Under 16 Hurling Championship

Please note change of date

The Under 16 Hurling Championship takes place on Wednesday 5th October when Cluainin Iomaint will play Ballinamore Hurling club. Venue is St. Marys pitch at 5.45pm. The winners will take on Naomh Eoin in the first round of the Connacht championship in Kent Park on Sunday 9th October. Ballinamore overcame Gortletteragh last Thursday to reach the final. Cluainin Iomaint will be looking to avenge their Under 14 championship loss to Ballinamore earlier this year.

 

 

02-Oct-11 by Colette Fox – PRO

Leitrim Hurling week beginning September 26th

Senior Hurling championship

Senior Hurling Championship semi finals will take place this Saturday in St. Marys GAA pitch.
St. Marys V Cluainin Iomaint 2pm
Ballinamore Hurling Club V Gortletteragh Hurling Club 4.00pm

Under 14 Development Squad

The Leitrim Hurling Development Squad travelled to Padraig Pearses GAA Pitch Roscommon last Saturday for their final blitz of this year. They played Mayo, Galway City and Roscommon. The players who caught the eye and made huge efforts in all games and were a credit to their County were Jack Heslin, Donal Feely, Sean Mc Guinness, Pearse Dolan, Micheal Feely, Micheal Loughlin, Christopher Ferguson, Martin Feeney, Peter Poniard and Stephen Loughlin.

Under 16 Championship this Thursday at 6pm in Ballinamore. Ballinamore V Gortletteragh . Cluainin Iomaint will play winners in final.

 

 

27-Sep-11 by Colette Fox – PRO

Championship Draw 2011

St. Marys Hurling Club V Cluainin Iomaint
Ballinamore V Gortlettragh
Both semi finals will take place on October 1st in St. Mary’s GAA pitch. Throw in for first game is 2pm.

Hurling Go Games for Under 8s / Under 10s/ Under 12s

A blitz took place in Gortletteragh last Saturday. St. Mary’s, Ballinamore, Gortlettragh and Cluainin Iomaint all contested for the Stephen Dorrigan Memorial Cup. Mary’s commenced the blitz with a win over Ballinamore and Cluainin won their game against Gortletteragh. Mary’s then played Gortletteragh and won. Cluainin also won their game against Ballinamore. The final was then played with Mary’s showing their dominance against Cluainin. Ballinamore and Gortletteragh played after the final. Please keep an eye on notes for next blitz.

Minor Championship Final

St. Marys Hurling club hosted Cluainin Iomaint in St. Marys GAA pitch last Friday night. Timing of this fixture hindered both clubs with their involvment in the minor football championship. In an entertaining game Marys displayed their dominance early on by Scóring some impressive goals. Cluainin Iomaint were dependant on Under 16 Gavin O Hagan for their scores. Gavin scored 5 points and was very unlucky not to score 3 goals, one of which hit the side netting. Maybe if these goals were scored Cluainin might have had a better chance of containing Marys. Cluainin found it very difficult to get an attack past Thomas Glancy who was instrumental in Marys defence. Thomas was always in the right place to snuff out any chance Cluainin had of Scóring. Well done to Olchan Conway and Daithi Hughes for putting inÓgreat work with St. Marys minor team.

Kilmacud Crokes All Ireland 7s competition

Cluainin Iomaint travelled to Dublin last Saturday and had three very entertaining games against MacCumhaills of Donegal, Coolera/Strandhill (Sligo) and Innishkeen (Monaghan). Cluainin battled well and adjusted quickly to the speedy game in which goals were the difference in each game. In what was a great experience Cluainin will count their involvment in this competition as great preparation to take on St Marys in the semi final of the Championship on October 1st.

 

 

06-Sep-11 by Colette Fox – PRO

Leitrim Hurling week beginning August 29th

Leitrim’s under 14 and under 16 Development squads
Both squads participated in a hurling blitz last saturday 27th. The u16 travelled to Monaghans centre of excellance in Cloghan and the under 14s travelled to Ballychonnel in Cavan. Under 16 players Shane Sullivan, Niall McLoughlin, Kevin Clerkin and Karl McDermott played their hearts out and represented Leitrim well. Conor Hurd also gave a great display of bravery and hurling skill. Unfortunately he received an injury in the last game. We wish him well and a speedy recovery.

Hurling Go Games for Under 8s / under 10s/ under 12s .A blitz will take place this Saturday 3rd September inÓgortlettragh at 11am. The winners of the under 12 blitz will take home the Stephen Dorrigan memorial cup. All new players are encouraged to come along even if its their first time.

