Barryroe GAA Race Night 2023
21 November, 2023
Sporting followers from all over Barryroe parish and beyond assembled at the Grange Bar on Saturday night last for the Barryroe GAA fundraising race night. With a plentiful entry of horses for all of the eleven races on the card and many long-shots turning up on the frame, punters were in ecstatic mood and those manning the tote were kept well on their toes. The shortest odds was a hot favourite of two to one in the auction race as the owners backed him off the board. Super odds of 10/1 on race 7 and 8/1 on race 8 brought a smile to many faces with three 6/1 winners as well. No doubt the chief interest centred on the Auction Sweepstake Race which carried a top prize of €1,500 to the winners. Here, the Courtmacsherry Brigade led by Johnny and Billy O'Donovan with a sprinkling of horsey experience from their shrewd advisors Ciaran, Danno and Mark John, scored an impressive win as their Horse number two just got up on the line. To add to the amusement of the occasion, all listed horses were written in verse accompanied by some interesting owners, jockeys, trainers and breeders.
Bringing down the curtain on the meeting, Club Chairman Eoin McCarthy, thanked everybody who helped to make the meeting such an outstanding success. He complimented the race commentator, Dan O'Dwyer and Michael Hurley who provided the superb IT technology for the occasion and most especially the Race Night sub Committee under Co-ordinators Vincent O'Donovan and Michael Coleman. Eoin thanked all of our supporters that made last Saturday night a huge success and also to each and every one of our very generous sponsors without their support the night would not have been possible. In summing up Eoin paid a special tribute to Ger, Mags and Family of the Grange Tavern for their hospitality and for being such great supporters of the Barryroe GAA.
Finally the club would like to acknowledge the efforts of many, especially the adult players in the selling of horses in the run up to the big night, thank you all.
See you all next year for Race Night 2024!