Our U14 hurlers played a friendly match against Parteen on Saturday 28th March in Parteen. Once again the coaches wanted to try out guys in different positions. John Burke played very well in a new midfield role and Cathal O’Neill  started at Full Forward and Dara Nash and Rory Quirke in the full back line.

Rory Hannon played well in goals and is really improving in a specialist position.

There was some really good interplay between team mates with stick and hand passing to guys in better positions. Kilpeacon got off to a great start banging in a number of early goals to give the team a solid half time lead.

Good play by Richard Murphy interlinking with other forwards meant we continued to add to the score sheet although Parteen put up a much stronger show in the second half getting 2 more goals.

Guys like Fergal, Darragh and Rian all worked hard for the team with some nice touches by Eoghan and Chris.

Overall we had a really good game on a fine pitch in Parteen.

Final score 7 – 5  to 3 – 5. Team: 1.Rory Hannon 2. Dara Nash 3. Padraig Byrnes 4 Rory Quirke 5. Eoghan O’Connor 6. Colin Coughlan 7. Chris Shanahan 8.John Bourke 9. James Conheady 10. Sam Riordan 11. Richard Murphy 12 Darragh O’Keeffe. 13. Fergal Egan 14. Cathal O’Neill 15. Rian O’Byrne.

Our U14 hurlers played a friendly match against Monaleen on Thursday 26th March in Crecora. We had guys playing in some new positions which was great for them to get experience in different positions. It also gave the coaches a chance to give some deserved game time to the Subs from the Feile game and to some of the younger members of the panel like Dara Nash and Rian O’Byrne.

Monaleen raced into an early 2 goal lead but Cathal O’Neill got us back in the match with a great goal and a point.
Jack Dalton hurled a lot of ball from the back with James Conheady prominent and hard working in mid field. We went in a point or two down at half time.
In the second half we worked some great scores through  clever use of the ball and good stick passes to players in better positions. It was nip and tuck throughout the half with Sam Riordan featuring well in the scoring stakes.

Padraig Byrnes also stood up well and Rory Hannon was very solid in goals.
Chris Shanahan worked hard around the middle ably supported by others. Cian Enright scored a good point and Rory Quirke worked very hard for the team.

Overall we had a really good close game with the final result being a draw 3 – 8 to 4 – 5.
Thanks to Pat Quirke for refereeing.

Team:  1.Sam Riordan 2. Dara Nash 3. Jack Dalton 4. Fergal Egan 5. Padraig Byrnes 6. Colin Haigney 7. Ciaran Kennedy 8. Cian Enright 9. James Conheady 10. Darragh O’Keeffe 11. Cathal O’Neill 12. Chris Shanahan 13. Rory Quirke 14. John Bourke 15. Rian O’Byrne Subs:  Rory Hannon, Cillian O’Brien

UNDER 14 FÉILE:
We played Ballybrown recently in A division of Feile hurling on a very windy day. We played with the wind in the first half. James Conheady scored a good goal and we had a few more good chances, one of which was converted by Sam Riordan.
Our backs were playing well with Rory Hannon solid in goals and well supported by Jack Dalton, Padraig Byrnes and Eoghan O’Connor. We ended the first half leading 2 – 1 to 0 – 1.
All players did well in the second half against the wind but Ballybrown slowly whittled down our lead aided by the wind and the game ended in a draw.
Cathal O’Neill, Richard Murphy, Colin Coughlan, Darragh O’Keeffe, Colin Haigney, Cian Enright, Ciarán Kennedy ,Brendan Power, Chris Shanahan all did well.
The sides were still level after 10 minutes of extra time and the game probably turned on a good save by Ballybrown keeper. They finished the stronger with two well taken goals.
While we were disappointed to lose, all the team played well and we can look forward to the championship with confidence.

Our squad was Rory Hannon; Padraig Byrnes, Jack Dalton, Eoghan O’Connor; Darragh O’Keeffe, Richard Murphy, Brendan Power; Cathal O’Neill, Chris Shanahan; Colin Haigney, Colin Coughlan, Cian Enright; James Conheady, Ciarán Kennedy, Sam Riordan; John Bourke, Fergal Egan, Rory Quirke, Barry Moore, Niall Khan, Cillian O’Brien, Rian O’Byrne, Darragh Nash.

UNDER 14 FOOTBALL:
Our under 14 footballers (Kilpeacon) played in the Féíle Peil na nÓg B Quarter Final last Saturday. Their opponents were Adare and our lads came out on top by a scoreline of 2-10 to 1-3.

This was a great win for the lads against a senior football club and they will go on to play Askeaton-Ballysteen in the semi final which has been provisionally fixed for Easter Sunday 5th April in Askeaton at 11am.

UNDER 21 HURLERS:
Our under 21 hurlers, Tory Gaels, continued their good recent run as they beat Knockainey by 6-17 to 2-5 in Bruff last Sunday.
With a 2-9 to 0-3 point lead at half time, the lads drove on in the second half to claim a 24 point win.
The Crecora players were Edwin Wixted, Micheál O’Neill, Conor Burke, Tim Moloney, Evan Moloney, Liam Quirke, Tomás Connolly and Cian Leahy.
They will now play Killacolla Gaels (Bruree/Castletown-Ballyagran) next weekend who will pose a much stiffer challenge.
Time, date and venue for that game has yet to be confirmed.

JUNIOR HURLERS:
Our junior hurlers continue to train away at the moment and are down to play Ballybrown in the City Intermediate Championship next weekend, with time, date and venue to be confirmed.

RESULTS OVERVIEW: South Under 21 Hurling Championship: Round 3. Tory Gaels 6-17 Knockainey 2-5 @ Bruff.
Féile Peil na nÓg ‘B’: Quarter Final. Kilpeacon 2-10 Adare 1-3 @ Adare.

UNDER 8s & 10s:
The under 8s and 10s train at the Catholic Institute for their last night on Monday 23rd March from 6.30-7.30 pm.
The players will train in the pitch from Monday 30th March onwards, 6.30pm to 7.30pm.

PLAYER REGISTRATION:
Just a reminder that the deadline for registration is March 31st.
Payment of same by the closing date is required for registration and insurance purposes.
Registration fees for the 2015 season have been set at €50 for the first child, €40 for the second child and €10 for the third child.
The registration fee is capped at €100 per family of students.
General club membership fees for non-playing adults is €30 per person. Membership and registration fees are a vital source of income for our club.

TEAM LIMERICK CLEAN-UP:
Crecora-Manister GAA Club have registered with the Team Limerick Clean Up campaign.
Our aim is to work with members of our community to clean up the rubbish from the roadside in the Crecora Manister area on Good Friday, 3rd April.

We will be provided with a Clean Up Pack suitable for the number of volunteers in our group & all rubbish will be brought to the GAA pitch for collection by Mr. Binman.
If you can get involved please email your name and contact details, the number of adults and children volunteering with you and the stretch of road you’ll be cleaning to tlc@crecoramanistergaa.com. For further information go to www.teamlimerickcleanup.ie.

Unfortunately it was not Ring Ben’s night on Saturday 20th March.
Another dog collided with him on the first bend and our dog crashed out.
The collision resulted in only 3 of the 6 dogs finishing in that heat

Ring Ben gave us a good run over the past few weeks and gave us a few nights out at the dogs.
Thanks to all our Club Members who “went to the dogs” to cheer on Ring Ben.