Our U16 Footballers competed in the 13 a side County Shield Final against St. Senans  on Saturday 4^th October  2014 in Mick Neville Park, Rathkeale.

Team: Paraic O’Neill , Evan Keogh, Tomas  Connolly,  Cian Leahy, Mark Shanahan, Donnacha Connolly ,  Karl Moloney,   Jay Mccilligan,   Shane O’Connell, Mi chael Bateman, Paul Collins, John Blake,   Conor Kirby, Robert Greer, Peter Boohan, Shane O’Conor and Edwin Wixted.

This final was played at a sunny but windy Mick Neville Park and it was brilliant to witness our team lifting the U16 County Shield title after putting in such an effort all season.

Team Manager Mike Sweeney had a big call to make prior to the game as to whether or not to play Edwin Wixted who was available but on a strong antibiotic for a chest infection.

The management team decided not to and some changes had to be made but it did not affect the team who as a unit from No. 1 to 17 gave a battling performance. Cian Leahy made a welcome return after been laid off with an injured hand for some time.

We got off to a flyer of a start in the game with a super goal scored by Conor Kirby after a good pass from John Blake.

However we allowed St. Senans back in with a soft goal soon after.

We were playing against the wind which was difficult and required our backs to win as much ball as possible. This they did especially Evan Keogh, Mark Shanahan and Tomas Connolly who burst through on solo runs  several  times. His brother Donnacha for such a young age gave a master class in back play with his diehard approach.

Then Paul Collins knocked over a great point again assisted by John and soon after this was followed by a brilliant solo run and goal from the always lively Shane O’Connell.  Another point was scored by Michael Bateman from a solo run.

Conor Kirby then scored his 2^nd goal like any good forward by being in the right place at the right time and Shane put over another point to leave the Half time score Crecora Manister 3 – 3   St. Senans 1 – 3 

In the 2^nd half we took our foot off the gas somewhat and allowed St. Senans back into the game to within 4 points.

It was thanks to Paraic O’Neill that the gap wasn’t closed when he rushed off his goal line to clear a ball that one of their forwards was bearing down on.

Then a well taken goal from John Blake after receiving a fine pass from Shane who also scored 3 more points for us settled the team and Michael scored another great point to make sure we finished strong.  Robert Greer and Peter Boohan came on and played well.

Our captain on the day was Tomas Connolly who received the trophy for us.

Final score was Crecora Manister 4 – 7 St. Senans 2 – 6

Our next outing is in the U16 County Hurling 13 aside Final on Saturday 11th October V  Templeglantine  in Mick Neville Park.

All support welcome.

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Great times ahead and hopefully success to follow!

We are entering a very busy period in the Club’s calendar and our Teams will be contesting a number of County Finals over the coming weeks which is a huge testament to all Players, Coaches and Parents across all the age-groups.

Support for the players at these finals is always a great boost to them so below is the list of upcoming Finals that have confirmed dates and venues set and your Support is very welcome.

U16 Football vs Senan’s
Saturday  4th October at 1:15pm
Mick Neville Park Rathkeale

U16 Hurling V’s Templeglantine
Saturday 11th October at 12:00pm
Mick Neville Park Rathkeale

Minor Premier Football Final vs Fr. Casey’s
Sunday 12th October at 1:30pm
Newcastlewest
(We are planning to run a bus to this Final for our young players so they can cheer on their Club mates)

U14 Football Final vs Ahane
Saturday 18th October at 2pm
Claughan

Best of luck to all Players and Coaches from all in Crecora Manister GAA Club and hopefully we will have some good support and bring home some Silverware!

We will be holding Auditions to select talented boys and girls to represent Crecora Manister GAA Club in the Limerick Scór na nÓg County Championships.

Auditions will take place on Thursday 23rd October at 7pm in Manister Hall.
All children under 17 from the Crecora Manister parishes are invited to audition on the night.

There are 7 categories in total;

Rince Foirne ( figure dancing )
Amhranaiocht Aonair ( Solo singing)
Aithriseoireacht/Scealaiocht ( Recitation/Story Telling)
Ceol Uirlise ( instrumental music)
Leiriu ( sketch/drama piece)
Bailead Ghrupa ( Ballad Group Singing)
Rince Seit ( set dancing)

 

Anybody interested in taking part on the night is asked to contact the local Irish officers for Crecora Manister GAA , Norah O’Connor 087 9581280 or Paula Dillon 087 2989796 and we will register all entries so we have an idea of how many participants we have on the night.

See www.gaa.ie for Scor Rulebook .
It is very important all interested auditionees check this for Scór na nÓg rules.

 

Following 2 very close matches against Patrickswell and Ballybrown where this U13 team lost by a single score on both occasions , the players all stepped up a level for this home derby game against our near neighbours Mungret on Sunday 28th September.

Our Back lines from 1 to 7 were magnificent , first to every ball and sustained the late pressure put on by a gallant Mungret team towards the end.

Our midfield powerhouse of Cathal and James fought for everything and distributed the ball very well into the forwards who as a unit took some very nice scores.

Overall a very pleasing performance and while this group of players did not qualify for the U13 playoff’s they showed that they are more than capable of playing and competing at the top level in their age-group.

Our Squad was: Rory Hannon, Fergal Egan, Joshua Skehan Fitzgerald, Ciaran Kennedy, Brendan Power, Jack Dalton, Cathal O’Neill, Colin Coughlan, James Conheady, Richard Murphy, Cian Enright, Eoghan O’Connor, Rory Quirke, Colin Haigney, Ethan Hennessey, Darragh O’Keeffe, John Bourke, Sam Riordan, Chris Shanahan, Dara Nash, Stephan McPartlin,

 

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