St. Patricks GAA

Many thanks to Liam McGrath who visited Cloneen last Saturday for a training and question and answer session with players from under 10 to under 16. Liam who lead the Tipperary minor Footballers to all Ireland glory this year refereed a fun game in the rain. Tipperary won their first All-Ireland Minor Football Championship title since 1934 with a sensational 3-09 to 1-14 comeback win over Dublin at Croke Park.   Thanks Liam and the very best of luck for the future.  We hope to see you here again with Sam!!!

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The U10 and U12s have been playing a parish football league for the last 3 weeks. Last weekend we played the finals with all 4 teams involved. The weather was lovely, the football fast and furious. This league has proved to be both entertaining and enjoyable for all involved. Our thanks to Susan Meagher for presenting The Ned Meagher Cup, also our thanks to Philly Keane who reffed our matches and presented our Juvenile Club with a lovely new cup.

Eamon Hall

In recent weeks all the attention and spotlight has been on the Tipp’s Senior hurlers – however the Tipp Minor footballers have been nice and quietly preparing for their big day when they lock horns with Dublin in the All Ireland Final on the 18th September. Read more »

Congratulations to Conor Clancy and Cathal Mahoney who were part of the Tipperary A panel who defeated Kerry North in the final of the Jim Power Memorial Tournament on Saturday

Our U-12 girls lined out on friday evening 1st july in New Inn to face Ardfinnan in the County ‘D’ Final. After a very composed start our girls found their rhythm and an opening goal by Niamh Keane helped settle things. A very strong run by Caoimhe Ryan lead to a penalty and she duly stepped up and converted same. Niamh added two more before the break to go in at half time leading 2-2 — 0-1.

After the break Caoimhe Ryan added another 1-1. Our defence was outstanding with Sadhbh,Vivienne,Olivia, Shannon, Ruth, Joy,Eimear commanding a solid defence. Our midfield mistros Ciara Horan & Caoimhe  McMenamin worked with our foward line to great effect. Final score 3-3 — 0-1. Read more »

We began our season in May with 2 defeats to Boherlahan & Fethard. Our girls built on these defeats to record victories over Moyle Rovers B, Gortnahoe & Moycarkey. These wins secured us 3 place in our group and a Semi-Final place V Ballyporeen. This was to be our greatest test to date and after 3 magnificent games 120 minutes of football our girls managed to seal a 1 point victory, this has now set up a County Final clash with Ardfinnan on friday 1st July in New inn @ 6.45pm

Our U10 footballers competed in and won their division in the annual U10 blitz in Monroe last weekend. Our lads played 5 games and won all of them. They beat Moyle Rovers B, Clonmel Og B, Carrick Davins, Newcastle and Fr. Sheehys.

Well done to all players and their mentors. The future is bright!

St. Pats Squad: Denis Clancy, Patrick Griffin, Keith Morrisey, Padraig O’Brien, Quinn Moran, Mike O’Brien, Jack Maher, Daragh Hall, Eoin Fitzgerald, Matt McCormack,  Jack Cuddihy, Luke Butler, Robert Barton, Angus McDonald, Fergal Keane.

Mentors: Declan Morrisey, Eamon Hall, Angus McDonald, Noel McCormack