Gurteen N.S. 4-11; Tullykyne N.S. 6-11: Report by Martina Donnellan. St. Kerrills N.S. relinquish Cumann na mBuncsol after 32 score epic. The large crowd of supporters from both Gurteen and Tullykyne (Moycullen) National Schools were enrapt by a cracking game of school hurling in the…
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U12 Football, Round 5
Pearses 3-5; Craughwell 1-5: Report by Martina Donnellan. Pearses U12 footballers played their fifth game of the league against a strong Craughwell side yesterday evening, clocking their third win in 5 games. Although both teams showed signs of Feile weariness, it was Craughwell who started…
Read MoreNational Féile, Semi-Final
Roscommon Gaels 1-10 Pearses 1-5. Report by Martina Donnellan. I’m sure it’s the place where many great players both past and present would have made a name for themselves: The National Feile Competition. The semi-final against Roscommon Gaels played in Kiltormer today was dream stuff…
Read MoreNational Féile, Quarter-Final
Pearses: 3-5 Naomh Moninne (Louth) 1-1: Report by Martina Donnellan. Our U14s advanced to the Semi Final of the National Feile with a stroll in the park againstNaomh Moninne of Louth in the Connacht GAA Centre of Excellence, Bekan this afternoon. From the word go,…
Read MoreNational Féile, Day 1
Report by Martina Donnellan. Our Feile feast of hurling began this evening in Ballymacward and even with no electricity, rain for the first time in a while and the thunder and lightening failed to dampen the spirits of three evenly matched teams. Being pitted against…
Read MoreSt Kerrill’s NS 4-in-a-row Football
St. Kerrill’s N.S., Gurteen 6-7; St. Catherine’s N.S., Aughrim 0-5: Report by Martina Donnellan. St. Kerrill’s N.S. claimed their 4th success in a row and for the 2nd successive year over St. Catherine’s N.S. Aughrim in the Cumann na mBunscol 7-a-side football which the Gurteen…
Read MoreU12 Football, Round 3
Pearses 4-15 Claregalway 0-6: Report by Martina Donnellan. Pearses U12 footballers ended their losing streak in the championship against Claregalway on a scoreline of Pearses 4-15; Claregalway 0-6. Played in Gurteen pitch yesterday evening, there is exciting times ahead now that they have their first…
Read MoreTears in Duggan Park
Abbeyknockmoy 5-5 Pearses 2-6, Report by Martina Donnellan. Abbeyknockmoy’s more physical outfit got the better of a young Pearses U14 team in the U14C final played in Duggan Park this evening. The Abbey lads held the upper hand for the entire first half and they…
Read MoreU12 Hurling, Round 1
Pearses 3-9 Ballindereen 2-2, Report by Martina Donnellan. Pearses U12’s made up of a combined rich mixture of U10’s, U11’s and U12’s interlaced with some brilliant hurling skills was enough to see off Ballinderreen’s challenge in the first round of the U12 Championship played in…
Read MoreFéile Wrap-up
Pearses matches today saw them pitted against neighbours Skehana first, followed by Killimor and then Ballygar in Group A of the Toddie Byrne Shield. The Skehana match was a pure hurling epic in every sense of the word as a battling and sporting performance by…
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