East Intermediate Hurling Championship

Erins Own 1-13 De La Salle 0-13

Our intermediate hurlers suffered their second defeat of the championship when they went down by a goal to Erins Own in Walsh Park last Wednesday night. Fielding a very young team with eleven players U-21 starting we struggled at times to deal with the physically stronger Erins Own side and even though we were in the game with a chance of a share of the spoils to the end, the points deservedly went to our opponents.
The early exchanges were even enough and points from Brian Cunningham and Cormac McCann saw the sides level after eight minutes. Further points from Cormac McCann and Mikey Costigan either side of two Erins Own points had it all square 0-4 each after seventeen minutes. The game’s decisive moment came in the 20th minute when Erins Own were awarded a free which was then moved to the centre of the goal and it was finished to the net. Erins Own added a point but Brian Cunningham replied in the 27th minute after Cormac McCann was fouled. The last point of the half fell to Erins Own Michael Roche opened the second half scoring but Erins Own replied immediately. Sean Carton pointed but three consecutive points from Erins Own saw them 1-10 to 0-7 after seven minutes. Points from Matthew Barden and Brian Cunningham reduced the arrears. Erins Own replied with a point before an exchange of points involving Brian Cunningham made it 1-12 to 0-10 with ten minutes to go. Fouls on Colm Morris and Thomas Kearney saw Brian Cunningham reduce the arrears to three points with five minutes left. An Erins Own free made it four but another foul on Thomas Kearney made it three again as we entered injury time. A couple of frees led to goal attempts but we were unable to secure the goal we needed.

Scorers: Brian Cunningham 0-7 (0-5 frees), Cormac McCann 0-2, Mikey Costigan, Michael Roche, Sean Carton and Matthew Barden 0-1 each.

Panel: Donal Carey, Ryan Duke, Kenneth Byrne, Adam Doyle, Lee Wall, Bryan Phelan, Gavin Coppinger, Matthew Barden, Sean Carton, Brian Cunningham, Thomas Kearney, Michael Roche, Cormac McCann, Mikey Costigan, Evan Whelan, Colm Morris, Luke Flynn, Oran Keevers, Eoin Casey, Peter Grogan.

County U-14 Hurling Championship

De La Salle 4-13 Passage 1-5

An excellent second half performance by our U-14 hurlers gave them their first win of the year. Having previously drawn and lost by a point to our opponents we were surprised by the margin of victory which after a tight first half we led 2-5 to 1-4 before going on to win comfortably.
Panel: Daire Treacy, Alex Hoban McGuire, Conor Cummins, Glen Buckley, Sultan Andnekan, Rishi Oben, Conor O'Shea, Alex Keane, Kieran O'Sullivan, Cormac Dawson, Evan Hayes, Josh Kelly, Jack Twomey, Darragh Crowe, Conor Keane, Kieran Kennedy, Ben O’Neill, Jack Cox, Jack Douglas, Niall Dawson.

All Ireland Hurling Quarter Finals

Well done to Derek McGrath, Kevin Moran, Jake Dillon, Shane McNulty, Stephen Daniels, Mark Cooney, Fergal O'Brien and the Waterford senior hurlers on defeating Wexford in Cork’s excellent new stadium. Congratulations to Kevin Moran on being selected as the RTE Sunday Game man of the match.

De La Salle Activity Group

Indoor Bowls will continue every Thursday in Gracedieu starting at 7pm and finishing at 9.30pm All supporters and retired members are invited to participate. It is great fun so why not come along and try it out. We have a fine club house and a céid míle fáilte is extended to all.

Yoga

Every Monday at 6.30pm Yoga for Beginners with Bozena in De La Salle GAA club, Gracedieu. Get flexible, strengthen the body and relax with this dynamic therapeutic workout. €10 drop in or €45 for 5 classes. For booking or more information contact Bozena on 085-1786088.

Fixtures

Friday 28th July County Minor Hurling Championship v Mount Sion in Mount Sion 7.30pm.
Saturday 29th July East Intermediate Hurling Championship v Clonea in Carrickbeg 2pm.