Crecora Manister GAA will be running our Annual Camp on the first week of the School Summer holidays.
School closes on a half day Tuesday 30th June

Our Cul Camp will take place on:
Tuesday 30th June (afternoon)
Wednesday 1st July (morning)
Thursday 2nd July (morning)
Friday 3rd July (morning)

Mark the dates in your diary.

Please feel free to  complete the form and give it along with the fee to one of the coaches: REGISTRATION KELLOGGS SUMMER CAMP 2015

RESULTS OVERVIEW:
County Under 21 A Hurling Championship Final:
Tory Gaels 0 – 12 Murroe-Boher 1 – 9

City Intermediate Hurling Championship Quarter Final:
Ballybrown 1 – 19 Crecora-Manister 0 – 12

City Junior B Hurling League:
Ballybrown 2 – 11 Crecora-Manster 2 – 10

County Under 16 Football Championship Division 2A:
Deel Rangers 6 – 07 Kilpeacon 0 – 03.

UNDER 21 HURLERS:
Our under 21 hurlers Tory Gaels played in the County Under 21 A Hurling Championship final in Clarina last Saturday 25th April. We led by double scores at half time 0 – 10 to 0 – 05 but the strong Murroe team came back at us in the second half.
The game ended in a draw 0 – 12 to Tory Gaels 1 – 9 to Murroe-Boher.
Our team was Mark O’Kelly (Croom); Kevin Laffan (Croom), Ciarán Cregan (Croom), Evan Moloney (Crecora); Peter Cregan(Croom), Mark Reidy (0-01)(Croom), Tim Moloney (Crecora); Ryan O’Shea(Croom), Cormac Flanagan(Crecora); Seán Cahill(Croom), Micheál O’Neill(Crecora)(0-01), Edwin Wixted(0-04)(Crecora); Daragh O’Farrell(Croom), Conor Laffan(0-06)(Croom), Liam Quirke(Crecora). Subs: Conor Burke(Crecora) for O’Shea, Eoghan Cregan(Croom) for Cahill, Jordan Ryan(Croom) for O’Neill and Cillian Rea(Crecora). The replay is currently fixed for Sat May 9th at 7pm in Clarina new pitch.

UNDER 14 FOOTBALLERS:
The U14s of Kilpeacon (Crecora Manister and Fedamore) travelled to Mick Neville Park Rathkeale on Sunday to play Ahane in the final of the Feile B football.
Both teams wore change strips due to clash of colours. We lined out in the historical Manister colours of blue and white.
A minutes silence was observed before the game in memory of Karen Buckley, whose mother is a native of Limerick.
We got off to a flying start in the game and an early point from Jack Dalton settled the team. This was followed soon after by a goal from Colin Coughlan.
Colin added a point midway through the first half to extend the lead to 1 – 2 to 0 – 0. Ahane came more into the game and only a great blockdown by Philip O’Toole prevented a certain goal.
Eoghan O’Connor was playing well in a sweeping role around the 45. Sam Riordan in goals was called on to make important saves. At the other end we had a number of chances to extend our lead but failed to convert them.
There was no further scores in the half. Ahane as they did in last years final came back strongly in the second half. They dominated possession and territory and added 2 points midway through second half to half the deficit.
We were struggling to get the ball forward at this stage and our defence was under considerable pressure but they stood strong as they did in the semi-final and some timely tackles from Colin Haigney and Joshua Skehan Fitzgerald kept the scoring opportunities to a minimum.
Ahane added 2 more points from close in frees to leave the minimum between the teams. At this stage the game was in the balance and the last play of the game resulted in a high ball into the goalmouth area which had our hearts in our mouths.
Richard Murphy rose highest to gather the ball and drove out in possession to win a vital free.
Soon after the referee blew the whistle to end the contest and signal the start of the celebrations.
Darragh Foley accepted the cup on behalf of Kilpeacon to the delight of our large group of supporters.
Congratulations to all of the squad and to coaches Ger Riordan, Jack Dalton, Caimin Dolphin, Noel Kennedy and Paddy O’Neill for all the effort they have put in to date.
The players have battled through 4 competitive rounds of football in all sorts of weather conditions and earned the right to represent Limerick in Feile.
All can now look forward to a trip to the Feile tournament which will be held in the South East (Wexford\Carlow\Wickow) in the last weekend in June.
The Askamore-Kilrush club outside Gorey in North Wexford have been drawn to host us.
Squad last Sunday was Sam Riordan, Padraig Byrnes, Joshua Skehan Fitzgerald, Eoghan O’Connor, Colin Haigney, Philip O’Toole, Patrick Dolphin, Cathal O’Neill, Richard Murphy, Cian Enright, Jack Dalton, Killian Scanlon, Darragh Foley, Colin Coughlan, Brendan Power, John Bourke, Chris Shanahan, Michael Maher, Ciaran Kennedy, Darragh O’Keefe, Fergal Egan, Cillian O’Brien, Rian O’Byrne, Stephen McPartlin.

