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.

SENIOR

Senior Hurling: on Sunday evening last our senior hurlers defeated Moneygall comfortably in round two of the championship. The final score was 5-12 to 0-9. Round three is scheduled to take place on the weekend of April 26th against Kilruane MacDonagh’s.

Junior A Hurling League: our junior A team play Kildangan in the second league game this Saturday evening at 6.30pm in Puckane.

Inter-County: best wishes to Paul O’Leary and the Tipperary minor footballers as they take on Clare in Ennis this Saturday at 7pm in a Munster quarter-final.

JUVENILE

Under-10 & Community Games: Challenge match on Wednesday, April 17th at 6.45pm in Borrisoleigh – players to meet at the field at 5.30pm.

Under-12: the under-12 groups one and four footballers both recorded their second victories on the trot with wins over Toomevara on Friday last. In the group one game Éire Óg were lucky to hold on for a 2-6 to 2-5 win after a strong Toome comeback in the second half. The group four team enjoyed a more convincing 4-2 to 1-1 victory. The group one team are at home to Borrisokane on Friday, April 19th while the group four team has a bye. Hurling training continues on Wednesdays at 6.15pm and on Saturdays at 10.45am.

Under-14: our under-14 footballers had a good win in Borrisokane on Wednesday last in their second match in the football league. A strong team-performance, which included two goals from Killian Malone and great goalkeeping by Aaron White, saw them run in at half-time with a 2-3 to 0-1 point lead. It was inevitable that a strong Borrisokane team would throw everything at us in the second half and two early goals narrowed the gap to two points. Nenagh however stuck to the game plan, led by a tireless performance by Fiachra Carey, to run out winners on a 4-4 to 2-1 scoreline. The next round match is on Wednesday, April 17th at home to Kildangan.

Under-16: the under-16 footballers game against Kilruane MacDonagh’s on Monday evening was postponed. Their next match in the league is on Monday, April 22nd at home to Inane Rovers. This team is putting in a huge effort in training and we wish the lads the best of luck in their upcoming matches.

Tipperary minors: congratulations to Shane Hennessy, Barry Heffernan, James Mackey and Andrew Coffey on their success with the Tipperary minor hurling team last week.

CAMOGIE

The junior B team maintained their great run in the league defeating Ballingarry on a scoreline of 5-8 to 1-1 on Sunday with Sarah O’Connor (2), Holly O’Brien and Danielle Harrington among the goal scorers. We have one game left in the league against Fethard.

The under-14 team had a great win in the Féile na nGael final against Newport (2-6 to 0-2). This is the very first time we have ever won the Féile na nGael title and great credit is due to the team and their mentors for all their hard work.

Hard luck to our under-12 team that was defeated by Toomevara.

HANDBALL

We offer our congratulations to Sinéad Meagher who was a member of the Munster team which won the inter-provincial title in Cavan on Saturday – Sinéad won both of her matches in the competition.
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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.