Pearses 3-9 Portumna 4-9. Report by Martina Donnellan. For the modest crowd that showed up in Ballymac last night to see Pearses U14s play Portumna in Round 1 of the U14 hurling championship, they received something like a meagre hurling blessing. Pearses played at half…
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U16 Hurlers Return to Action
Kilconieron 2-14 Pearses 0-15: Report by Martina Donnellan. After a couple of training sessions in late February / early March all GAA players have spent the last few months in the wilderness as the country showed unreal solidarity whilst in lockdown as everyone played their…
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Pearses 6-8 Annaghdown 0-0: Report by Martina Donnellan. Pearses U12’s took a while to settle but in the end ran out convincing winners in an assured performance against Annaghdown in Ballymacward yesterday morning. It took 7 mins for Pearses to open their account through Conor…
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Pearses 3-13 Ardrahan 0-6: Report by Martina Donnellan. A strong opening half laid the groundwork for Pearses U14’s for a facile victory over Ardrahan in Round 6 of the hurling championship played in Ardrahan yesterday evening. Led all through by the dominant Orin Burke who…
Read MoreU16s into Semi-Finals
Pearses 2-15; St. Thomas 3-10. Report by Martina Donnellan. Our U16 Pearses team qualified for the U16 B1 hurling semi-final with a hard earned win: Pearses 2-15 to St. Thomas 3-10 yesterday evening in Ballymacward. This Pearses team had to simply show a bit of…
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Pearses 6-9; St. Thomas 2-4: Report by Martina Donnellan. Our U12s got off to a flying start as the sun shone brightly this morning to see Pearses record a comprehensive win in their opening round of the U12 championship. They strung together a great team…
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Pearses 2-8; Ahascragh-Fohenagh 4-7. Report by Martina Donnellan. A championship win for Pearses U14’s was left in ruins after neighbours Ahascragh-Fohenagh mounted a sensational comeback from 0-2 down midway through the 2nd half to win by 5points in Ballymac yesterday evening. For almost the entire…
Read MoreToddie Byrne Cup Round 3
Pearses 1-15 Gort 1-4. Report by Martina Donnellan. Bouyed up by their performance yesterday evening against Turloughmore; Pearses youngsters were queuing for the Gort pitch entrance gates to open this morning at 10.10am, such was their eagerness to continue on from where they left off…
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Turloughmore 2-7; Pearses 2-1: Report by Martina Donnellan. Gallant, valiant, lion-hearted, courageous, brave are all words that spring to mind in Pearses gutsy and dogged performance against All-Ireland Feile Champions Turloughmore in Round 2 of the Toddie Byrne Cup played in Turloughmore this evening. Eddie…
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Report by Martina Donnellan. Probably, one of the youngest teams fielding for the Galway Feile endured a tough baptism before a small crowd of die-hards in a wet Ballymacward pitch this evening. Pearses young charges fell to a 15-point loss to a slicker-moving Clarinbridge unit…
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