RESULTS:
County Minor 13 a Side Football Championship Round 1: Croom 5-13 Crecora-Manister 1-7.
County Under 14 Football Championship Division 2A Round 4: Kilpeacon 2-7 St. Senan’s 4-4.
County Under 14 Hurling Championship Division 1 Round 2: Adare 3-2 Kilpeacon 3-4.

UNDER 14 HURLERS:
Kilpeacon u14 Hurlers (Crecora Manister and Fedamore) played Adare in second round of U14 Division 1 Championship. We started with the aid of a slight breeze and while we scored an early point from Cian Enright, Adare responded with a good goal. It took us time to settle but once we competed for the ball we got on top in many positions. We delivered good ball into the forwards and while we missed some good chances we scored two good goals from James Conheady and Colin Haigney following good work from Jack Dalton, Chris Shanahan, Ciaran Kennedy and Brendan Power.
We led at the interval by 2 – 4 to 1 – 1 but knew Adare would come back at us in the second half. While Adare had a few chances our defence held firm with Rory Hannon producing a good save.
We replied with an excellent goal, whipped first time to the net by Brendan Power. Adare showed their character at this stage and applied more pressure and were rewarded with a goal and then got a penalty which they converted.
The match was now back in the balance and while we were fortunate a good Adare shot went over the bar, we held out for a good win on a score line of 3 – 4 to 3 – 2.
This was a good win especially as we were missing some players.
Our next game is on Wednesday 3rd June in Crecora at 7.15 pm versus Ahane.
All support welcome. Our Squad versus Adare: Rory Hannon, Padraig Byrnes, Jack Dalton, Fergal Egan, Darragh O’Keeffe, Richard Murphy, Eoghan O’Connor, Cathal O’Neill, Chris Shanahan, Sam Riordan, Colin Haigney, Brendan Power, Ciaran Kennedy, James Conheady, Cian Enright, Niall Khan, Rian O’Byrne.

UNDER 14 FOOTBALLERS:
Our U14 footballers played host to St Senans last week and we suffered our first defeat of the year. This was an entertaining and close game with fine play by both teams and ended on a scoreline of 4 – 4 to 2 – 7. We played into a strong breeze in the first half and got off to a terrible start by conceding a goal in the first minute.
Despite the breeze we had plenty of possession and chances and scored 4 points in the first half from Cathal O’Neill, Colin Coughlan (2) and Cian Enright to leave the half time score at 2 – 4 to 0 – 4.
We started the second half strongly and added 2 points to narrow the gap. However St Senans broke up the other end and added a goal. We replied with a penalty from Darragh Foley but conceded a 4th goal soon after to increase the gap again.
Our lads kept going forward in an effort to maintain their unbeaten record and a goal from James Conheady and a point from Cian Enright reduced the deficit to a goal.
We had one last chance to salvage a draw but the ball just shaved the post. This was a disappointing result but the players showed great spirit and determination all the way to the final whistle and sure they will bounce back.

JUNIOR HURLERS:
Our junior hurlers have a busy week ahead of them. On Bank Holiday Monday 1st June the Junior Bs will play their league semi final versus Patrickswell in Mungret at 4pm.
On Thursday 4th June our footballers play their Junior B league final vs Ballybrown in Ballinacurra at 7.30.
On Saturday 6th June, our Junior A hurlers play Na Piarsaigh in the league semi final in Rathbane at 7.30pm.
All support welcome.

EXAMS: The club would like to wish all its members doing Junior Cert, Leaving Cert or college examinations the best of luck and we will welcome them back to the playing fields when they are over.

UPCOMING FIXTURES:
Monday 1st June : City Junior B Hurling League Semi Final: Crecora-Manister v Patrickswell in Mungret @ 4pm.
Monday 1st June : County Under 14 Football Championship Division 2A: Shannon Gaels v Kilpeacon in Ballyhahill @ 7.15pm.
Wednesday 3rd June: County Under 14 Hurling Championship Division 1: Kilpeacon v Ahane in Crecora @ 7.15pm.
Thursday 4th June : City Junior B Football League Final: Crecora-Manister v Ballybrown in Ballinacurra @ 7.30pm.
Saturday 6th June : City Junior A Hurling League Semi Final: Crecora-Manister v Na Piarsaigh in Rathbane @ 7.30pm.