in the Championship last week and now go on to play Ellistown in the next round. This game is at home this Friday night at 7pm.

Other Games:
Those of you who do not have enough in all of the above games, will also have another couple of games to go to locally.
On Saturday at 4pm, the Intermediate Championship game between Sallins and Castledermot takes place in Kilcullen. Also in Kilcullen, On Monday evening at 7pm is the Senior B Championship clash of Naas and Round Towers. Both of these games will be refereed by Mick Spencer.

Under 16 Championship:
The Under 16's play Geraldines in their first round of the championship tomorrow night (Fri 17th). The game is at home at 7pm. Best of luck to all involved.

Juniors Exit Championship:
The Junior team exited the Senior B Championship to Round Towers in a disappointing contest this evening. Despite being without many of their regular players and giving a very spirited display, the concession of two first goals ultimately proved to be too much and the rags invariably found themselves chasing the game for much of the match. The game ran away from Kilcullen in the second-half finishing in a final score of 2-12 to 0-3. Best for Kilcullen were Paul McGirn, Wayne Hegarty and Barry Comerford who were bailing water all night and Algie Barker who took what little chances came his way.

Kilcullen Line-Up: P.McGirn; K.Fagan, W.Hegarty, A.Clarke; H.Hannigan, O.Nolan, B.Comerford(0-1); B.Corcoran, B.O'Brien; C.Clarke, R.Galway, Ciarán Barker; W.Condron, A.Barker(0-2), Colin Barker.
Subs Used: A.Conlon, G.Kelly, O.Moore

Championship Heartbreak for Seniors:
Kilcullen lost by the narrowest of margins to Clane on Saturday night, losing by 1-12 to 1-11. The Rags were superb in the first half, with 5 out of the 6 starting forwards scoring. With the forwards starring and a fantastic individual goal from Darren Barker, Kilcullen went in 1-8 to 1-4 up at the break. However, Clane came back srongly in the second half and went on to win. It was a tempestious affair, with a very physical Clane side having two men sent off before the end. Best For Kilcullen were Darren Barker who oozed confidence in the half back line and scored a sensational goal, Fergus Aspell who came out on top of county player David Lyons in midfield, and also Mick Williams and John Whyte who both gave everything in the forwards.

Kilcullen Line-Up: Paddy Maher; M.Dooley, R.Aspell, T.Shanahan; Paul Maher, G.Shanahan(capt), D.Barker(1-0); F.Aspell, W.Kinsella; M.Williams(0-3), B.Bell(0-2), J.Whyte(0-1); P.Jones(0-3), S.Lambe, C.Aspell(0-2).
Sub Used: I.Barker.

Crucial Championship Weekend:
Kilcullen Seniors play against Clane this Saturday night in their second game of the Championship Group Stage. A win is crucial after the dissapointing defeat to Leixlip in the first game. Let's hope a big contingent of people from Kilcullen are in at the game to cheer the Rags on. The game takes place at 7pm in St.Conleth's County Grounds In Newbridge, and it will be preceded by the game between Ellistown and Sarsfields at 5.30.

Junior Championship:
Also in action this week are the Juniors who play Round Towers on Monday night in the Senior B Championship. When they have had a full selection of players this year the Juniors have turned in some good performances and despite losing a number of players to the Seniors, they will be hoping to put in a good showing. This game takes place in Sarsfields on Monday at 7.30pm.

Ladies News:
The Ragettes had a narrow 3-5 to 0-13 win Over Prosperous last week in the Group 3 Summer Cup.

Even Challenge:
Kilcullen and Arles Kilcruise drew 1-7 each in a tough encounter played in poor cinditions on Saturday night. The Rags dominated the first half, and went in at the break with a good lead. However, Arles rallied in the second half, and a draw was a fair result. Best for Kilcullen were Ger Shanahan, Mick Williams and Aido Carroll.

Kilcullen Line-Up: Paddy Maher; Paul Maher, R.Aspell, I.Barker; T.Davis, G.Shanahan(capt), D.Barker; M.Williams(0-1), W.Kinsella; J.Whyte(0-1), B.Bell, A.Carroll(0-2); C.Aspell(0-1), S.Lambe, P.Jones (1-0).
Subs Used: T.Shanahan, C.Barker(0-1), W.Hegarty(0-1), B.McMahon.

Challenge Game:
Kilcullen Seniors have a home challenge game against Arles-Kilcruise from Laois tonight. Arles are likely to feature county stars Chris Conway and Ross Munnelly. The game takes place at 7pm.