An exciting week in prospect for the Blues with the Nenagh Éire Óg senior hurlers preparing for a county senior hurling championship clash with Mullinahone in Boherlahan on Friday evening!

SENIOR

County championship: Our senior hurlers have been drawn to play Mullinahone in round two of the county senior hurling championship on Friday, June 28th in Boherlahan at 7.30pm. This is a vital game for the club and your support would be appreciated in Boherlahan on Friday evening.

Junior A: Well done to our junior A hurlers who completed a three in-a-row of league titles on Sunday evening last in Dolla – Éire Óg beat Borris-Ileigh 0-13 to 0-11 in the final. The junior A hurlers will now hope to successfully defend their junior A championship title in the coming weeks. Éire Óg have been drawn in group two alongside Toomevara, Roscrea, Kilruane MacDonagh’s and Moneygall. Éire Óg campaign will start on the weekend of July 5th.

Minor A: Our minor hurlers begin the defence of their north championship on Sunday, June 30th when they travel to Newport to play Newport Gaels. This game will take place at 12 noon and your support would be appreciated.

Tipperary Minors: Best wishes to Barry Heffernan, James Mackey, Andrew Coffey, Donnacha Quinn and the Tipperary minor team which faces Limerick in a provincial semi-final at Semple Stadium, Thurles on Wednesday.

JUVENILE

Bishopstown Trip: Our under-6, under-8 and under-10 teams travelled to Cork last Saturday for what turned out to be a fantastic day of hurling and fun for all involved. Thanks to all the mentors, the parents who travelled and especially the boys whose behaviour did the club proud. Congratulations to Bishopstown GAA on hosting such a successful day for all the teams involved.

Under-12: Both the groups one and four teams enjoyed victories over Kildangan in the latest round of the Go Games league. Group one’s next round is at home to Lorrha and has been brought forward to Thursday, June 27th at 6.30pm because of Friday night’s senior match. The group four team will not be in action this weekend.

Under-14: Our under-14 hurlers enjoyed a good win to kick start their north Tipperary under-14A hurling championship campaign. Against a good Borrisokane side the lads showed great focus from the start to finish and ran out winners on a scoreline of Borrisokane 1-7 Nenagh Éire Óg 2-11. The next round match is at home to Toomevara on Wednesday, June 26th at 6.30pm.

Summer Camp: The Éire Óg Summer Camp this year runs from Monday, July 22nd to Friday, July 26th (2-5pm). The cost is €40 per child and a maximum of €70 per family. It is open to boys and girls ages five to fourteen years of age. Non-members welcome. It’s a great week of fun and activity for the kids with some expert coaching on hand.

CAMOGIE

Under-12: Our under-12s head to Tralee next Saturday, June 29th for the Munster finals of the Community Games. We have organised a bus for this event which will meet in the hurling field next Saturday morning 7.15am. There is a small charge of €5 for children and €10 for adults. The first game is fixed for 11am. We would like to wish the team under the guidance of Greg, Philip, Pat and Catriona all the very best of luck.

Under-14: Our under-14s had two more challenge matches over the weekend in their final preparation for the Féile which takes place the weekend of July 5th, 6th and 7th in Killeedy, County limerick. The team are looking forward to the challenge and we would like to wish Noel, Martin, Maeve, Catherine and Mairead with the team all the very best of luck.

Presentation: On Tuesday, June 25th we are having a presentation for both groups, the Community Games and the Féile team, at MacDonagh Park after their training sessions. All are welcome to attend.

Under-16 & Minor: The under-16s and minors are training two evenings a week with the under-16s preparing for a county semi-final with the date to be confirmed. The minors are starting their championship on July 9th in Nenagh against Cashel. Keep up the good work girls.

Junior: our juniors are away this Friday, June 28th to Valley Rovers in Brinny, Cork. We are running a bus for this match meeting in the hurling field at 4.15pm. They are playing Wolf Tones (Clare) the following Wednesday, June 3rd in Nenagh.

Sympathies: we would like to express our deepest sympathy to Tom and Catherine McAuliffe’s family on the loss of Catherine’s mother.

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If you need to contact Éire Óg please do so via our Contact page. You can also keep in touch by accessing our Facebook page or by following @nenagheireog on Twitter. We would also ask you to consider supporting Éire Óg by entering the club lotto and by paying your club membership.

A brilliant week for the Blues – Liam Heffernan’s senior hurlers recorded a stunning win over Thurles Sarsfields while Nenagh Éire Óg were also crowned under-12A county Camogie league champions!

SENIOR

County Senior Hurling Championship: On Sunday evening last in The Ragg our senior hurlers recorded a three-point victory (0-15 to 0-12) over Thurles Sarsfields in the first round. Following Sunday night’s draw the Blues will face Mullinahone in round two on Friday, June 28th.

