U12 FOOTBALLS TRIP TO CROKE PARK
Our Under 12 footballers travelled to Croke Park on Wednesday 12^th April.
They had lunch at Raheny GAA Club and then onto Croke Park where they had a Tour of the Stadium and then played a match on the pitch at 4pm!
Well done to all our players.
A big thank you to the Coaches for organising this trip, for giving the boys such a great day and an experience to remember.
A special mention to the parents of our U12 footballer Callum Cahill of Ca Sports for sponsoring special edition Croke Park training jerseys for each of the players.

Scroll to the end of this page to see some photographs from the day.
 

CLUB LIMERICK DRAW
The first Draw of the 2023 CLUB Limerick draw will take place on Saturday 29th April.
Entrants will have the chance to win €10,000 and 28 Other Cash Prizes each month.
The STAR PRIZE for April is a Two Night Stay in An Grianan, set in the blissful village of Burt in the rolling Donegal Countryside. Renowned for its warm, Irish Welcome and friendly staff!
PLUS A €250 One For All Voucher

Members of our Club Committee will be calling to houses and contacting residents in the Crecora Manister area over the coming weeks asking for support for this vital source of annual funding.
Every year our club supporters enter this draw and we have had many winners over the years. Thanks to all for your continued support.
The Draw can be entered online by going to the CLUB Limerick Draw website and choosing Crecora/Manister in the “select your club” section: https://clublimerick.ie/draw/

 
ONLINE SPORTS SHOP
The Crecora Manister GAA COBI sports online shop opened on 4^th April and will stay open for 2 weeks only.
The shop has 4 GAA Packs to cover all players, coaches, parents, members and supporters.
All items in the packs can be purchased individually.

To manage the processing of orders the shop will be open for a period of 2 weeks only, closing on April 18^th.
Expect delivery of you orders during the last 2 weeks of May.
Orders will be delivered direct to the address specified when placing the order.

Please note that our Club will not be handling any payments or deliveries.
https://cobisports.com/product-category/club-shop/crecora-manister-gaa/

INTERMEDIATE FOOTBALL

In our second Intermediate game of the season we faced another senior team, Oola, at home on April 13th.
Oola opened their account with a point scored in the first few minutes of the game.
Crecora Manister responded with a point of our own soon afterwards.
The first half continued at very high tempo by our team and mid- way through the 1^st half the teams were drawn at 6 points apiece.

However, Oola snatched another point just before the half time whistle and entered the away dressing room 1 point ahead, 7 points to 6 being the score at the break.
We upped our game a few gears and really increased the overall tempo of the second half.

Despite fierce  defence and offensive plays, Oola had more in reserve and scored a goal and 5 more points versus Crecora Manister’s 2 points.
Even though our team put in  another fantastic performance,  Oola had that extra edge on the day and the match ended with Oola as winners on a score of 1 – 12 to 0 – 8.

A spirited and much improved performance on a glorious evening by our team and we made Oola work for every score they had.
Taking account of the facts that Oola contested the 2019 Senior Final and were close to full strength for this match is a  strong indication of the ability and heart in our fantastic group of players.

Team: Goalie David Macken, Right corner back Tom Shanahan, Left corner back Tim Moloney, Full back Jack Dalton, Right half- back Evan Moloney, Centre back Cormac Flanagan, Left half- back Darach Skelly, Midfield Conor Kirby and Sean Malone, Right half-forward Colm Cassidy, Centre forward Sam Riordan (subbed by Rory Hannon), Left half forward Donnacha Connolly, Right corner forward Richard Murphy, Full forward Mike McCormack, Left half forward Conor Burke
Subs: Rory Hannon

Our next 2 matches are on May 13^th at Home versus Galtee Gaels and on May 20^th versus Ballylanders in an away fixture and we would encourage all supporters to attend.
Starting times to be confirmed.

UPCOMING FIXTURES
Under 15 Football
Mr. Binman U15 Football Division 4 (Championship)
Crecora Manister vs Coshlea Gaels
Monday 17^th April
Venue: Crecora – 6:45pm
Under 17 Football
Mr. Binman Under 17 Football League Division 2C
Na Piarsaigh vs Crecora Manister / South Liberties
Wednesday 19^th April
Venue: Na Piarsaigh – 6:45pm

Under 13 Football
Mr. Binman Under 13 Football Division 4
Knockaderry vs Crecora Manister
Thursday 20^th April
Venue: Knockaderry – 7:00pm

In our second Intermediate game of the season we faced another senior team, Oola, at home on April 13th.

