With both of our senior teams in action this weekend and the staring role played by Callan Scully with the Tipperary minor footballers there is plenty to read in this weeks combined adult, juvenile, camogie and handball club notes.
Holly O’ Brien on her way to winning a penalty in her first game in two years
Adult Notes
Senior
Our senior hurlers played their opening match in the Tipperary Water county senior hurling championship today in Dolla and recorded an impressive nineteen points win on a scoreline of Nenagh Éire Óg 2-24 Roscrea 0-11. Nenagh’s first goal came courtesy of a James Mackey shot following great work from Pearse Morris and Paddy Murphy while Morris again, set up the second goal when he found Tommy Heffernan who finished after his initial shot was cleared off the line. Our next senior match takes place on Saturday evening, April 21st, in Newport when Ballina are the opposition in the first round of the North Tipperary senior hurling championship. Throw-in time is 18:30.
Pre-match huddle
Minor
Our minor hurlers opened their championship campaign on Thursday last in Cloughjordan and they were unfortunately beaten by Toomevara 1-21 to 0-16. The lads next championship match wont take place until July when the Leaving and Junior Certificate exams are completed. This year the minors are managed by Paul Lillis, Ger Tucker, Phil Hennessey, Shane Connolly and Adam Grattan.
The minor panel for 2018 is: Brendan Long, Cian O’ Farrell, Cian Powell, Conor Hennessey, Conor Malone, Conor Robinson, Conor Sullivan, Conor White, Daniel Molamphy, Darragh Tinkler, Dylan Armstrong, Fiachra Starr, Gavin Dooley, Jamie Cottrell, Jamie Kennedy, Josh Keller, Liam Heffernan, Mark Carey, Mark Ryan, Paul McLoughlin, Paul Ryan, Rory O’ Donovan, Scott O’ Brien, Sean Phelan, Sean Shanahan, Seth Shayanewako, Shaun Fogarty and Stevie Hallinan.
Tipperary
Callan makes a dramatic save in the 27th minute
We send our commiserations to Callan Scully and the Tipperary minor footballers who were beaten 0-4 to 1-15 by Kerry in the opening round of the Munster championship on Wednesday evening last. Despite the result Callan gave a superb performance in goals where he pulled off two amazing first-half saves to keep the Premier in the game. His overall performance was beyond his years as he confidently organised his six backs and delivered pin-point kick outs throughout the game. See the Twitter link below to watch the second of his first-half blocks.
Tipperary now face Limerick this Wednesday at 18:30 in the Gaelic Grounds and we send Callan and the team our best wishes.
Juvenile
Action from the under-12 football game against Ballina
Under 6:
Under 8:
Under 10:
Under 12:
Under 14:
Under 16:
Action from the under-12 football match against Ballina
Handball
Sinéad Meagher
We send our commiserations to Sinéad Meagher who was beaten by Caitríona Mullane (Clare) in a tie-breaker in the 19 & under Irish Nationals in Kingscourt over the weekend. Sinéad played a fantastic match and once again has represented Nenagh Handball Club with pride and distinction.
Camogie
Ella Carey advances on goal during today’s game against Silvermines
Registration
Registration is now overdue and any player not registered will not be allowed to line out for the club due to insurance issues
Club fundraiser
The club are running their social night on May 11th in the Hibernian Inn Nenagh. We will be holding our Come Dine With Me event with a special guest chef on the night. We will also be presenting awards for our players who were on the successful junior-B, junior-A and intermediate county winning teams. We will also be giving a special merit award to one of the pioneers of the club. Tickets for the event are great value with one ticket at 20 euros and three tickets for 50 euros. This gets you a two course meal, a glass of wine and entertainment provided by the wonderful Dufrane band from Kiladangan . It has proven to be a very popular night out in the past so tickets will sell out fast. Please contact any of the committee members for tickets .
Under-6 and Under-8
Training is moving outdoors to Thursday evenings from 6pm to 7pm at MacDonagh Park. We would like to thank St Mary’s School for the use of their wonderful facilities during the prolonged winter.