Junior A Hurling League: Our junior A team take on Borris-Ileigh in this year’s league final. This game is scheduled to take place this weekend. See fixtures for details.

County Board Draw: The second monthly County Board draw for 2013-14 is being hosted by the Nenagh Éire Óg GAA Club and on Friday, June 21st in Andy’s Bar. Club winner from the first draw, Deirdre Lowney, will be presented with her prize of a car /€10,000. Aside from the normal prizes on offer there will be other confined club prizes on the night. All club members are invited to attend and food and entertainment will be provided – a reminder that people can still sign up for the draw by contacting Marion Ryan or any club officer.

GAA Healthy Club Project: The club executive would like to encourage those interested to participate in a simple questionnaire which forms a significant part of the GAA Healthy Club Porject. Should you wish to participate in the club questionnaire please do so by clicking here!

JUVENILE

Cork Trip: Our under-8, under-10 and udner-12 teams are off to Bishopstown in Cork on Saturday, June 22nd to compete in a series of blitzes. Buses will leave the Complex at 8am and boys are to wear full Éire Óg kit.

Under-12: Our group one and four hurlers both recorded wins over Ballina in the latest round of the Go Games in Nenagh last week. It’s a busy week ahead for the boys with the postponed games against Kildangan going ahead (date to be decided) and round six games away to Roscrea on Friday, June 21st for both groups.

Under-14: The under-14 hurling championship kicks off this Wednesday, June 19th away to Borrisokane at 6.45pm and runs for the next five weeks. The boys have been training hard and we wish them the best of luck. Please come out and support the team!

Bag Packing: Thank you to everybody who contributed to the success of the bag packing fundraiser in Dunnes Stores last weekend.

Questionnaire: As part of the GAA Healthy Club Project we are asking club members, supporters and the wider community to fill out a questionnaire in order to help and guide us over the next number of months to ensure that our healthy club project is a success. If you have completed the questionnaire already we thank you, but if not please do so by clicking on the following link!

CAMOGIE

Under-12: Congratulations to our under-12 team who defeated Toomevara last week to claim the under-12A league title. A great achievement girls. Well done.

Under-14: Our under-14’s played three challenge games over the weekend against Silvermines, Kilkishen and the boys under-14 teams in preparation for the up-coming Féile. Thanks to all three teams who played us.

Sympathies: We wish to extend our sympathies to our club secretary Catherine Kennedy on the passing of her mother.

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If you need to contact Éire Óg please do so via our Contact page. You can also keep in touch by accessing our Facebook page or by following @nenagheireog on Twitter. We would also ask you to consider supporting Éire Óg by entering the club lotto and by paying your club membership.

The Nenagh Éire Óg senior hurlers are preparing this week for a county championship clash with champions Thurles Sarsfields at The Ragg on Sunday evening at 7.30pm. All support appreciated!
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Senior: Our senior hurlers play Thurles Sarsfields in the first round of the county championship on Sunday evening next. This game takes place in the Ragg at 7.30pm. The Blues’ clash with Thurles Sarsfields will form the second part of an attractive double header – at 6pm in the Ragg Boherlahan-Dualla take on Templederry Kenyons in the county senior hurling championship.

We appeal to everyone associated with the club to come out on Sunday evening and support the lads in what is sure to be a wonderful occasion. How Éire Óg progress in the county series will have implications for 2014 so it is vitally important that the efforts of the lads are supported.

The eight losers of this first round in the county championship will enter the Ó Riain Cup (which has relegation attached) while the eight winners from round one of the county championship play-off with the eight losing divisional semi-finalists. Critically, the winners of this round will be guaranteed a place in the top-tier of the 2014 county senior hurling championship. Those eight winners will join the eight divisional finalists to make up the top-sixteen in 2014.

Junior A: On Saturday last our junior A hurlers qualified for the league final courtesy of a four-point win over Burgess. Final score: 1-19 to 1-15. We now play Borris-Ileigh in the league final.

JUVENILE

Under-12: The teams in groups one and four both recorded wins against the Silvermines in the latest round of the under-12 hurling Go Games league. The next round of matches is against Kildangan in Nenagh on Friday, June 14th. Best of luck to both teams!

Bag Packing: Our annual bag packing fundraiser is on this Saturday, June 15th in Dunnes Stores. Help is needed and parents will be asked during the week to please give an hour of their time. Thanks to Dunnes Stores for all their assistance

Trip to Cork: A reminder to all parents of under-8s/10s & 12s that the trip to Bishopstown in Cork is on Saturday, June 22nd. It will be a series of well-organised fun blitzes and the boys are to wear full Éire Óg kit including their new training tops. The permission slips should be returned to trainers immediately. More details will be sent home with the boys during the week.

