Upcoming Fixtures:

• U16 Hurling Championship continues with our lads facing Granagh Ballingarry in Ballingarry  at 7pm on Monday 21^st
• Our U12s Hurlers are in action against Templeglantine at home on Monday 21st at 7:30pm
• On Tuesday 22^nd our U12 Footballers face Ahane at 6.30pm in Ahane

Intermediate Football Result

Crecora Manister          1:08

Newcastle West                       2:07

Our Intermediate Footballers, taking part in the Griffin Coaches Intermediate County Championship for the 5^th consecutive year suffered a disappointing 2 point defeat to Newcastle West on Saturday evening 19^th July in a wet Ballingarry. We opened the game very well with 3 unanswered points in the first 10 minutes. However, NCW clawed their way back into the game with their own 4 unanswered scores and then we traded points to go in at the break level on 5 points each. Again, the opening exchanges in the second half were in Crecora Manister’s favour including a well taken goal to give us a 4 point cushion going into the last 15 minutes but credit to NCW, they kept going and forced some good turnovers to take 2 goals with their second goal coming in injury time to put them 2 points up. Despite some last  efforts Crecora Manister just could not get anymore one the board. Our players produced some really good play and a little bit of tightening up will give us confidence to take on all challenges in the coming rounds. Congratulations to NCW on their win.

Team on the night: Stephen Keating, David Macken, Colm Parnel, Tim Moloney, Patrick Dolphin, Mark Shanahan, Jack O’Donovan, Stephen O’Donovan, Jack Dalton, Donnacha Connolly, Cormac Flanagan, Ciaran Cusack, Rory Hannon, Richard Murphy, Mike McCormack, Conor Kirby, David Rickard, Padraig Byrnes, Michael Fitzgerald.

Management on the night:

Ger Riordan, Martin Frawley, Mossy Fitzgerald, Tom Connolly. First Aid / Physio – Caoimhe Hanrahan.

Minor Football Result

Crecora Manister South Liberties          1:21

Patrickswell                                          3:21

Our championship campaign started on  Wednesday evening away to a good Patrickswells team who had one match under their belt. The home side got off to a good start with 2 quick points but after that it was nip and tuck with both sides exchanging points as the half went on. Patrickswell scored a goal and took  a three point lead. We had a couple of goal chances and took one. Patrickswell raised another green flag before another run of points for both sides to leave the  half time score  Patrickswell 2 13 CMSL 1 11. We got off to a good start in the second half to get within 2 points before the Patrickswell got in for a third goal. It was nip and tuck for the rest of the game and we were unlucky not to take some goal chances which would have given us a win. Final score Patrickswell 3:21 CMSL 1:21.

Club Golf Classic – September 5^th

Our Club Golf Classic takes place on Friday September 5^th in Limerick Golf Club. Teams of 3 are €240. Tee Times are morning 9-12:30 or afternoon 2-4pm. Please contact Noel Murphy or Tom O’Keefee for any further details. This event is kindly sponsored by Breeze Air.

Pitch Development Update

On Tuesday last  the new robot mower was installed at the GAA pitch. Thanks to all for their support with this project, which was grant aided from our Development Fund and Sports Capital funding. Many thanks also to Aidan Malone and Mark Leahy for their work on this, and in particular Ronan Kirby, who advised on specifications, engaged with the suppliers, getting quotes, and his work in getting the mower set up and operating this week. 

If you and your family have not already supported the Oasis tickets fundraiser, please do so today, so that further developments at the pitch can be delivered including the Players Gym Facility.

Link below to the raffle of the 2 Premium tickets.

Many thanks to the efforts of the Development Committee for all their hard work.

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Upcoming Fixtures:

• Our U12 Hurlers are away to Newtownshandrum 6:45 on Monday 25th
• Wednesday 27^th is the last group match for our Minor Hurlers who are at home to Belville Gaels at 7pm
• Our U10 Footballers are hosting a blitz Friday evening with opposition of NaPiarsiagh, Granagh Ballingarry & Feenagh Kilmeedy.
• All Roads lead to Adare on Friday 29^th when our Premier Junior Hurlers face Askeaton Ballysteen Kilcornan at 6:15 in Round 4

Your support at these games is appreciated and we wish all our teams the best of luck this week.

Match Report – Junior Hurlers

Crecora Manister 1-22

Monega              0-19

Our Premier Junior Hurlers were back at the grounds of Feenagh Kilmeedy GAA last Saturday evening for the 3^rd round of the championsip versus Monagea. We were hoping to atone for the narrow defeat 2 weeks prior at the same venue.

The lads were determined from the off and we got off to great start with points from Edwin Wixted, Jack Dalton and Conor Kirby. We added further scores by Thomas Shanahan and another from Conor before Monagea registered their first score. We extended our lead to 7 by the midway point of the half with scores from Niall Conheady and Cathal O’Neill. Monagea added a couple of frees to minimise the gap and from this point to the half time whistle the 2 teams traded scores with Edwin, Cathal and Rian O’Byrne adding to our tally to leave the half time score at 0-15 to 0-10 in our favour. We started the second half with a converted free but Monagea kept in touching distance. Niall Conheady made a breakthrough and was bearing down on goal before he was tripped. This resulted in a second yellow for the defender and a penalty which Cathal converted to stretch the lead back out to 6.  Our defence was under pressure as Monagea went in search of a goal to get them back in the game but Ger Kennedy, Colm Parnell, Tim Moloney and Rory Hannan defended resolutely to keep our goal intact. Despite that the lead was back to 3 heading into the closing stages but we stepped up a gear and scores from Rory Hannan, Cathal and Chris Shanahan ensured we streched out our lead to claim victory on a scoreline of 1-22 to 0-19. Next game up is Friday 29^th v Askeaton Ballysteen Kilcornan in Adare. The team would welcome your support.

