Club Notes: 2nd October 2017
Shamrocks GAA Club Notes (kindly sponsored by Allen Engineering & Agri Sales Ltd.)
Club Lotto.
Last Saturday’s winning numbers were 6-12-14-23, and there was no winner. €20 winners were John A. Kelly, John & Shirley Roche, Rose O’ Keeffe, Nancy Hogan, and Ann Nicholson. Next week’s jackpot will be €7,050.
IHC Relegation playoff, Shamrocks 3-13, Ballinameela 3-9.
Shamrocks’ hurling season ended on a positive note last Sunday in Cappoquin when they had four points to spare over a resilient Ballinameela team who were hoping to beat relegation for the third year running. Shamrocks put aside their poor displays of recent weeks to carve out a deserved win and retain their Intermediate status. Though we were ahead from an early stage, and stayed ahead throughout the match, it was by no means a comfortable win, and the sense of relief at the final whistle was very evident. There is a saying ” the old dog for the hard road”, and though he won’t thank me for referring to him in this manner, Eoin Murphy left his mark on the game by setting up Kelvyn O’ Farrell for a well taken goal, and scoring one himself. Shane Roche also showed his hurling class with a great performance, and younger players like Edward Hynes, Kelvyn O’ Farrell, Adam Crawford, and Padraig Roche also came of age in this match. Make no mistake, the stakes were high, and the pressure was on, but credit to all the players and selectors for digging out a result. Congrats also to coach Paul Connery also who didn’t have a lot of luck with him in his first year in charge, but we can still look forward to next year with optimism. Panel; Ciaran O’ Keeffe, Padraig Ahearne, Tommy O’ Donovan, Jason Ahearne, Adam Crawford, Shane Roche, Padraig Roche, Billy Hynes, Stephen Lucey, John Paul Lucey, Kelvyn O’ Farrell, Edward Lonergan, Edward Hynes, Joe Leahy, Eoin Murphy, Cathal Herlihy, Brian Harnedy, Chris Murphy, Tom Roche, Alan Kelly, Thomas Baldwin, Jamie Murphy, Liam Murphy.
Minor Hurling, Cois Bhride 3-8, Roanmore 0-11.
Cois Bhride minors had a good win over Roanmore in Fraher Field last Friday night in the quarter final of the minor hurling championship. We got of to a flying start, with points from Ciarán McCarthy, and Mark Stewart, and a goal from Darragh Buckley before Roanmore got off the mark. Four points in a row saw the city side get right back into the game, and they outscored us 6 points to 1 in that period to leave the scores level at half time, 1-4 to 0-7. The second half was nip and tuck until an opportunist goal from Liam Motherway gave us a lead which we never relinquished. Despite going down to 14 players after Billy Henley was sent off for an off the ball incident, we held on, and Ciarán McCarthy’s goal near the finish gave us a nice cushion which we held on to. This was a battling performance against a rugged city side, but the lads gave a very good account of themselves, and their hurling was just a bit slicker than their opponents I felt, with Sean Henley the best player on the field, and Mark Steward’s freetaking very solid. Their semi final opponents will be St Patrick’s, and I presume they won’t be waiting too long. Panel; Dean Beecher, Ivan O’ Neill, Tom Roche, Eoin McGrath, Sean Henley, Robbie Geary, Billy Hynes, Ian Beecher, Mark Steward (0-6), Liam Motherway (1-0), Ciarán McCarthy (1-1), Kieran Crawford, Billy Henley (0-1), Darragh Buckley (1-0),Padraig Hynes, Ciarán Hunt, Ben Ahern, Mike Comdon, William Cunningham, Jake Chambers.
Shamrocks Ladies Football.
Congrats to our Ladies U-15 football team who are through to the county final after winning their semi final last Sunday in Knockanore. They join their U-12 counterparts who are also awaiting a county final. Young girl footballers are going very well in the parish. Best of luck to both teams.