North Tipperary GAA Affairs
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Moneygall’s Joe Fogarty receives the North Intermediate Hurling Final Man of the Match award from North Board Chairperson Brendan Shanahan. PHOTO: ODHRAN DUCIE Odhran DucieImage 2 of 3
North Board Chairperson Brendan Shanahan presents the Premier Intermediate Hurling final Man of the Match award to Burgess’ Stephen Kirwan. PHOTO: BRIDGET DELANEYImage 3 of 3
Ciaran Morris presents the North Senior Hurling final Man of the Match award to Billy Seymour in the presence of North Board Chairperson Brendan Shanahan. Photo: Bridget Delaney BRIDGET DELANEYBy Michael Quinn PRO
The Hibernian Inn Senior Hurling Championship: Congratulations to Kiladangan as they claimed the clubs ninth North title after a titanic tussle with Toomevara last Sunday in MacDonagh Park, Nenagh with Kiladangan 1-22 to 1-19.
Kiladangan captain Alan Flynn accepted the Frank McGrath Cup whilst Billy Seymour was named the Gold Standard Physio sponsored man of the match. See match report & reaction on pages 70 & 71.
Savvy Kitchens Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship: Congratulations to Burgess who claimed their first ever North Premier Intermediate Hurling title last Sunday in Nenagh after an exciting 0-21 to 0-19 victory over Silvermines.
Burgess captain Ronan Tucker accepted the Liam Devanney Cup whilst Stephen Kirwan was named the Gold Standard Physio sponsored man of the match. See match report & reaction on pages 68 & 69.
Kelly’s of Fantane Intermediate Hurling Championship: Congratulations to Moneygall who claimed back-to-back North Intermediate Hurling titles last Saturday in Dolla after a comprehensive 2-21 to 0-11 victory over Portroe.
Moneygall captain Paddy Fogarty accepted the Fr. Hewitt Cup whilst Joe Fogarty was named the Gold Standard Physio sponsored man of the match. See match report & reaction on pages 66 & 67.
The Watch Centre Junior 'A' Hurling Championship: continued last Thursday with two round 6 games.
Toomevara and Borris-Ileigh played out a 1-13 to 0-16 draw in Dolla. Borris started the sharper opening a 0-5 to 0-2 lead but a Tim Flaherty goal on fourteen minutes levelled proceedings. The sides traded points for the remaining of the half with Toome ahead 1-8 to 0-10 at the interval.
Toome brought their lead to three points by the 40th minute but with Tommy Fahy prominent from place balls, Borris reduced the deficit. The teams remained evenly matched as the sixty minutes expired, Toome missing a last ditch free to win the game.
The second game saw Ballinahinch defeat Kilruane MacDonaghs 2-16 to 2-13 in Toomevara. Ballinahinch led 0-11 to 0-6 at half time and held a nine point lead at the three quarter mark. Kilruane responded well with two Eoin Carroll goals and had Ballinahinch's lead cut down to one point going into the closing stages. However, two Ballinahinch points in injury time secured victory.
The game between Nenagh Eire Og and Kiladangan did not go ahead and will take place at a later date.
Round 7 takes place this Friday 19th July at 7.30pm. Borris-Ileigh face Kilruane MacDonaghs in Roscrea, Kiladangan face Ballinahinch in Toomevara whilst Nenagh Eire Og and Roscrea face off in Borrisoleigh.
The Watch Centre Junior 'B' Hurling Championship: continued last week with round 2.
In Group 1, Newport had a slender 1-18 to 0-20 victory over Knockshegowna whilst Portroe edged out Borrisokane.
In Group 2, Ballina continued their good form with a 3-24 to 0-7 victory over Lorrha. Ballina held their lead throughout with goals from Brian McKeogh and Tom McGrath giving them a 2-8 to 0-6 lead at halftime. Luke Power was prominent for Ballina scoring 1-7 (4 frees).
Toomevara had a 2-17 to 1-16 victory over Templederry Kenyons. Toome held a 1-13 to 0-10 half time lead with Mark Grace the goal-scorer. The sides traded goals in the first ten minutes of the second half with Grace again finding the back of the net for the greyhounds whilst Cillian Kennedy was the Kenyon's goal scorer.
The Burgess v Silvermines and Moneygall v Kiladangan games did not ahead due to a shortage of referees - these games will be refixed to take place on a later date.
Round 3 will take place this weekend. In Group 2, Toomevara host Moneygall this Friday at 8.00pm. The remaining games all take place on Saturday at 7.30pm. In Group 1, Borrisokane host Newport, Knockshegowna host Silvermines and Portroe host Burgess. In Group 2, Templederry Kenyons host Ballina and Lorrha host Kiladangan.
Ger Gavin Under 19 Hurling Championship: The 'A' competition will commence this Wednesday 17th July with games throwing in at 7.30pm. Toomevara host Nenagh Eire Og, Silvermines host Moneygall and Borris-Ileigh host Ballina.
The 'B' competition is scheduled to start on Wednesday 7th August.