JUNIOR HURLERS:
Our junior A hurlers played Ballybrown in the City Intermediate Hurling Championship last Wednesday night and were beaten by 1 – 18 to 0 – 12. They’re out again Wednesday against Old Christians in the City Junior A Hurling League in Rathbane at 7pm. Meanwhile, our Junior B Hurlers were unlucky to lose by a single point to Ballybrown in the City League on Sunday last by 2 – 11 to 2 – 10. They are down to play Na Piarsaigh next Sunday at 12noon in Crecora.

UPCOMING FIXTURES:
City Junior B Football League Round 1:
Crecora-Manister v Claughaun
Thu 30 April @ 7 in Crecora

City Junior A Hurling League Round 2:
Old Christians v Crecora-Manister
Wed 29 April @ 7 in Rathbane.

City Junior A Hurling League Round 3:
Kildimo/Pallaskenry v Crecora-Manister
Sat 2 May @ 7 in Pallaskenry

City Junior B Hurling League Round 2:
Crecora-Manister v Na Piarsaigh
Sun 3 May @ 12 in Crecora

County Under 21 A Hurling Championship final:
Crecora-Manister v Murroe-Boher
Sat May 9th @ 7pm in Clarina new pitch

RESULTS OVERVIEW:
County Under 21 A Hurling Championship Semi Final:
Tory Gaels 1 – 15 Croagh-Kilfinny 1 – 12

County Under 16 Football Championship Division 2A:
Adare 3 – 14 Kilpeacon 3 – 3

County Minor 13-a-Side Hurling Championship:
Croom 9 – 11 Crecora-Manister 1 – 14

Féile Peil na nÓg B Final:
Kilpeacon 1 – 2 Ahane 0 – 4

UNDER 21 HURLERS:
Our under 21 hurlers Tory Gaels are now into the county A final after victory over West champions Croagh Kilfinny last Tuesday in Ballyagran. It was point for point early on with both teams taking some time to suss each other out. Croagh struck first for a goal though however and took a 1 – 5 to 0 – 4 lead after twenty minutes.
However, a brilliant goal from wing forward Edwin Wixted brought us back into the game and we were level at half time 1-6 a piece. We were the stronger side in the second half and some lovely points from Conor Laffan eventually had us five clear with ten minutes to go.
Despite a late rally from a resilient Croagh side, we held out for a place in the county final on a score of 1-15 to 1-12.
They will now play Murroe-Boher in the county final on Saturday 25th April after they beat Mungret 1 – 12 to 0 – 10 in the other semi final on Sunday evening.
Team:  1. Mark O’Kelly (Croom); 2. Kevin Laffan (Croom), 3. Ciarán Cregan (Croom), 4. Evan Moloney (Crecora); 5. Tim Moloney (Crecora), 6. Mark Reidy (Croom), 7. Peter Cregan (Croom); 8. Cormac Flanagan (Crecora), 9. Ryan O’Shea (Croom); 10. Edwin Wixted (Crecora), 11. Eoin O’Farrell (Croom), 12. Daragh O’Farrell (Croom); 13. Liam Quirke (Crecora), 14. Conor Laffan (Croom), 15. Seán Iarla Cahill (Croom). Subs: Jordan Ryan(Croom), Cian Leahy(Crecora).

MINOR HURLERS:
Our minor hurlers went down to a heavy defeat to Croom in the first round of the County minor 13-a-side hurling championship.
We had a number of inexperienced hurlers playing on the night and a number of soft goals in the first half didn’t help our cause.
We made a better fist of it in the second half and had some nice points from Edwin Wixted, Conor Kirby and Michael Bateman. However, these scores didn’t stop us from going down to a heavy defeat.
Team: Paul Collins; Jake Loughran, Cian Leahy; Páraic O’Neill, Edwin Wixted (0 – 10), Donnacha Connolly; Karl Moloney, Mark Shanahan; Conor Kirby(0 – 02), Tomás Connolly(0 – 01), Michael Bateman(0 – 01); Sam O’Donnell(1 – 00), Michael Fitzgerald.
Subs: Damien Kearney, Thomas Roche.

