LAST WEEK’S RESULTS:
County Minor 13 a Side Football Championship:
Crecora-Manister 4-7 Athea 9-6.

County Under 14 Football Championship Division 2A:
Bruff 2-7 Kilpeacon 2-9.

County Under 14 Hurling Championship Division 1:
Kilpeacon 1-12 Na Piarsaigh 1-3.

City Junior A Hurling Championship Round 2:
Old Christians 1-11 Crecora Manister 0-9.

MINOR FOOTBALLERS:
Crecora – Manister V  Athea  19:30 July 15th 2015 in Crecora. Team: Edwin Wixted,  Paraic O’Neill , Cian Leahy, Ben Carew, Tomas  Connolly,  Donnacha Connolly ,  Damian Kearney,   Michael Bateman, Paul Collins, Shane O’Connell ,  Peter Boohan, Robert Sweeney, Conor Kirby ,Barry Fitzgibbon, Jake Loughran and Michael Fitzgerald.
In our second football match in the league Crecora Manister gave a good battling performance against a strong Athea  side. Scores came from Paul Collins: 3 goals and 3 points, Damian Kearney a goal, Shane O’Connell and Robert Sweeney 2 points each. Final score was Crecora: 4 – 7 Athea 9 – 6. Our next games are on Tuesday 21st July against Ballylanders in football, Friday 24th July against Castlemahon in football and Saturday 25th July against Dromin-Athlacca in hurling.

UNDER 14 HURLERS: 
We played Adare in u14 Hurling challenge match. Both clubs were missing players and while we had a full team, Adare were short players so we played 13 a side. This was a good opportunity for us to give valuable game time to all available squad members. We were well in control of this game from an early stage and were comfortable winners.
Team: Rory Hannon, Fergal Egan, Padraig Byrnes, Dara Nash, Cian Enright, John Bourke, Colin Haigney, Cathal O’Neill, Brendan Power, Colin Coughlan, Sam Riordan, Ciaran Kennedy, Niall Khan, Paul Mullins, John O’Donnell, Rian O’Byrne.
Since then our under 14 hurlers had a great win over Na Piarsaigh and the footballers beat Bruff.

CONGRATULATIONS:
Congrats to the Limerick under 21 hurling team who beat Tipperary by 3-16 to 3-14 in the Munster semi final last week and will now play Clare in the final on Thursday 30th July in Cusack Park in Ennis.

JUNIOR HURLERS:
Our Junior Hurlers were beaten in their second round Championship match against Old Christians on a scoreline of 1 – 11 to 0 – 9 last weekend. They’re out again this Saturday against Ballybrown.
Meanwhile, our Junior Footballers begin their campaign this Thursday 23rd July against Ballinacurra.
UPCOMING FIXTURES:
Mon 20th July:
County Under 16 Football Championship Division 2A
Athea v Kilpeacon in Athea @ 7.15pm.

Tues 21st July:
County Minor 13 a Side Football Championship
Ballylanders v Crecora Manister in Ballylanders @ 7.30pm.

Wed 22nd July:
County Under 14 Football Championship Division 2A
Kilpeacon v Deel Rangers in Crecora @ 7.15pm.

Thur 23rd July:
City Junior B Football Championship
Ballinacurra Gaels v Crecora Manister in Ballinacurra @ 7pm.

Fri 24th July:
County Minor 13 a Side Football Championship
Crecora Manister v Castlemahon in Crecora @ 7.30pm.

Sat 25th July:
County Minor 13 a Side Hurling Championship
Crecora Manister v Dromin Athlacca in Crecora @ 12noon.

Sat 25th July:
City Junior A Hurling Championship
Crecora Manister v Ballybrown in Crecora @ 7pm.

LAST WEEK’S RESULTS:
County Under 16 Football Championship Division 2A: Kilpeacon 0-10 Askeaton Ballysteen 1-5.
County Under 14 Football Championship Division 2A: Kilpeacon 7-10 Kildimo-Pallaskenry 1-4

CÚL CAMP:
A big thank you to all who volunteered during our summer camp this year ensuring it was a great success. We hope that all the children enjoyed their week learning the skills of Gaelic games.

MINORS:
Our minor footballers travelled to Ballingarry last Friday to play a second round championship against the hosts who failed to turn up due to registration issues. The footballers now play Athea on Tuesday 13th July in Crecora @ 7.30pm.
Our hurlers played a tough challenge match against Dromin-Athlacca last Sunday and are out against Killeedy this Friday 17th July in Crecora. All support welcome.

UNDER 16 FOOTBALLERS:
Our under 16 team had a great win last week over Askeaton-Ballysteen by 0-10 to 1-5 in Division 2A of the county championship.
Their next match is next Monday 20th July when they make the long trip to Athea.

