County Senior Football Championship Quarter Final:

Newcastlewest is the venue this Saturday evening when our senior footballers take on Fr. Casey’s with a place in the county semi final where Oola await the winners on offer. We come into the game off the back of a fantastic performance against Galbally in round five and will have to put in at minimum the same level of performance if not raise it another few decibel levels if we are to overcome a youthful Fr. Casey’s side backboned by an array of underage talent. We advanced to the quarter final with three wins from our five group games, with comprehensive wins over Na Piarsaigh and Galbally as well as victory by the slenderest of margins in round 3 over Drom/Broadford. Our two defeats in the group phase came against near neighbours Newcastlewest in round 2 following a disappointing performance in Knockaderry and Oola in round 4. The Abbeyfeale men for their part come into Saturday’s knockout encounter having come second in the group with the only blemish on their report card coming in round 2 when they suffered a four-point defeat to defending county champions Adare. Along the way they have scored impressive victories over St. Senan’s, Ballylanders, Ballysteen and Monaleen to come finish in second place in group 1. Both sides met at the same venue in 2018 in round 4 of the championship, on that occasion we bucked the recent championship trend between the two sides and came away with a 0.11 to 0.7 victory to secure our passage to the quarter finals. Our championship record against Fr. Casey’s over the past decade has been quite disappointing, so far in 2019 we have yet to win two championship games in succession but there would be no better time than this Saturday evening to put together back to back wins with the added incentive of a place in the county semi-final on offer for the winner. Saturday’s game throws in at 5.30 in Newcastlewest and is proceeded by the County Intermediate Football quarter final between Gerard Griffins and Rathkeale. We would encourage all of our supporters to make the short journey to Newcastlewest and lend your vocal support to the players and management as they look to advance to the county semi final for the first time since 2013.

Paths to the Quarter Final

St. Kieran’s

Round 1: St. Kieran’s 2.16 Na Piarsaigh 0.10

Round 2: St. Kieran’s 1.6 Newcastlewest 2.15

Round 3: St. Kieran’s 2.14 Drom/Broadford 1.16

Round 4: St. Kieran’s 0.15 Oola 3.8

Round 5: St. Kieran’s 4.15 Galbally 1.6

 

Fr. Casey’s:

Round 1: Fr. Casey’s 2.17 St. Senan’s 1.9

Round 2: Fr. Casey’s 1.5 Adare 0.12

Round 3: Fr. Casey’s 2.11 Ballylanders 1.11

Round 4: Fr. Casey’s 0.10 Ballysteen 0.9

Round 5: Fr. Casey’s 0.13 Monaleen 1.6

 

Fixtures:

Thursday 5/2/2019: U12 Football County Semi Final vs South Liberties in Coolcappagh at 7p,

Friday 6/2/2019: County U16 Football Championship Division 1 Semi Final vs Mungret in Mick Neville Park at 6.30pm

Saturday 7/2/2019 County U14 Hurling Semi Final vs Glenroe in Coolcappagh at 11am

County Senior Football Championship Quarter final vs Fr. Casey’s in Newcastlewest at 5.30

 

 

 

 

Club Limerick Draw:

Congratulations to Donal Donovan and Tim and Mary Mullane who were winners in the August edition of the Club Limerick Draw. Once again, we would like to thank all of our members for the continued support for the draw which is the most vital source of income for our club without which it would be extremely difficult to conduct club affairs.

 

 

All Ireland Senior Football Final Ticket Raffle

Congratulations to Caroline Wallace, Knockfinisk, Athea, J. Brosnan, Headford, Killarney Co. Kerry, Sean Egan, Ballyheigue Co. Kerry and Paul Moriarty, Ardagh who were the four lucky winners of our 2019 All Ireland Senior Football Final Ticket raffle. Many thanks to all of you who supported the raffle and purchased tickets for the event.

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