North Tipperary GAA Affairs
By Michael Quinn PRO
The Hibernian Inn Senior Hurling Championship: commenced last week with the four quarter finals.
On Wednesday, Kiladangan had a 0-25 to 1-16 victory over Borris-Ileigh. The next day in Dolla, Templederry Kenyons got the better of Kilruane MacDonaghs on a 2-26 to 1-19 scoreline. On Saturday in Cloughjordan, Nenagh Eire Og defeated Lorrha 4-26 to 2-19. On Sunday in MacDonagh Park Nenagh, Toomevara had a 1-24 to 1-23 victory over Roscrea.
See match reports for further details. Well done to Tadhg Gallagher (Kiladangan), Sean Ryan (Templederry Kenyons), Jake Morris (Nenagh Eire Og) and Evan Fitzpatrick (Roscrea) who were named Gold Standard Physio Man of the Match in the four quarter finals.
The draw for the semi-finals took place on Sunday where Nenagh Eire Og will face old rivals Toomevara whilst Templederry Kenyons take on Kiladangan. Both semi-finals take place on Sunday 7th June - Eire Og v Toomevara takes place at 1.30pm in Cloughjordan whilst Templederry v Kiladangan takes place in Dolla at 7.00pm.
Savvy Kitchens Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship: The semi-finals will take place on Saturday 6th July as a double header in St. Michael’s Park, Toomevara. Ballina face Burgess at 5.00pm whilst Newport and Silvermines throws in at 7.00pm.
Kelly’s of Fantane Intermediate Hurling Championship: The semi-finals will take place this Sunday 30th June as a double header in MacDonagh Park, Nenagh. Shannon Rovers face Moneygall at 2.30pm whilst Borrisokane face Portroe at 4.30pm.
Entry to the games is either via tap and go or tickets which are available to purchase on the Tipperary GAA website. Both games will be streamed live on clubber.ie
Programmes covering all semi-finals in the Senior, Premier Intermediate and Intermediate Championships will be available to purchase at the games.
The Watch Centre Junior 'A' Hurling Championship: continued last week with the round 3 games.
Nenagh Eire Og and Borris-Ileigh faced off last Friday in Toomevara with Eire Og winning 4-25 to 3-20.
Eire Og were far more threatening in front of goal and found the back of the net after four minutes through Cian O'Farrell. Borris responded with a goal of their own courtesy of David O'Connor. Eire Og dominated the running game throughout second quarter with Borris relying on frees and a second goal thanks to Matthew Stapleton as the game remained level after 20 minutes (2-7 to 1-10). Eire Og went into the break with a slender 1-15 to 2-11 lead. The key moment of the game occurred on the 33rd minute when a Nenagh free rebounded off the post and Zac Keller responded quickest for a goal that turned the game with Eire Og dominating the third quarter scoring a third goal after 41 minutes by Stevie Hallinan. Darragh Walsh scored Eire Og's fourth goal in the 50th minute. A minute later, Thomas Fahy reduced the lead to six points with a goal for Borris. Darragh Walsh ended up as top scorer for Eire Og with 1-11 (4 frees, 1'65) with the town side having a spread of nine scorers. David O'Connor finished with 1-4 for Borris whilst Matthew Stapleton chipped in with 1-3.
Toomevara had a hard earned 0-19 to 1-13 victory over Ballinahinch last Friday in Puckane. Toome started well with Michael Brislane and Sean Flaherty to the fore. The greyhounds held the lead at half time but a John Foley goal early in the second half levelled the score - 1-11 to 0-14. However, Toome's greater scoring threat helped them to victory with Brislane (0-4), Sean Flaherty (0-5) and Tim Flaherty (0-3) the danger men up front for the victors.
The final game in the round took place on Monday in Cloughjordan where Kiladangan had a 3-15 to 2-12 victory over Roscrea. Kiladangan started brightly and held a 1-4 to 0-2 lead after ten minutes with Dan O'Meara the goal-scorer and went into half time with a 1-9 to 0-6 lead. Jack Lee gave Roscrea an ideal start to the second half with a great goal. However, Conor Culhane responded with a Kiladangan goal three minutes later with a great finish. This gave Kiladangan a cushion and they further extended the lead in the 52nd minute with Eoin Meagher finishing to the net after a scramble in the square. Mickey Ryan scored Roscrea's second goal in the 58th minute.
The round 4 games take place this Friday 28th June with games throwing in at 7.30pm. Ballinahinch face Roscrea in Borrisoleigh, Toomevara face Kilruane MacDonaghs in Roscrea whilst Kiladangan face Borris-Ileigh in Nenagh. Entry to all games is via tap and go. Nenagh Eire Og have the bye.
The Watch Centre Junior 'B' Hurling Championship: will commence on Sunday 7th July. All three of the Group 1 games are currently fixed to throw in at 12 noon - Borrisokane hosting Burgess, Silvermines hosting Newport and Knockshegowna hosting Portroe. There are also 12 noon throw in times for two of the three Group 2 games - Templederry Kenyons host Moneygall and Lorrha host Toomevara. The clash of Kiladangan v Ballina takes place at 10.30am in Puckane.