UNDER 14 FOOTBALLERS:
Following our fantastic weekend in Wexford last week it was back to championship action for our U14 football squad on Wednesday evening with a trip over to Kildimo to play Kildimo Pallaskenry . On a great playing surface we played the first half with the aid of a slight breeze and while we had some good possession we found it hard against a solid Kildimo defence to convert our chances however we soon settled into the game and some fine points from Richard and Colin helped to settle us.
It was then time for our forwards to come into the game and some great passing and ball distribution helped Killian to rattle the net a couple of times leaving us with a nice but by no means comfortable lead at half time knowing that we would be playing into a strong breeze in the second half .
Kildimo Pallas had some strong footballers who knew how to run at our defence and threatened us early on in the second half but credit to our full back line who read the threat very well and inevitably cut out their final pass on a good few occasions to launch us into attack mode again.
Goals from Colin C and Fergal with some lovely points from Colin H , Cathal and Patrick helped us push on in the second half and win on a final scoreline of 7 – 10 to 1 – 4 .
Our next football match is on Friday 17th July, away to Bruff.
Panel on the night , Sam Riordan, Padraig Byrnes, John Bourke, Darragh O Keeffe, Philip O Toole, Patrick Dolphin, Cathal O Neill, Colin Haigney, James Conheady, Richard Murphy, Cian Enright, Killian Scanlon, Colin Coughlan, Fergal Egan, Rian O Byrne.
Next up for them is a hurling match against Na Piarsaigh where our lads are hoping to keep up their good record in Division 1. While on Friday they play Bruff in football.

JUNIOR A HURLERS:
After their disappointing 3-18 to 0-11 defeat to St. Patricks in round 1, our Junior A hurlers are out again this Saturday against Old Christians in Mungret.
Your support would be greatly appreciated.

COMISERATIONS:
Comiserations to the Limerick Senior, Intermediate and Minor hurling teams who were all beaten during the last week in disappointing circumstances. The Intermediates were unlucky to be pipped by Cork in the Munster Final in Páirc Uí Rinn last Thursday on a scoreline of 0-20 to 0-18 while the Seniors exited the championship to Dublin on Saturday by 1-17 to 1-16.
Our Minors were also beaten in Sunday’s Munster final by Tipperary 0-20 to 0-17. The good news is however that they are still in the All-Ireland series and now will play Galway on the weekend of July 25th/26th. Date, time and venue TBC. Meanwhile our under 21s will play Tipperary this Thursday 16th July in the Gaelic Grounds with a 7.30pm start.

UPCOMING FIXTURES:
Tuesday 14th July:
County Minor 13 a Side Football Championship
Crecora-Manister v Athea
in Crecora @ 7.30pm.

Wednesday 15th July:
County Under 14 Hurling Championship Division 1
Kilpeacon v Na Piarsaigh
in Crecora @ 7.15pm.

Friday 17th July:
County Under 14 Football Championship Division 2A
Bruff v Kilpeacon
in Bruff @ 7.20pm.

Friday 17th July:
County Minor 13 a Side Hurling Championship
Crecora-Manister v Killeedy
in Crecora @ 7.30pm.

Saturday 19th July:
City Junior A Hurling Championship
Crecora-Manister v Old Christians
in Mungret @ 7.30pm.

Following our fantastic weekend in Wexford last week it was back to championship action for our U14 football squad on Wednesday evening with a trip over to Kildimo to play Kildimo Pallaskenry.
On a great playing surface we played the first half with the aid of a slight breeze and while we had some good possession we found it hard against a solid Kildimo defence to convert our chances however we soon settled into the game and some fine points from Richard and Colin helped to settle us.

It was then time for our forwards to come into the game and some great passing and ball distribution helped Killian to rattle the net a couple of times leaving us with a nice but by no means comfortable lead at half time knowing that we would be playing into a strong breeze in the second half.

Kildimo Pallas had some strong footballers who knew how to run at our defence and threatened us early on in the second half but credit to our full back line who read the threat very well and inevitably cut out their final pass on a good few occasions to launch us into attack mode again.

Goals from Colin C and Fergal with some lovely points from Colin H , Cathal and Patrick helped us push on in the second half and win on a final scoreline of 7:10 to 1:4.

Our next football match is on Friday 17th July, away to Bruff.

Panel on the night: Sam Riordan, Padraig Byrnes, John Bourke, Darragh O Keeffe, Philip O Toole, Patrick Dolphin, Cathal O Neill, Colin Haigney, James Conheady, Richard Murphy, Cian Enright, Killian Scanlon, Colin Coughlan, Fergal Egan, Rian O Byrne.

LAST WEEK’S RESULTS:
Féile Peil na nÓg Division 7 Group A Round 1: Rathnew 3-7 Kilpeacon 2-4
Féile Peil na nÓg Division 7 Group A Round 2: Kilpeacon 6-2 Tempo Maguires 2-8
Féile Peil na nÓg Division 7 Group A Round 3: Kilpeacon 2-8 Askamore-Kilrush 1-1
Féile Peil na nÓg Division 7 Quarter Final: Kilpeacon 3-9 Muinebheag 0-2
Féile Peil na nÓg Division 7 Semi Final: Kilpeacon 2-6 Carrick Sarsfields 2-4
Féile Peil na nÓg Division 7 Final: Silverbridge Harps 6-7 Kilpeacon 1-0.

