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1ST EVER HURLING PARISH LEAGUES - (Number of times read: 1240)
Tuesday 9 May 2017
U8 & U10
The U8 and U10 parish hurling leagues were held on Sunday
last May 7th in a sun drenched Sam Maguire Park. This was an historic event as
it was the first ever staging of hurling parish leagues. It was a fantastic
afternoon of hurling well organised and a credit to the mentors and
players involved.
There were four teams competed in the U10 competition Cork,
Tipperary, Galway and Kilkenny . Each team played three games in a round robin
competition, with the top two teams contesting the final for the Derry O’
Mahony Memorial Cup.
After some very competitive games Cork captained by Niall
Owens and Kilkenny captained by Ogie Walsh qualified for the cup final, with
Galway captained by Nathan Mc Carthy and Tipperary captained by Jack Hennigan
playing in the plate final.
The Cup final was played at a ferocious pace with some
exceptional hurling played by both sides, and at the final whistle only a puck
of a ball separated the sides. Kilkenny came out on top and the
Derry O Mahony Cup was presented for the first time to their captain Ogie Walsh
by Gillian O Mahony, with Maeve, Peter and Nora O’ Mahony also in
attendance. The Sam Maguire club is very grateful to the O’ Mahony family
for donating the cup in memory of former Sam Maguire and Doheny player Derry O’
Mahony.
The plate final was won by Tipperary after a great
tussle with Galway.
Kilkenny: Ogie Walsh, John Smith, Euan Lehane, Shane O
Sullivan, Ian Martin, Daniel Crowley, Donnchadh Hennigan, Calum O Donovan.
Cork: Niall Owens, Eoin Hurley, Calum O Regan, Brian O
Sullivan, Ronan white, Daniel O Sullivan, Adam Barry.
Tipperary: Jack Hennigan, Mathew o Neill, Aidan Jennings,
Shane Hurley, Liam Kearney, Eric Collins, Fergus Murphy, Diarmuid Wrynn.
Galway: Nathan Mc Carthy, Mathew Hurley, Michael Bennett,
Taylor White, Eamonn Crowley, Jake Fairbrother, Killian Collins, Conor Kelly.
The
U8 competition also consisted of 4 teams. Teams were picked from those
born in ’09 and ’10 , lads born in 2011 were still a bit small for this yet!
The teams were Clare, captained by Michael Gottstein,
Kilkenny captained by Aodan Kelleher, Tipp captained by Calvin O’Donoghue and
Dublin captained by Callum O’Driscoll.
Clare and Kilkenny contested the winners final with Clare
coming out on top while Tipp and Dublin contested the runners up final with
Dublin winning that one.
Teams
Clare: Michael Gottstein, Eanna Hayes, Eoin
Lynch, Rían Farr, Aaron Hurley, Alex Hurley, Josh O’Farrell
Kilkenny : Aodan Kelleher, Ryan Crowley, Tom Sweetnam, Patrick Crowley,
Kelvin Collins, Sean Dwyer, Sean Wyrnn
Tipp: Calvin O’Donoghue,
Jack Hurley, Iarnan Dinan, Paddy O’Brien, Daniel Burke, Charlie Deane, Kieran
Crowley.
Dublin : Callum
O’Driscoll, Sean Galvin, Sammy O’Mahony, Jack Duggan, Adam Daly, Ethan Hurley.
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