Oola opened their account with a point scored in the first few minutes of the game.

Crecora Manister responded with a point of our own soon afterwards.

The first half continued at very high tempo by our team and mid- way through the 1^st half the teams were drawn at 6 points apiece.

However, Oola snatched another point just before the half time whistle and entered the away dressing room 1 point ahead, 7 points to 6 being the score at the break.

We upped our game a few gears and really increased the overall tempo of the second half.

Despite fierce  defence and offensive plays, Oola had more in reserve and scored a goal and 5 more points versus Crecora Manister’s 2 points.

Even though our team put in  another fantastic performance,  Oola had that extra edge on the day and the match ended with Oola as winners on a score of 1 – 12 to 0 – 8.

A spirited and much improved performance on a glorious evening by our team and we made Oola work for every score they had.

Taking account of the facts that Oola contested the 2019 Senior Final and were close to full strength for this match is a  strong indication of the ability and heart in our fantastic group of players.

Team: Goalie David Macken, Right corner back Tom Shanahan, Left corner back Tim Moloney, Full back Jack Dalton, Right half- back Evan Moloney, Centre back Cormac Flanagan, Left half- back Darach Skelly, Midfield Conor Kirby and Sean Malone, Right half-forward Colm Cassidy, Centre forward Sam Riordan (subbed by Rory Hannon), Left half forward Donnacha Connolly, Right corner forward Richard Murphy, Full forward Mike McCormack, Left half forward Conor Burke

Subs: Rory Hannon

Our next 2 matches are on May 13^th at Home versus Galtee Gaels and on May 20^th versus Ballylanders in an away fixture and we would encourage all supporters to attend.
Starting times to be confirmed.

Intermediate Hurling League
Our Adult hurlers were away to St Patricks in the second round of the City East Intermediate League on Saturday 8^th April.
We started with the benefit of a strong breeze.
Both teams were evenly matched in the opening exchanges with the sides trading points but then a succession of scores saw us in arrears by 5 points midway through the half.

From there to the end of the first half we had our best period of the game.
Darach Skelly led the scoring with 3 fine scores from play.
He was helped with braces for Brendan Power, Rian O’Byrne and Richard Murphy to add to points by Mike McCormack and Cormac Flanagan which helped us to overcome the deficit and by half time we had taken the lead on a scoreline of 0-11 to 0-9.

We started the second half facing the breeze but points from Rian O’Byrne and Fergal Egan kept us in contention in the early stages.
However, St Patricks started to make use of the elements in their favour and established a strong lead heading into the closing stages.
They continued to add to their total and also raised a green flag in the closing minutes to leave the final score of 0-13 to 1-23.

Squad: Ger Kennedy, Rory Hannan, Shane Moloney, Evan Moloney, David Wixted, Cormac Flanagan, Thomas Shanahan, Darach Skelly, Rian O’Byrne, Brendan Power, Mike McCormack, Richard Murphy, Sam Riordan, Shane O’Connor, Fergal Egan, Sean Malone, Sean Keyes, Jack Dalton, Rob Henehan.

U15 Féile na nGael
Crecora Manister under 15 Hurlers got the Féile na nGael campaign off to a good start with a fine win against na Piarsaigh at a dry but windswept Croagh on the morning of Saturday 8^th April.
Next up at the same venue  were Askeaton/ Ballysteen/ Kilcornan where after another good performance  Crecora Manister came out on top on a scoreline of 2 – 6 to 0 – 2.
Our final game in the blitz was against Croagh/ Kilfinny/ Rathkeale. These opponents had put up huge scores in their previous matches and at half time in this match Crecora Manister were up a goal on a scoreline of 1 – 5 to 0 – 5.

The second half was a huge battle with Crecora Manister playing into a strong wind. However after some sustained pressure for the last 7 minutes Crecora Manister prevailed on a scoreline of 1 -7 to 0 – 9.
Great credit is due to all the players who stepped up at various times to see us through to a semi-final on Monday 10^th April.
Thanks to all the ladies who provided the well-earned  refreshments

Unfortunately our Féile na nGale campaign came to an end at the semi-final stage when we were beaten by a very strong and physically much bigger Pallasgreen team.
A couple of early goals for the opposition set them up for their win.
Crecora Manister battled hard and outscored Pallasgreen in the second half but just couldn’t overturn the big gap from half time.
Final score was Pallasgreen 4 – 8 to Crecora Manister 1 – 3.

