Upcoming Fixtures:

• On Saturday 11^th of October our Intermediate Footballers face Pallasgreen in Round 5 of the Championship. Action takes place in St. Patricks at 4pm.
• Our U12s are away to Na Piarsaigh Friday 10^th in their last game of the season
• Our Minors are in Sheild Final v Bruff on Friday 17th

Match Reports

U16 Semi-Final

U16 Hurling Championship Semi-Final Report

South Liberties Crecora Manister 4-07

Belville Gaels 0-04

Venue: Askeaton GAA Grounds

Date/Time: Saturday October 04th 9:30am

South Liberties Crecora Manister booked their place in the U16 Hurling Championship Final with a comprehensive victory over Belville Gaels in a windswept Askeaton on Saturday morning. Despite the early throw-in and difficult playing conditions, the team produced a strong, composed performance to run out deserving 4-07 to 0-04 winners.

The swirling wind made scoring from distance extremely difficult but goals proved decisive in this semi-final encounter. After a cagey opening, Cian Hickey struck the game’s first goal on 11 minutes to settle his side. Just five minutes later, Cillian O’Doherty found the net to extend the advantage, giving South Liberties Crecora Manister a commanding seven-point lead at the break.

Belville Gaels battled bravely after the restart, but ten minutes into the second half O’Doherty struck again with his second goal of the game, this was a decisive moment that effectively ended hopes of a comeback for the Feohanagh-Castlemahon and Feenagh-Kilmeedy amalgamation. A fourth goal from Paddy O’Connell put the result beyond doubt, while points from Cian and Gearóid Hickey, Peter Ryan, Danny and David Fitzpatrick ensured a convincing final scoreline.

At the other end, Sam Collins was solid between the posts, handling the tricky conditions superbly. In defence, Dano Sheehan, Cuan Kilroy, and Daragh Mulvihill were outstanding, cutting out several dangerous attacks and driving the team forward throughout.

It was a strong all-round team display from South Liberties Crecora Manister, who now advance to the final where they will meet a very strong Granagh-Ballingarry side fresh from their victory over Newcastle West at the same venue on Saturday morning.

Team: Sam Collins, Charlie Murphy, Dano Sheehan, Dara Nash, John O’Donovan, Cian Hickey 1-03, Daragh Mulvihill, Cuan Kilroy, Paddy O’Connell 1-00, Peter Ryan 0-01, Danny Fitzpatrick 0-01, Patrick Concannon, Geraóid Hickey 0-01, Daver Fitzpatrick 0-01, Cillian O’Doherty 2-00, Daniel Lane, James Butler, Sean McMahon, Marcus Hartigan, Julian Quinn, Ollie Walsh and Ronan Downes.

South Liberties Crecora Manister 4:07

Belville Gales                              0:04

Santa / Christmas Fair November 30th

Save the Date …. On November 30th we will be hosting our annual Christmas Fair in Manister Hall. Santa & Mrs Claus has confirmed they will join us to meet all the families. Again, all proceeds are in aid of the pitch development fund. More details to follow.

Christmas Shop – Crecora GAA Gear

Our Christmas shop is now open for orders. This will remain open until October 12th. All orders will be delivered in December. Please use the attached link.

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Upcoming Fixtures:

• On Saturday our U16s are in the County Semi-Final against Belville Gaels at 9:30am in Askeaton
• Our U12s face Blackrock in South Liberties on Friday Oct 3rd at 6.15pm
• Our Minors are in Sheild Final v Bruff – Match Fixture tbc

Match Reports

Intermediate Football Championship

Crecora Manister 2-12

Gerald Griffins 0-09

We came into this game, played under lights in Caherdavin on the back of 3 defeats to NCW, Galbally and St Senans. This was a must win game for our lads to have any shot of avoiding the relegation play-off’s and to put in a performance like we did just proved that we are in the right grade of football and with a bit of heart, belief and determination we deserve to be here.

Written off by the majority before the game, given the pedigree of Gerald Griffins, there was a quiet inner belief amongst the group that this game would not be a one-sided affair. Training on the previous Wednesday had the biggest attendance all year and on match day was even bigger. The support for the team on the night from both the Subs and our loyal club supporters was apparent from the off and when Rory Hannon opened the scoring in the first couple of minutes, that was a lead we never relinquished for the remainder of the game.

A free from Mark Shanahan followed up by an excellent point from Jack Dalton, playing Full Back just showed the pace and movement we were doing throughout the field. The new rules bit us a few times when the ball was placed on the ground rather than handed back to allow Gerald Griffins to stay in touch but another from Rory, a classic from Colm Parnell and then to close out the half, a two pointer from Sam Riordan put us into half time on a scoreline of 0-07 to 0-04.

While we mention all the scorers, the work done throughout the field was immense from everyone and when the Half Time whistle blew, our Subs were immediately out on the pitch kicking about, just trying to catch the eye of our selectors and management team. Everyone wanted to be playing at the start of the second half.