FÉILE TRIP:
Pride of place this week goes to our under 14 footballers who did so well in the National Féile na nGael finals in Wexford, Wicklow and Carlow last weekend. They departed from Crecora pitch on Friday morning having received countless messages of good luck and best wishes and headed for the first port of call, Rathnew in County Wicklow. The first game was played at 5pm on Friday evening against the home team Rathnew and defeat was our lot with a 3-7 to 2-4 loss. However our lads recovered quickly to defeat Tempo Maguires of Fermanagh an hour later by 6-2 to 2-8 also in Rathnew. Despie being eight points down at one stage in this game, our lads showed tremendous character to turn it around and win by six points. After that it was off to Gorey in County Wexford for the Féile parade and then on to Askamore for the night.
The lads were up at 11am the next morning, Saturday, as they met their hosts Askamore-Kilrush in Ballyroebuck and came out on top with 2-8 to 1-1 win. This was good enough to qualify for a quarter final meeting against Muinebheag, Bagenalstown of County Carlow. In the game played in Gorey at 3pm our lads were too strong for the Carlow side and won on a scoreline of 3-9 to 0-2. The lads returned to Askamore later on where the hosts had an evening of entertainment organised including a disco at the Askamore Community Hall.
The following day, Sunday, Kilpeacon met Carrick Sarsfields of County Longford in the All-Ireland Féile semi final at 11.50am. This was a tough, tight battle and our lads came out on top although just about on a scoreline of 2-6 to 2-4 in the grounds of Carlow Town hurling club. In a dramatic game, the Longford side missed two penalties in the closing minutes including a brilliant save by our keeper. When the final whistle blew, it was like an All-Ireland win and great celebrations followed.
Next up was an All-Ireland Football final, needless to say the first one ever experienced by the club, to be played in Netwach Doctor Cullen Park in Carlow Town at 2pm. Unfortunately, the Silverbridge Harps team from County Armagh were just too strong for our lads and beat us by 6-7 to 1-0. While the final may have been a disappointment, it was one hell of an achievement from the team to reach an All-Ireland final.
A massive thank you has to go to the host club of Askamore-Kilrush who looked after us in every way possible and we couldn’t have asked for better hosts. They even made the trip up to Carlow Town on the Sunday to support us in our semi final and final. We have made great friendships from our time in Askamore and hopefully we will see them in Crecora for a return visit in the not too distant future.
The lads can be so proud of their fantastic performances throughout the three days and surely they will leave the Southeast full of memories having had an experience they will never forget.

JUNIOR HURLERS:
Our Junior A hurlers prepared for the upcoming championship with two challenge games during the past week. Last Wednesday night they played Sixmilebridge in the Bridge while last Saturday the lads travelled to Tournafulla to take on the locals. Both these games were good exercises ahead of the first championship match against St. Patricks which takes place this coming Saturday 4th July at 7.30pm in Rathbane.

JUNIOR FOOTBALLERS:
Our Junior B footballers continue to train away ahead of the upcoming championship which is due to start over the next week against Ballybrown. Details below.

MINORS:
Our minor hurlers and footballers are back training after the Leaving Cert break and they will return to their championship games over the next few weeks.

UNDER 16s:
Our under 16 hurlers and footballers are returning to action this week and next after the Junior Cert break. The hurlers play St Kierans this Tuesday 30th June at 7 in Crecora while the footballers are out next Monday 6th July against Askeaton-Ballysteen also in Crecora at 7.15pm.

UNDER 14s:
After the highs of Féile last weekend, its back to business for our under 14 footballers next week when they meet Kildimo-Pallaskenry next Wednesday 8th July while the hurlers are out a week later against Na Piarsaigh.

CÚL CAMP:
The GAA Cúl camp will be held this week from Tuesday 30th June to Friday 3rd July in the pitch. This will take place after school from 12.30-4.30 on Tuesday and from 10-2 Wednesday to Friday. Thank you to everyone who has volunteered to coach and help out over the week. Hopefully this will be an enjoyable camp for both children and trainers.

UPCOMING FIXTURES:
Tuesday 30th July:
County Under 16 Hurling Championship Division 3A
Kilpeacon v St. Kierans in Crecora @ 7pm.

Saturday 4th July:
City Junior A Hurling Championship Round 1
Crecora-Manister v St. Patricks in Rathbane (Old Christians) @ 7.30pm

Monday 6th July:
County Under 16 Football Championship Division 2A
Kilpeacon v Askeaton-Ballysteen in Crecora @ 7.15pm.

Wednesday 8th July:
County Under 14 Football Championship Division 2A
Kildimo-Pallaskenry v Kilpeacon in Kildimo @ 7.15pm.

Thursday 9th July:
City Junior B Football Championship Round 1
Ballybrown v Crecora-Manister in Clarina @ 7pm.