Congratulations to Pallaskenry u10 hurlers who took part in the annual hurling blitz held by Limerick GAA on Saturday 31st October in LIT as part of the Lifting The Treaty Program. They played against Claughaun, Granagh-Ballingarry, and Ballinacurra Gaels winning all 3 games. Jack Mullane had an excellent game in goals Liam O’Sullivan, Naoise McGarrigle were strong in the backs Darragh O’Brien and Cathal Downes showed great heart and skill in centre field whilenthe forwards Sean Barry, Caolon Rushe and Stephen Holland took some great scores.


It was a good year for our u10 who played 29 games hurling and football winning 19 and drew 1.
Team jack mullane, liam o sullivan kieran bourke, naoise mcgarrigle, daragh o brien, cathal downes, tommy hartigan,sean barry, caolon rushe, stephen holland, claire holland, kevin walshe, jonathon power, michael mccarthy, tadhg o shaughnessy.
Thanks to all players for their commitment all year and to their parents for bringing them to training and matches and to the coaches Richard Hartigan, John Barry, Sean O’Sullivan and Davy Downes for all the time they put in. We finished off with a well deserved trip to Mc Donalds.
The U8s continue to train Tuesday evening from 6pm to 7pm indoors in Kilcornan Community Hall for the next few weeks and all new members are welcome.
Our u15 football game v Glin was cancelled due to bad weather last Weekend but it is hoped it will be played this weekend in Pallaskenry.


Oct 26th

County U12 Football Final: Pallaskenry 5-7 Athea 1-3 .

Just like the hurling we got of to a great start with a point from Alan Ryan and a goal from Eoin Holland. Darren O Connell tagged on two two further points to put us ahead at half time 1-3 to 0-1 not bad going against a strong wind. The second half we really up the gears with Dylan Corrigan scoring two well taken pointsand Dylan Finan pointing from over his head we were passing it around very well.Our back line as usual was solid giving nothing away sean holland martin neville odhran cuddihy cleared alot of ball.we scored three goals in a row first from kieran bourke then darren o connell from a long range and Alan Ryan with a shot blaster that could not be saved.Our half back line which seemed more like a forward line Lorcan Jason and Cameron kept running at the Athea defence putting pressure on them,our last two scores came from the hard work of Sam Ross and Christopher Callaghan.Darren getting 1 more point and Evin Kelly punched the ball to the back of the net to give us a great victory also to our goalie Mickey Nash who kept a clean sheet in the fiirst half and and came out field in the second half.

We finished off by taking them to supermacs it was well deserved.
Our thanks to noel hartigan and all the coaches for a well organised finals day, thanks to the players for putting in a great effort all year, also to their parents who drove and helped in any way all year, last but not least to Killian O Leary and Tom O Connell.

Team mickey nash ;odhran cuddihy; martin neville; jason barry; cameron fu lynch; darren o connell; 1-3 dylan corrigan;0-2 dylan finan 0-1 alan ryan 1-1 evin kelly 1-0 sam ross chris callaghan eoin holland 1-0 kieran bourke 1-0.

Oct 12th

SHANPALLAS TAKE PARISH LEAGUE HONOURS


The curtains came down on our u12 parish league last Sunday evening played under glorious sunshine. Ringmoylan captained by Martin Nevile took on Dromore captained by Odhran Cuddihy in what turned out to be a great shield final. Ringmoylan got off to a great start scoring a few quick goals but the Dromore team fought back getting a few scores of their own but it was Ringmoylan that finished strongest scoring 5-2 to 1-3. The second half was a different story with Odhrans team getting on top and taking some great scores and out scoring Martins team 7-3 to 3-3. Odhrans Dromore team won by a point 8-6 to Martins Ringmoylan team 8-5 well done to both teams they played an excellent game of hurling. Thanks to all the coaches Killan o Leary,Tommy Nevile, Fran Walshe, Sean Cuddihy, Davy Downes and John Holland.


Our second game was the cup final Shanpallas captained by Darren o Connell took on Cragreagh captined by Jason Barry this was another entrailling game Jasons team got off to a great start scoring two goals before Darrens team got on the score sheet and they finished the first half two points up on a score line of 1-5 to 2-0.The second half Darrens team pushed on and got a lot of goals and points but Jasons Barrys team did not give up that easy they finished with a flurry of goals but it was not enough yo stop Shanpallas.The final score was Shanpallas 7-15 Cragreagh 9-2 this was a an exhibition final with 16 goals and 17 points scored,well done to both teams and too their coaches Richard Hartigan, Sean O'Sullivan Tom O'Connell John Barry.