Date for the diary: The Juvenile Summer Camp is on July 22nd to July 26th this year. Always a very popular camp it is open to boys and girls with non-members welcome.

Congratulations: Well done to Barry Coffey who scored a great goal in the Tipperary colours on Sunday in the Primary Game at the Gaelic Grounds.
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Under-12: The girls have a blitz in Toomevara on June 21st.

Primary Games: Well done to both Rachel O’Connor and Barry Coffey who featured for Tipperary in the Primary Games at half-time during the Munster senior hurling semi-final between Tipperary and Limerick.

Community Games: Well done to the girls who beat Cashel in the county final of the Community Games last week. This is a fantastic achievement and they advance to play in the Munster finals in Tralee on June 29th. These girls will have a busy schedule as they play in the Féile na nGael on the following weekend of July 6th.

Bag packing: We will be bag packing in Dunnes Stores on the weekend of July 12th and 13th. We ask all our under-16s and junior players to please help out over the weekend and give your names to Denise Morris.

Cumann mBunscoil: Well done to St Mary’s who retained their under-13 county title after a great win over Boherlahan in Semple Stadium on Thursday last. Also well done to the under-11 team who finished runners up in their competition. We wish to thank all the teachers and coaches in St Mary’s for so generously volunteering their time to promote Camogie among the girls. St Mary’s plays a vital role in the development of our players and the teachers’ hard work is greatly appreciated by the club.

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If you need to contact Éire Óg please do so via our Contact page. You can also keep in touch by accessing our Facebook page or by following @nenagheireog on Twitter. We would also ask you to consider supporting Éire Óg by entering the club lotto and by paying your club membership.

SENIOR

Senior: Our senior hurlers will play Toomevara in the quarter-finals of the Hibernian Inn North Tipperary senior hurling championship on Sunday evening in Dolla at 6.30pm. All support welcome.

Junior B: On Monday evening our junior B team lost to Newport (1-7 to 0-11) in round four of the league at MacDonagh Park. The lads’ last group game will be against Borrisokane.

County Board Draw: Can all draw promoters return collected monies to Marion Ryan as soon as possible. Again, thanks to all promoters and draw members for your continued support.

CAMOGIE

Under-12: Our under-12s are playing Ballina this Wednesday at 6.15pm in the county semi-finals at The Ragg. Best of luck to all involved.

Under-14: Our under-14s are playing in the county final this Wednesday at 7.15pm at The Ragg against Drom & Inch. Éire Óg won this title for the very first time last year and it would be an amazing achievement to retain the title. We ask all club members and supporters to please make the trip to support the girls and management. This game takes place as a double header with the under-12s.

Civic Reception: There will be a civic reception Friday, May 31st in the Civic Offices on the Limerick Road at 6.30pm. This is to honour all our teams who won competitions last year. All players, members, families, supporters and mentors are invited to attend.

Féile na nGael: On May 31st in the Hibernian Inn the club are hosting a ‘Come Dine With Me’ fundraiser to help secure funds for our Féile na nGael team who have qualified for the All-Ireland finals for the very first time. Celebrity chef for the event is former Munster and Irish rugby player Trevor Hogan. Tickets are priced at €32 for two or €20 for one – tickets are available from any committee member. The team are also seeking sponsorship from businesses and private individuals. If you are interested in supporting the team please contact any committee member.

Fund Raiser: This Saturday, May 25th between 9am and 11.30am in the complex there will be a collection of clean unwanted clothes, bed linen, towels, curtains, shoes, bags, belts and soft toys. These items will be either reused or recycled. Mobile phones and books are also accepted. This will be used as a fund raising opportunity for the under-14 Féile team. For further information please contact Catherine Kennedy (086 199 6643) or Maria Sheedy (087 225 8426) if you can’t make it on the day or require further information.

JUVENILE

Parish League: The finals of the under-12 parish league were played in MacDonagh Park on Monday last. Once again the league was an excellent success with Sarsfields overcoming Red Rovers in the A final and Éire Óg getting the better of St Mary’s in the plate final. After the games Michael & Seán Geaney presented the cups to the Sarsfields joint-captains, Criona Cantwell & Conor Malone, and the Éire Óg joint-captains, Siobhan Collins & Eoghan Tinkler. Many thanks to the Geaney family who donated both cups in memory of their late father, Michael.

Under-6 & Under-8: Under-6 & under-8 training continues on Wednesdays at 5.15pm and Saturdays at 10am. New members always welcome.

Under-10 & Community Games: Congratulations to our Community Games team who are now through to a North/Mid final following their victory over a gallant Kilruane MacDonagh’s team last Friday. It was another fine team performance from these talented young hurlers who will now face the winners of Roscrea v Dúrlas Óg/Thurles Gaels.

