LAST WEEK’S RESULTS:
County Under 16 Hurling Championship Division 3A:
Kilpeacon 2-9 Rathkeale 4-8

County Minor 13 a Side Hurling Championship:
Crecora-Manister 3-19 Bruree 4-9

County Under 13 Hurling Championship Division 2A:
Kilmallock 0-4 Kilpeacon 4-16

County Minor 13 a Side Football Championship:
Crecora-Manister 6-16 Kilteely-Dromkeen 1-5

County Under 14 Hurling Championship Division 1 Playoff:
Patrickswell 2-12 Kilpeacon 3-7

JUNIOR B FOOTBALLERS:
Our junior footballers continue to train away ahead of their City championship semi final which will take place in the upcoming weeks.

MINOR HURLERS:
Our minor hurlers welcomed top of the table Bruree to Crecora last Tuesday night in the fourth round of the 13 a side championship. This was a highly competitive entraining hurling match that Crecora won to put them now in contention for a playoff spot.
It was a real team effort from all the players who showed great heart and spirit to keep battling when Bruree came back at us hard in the second half after we looked comfortable enough at half time leading on a score line of Crecora 1-13 to Bruree 1-7. We had strong performances all over the pitch and Michael Bateman had a super match scoring 1-5. He had great help from Edwin Wixted who scored 0-9, Gary O’Connell’s tally of 1-1, Shane O’Connell and Damian Kearney who scored 0-2 each and a goal from Donnacha Connolly.
Our goal keeper Ciaran Humphreys made some important saves at vital times in the game and our back line battled hard when it mattered.
Final Score was Crecora/Manister 3-19 Bruree 4-9.
Team: Ciarán Humphreys; Paraic O’Neill, Tomas Connolly; Jake Loughran, Cian Leahy, Karl Moloney; Barry Fitzgibbon, Edwin Wixted (0-9); Gary O’Connell (1-1), Michael Bateman (1-5), Shane O’Connell (0-2); Damian Kearney (0-2), Conor Kirby; Subs: Mark Shanahan, Evan Keogh, Donnacha Connolly (1-0), Michael Fitzgerald, Shane O’Connor and Thomas Shanahan.
Our next game is against Dromin-Athlacca on Tuesday 8th September at 6.30pm in Crecora.
Your support as always is welcome.

MINOR FOOTBALLERS:
Crecora Manister gave a fine footballing display against Kilteely-Dromkeen last Friday night with great performances right across the team especially from Michael Bateman and Karl Moloney who covered some amount of ground during the game. Gary O’Connell and Robert Grear also had fine games along with Paul Collins our top scorer. We had our biggest turn out to choose from and we chalked up a big score from the chosen 13.
Our scores came from Paul Collins 2-3, Damian Kearney 1-3, Shane and Gary O’Connell 1-2 each, Michael Bateman and Robert Grear 3 points each and Mark Shanahan 1 goal and a welcome return to Mark who has been side-lined with an injury for most of the summer. The final score read 6-16 to 1-5 in our favour.
Team: Robert Sweeney; Tomás Connolly, Cian Leahy; Donnacha Connolly, Paraic O’Neill, Karl Moloney; Barry Fitzgibbon, Michael Bateman (0-3); Paul Collins (2-3), Gary O’Connell (1-2), Robert Grear (0-3); Shane O’Connell (1-2), Damian Kearney (1-3); Subs: Eoin Kennedy, Conor Kirby, Peter Boohan, Jake Loughran, Michael Fitzgerald, Mark Shanahan (1-0), Tim Moloney, Ciaran Humphreys and Shane O’Connor.
This win has qualified us for the county semi final against Ballylanders which will take place in a few weeks time.

UNDER 14s:
Our under 14 hurlers were narrowly beaten by our neighbours Patrickwell in the division 1 playoff on a final scoreline of 2-12 to 3-7. They will now have home advantage against Na Piarsaigh in the shield semi final on Monday 14th September.
Our footballers meanwhile await their division 2 semi final against Ballyhoura Gaels (Effin, Staker Wallace, Blackrock) with a time, date and venue for that game to be confirmed.

UNDER 12s:
Last Friday night, our u12 hurlers played their end of season finals out in UL with 2 games against Adare and Ballybrown in UL North Campus. A great night was had by all and this was a fitting end to a good season.

THANK YOU:
The club wishes to thank all those who helped out in the pitch clean up last Saturday morning. It was an early start so thanks to everyone who got out of bed to help.

UNDER 21s:
The club would like to wish the best of luck to the Limerick under 21 hurlers who compete in the All-Ireland final next Saturday against Wexford in Thurles. The game throws in at 7pm and Limerick will be seeking to win their 5th All-Ireland title at this grade and their first since 2002. Best wishes to the team and management.

UPCOMING FIXTURES:
Tuesday 8th September:
Minor Hurling v Dromin-Athlacca in Crecora @ 6.30pm

Wednesday 9th September:
Under 13 Hurling v St. Kierans in Crecora @ 6.15pm

Wednesday 16th September:
Under 13 Hurling v Croagh-Kilfinny in Croagh @ 6.15pm.