SENIOR HURLERS: Our Senior hurlers booked their place in the County Championship semi-final after overcoming Ballybrown in a tight quarter-final replay. Patrickswell started brightly and took the lead with early points from Aaron Gillane and Kevin O'Brien. Within ten minutes, Aaron Gillane added two more scores to put his team 0-4 to 0-1 ahead. Our parish neighbours were resilient and edged ahead with a flurry of four unanswered points at 0-5 to 0-4. Aaron Gillane stepped in to equalise, but Ballybrown responded with three fresh points to surge 0-8 to 0-5 ahead. Just before the half-time whistle, Aaron Gillane popped up again to reduce the interval deficit to 0-8 against 0-6. The match was proving as competitive as the first encounter.
At the start of the second half, Patrickswell cancelled the Ballybrown lead with scores from Andrew Carroll and Diarmaid Byrnes. The teams were inseparable. Aaron Gillane (0-2), Seanie O'Brien and Barry Foley chipped in to ensure parity of 0-12 apiece after forty-five minutes. Thankfully, Patrickswell were able to find an extra gear as their opponents faded. The game was decided in a devastating spell of five straight points from Aaron Gillane (0-3), Kevin O'Brien and Peter Harty. In the end, the 'Well triumphed by 0-17 to 0-13.
The semi-final against Kilmallock is set for Saturday September 30.
JUNIOR A HURLERS: Patrickswell bowed out of the County Championship after losing to a strong Kilmallock team in the quarter-final.
CAMOGIE: The Junior ladies beat Galbally by 4-7 to 0-8 points, which puts them second place in the table and sets them up for a semi- final against Galbally again. The semi-final is scheduled for Sunday October 8 at 3.00pm.
The U-12 girls beat Bruff in their penultimate game of the league. Their last game is against Monaleen on Thursday September 28 at 6.30pm. The U-10 girls partook in a blitz last week and their County Blitz is on Saturday September 30 at 10am in Kileedy.
The annual Parish League is fixed for October 29 at 11.30am and promises to be a great day out for the family this year.