LAST WEEK’S RESULTS:
County Minor 13 a Side Football Championship Semi Final:
Ballylanders 2-14 Crecora-Manister 3-5
County Under 14 Football Championship Division 2A Semi Final:
Kilpeacon 2-14 Ballyhoura Gaels 2-5
County Under 13 Hurling Championship Division 2A:
Kilpeacon 4-8 Deel Rangers 1-3.
County Under 13 Hurling Championship Division 2A:
Newcastlewest 2-3 Kilpeacon 2-8
SYMPATHIES:
The club extends its sympathies to the family of Kitty Murphy, née Madden, late of Bettyville, Crecora who passed away last week. Mrs Murphy’s son Noel is a former chairman of the club and this year is a selector on our junior hurling and football teams. Her grandson Richard is also a member of our under 14 and 16 hurling and football teams.
Ar dheis Dé go raibh a h-anam dílis.
JUNIOR FOOTBALLERS:
Our junior B footballers continue to train away ahead of the city final against Ballybrown which will now take place on Saturday next 3rd October in Kildimo at 5pm. All support is welcome.
MINORS:
Our minor footballers were defeated on Friday 18th September in the county semi final of the 13 a side competition. Credits must go to the Ballylanders team who were that bit stronger on the night.
The final score was 2-14 to 3-5 in favour of Bally. All attention for the minors now turns to the county minor hurling semi final which will take place against the winners of Killeedy versus Glenroe during the upcoming weeks.
Team was as follows: Rob Sweeney; Tomás Connolly, Karl Moloney; Páraic O’Neill, Cian Leahy, Donnacha Connolly; Michael Bateman, Barry Fitzgibbon; Paul Collins, Gary O’Connell, Shane O’Connell; Robert Greer, Damien Kearney; Subs: Tim Moloney, Edwin Wixted, Eoin Kennedy, Michael Fitzgerald, Mark Shanahan (injured).
UNDER 14s:
Last week was a busy week for the U14s with semi-finals in hurling and football. First up on Monday night were the hurlers who played at home to Na Piarsaigh in the Shield Semi final. Heavy rain during the day made it more difficult for hurling but both teams served up a close and exciting encounter where the result was in doubt up to the final whistle.
We were minus a few regulars but still took the game to Na Piarsaigh in the first half and held a 1 point lead at half time. It was equally tight in the second half but the game looked up for us when we fell behind by 4 points. However, our lads showed great character as they have done all year to fight back well and equalised through a great run and point by James Conheady followed up by a brilliant goal from Sam Riordan to leave the game level with a couple of minutes to go.
Next score was vital at this stage but unfortunately we conceded a goal and Na Piarsaigh added another point in injury time to leave a final score of 2-6 to 1-5.
This was a disappointing end for a team who have been very competitive all season in the top division and played some brilliant hurling throughout the season.
The U14s then turned attention to football where they played Ballyhoura Gaels in the B county semi final on Saturday in Mick Neville park. We were again missing some regulars due to injury which may have contributed to a slow start.
Ballyhoura Gaels settled earlier and were in top in the early stages. They scored a goal and only some last ditch defending and good goalkeeping by Sam Riordan kept the score down. After a few positional changes, our backs settled into the game and allowed our midfield to come more into the game. We had points from Cathal O’Neill, Rory Hannon, Colin Coughlan and Patrick Dolphin to reduce the deficit to one point by half time, 1-4 to 0-6.
Our lads came out very strong in the second half and within 10 minutes had added 2 goals from Cathal O’Neill and Colin Coughlan. We added on 3 points during that time with Jack Dalton also getting on the scoresheet to put us in a commanding position. We extended out lead with some well taken points and our defence restricted Ballyhoura Gaels to 1-1 in the second half.
In the end we ran out winners on a scoreline of 2-14 to 2-5 and now progress to the final with Askeaton Ballysteen.
The U14 Football County final is set for Saturday 3rd October @2:30pm in Rathkeale.
This is the final game for our u14 football squad , game 23 of the season and hopefully it will be a good day. All support would be greatly appreciated.
U14 Hurling and Football squad : Rory Hannon, Padraig Byrnes, Jack Dalton, John Bourke, Chris Shanahan, Darragh O’Keefe, Colin Coughlan, Eoghan O’Connor, Richard Murphy, Cian Enright, Cathal O’Neill, James Conheady, Fergal Egan, Sam Riordan, Ciaran Kennedy, Nial Khan, Colin Haighney, Brendan Power, Dara Nash, Patrick Dolphin, Rory Quirke, Cillian O’Brien, Joshua Skehan-Fitzgerald, Philip O’Toole, Rian O’Byrne, Michael Maher, Killian Scanlon, Jack Duggan, John O’Donnell.
UNDER 13s:
Our under 13 hurlers have won five out of five group games and now await the semi finals of that competition. The focus now switches to football and our under 13s have three games over the next week and a half. Your support is welcome.
UPCOMING FIXTURES:
Sunday 27th September:
Under 13 Football v Deel Rangers
in Knockaderry @ 6pm.
Saturday 3rd October:
Under 14 Football Final v Askeaton-Ballysteen
in Mick Neville Park, Rathkeale @ 2.30pm.
Saturday 3rd October:
City Junior B Football Final v Ballybrown
in Kildimo @ 5pm.
Monday 5th October:
Under 13 Football v St. Kieran’s
in Crecora @ 6.15pm.
Wednesday 7th October:
Under 13 Football v Bruff
in Bruff @ 6.15pm.
