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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LAST WEEK’S RESULTS:
County Minor Hurling 13 a Side Championship:
Crecora Manister 8 – 8 Killeedy 3 – 19.

City Junior B Football Championship:
Crecora Manister 1 – 18 Ballybrown 0 – 3.

County Under 16 Hurling Championship:
Tournafulla 6 – 9 Kilpeacon 6 – 4.

JUNIOR FOOTBALL:
Our junior footballers beat Ballybrown by 1 – 18 to 0 – 3 in their last round robin game last Wednesday in Crecora. They will now play Ballybrown again in the City semi final with a time, date and venue for that fixture still to be decided.

MINORS:
Our minor hurlers had a fine win last Tuesday night against Killeedy in Crecora. They were somewhat unlucky to go in six points down at half time to a Killeedy side that included two players that recently played against Galway in the All-Ireland Minor quarter final. However, our lads produced a powerful battling display in the second half but still found themselves trailing by eight points with five minutes to play. The lads’ never say die attitude paid off thankfully as they scored four goals in the last five minutes to win by four: 8 – 8 (32) to 3 – 18 (28). They now play Bruree on Tuesday in Crecora at half 6 in their penultimate group game. Just one win from their last two games will see them through to the knockout stages.
Our footballers play their last game on Friday against Kilteely also in Crecora at 6.30pm. A win for us, along with favourable results in other games, will see us through also to the knockout stages. Your support for both games is welcome as always.

UNDER 16:
Kilpeacon (Crecora Manister and Fedamore) travelled to Tournafulla to play them in an u16 Hurling match recently. We started sluggishly and they got a few early scores. Once we settled we started to play much better and there was some good passing movements. While we were well down at half time , the lads really upped their performance in the second half.
We came right back into the game with strong performances from Karl Moloney , Michael Fitzgerald, Thomas Shanahan, Donnacha Connolly and Sam O’Donnell. Our forwards were now a threat and good goals were scored by Shane O’Connor, Richard Murphy, Cathal O’Neill and Sam O’Donnell. The players did themselves proud in the second half. We probably could have won this game if we had not conceded the early goals. Our last match is Monday 31st August in Crecora versus Rathkeale.
Our squad on the night were : Padraig Byrnes, Jack Dalton, Ben Kirby, Thomas Shanahan, Colin Haigney, Karl Moloney, Richard Murphy, Donnacha Connolly, Karl Moloney, Sam O’Donnell, Shane O’Connor, James Conheady, Niall Khan, Conor Godfrey, Cathal O’Neill, Ciaran Kennedy.

UNDER 14:
Our under 14 hurlers have a winner-takes-all play off game versus our neighbours Patrickswell this Staurday at 11am in Patrickswell. A win for our lads would see them through to the cup semi final against Ballybrown, while defeat will see us into the shield final where Ahane await. Once again, your support is welcome on Saturday.
Meanwhile, our under 14 footballers will play Ballyhoura Gaels (Blackrock, Effin, Staker Wallace) in the division 2 semi final in the upcoming weeks. The time, date and venue of that game is still to be confirmed.

UNDER 13:
Our under 13 hurlers begin their campaign this Wednesday evening against Kilmallock in Kilmallock at 6.15. The following week they play St,Kierans at home in Crecora. Your support is welcome.

UPCOMING FIXTURES:
Monday 31st August:
Under 16 Hurling v Rathkeale
in Crecora @ 7.15pm.

Tuesday 1st September:
Minor Hurling v Bruree
in Crecora @ 6.30pm.

Tuesday 1st September:
Under 13 Hurling v Kilmallock
in Kilmallock @ 6.15pm.

Friday 4th September:
Minor Football v Kilteely Dromkeen
in Crecora @ 6.30pm.

Saturday 5th September:
Under 14 Hurling v Patrickswell
in Patrickswell @ 11am.

Wednesday 9th September:
Under 13 Hurling v St. Kierans
in Crecora @ 6.15pm.

Due to County underage panels playing Sat 29th August, the Crecora v Athlacca Minor hurling match Friday 28th August is cancelled.

LAST WEEK’S RESULTS:
City Junior B Football Championship:
Crecora-Manister 2 – 11 St. Patrick’s 0 – 11.

County Under 16 Football Championship Division 2A:
Kilpeacon 1 – 9 St. Kierans 4 – 14.

County Minor 13 a Side Football Championship:
Mountcollins 0 – 3 Crecora-Manister 6 – 21.

County Under 14 Hurling Championship Division 1:
Ballybrown 4 – 11 Kilpeacon 1 – 9.

JUNIOR FOOTBALLERS:
Our Junior B Footballers continued their winning run last week as they accounted for St Pats on a scoreline of 2 – 11 to 0 – 11. Their last game is against Ballybrown on Wednesday 26th August in Crecora at 6.30pm. Your support is welcome as always.

MINOR HURLERS:
The upcoming week is a busy one for our minor hurlers. On Tuesday night they play Killeedy in Crecora at 7pm while on Thursday Dromin Athlacca are the visitors to the field also at 7pm.

MINOR FOOTBALLERS:
Our Minors made the long journey back to Mountcollins to play the locals in the 13 a Side Minor Championship. We led 4 – 13 to 0 – 3 at half time and continued the onslaught in the second half to run out comprehensive winners on a scoreline of 6 – 21 to 0 – 3.
The team was: Robert Sweeney; Páraic O’Neill, Tomás Connolly (0 – 1); Karl Moloney, Cian Leahy, Donnacha Connolly; Michael Bateman, Barry Fitzgibbon; Paul Collins (1 – 8), Gary O’Connell (0 – 5), Shane O’Connell (2 – 3); Damien Kearney (2 – 4), Shane O’Connor(1 – 0); Their final game is against Kilteely-Dromkeen on Friday 4th August.

UNDER 16s:
Our 16s played their last football match on Monday 17th last where they were beaten by St. Kierans. This young team had a mixed year and enjoyed a notable team over Askeaton-Ballysteen in particular with some other good performances along the way. Meanwhile, the 16s hurlers play Tournafulla tonight Monday 24th August with their final game taking place against Rathkeale next Monday 31st In Crecora @ 7.15pm.

UNDER 14:
Our under 14 Hurlers were beaten in their last game against Ballybrown last Wednesday 19th August and were beaten on a scoreline of 4 – 11 to 0 – 9. They will now play Patrickswell in a playoff on Saturday 5th August. Should they win, they will meet Ballybrown in the semi final of the Championship while the loser of the tie will meet Ahane in the shield final.
The footballers will now play Ballyhoura Gaels in the division 2 Championship semi final with time, date and venue still to be finalised.

LIMERICK UNDER 21s:
Congratulations to the Limerick under 21 hurling team who defeated Galway in the All-Ireland semi final last Saturday 22nd August by 1 – 20 to 0 – 17 in Semple Stadium. They will now meet Wexford in the All-Ireland final to be played on Saturday September 12th in Thurles.

UPCOMING FIXTURES:
Monday 24th August:
Under 16 Hurling v Tournafulla in Tournafulla @ 7.15pm

Tuesday 25th August:
Minor Hurling v Killeedy in Crecora @ 7pm.

Wednesday 26th August:
Junior B Football v Ballybrown in Crecora @ 6.30pm.

Friday 28th August: CANCELLED due to County underage panels playing Sat 29th Aug
Minor Hurling v Dromin-Athlacca in Crecora @ 7pm.

Monday 31st August:
Under 16 Hurling v Rathkeale in Crecora @ 7.15pm.