Community Games
Our community games team travelled to Roscrea on Friday evening to take on St Cronin’s and came away losing against a very strong side but with some great displays of skill.
Senior
Our senior team set the trend on Sunday in Dolla when they led the way for the senior boys with a great win against newly promoted Silvermines in the county league . The Nenagh team showed great determination and fitness levels to overtake the ‘Mines team who had led for most of the game in the final quarter. The management team of Conor Ryan, Daryl Tucker, Liz Duggan and Michael McNamara can be happy that their charges fought to the end of a thrilling encounter. In fact the whole panel had a say on the outcome with the substitutes having a big say in the result. Result Silvermines 2-7 Nenagh Éire Óg 3-6
Team: S Quigley M Hassett R Maher R Hassett (0-1) A O Brien H McAuliffe Z Gratton R O Connor M Collins E Ryan M Coffey C Browne L Spain (1-1) H O Brien G O Brien (1-3) M Grace (1-1) E Carey M Sheridan K Morris J McDonnell S Collins N Sheridan
Fixtures
Under-14 A Peil Round 2
Nenagh Éire Óg V Toomevara
Thursday, April 19th @ 6.30pm
Venue: Nenagh
Under-12 D Peil Quarter-Final
Nenagh Éire Óg V Newport
Friday, April 20th @ 6.45pm
Venue: Nenagh
Under-16 A Peil Round 2 Re-Fixture
Nenagh Éire Óg V Kilruane MacDonaghs
Friday, April 20th @ 7.15pm
Venue: Nenagh
North Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship
Nenagh Éire Óg V Ballina
Saturday, April 21st @ 6.30pm
Venue: Newport
Please check club social media pages for up to date changes to fixtures.
Our senior camogie side prior to today’s game in Dolla
Nenagh Éire Óg Club Notes Monday 9th April, 2018
Barry Heffernan
Senior Club Notes
Tipperary: Hard luck to Barry Heffernan and the Tipperary senior hurling team who were defeated by Kilkenny in the Allianz National Hurling League Final yesterday in Nowlan Park. Wearing the number five jersey, Barry had a fine game at wing-back and represented the club with pride and passion.
We extend our congratulations to Callan Scully who has been named in the Tipperary minor football panel by manager Matt O’ Doherty for 2018. This is a fantastic achievement and we wish Callan and his team mates the very best of luck on Wednesday evening when they welcome Kerry to Semple Stadium for the opening round of the Munster minor football championship.
Callan Scully
Senior Hurling: For the first time since last year’s North Tipperary senior hurling final our senior hurlers make a welcome return to championship action this Sunday when they face Roscrea in Dolla in the county championship at 3:30p.m. The lads have been working extremely hard under the management of John Fitzgerald, John Phelan, Paul Ryan, Brian McDonnell and Darragh Droog and deserve your support.
Junior Hurling: Well done to our Junior A hurlers who won their second match of the 2018 North Tipperary Junior A hurling league with a deserved eight-point win over Knockshegowna in Ballingarry on Saturday evening. Played in miserable conditions the team followed up their great win over Kilruane MacDonaghs with another fine performance. The team was as follows: Dáire Gleeson, Connie O’ Reilly, Brian Tuite, Alex Jones, Conor Bonar, Brian Maxwell, Mark Flannery, Niall McKeogh, Christopher Ryan, John Cahalan, Killian Malone, Darragh Walsh, Craig Hilmi, Niall Madden, Adam Healy. Substitutions: David Cleary, Peter Folan, Thomas O’ Brien, Michael Collins. This year the Junior A team are managed by Liam Heffernan, Derek Lillis, Cian Tucker, John O’ Donoghue and Billy Flannery.
Minor: Our minor hurlers play Toomevara on Thursday evening in Cloughjordan at 6:30p.m in the first round of the North Championship and hopefully a good crowd from the club will come out to support these talented young hurlers.
