Askeaton/Ballysteen/Kilcornan GAA Club Notes:

Well done to our three Mackey Cup players Danny Anglim, Darragh Moran and Michael O’Shaughnessy who all played their part in a great effort by this years West team who fell to an agonising 3 point defeat to the City in this years Mackey Cup Final.

After a slow start in their semi final versus the South the West took over in the second half helped by Darraghs excellent puckouts, Danny’s penetrating solo runs from half forward and some great deliveries from Michael to run out 1-09 to 0-03 winners. After a great effort in the final a last puck of the game free from the West cannoned off the post to hand the City the prestigious Mackey Cup.

Overall a great experience for our three young hurlers and testament to the work our club coaches have put in to them from an early age.

ABK 0-17 Crecora/Manister 1-07

Our Junior B hurlers remain unbeaten after round 3 of the West League following a 7 point defeat of Crecora Manister in Askeaton on Sunday night.

It took us a while to settle and after we hit a few wides Thomas Lyng struck our first 4 points of the evening as we played in to the town goal with the wind at our backs. Further points from Colm O’Connell and Jamie Dolan saw us head in at half time leading 0-9 to 0-4.

We started the second half well and built up a 6 point lead with ten minutes to go, 13pt to 7pt. At this stage Crecora scored the only goal of game, but our boys gathered themselves and went on to score 4 further points from Zach Birdthistle, Thomas Lyng and Colm O’Connell to finish out winners 0-17 to 1-07. Overall a good team performance with Adam O’ Sullivan and Conor McNamara particularly impressive in defence. Team and scorers Cathal Guerin, Adam O’Sullivan, John Fitzsimons, Luke Kelly, Conor McNamara, Cathal Moran, Colm O’Connell 0-7, Sam Duggan, Declan Guerin, Thomas Lyng 0-7, Jamie Dolan 0-2, Cormac McMahon, David Ryan, John Blackwell, Zach Birdthistle 0-1, Seán McEnery, Roger Somers, David Holland, Rob Cuddihy.

The Bord na nÓg Club made a presentation of Hurling and Football playing equipment to our three feeder schools Ballysteen National School Kilcornan National School and Askeaton National School to help them in their continued promotion of gaelic games.

We are very grateful for the continued promotion of Hurling and Football in all three schools which helps us greatly with participation levels and player development.

Well done to Padhraic Murphy who came off the bench to score a point and win a penalty in Limerick under 20s Munster B Football Final win versus Waterford in Mallow. Danny Neville also came off the bench in Limerick Senior Footballers loss to Cork.

Great to see over 40 under 6s on the astro in Askeaton on Wednesday nightfor their first night of Hurling and Football. The weather complemented the enthusiasm as the sun shone throughout. Well done to all.

Don’t forget that all players must be registered before they can train and play matches: Registration can be paid online by logging on to www.foireann.ie and selecting Askeaton Ballysteen Kilcornan GAA.

The Registration fees for this year are as follows,: U6-U8 €40, U10-U16 €60, Sibling membership (2 children or more) €100 maximum.

Hard luck to Coláiste Mhuire Secondary School who lost the Schools county final on a scoreline of 6-17 to 4-21 after extra time versus SMI Newcastle West. The game finished level 4-12 to 2-18 at the end of normal time but SMI shaded extra time after a huge effort from both teams. Great to see such a strong representation from the club and a special mention to Matthew Keaveney who finished with a huge tally of 1-15. Team and scorers

Cathal Guerin, Tommy Flynn, Cathal Moran, James Hoda, Gavin Rushe, Zach Birdthistle (0-1), Adam O Sullivan, Matthew Keaveney (1-15), Jake Higgins (0-1), Seán McEnery, Tadhg O Brien (0-3), Conor O Donovan (0-1), Brooklyn Delahunty, Shane Ryan (2-0), Ruari McEnery (1-0). Subs Lorcan Blackwell, Todd O Shaughnessy, Nathan Dalton, Conor Purcell, Cian Fitzgibbon, Ross Donovan, Aaron Kelly.

Our lotto Jackpot is €3,300. Tickets can be purchased from Morans Hardware Shop or online at www.smartlotto.ie. This weekly lotto is a very important source of income for the club and we would appreciate all support.

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Last week’s winning numbers 5 12 22 28. Lucky dip winners

Keelan and Eimear Ruttle, Yvonne Duffy, Jack and Jim Dore, Padraig Vaughan. Next week’s jackpot €3,300.

Under 17 Football Wednesday April 9thv Crecora Manister in Crecora at 6.30pm

Under 13 Football Thursday April 10th v St Kierans in Coolcappa at 6.30pm

Intermediate Football League v Gerald Griffins in Ballysteen Saturday April 12th at 5pm