Author: Teresa Corcoran

Report by Martin Delahunty

Graigue Ballycallan U14s finished a very busy week with a long journey to Pearse Stadium in Galway to play in the Regional Féile Finals. An early start for all when the bus wheeled out of Tom Ryall Park at 8am sharp, with the girls gathering to play their Féile in Dublin.
The day involved two games against Kilmacud Crokes and Loughrea with the top of the group to play out a final against the winner of group 2. The Graigue boys were missing a few key players due to injury and holidays but 19 eager players togged out in the impressive rooms of Pearse Stadium. Read more

Best of luck to our U14 boys heading to Galway tomorrow for the Regional Féile na nGael, we have no doubt this great group of players will do our club and parish proud. We will keep you updated with results on our Twitter account during the day.

Click on the link below to see fixtures:

Regional-Féile-na-nGael_Galway.xlsx

Report by Martin Delahunty

The annual U14 Declan Memorial Byrne Tournament took place on Sunday last in Tom Ryall Park. This was the first time the tournament was held on a Sunday and it proved to be a massive success.

A huge amount of preparation was put in by all over the 3 weeks leading to Sunday but they suffered a setback late on Thursday when one of the participating clubs had to withdraw. The U14 management approached a half dozen clubs but unfortunately none were available to fill the void. The decision was then made for the locals to field 2 teams in order for the Tournament to run on its original format and what a master stroke this proved to be.

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Report by Niall Egan

Our U10’s played Bennettsbridge last Saturday in the Go Games final weekend in MW Hire Training Centre, Dunmore. Despite being short a few players our lads gave an exhibition of hurling to win both games comfortably, they also won the football for good measure. The boys won 4 out of 5 Go Games matches with some impressive performances. Well done lads.

Our annual U14 Declan Byrne Memorial Tournament will take place this Sunday 12th June 2016, commencing at 10am.

We would like to welcome the following teams who are taking part; Mooncoin, Piltown, James Stephens, Tullaroan, Dunnamaggin & Ballingarry. 

Click on the links below to see further details:

Match-details-for-Declan-Byrne-Tournament-12-June-2016.ppt

Declan Byrne Memorial Tournament Rules

Report by Phil Maher

Graigue Ballycallan U10’s hosted a friendly with a depleted Clara team on a beautiful Saturday morning on May 28th in Tom Ryall Park Kilmanagh. The game was played in what’s becoming their usual format of 3 periods, commencing with ground hurling and giving every chap a minimum of 2 periods.
As the summer approaches its evident this team are playing more as a unit and lads are finding their natural position. A good example of this is the towering performance of Sean McGrath in defence where his confidence grew more and more as the game went on. Read more

Another one of our recent winners of Hurler of the Week – James O’Halloran. Well done James, keep up the good work!

Report by Martin Delahunty

Graigue Ballycallan U14s visited John’s Park on Monday last to play city outfit O’Loughlin Gaels in the 4th and final match of their league campaign. 

The boys took advantage of a stiff breeze early on to build up a lead of 1-6 to no score after 15 minutes of play, with some great individual scores from Jack Butler and Oisín Egan. This seemed to knock the confidence from the Gaels with the Graigue boys piling on relentless pressure, the scores came easily and they went to the break with a comfortable lead. Read more