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CRAOBH CHIARÁIN 1-16 ST BRIGID’S 2-9

Craobh had to hold off a late St Brigid’s rally before emerging with a well merited victory in this Evening Herald Dublin SHC ‘A’ Group A clash at Russell Park on Wednesday night.
A purple patch in the first half paved the way for the Donnycarney side’s victory with a James Ryan goal and flurry of points with Ryan, Alan McCrabbe, and Ger Ennis on target gave them a 1-9 to 0-7 lead. It was an advantage they had stretched to nine points following excellent scores from Peter O’Boyle and Ennis before a brace of Cian O’Mahony goals gave the home side renewed hope in the dying minutes.

SCORERS - Craobh Chiaráin: J Ryan 1-2, G Ennis, A McCrabbe (0-3f) 0-4 each, P O’Boyle 0-2, K Warren, K Ryan, S Ennis, D Kelly 0-1 each. St Brigid’s: C O’Mahony 2-1, J Winters 0-3 (0-3f), C Kellett, B McEnerney 0-2 (0-1f) each, D Plunkett 0-1.
CRAOBH CHIARÁIN - S Chester; K Elliot, E Farrell, D Kirwan; J Finnegan, Derek O’Reilly, D Kelly; S McDonnell, A McCrabbe; K Warren, G Ennis, P O’Boyle; J Ryan, P Purtell, K Ryan. Subs: S Ennis for K Ryan (50).
ST BRIGID’S - A Nolan; C Doyle, T O’Donnell, M Cussen; A O’Leary, C Morris, J Winters; B Smith, C Woodgate; T Cleere, C Ryan, D Plunkett; B McEnerney, C O’Mahony, C Kellett. Subs: J O’Callaghan for Winters (48), P Rohan for Ryan (48), W Tyrell for O’Donnell (57).
REF - F McGreevy (St Oliver Plunketts/ER)

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KILMACUD CROKES 2-14 O’TOOLE’S 1-15

Two first half goals from Donal McGovern and James Burke helped Crokes to a two-point victory in this Evening Herald Dublin SHC ‘A’ Group B encounter in Silver Park on Wednesday night.
McGovern’s goal came in the 11th minute when he was in the right place at the right time after the O’Toole’s defence failed to deal fully with a long free from Seán McGraty. Five minutes later Crokes raised their second green flag when Burke applied the finishing touches following good approach play from Aodán de Paor.
Howevever, a goal from O’Toole’s ’keeper Brendan McLoughlin in the 22nd minute ensured that there was on two points between the sides at the interval, 2-6 to 1-7, following fine points from the lively Barry O’Rorke and McGrath.
In the second half O’Toole’s cause was not helped by the fact that Dublin senior Kevin Flynn accounted for their entire eight-point haul as Crokes held on for victory to make it a three-way tie at the top of the table between the Larriers, Crokes, and St Vincent’s.
Ross O’Carroll ended a long injury enforced lay-off by returning to competitive action for the last ten minutes.

SCORERS - Kilmacud Crokes: K O’Loughlin 0-9 (0-6f, 0-1 ‘65’), D McGovern, J Burke 1-0, B O’Rorke 0-3, C Clinton, S McGrath 0-1 each. O’Toole’s: K Flynn 0-11 (0-7f), B McLoughlin 1-0 (1-0f), P O’Donoghue 0-3, Peadar Carton 0-1.
KILMACUD CROKES - M Ó hÓgáin; S O’Rorke, A Cleary, A Grogan; R Walsh, R O’Loughlin, J Doughan; N Corcoran, C Clinton; A de Paor, S McGrath, J Burke; B O’Rorke, D McGovern, K O’Loughlin. Subs: Ross O’Carroll for McGovern (50), N Ó Ríordáin for Burke (61).
O’TOOLE’S - B McLoughlin; C Mulligan, K Wilson, B Carton; Patrick Carton, L Ryan, J Bastow; G O’Meara, P Brennan; Peadar Carton, K Horgan, D Webster; P O’Donoghue, L O’Donoghue, K Flynn. Subs: D Farrelly for Webster (ht), C Whyte for Bastow (ht).
REF - G Delaney (Faughs).

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Meteor today announced details of the 2010 Meteor Kilmacud Crokes All-Ireland Hurling Sevens, which will take place on Saturday 4th September in Kilmacud Crokes home pitch of Glenalbyn, Stillorgan, Co.Dublin and surrounding pitches in the locality.

Proudly supporting the official launch of the 38th annual hurling sevens tournament today were former stars Charlie Carter and John Henderson of Kilkenny and  Tommy Dunne and John Leahy of Tipperary, President of the GAA, Christy Cooney, Director General of the GAA, Padraig Duffy and Meteor’s Commercial Director John Penberthy Smith.