Under-12: The first round of the under-12 hurling league is scheduled for Friday, June 7th. Full attendance is expected at training with challenge matches planned for this Wednesday and Saturday.

Under-14 Football: Our under-14 footballers progressed to the North final following a 2-2 to 1-4 victory over Kilruane. It was a hard-earned victory with the score level at half-time (1-2 each). Tenacious defending by the Nenagh backs such as Seán McTiernan and Fiachra Starr and the hard work of forwards Scott O’Brien and Daniel O’Donovan laid the foundation for victory. Nenagh will play Borrisokane in the final which is fixed for 7.30pm on Monday, May 27th in Kilcolman.

Under-14 Hurling: The championship starts on June 12th against Borrisokane in Borrisokane.

Best Wishes: Best wishes to Conor Bonnar, Jake Morris, Mark O’Farrell, Peter Folan and the North Tipperary under-14 team in the Peadar Cummins Tournament which is fixed for Saturday, May 25th in Borrisoleigh.

Under-16: Preparations are now under way for the under-16 hurling championship. Full attendance is required for all training sessions.

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If you need to contact Éire Óg please do so via our Contact page. You can also keep in touch by accessing our Facebook page or by following @nenagheireog on Twitter. We would also ask you to consider supporting Éire Óg by entering the club lotto and by paying your club membership.

All the senior, juvenile and Camogie news from in and around MacDonagh Park, Nenagh this week. C’mon the Blues!

SENIOR

Senior: Our senior hurlers remain unbeaten following a draw against Portroe on Sunday afternoon last in Dolla. The final score was Éire Óg 1-10 Portroe 0-13. In the quarter-finals Éire Óg have been drawn against Toomevara – that game has been provisionally fixed for Sunday, May 26th at 6.30pm in Dolla. Meanwhile Templederry Kenyons will take on Kildangan, Silvermines will face Portroe and Roscrea will clash with Borris-Ileigh in the last eight.

Junior B: The junior B team resume their league campaign next Monday evening (May 20th) when the lads face Newport in a must-win game at MacDonagh Park, Nenagh (7.30pm).

Tipp Draw: The first draw for the 2013-14 season will take place on May 17th. The club would like to thank all promoters and members for their continued support and would encourage promoters to try and add new members if possible. The Tipp draw is one of the main sources of revenue for the club each year and the club is very grateful to everyone who contributes in any way.

JUVENILE

Under-10 & Community Games: The Community Games team had a good win away to JK Bracken’s in Templemore on Wednesday last with every boy playing his part in a very enjoyable match. It was their first outing in the competition for these young players and the win puts them through to the North semi-final against Kilruane on Friday, May 17th – venue to be confirmed.

Under-12: Hard luck to the group four footballers who were narrowly defeated by Inane Rovers in a thrilling North final last Monday. The lads kept going to the very end and were unfortunately denied by the goal post on a number of occasions. Team: Conor Malone (captain), Jason Teefy, Dylan Murphy, Cameron Spillane, Jamie Cottrell, Josh Keller, Adam Ryan, Paul White Ryan, Conor White, Dylan Noonan-Kelly and Cian Galvin. The group one footballers were also unlucky to lose out to Borrisokane in the group one semi-finals. Best wishes to Ben West who suffered a shoulder injury in the game. Attention now turns to the hurling with group games due to commence in the next couple of weeks. Full attendance expected at training.

Under-14: Our under-14 footballers play Kilruane MacDonagh’s in a North semi-final on Wednesday, May 15th at 7pm in Cloughjordan. The boys have been working hard under the management team of David Minogue, Donie O’Brien and Mike Hallinan. We wish them all the very best of luck on Wednesday.

CAMOGIE

Under-14: Our under-14 team qualified for the county A final for the second year running after a great 3-8 to 1-1 victory over Newport-Ballinahinch. The girls will be working hard over the next few weeks under the expert guidance of Noel Coffey, Maeve Maloney and Martin Ryan in a bid to retain the title the Blues won for the very first time last year.

Junior B: Our Junior B team created their own piece of history on Sunday last winning the league title in emphatic fashion against near neighbours and great rivals Portroe. This is the very first time in our history that we have won an adult league decider and great credit must good to the players themselves and their diligent and hard-working management team of Paul Henry, Shane Connelly and Denise ‘Red Wellies’ Morris. Goals came from Danielle Harrington (3), Louise Hickey, Holly O’Brien (2), Aileen Duggan and Michelle Collins while at the other end captain fantastic Alice Darcy held the full-back line together ably assisted by Mary Dillon, Rachel Maher and Zoey Gratton. Rookie goalkeeper Cliona Curran had an outstanding game between the sticks. Ciara McGrath led by example at midfield assisted by Alanna Morris. We look forward with confidence to the Munster league which will be starting in early June.

