Club notes
SHC: The draw for the 2010 senior hurling championship was made last Monday week in The Hibernian Inn. We were drawn in a group along with Moneygall, Kildangan, Kilruane and Portroe. The 1st round takes place on the w/e 11th April and our opposition will be Moneygall. Second round games are fixed for w/e 25th April and Kildangan will be our opponents.
IHL:We had a successful outing in the 1st round of the intermediate league on Sunday morning last where we defeated Newport. Final score Nenagh 0-11 Newport 1-06. We play Knockshegowna in the second round and this takes place Monday night under lights in Ballingarry. Check North Board fixtures for further details.
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Harty Cup: A big thanks to all those who helped out in any way for the Harty Cup final replay last Saturday. After another epic battle the teams will meet for a third time and this games takes place today in Nenagh at 2.30pm.
Juvenile notes
Peil Fixtures 2010
20th Mar. Nenagh Eire Og v Burgess in Nenagh at 2.00pm.
27th Mar. Semi- final and final.
1st. May County semi-final and final.
Feile Fixtures 2010
10th April Nenagh Eire Og v Burgess or Ballina in Nenagh at 2.00pm.
17th. April semi-final and final provisionally booked for Nenagh.
3rd. May County semi-final and final.
Check out our website nenagheire.com for further details.
U10s
The u10s had their first competitive action of 2010 on saturday last when they took part in the North Tipperary blitz, hosted by Kilruane. Eire Og had games against the home club, Borrisoleigh & Roscrea. There were some fine performances from Niall Higginbotham in goal and Stephen Hallinan out the field. Training continues on wednesday next at 5.15pm. We will have a challenge match against Liam Mellows of Galway on Sunday next at 11.00am at McDonagh Park . A reminder to all players that registration for 2010 is now due. Registration forms are available from Phil Hennessy or John Phelan.
Camogie Notes
U 8s. Training indoors in Eire-og complex for month of March on Tuesday from 5.30-7.
U 10s Training Tuesdays and Fridays 5.30-6.30
U 12s Training Tuesday and Fridays from 5-6.30. They had a friendly game against a very strong Toomevara team last Saturday and competed very well in a very tough contest.
U 14s Training Tuesday and Fridays from 5.20-6.30. They played a challenge game against Carrig Riverstown under lights in Ballingarry in terrible conditions last Wednesday evening. The girls acquitted themselves very well against a well organized team and lost out narrowly.
There will be an U12 and U14 blitz this Sunday from 11am to 4 pm in the Christian Brothers.( Fields will be prepared on Saturday help will be needed with this please contact Pat Sheridan) with teams from Nenagh, Castleknock, Salthill and another unconfirmed team. All support and help will be greatly appreciated on the day.
There are still a number of players due to register and it is required to do so as soon as possible. Registration is 25 Euros per player or 50 Euros per family. There is also a non playing registration of 10 Euros.
The club have received a large stock of new hurleys which are available at 20 Euros each it is advisable that each player has a hurley that suits them. The hurleys are available from Pat Sheridan who will advise on size.
The training start times put down are for players to be on the field ready to train on time.
Congratulations to the girls that were picked on the Tipp U14 panel for next weeks game versus Cork in Cahir next Saturday morning at 10.30. Best of luck to the Tipp U 14 mentors for the year. Best of luck to Noelle Kennedy, her management team and the U 16 Tipperary Camogie panel in their first game of the championship against Cork @ 2.30pm in Cork on the 13th March, Ciara Mc Grath is the sole Nenagh Eire-og representative on the team..
Best of luck to the Felie Na Bpaisti participants in Portroe on Friday night where Nenagh Eire Og will have 21 participants in 7 events.