40 senior clubs from ten counties will compete for the much coveted Meteor Cup in the senior competition and 16 teams will do battle in the Shield competition. With over 600 players , this year’s tournament guarantees thrilling action and entertainment for players and supporters alike on the eve of the All-Ireland Hurling Final. This year’s hurling sevens will involve over 100 games, a true feast of hurling, with group games beginning at 10.30am and the throw in for the final scheduled for approximately 6.45pm at Glenalbyn in Stillorgan village.

Tom Barry, Chairman of Kilmacud Crokes Hurling, welcomed all participants and highlighted that the Meteor Cup is now one of the most coveted prizes in Club Hurling. He also “looks forward to an on going winning relationship with sponsor, Meteor”.

Meteor’s  Commercial Director John Penberthy Smith today said, “This is Meteor’s third year as sponsor and we are extremely proud to support such a prestigious sporting event that recognises the wealth of talent that Clubs all over Ireland have to offer. Meteor has long been recognised as a competitive force in the mobile market and we look forward to an equally competitive display of hurling on the 4th September” he added.

The 2009 champions Moycarkery Borris of Tipperary will be out to defend the title, a feat achieved only twice in the history of the competition and the last time in 1981/82 by Middleton of Cork, demonstrating what a tough task it is to win the "sevens". A host of inter-county players will be in action on the day led by the Canning brothers Joe & Ollie of Portumna from Galway, All-Ireland Club Champions in 2006, 2008 and 2009 and All Ireland Sevens winners in 2004 and 2008. The host club Kilmacud Crokes will feature Dublin senior hurler Niall Corcoran and Dublin U21 players Barry O'Rourke, Conor Clinton, Rory O'Carroll, Ronan Walsh, Rob and Kevin O'Loughlin. Killeagh of Cork will include Joe Deane and former All Ireland winning captain Mark Landers. Niall McCarthy will lead the challenge of Carrigtwohill from Cork. Wexford are represented by Oulart the Ballagh and Raparees. Two times winners Patrickswell of Limerick will also contest this years competition.

Supporters on the day can also be in with a chance to win tickets to the much anticipated Tipp v Kilkenny All-Ireland Hurling Final."

The event is also supporting the ‘Headsup’, text referral service from Rehab Care, which aims to help young adults in difficulty by offering support group information for a range of issues via text on 50424.

Visit www.kilmacudcrokes-hurling.com for details on the history of the event, past winners, maps and more.

For further information please contact:
Leontia Fannin/ Amanda Carroll
Meteor
085-711800 / 085-7117300          

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All Ireland Balla Ball Finals

 Kilmacud Crokes Hurling Wall, Glenalbyn

Saturday September 4 2010 from 2pm to 4pm.

  The u-16 winner will receive a beautiful trophy

 and a €150 sports voucher

 The adult winner will receive a beautiful trophy

 and a €250 sports voucher

To take part contact Humphrey Kelleher at 086 2544328 or

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TOM HUMPHRIES in Tullamore

UNDER-21 HURLING ALL-IRELAND SEMI-FINAL Galway 2-14 Dublin 1-10: IT MUST be frustrating to be Anthony Daly – one of the most passionate and inspirational of hurling men of the last couple of decades.

Again and again in the past two years Dublin teams have exited championships with scarcely a whimper.

On Saturday in Tullamore that passivity was in evidence once again as a team which had beaten Kilkenny on a night of high passion on Nowlan Park lay down and let an efficient Galway side take control of the second half and seize the golden ticket to next month’s All-Ireland Under 21 final where they will face Tipperary.

Dublin arrived into the fixture missing four of their blue clip players but those absentees couldn’t be blamed for the timidity of the Dublin forwards who bunched together for comfort in a channel in front of the Galway goal and seldom drove into any loose ball with aggression or conviction.

On the couple of occasions when they used their brains and played the ball wide to stretch Galway they got results. Perversely, those occasions became fewer and fewer as the game slipped past.

At half-time it looked as if there was everything to be played for. Dublin had scored a goal early on through David Quinn after James Regan of Galway and Conor Clinton of Dublin had traded scores in the first minute. Quinn was quickest to react to a deflected save from Galway keeper Kris Finnegan after a Liam Rushe shot and he pulled to the net.

By the sixth minute Galway had a goal of their own – this one a penalty driven home by Niall Quinn after the corner forward Richie Cummins was pulled down in front of goal. By the 10th minute the game was tied 1-2 apiece and just settling into a pattern.

Dublin’s half back line and midfield did just about all that could have been asked of them but the supply of ball they fed into the Dublin forwards came back just as quickly as it went in.