UPCOMING FIXTURES:
County Under 16 Hurling Championship Division 3A Round 1:
Drom-Broadford v Kilpeacon
Monday April 20th in Dromcollogher @ 7pm.

City Intermediate Hurling Championship Quarter Final:
Crecora-Manister v Ballybrown
Tuesday April 21st in Kildimo @ 7pm.

County Minor 13 a side Football Championship Round 1:
Croom v Crecora-Manister
Friday April 24th in Croom @ 7pm.

County Under 21 A Hurling Championship Final:
Tory Gaels v Murroe-Boher.
Time, Date and Venue TBC.

City Junior A Hurling League Round 1:
Crecora-Manister v Old Christians
Saturday April 25th in Crecora @ 7pm.

City Junior B Hurling League Round 2:
Crecora-Manister v Ballybrown
Sunday April 25th in Crecora @ 12noon.

CYCLE AGAINST SUICIDE:
On Monday April 27th Cycle Against Suicide embark on a 14 day awareness journey from Belfast ,cycling around the island of Ireland ,ending in Dublin on Sunday May 10th, covering 1,400 kms.
The cycle stops in Limerick on May 7th. The main objective of the Cycle is to raise awareness of the considerable help and supports that are available for anyone battling depression, self-harm, at risk of suicide or those bereaved by suicide.
On Saturday May 2nd the Cycle (500-600 cyclists ) will travel from Birr and arrive into Limerick at 5pm approx.
The group are looking for 300 beds to host this year’s participants of Cycle Against Suicide. They are looking for homestays – collect the cyclist from Limerick,give them a bed for the night, breakfast and drop them back in following morning;
To like and share our Facebook Event https://www.facebook.com/CASLimerick2015;
To promote the event  highlighting our need for homestays, volunteers or help with providing food; Put up posters that can be sent out or sign up to partake in the cycle or come out and support on the day.
For any queries you may have contact Martin or Brendan at cycleagainstsuicide@yahoo.ie or on 087-4484278.

Some Club updates from a busy week below.
If you have any queries , questions or suggestions etc please feel free to contact us via this web site or email comments@crecoamanistergaa.com

UNDER 21 HURLING
Pride of place this week goes to our under 21 hurlers (Tory Gaels) who won the South A final with a 1-16 to 0-17 point win against Bruff in an exciting final at Ballyagran.
The game was certainly a game of two halves as our lads got off to a great start in the opening half with some lovely points from Edwin Wixted, Eoin O’Farrell and Micheál O’Neill and a fine tally of 1 – 9 from Conor Laffan.
We were thoroughly in control of the game and led at half time by 1 – 15 to 0 – 06. The second half was a different story and a Conor Laffan point was our only score of the second half as Bruff piled on the pressure.
As the game drew to a close inside the final ten minutes, Bruff struck the post and crossbar but thankfully for us they could not get that vital goal.
There was a great feeling of relief as the final whistle blew and shortly after Peter Cregan was presented with the JJ Kenneally Cup. Our lads will now go on to the County semi final on Tuesday night 14th April, where they will play the West champions Croagh-Kilfinny at 6.30.
Team: 1.Mark O’Kelly(Croom); 2.Kevin Laffan(Croom), 3.Ciarán Cregan(Croom), 4.Evan Moloney(Crecora); 5.Tim Moloney(Crecora), 6.Mark Reidy(Croom), 7.Peter Cregan(Croom); 8.Cormac Flanagan(Crecora), 9.Ryan O’Shea(Croom); 10.Edwin Wixted(Crecora)(0-3), 11.Eoin O’Farrell(Croom)(0-1), 12.Micheál O’Neill(Crecora)(0-2); 13. Liam Quirke(Crecora), 14.Conor Laffan(Croom)(1-10), 15. Seán Iarla Cahill(Croom). Subs: Jordan Ryan(Croom), Eoghan Cregan(Croom), Conor Burke(Crecora), Aaron Burke(Croom), Daragh O’Farrell(Croom), Cian Leahy(Crecora).