Our Coaches are well pleased with Saturday’s performances and the second half in the semi-final and this form should carry in to the Championship.

Online Sports Shop
The Crecora Manister GAA COBI sports online shop opened on 4^th April and will stay open for 2 weeks only.
The shop has 4 GAA Packs to cover all players, coaches, parents, members and supporters.
All items in the packs can be purchased individually.

To manage the processing of orders the shop will be open for a period of 2 weeks only, closing on April 18^th.
Expect delivery of you orders during the last 2 weeks of May.
Orders will be delivered direct to the address specified when placing the order.

Please note that our Club will not be handling any payments or deliveries.
Go to our Club website for the link to the online shop where  you can place your order.

CLUB LIMERICK DRAW
The first Draw of the 2023 CLUB Limerick draw will take place on Saturday 29th April.
Entrants will have the chance to win €10,000 and 28 Other Cash Prizes each month.
The STAR PRIZE for April is a Two Night Stay in An Grianan, set in the blissful village of Burt in the rolling Donegal Countryside. Renowned for its warm, Irish Welcome and friendly staff!
PLUS A €250 One For All Voucher

Members of our Club Committee will be calling to houses and contacting residents in the Crecora Manister area over the coming weeks asking for support for this vital source of annual funding.
Every year our club supporters enter this draw and we have had many winners over the years. Thanks to all for your continued support.
The Draw can be entered online by going to the CLUB Limerick Draw website and choosing Crecora/Manister in the “select your club” section: https://clublimerick.ie/draw/

TEAM LIMERICK CLEAN UP
Crecora Manister GAA and Crecora Camogie Clubs came together again on Good Friday to organise the picking up of rubbish from along the roadsides in our locality.
On Friday morning pickers, bags etc were distributed from the pitch and roads were assigned to volunteers along with directions regarding the collection of the bags of rubbish and transporting them to the pitch for pick up by Mr. Binman.
As with previous years this event was greatly supported with many volunteers coming out on Good Friday to clean up the roads in our local area.

CLUB FIXTURES
Bons Secours South Senior Football League
Oola vs Crecora Manister
Venue: Crecora
Saturday 15th April 2023 6pm

Bon Secours City Junior B Hurling League
Ballybrown vs Crecora Manister
Venue: Ballybrown
Wednesday 5th April 7pm

Mr. Binman Under 13 Hurling Division 3A
Crecora Manister vs Patrickswell
Friday 14th April 2023 6:45pm
Venue: Crecora

Mr. Binman Under 17 Hurling League Division 3B
South Liberties \ Crecora Manister vs Croagh \ Kilfinny \ Rathkeale
Wednesday 12^th April 2023 7:00pm
Venue: South Liberties Dooley Park

Crecora Manister’s under 15 Hurlers got their Féile na nGael campaign off to a good start with a fine win against na Piarsaigh at a dry but windswept Croagh on Saturday morning.

Next up at the same venue  were Askeaton/ Ballysteen/ Kilcornan where after another good performance  Crecora Manister came out on top on a scoreline of 2 – 6 to 0 – 2.

Our final game was against Croagh/ Kilfinny/ Rathkeale. These opponents had put up huge scores in there previous matches and at half time in this match Crecora Manister were up a goal on a scoreline of 1 – 5 to 0 – 5.

The second half was a huge battle with Crecora Manister playing into a strong wind. However after some sustained pressure for the last 7 minutes Crecora Manister prevailed on a scoreline of 1 -7 to 0 – 9.

Great credit is due to all the players who stepped up at various times to see us through to a semi final on Monday in Kilbreedy. We ask as many as possible to come along to support our boys in the semi-final.

Thanks to all the ladies who provided the well earned  refreshments

Féile na nGael Semi Final
Crecora Manister V Pallasgreen
Monday, April 10th in Kilbreedy (Martinstown)
Time: 10:00am

Best of luck in the Final Boys!

Come along and support the boys.

National League Medal
Congratulations to Cathal O’Neill on winning a National League Medal yesterday.
He is a brilliant role model for all our players.
It was only a few years ago Cathal was competing in the Féile competition himself.