Niall McMorrow, Dublin’s free-taker, looked out of sorts and, by stark contrast, David Burke of Galway struck a series of beautiful long-range frees – each one of which seemed to freshly puncture Dublin’s morale.

Burke looked like the best player on the pitch and his contribution, particularly at that stage of the game where Galway seemed to lack the confidence to go and win the thing, was massive.

Dublin’s own conviction was poor as well and they went 19 minutes of the first half without scoring before the excellent Pater Kelly pointed from long range.

Kelly, one of the senior players on view, looked the part. By contrast, Liam Rushe struggled to make an impact and his runs when in possession became predictable to the Galway defence.

He wasn’t alone in his sufferings though.

Dublin hit some bad wides and some careless wides in the first half and on more than one occasion opted to shoot when a pass to a better placed man would have served better.

Galway were a point ahead at the break and one imagined the sort of passion which would be infused into both sides as they had their tea. It never materialised. Galway moved up a gear. Dublin motored along in a state of odd contentment.

Galway scored three points to Dublin’s one early in the second half before sub Bernard Burke broke and slipped the ball home under Finn McGarry for Galway’s second goal. Game over.

Dublin got a little zip into their pace at last with the introduction of Darren Whelan but even his best efforts couldn’t alter the landscape.

Last chance fell to McGarry Dublin’s goalkeeper who had a penalty saved on 58 minutes.

So it was that Galway dipped under the tape for their first All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling final since 2007,

GALWAY : K Finnegan; D Connolly, P Gordan, G OHalloran; N Donoghue, D Burke (0-4 all frees) , S Óg Linnane; J Coen (0-1) , B Daly; J Regan (0-1), N Quinn (1-2, gl from pen), E Forde (0-3, two frees); R Cummins (0-1) , G Burke, G Kelly (0-2). Subs: B Burke (1-0) for Cummins (half-time), J Grealish for Daly (48 mins), N Burke for G Burke (54 mins), J Cooney for Forde (60 mins).

DUBLIN : F McGarry; R Walsh, D Kelly, O Gough; R O’Loughlin, M Quilty, P Kelly (0-2, one free, one 65); C Clinton (0-2) , P Buckeridge; D Quinn (1-0) , D Plunkett, B ORorke (0-1) ; C Brennan, L Rushe, N McMorrow (0-2, frees). Subs : A McInerney for Quinn (42 mins), D Whelan (0-3, all frees) for McMorrow (44), M Schutte for Clinton (48), K OLoughlin for ORorke (54).

Referee: Jason O'Mahony (Limerick

David Quinn and Ciarán Brennan come into the Dublin attack for Saturday’s Bord Gáis Energy All-Ireland under-21 hurling championship semi-final against Galway in O’Connor Park, Tullamore (6.0).

With Shane Stapleton and David Treacy both ruled out after suffering cruciate injuries recently Quinn, who scored a goal in the Leinster final victory over Wexford, returns to the team after starting against Kilkenny while for Faughs man Brennan it will be his first start.

The defence and midfield is the same as that which started against the Slaneysiders in the Leinster decider while Dublin also make some positional adjustments to their attack.

Saturday’s game is part of an U21 semi-final double-header with Tipperary facing Antrim in the opener (4.0).

** Click on Hill 16 Video on the homepage to hear Conor Clinton’s views ahead of Saturday’s game **

DUBLIN (U21HC v Galway)
1 Finn McGarry (Ballyboden St Enda’s)
2 Ronan Walsh (Kilmacud Crokes)
3 Darren Kelly (Craobh Chiaráin)
4 Oisín Gough (Cuala)
5 Robert O’Loughlin (Kilmacud Crokes)
6 Martin Quilty (Na Fianna)
7 Peter Kelly (Lucan Sarsfields)
8 Conor Clinton (Kilmacud Crokes)
9 Peter Buckeridge (Ballyboden St Enda’s)
10 David Quinn (Lucan Sarsfields)
11 Daire Plunkett (St Brigid’s)
12 Barry O’Rorke (Kilmacud Crokes)
13 Ciarán Brennan (Faughs)
14 Liam Rushe (St Pat’s, Palmerstown)
15 Niall McMorrow (Ballyboden St Enda’s)

Subs
16 Ger McManus (St Jude’s) 
17 Stephen O’Connor (Ballyboden St Enda’s)
18 Daire Ó Maoileidigh (Na Fianna) 
19 Darren Whelan (Crumlin)
20 Paul Garbutt (Naomh Barróg)
21 Kevin Warren (Craobh Chiaráin)
22 Aodhán McEnerney (St Brigid’s)
23 Robert O’Loughlin (Kilmacud Crokes)
24 Mark Schutte (Cuala)
25 Odhrán Ó Maoileidigh (Na Fianna) 
26 Eoin Young (Round Tower’s, Clondalkin)

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