JUNIOR HURLING
Our Junior Hurlers played Ballybricken-Bohermore at home in a challenge game last Saturday 11th April. The team was short several players and went down by five or six points on the night.
Nevertheless it was a good exercise and the juniors are now down to play Patrickswell next Sunday 19th April at 12 noon in the Well.

MINOR HURLING
Our Minor Hurlers, like the Juniors, played Ballybricken Bohermore in a challenge game over the weekend. The game was played on Sunday April 12th in Caherelly.
It was our first outing of the year and we were a bit off the pace compared to Ballybricken. It was a good run out all the same ahead of the upcoming championship and it was good to play a fifteen-a-side team playing at a higher level than ourselves.
Team: Shane O’Connell; Páraic O’Neill, Cian Leahy, Jake Loughran; Evan Keogh, Edwin Wixted, Donnacha Connolly; Mark Shanahan, Michael Bateman; Conor Kirby, Tomás Connolly, Michael Fitzgerald; Shane O’Connor, Damien Kearney, Sam O’Donnell. Sub: Thomas Roche.

UNDER 15 HURLING
Kilpeacon played Granagh Ballingarry on Easter Monday at Crecora in a an U15 Hurling Challenge game. We used the opportunity to give the lads on the age some valuable game time.
We were a bit sluggish in the first half and this was to be expected as this was our first game at U15 level. We were missing a good few regulars as many families were away over Easter.
Despite this the Team selected gradually grew into the game and were 7 points to 2 down at half time.
The second half performance was much better and we kept the Granagh Ballingarry keeper busy. We scored a good goal and were unlucky to see another shot rebound wide off the up right.
The Ballingarry keeper also made one great save. We were now in control until near the end when we tired a bit as we had no subs to bring on and Granagh Ballingarry got two late goals.
The final score on a lovely evening for hurling was Granagh Ballingarry 2 – 11 Kilpeacon 1 – 7.

U14 Feile Football
We had an interesting exercise on the evening of Sunday 12th April when we played a challenge match against Div 1 side Monaleen .
We used this game to give our fringe players an opportunity to get some game time and we had a full panel available to us on the evening.
We started the game with all our fringe players from 16 to 24 playing and in fairness to them they really put up a strong battle against a strong Monaleen team.
John Bourke , Rian O Byrne , Stephen McPartlin , Darragh O Keeffe , Cillian O Brien , Fergal Egan and Michael Maher who have not had much game time to date all stood up and definitely gave us a lot of food for thought and what was great to see was the willingness and determination they showed to get stuck in.
We are blessed to have such a strong panel of 24 players all of whom are vitally important to our ongoing campaign in the feile Football.
We started the second half with the rest of the panel and held Monaleen to a single point while scoring 2 – 5 ourselves and also reintroduced a number of the subs during this half.
Our final is on Sunday 19th at 2pm in Mick Neville Park , Rathkeale and we hope to have a big support for our boys in their quest to reach the National Feile Finals which will be held in Wexford at the end of June 2015.

Crecora National school Mini 7’s football
Best of Luck to Crecora National school Mini 7’s football who having won the East Final and will now contest the County Finals on Wednesday 15th April at 1pm at na Piarsaigh GAA grounds on the Ennis Road.
Most of the players on this team either presently play with Crecora Manister GAA Club or have played in the past with the club so we wish them well in their final.

CYCLE AGAINST SUICIDE
On Monday April 27th Cycle Against Suicide embark on a 14 day awareness journey from Belfast ,cycling around the island of Ireland ,ending in Dublin on Sunday May 10th, covering 1,400 kms.
The cycle stops in Limerick on May 7th. The main objective of the Cycle is to raise awareness of the considerable help and supports that are available for anyone battling depression, self-harm, at risk of suicide or those bereaved by suicide.
On Saturday May 2nd the Cycle (500-600 cyclists ) will travel from Birr and arrive into Limerick at 5pm approx.
The group are looking for 300 beds to host this year’s participants of Cycle Against Suicide. They are looking for homestays – collect the cyclist from Limerick, give them a bed for the night, breakfast and drop them back in following morning.
To like and share the cycle for Suicide Facebook Event https://www.facebook.com/CASLimerick2015; To promote the event highlighting our need for homestays, volunteers or help with providing food; Put up posters that can be sent out or sign up to partake in the cycle or come out and support on the day.

For any queries you may have contact Martin or Brendan at cycleagainstsuicide@yahoo.ie or on 087-4484278.