Sympathies: All at the club extend our sympathies to the Nevin family on the passing of Martin.
First Responders: Recently the Nenagh Éire Óg GAA club organised and ran a “First Responders” defibrillator training course, in conjunction with the Irish Red Cross, in MacDonagh Park. The club congratulates all of those who successfully completed the course especially Bartley Ryan who arranged this vital training and the Irish Red Cross for all their time and efforts.
Names from left to right: Jim Kennedy, Bartley Ryan, Enda Costello (Club Chairman), Angela Spain (Irish Red Cross), Mary Jo O’ Reilly, Catherine Kennedy, Noreen Kelly Ryan, Liam Quinn, Phil Henessey, Pat Dunne (Irish Red Cross), Deirdre Ryan (Irish Red Cross), Roisin Griffin (Irish Red Cross ), Caroline Prout (Irish Red Cross), Jim Nagle, Shane Connolly and Kevin Tucker.
Handball: We had a fantastic turnout of juveniles on Saturday for a marathon day of handball. A big well done to all the players, especially our younger members. Thanks to parents, brothers and sisters for great support for our end of year tournament and especially to Eamonn, Willie and Brian for organising and refereeing.
Congratulations to Sinéad Meagher (Nenagh Handball) and Róisín Cahill (Lahorna Handball) representing Tipperary who won the Ladies Junior Doubles All-Ireland last weekend beating Kilkenny opposition. All of us are very proud of you.
Camogie: Our under-12 girls made their Croke Park debut at the weekend playing in a fun blitz on the fabled surface. Thanks to all who organised the event and to the girls themselves who were a credit to the club.
Under-6 & under-8: Training continues in St Mary’s sports hall every Monday night from 6pm to 7pm . Weather permitting we will be moving outdoors soon . Helmets can be purchased at training weekly.
Under-12: The under-12 panel have started the year in flying fashion beating Newport and Kildangan in their first two league games. They traveled to Croke Park on Sunday for the Camán to Croker and represented their club and county extremely well winning their two games and behaving impeccably. As always they were togged out immaculately thanks to all their parents. Well done to all the parents that traveled and thank you to the management for the time and effort that they are putting into preparing and looking after this group. Take a bow James, Breda, Noel and Rose . Thanks also to Maria (Bridget) Sheedy our chairperson who stood in for Bridget Delaney while she sunned herself in South Africa.
Under-14: We were due to play St. Cronan’s Roscrea away last week in the Community Games but it was called off due to a bereavement in Roscrea.
Under-16: The under-16 team made it two wins out of two defeating Burgess in Kilcoleman with the score line 2-3 to 1-1. Well done to both teams for playing in such terrible weather conditions that saw two ducks entering the fray at one stage.
Seniors: The seniors were due to play Eire Og Anacarthy at the weekend but it was called off due to the weather.
Fixtures:
Under-12 D Football
Borris-Ileigh V Nenagh Éire Óg
Monday, April 9th @6.45pm
Venue: Borrisoleigh
Under-12 A Football
Borris-Ileigh V Nenagh Éire Óg
Monday, April 9th @7.30pm
Venue: Borrisoleigh
Under-14 A Football
Ballinahinch/Templederry V Nenagh Éire Óg
Wednesday, April 11th. 6.30pm
Venue: Templederry
Minor A Hurling Championship
Nenagh Éire Óg V Toomevara
Thursday 12th April
18:30
Cloughjordan
Under-16A Football Round 2
Nenagh Éire Óg V Kilruane MacDonagh’s
Tuesday, April 17th @6.30pm
Venue: Nenagh
North Tipperary Junior A Hurling League
Knockshegowna 0-6 Nenagh Éire Óg 0-14
Well done to our Junior A hurlers who won their second match of the 2018 North Tipperary Junior A hurling league with a deserved eight-point win over Knockshegowna in Ballingarry this evening. Played in miserable conditions the team followed up their great win over Kilruane MacDonaghs with another fine performance.
