Good weekend for Tipperary juvenile hurling squads

Finals weekend in the underage inter-county hurling tournaments took place last weekend with Tipperary teams in all three grades proving to be extremely competitive with a number of teams claiming silverware.

Pride of place goes to the Under 14 ‘A’ squad who retained the Tony Forrestal Cup in Waterford. Winning the competition for a record thirteenth time, Tipperary defeated Wexford 2 2-19 to 0-10 in the quarter finals and Waterford 2 4-11 to 2-10 in semi-final before accounting for Kilkenny 1 3-13 to 0-10 in the final.

In the Sonny Walsh U14 ‘B’ competition, Tipperary easily defeated Laois 1 in the quarter-final and Laois 2 in the semi-final but lost 4-8 to 2-11 to Cork 4 in the final.

In the Under 15 Arrabawn Tournament hosted in North Tipperary this year, Tipperary’s first team didn’t qualify for the Cup section which was won by Limerick who defeated Galway in the final.

Tipperary were in the Shield competition and defeated Cork 2 1-24 to 1-8 in the semi-final and beat Cork’s first team 1-20 to 1-7 in the final in Borrisoleigh.

Tipperary’s second team won the John Doyle Cup, defeating Kildare in the semi-final in Borrisoleigh 4-18 to 1-6 before defeating Kilkenny 2 0-18 to 0-12 in the final in Nenagh.

The Tipperary Under 16 panel took part in the Michael Foley tournament in Wexford where they defeated Dublin 1-19 to 1-10 in round 1 but were defeated 4-9 to 1-11 by Limerick in round 2 which put them into the Shield final against Waterford where they went down narrowly, 1-18 to 2-14.

The panels for all five squads were as follows:

Under 14 ‘Blue’ Tony Forrestal panel: Euan McGee (Cahir); Cody Quirke (Toomevara), Daniel McKelvey (Silvermines), Andy Rossiter (Durlas Og), David Rabbitte (Borris-Ileigh), Dylan Hennessy (Mullinahone), Conor Kennedy (Boherlahan-Dualla), Euan Murray (Durlas Og), Danny Barry (Fethard), Jack Cahill (Ballingarry), Paul Cummins (Ballybacon/Grange), Patrick Hackett (Toomevara), Kieran Rossiter (Durlas Og), Eoin Grace (Silvermines), Darragh Doyle (Killenaule), Paddy McCormack (Moneygall), Killian Fitzgerald (Lorrha), Niall Delaney (JK Brackens), Cathal Kennedy (Borris-Ileigh), Fred Perry (Moyle Rovers), Darragh O’Dwyer (Durlas Og), Eoghan Hickey (Holycross/Ballycahill), Jack Bevans (Borris-Ileigh), Darragh Patterson (Moycarkey/Borris).

Under 14 ‘Gold’ Sonny Walsh panel: Paul Cahalan (Burgess), Cormac Frend (Toomevara), Kevin Fitzpatrick (Newport), Jaye Cilvinas (Arravale Rovers), Conor McLoughlin (Newport), Aaron O’Donoghue (Roscrea), Tadgh McKeogh (Ballina), Tommy O’Meara (Kilruane MacDonaghs), Shane Cooney (Clerihan), Padraig O’Shea (JK Brackens), Harry Lawlor (St Mary’s), Philip O’Dwyer (Upperchurch/Drombane), Donnacha Quigley (Arravale Rovers), Cian Fitzgerald (Cashel King Cormacs), Liam Dunphy (Roscrea), Ned O’Meara (Mullinahone), Robert Ryan (Clonoulty/Rossmore), Charlie Barrett (Killenaule), Sean Cleary (Knockavilla Kickhams), Aidan Gorey (Moyle Rovers), Robert O’Brien (Arravale Rovers), Leo Cleere (Moyne-Templetuohy), Sam Coen (Fethard), Liam Kelly (Cahir).

Under 15 ‘A’ panel: Daire English (Father Sheehy’s); Patrick Ryan (Borris-Ileigh), Toby Corbett (Upperchurch/Drombane), Cathal O’Reilly (Holycross/Ballycahill); Darragh Pollard (Ballingarry), Jake Houlihan (Nenagh Eire Og), Sean Walsh (JK Brackens); Micheal Collins (Templederry Kenyons), David Ryan (Arravale Rovers); Killian Cantwell (Moycarkey/Borris), Patrick McDonagh (Cahir), Adam Ryan (Arravale Rovers); Cillian Minogue (Durlas Og), Jack Marnell (JK Brackens), Eoin Doughan (Moneygall), Owen O’Dwyer (Killenaule), Tom Corcoran (JK Brackens), Finn Napier (St Mary’s), Stefan Tobin (Carrick Swan), Tommy Blackmore (Ballingarry), John Cronin (Moyle Rovers), Brian O’Donoghue (Cashel King Cormacs), Leelan Donoghue (Durlas Og), Ray Quinlivan (Kilruane MacDonaghs)

Tipperary Under 15 ‘B’ panel: Cillian Collins (Newport); Keelan Dunne (Durlas Og), Kyle O’Dowd (Durlas Og), Conor Grace (Burgess); Dan McCahey (Loughmore/Castleiney), David McSweeney (St Mary’s), Ronan Myles (Ballybacon/Grange), Max Carroll (Sean Treacys), Darragh O’Hore (Sologhead), Aaron Cagney (St Mary’s), Lorcan Burke (Gortnahoe/Glengoole), Tiernan Ryan (Holycross/Ballycahill), Sean Ryan (Holycross/Ballycahill), Caylum Fogarty (Nenagh Eire Og), Joe O’Dwyer (Burgess), Evan Sherlock (Kiladangan), Gavin Neville (Fethard), Cian Collins (Galtee Rovers), Alex Coppinger (Durlas Og), Larry Collins (Sean Treacys), Sean O’Shea (Cappawhite); Oisin Power (Skeheenarinky), Liam O’Dwyer (Shannon Rovers), Declan Walsh (Roscrea).

Under 16 panel: Harry Loughnane (Roscrea), Colm Kennedy (Sean Treacys), Conor Gleeson (Drom & Inch), Cormac Cahill (Drom & Inch), Ciaran Byrne (Golden Kilfeacle), Cian Ryan (Moneygall), Cian Moyles (Kilruane MacDonaghs), David Costigan (Moycarkey/Borris), Michael Ryan (Burgess), Leigh Loughnane (Roscrea), Robbie Ryan (Holycross/Ballycahill), Jamie Ormond (JK Brackens), Adam O’Connell (Ballingarry), Cormac Fitzpatrick (Drom & Inch), Jack Hayes (Moycarkey/Borris), Cormac Burke (JK Brackens), Eoin Boyle (Borris-Ileigh), Keith Loughnane (Durlas Og), Conor Kennedy (Lorrha), Cillian O’Halloran (Mullinahone), Tadgh Whyte (Moneygall), Oisin O’Donoghue (Cashel King Cormacs), Billy Collins (Ballina), Shane Quigley (Arravale Rovers), David Doyle (Moyne-Templetuohy), Darragh Landers (St Mary’s), Jack Costello (Drom & Inch), Jack Lahart (Holycross/Ballycahill), Darragh Linnane (Mullinahone), Oliver Barry (Drom & Inch), Shane Buckley (Knockavilla Kickhams), Evan Morris (Holycross/Ballycahill), Sam Rowan (Mullinahone), Sean Nash (St Patrick’s), Robert Duffy (Lorrha).