Championship Draw 2011
St. Marys Hurling club V Cluainin Iomaint
Ballinamore V Gortlettragh
Both semi finals will take place on October 1st in St, Marys GAA pitch. Throw in for first game is 2pm.

 

 

29-Aug-11 by Colette Fox – PRO

Leitrim Hurling News Week beginning 22nd August 
 
Leitrim’s under 14 and under 16  Development squads will train this thursday in the Bee Park Manorhamilton at 1pm.  They participate in a hurling blitz this saturday 27th. The u16s will travel to Monaghans centre of excellance in Cloghan and the under 14s will travel to Ballychonnel in Cavan. We wish them the best of luck.
 
Well done to those under 16s who represented Leitrim last thurday in Pearse Stadium.  Cian McCaffery, Niall McLoughlin, Kevin Clerkin, Connor Hurd and Karl McDermott were the hurlers who gave it their all and showed most promise on the day.  Keep up the good work.
 
Hurling Go Games for Under 8s / under 10s/ under 12s . All new players are encouraged to come along even if its their first time.  Unfortunatley last saturdays blitz was cancelled but willl be re scheduled.  The next blitz will take place on Saturday 3rd September inÓgortlettragh.  The winners of the under 12 blitz will take home the Stephen Dorrigan memorial cup.  So all will be to play for as holders Cluainin Iomaint will be hoping for some silver wear for 2011 after losing the under 14 championship recently to Ballinamore.
 
Under 16 Championship Fixtures/Results
Cluainin Iomaint travelled to Gortlettragh last tuesday week and won fairly comfortably on a scoreline of 7.17 to 2.03.  Cluainin Iomaint will play Ballinamore next.  St. Marys play Ballinamore this Monday.
 
Minor Hurling championship will be a straight knock out –
20th August Manor v Ballinamore and Gortlettragh V St. Marys – Awaiting confirmation of results and fixtures.  Final set for Friday 2nd September.
 
Leitrim Senior Hurling league / Championship Draw 2011
St. Marys travelled to Gortlettragh last Monday week and won comfortably.  Marys travelled to Manorhamilton on Monday hoping to avenge their last defeat a few weeks ago in the league.  This game will provide a warm up to the Championship where at last Fridays Hurling board meeting Cluainin Iomaint once again drew Marys for a second year running in the championship semi final.  Ballinamore will play Gortlettragh in the other semi final.  Last years semi final between the pair went to extra time with Gortlettragh running the King Pins of Leitrim Hurling very close in the final.  Cluainin Iomaint will be hoping that their involvement in both the Ulster Hurling league and Sligo league will stand to them with the extra game time under thier belts.  Both Semi finals will take place on October 1st in Park Tom.

 

 

22-Aug-11 by Micheal Dolan – PRO Hurling

Hurling Go Games for Under 8s / under 10s/ under 12s

All new players are encouraged to come along even if its their first time.  The first blitz took place on saturday 30th July in Ballinamore where up to 40 boys and girls aged from 6 to 12 took place in various small sided games.  This was a great success and provides the indroduction of hurling at a young age.  The next blitz will take place in the Bee Park, Manorhamilton on Saturday 20th.  The blitz scheduled for Saturday 13th in Carrick will be changed to a date in September
 
Under 14 Hurling Championship Final
Ballinamore hurling club won an extremely entertaining final over Cluainin Iomaint last saturday week in Pairc Tom.  The Manor men started the game in emphatic fashion with Damon Beattie hitting the net and Ferghal Rooney and Martin Feeney both hitting points.  But Ballinamore hit back and scored some excellent scores from Pearse Dolan to go in at half time with the advantage.  Both teams contested full blooded for the sliotar in the second half.  Ballinamore physical strength seemed to be the difference between both teams.  The skill level from both teams was a fantastic sight. Both full backs on either side held their respective defences together with Kevin Mullen of Ballinamore giving a great display on how to catch a sliotar over his head while Cluainin Iomaint Fergus Munday broke out of defence throughout the game.  Mid fielders Micheal Feely, Kieran McPartland(Cluainin Iomaint) and Conor Cullen/ Donal Feely(Ballinamore) gave it their all tackling ferociously throughout.  The hurling skills of Pearse Dolan/Peter Reynolds (Ballinamore) and Stephen Loughlin/Martin Feeney and Ferghal Rooney (Cluainin Iomaint) shows that hurling in Leitrim is alive and well.  The final score was Ballinamore 3.07 Cluainin Iomaint 2.06.
 
Well done to Stephen Loughlin (Cluainin Iomaint) who lined out in the Waterford colours last Sunday in Croke Park at half time in the All Ireland Hurling semi final.  Stephen attends St. Clares National school Manorhamilton and gave a man of the match display in the Cluainin Iomaint defence in the under hurling 14 final. Well done Stephen.
 