The team was as follows: Dáire Gleeson, Connie O’ Reilly, Brian Tuite, Alex Jones, Conor Bonar, Brian Maxwell, Mark Flannery, Niall McKeogh, Christopher Ryan, John Cahalan, Killian Malone, Darragh Walsh, Craig Hilmi, Niall Madden, Adam Healy. Substitutions: David Cleary, Peter Folan, Thomas O’ Brien, Michael Collins.
This year the Junior A team are managed by Liam Heffernan, Derek Lillis, Cian Tucker, John O’ Donoghue and Billy Flannery.
Barry Heffernan has been selected to play wing back on Sunday in the Allianz National Hurling League Final against Kilkenny
We extend our congratulations and best wishes to Barry Heffernan who has been selected to play wing back, wearing the number five jersey, for Tipperary in Sunday’s Allianz National Hurling League final against Kilkenny. Throw in is at 15.30 in Nowlan Park and the full Tipperary team is as follows: 
The Nenagh Eire Og Juvenile Section is holding a fundraising table quiz in The Dapp Inn on Thursday 16th March 2017. Commencing at 9pm, all are welcome to this social event which guarantees a good time, some brainteasing and a perfect way to start the long weekend. Please come along, bring some friends and get to know other parents/members in a friendly and enjoyable atmosphere.
Our Senior Hurlers began their League Campaign with a 1-21 to 2-12 victory over Thurles Sarsfields. Please note our next match against Portroe has been moved forward, and will now take place this Friday at 11:00 a.m.
Under 6s:
Training continues for U6’s from 10-11am indoors.We hope to see lots of the U6’s and parents out marching in the Patrick’s Day parade in their new Eire Ogre jerseys or club colours.
Under 12s:U12s got off to a good start with a win and a draw. Training as usual this week.
Under 16s:
U16 footballers had a good win over Ballinahinch/Templederry in Nenagh with a scoreline of 5-11 to 0-6. Next game away to Kilruane this Saturday, March 18th, at 3pm.
The draw for the 2017 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship takes place on Monday next, January 23rd between 7:00 and 8:00 p.m, and will be broadcast live on Tipp FM’s Extra Time show with Ronan Quirke. The Senior Championship, as in previous years, is divided in to Roinn I and Roinn II. Nenagh Éire Óg will this year be entered in to the Roinn I section of the draw, as a third seed.
In Roinn I the 16 participating teams are divided into four seeded groups with each club playing all other group members. Following three rounds of games, each group winner qualifies for the county quarter-finals while each group runner-up battles it out with the divisional champions (if not already qualified) in the preliminary quarter-finals. The last placed teams in each group play-off in two games with the individual game losers demoted to Roinn II for 2018.
Thirteen teams in all will compete in Roinn II in 2017. There is, however, a significant change to the format of Roinn II for the coming season. The teams, similarly to Roinn I, will be divided into four groups with the group winners and runners-up progressing to the quarter-finals of the Ó Riain Cup. The winner of that round of games qualifies for the semi-finals of the Ó Riain Cup, while both finalists are promoted to Roinn I for 2018.
The only way for Roinn II teams to compete for the Dan Breen Cup in 2017 is by winning their respective Divisional Championship, thereby qualifying for a preliminary quarter-final against a second-placed team from a Roinn I group.
Each club in Roinn I has been seeded based on their performances in the County Championship last year, the full seedings are as follows.
The draw for the North Championship will take place at a later date, usually in the Hibernian Inn, Nenagh.
Senior Club Notes
Senior: Senior hurlers won their second game of the 2016 County Championship, beating Templederry Kenyons on a scoreline of 1-27 to 2-13. Our next and final group game will be against Mullinahone-CJ Kickhams, with a date and venue yet to be confirmed.
Junior: Junior B hurlers overcame Moneygall by 1-13 to 0-14 in Moneygall on Friday Night. They next play Newport, in Newport on Monday May 2nd at 7:00 p.m.