Bereavement: We wish to extend our sympathies to the family and friends of Ms Maura Plouffe who passed away last week. Maura was an extremely talented Camogie player in her youth and played for the old Nenagh Camogie Club as well as representing both Tipperary and Dublin at senior championship level.

Féile na nGael: On May 31st in the Hibernian Inn the club are hosting a ‘Come Dine With Me’ fundraiser to help secure funds for our Féile na nGael team who have qualified for the All-Ireland finals for the very first time. Celebrity chef for the event is former Munster and Irish rugby player Trevor Hogan and tickets are priced at €32 for two or €20 for one – tickets are available from any committee member. The team are also seeking sponsorship from businesses and private individuals. If you are interested in supporting the team please contact any committee member.
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If you need to contact Éire Óg please do so via our Contact page. You can also keep in touch by accessing our Facebook page or by following @nenagheireog on Twitter. We would also ask you to consider supporting Éire Óg by entering the club lotto and by paying your club membership.

SENIOR

Senior: Our final group game will take place on Sunday afternoon in Dolla at 2.30pm with Portroe providing the opposition. A win or draw in this encounter will see Éire Óg seeded as group winners for the quarter-final draw. Portroe are also guaranteed a spot in the quarter-finals while the winner of the Kildangan v Kilruane clash on Sunday will also progress.

Junior A: On Thursday evening last our junior A hurlers suffered their first defeat of the league following a five-point loss to Knockshegowna in Ballingarry (0-19 to 3-15). The next league game will be against Roscrea in Roscrea. Fixture details to be confirmed.

Junior B: Our junior B hurlers were defeated in round three of the league by Silvermines in Dolla on Friday evening last (1-7 to 0-13). The final two group games are against Newport and Borrisokane. Wins in these games are essential to reach the knock-out stages of the league. The junior Bs next league game has been provisionally fixed for Sunday, May 19th (6.30pm) against Newport at MacDonagh Park, Nenagh.

Condolences: The club was saddened by the recent passing of Jack White. We express our condolences to his family & friends.

County Board Draw: The 2013-14 Tipperary GAA Clubs Draw was officially launched last week and at this stage all our current members should have received their receipts for the 2012-13 draw in the post. Members who did not receive one should contact our club coordinator Marian Ryan. The draw is an essential source of funds for our club and without it much of the games and other development work that goes on in the club would not be possible. We ask all our loyal supporters to remain in the draw if possible and would encourage new members to join. Prizes include cars, holidays and several cash prizes every month – all for €100 per year or €10 per month.

JUVENILE

Parish League: After the third series of games on Monday last Red Rovers and Sarsfields have qualified for the A final with St Mary’s and Éire Óg set to contest the B final. The Sarsfields versus St Mary’s game was a great contest with Sarsfields coming out on top (6-7 to 4-6). Seán Phelan and Conor Hennessy had a great duel with Josh Keller doing some great scoring. There were great displays from Gavin Dooley, Cameron Spillane, Aisling Moran, Lily O’Brien, Cian Griffin, Megan, Sine and Katie Morris. Red Rovers overcame an under-strength Éire Óg with good displays from Cian O’Farrell, Liam Heffernan, Sarah Hallinan and Abbie Sheedy and for the losers Brendan Long, Jamie Cottrell and Lucy Spain were outstanding. Players will be informed via text regarding the finals – date is not yet confirmed.

Under-10 & Community Games: Nenagh open their Community Games challenge away to JK Bracken’s in Templemore on Wednesday, May 8th. The boys have trained hard and we wish them the best of luck.

Under-12: Hard luck to the group one footballers who lost out to Borrisokane in the north semi-final last Tuesday. Well done to the boys on a great league run. The team and management send best wishes for a speedy recovery to Ben West who was injured in the match. The group four footballers enjoyed a comprehensive 5-7 to 1-1 away to Toome on the same evening. They now face Inane Rovers in the north final on Monday, May 5th at 4.30pm

Under-14: The under-14 football team continued their unbeaten run in the league against Inane Rovers in Roscrea on Wednesday evening last. Nenagh finished the first half five points down (0-9 to 1-2) with the goal coming from Cian O’Brien. A huge team effort in the second half though saw Nenagh hold Inane scoreless and run out winners on a 2-6 to 0-9 scoreline. The lads are now through to the north semi-final with a provisional date of Wednesday, May 8th.

Under-16: The under-16 team and management hit the road to Kilkenny last weekend for the National League final while also taking in a challenge match against Holycross-Ballycahill on the way. Thanks to Holycross-Ballycahill for being such gracious hosts.