Under 14 and under 16 development squads have commenced training with the first session taking place last week in Carrick.  They will train inÓgortlettragh at 1pm this thursday.  Both squads will train at a different venue each week under the guidance of Steve Feeney, Kevin McGrath, Alan Duffy and Tommy McCormack.
 
Under 16 Championship Fixtures-
Cluainin Iomaint will travel to Gortlettragh on tuesday 9th which will be the first game in the under 16 championship.  Current under 16 champions Cluainin Iomaint will be favourites with their participation in the Sligo league under their belts. St. Marys are due to play Ballinamore this week.
Week of 15th August Ballinamore V Gortlettragh and Cluainin Iomaint V St. Marys
Week of 22th August Cluainin Iomaint V Ballinamore and St. Marys V Gortlettragh
 
Minor Hurling championship will be a straight knock out –
20th August Manor v Ballinamore and Gortlettragh V St. Marys
 
Leitrim Senior Hurling league
Cluainin Iomaint were due to travel to Gortlettragh last Monday evening but with many of the Gortlettragh squad involved with the football championship they had to concede and hand the points to the Manor men.  St. Marys will travel to Gortlettragh this Monday and need a win to stay in with a shout to reach a league final.
 
Please note that both pictures that were published on page 30 of last weeks Leitrim Observer had the wrong team mentioned in both captions – It should have read Ballinamore hurling club and CLUAININ IOMAINT hurling club not Gortlettragh.

 

 

09-Aug-11 by Micheal Dolan – PRO Hurling

Leitrim Hurling news Week beginning 25th
 
Hurling Go Games for Under 8s / under 10s/ under 12s will be held at the following venues at 11am. All new players are encouraged to come along.
Saturday 30th July in Ballinamore
Saturday 13th Carrick
Saturday 20th Manorhamilton
Saturday 03rd Gortlettragh

Under 14 Hurling Championship
Ballinamore will play Cluainin Iomaint in the under14 hurling championship final. This fixture has not been fixed yet.

Under 16 Championship Fixtures-
Week of 8th August Gortlettragh v Cluainin Iomaint and St. Marys v Ballinamore
Week of 15th August Ballinamore V Gortlettragh and Cluainin Iomaint V St. Marys
Week of 22th August Cluainin Iomaint V Ballinamore and St. Marys V Gortlettragh
Week of 29th August Final
 
Leitrim Under 16s played Sligo last Tuesday in Ballinamore.  The best from both teams were picked to amalgamate to play in a tournament inÓgalway on the following saturday.  6/7 Leitrim players were picked to play but only 3 could travel on the day.  Joe McMorrow, Karl McDermott and Kevin Clerkin (Cluainin Iomaint) travelled with Sligos best to play in a tournament in Salthill Galway. All three played against the tough opposition of Mayo, Roscommon and Liam Mellows Minor team of Galway.  Special thanks to Steve Feeney who travelled with the team to Salthill.

Minor Hurling championship will be a straight knock out –
20th August Manor v Ballinamore and Gortlettragh V St. Marys
 
County U21 Hurling

The county under 21s have been training over the last 3 wednesdays in preparation for their game against Mayo on Monday August 1st – 7pm in Charlestown – Leitrim V Mayo
 
Leitrim Senior Hurling league-
Last Monday Cluainin Iomaint travelled to play St. Marys.  On a very wet evening the pitch could not be faulted and provided perfect conditions for hurling. The half time score was St. Marys 0.03 to Cluainin Iomaint 0.07.  In the second half Cluainin extended their lead and won out fairly comfortably on a score line of St. Marys 0.06 to Cluainin Iomaint 0.17.  Both teams were missing county players but this league has been set up to provide hurling to those who wish to play the game more.  So far it has been a good success with Gortlettragh and Cluainin with a win each.  Neither club will read too much into this as St. Marys continue to dominate hurling when championship time comes around. Next fixture is on Monday 25th when Cluainin Iomaint travel to Gortlettragh.

 

 

25-Jul-11 by Micheal Dolan – Hurling PRO

Bearna/Na Forbacha (Galway) 1-12
St Marys (Leitrim) 1-9

An experienced Bearna/Na Forbacha side just edged out a
gallant St Marys side by a single goal in the AIB Connacht
Club Junior Hurling Final played today on the astroturf in the
Breffni Park complex Cavan.