Minor: Our Minor Footballers play Newport in Nenagh this Wednesday at 7:00 p.m.
TIPPERARY GAA DRAW: Can all Tipperary GAA Club members draw promoters bring their 2015/16 draw accounts up to date as this draw is now closed. A new draw will be rolled out over the coming weeks for 2016/17 with another €500,000 Prize Fund. For the same subscription of €100 or €10 per month (with 2 months free), this draw includes fabulous prizes;
– 8 Skoda Cars
– 8 Renault Cars
– Flights to Australia
– Family Florida Holidays
– Family Lapland trips at Christmas
– Golf group Holidays to the Algarve
– Cheltenham Festival Trips for groups
– Bonus Draw for All Ireland SH weekend
– Bonus draw for Direct Debit members
– Cash Prizes every week and month.
All current members will receive the new brochure with your receipt in the post before the end of April, or you can contact your draw promoter in advance of that. With the club receiving 50-70% of your subscription as commission for your membership we hope you will continue to support this fundraising imitative.
In recognition of our supporters who want to become club members, contribute to our weekly lotto and also support the Tipperary GAA Club Members Draw, we have developed some very attractive combination discounted packages for 2016/17 – Contact any committee member or county draw promoters for further details.
Juvenile Club Notes
Under-16 Our Footballers defeated Kilruane in Cloughjordan on Monday night last in Round 5 of the championship on a scoreline of 2-13 to 2-10. Well done to the boys! The win sets up a semi-final meeting with Lorrha/Shannon Rovers in Ballinderry on this Monday night at 6.30pm. Please come out and support the team. Best wishes for a speedy recovery to Sean Shanahan who was injured in the minor game on Wednesday.
Under-14 Our footballers were beaten by Inane Rovers in their second group game of the championship played last Wednesday evening. They travel to Dolla this Wednesday to play Silvermines at 6.30pm in round 3.
Under-12 Our under-12s put in a great performance in the semi-final on Friday last but unfortunately came up short at the final whistle, so that is the end of the football for the moment. Hurling training as usual this week and the hurling championship will start in a few weeks time so full attendance at training is essential.
Under-8 Great turnouts for Under-8 training. Matches will be organised over the next few weeks. Keep up the good work boys!
Under-12: We were beaten by Kilruane MacDonaghs on Thursday last. Mentors will be in touch with the details of our next game.
Under-14: Our game v Eire Og Annacarthy was postponed and we are playing Toomevara in Nenagh Thursday at 6pm.
Under-16: Our game against Cashel this Tuesday is postponed until a later date.
Intermediate: We face Drom and Inch on Saturday next in the county league final in The Camogie Grounds, The Ragg. This is a massive game for our club and the girls would really appreciate your support. Please check our website and social media for details of the game during the week.
Tipperary: The All Ireland minor final ended in a draw on Saturday last with the replay expected to take place this Saturday. Best of luck to all our players on the panel. Also good luck to the Tipperary under-14’s who take part in the Clare blitz on bank holiday Monday. Megan Morris, Ella Carey and Abbie Sheedy are the Nenagh girls involved.
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Ahead of the Intermediate Camogie League Final, A Sportsman’s Dream have kindly sponsored a brand new set of jerseys for the club. Pictured here is Deirdre Hughes, presenting the jerseys to Nenagh Intermediate Captain Grace O Brien, and Vice Captain Louise Hickey.
They have been very good to Nenagh Éire Óg over the years, in recent times they have been the main sponsor of our Juvenile GAA teams and now they have extended their kindness to our Camogie teams.
Nenagh Éire Óg would ask all our members to shop local whenever possible, and when looking for sports items to please remember our generous sponsors.
Photo left to right – Caitriona Morris (Chairperson, Nenagh Eire Og Camogie Club ),Louise Hickey (Vice Captain) Deirdre Hughes (A Sportsmans Dream), Grace O Brien (Captain) and Paul Henry (Intermediate Manager).
