Crecora Manister GAA Club Notes 19th May 2024

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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East Limerick 13-A Side