Cathal O’Neill opened the second half with a great score, less than a minute after a similar attempt went “slightly wide”, and was followed soon after by another Mark Shanahan free and a second from Cathal. Rory was not to be out done and again popped up to tack on another score before Gerald Griffins hit their purple patch and tacked on a few points of their own.

With about 15 left on the clock there was still 4 between the teams when David Rickard was sprung from the bench and his first possession went narrowly wide before a penalty was awarded to us for a cynical pull down in the large parallelogram which Mark superbly dispatched into the top right corner. David then soon after raised the second green flag following a great ball in from Sam and was very un-lucky soon after to get his second following the forward advantage rule where he got a 45 following a goal attempt. Gerald Griffins closed out their game with 2 more points before David put the final point on the board for Crecora Manister.

So, we go into our final group game against Pallasgreen in 2 weeks’ time with renewed hope and who knows where the end of the season will take us.

Panel on the night – Stephen Keating, David Macken, Colm Parnell, Tim Moloney, Patrick Dolphin, Mark Shanahan, Cathal O’Neill, Jack Dalton, Rory Hannon, Sam Riordan, Ciaran Cusack, David Rickard, Mike McCormack, Brian Dolphin, Padraig Byrnes, Sean Malone, Donnacha Connolly, Con Kirby, Damien Kearney, Dan Carty, Thomas Shanahan

Management: Noel Murphy Martin Frawley Mossy Fitzgerald Tom Connolly Ger Riordan

Santa / Christmas Fair November 30th

Save the Date …. On November 30th we will be hosting our annual Christmas Fair in Manister Hall. Santa & Mrs Claus has confirmed they will join us to meet all the families. Again, all proceeds are in aid of the pitch development fund. More details to follow.

Christmas Shop – Crecora GAA Gear

Our Christmas shop is now open for orders. This will remain open until October 12th. All orders will be delivered in December. Please use the attached link.

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Club Limerick Draw

Congratulations to Gerry O’Shea who won €500 in this month’s Club Limerick Draw

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Upcoming Fixtures:

• Our Intermediate Footballers are in action on Friday Sept 26^th in NaPiarsiagh at where they face Gerald Griffins at 8pm
• Our Minors are in Sheild Final v Bruff – Match Fixture tbc

Match Reports

Premier Junior Hurling Quarter Final

Crecora Manister         1:14

Caherline                     2:19

Following on from our qualification from the group stages, our hurling team were back in action 6 days later with a quarter final game v Caherline in Fedamore on Saturday 20th September. Hopes were high that we could build on the great win from the previous week and advance to the semi-final stage. However, we were defeated on a scoreline of 2-19 to 1-14 to bring our championship hopes to an end. We played towards the road goal in the first half with the slight breeze in our favour. We started brightly and enjoyed the majority of possession but were struggling to turn the possession into scores. Caherline added a number of points before we got off the mark with a point from Cathal O’Neill. Cathal added a number of frees as we edged into the game. Caherline struck for a goal midway through the first half to stretch their lead. We continued to press with points from Cathal and Padraig Byrnes but we conceded another goal just on the half time whistle to put 7 points between the teams at half time. Our lads continued to battle in the second half without making significant inroads into the lead. That fight continued to the end with a goal from Niall Conheady but it came too late to influence the final outcome. The players and management team put a lot of effort into the season and were rewarded with qualification to the knock-out stages but attention now turns to the football team. Squad Ger Kennedy, Rory Hannan, Colm Parnell, Tim Moloney, Thomas Shanahan, Cathal O’Neill, James Conheady, Conor Kirby, Mark Shanahan, Jack Dalton, Edwin Wixted, Padraig Byrnes, Rian O’Byrne, Sean Keyes, David Rickard, Ned O’Meara, Ciaran Cusack, Sean Malone, Brendan Power, Damien Kearney.

Minor Semi-Final

SLCM                           2:24

NewCastle West           1:12

Great performance by our minor hurlers on Thursday night in our county minor semi-final in Mick Neville Park against a spirited Newcastle side. Our lads set out their stall right from the start when we scored an early goal. We then had a few more points on the board before NCW scored their first point. Both sides exchanged points before we struck for another goal. The NCW lads then scored a goal but our lads responded with a few more points to leave the half time score SLCM 2 12 NCW 1 8. Our lads maintained their intensity again in the second half with both sides picking off points ensuring an entertaining contest. However, in the closing stages our lads really showed their character and discipline by finishing the match with a run of 8 unanswered points to finish the match SLCM 2 24 Newcastlewest 1 12. All our lads played great but some huge performances from our defence, goalkeeper, free taking and workmanlike performances all over. Thanks again for your support.

