LAST WEEK’S RESULTS
City Junior A Hurling League: Crecora-Manister 5-10 Monaleen 1-8
County Minor 13 a Side Football Championship: Croom 1-12 Crecora-Manister 1-9
City Junior A Football League: Crecora-Manister 3-12 Monaleen 1-7
County Under 15 Hurling League Division 2A: Newcastlewest 5-14 Kilpeacon 0-4
County Under 16 Hurling Championship Division 2B: Kilmallock 5-9 Kilpeacon 0-11

JUNIORS
Our junior hurlers continued their good run of late with a comfortable fourteen point win over Monaleen in the second round of the City league. With that win, they have now qualified for the semi finals of the City league after getting a walkover from Old Christians.
Our footballers meanwhile are also going quite well as they recorded a convincing win of their own against Monaleen last Thursday. Their next league game is on the 12th of May against Kildimo-Pallas in Pallaskenry.

MINORS
Our minor footballers got their campaign off to an unlucky start when they were beaten by Croom by three points last Friday night. Our lads started well and went into a 0-3 to 0-0 lead after 10 minutes. However, Croom had the upper hand for the remainder of the half and the sides went in level at half time 0-5 a piece. Our neighbours raced out of the blocks in the first 15 minutes of the second half, scoring 1-4 without reply to lead 1-9 to 0-5. Crecora came back though and we hit 1-4 of our own including a fine goal by Robert Greer and some nice points from Michael Bateman, Shane O’Connell and a monstrous 45 from Mark Shanahan to leave the scores level 1-9 all with about five minutes to go.
Croom were then awarded three soft frees in quick succession and soon after the final whistle blew to leave Croom with a 1-12 to 1-9 victory.
Team: Tomás Connolly; Páraic O’Neill, Michael Fitzgerald; Cian Leahy, Mark Shanahan, Donnacha Connolly; Karl Moloney, Michael Bateman; Peter Boohan, Shane O’Connell, Robert Greer; Conor Kirby, Ciarán Humphreys; Shane O’Connor.
The minors attention now turns to hurling and they face Croom once more this Bank Holiday Monday in Crecora @ 7.30pm. Your support would be greatly appreciated. They are then out again on Friday night as they travel to Ballylanders to play football. Throw in is at 7pm.

UNDER 16s
Our under 16s were well beaten by Kilmallock last Monday in the first round of division 2B of the Under 16 Championship. They now have a long break until the 4th July, after the Junior cert exams. The first Under 16 football match isn’t until the 27th June against Oola.

UNDER 15s
Our under 15s played their last game of this competition last Wednesday against Newcastle West. Attention now turns to the under 14 championship.

UNDER 14s
Our under 14s begin their football campaign this Wednesday 4th May against Mungret in Crecora at 7.15pm. They’re out in the football again the week after with an away game versus Askeaton-Ballysteen-Kilcornan. The hurlers’ first match is against Mungret on Monday 23rd May. Please support.

REGISTRATION
A reminder that registration fees are due to be paid. The deadline for any outstanding fees has since passed. Registration fees are a vital source of income for the club and are also neccesary for players to play competitive matches.

FUNDRAISING
Our next fund raising event will be a family fun table quiz and we are planning to hold it in Crecora NS on Sunday 22nd May.
We are looking for your assistance with the preparation & running of this event.
We’d love to see new faces involved in helping out.
Contact Paul Foster on 0868500303 if you can assist in any of the following ways:
Share your experience from similar events.
Setting the questions.
Donations of Raffle & Spot Prizes (less wine, more kids/family appropriate prizes).
Quiz Master.
Score keepers.
Setting out the tables & chairs.
Serving teas & coffees & biscuits on the night.
Tidying up afterwards.

UPCOMING FIXTURES
Monday 2nd May: Minor hurling vs Croom in Crecora @ 7.30pm.
Wednesday 4th May: Under 14 football vs Mungret in Crecora @ 7.15pm.
Friday 6th May: Minor football vs Ballylanders in Ballylanders @ 7pm.

Kilpeacon U15 Hurlers played their first competitive match on the evening of Wednesday 13th April against Askeaton in Askeaton. Askeaton won out division 2 last year so were always going to be a strong opposition and with the schools , soccer and rugby seasons still in full swing , Kilpeacon travelled with the bare 15 for this game.

From the throw in Kilpeacon started very brightly with a couple of quick points from Cathal O’Neill playing in the half forward position before a great opportunist point from Ciaran Kennedy helped Kilpeacon into a 3 point lead. Askeatons first break up the field led to a goal opportunity which was brilliantly saved by Rory Hannon in goals when the ball looked destined for the top corner. That gave Askeaton belief and soon after they got on the score sheet with a point followed closely with a goal which brought them right back into the game.

The scores were traded between both teams for the remainder of the half with some good play from the kilpeacon back line who were under some pressure from a very mobile Askeaton forward line. Askeaton scored a second goal before the end of the first half but some great free taking by Cathal kept Kilpeacon in the game and only 2 points separated the teams at half time.

Askeaton had the upper hand at the start of the second half and with about 10 mins to go had a solid 6 point lead before some positional changes brought James Conheady more into the game and for a spell Kilpeacon were on top and a well taken goal by Sam Riordan brought Kilpeacon right back into the game. Cathal added a point and with a couple of minutes to go there were just 2 points separating the teams , unfortunately Kilpeacon could not cut that gap and Askeaton tapped over 2 more points to leave the final score Kilpeacon 1 -11 Askeaton 2 – 12 .

Kilpeacon had the chances to win the game and will go into their next game on Wednesday 20th April against Granagh Ballingarry with belief that they can cross the line in the second game.

Team on the night: Rory Hannon, Padraig Byrnes, Jack Dalton, Chris Shanahan, Darragh O Keeffe, Richard Murphy, Brendan Power, James Conheady, Colin Haigney, Cian Enright, Cathal O’Neill (0 – 10)  Sam Riordan (1 – 0), Niall Kahn, Fergal Egan, Ciaran Kennedy(0 – 1)