Martin neville received most improved player of the tournament while Jason Barry received player of the tournamennt. Odhran Cuddihy lifted the shield while Darren O'Connell lifted the cup.
Once again I would like to thank all the parents for coming for the last four weeks they must be very proud of all their children also to the refrees dean corrigan kevin o connell kieran barrett and to Vinnie Fitzgerald and Paul Nunan for all their help and last but not least Donal O'Brien for sponsoring all the trophies. Donal has been good to Pallaskenry GAA for the last few years.
The U8s and U10s training continues tuesday nights from 6 to 7pm while U12 football training takes place on Friday from 6 to 7pm and all the under age games should be finished in the next three weeks.

TEAMS

SHANPALLAS: dylan finan; jamie fitzgerald; darren o connell; kieran bourke; claire Holland; cameron fu lynch; calon rushe; sean barry; stephan holland; dylan hogan;	DROMORE: eoin holland; alan ryan; dylan corrigan; daniel pierce; shane moloney; cathal downes; jack cronin; jack mullane; odhran cuddihy; jonathan power;	CRAGREAGH chris callaghan; jason barry; evin kelly; mikey nash; mikey heavenor; liam o sullivan; tommy hartigan; tadhg o shaughnessy; ciara downes.	RINGMOYLAN david moloney; naoise mc garrigle; sean holland; martin neville; lorcan o leary; sam ross; darragh o brien; patrick lynch;kevin walsh; jack mccarthy.

Oct 5th

U12 HURLING FINAL
PALLASKENRY 0-4 NA PIARSAIGH ‘B’ 0-0.

Pallaskenry saw off Na Piarsaigh on U12 Hurling County Finals Day in the Gaelic Grounds last Saturday on a marathon day of matches. It was always going to be a tight match on a narrow pitch and that was the case. We started brightly having most of the possession early on and scored a free on the 45m line from Darren O’Connell who made no mistake in putting it over the bar. We were very unlucky not to score a goal when Evin Kelly hit a shot off the keeper that was deflected out for a ’65 which was converted to go two points up. We added two more points before half time making it four points to no score at half time.

Na Piarsaigh, with the wind behind them, put pressure on our backs but with Sean Holland, Martin Neville and Jason Barry not giving an inch we held them scoreless. It wasn’t easy to play out there with the pitch so tight and the length of the game cut also. Well done to all the players who did themselves proud and their parents for turning up in great numbers to support them. Thanks to the coaches who did great work all year with training and matches week in week out.

Team: Eoin Holland, Martin Neville, Sean Holland, Mikey Nash, Jamie Fitz, Jason Barry, Lorcin O’Leary, Darren O’Connell, Dylan Corrigan, Dylan Finan, Alan Ryan, Odhran Cuddihy, Sam Ross, Christopher Callaghan, Evin Kelly, Cameron Fu-Lynch, Liam O’Sullivan, Kieran Bourke, Jack Mullane, Sean Barry,Darragh O’Brien.

This Sunday we have the U12 Football Final also in the Gaelic Grounds.


Sept 28th

Pallaskenry 4-2, Templeglantine 2-10

U 14's wrapped up their hurling for the year with probably one of their best performances going down narrowly to T'glantine by 2 points. Short a number of players the 15 that took to the field gave 110% and were unlucky to loose to a late late goal. Tough free flowing hurling from both sides gave for a very exciting encounter in front of a large crowd. Those to star for Pallaskenry... Ross Mann, Dave Clarke, Darren O'Connell & Richard Downes.

Team: E Sheehan, J Fitzgerald, D Holland, D Clarke, R Downes, H Moloney, R Mann, P Larkin, G Maher, D O'Connell, R Kelly, C Leahy, E Maher, T Neville, C Healy.

Thank you all the coaches that helped during the year.... Noel Leahy, Jim Holland, Tom O'Connell, Vincent Fitzgerald.

Thank you to all those parents that helped in transport during the year and also to all the supporters.

Sept 21st

U12 Football
Pallaskenry 4-8 Hospital/Herbertstown 2-5.

