LAST WEEK’S RESULTS:
County Under 13 Football Championship Division 2A:
Kilpeacon 3-11 St. Kierans 1-6

County Under 13 Football Championship Division 2A:
Kilpeacon 4-5 Bruff 2-2

County Under 13 Football Championship Division 2A:
Kilpeacon 7:13 Askeaton 1:2

County Junior B Football Championship Quarter Final:
Crecora-Manister 3-12 Ballybricken 3-11

County Under 13 Hurling Championship Division 2 Final:
Kilpeacon 3-8 Garryspillane 0-2.

If pride of place went to our junior footballers last week , this week it is the turn of our U13 Hurling and football Panels with the Hurlers winning the County title against Garryspillane on Saturday and the footballers qualifying for the county final with an emphatic win over Askeaton last evening.

UNDER 13 HURLERS:
On Sat 10th of Oct 2015 our U13 hurlers played in the Division 2 Championship Final decider against Garryspillane in Mick Neville Park. It was a perfect Autumn day for a hurling match and we were up against a team that had won this grade twice in the last 3 years so we knew that we had to play from minute 1 to the final minute at full pace. Coming off a great win in the semi final away to Newcastlewest, we knew we were ready as a team.
Our goalkeeper Rory Hannon and full back line of Rory Quirke, John Bourke and Patrick Dolphin were excellent and did not give up a goal especially when the pressure came on in the last 5 minutes. We went 2 points down at the start but keep battling and Colin got an excellent goal to bring us into the lead which we never let go of .. Our half back line of Chris Shanahan, Darragh O’Keeffe and Eoghan O’Connor fought for every ball and hurled a lot of ball up the field.
The mid field pairing of Cathal O’Neill and Ciaran Kennedy delivered a lot of good low ball into our forward lines. Half forwards were Fergal Egan, Sam Riordan and Dara Nash and were all tenacious in the tackle and played very well winning frees and scoring. The full forward line of Niall Khan, Colin Coughlan and Cillian O’Brien also battled for every ball and kept the ball in the scoring zone. Jack Duggan, John O’Donnell, Brandon Nash, Rian O’Byrne and Paul Mullins all got on the field, to play their vital part in the win.
Winning anything is very difficult. This victory is the result of the commitment of a panel of players and not just the guys who play on the day, and 3 of our panel, Luke Bovenizer and Stephan McPartlin & Conor Hannon did not get on the pitch but kept urging the team on and are as much a part of the winning as the guys on the pitch.
The U13 Cup was accepted by joint Captains Cathal O Neill and Colin Coughlan. We also thank Garryspillane for a fine sporting game. Final Score Kilpeacon 3-7 Garryspillane 0-2.
Team Mentors: Noel Kennedy, Paddy O’Neill, Tim Egan, Ger Riordan, Colm Coughlan, Noel Quirke Stephan Meskell, Henry Nash

JUNIOR B FOOTBALLERS:
Our junior footballer’s great campaign continues. Last Saturday 11th October they beat Ballybricken by the slimmest of margins in a cracking game in Fedamore. Final score was 3-12 to 3-11 in our favour. They now progress to the county semi final where the opposition, date and venue are all to be confirmed.

MINOR HURLERS:
Our minor hurlers’ long awaited county semi final takes place this Friday 16th October in Mick Neville Park Rathkeale under lights at 8pm. They meet Glenroe and your support would be greatly appreciated.

UNDER 8s:
Our under 8 hurlers played a fun blitz in the fantastic facilities in the North Campus of UL. A great day was had by all the youngsters.

LOST AND FOUND:
A new page has been added to the Crecora Manister GAA website to describe items which have been lost or found at the GAA pitch. Contact Paul Foster on 086 8500 303 to describe a lost item and we will put the details on the website. Photographs of 2 items which have been found recently are on the website now:
www.crecoramanistergaa.com/wp/lost-found/

LIMERICK CLUB DRAW:
Congratulations to Shane and Sadbh Heffernan, Crecora, who won €250 in the September Limerick Club Draw.

UPCOMING FIXTURES:.
Friday October 16th: Minor Hurling Semi Final v Glenroe in Kilbreedy (Martinstown) @ 8pm.

Strictly Come Dancing – Limerick bord na Nog Fundraiser
Limerick bord Na Nog are running a fundraising night on Sat Oct 17th at Limerick race Course and Crecora Manister GAA club have supported this by purchasing 5 tickets which are now on offer to anyone who would like to attend this fun night out. Tickets RRP @ €20 each , however we are also open to offers if you wish to take all 5 off our hands. Please reply directly to Ger Riordan asap if you are interested.

Under 13 Hurling Champions with the Cup

Under 8 hurlers after their Blitz in UL

JUNIOR FOOTBALLERS:
Pride of place this week goes to our junior B footballers who captured the city title with a 0-08 to 0-07 win over Ballybrown on Sunday in Kildimo. They now go forth to meet Ballybricken-Bohermore in the county quarter final next weekend. A time, date and venue for this match has still to be decided.

MINOR HURLERS:
Our minors play their long awaited this weekend coming against Glenroe. Time, date and venue of same is still to be confirmed.

UNDER 14 FOOTBALLERS:
After a great year, our under 14s season came to an end last Saturday when they were beaten by Askeaton-Ballysteen in the division 2 county final on a score of 7-13 to 2-3. Hard luck to supporters and players who had an amazing year with the highlight being the trip to Feile.

UNDER 13 FOOTBALLERS:
Our under 13s have two midweek games this week. On Monday 5th October they play St Kierans in Crecora @ 6.15 while on Wednesday they play Bruff in Bruff @ 6.15pm.

CAMOGIE:
Comiserations to our sister association the camogie club who were narrowly beaten by Murroe-Boher last Sunday 4th October by 0-11 to 2-4 in the county intermediate final.

LIMERICK GAA DRAW
Congratulations to our club members Shane and Sadbh Heffernan on winning €250 in the Septemebr draw.

The U14 Football County final is set for Saturday 3rd October at 2.30pm in Rathkeale.
This is the final game for our Under 14 football squad, game 23 of the season and hopefully it will be a good day.
All support would be greatly appreciated.

U14 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.

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.