Junior A: Our junior hurlers played round three of
the championship against Rathkeale on Saturday last in Mungret, in warm
conditions we got off to a perfect start with Dan McGuire hitting the net
inside the opening minuet we added to this with a Dan Owens goals soon after
leaving us leading 2-3 to 0-1 with 10 gone. Our levels dropped just before the
water break and Rathkeale got two quick goals and the gap was down to one, the
second quarter of the half we came on top again with scores from Conor McCarthy
with two frees and the two Dans with a point a piece with the half time score
2-09 to 2-05 in our favour. The third quarter was an even affair with both
teams conceding a lot of frees as a result our lead was now only one point with
ten to play, our quality finally showed in the closing stages with goals from
Daniel Owens and Matt Mitchell leaving the final score 4-15 to 2-11. We now
have too wins from three with two games remaining in the group stages which
will be completed in early September. Team from Shane O Neill, Mark O Dea, Eoin
Kloss, Jack Owens, Alan O Riordan, Sean Teefy, Patrick Byrnes, Niall Mitchell,
Conor McCarthy, Michael Martin, Matt Mitchell, Eoghan O Neill, Daniel Owens,
John Casey, Daniel McGuire (c), John Stack, Daniel Garry, Colm O Riordan, Joseph
Teefy, Colm Teefy, Cathal O Neill.
Junior B: Bally played near neighbours Fedamore in
the second round of the East championship eventually losing out by 1-11 to 2-17
in a well contested match played in balmy conditions. The two sides exchanged
scores early on with some fine scores from our lads including a monster free
from David O Neill and a well-executed point on the run from the industrious
Tommy Carroll but despite our efforts we trailed at the break 0-5 to 0-12. We
renewed our efforts after the break and with our defence holding firm we closed
the gap with points from Liam O Rourke reducing the arrears to three before our
opponents struck for a goal against the run of play despite this we battled on
and got just rewards with Liam O Rourke converting a late penalty but we ran
out losers by nine points. Team from Denis Stack, Sean Browne, Eoin Lyons,
Barry Laffan, Colm O Riordan, Cathal O Neill, David O Neill, David Ryan, Adam
McCarthy ,Joseph Teefy, Darragh Hogan, Daniel Garry, Hugh Leonard, Liam O Rourke,
Tommy Carroll, John Hanly, Dylan Conway, Jamie O Donoghue, Eoin Frawley, Larry
Browne, Kieran McCarthy.
Fixtures and club notices: Our U21 hurlers have
qualified for a county final were they will play Cois Laoi Gaels (Effin and
Staker Wallace) this Wednesday in Kilmallock at 7pm. Unfortunately all fixtures
are subject to a 200 capacity please see club text for further details. The
club would like to pass on their condolences to the Martin family on the loss
of Alan Martin our thoughts and prayers are with them, may he rest in peace.