CAMOGIE

Under-10: Our under-10S played three games in a blitz at The Ragg last Saturday. It was a great day out. Thanks to Pat Sheridan for all his help with this.

Under-14: Our under-14s are playing in A championship semi-final this Friday against Newport in The Ragg at 7pm. We won this for the very first time last year and the girls are anxious to retain their hard-won title. We ask all supporters to please come along and support the girls.

Under-16: Our under-16s have won all their group games to date and qualified for the knock-out stage of the championship. These games won’t be played until after the Junior Certificate.

Junior B: Our junior team have qualified for our first-ever junior league final following a comprehensive victory over Kilruane MacDonagh’s in Cloughjordan on Monday last. It was a great all-round team performance with every player leaving everything on the field. We are playing Portroe this weekend in the final and we ask all supporters to come along and cheer the girls on in their quest secure league honours.

Féile na nGael: On May 31st in The Hibernian Inn the club are hosting a ‘Come Dine With Me’ fundraiser to help secure funds for our Féile na nGael team who have qualified for the All-Ireland finals for the very first time. We have secured a celebrity chef for the event and tickets are priced at €30 for two or €20 for one and are available from any committee member. The team are also seeking sponsorship from businesses and private individuals. If you are interested in supporting the team please contact any committee member.

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If you need to contact Éire Óg please do so via our Contact page. You can also keep in touch by accessing our Facebook page or by following @nenagheireog on Twitter. We would also ask you to consider supporting Éire Óg by entering the club lotto and by paying your club membership.

The combined Éire Óg senior, juvenile & Camogie weekly club notes.

Senior hurling: on Sunday afternoon last in Dolla our senior hurlers kept their unbeaten start to the championship intact following a six-point win over Kilruane. The final score was 0-21 to 0-16. We now have a bye in round four while our final group game will be against Portroe.

Junior A hurling league: our Junior A team continue their league campaign against Knockshegowna this Thursday at 7.30pm in Ballingarry.

Junior B hurling league: round three of the junior B league takes place this Friday against Silvermines. This game takes place at 7pm in Dolla.

Inter-county: best wishes to Michael Heffernan and the Tipperary team this Sunday in the Allianz National League final at Nowlan Park, Kilkenny.

Condolences: the club was saddened by the recent passing of Jack White. We express our condolences to his family & friends.
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Parish League: The Éire Óg Parish League continued last Monday with another excellent turnout of players and families in attendance. There was a second win for Red Rovers over St Mary’s (8-2 to 6-3) in an exciting game. Ben West, Dylan Murphy and Maeve Hassett were among the best displays for the winners with Jason Teefy, Cameron Spillane and Cian Griffin shining out for St Mary’s. In the second game Sarsfields had their first win by defeating Éire Óg (4-1 to 1-4). Mark Ryan, Lucy Spain, Megan Morris and Josh Keller had good displays. Red Rovers look good for the A final with four points and now play Éire Óg who are looking for their first win. The winner of Sarsfields and St Mary’s will make it to the A final, both have two points. Round three is on Monday, May 29th with players scheduled to meet at 6pm and all support is welcome.

Under-8: our under-8 team had their first match of the season away to the Silvermines on Thursday evening last. For some of our new players it was their first ever match. A great time was had by all. Our thanks go to the Silvermines.

Under-10 & Community Games: the Community games team had a challenge match against Borris-Ileigh last Thursday following on from Sunday’s game against Carrig-Riverstown. The boys are training hard and playing well. Keep up the good attendance lads.

Under-12: groups one and four are through to the semi-final stages of the under-12 football league. Both teams have unbeaten runs thus far. We wish them the best of luck in the semis.

Under-14: the fourth and final round of the under-14 football league will take place on Wednesday, May 1st. Nenagh, who have three wins out of three, are away to a strong Inane Rovers team.

Under-16: our under-16 team lost out in their final football league match to Inane Rovers on Monday evening last. Nenagh contested well and can take a lot of positives from the game, but a strong finish from the opposition ended the lads’ league challenge for this year.

Dates for the diary: the juvenile summer camp will be held from July 22nd-26th this year. It’s always a very successful and enjoyable camp for girls and boys. We hope to see you there.

Congratulations: we offer our congratulations to the Éire Óg players who featured strongly in last week’s Fitzgerald Cup final and in the recent Garda Cup.

In the Fitzgerald Cup final (Tipperary under-17A colleges hurling) Nenagh CBS beat Our Lady’s Templemore 4-15 to 0-7 at Dolla. Nenagh CBS led 1-5 to 0-6 at the break.

