Inter County
Well done to Craig Morgan and the Tipperary team on the victory over Galway. Tickets for the semi-final against Kilkenny are available on Ticketmaster, in Centra and SuperValu. The club will receive no allocation of tickets.
Junior
In the first round of the championship, we came out the right side of a 3-19 to 2-19 scoreline against Roscrea in Borrisoleigh. On a perfect evening for hurling, MacDonagh’s had first use of the light breeze into the scoring goal. Jason Fitzpatrick opened the scoring for Roscrea with a pointed free in the second minute. Goalkeeper Kevin Naughnane bought the sides level with a monster free from inside his own half. A white flag from the impressive Brian O’Meara in the 5th minute put the Magpies ahead for the first time. They were never subsequently behind in the game. With eighteen minutes gone, the teams were level on 0-9 each. Kilruane struck for two goals from Michael Cleary (20th minute) and Cian Moyles (23rd minute) to open up a six-point lead. At the interval, the score was 2-11 to 0-11 in favour of MacDonaghs. Roscrea had kept in the hunt with six-pointed frees – the final tally at the end of the game was eleven Roscrea points from placed balls.
On the restart, both sides swopped a brace of points. In the forty-second minute, Jack Mulcahy, who had been a thorn in the Roscrea defence since the first whistle, was hauled down in the large square. Keeper Kevin Naughnane made the long trek from the goals to blast the penalty to the net. Kilruane had now a seven-point cushion. In the forty-fourth minute, Roscrea thundered back into the game with a goal. A second green flag for Roscrea in the fifty-fifth minute left the teams on level terms. The momentum was now with the opposition, but the Magpies showed grit and determination to outscore Roscrea 0-5 to 0-2 in the final minutes to record a well-deserved three-point victory and bag a pair of valuable points.
Team: Kevin Naughnane (1-3, 10- penalty, 0-3 frees), Paul Molloy, Eanna Hogan, David O’Sullivan, Paddy Ryan, Cormac Doheny, Eamonn Coonan, Brian O’Meara (0-4), Cathal England (0-1), Jack Mulcahy (0-1), Johnny Naughnane, Cian Moyles (1-0), Fiachra Ahearne Woods (0-2), Oisín O’Meara, Michael Cleary (1-7, 0-5 frees). Subs: Jack Peters, Michael Hennelly (0-1), Conor Doheny.
This Friday, 20th June, we play Kiladangan in Nenagh at 7.15pm.
U15
In the first round of the ‘A’ championship, we had a 3-18 to 4-11 away victory over Nenagh. The game was brought forward a week at the request of Nenagh. We led 3-8 to 2-9 at the interval with Jack O’Meara scoring a brace of goals and Michael Hutchinson raising the third green flag. With five minutes left, Nenagh had edged into a three-point lead. However, MacDonaghs reeled off seven unanswered points to finish four points clear at the final whistle.
Team: Shane O’Meara, Odhran Goulding, Tadhg Tee fey, Liam Dollery, Ben Williams, Mark Cleary, Cian O’Looney, Jack O’Meara (2-6), Dylan Hussey Sheahan, Michael Hutchinson (1-0), Senan O’Leary (0-8, 0-5 frees), Rory Moloughney (0-1), Colin Gaynor, Lukah Williams (0-2), Ciaran Foote (0-1). Sub: Robert Cleary.
U13
In the second round of the ‘D’ championship, our second team had a home victory over Kiladangan.
Cúl Camp
The annual Cúl Camps will be held in MacDonagh Park on 30th June to 4th July and 14th to 18th July from 10.00am to 2.00pm each day. The Camps are open to boys and girls aged 6 to 13. The cost is €82.50 for the first child, €75 for the second child and €65 for third and subsequent children. Book your place on kelloggsculcamps.gaa.ie
Lotto
The Jackpot next week is €2,400. Tickets are available from the usual outlets, or you can play on Club Spot. Thanks for your continued support.
Bingo
The weekly Bingo session continues on Saturday night in the Fr. O’Meara Centre, Kilruane at 8.00pm with the Jackpot standing at €1,100.
Sympathy
The club extends sympathy to the family of the late Emby Foote (née Feighery), MacDonagh Avenue, Cloughjordan.