Pallaskenry finished their league with a good win over hospital herbertstown even though they got of to a bad start they were behind 1-3 to no score after eight mins when Darren O'Connell scoredour first goal and then converted a point from a free. But it was hospital that finshed the first half the strongest leading by 4 points. The second half was dominated by Pallaskenry with Evin Kelly getting 2 quick goals and Alan Ryan scoring a goal fromlong range. By this stage hospital were rattled as we were winning the ball all over the field and Lorcan O'Leary kicked over 2 nice points and Alan followed on with another point. Darren finished off with 3 more points as hospital only managed 1 point in the second half.
Team: evin kelly2--0 , cameron fu lynch, sean holland, mikey nash, kieran bourke, martin neville, darren o connell 1--5, alan ryan 1--1, dylan finan, dylan corrigan, lorcan o learyo--2, patrick lynch, odhran cuddihy, sam ross, liam o sullivan.
We have qualifed for the football and hurling finals which will take place on the 3rd and 11th of october in the gaelic grounds.

U8 PARISH LEAGUE

The U8’s Parish Hurling gets underway this week with matches taking place on Tuesday eveningsfor the next number of weeks. The teams are as follows:

DROMLOHAN: Cathal Downes (Capt.), Adam Nash, Dylan Barry, Nathan Hogan, Ellan Cafferkey, Kate Gallgher, Sean Galvin, Jack McCarthy.

CASTLETOWN: Kevin Walsh (Capt.), John McGuinness, Aaron Cummins, Jamie Rogers, Ciaran Bourke, Roisín Gallagher, Colin Griffin.

CLUAIN MHUIRE: Aaron O’Donovan (Capt.), Philip McKenna, Oran Kelly, Roisín Shanahan, Eve O’Sullivan, Conor Kelly, Adam Gibbs, Daniel McGuinness.

LIME YARD: Thomas Kelly-Kiely (Capt.), Micheal Cuddihy, Conor Bourke, Padriag McKenna, Lee Earls, Erin McCarthy, Declan Lynch, Aaron Corbett.

Sept 17th

There is the final U10 Hurling Blitz of the year in our field this evening beginning @ 6:15 sharp
The teams are as follows:
Pallaskenry
Old Christians
Kildimo
Abbey Sarsfields
Crecora.


SEPT 7TH

U10 FOOTBALL BLITZ IN ASKEATON

Congratulations to Pallaskenry Under 10 Football team who did the parish proud last saturday. We played 5 games in a football blitz in Askeaton, winning 3, lost 1 by a point and drawing 1 against a strong opposition from Barna of Co. Galway. There were good performances from goalie Keiran Bourke making some fine saves also Daragh O'Brien, Liam O' Sullivan, Shaun Barry and Cathal Downes.

Scores were plentiful in all Pallaskenry scored 10 goals and 12 points to the oppistions 3 goals and 15 points, scorers were Liam O'Suillivan, Daragh O'Brien, David Moloney,Shaun Barry, Cathal Downes, Stephen Holland and Caolan Rushe.

Team were K. Bourke, J. Mullane, T O'Shaughnessy, D.O'Brien, S. Barry, D. Moloney .C. Holland, S. Holland, T. Hartigan, D. Pearce, M. Cuddihy, K . Walsh, L.O'Sullivan, C. Downes, M.McCarthy, C.Rushe and Ciara Downes. We would like to send a special thanks to Askeaton GAA for the invitation and refreshments to a excellent under 10 football blitz.

U12 HURLING
PALLASKENRY 2-6 BALLINACURRA GAELS 2-3.

This was one of the hardest games of the year even though we won out in the end with Ballinacurra providing a verytough & physical challenge with the result in doubt right up to the final whistle. We started brightly putting over two unanswered points from midfielder Darren O’Connell. Ballinacurra scored a goal to go up by one point but we did not sit back. Christopher Callaghan kicked a ball over the bar to tie the game just before half time, then Evin Kelly got the goal we needed to put us 1-3 to 1-0 up at half time.

In the second half we were against the wind and Ballinacurra up their game and scored 1-2 to goahead. In the last ten minutes every ball was contested vigorously with some hard pulling but it was Pallas who finished the stronger. Darren O’Connell put over two points from frees, Evin Kelly kicked over a nice point before Christopher Callaghan had agoal disallowed. Dylan Corrigan finally got the goal we deserved to put Pallas ahead as Ballinacurra added one more point but it was too late to deny the home side victory. Pallas had won by three points and well done to all involved as we had some outstanding hurling from all our players.

Team: Eoin Holland, Sean Holland, Kieran Bourke, Jamie Fitz, Jason Barry, Martin Neville, Lorcin Fitz, Darren O’Connell (0-4), Dylan Finan, Dylan Corrigan (1-0), Alan Ryan, Odhran Cuddihy, Cameron Fu-Lynch, Christopher Callaghan (0-1), Evin Kelly 1-1), Mikey Nash, Sam Ross, Darragh O’Brien, Mikey Heavnor, Jack Mullane, Patrick Lynch, Liam O’Sullivan.

