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Well done to the boys of Ballymacward National School. They won the Rionn F (9-a-side) Cumann na mBunscoil Football final on Wednesday, in Loughgeorge. They defeated Claran (Headford) on a scoreline of 3-9 to 2-7. Team captain Ronan Flannery received the cup from County Board Chairman and a Vice-President of the club, Noel Treacy. The…

Pearses and Kiltormer got the ball rolling in Senior Hurling Championship Group D yesterday in Loughrea. It was a ding-dong battle from start to finish, Kiltormer had their periods of dominance, but on each occasion Pearses rode out the storm and wrestled back control to emerge deserving three point winners. Kiltormer had the upper hand…

Our Senior hurlers were scheduled to play Turloughmore in the Preliminary Quarter-Final of Kilbeacanty’s 50th Anniversary 7s Tournament. However, Turloughmore had withdrew earlier this week, so Pearses were straight through to the Quarter-Final where they were pitted against Clarinbridge. John Raftery had selected a panel of 10, mainly younger players, interchanging throughout. In a goalfest,…

Pandamp;aacute;draig Pearses Senior hurlers play Kiltormer tomorrow (12pm in Loughrea) in their first group game of the Championship. Both teams have qualified via Round 1 of the knockout qualifiers. Kiltormer defeated Tynagh-Abbey-Duniry in Round 1 and are this year under the guidance of former Offaly and Birr legend Brian Whelehan. If he has managed to…

Our U10 hurlers played Mountbellew-Moylough yesterday evening in Mountbellew andamp;ndash; making amends for their only loss of the season to date last weekend – by winning on a scoreline of 3-5 to 3-2. It was an evenly contested game, with Pearses getting the vital scores at the right times to emerge as winners. Best for…

The Junior C hurling Championship is due to begin on 7th/8th/9th of this month (the weekend after next), so below is a list of scheduled fixtures, all TBC of course. There are two groups of 8, so guaranteed 7 games. The top four teams in each group qualify for Quarter-Finals. The bottom 4 teams in…

Pandamp;aacute;draig Pearses 2-11 Portumna 1-14: Pearses Junior A hurlers overcame a 5 point half-time deficit to lead in injury time in this Round 2 Championship game played yesterday evening in Ballinasloe. I took a late Portumna free to level the game. Portumna’s Ivan Canning impressed and the Shannonsiders’ half-time lead was mainly down to his…

The draw for this year’s Senior Hurling Championship took place last week in the Salthill Hotel. Pearses have been drawn in Group D along with Kiltormer, Beagh and Tommie Larkins. Beagh only booking their place proper in the Group over the weekend, with their Replay win over Liam Mellows. Pearses will of course be renewing…

Pandamp;aacute;draig Pearses 2-17 Menlo Emmetts 3-9: Our Junior A hurlers had their first Championship game of this season, against Menlo Emmetts in Carnmore on Friday evening. Seven of this year’s U21 team (two of them Minors) lined out and gave good accounts of themselves. Pearses trailed by three points at half-time, but a good second…