South Junior A Football Championship
Fethard 0-10 St. Patrick’s 1-07
On Saturday last in Mullinahone, St. Patrick’s and Fethard finished on level terms after a somewhat forgettable game. Moved from Ballingarry due to inclement weather, the Mullinahone pitch was remarkably dry but what a pity the football didn’t live up to expectations. Continue reading
The preparation is complete, the teams are picked and the battle lines are drawn. Yes Munster championship kicks off this weekend in Thurles, where Tipp and Cork renew their old rivarly. The weather promises to be good and the hurling also. Will Tipp bring that agreesion that was visible on League final day, will Cork miss the Rock and Joe Deane, will the young O’Hailpín prosper, will Eoin Kelly be fit? Lots of questions, lots of individual battles, typical of Munster championship. Continue reading
The new building is progressing at a nice steady pace. The doors and windows were installed last week. Have a look at the flickr photo stream in the side bar for more images.
Dressing Rooms with Doors and Windows Installed
St. Patricks Juniors get the championship year underway this coming Saturday, May 23rd. Football first and exactly where they left off last year against regining South champions Fethard. The venue is Ballingarry. There are no real challenges matchs to base their form on so lets wait and see and hope for a good display on Saturday evening.
On the hurling front, their intermediate league Q/F against Moyne Templetouhy was canceled due to Gortnahoe field being unplayable. They were supposed to hurl Moyle Rovers in the championship this coming weekend but the football has taken precedence. But more than likely the hurling will commence the weekend after next. A number of challenges were played recently with varied form. A win, draw and loss against Carrick Davins, St. Marys, and St. Mollerans(Carrick) respectively.
The physicality and intensity shown by Tipperary in the league final, two weeks ago now, will no doubt inspire the other members of the chasing pack. Maybe, and I emphasize maybe, there is a glimmer of hope in the hurling fraternity of stopping the march of Kilkenny. Continue reading
This weekend’s league final between Tipp and Kilkenny will be used as a yardstick, as to how far the ‘Cats’ are ahead of the chasing pack in the hurling world. Up until this juncture, there has been a massive gulf between the standard bearers and the so called other contenders (Tipp, Galway, Cork, Waterford). But the league can, at times, give some skewed perspectives as to where teams are. Remember Clare in the Loughnane era, their league form was always taken with a grain of salt, due to the happenings at the hill of Crusheen. So it is difficult to say where teams are in their preparation. Continue reading
Congrats to the Tipperary Senior Footballers on winning the Division 3 League Final. It was a major achievement and more importantly it was done in style. Pat Spillane mentioning over the airwaves that the best football of the weekend came from the men from the Premier county, now thats a compilment from the ‘great’ one!
It is nicely set up for a good Munster championship for the footballers, Limerick first and then a Munster Final. But its 2003 since they have won a championship match so it would be a major achievement if they were to reach the provincial decider. They get to there, then they’ve nothing to loose. Here’s hoping!!
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