Week Ending 3rd May 2010

Wednesday 28th April 2010 marked the opening of the 2010 adult hurling championships. 

 

In Silverpark the intermediates played host to Whitehall Colmcille, trained by former Dublin player, Johnny McGurk (Craobh Chiaran).  This was a game of alternating scoring spurts.  After ten minutes Crokes led 0-4 to 0-1.  The visitors then went 1-4 to 0-4 clear.  At the break Crokes were 1-11 to 1-5 clear.  After eleven minutes of the second half the score stood at 1-12 to 2-8.  The home side responded with three unanswered white flags.  A pair of Whitehall overs reduced the gap to two points (1-15 to 2-10).  The clinching score came in the fifty seventh minute as Daibhi de Paor scooped to the net for Crokes.  A fine point from substitute, Liam Cantwell, completed the scores tally.  A late goal for Whitehall led to a few anxious minutes as the contest concluded 2-16 to 3-10 in Crokes favour.  For report see HERE 

 

The same evening the Junior As’ trip to Tymon Park North was not as fruitful as they lost by three points to St Judes (1-18 to 2-12) in their opening championship game.  The sides were level 0-7 each at the interval, Crokes having trailed by six points at one stage.  There were good performances from Dave Canny at full back, Joe Walsh, midfield, and substitutes Conor Caulfield (1-1) and Alex Pilkington (1-0) while Dara Burke pointed eight frees.

 

On Thursday the Junior E’s faced Na Fianna in Silverpark.  The Kilmacud team overturned a half time deficit of two points to win 3-8 to 1-7.  For report see HERE

 

 On Bank Holiday Monday, 3rd May 2010 the under 13’s had a very useful run out against the Oulart the Ballagh U14s, in Oulart, Co Wexford.   A very positive aspect of this game was the scoring of 12 points from play by 5 different forwards against physically strong opponents.  At the end of a competitive game the score stood Oulart the Ballagh 6-10; Kilmacud Crokes 2-13.  For report see HERE

 

Lá na gClub

 

Following on from the success of 2009 the GAA has designated Sun May 9th as Lá na gClub.  For this reason the day has been kept fixture free to allow clubs organise their own events.

 

We will be running this year’s annual Festival of Hurling/Internal Sevens on the day.  The competition is open to current and ex-Hurlers and Camogie players from U16 upwards. Games will start at 1.30pm in Glenalbyn and the final will be at 5pm approx. Entry fee is €10 per player, which gets you your jersey and a burger or two.

 

Managers are asked to text panels to get commitments and all are requested to revert to Colm Maher (087-2755074, colm.maher@citi.com) with a final list of names and phone numbers by email before Wednesday May 5th.

 

Offers of team managers, referees, water carriers, umpires, chefs etc gratefully accepted.

 

Many thanks to Peter Walsh and Orpen Franks Solicitors for sponsoring the tee-shirts.

 

Next Week’s Adult Hurling Fixtures

 

Wednesday

	05.05.10	SHC A	Ballyboden St Endas	Pairc Ui Mhurchu	7pm
		IHC	Commercials	Rathcoole	7pm
		JHC A	Castleknock	Silverpark 1	7pm
Thursday	06.05.10	JHC E	Clontarf	St Annes Park	7pm
Saturday	08.05.10	SHC A	Faughs	Silverpark 1	6.30pm
Sunday	09.05.10		La Na gClub

 

Schools

 

On Wednesday 28th April 2010 Dublin South lost to Kilkenny CBS in Dicksboro 1-12 to 1-8 in the Leinster A Juvenile Hurling semi-final.  For report see HERE 

Representing Kilmacud Crokes were starters Michael O’Dwyer and Dara O’Gallchobhair.  Sean Keating was introduced as a substitute.  Eamonn Allen and the injured Mark O’Loughlin were also on the panel. 

 

The previous day OatlandsCollege from Stillorgan lost to Maynooth by four points in the Dublin JHC final. 

On Monday 26st April 2010 GonzagaCollege travelled to St. Annes Park where they took on St Paul’s Raheny in a Special second and third year league.  The northside school had the better of the first half exchanges and led 3-4 to 2-4.  Turning to play against the wind, Gonzaga were faced with the necessity to dig deep and this they did to win pulling away by 7-15 to 4-7 and secure a final place against TerenureCollege. For images of this match click on the camera below

 

 

Gonzaga Squad: M Herlihy (Kilmacud Crokes), P Finlay (Kilmacud Crokes), J Murphy (Kilmacud Crokes), A Marks, H Gowing (Kilmacud Crokes), R Horgan (Kilmacud Crokes), F Rogers  (Kilmacud Crokes), M Geraghty (Kilmacud Crokes), D Mullin (Kilmacud Crokes), T Barry (Kilmacud Crokes), C O’Brien (Faughs), J Varley (Faughs), F O’Coileain, E Prendergast (Faughs), K O’Connor (Ballinteer St Johns), E O’Doherty (Kilmacud Crokes), C Mulcahy (Clanna Gael), A Dillon, D Viane Walsh and  Matthew Coffey .

 

Hurling Managements 2010

For details of Kilmacud Crokes Hurling team managements see HERE or click on the image below!

 

 

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