The sides were level on 26 minutes but crucially the Galway
champions scored 3 points before half time and extended their
lead to 6 points early in the 2nd half. To St Marys credit they
battled tremendously and reduced that lead to 3 points by the
52nd minute but diaster struck when they conceeded a soft goal 2
minutes later to leave themselves an up-hill battle. Leitrim”s
standard bearers reduced the deficit to 3 points again with a
late goal but time ran out and they were left rueing a number
of earlier missed chances. Credit must go to our Leitrim
representatives who just fell short of winning a Connacht title.
They more than equited themselves against a team from a
County accepted as being a hurling stronghold. This should
provide great motivation to the Leitrim Club and other clubs
in Leitrim and their mentors who continue to foster our hurling.

Hard luck but well done St Marys.

 

 

23-Jan-11 by Colette Fox – PRO

AIB CLUB JUNIOR HURLING CHAMPIONSHIP
 
 
Venue:      Breffni Park,Astroturf Cavan
 
Extra Time if necessary
 
Final                Sunday 23rd  January 2011
 
2.00pm            Bearna/Na Forbacha    v          Naomh Mhuire    
 
                                                            Referee                                              K McGeeney (R)                                                                  
Standby Referee/Linesman               G Chapman (S)
                                                            Linesman                                            P Maguire (S)
                                                            Sideline Official                                  J Doyle (S)

Coiste Chontae Liatroma wish the St Marys team the very best of luck in the final. 

 

 

22-Jan-11 by Colette Fox – PRO

The Connacht Club Junior Hurling Final has been postponed.

 

 

21-Nov-10 by Colette Fox – PRO

Leitrim SHC Final

St. Mary’s 2 – 9
Gortletteragh 0 – 11

Despite a stout hearted effort by Gortletteragh on Saturday in Carrick-on-Shannon, St. Mary’s still claimed their twelfth Leitrim senior hurling crown in succession and even though St. Mary’s had four points to spare at the end, the outcome was always in the balance.
Full-forward Fergal Carroll got the decisive score for St. Mary’s when hammering to the net and edging his side in front by 2 – 6 to 0 – 5 within 20 seconds of the restart.
Following that Gortletteragh closed the gap with St. Mary’s to a goal by the 42nd minute after Morgan Quinn tapped over three frees and pointed from play. Try as they might, Gortletteragh just could not get the goal they craved. Gary Coone in the St. Mary’s goal made three outstanding saves and this along with Clement Cunniffe coming into his own when he was needed with vital scores, ensured that St. Mary’s captured the title.
In the unique presentations afterwards, Paddy Phelan, Hurling Board Chairman showed off a new Cup presented by the Cardiff/Kennedy families from the Kiltubrid Club and Paddy said the Cup was to be named the ‘Stephen Dorrigan Memorial Cup’ for the Leitrim Senior Hurling Championship. He gave a glowing account of the exploits of Stephen on the Hurling fields throughout the country in the Leitrim and Gortletteragh Jerseys and it was with great pride that Pauric McWeeney accepted the Cup on behalf of this great St. Mary’s team.
The Man of the Match Trophy was then presented by Paddy to Conor Beirne, the Gortletteragh full back. This trophy was to be known as the Philly McGuinness Man of the Match Trophy

St. Mary’s: Gary Coone, Vincent McDermott, James Keane, Liam Greene, Dermot Reynolds, David Tiernan, Kieran Boyle, James Glancy, Clement Cunniffe 0 – 7(7f.) , Pauric McWeeney 0 – 1, Breian Carroll 0 – 1, Andrew Molloy 1 – 0, Declan Deegan, Fearghal Carroll 1 – 0, Dara Singleton. Subs; Bernard Murray for Singleton (34 mins.), Johnny Beirne for Molloy (52mins)

Gortletteragh: Tommy McLoughlin, Sean Bohan, Conor Beirne, Seàn Costello, Donal Kennedy, Cathal McCrann, Brendan Duignan, Dermot Kennedy, Morgan Quinn 0 – 7(6f.), Mark O’Donaghue, Tomás Beirne 0 – 2, John McGuinness, Seamus Mallon 0 – 1, Mark Beirne, Kevin McGrath 0 – 1. Subs Patrick Kennedy for O’Donaghue (19 mins.), JohnÓgilhooley for P. Kennedy (37 mins).
Referee: Pat Maguire (Sligo).

 

 

11-Oct-10 by Paddy O Connor – PRO – Hurling

Glencar Manorhamilton will contest the Ulster Senior Hurling Final this Saturday at 4.30 in Truagh, Co Monaghan.  Their opponents will be Michael Davitts from Antrim.  Coiste Chontae Liatroma wish them the best of luck in the final.  For further information contact Micheal Dolan in the Glencar Manorhamilton Club. 

 

 

16-Sep-10 by Colette Fox – PRO