We will be holding Auditions to select talented boys and girls to represent Crecora Manister GAA Club in the Limerick Scór na nÓg County Championships.

Auditions will take place on Thursday 23rd October at 7pm in Manister Hall.
All children under 17 from the Crecora Manister parishes are invited to audition on the night.

There are 7 categories in total;

Rince Foirne ( figure dancing )
Amhranaiocht Aonair ( Solo singing)
Aithriseoireacht/Scealaiocht ( Recitation/Story Telling)
Ceol Uirlise ( instrumental music)
Leiriu ( sketch/drama piece)
Bailead Ghrupa ( Ballad Group Singing)
Rince Seit ( set dancing)

Anybody interested in taking part on the night is asked to contact the local Irish officers for Crecora Manister GAA , Norah O’Connor 087 9581280 or Paula Dillon 087 2989796 and we will register all entries so we have an idea of how many participants we have on the night.

See www.gaa.ie for Scor Rulebook .
It is very important all interested auditionees check this for Scór na nÓg rules.

Following 2 very close matches against Patrickswell and Ballybrown where this U13 team lost by a single score on both occasions , the players all stepped up a level for this home derby game against our near neighbours Mungret on Sunday 28th September.

Our Back lines from 1 to 7 were magnificent , first to every ball and sustained the late pressure put on by a gallant Mungret team towards the end.

Our midfield powerhouse of Cathal and James fought for everything and distributed the ball very well into the forwards who as a unit took some very nice scores.

Overall a very pleasing performance and while this group of players did not qualify for the U13 playoff’s they showed that they are more than capable of playing and competing at the top level in their age-group.

Our Squad was: Rory Hannon, Fergal Egan, Joshua Skehan Fitzgerald, Ciaran Kennedy, Brendan Power, Jack Dalton, Cathal O’Neill, Colin Coughlan, James Conheady, Richard Murphy, Cian Enright, Eoghan O’Connor, Rory Quirke, Colin Haigney, Ethan Hennessey, Darragh O’Keeffe, John Bourke, Sam Riordan, Chris Shanahan, Dara Nash, Stephan McPartlin,

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Our Junior hurlers played Patrickswell in the Semi Final of the City Championship on Sunday 21st Septmeber.
We got off to a good start and went 3 points up.
Patrickswell’s first score was a goal and this cancelled out our good work early on.
However we kept scoring points and went in at the break 2 points up, in reality we could have been up by more but the Well could also have scored a couple of more goals.

The game was won and lost in the vital 3rd quarter as the Well scored 1 – 4 and we failed to score in this period.
Our lads never gave up and the team rallied to win the last quarter and we ended up losing by 3 points.
The 2nd half of this game was played at real championship pace and the standard was of a very high level.

Referee Mike Mann let the game flow in this period and there was some wonderful hard, fair and skillful hurling by both teams.
For the panel of players it was hard to take as they had put huge effort into this season and injuries to players in the weeks leading up to this game had a serious effect on team preparations.
The panel is very young and hopefully they will all be available again next year to try and win that City title.

Finally the Club would like to acknowledge the great work, commitment and energy that our team trainer and manager John Ryan brought to the junior hurling set up over the past 3 years.

We also extend best wishes our neighbours in the City final.

Team: Steve Keating, Joe Burke, Niall Moloney, Colm Carey, Ger Kelliher, Shane Moloney, Colin Kelly , Enda O’Shea , Mike McCormack, Rob Hourigan , Ian Donoghue, Brian Moloney , Brian Relihan, Fergal Carey, Ger Hickey. Subs, Tim Moloney, Steve Quinn , Gar Sheehan, Niall Carmody, Mike Gammell, Colm Keyes, Liam Carey, Pa Walsh, Pa Sullivan, Damien Kearney.

The Kilpeacon U13 Hurling team played their first match against Ballybrown on Monday 15th September.
We had an excellent turnout with 21 players present on the night and from a coaches perspective we could not have asked more from all the boys, they were excellent on the night giving their all against a highly rated Ballybrown side.

We did all the hurling in the first half but only lead by 2 points at half time, 1 – 8 to 2 – 3 which did not reflect our dominance.
We had great performances from all boys especially James Conheady in midfield and great goals by Colin Haigney and Cathal O’Neill.

Cian Enright also won a lot of ball and scored a good point. Sam Riordan registered a good point from play as well. Joshua Skehan Fitzgerald fought for every ball and Colin Coughlan cleared a lot of ball from center back with Richard Murphy leading the line well at center forward.

It was a really competitive game against a top side, and we were unlucky to come out losing by a point, 4-7 to 3-9

Our Squad was: Rory Hannon, Fergal Egan, Joshua Skehan Fitzgerald, Ciaran Kennedy, Brendan Power, Jack Dalton, Cathal O’Neill, Colin Coughlan, James Conheady, Richard Murphy, Cian Enright, Eoghan O’Connor, Rory Quirke, Colin Haigney, Ethan Hennessey, Darragh O’Keeffe, John Bourke, Sam Riordan, Chris Shanahan, Dara Nash, Stephan McPartlin,

Our next U13 Hurling Championship match takes place on Wednesday 24th September in Patrickswell.