NA PIARSAIGH GAA CLUB NOTES
CONALL O CATHAILLAINE TOURNAMENT
Conall O Cahalane U11 Hurling Memorial Tournament : Well done to all involved in this year’s tournament. Special thanks to the U11 Hurling Management Team & Parents who looked after the organisation of the tournament as well as looking after our guestsfrom Oranmore – Maree, Ballincollig & Doora Barefield for the afternoon. Thanks to William O Donoghue for presenting the trophies & the referees / stewards for all their hard work.
SENIOR CAMOGIE
Na Piarsaigh 2-07 Bruff 1-07.
A good team performance saw the girls survive the dreaded drop to Intermediate where they overcame Bruff in a titanic struggle Our scorers were Aoife wilson 1-01, Tara Hurley 1-01, Sinead McNamara 0-02 (2 f’s), Enya Harrington 0-02 (2 f’s), Rachel Considine 0-01.
County U16 Division 2 Camogie League Final
Na Piarsaigh 5-4, Ahane 2-9
Na Piarsaigh captured the county U16 league title following a major battle with Ahane in Rathbane last Thursday evening.
Playing against a stiff breeze, the Na Piarsaigh girls were starved of possession in the first half and found themselves 3-4 points in arrears before a free from midfield by ace player Áine Ó’Tiarnaigh went all the way to the net. Another goal against the run of play before half time saw us in arrears only by two points 1-5 to 2-0 which, given the breeze seemed surmountable.
On the resumption, possession was much easier and our forwards got plenty of quality ball. Further goals by Áine O’Tiarnaigh, Lizzie Boylan and Niamh Skehan helped propel us to glory.
Team: Ciara Grant, Rebecca Gilvarry, Laura Ahern, Orna O’neill, Grace Palmer, Sarah Murray, Orla Hickey, Aine Ó’Tiarnaigh (3-3, 1-3 frees), Liz Anna Boylan, Hannah Kehoe, Eva Long, Niamh Skehan (1-1), SarahStanley, Ashling Fahy, Sarah O’Keeffe. Subs used: Mikaka Hickey Quaid, Robyn Conlon.
SENIOR HURLERS
Our senior hurlers were back in action on Saturday night when they welcomed Doon to Pairc Dromguil
A glorious sunny evening for hurling where a very young side was selected to play.
It was good to see some of the younger lads getting a run out and no doubt gain from the experience, mixed in with regulars .
A good first half saw us outscore the opposition 16 points to 10 with points coming from the lively Will Henn along with newly married man Kevin Ryan who showed no ill effects from the honeymoon chipping in with 3 excellent points from play.
The second half continued in similar vein with points from Will Henn, Pat Gleeson and 2 from the 3rd Dempsey brother Keith when introduced as a sub.
We did raise a green flag from the stick of evergreen Brian Hartnett to seal what was a good team performance.
Team for the record was Podge Kennedy, Conor Richardson, Conor Houlihan, Pauric Heaney, Gearoid Synnott(0-1), Cathall King, Mike Foley(0-1), Evan Gilvarry, Brian Hartnett(1-0), Alan Dempse(0-1), Pat Gleeson(0-4)- James Daly, Kevin Ryan(0-3), David Sheppard(0-2), Will Henn(0-11,6f)
Subs used Keith Dempsey(0-2), Evan Condon, Aidan Hennessy.
Final score Na Piarsaigh 1-25 Doon 0-13.
LOTTO
Our weekly Lotto now stands at €7600 following Tuesdays draw.
The numbers drawn were 01, 24, 27, 31.No winner
Lucky dip winners were Ger Dempsey, Kerry Mescall and Frank Martyn.
Sellers prize was won by Kike Broderick and the house draw was won by Jim O Sullivan.
Next weeks jackpot will be €7600
BINGO
The weekly bingo snowball now stands at €1600.
Why not call down any Tuesday and try your luck.
Doors open at 730pm with first call at 8pm.
All new comers are welcome.
NEWS
Congratulations to Gordon Brown, Ronan Lynch and Kieran Daly who were all part of the victorious Limerick Senior Football squad who had an excellent win over Tipperary.
The club are very grateful to the family of the late, great David Bourke for their donation of a mobile defibrillator unit which was used to great effect in our recent First Aid courses. The unit is vital to our health & safety programme and was a very thoughtful gift from the Bourke family”
HURLING FANZONE
Na Piarsaigh GAA in association with @Spinsouthwest and @diageoIreland are hosting a “Hurling Fanzone” for ALL hurling fans heading to the Gaelic Grounds on May 19th
Everyone is welcome to come along and soak of the atmosphere of the Munster Senior Hurling Championship .
Outdoor bars, children’s activities and food all available
Only 10 mins walk to the Gaelic Grounds, why not make us your base but pre and post match.
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