Nenagh CBS: Paul Carroll (Burgess), Gavin O’Connor (Nenagh Éire Óg), Mark Grace (Toomevara), Conor Ryan (Nenagh Éire Óg), Eamonn Corcoran (Silvermines), Andrew Coffey (Nenagh Éire Óg, 0-1, 0-1 free), Stephen Ryan (Silvermines), Philip Hickey (Nenagh Éire Óg, 0-1), Adam Cody (Burgess, 0-1), Cormac Keating (Portroe, 0-1), Darragh Peters (Kilruane MacDonagh’s, 1-5, 1-0 penalty), Aodhán Geaney (Nenagh Éire Óg), Andrew Dunne (Burgess, 3-2), Shane Hennessy (Nenagh Éire Óg, 0-2), Michael Brislane (Toomevara, 0-1). Subs: Keith Nealon (Burgess) for Shane Hennessy, John Kennedy (Templederry Kenyons, 0-1) for Michael Brislane, Conor Gill (Burgess) for Cormac Keating, James Quigley (Kildangan) for Adam Cody.

Meanwhile Shane Hennessy captained North Tipperary to a third successive Garda Cup (under-16 inter-divisional hurling) title. North Tipperary beat South Tipperary in the final at Templetuohy. In their semi-final North Tipperary beat West Tipperary 3-15 to 0-8. North Tipperary won the final 0-16 to 0-6. The North Tipperary team are managed by Ken Dunne, Len Gaynor and John Sheedy and will travel to Killeagh (Cork) on May 4th for the group stages of the Munster inter-divisional under-16 championships. North Tipperary will be chasing an historic three Munster titles in-a-row, a feat no division has ever achieved.

North Tipperary: Paul Carroll (Burgess), Cormac Keating (Portroe), Eoin Stapleton (Borris-Ileigh), Gavin O’Connor (Nenagh Éire Óg), Craig McGrath (Borrisokane), Darragh Peters (Kilruane MacDonagh’s, 0-1), Michael Brislane (Toomevara, 0-2 ‘65s), James Cleary (Kilruane MacDonagh’s, 0-1), Michael Gohery (Borrisokane, 0-1), Gary Ryan (Borrisokane, 0-2), Shane Hennessy (Nenagh Éire Óg, captain, 0-2), Conor Gill (Burgess, 0-1), Jack Delaney (Toomevara, 0-3, 0-2 frees), Darragh Carey (Templederry, 0-3), Daniel Carew (Newport).

Well done to all the Éire Óg players involved in both competitions!
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Under-12: our under-12s played the fourth round of the championship in Nenagh last Tuesday against Newport winning on a scoreline of 1-5 to 1-1. Next up are our neighbours Burgess when we face them on Tuesday in Kilcolman. The semi-finals of this competition are due to take place on May 5th-6th.

Under-14: our under-14s have qualified for the All-Ireland Féile na nGael finals next July in Limerick. This is a fantastic achievement as they are the first Camogie team from the town to reach this stage of the competition. We have established a sub-committee charged with the task of raising vital funds to help meet the costs of this venture. If you would like to contribute, as a business or private donation, please contact Noel Coffey or any member of the committee.

Under-16: our under-16s played Kilruane MacDonagh’s in the third round of the championship in Nenagh where they held on for a four-point win. The girls have now completed a hat-trick of victories. As the junior certificate exams loom these girls won’t feature again until the end of June.

Junior B: our junior B team are due to face Kilruane MacDonagh’s on Bank Holiday Monday in the league semi-final. This is only the second time in our history that we have reached this stage of the competition with Silvermines providing the opposition in 2011. Unfortunately, despite a great effort that day, we just fell short at the line. This time however we aim to go at least one step further and make the final. Details of the fixture will be posted on our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/nenagheireog) and on the main club website, www.nenagheireog.com.

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If you need to contact Éire Óg please do so via our Contact page. You can also keep in touch by accessing our Facebook page or by following @nenagheireog on Twitter. We would also ask you to consider supporting Éire Óg by entering the club lotto and by paying your club membership.

Senior, juvenile, handball and Camogie notes combined.

SENIOR

Senior hurling championship: on Sunday afternoon next our senior hurlers return to championship action when they take on Kilruane MacDonagh’s in the third group game. This game takes place in Dolla at 1.30pm.

Junior A hurling league: on Saturday evening last our junior A team made it two wins from two with an eight-point win over Kildangan. The final score was 2-18 to 2-10.

Congratulations: congratulations to Paul O’Leary who was a member of the Tipperary minor football panel which beat Clare in a Munster quarter-final at Ennis on Saturday afternoon. Meanwhile on Sunday Michael Heffernan scored a goal in Tipperary’s comprehensive victory over Dublin in the National Hurling League semi-final at Semple Stadium.

JUVENILE

Under-6 & under-8: training for the under-6 and under-8s continues on Wednesdays at 5.15pm and on Saturdays at 10am.