U14 Hurling County Final

Crecora Manister          1:07

Southside Gaes             2:05

A lovely morning greeted both teams at Mick Neville Park, Rathkeale, as our Crecora Manister U14’s took on Southside Gaels in the eagerly awaited County U14 Hurling Final

Our boys came into the game unbeaten all year and full of belief, having shown tremendous heart, determination, and commitment throughout the season and despite having a small squad, there was no shortage of spirit.

The game started at a high tempo, and while we played some fine hurling in the first half, we went in at the break trailing by 3 points after some stout defending from brothers Lewis & Thomas O’Mahony, Tommy Keys and Niall Mulqueen against a very strong Southside forward line. Early in the second half, Southside Gaels struck for a goal to stretch their lead to 7 points, but our lads never dropped their heads and fought back bravely when a great pass from Seán Hickey found his bother Conor who duly finished to the net. We produced some excellent hurling in this period which saw us draw level with just minutes remaining. Unfortunately, in the dying moments, Southside Gaels were awarded a free and converted it to win by the narrowest of margins, a single point.

While the result didn’t go our way, we are extremely proud of this exceptional group of young players. A sincere thank you goes to the management team of Ger Hickey, Paul O’Mahony, and Ger Browne, whose hard work, dedication, and guidance have brought this team so far.

Team: Will Shea; Niall Mulqueen; Lewis O’Mahony; Thomas O’Mahony; Scott Fitzgerald(0-01); Tommy Keyes; Shane Holmes; Fionn Kennedy; Adam O’Brien; Mark Travers; Conor Hickey (1-06); Adam McKinley; Aidan Hartnett; Conor Browne; Sean Cobbe; Seán Hickey; Luke Kennedy; Cillian O’Mahony; Daragh Ryan(Inj); Alex Barry(Inj)

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Upcoming Fixtures:

• Our U14 Hurlers are in the County Final v Southside Gaels on Sunday 20^th in Fedamore at 11:15

A big game for our U14 boys so your support would be very welcome.

Match Reports

Premier Junior Hurling Final Round

Crecora Manister         3:20

St. Patricks                   1:18

Sunday 14th September saw the completion of the group stages of the Premier Junior Hurling Championship. Going into the weekend there was also 2 points separating the teams in a highly competitive group. We went into the game knowing a win would see us progress to the knockout stages and anything less would probably see our elimination. The team were determined to make the knockout stages after missing out narrowly last year. There was a swirling breeze which favoured us slightly in the first half but St Patricks were quickest out of the blocks and scored 1-1 in the first 2 mins. We had a reply from Conor Kirby which helped the team to settle into the game. We scored the next 3 points in quick succession through a couple of frees from Cathal O’Neill and a point from Edwin Wixted to level the scores.  By the mid-point of half points from Cathal saw us take the lead for the first time. Rian O’Byrne and Padraig Byrnes were also on the scoreboard and by half time we had extended our lead to 3 points to leave the half time score of 0-13 to 1-7 in our favour. Cathal was on the mark early in the second half but the lead narrowed to 1 point with less than 10 minutes played. The game was in the balance at this stage but our lads stepped up a gear and a point from Chris Shanahan followed by a goal from Cathal extended our lead out to 5. St Patricks reduced it to 3 but a goal from Edwin edged us further in front and the next score was a goal from Jack Dalton to put us in control of the game.  From there to the end our defence stood strong as St Patricks went in search of the goals required. Ger Kennedy also made a striking diving save to preserve our advantage and we ran out winners on a 3-20 to 1-18 scoreline. This result ensures we qualify for the knockout stage.  Squad Ger Kennedy, Rory Hannan, Colm Parnell, Karl Moloney, Tim Moloney, Thomas Shanahan, Cathal O’Neill, James Conheady, Conor Kirby, Mark Shanahan, Jack Dalton, Edwin Wixted, Padraig Byrnes, Rian O’Byrne, Sean Keyes, David Rickard, Ned O’Meara, Ciaran Cusack, Paraic O’Neill, Sean Malone.

U16 Hurling Quarter Final Win

SLCM                           4:14

Cois Laoi Gaels             1:08

Our Under-16 boys, in amalgamation with South Liberties, recorded a fantastic win this morning in challenging, blustery conditions in Fedamore. Despite playing against a strong wind in the first half, the team showed great determination and skill, registering three well-taken goals to build a comfortable lead at the break. With the wind at their backs in the second half, our lads continued to dominate, extending their advantage with some fine passages of hurling and solid teamwork across the field.

We now look forward to the upcoming Semi-Final and await fixture details from the County Board.

Well done to all involved!

U7 Hurling

Our under 7s played in a blitz in Monaleen last Tuesday. They played 4 games and showed excellent effort and skill. Well done to all. Under 6 and under 7 training continues every Monday at 6.

U10 Football

We played our last blitz of the summer last Friday evening in Mungret. Heavy rain made conditions very tough for the lads but they put in very good performances. This was the last Go Games blitz for the summer. There will be an all-county blitz in a few week’s time. We will move the football training to Fri evenings from 6-7pm.

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