Upcoming fixtures
5th May, 6:00pm, Junior A City Hurling League vs Mungret away
6th May, 7:00pm, U-16 Hurling vs Ballybricken at home
9th May, 6:45pm, U12 Hurling vs Caherline away
12th May, 6:00pm, Junior A City Hurling League vs Mungret away – duplicate fixture??
13th May, 7:00pm, U-16 Football vs Na Piarsaigh away
16th May, 6:45pm, U-12 Football vs Mungret at home

Minor Football
Kilpeacon made it two from two in minor football with an impressive away win to Kildimo-Palleskenry on Tuesday last. We started sluggishly and conceded an early goal, however good scorces by Craig McNamara, David Macken,Liam Quirke and the lively Conor Burke gave a one point advantage at the break. A turning point early in the second half was a great penalty save by Eoin Enright, from there Kilpeacon grew in confidence and dominated to the end ammassing a total of 3.18 in the end. A very effective defensive performance lead by Tim Moloney and Cormac Flanagan limited the opposition to three second half points. Midfield parnership of Seán Fitzgerald and David Macken ensured a good supply of ball to the free scoring forwards. Panel: Eoin Enright, Evan Moloney,Tim Moloney,Nicky Keogh,Liam Carey,Cormac Flanagan,Colm Carey, David Macken(0.1), Seán Fitzferald(0.1) Thomas Keogh(0.1),Craig McNamara(0.7),Nicky Morrissey(0.1),Liam Quirke(0.2),Conor Burke(2.5),Conor Griffin,Darragh Griffin,David Cregan,Dean Fanning,Damean Kearney(1.0)

U-14 football
The U-14 football championship will start in May and in preparation U-14 football training for our newly amalgamated Kilpeacon team has already resumed on Sunday evenings at 6pm at Fedamore pitch. There was a good turnout for the initial training session and we look forward to an even greater turnout this week and to a successful summer for our U-14 footballers this year.

U-12 Football & Hurling
Once again we had another busy week for our U12’s Panel.

The Hurlers had 2 tough games this week and a lot of lessons were learnt from both games.

First up last Tuesday night we played the Ballybrown U12’s back in Ballybrown and a very spirited and lively game ended in a draw . Once again we had a big turnout of players and with 7 subs to bring on in the Second half we still held our own which goes to prove that we have a very good squad of players who all play vital roles within the squad and team. A lot of players are showing improvement in play week on week and while this makes it harder for the coaches to select a starting line-up , it shows that if this improvement continues that we will have great strength in depth in the panel.

Vital to all of this is home practice on the simple skills of hurling , striking from the hand , pulling on the ground and rising the ball plus first touch control . The training wall at the pitch is always available to anyone who wants to use it and it is great to belt the ball against it and then control the returning ball. Great for reaction speed and first touch. If each player spent 20-30 mins each evening with a hurley in his hand , you will definitely see improvements in skill levels.

Last evening we had our second League Match against St Patricks . St Pat’s had already also won their first game so were not going to be easy opponents and they displayed some fast running and good skills in the game . however our team stepped up to the mark and showed determination and good skill all around the field which was great to see and in the end, captained by James we ended up comfortable winners on the score board , however it was a closer game on the pitch. Again we were able to get every player some game time which was great. We will continue to try to get every player game time during every match and if a player does miss out because of a very close game where bringing on 7-8 subs is not possible , those players will definitely get adequate game time in future games.

We have football training as usual this coming Sunday evening at 18:00pm

Our hurling training on Monday night at 19:00pm will be at Fedamore GAA Pitch

We will have a football League match on Thursday evening 2nd May away to Kildimo / Pallas..Venue TBC by Text

Club Notes 25 March 2013

U-21 hurling Lough Na Garra Gaels
Our U21 team, Lough Na Garra Gaels, continued where they left off the previous week with a 2 – 12 to 0 – 2 win over Knockainy. This game was played in atrocious conditions and huge credit is due to the young men on both teams who served up a fine competitive match. The Lough Na Garra Gaels defence conceded no goal for a 2nd week and this is due to commitment and concentration as they never stop working for each other. Conor Laffan scored some great frees and 65’s in that first half and that really gave the team a lift, the crucial goal came when Eoin Farrell ran at the Knockainey defence and hand passed to Colm Carey who gave the keeper no chance with his well-positioned shot. The killer goal in the 2nd half was replica of this with the unselfish Farrell again supplying the perfect pass , this time to Andy Donoghue who drove the sliotar to the net.

We lined out as follows: Liam Quirke, Paudi Sheehan, Aaron Cregan, Bobby Reidy, John Quirke, Sean Vaughan, Dom O’Connor, Kieran Larkin, Conor Laffan, Fergal Carey, Eoin O’Farrell, James Malone, Colm Carey, Darra Skelly, Cathal Quirke, Andy O’Donoghue, Liam Carey, Ryan O’Shea, Cian Kirby.

Development Draw
Congratulations to Ned Moloney on winning 5th prize of €500 in the first draw of the year. Remember if you want to support the Club by joining this draw you can still do so for the remainder 9 monthly draw’s.

U-16 Football County Championship Kilpeacon v Claughaun:
For the first time Kilpeacon U-16s took to the field to play in the first round of the County Football Championship on Monday 25th March. We travelled to Childers Road to take on the locals Claughaun in this game. It took us a while to get going, we conceded some early scores in the first half and had a bit of catching up to do. We scored a couple of fine points and just before the break from some lovely passing of the ball we scored a goal. At half time we were behind on a scoreline of 1-2 to 3-6.
In the second half we started much better, marking much tighter, keeping Claughauns shots on our goals to a minimum. We made much better use of the ball, keeping more possession and from great teamwork we got some fine scores. We scored four goals in the second half. It was very close towards the end of the game with both team having the opportunity of winning, but a draw was a fair result. Final score on the night was Kilpeacon 5-4, Claughaun 3-10.

Our team : Gary O’Connell(0-1), Jake Loughran, Evan Keogh, Cian Leahy, Edwin Wixted, Tomas Connolly, Stephen o’Donovan, Damien Kearney(1-0), Richard Bateman, Michael Bateman, Barry Fitzgibbon(1-0), Jay McKillican(0-1), Shane o’Connell(1-0), John Crehan, Robert Sweeney(2-2), Eoin Kennedy, Karl Moloney, Robert Greer, Conor Kirby, Paraic o’Neill

U-14 Hurling Kilpeacon v Ballybricken:
Kilpeacon (Crecora Manister and Fedamore) played Ballybricken recently in County Feile Competition. We were without a no. Of players on the day and while Ballybricken won the match deservedly, we were competitive at all times and well done to all involved.

We played Granagh Ballingarry on Sunday 17th March in a Challenge match. We have a very young team and Granagh/Ballingarry were stronger than us in a few key areas. We had 21 players on the day and the coaches made sure that every player got some game time. The final score was 4-8 to 0-5.