U16 Hurling Division. 13 a side. Crecora Manister V Tournafulla 19:30 August 4th 2014 in Crecora.

Crecora were quick out of the blocks and made a blistering start and continued to set the pace for the entire game. A great point from almost the left hand side touchline after only 20 seconds from Edwin Wixted was a sign of things to come. John Blake then scored 2 great goals with fine assists from Shane O’Connell and Conor Kirby. Edwin scored another point before Richard Murphy who had a great game scored a lovely goal.

This left the halftime score Crecora Manister 3 – 2  Tournafulla 1 – 1.

The second half was a super battling performance as Tournafulla tried to get back into the game and a big turning point was a brilliant save from Ian de Capitini to deny them a goal. That seemed to inspire Crecora who pointed from Michael Bateman and 2 more from Edwin. Then when Shane O’Connell scored a fine goal after catching a super delivery from Evan Keogh our inspirational Captain, we knew the game would only have one outcome.
Cian Leahy broke from the backs and knocked over a great point and John Blake got his hat trick with a goal any forward would be proud of to leave the full time score Crecora Manister 5 – 6 Tournafulla 1 – 2.
This match showed us the value of having 3 of our U14’s team play with us as Richard Murphy, Shane O’ Connor and Donnacha Connolly all gave sterling displays of wonderful first touches, movement and a passion for the game that was a joy to see.

Donnacha gave a man of the match performance with a diehard attitude and hunger for the game.

Team:
Ian de Capitini, Tomas Connolly, Paraic O’Neill, Donnacha Connolly, Cian Leahy, Evan Keogh, Edwin Wixted, Michael Bateman,
Richard Murphy, Shane O’Connell, Conor Kirby, Neil Heffernan, John Blake and Shane O’Connor.