Our U14 hurlers played a friendly match against Monaleen on Thursday 26th March in Crecora. We had guys playing in some new positions which was great for them to get experience in different positions. It also gave the coaches a chance to give some deserved game time to the Subs from the Feile game and to some of the younger members of the panel like Dara Nash and Rian O’Byrne.

Monaleen raced into an early 2 goal lead but Cathal O’Neill got us back in the match with a great goal and a point.
Jack Dalton hurled a lot of ball from the back with James Conheady prominent and hard working in mid field. We went in a point or two down at half time.
In the second half we worked some great scores through  clever use of the ball and good stick passes to players in better positions. It was nip and tuck throughout the half with Sam Riordan featuring well in the scoring stakes.

Padraig Byrnes also stood up well and Rory Hannon was very solid in goals.
Chris Shanahan worked hard around the middle ably supported by others. Cian Enright scored a good point and Rory Quirke worked very hard for the team.

Overall we had a really good close game with the final result being a draw 3 – 8 to 4 – 5.
Thanks to Pat Quirke for refereeing.

Team:  1.Sam Riordan 2. Dara Nash 3. Jack Dalton 4. Fergal Egan 5. Padraig Byrnes 6. Colin Haigney 7. Ciaran Kennedy 8. Cian Enright 9. James Conheady 10. Darragh O’Keeffe 11. Cathal O’Neill 12. Chris Shanahan 13. Rory Quirke 14. John Bourke 15. Rian O’Byrne Subs:  Rory Hannon, Cillian O’Brien