Crecora Manister GAA’s Fundraising Golf Classic is just one month away. It will be hosted at Limerick Golf Club on Friday 8th September 2023.

The format is Teams of 3 in a Champagne Scramble.
The cost per team is €180 which includes an on course burger for each Team member.

An alternative way to support this Fundraiser is to Sponsor a Tee Box at a cost of €100.

Tee Time are from 9am to 4:30pm.
To confirm your Tee Time booking please contact Tom O’Keeffe or Noel Murphy.

Payments for Teams and Tee Sponsorship can be conveniently made online via Klubfunder at the following link:
https://www.klubfunder.com/Clubs/Crecora_Manister_GAA/EventRegistration#EventRegistrationOptions

This is always a great event, not only as a fundraiser but as a social occasion with an opportunity for Club Supporters, Club Members, Club Players and members of the community to meet.

Saturday 5^th August saw the commencement of our Junior Hurling campaign. First up for us were Caherline in a game played in windy conditions in Fedamore.

We started against the wind so we were under pressure from the off. Caherline rattled off the first 3 scores of the game but we gradually came into the game and by the mid-way point had reduced the deficit to 0-4 to 0-2 with 2 frees from Cathal O’Neill.

The pace of the game picked up in the second quarter and we had a number of opportunities we didn’t take and Caherline capitalised on theirs to leave the score at 0-12 to 0-4 at Half Time.

We turned around with the elements in our favour in the second half and a number of frees from Cathal reduced the deficit. In an uneven and scrappy second half, we were struggling to establish momentum but with 10 minutes to go a swerving run and goal from Chris Shanahan brought us right into the game.

A point from Rian O’Byrne gave us hope of turning the game in our favour. Caherline put on 4 frees in the second half to keep their noses in front and it took a great defensive block by Jack Dalton to prevent what looked like a certain goal from making our task even harder.

Another crucial moment saw Brendan Power round his man and finish to the net but the referee had already signalled a free before the finish. Cormac Flanagan added a point and the game was finely balanced in the closing minutes with just a goal in it.

We had a free from distance which Cathal hit with a sweet strike and was unlucky to see his shot rebound from the crossbar. The final whistle went soon after to leave the final score at 0-16 to 1-10.

Next up for is in Round 2 is Claughan in Rathbane on Saturday 12th August at 7pm.

Team : Gerard Kennedy, David Power, Jack Dalton, Tim Moloney, Mark Shanahan, Paraic O’Neill, James Conheady, Shane Moloney, Rian O’Byrne, Darach Skelly, Cathal O’Neill, Conor Kirby, Rob Henehan, Cormac Flanagan, Rory Hannan.

Subs Brendan Power, Richard Murphy, Chris Shanahan, Tomas Connolly, Donnacha Connolly, Damien Kearney, Ciaran Heagney, Ciaran Kennedy, Cian Leahy, Fergal Egan, Ciaran Humphreys, Shane O’Connor, Sean Malone, Sean Keyes, Ciaran Cusack, Fegal Carey, Conor Hannan.

Our Junior Hurlers open their 2023 Championship campaign this Saturday 5^th August against Caherline in Fedamore at 6pm.

Your support would be greatly appreciated by the Players and Management.

Note that Tickets for this Championship must be purchased in advance of the games. No tickets will be sold at the venues.

There are 2 tickets categories: Adults €10 and OAP/Student €6.
(Valid ID to be shown at venue). Children U16 are free.

To purchase tickets for the Fitzgerald Woodland House Hotel & Spa County Junior A Hurling Championship – Click Here

Firstly we want to say that we hope you all enjoyed the intercounty hurling championship for 2023 and the success once again of our “4 in a row “ Champions.

At Crecora Manister GAA we are so lucky and proud to have one of the Limerick stars as part of our own small club . Cathal O’Neill has represented our club and the county throughout the year admirably and played key roles in all the championship games this year. He is a credit to his family, club and county and he has put our club Crecora Manister GAA on the map.

As you can imagine, tickets for some championship games were hard to come by where demand significantly outweighed supply but we hope that you were looked after in some way as best as possible throughout the year. It is an impossible task at times to look after everyone but we want to thank you for your patience and understanding throughout the Inter-county season.

We are now in the Club phase of the year and our Junior Hurlers and Intermediate footballers are going to be pushing hard to win their respective competitions. Your support for these teams along with all our other underage teams would be greatly appreciated. Most of the adult games will be ticket only entry and all details of these games along with links to the tickets will be broadcast across our social media platforms with live match updates where possible on our Twitter page or as it is now known “X” .

You can follow us on Twitter  @crecoragaa or Facebook Crecora/Manister GAA.

There are also a number of ways that you can support our club through sponsorship , membership , fundraising , club Limerick draw etc.

We are proud to welcome on board PBC Builders and Crecora Mills and Storm Harvester who are sponsoring our Adult teams for 2023 and their significant donations definitely make a difference when it comes to team preparation , physio costs , Stats , post game meals etc. We also have sponsors for some of our underage teams such as CE-Tek Medical , CA Sports , BCD Engineering & Breeze Air to name but a few. We always welcome more on board so please feel free to make contact if you know of anyone or are in a position yourself to sponsor a team and have your company logo on their jerseys.

We have an upcoming Golf Classic to raise vital funds for the day to day running of the club which costs approx. €40K to run per year. Tee sponsorship , team entry etc can all be done from the following link where you can also become an Adult member supporter .

Crecora_Manister_GAA (klubfunder.com)

Finally , as always we thank you for your support of our great club , you can see the work that has been done to date at the GAA pitch with our walking track and Astro facility and we have more to come including a Club house / community Hub and a players’ Gym and once details of these are announced in the coming months it will be all systems go fundraising again.

Please keep in touch and we will do likewise with you.

Many Thanks
Ger Riordan (Club Secretary)   Pat Byrnes (Club Chairperson)  John Power (Club Treasurer)