Under-10 & Community Games: training is in full swing now and with challenge matches planned full attendance is required.

Under-12: the under-12 group one footballers recorded a three-point win over Borrisokane on Friday last. In a high scoring encounter goalkeeper Conor Malone made a string of fine saves while there were also strong performances from Gavin Dooley, Brendan Long and Liam Heffernan. Our group one and four teams are away to Kildangan next Friday, April 26th.

Under-14: in terrible conditions Nenagh played their third round football league match at home to Kildangan on Wednesday evening last. Against the gale in the first half Nenagh regrouped after early Kildangan pressure to lead 3-5 to 1-3 at half-time. Aided by the wind in the second half Nenagh wasted no time putting some distance between the teams with three early second half goals. Éire Óg ran out convincing winners on a final scoreline of 9-12 to 1-3. A special mention must go to Evan Murphy for his strong defensive performance and to youngest player Barry Coffey for some great goals. Nenagh receive a bye in the next round.

Under-16: our round four football match last week against Kilruane was cancelled.

Garda Cup: well done to North Tipperary under-16s who won the Garda Cup in Templetouhy on Saturday last defeating West Tipperary in their semi-final and South Tipperary in the final. Éire Óg was represented on the North Tipperary team by Gavin O’Connor and Shane Hennessy who also captained the team. North Tipperary now go forward to compete in the Munster championship, a title which the division won last year. Incidentally previous Éire Óg men who captained successful North Tipperary teams in the Garda cup were: Fergal Hynes (1989), Darragh Quinn (1993), Mark Flannery (2006), Tommy Heffernan (2008) and Killian Gleeson (2011).

Parish League: The first round of the Parish League took place on Monday, April 18th with a very good turnout of players. The Geaney family donated two cups in honour of their late father, Michael Geaney senior. These cups will be played for in the A and B finals in a few weeks’ time. The results of the first games were: St Mary’s 3-5 Éire Óg 3-4, Red Rovers 2-8 Sarsfields 2-4. Among the younger players there were great displays from Dermot McTiernan, Maeve Hassett, Ben West, Katie Morris, Adam Ryan, Laura White, Jamie Cottrell, Dylan Noonan-Kelly and Cian Galvin. A special mention must also go to Sean Phelan who scored points from two sideline cuts. The league continues on Mondays – the players are scheduled to meet at 6pm.

HANDBALL

Congratulations to Sinéad Maher who was the only Tipperary representative on the Munster team which won the inter-provincial handball title recently in Cavan. Sinéad won her two games in the competition. Well done also to Katie Morris, Eoin Meagher, Sinéad Meagher and Eimear Meagher who all played very well in the national juvenile championships at the weekend.

CAMOGIE

The junior B team received a walkover from Fethard in the league and as such have finished the group stage unbeaten. Éire Óg are now through to the semi-finals which are scheduled to take place in The Ragg on May 5th.

The under-14s enjoyed a great win over Toomevara on Tuesday last (4-4 to 2-0) in the championship.

The under-12s beat Drom & Inch on Saturday. Well done girls and keep up the great work.

The under-14 face Newport on Tuesday while the under-16s are playing Newport on Thursday in MacDonagh Park, Nenagh. Best wishes ladies.

The under-16s defeated Kilruane MacDonagh’s in the championship (5-7 to 0-2) on Wednesday last with Julie Moylan going on a scoring spree bagging a personal total of 4-1. Team: Sarah Quigley, Cara Mulqueen, Rachel Maher, Anna Dillon, Rachel Spillane, Hazel McAuliffe, Maeve Coffey, Michelle Collins (0-1), Elaine Slattery, Hazel Coffey, Aishling O’Brien (0-1), Alicia Hallinan, Grace O’Brien (1-2), Sarah O’Connor (0-2), Julie Moylan (4-1), Mairéad Sheridan, Lisa Darcy, Clodagh Ryan, Saoirse Griffen.

Hard luck to Aileen Duggan, Alanna Morris and the Tipperary under-18s who were defeated in the All-Ireland semi-final by Cork on Saturday last.

The under-14 team have qualified for the All-Ireland Féile na nGael finals to be played next July in Limerick. This is the first time a Camogie team from the town has qualified for this competition. Unfortunately this comes with a huge price and the club will be seeking sponsorship for this event. All donations from private individuals and businesses will be gratefully accepted and we will be establishing a sub-committee shortly to organise fund raising. If you wish to donate please contact any member of the committee.
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If you need to contact Éire Óg please do so via our Contact page. You can also keep in touch by accessing our Facebook page or by following @nenagheireog on Twitter. We would also ask you to consider supporting Éire Óg by entering the club lotto and by paying your club membership.