LAST WEEK’S RESULTS:
County 13 a Side Minor Hurling Championship:
Crecora-Manister 6-10 Dromin-Athlacca 4-6.

County Under 13 Hurling Championship Division 2A:
Kilpeacon 4-13 St. Kieran’s 0-2.

City Junior B Football Championship Semi Final:
Crecora-Manister 1-12 St. Patrick’s 1-6.

JUNIOR FOOTBALLERS:
Our junior footballers progressed to the City final last Sunday with a hard earned 1-12 to 1-6 victory over St. Patrick’s at Rathbane. They will now play the winners of Ballybrown and Ballinacurra Gaels in the final.

MINOR HURLERS:
Our minors continued their rich vein of form of late with a 6-10 to 4-6 win over Dromin-Athlacca last Tuesday. Our lads were slow to settle and went in at the half time break 3-5 to 2-1 behind. However our lads produced a powerful second half display to run out winners by 6-10 to 4-6. They now await the third place team in the other group who will be our opponents in the county quarter final.

MINOR FOOTBALLERS:
Our minor footballers play Ballylanders in the county semi final of their 13 a Side Championship in Bruff this Friday 18th September with a 6.30pm start. Our minors are still in both the hurling and football competitions and your support as always is welcome.

UNDER 14 HURLERS:
Our under 14 hurlers play Na Piarsaigh this Monday 13th September in the County Division 1 shield semi final. The game throws in at 6.30pm in Crecora. Your support is welcome.

UNDER 13 HURLERS:
Our under 13s play Croagh-Kilfinny on Thursday 17th at 6.30pm in Croagh. This is a third round game and the team have won their two previous games thus far comfortably. Your support once again is welcome.

UNDER 21 FINAL:
Congratulations to the Limerick under 21 hurlers who captured the county’s fifth All-Ireland title at this grade with a 0-26 to 1-7 rout of Wexford at Semple Stadium Thurles last Saturday night. The quality of the Limerick performance and the subsequent pitch invasion by fans will live long in the memory of Limerick supporters. Inevitably several members of this side will go on to play senior with the county and they hopefully will be part of a team to bring the Liam McCarthy home to Limerick in the not too distant future. Luimneach Abú.

UPCOMING FIXTURES:
Monday 14th September:
Under 14 Hurling Shield Division 1 Semi Final v Na Piarsaigh
in Crecora @ 6.30pm.

Thursday 17th September:
Under 13 Hurling v Croagh Kilfinny
in Croagh @ 6.30pm.

Friday 18th September:
Minor Football Semi Final v Ballylanders
in Bruff @ 6.30pm.

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.

We’d a grand turn out this morning (Saturday 5th September) to pick stones from the stretch of ground at the lower entrance into the pitch.
A big job was done earlier in the year to clean up this area and the job will be finished off in the coming weeks.
With the stones picked and the weeds sprayed, the ground will be harrowed, raked and seeded in the coming week.
Once the grass comes up it’ll be easier to keep it tidy with a run of the mower.

It wasn’t the first time some of this crew had picked stones, there was a lot of experienced stone pickers in the group.
The weather was lovely, the sun was shining, and there was healthy bit of banter going.
The work was done in just over an hour due to all the hands on the job.

Thanks to all the guys who helped out, you’ll see them in the photos below.
Missing from the photos are Pat & Padraig Byrnes who left early to go to Patrickswell for the U14 hurling match and Neal & Con Kirby who arrived after soccer training to find the job already complete.

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