Our U8 Parish League is due to start next week so check with coaches at training to ensure all players are signed up. Our Annual Cycle to Beagh Castle in association with the National School will take place on Sunday Sept 27th and we hope that young and old alike will come out and support it.


AUGUST 31ST

U12 HURLING
PALLASKENRY 2-5 OLD CHRISTIANS 1-2.

We played Old Christians last Friday evening in Pallaskenry in the County U12 Hurling and in a tough encounter we came out on top but did not have it all our own way. Dylan Corrigan played well at centre field and put over two points from play and our defence did well to keep Old Christians scoreless in the first half especially Jason Barry, Sean Holland & Lorcin O’Leary. Darren O’Connell tagged over three points and scored a goal before half time leaving the score at 1-5 to 0-0.

In the second half we changed the team around and every player impressed when given the chance. Lorcin O’Leary moved out the field from goals and scored a goal from long range, Sam Ross was unlucky when an excellent effort on goal was cleared off the line and Old Christians came more into the game in the second half. They scored 1-2 in the closing quarter and were improving all along but we had good performances from Mikey Nash, Martin Neville, Lorcin O’Leary, Sean Holland, Jamie Fitz & Alan Ryan to ensure we won the match.

Team: Lorcin O’Leary (1-0), Mikey Nash, Martin Neville, Sean Holland, Jamie Fitz, Alan Ryan, Jason Barry, Cameron Fu-Lynch, Darren O’Connell (1-3), Dylan Corrigan (0-2), Evin Kelly, Sam Ross, Chris Callaghan, Dylan finan, Kieran Bourke. Subs: Darragh O’Brien for Darren O’Connell, Liam O’Sullivan for Dylan Corrigan, Jack Heavnor-Cronin for Alan Ryan.

The underage coaches will be sitting down next week to plan out our U8 & U12 Parish Leagues which will take place in the coming month. It is the highlight of the year for most players especially the U8’s who should they are at training in the next few weeks so that they are not left out. U8’s and U10’s train on Tuesdays from 6-7pm and U12’s & U14’s train on Friday evenings from 6-7pm.

The U15’s aredue to start this weekend with a trip to Dromcollogher up first in hurling and all players will be contacted about training. Also we will have our Annual Cycle taking place in the next few weeks when hopefully the weather will shine as in previous years.

JULY 27TH

U12 HURLING
PALLASKENRY 3-7 MUNGRET 1-1.

This was the last game before the three week summer break and Pallaskenry made sure they were not going to lose it. With just a bare team because of players gone on holidays Pallaskenry played some great hurling. Odhran Cuddihy got our first point followed by a well taken point by Jason Barry. Our backs and Eoin Holland our goalie did very well to keep Mungret out with some good defensive play and some great saves. We had further points from Dylan Corrigan & Darren O’Connell and just before half time Evin Kelly scored a goal to put us 1-4 to 0-0 ahead at the break.

In the second half Mungret attacked more and came at us scoring 1-1 without reply. We got a few more points from Dylan Corrigan, Darren O’Connell & Christopher O’Callaghan. Sean Holland had an outstanding game at full back along with Alan Ryan & Dylan Finan doing very well to keep Mungret at bay. As the half progressed we regained control scoring two goals to seal the victory one from Christopher O’Callaghan and one from the injured Jason Barry. Well done to all the players for putting in a big effort and to our young guns Jack Holland, Darragh O’Brien & Sean Barry who are still U10 and U9.

Team: Eoin Holland, Sean Holland, Jamie Fitzgerald, Martin Neville, Alan Ryan, Dylan Finan, Darragh O’Brien, Darren O’Connell (0-2), Dylan Corrigan (0-2), Jason Barry (1-0), Odhran Cuddihy (0-1), Mikey Nash, Jack Mullane, Christopher Callaghan (1-1), Evin Kelly (1-0), Lorcin O’Leary, Sean Barry.

U10 FOOTBALL
PALLASKENRY 1-4 ST. MARYS RATHKEALE 1-3.

Following on from a good win over Askeaton, Pallaskenry overcame Rathkeale in a very close match last Thursday night winning by just one point on a scoreline of 1-4 to 1-3. Well done to all the coaches involved John Barry, Richard Hartigan, Franny Walshe & Davy Downes. Training continues every Tuesday for U8’s & U10s every Friday for U12s & U14s.