Squad Ger Kennedy, Rory Hannan, Colm Parnelll, Tim Moloney, David Rickard, Thomas Shanahan, James Conheady, Conor Kirby Cathal O’Neill, Mark Shanahan, Jack Dalton, Edwin Wixted, Niall Conheady, Richard Murphy, Padraig Byrnes, Sean Keyes, Rian O’Byrne, Oisin O’Byrne, Damien Kearney, Ciaran Cusack, Mark O’Keefe, Sean Malone, Chris Shanahan.

U10 Hurling Blitz

Our U10 hurlers played in a blitz in Effin last Friday evening, 22nd Aug v’s Coashlea Gaels, Blackrock & Garryspillane. We have u10 football blitz next Fri evening, 29th Aug in Crecora v’ Na Piarsiagh, Granagh Ballingarry & Feenagh Kilmeedy. Well done to all coaches and players involved.

Limerick Show Sunday August 24^th – Parking

Thank you to all the volunteers who helped with the Car Parking at the Limerick Show on Sunday.

Club Golf Classic – September 5^th

Our Club Golf Classic takes place on Friday September 5^th in Limerick Golf Club. Teams of 3 are €240. Tee Times are morning 9-12:30 or afternoon 2-4pm. Please contact Noel Murphy or Tom O’Keefee for any further details. This event is kindly sponsored by Breeze Air. There are still some Tee Times available.

A ‘student’ rate of €150 per team for the 9-10am tee slots is on offer.

2 wonderful hampers are on offer for the raffle for anyone who would like to support this fundraiser. Please click on the links below to secure your raffle tickets.

1 Strip of Tickets for €5 – Link

3 Rafffle Strips for €10 – Link

Thank you in advance of this Fundraiser

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Upcoming Fixtures:

• Round 1 of the U16 Football Championship sees our lads face Kilmallock on Monday 14^th of July at 7pm In South Liberties
• Our U12s are in action against Ballybrown in South Liberties on Tuesday 15^th at 6:30pm
• U18 Hurlers are in action on Wednesday 16^th against Patrickswell at 7.30pm in Patrickswell
• Round 1 of the Intermediate Football championship is on Saturday 19th where we face Newcastle West in Ballingarry at 7pm
• Round 3 of the U16 Hurling Championship is on July 21st v Granagh Ballingarry in Ballingarry at 7pm

Club Golf Classic – September 5^th

Our Club Golf Classic takes place on Friday September 5^th in Limerick Golf Club. Teams of 3 are €240. Tee Times are morning 9-12:30 or afternoon 2-4pm. Please contact Noel Murphy or Tom O’Keefee for any further details. This event is kindly sponsored by Breeze Air.

U10 Tailtean Cup Experience

Our U10s had an amazing team building day on Saturday 12^th. They departed Crecora early Saturday morning and played Thomas Davies in an U10 Football match. The boys were well looked after by Thomas Davies with refreshments. The group carried onto Croke Park for the Tailtean Cup Final. After some great performances from our Limerick lads and a very tight match, Kildare took the win by just 2 points. Our young lads were very lucky to be part of such an amazing day and experience. Huge thank you to the organisers, coaches and sponsors Tom Predergast, Cathal Scully, David Wallace & Tony Costello.

Exciting News – Players Gym Facility

There are just a couple of weeks to go in the Oasis Tickets Raffle. All income generated form this raffle will go towards the Proposed Players Gym Facility. A contractor to build the gym in the Autumn has been secured. Works will commence if we have all the funding in place!

Please support this fundraiser if you have not already done so and also circulate to your immediate contacts where possible. Link below to the raffle of the 2 Premium tickets.

Many thanks to the efforts of the Development Committee for all their hard work.

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To keep in touch and receive updates of any club activities please follow up on Twitter @CrecoraGAA, On Instagram crecora_manistergaa or on Facebook Crecora/Manister GAA.

Upcoming Fixtures:

• Our U16s Hurlers are in action against Belville Gaels on Monday 30th in South Liberties at 7.30pm
• On Thursday 3^rd our U14s Hurlers are away to Glenroe at 7pm in Round 4
• 1^st Round of the U16 Hurling Championship is on July 7^th v Caherline
• Round 5 of the U14 Hurling championship sees our boys at home to NewCastle West on Monday July 7th at 7pm

U14 Hurling Result

U10 Football Blitz

Future Limerick Footallers met Current Limerick Hero at the recent U10 football blitz in Oola. This was a great wrap-up to our current Go Game schedule where the next round of blitzes happens in August. Coaches are organising a trip to Croke Park for the U10 group to see Limerick in the Tailtean Cup Final. The boys will be playing Ballyboden St. Enda’s U10 Footballers before the big game. Thank you to all involved in organising this trip for the boys.

New Summer Academy

Our New Underage Summer Academy takes place from Monday June 30^th to Thursday July 3^rd. An action packed four days of fun and games is promised for children aged 6+. Please use the link below to book in your child. https://www.klubfunder.com/Clubs/Crecora_Manister_GAA/EventRegistration#EventRegistrationOptions?prod=Crecora

Oasis Tickets – Pitch Development Fundraiser

Our GAA and Camogie clubs are holding a Pitch Development Fundraiser by raffling 2 Premium tickets to see Oasis on August 17th. All donations much appreciated. To be in with a chance of winning these exclusive tickets and supporting your club at the same time please click on this link to enter

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