Subject: Crecora Manister GAA Club Notes 26^th May 2024

Man of the Match & Team of the Week

Huge congratulations to Cathal being awarded Man of the Match on Sunday and subsequently making Team of the Week. Cathal contributed significantly to the game which sees Limerick face Clare in the Munster Final on Sunday 9^th of June.

Upcoming Fixtures

On Thursday 30^th our Hurlers take on Bruree in the County Intermediate Hurling Final at 7pm in Croom

Our U11s in amalgamation with Patrickswell take on Ballingarry on Monday away home at 6:30pm in their next Community Games Competition match

Our U13 Footballers take NaPiarsaigh Monday 27^th of May in NaPiarsaigh at 7pm

The U12 Hurlers take on Claughaun away on Tuesday at 6:45pm

Thursday has our U14 Hurlers out against Dromin Athlacca away in Banogue at 7pm

All support is welcome to all these games.

East A 13 A-Side Final

Best of luck to our Crecora Manister Boys who represent Crecora National School in the 13 a-side hurling schools’ competition on Monday 27^th against Doon.

Limerick Colleges Final

Congratulations to Patrick Concannon, Sam Collins and Cian Hickey who represented Ard Scoil Rís this week winning the Limerick Colleges Final.

U11 Blitz

Our Under 11 attended a Blitz in Doora Barefield on Sat 25th @ 3pm. The boys played 3 games against a combination of host teams. In challenging conditions we played some great hurling, we got some great scores and defended really well against driving wind and rain and very capable host teams. Overall, a great display from our boys.

Cúl Camp

Crecora Manister GAA in association with Crecora Camogie Club are delighted to announce our Cúl Camp for 2024. It will take place week beginning July 1st. Please use this link to book.

Crecora Manister GAA (klubfunder.com)

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To keep in touch and receive updates of any club activities please follow up on Twitter @CrecoraGAA, On Instagram crecora_manistergaa or on Facebook Crecora/Manister GAA

Cllr Stephen Keary, Fine Gael, Cllr Bridie Collins, Fianna Fail and Cllr John O’Donoghue, Independent visited Crecora Manister GAA pitch to view the Development Works completed by Crecora Manister GAA club and Crecora Camogie Club over the past couple of years.

The funding that they have directed towards these projects from their General Municipal Allocation (GMA) funding, in conjunction with other grant aid and fundraising , has resulted in fantastic additional facilities being provided at our club grounds for all our GAA and Camogie club members, and the wider Community.

Limerick v Waterford
We wish Cathal O’Neill and all the Limerick team the very best of luck on Sunday in what looks set to be an exciting finish to the Munster Round Robin.

Upcoming Fixtures

Our U11 in amalgamation with Patrickswell take on Adare on Friday at home at 6:30pm in the Community Games Competition
Our U12 Hurlers take on Dromin Athlaca in Banague on Tuesday at 6:30.
The U11 Hurlers take on South Liberties at home on Wednesday at 7:30pm

All support is welcome to all these games.

Match Reports
Our Hurlers were in action last Saturday night in the 5rd round City West Intermediate League game home to St Kierans. We started the game in second place in the table and consolidated our place with a narrow one point win in an exciting game. We conceded the first score but a free converted by James Conheady settled us into the game. He added a second soon after and we extended our lead with a goal by Cormac Flanagan. The 2 teams traded points but points from Edwin Wixted, Oisin O’Byrne and Thomas Shanahan added to our lead. Our good form continued throughout the first half and Cormac added a second goal so by half time we led on a scoreline of 2-10 to 0-7. Oisin add-ed another goal soon after the restart to put us in a commanding position. The concession of a number of frees gave St Kierans a foothold in the game and their accuracy from deal balls helped them narrow the deficit. We were struggling for scores at this stage but a point from Rian O’Byrne and a free from James kept our noses in front. St Kierans continued to press and a goal brought them right back in the game. They rattled off a number of points to level the scores as full time ap-proached. Possession was vital at this stage and from a puckout we gathered the ball and won a free near the half way line. James stepped up to score what proved to be the winning score. There was still time to play but our defence stood firm to ensure we did not concede further. Final score was 3-13 to 1-18 in our favour.
Our U8s hosted a football blitz at home on Saturday morning. Teams included South Liberties, Bally-bricken & Ahane. Next Saturday will see them host a hurling blitz.

