Brickey Rangers GAA
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| Rodaithe na Brice | |||||||||
| Founded: | 1896 | ||||||||
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| County: | Waterford | ||||||||
| Nickname: | Brickeys | ||||||||
| Colours: | Amber and black | ||||||||
| Grounds: | Bushy Park | ||||||||
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Brickey Rangers (Irish: Rodaithe na Brice[1]) is a GAA club 5 km west of Dungarvan, County Waterford, Republic of Ireland. They cater for Gaelic football, camogie and Hurling. Their home ground is Bushy Park, which was opened in 1984.
The club have won the Waterford Senior Football Championship 1 time, in 1963. They have finished runner up on five occasions, the last being in 1960.
History[edit]
Founded in 1896 as Brickey Rangers, the club did not have their first game until 1917. To determine the cost of a football, it was decided to go door-to-door throughout the Valley. The club's joint treasurers, Mike Linehan and Johnny Ronayne, collected money from locals at one end of the Valley and from Johnny Murphy and Jack Flynn on the Knockmaun side. The first jersey's worn by the club were all white. The first game played by the club was against Modeligo in Dempsey's field Dungarvan GAA. In 1963 the club captured their only Waterford Senior Football Championship beating Kill 2-8 to 1-03 on the 2nd week of December. They have been relegated from the senior ranks numerous times. In 1980, 1986 and 2014 they regained promotion to the Waterford Senior Football Championship by winning the Waterford Intermediate Football Championship.
Bushy Park[edit]
The club was established in 1896 but we did not have a permanent base until 1984 when they purchased six acres from the Bon Sauveur Sisters at Carriglea, approximately 5 km from Dungarvan and named it Bushy Park. In 2004 an additional adjoining 5.25 acres was purchased to provide a second full-size playing pitch and training area. In more recent years, they have developed the facilities further by the provision of a hurling wall court, extended the club pavilion/additional dressing rooms, and provided car parking facilities. Very recently we installed flood-lighting to one of our pitches.
21st century[edit]
In 2014, the First XV, won the Western and County Waterford Intermediate Football Championship and were Waterford GAA representatives in the Munster Intermediate Club Football Championship. The Minor football team won the Western A championship. The Brickey First XV Hurling team remained in the Waterford Intermediate Hurling Championship
In the 2015 season, the newly repromoted Brickey outfit made it out of the group stages and into the Quarter Finals against The Nire, however, they were knocked out of the competition. The Under-21 football team won the Western B championship. The Minor football team won the western B championship and finished county B runner-up's. The Under-21 hurling team won the Western B championship. The Brickey First XV Hurling team remained in the Waterford Intermediate Hurling Championship.
In 2016, the Brickey football First XV suffered from second season syndrome[tone] and narrowly avoided relegation back to the Waterford Intermediate Football Championship. For the first time in a number of seasons the u21 team appeared in the Western A division, however they were knocked out at the Quarter Final stages. The u21 hurling team were knocked out of the Western B after one game. The Brickey First XV Hurling team remained in the Waterford Intermediate Hurling Championship, however launched a challenge for the Western title.[citation needed]
Football titles[edit]
- Waterford Senior Football Championship (1 time):
- 1963
- West Waterford Under-21 Football Championship (2 times):
- 2012, 2015
- West Waterford Minor B Football Championship (3 times):
- 2013, 2014, 2015
- Waterford Junior Football Championship: (3)
- 1927, 1941, 1945
- Waterford Intermediate Football Championship (4)
- 1980, 1986, 2006, 2014
Hurling titles[edit]
- Waterford Junior Hurling Championship
- 1944, 1959, 2005