City GAA Board Notes
June 23, 2009
Only one fixture is been played in the City division in this weekend fixture list and that's in the Bank Of Ireland Insurance Investments City Intermediate hurling championship between St. Patrick' and Monaleen this game will take place at Rhebogue with a throw in at 7.30pm. This is St. PatrickÄôs first time entering this competition and the junior side who won the City junior hurling championship last season will face intermediate side Monaleen who will have Brien Geary in the panel. The winner of this quarter final will meet either Kildimo or Mungret in the semi final, the other semi final pairing is Old Christians and Patrickswell and the 2nd of July is fixed for the semi finals matches. Last week the board finished off the leagues semi finals and finals. In the football the final of the Patsy Nicholas Bar Gerald Griffin St. City Junior B Football League was played at Mungret were Ballinacurra Gaels recorded a 2-10 to Na Piarsaigh 1-08 victory in a trilling game of football and received the J.J. Kenneally cup from chairman Paddy Verdon. In the hurling league finals Patrickswell did the double winning both A & B finals, on Sunday evening last the Horse & Hound Mulgrave St. City Junior B Hurling League Final took place in Rhebogue were Claughaun put up a great battle but could not control the goal scoring power of the Well forwards in the end the Patrickswell ran out winners by 4-09 to Claughaun 1-11. The Gay Jones cup was presented to the Patrickswell team by Secretary of the City board Eamonn Phelan. On Monday evening in the Permanent TSB 24 Sarsfield St. City Junior A Hurling League Final in Clarina once again the Patrickswell club completed the double by winning this A league final when they recorded a three point win over neighbours Ballybrown 5-07 to 3-10 in a very entertaining junior hurling final the visitors Patrickswell were one point ahead at the break 2-04 to 2-03 but were always on top in this final the Ballybrown team never died and fought hard to clinch the victory but in the end the Boys for the Well took the victory in style. Chairman of the City board Paddy Verdon presented the New Ireland Shield to the Patrickswell team. The board would like to wish Mungret, Ballinacurra Gaels and Patrickswell the very best on this Thursday evening when they will take on the East clubs in the semi finals of the County leagues. The Limerick senior hurling team were unlucky last Sunday in Thurles in the replay of the Munster senior hurling semi final but now we will have to prepare for the oncoming game with Wexford The City players involved last Saturday were Brian Murray, Eoin Foley (Patrickswell) Brian Geary, Damien Cosgrave (Monaleen) David Breen (Na Piarsaigh) and David Bulfin ( Mungret). A vote of sympathy was passed at the last meeting of the City board for Jean Hinchy R.I.P. wife of former board member Brien Hinchy. May she rest in Peace.
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