Celtic Challenge
Hard luck Niall Conheady and all involved with the Celtic Challange hurling team who were defeated by Dublin at the weekend.

East A 13 A-Side Final
Congratulations to our Crecora Manister Boys who represented Crecora National School in the 11 a-side hurling schools’ competition this afternoon. The boys topped their group beating Ahane, Lisnag-ry and Caherline. They now progress to the East A 13 a-side Final against Doon on May 21st.

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To keep in touch and receive updates of any club activities please follow up on Twitter @CrecoraGAA, On Instagram crecora_manistergaa or on Facebook Crecora/Manister GAA

Upcoming Fixtures
In the Intermediate Hurling League, our boys take on St. Kieran’s at home on May 18th at 7:30pm
Our U11 in amalgamation with Patrickswell take on Granagh Ballingarry in the Community Games Competition
Our U12 Footballers take on Mountcollins at home on Thursday at 7pm
The U11 Hurlers take on South Liberties at home on Wednesday at 7:30pm
All support is welcome to all these games.

Match Reports
Out Intermediate footballers closed out their League campaign this week with 2 matches, first up was a home game against a strong Galbally side who were top of the table coming into this game and who we have met on a number of occasions over the last few years in championship. This was a fine performance from our lads who showed huge improvement from previous games and took the game to Galbally for the full 60 Mins. While we ended in defeat, great pride and learnings were taken from the game which ended on a score line of 3-07 to 1-08.
Then on Saturday we welcomed Pallasgreen to Crecora and started out very strong with 1-03 to no score on the board after 15 mins. Pallasgreen then took control of the game putting up the next 9 scores without reply – we rallied well in the closing stages but could not bridge the gap. Great credit to the 16 players who togged out, especially the dual players who played their 3rd full game in the space of 7 days. The game finished on a scoreline of 1-07 to 2-11.
Our focus now turns to championship with our first game at the end of June. Best wishes to Richard on a speedy recovery from a knee injury. Squad for the 2 games as follows – Shane O’Connell, Darach Scelly, Rory Hannon, Paddy Gardner, Tim Moloney, Francis McAuliffe, Evan Moloney, Cormac Flana-gan, Con Kirby, Cathal Monaghan, Ciaran Cusack, Donnacha Connolly, Sam Riordan, Mike McCor-mack, Richard Murphy, Eoghan Quinn, Conor Kirby, Colm Cassidy, David Macken, Damien Kearney. Thanks also to the coaches and selectors and our physio!.

Our U8s hosted a football blitz at home on Saturday morning. Teams included South Liberties, Bally-bricken & Ahane. Next Saturday will see them host a hurling blitz.

Celtic Challenge
Congratulations to our own Niall Conheady all involved with the Celtic Challange hurling team who defeated Antrim yesterday in the All Ireland Quarter final Semi Final by 6-21 to 1-10 in Abbottstown, Limerick now meet Dublin next Saturday in the Semi final. We wish Niall and all the team the very best of luck.

Gort Super 9’s Champions
Congratulations to Cian Hickey and Sam Collins who as part of the ArdScoil Rís U15 team won the Gort Super 9’s Competition on Tuesday. In the group they beat Coláiste Eoin of Dublin, De La Salle of Waterford and Seamount of Galway. Having topped their group, they beat St. Kierans of Kilkenny in the QF. The Semi-Final they saw off the challenge of Kilkenny CBS. They had an impressive final against St. Colemans of Cork winning on a final score of 5-9 to 2-10. Sam was awarded ‘Save of the Year’ in the Competition.

Scór
The girls were amazing at Scór Sinsir in Rince Foirne on Saturday 11th May in Gleneagle Hotel and came home All Ireland Senior Scór Champions. Huge congratulations to the girls.