In total five county competitions were organised during the year. These were the U17 to U12 Blitz, Feile na nGael (U14) and the championships at U14, U16 and U18 grades. Meanwhile county teams participated in Roinn 'C' U16 Leinster minor shield, Leinster U15 league, U15 and U16 Leinster Blitzs as well as the U14 DJ Carey School of Hurling. Feile na nGael League Seven teams took part with Cnoc Brid and Pearse Og meeting in the final at the Regional College Grounds. By defeating Pearse Og 9-3 to 0-2 Cnoc Brid travelled to Cork for the national finals and were hosted by Valley Rovers Club. Quarter Finals Cnoc Brid 5-7, Naomh Feicin 2-3, Wolfe Tones 3-3, N Moninne 0-3 Pearse Og 4-4, Collon 0-3, St Vincents A bye Semi-finals Cnoc Brid 13-6, Wolfe Tones 2-1; Pearse Og beat St Vincents Fun Blitzes U7 - U12 These were hosted by the Collon club on May 12th with eight teams taking part. Refreshments were supplied to all teams and mentors. U14 Championship Seven teams took part in this competition which was devided into two sections. The final between Collon and Cnoc Brid remains to be played. Under 16 Corn Bhrian Ui Bhroin Seven teams took part and it was played on a league basis with the top four meeting in the semi finals. Results of earlier rounds Naomh Feicin 3-7, Collon 3-2 Cnoc Brid 2-5 N Moninne 2-4 Pearse Og 1-6 Collon 0-2 N Feicin 7-5 Wolfe Tones 0-5 Cnoc Brid 2-4, St Vincents 1-5 St Vincents 3-2 N Moninne 2-5 N Feicin 5-6 Cnoc Brid 0-3 St Vincents 5-9 Pearse Og 3-9 Collon 3-6 N Moninne 1-6 St Vincents 4-4, Wolfe Tones 0-2 Collon 3-6 St Vincents 2-7 N Moninne 7-7 Wolfe Tones 2-1 Pearse Og 6-6, N Moninne 3-4 St Vincents 2-4 N Feicin 1-3 Pearse Og 7-3 Collon 5-5 Semi-Finals Cnoc Brid 3-12 St Vincents 1-3 N Feicin 2-9 Pearse Og 2-6 Final An exciting final was played under floodlights in Termonfeckin on Wednesday November 30. Knockbridge, who had won the inaugural Corn Bhrian Ui Bhroin, retained the trophy on a 2-4 to 1-5 scoreline. Naomh Feicin led by 1-1 to 0-2 at half time after scoring their goal from a 14th minute free. They were the better team in the first half but missed a lot of chances. Naomh Feicin moved further ahead on the resumption but Knockbridge got a great equalising goal through Shane Kerrigan. The Feicins went back in front but conceded a soft goal to provide Knockbridge with the platform for victory. After the final whistle, Maura and Miceal O'Broin were on hand to present the Corn Bhrian Ui Bhroin to Knockbridge captain Barry Piper. Minor championship This competition was played on a league basis with five teams taking part. The top four are involved in the semi finals which at the time of going to press are still to be played. Pearse Og v Naomh Moninne Cnoc Brid v Naomh Feicin Earlier Results Naomh Feicin 3-7 N Moninne 1-5 Collon 1-2 N Moninne 0-3 Naomh Feicin 3-4 Cnoc Brid 2-11 N Moninne 4-3 Pearse Og 1-12 Cnoc Brid 3-6 N Moninne 4-3 N Feicin 1-11 Collon 1-6 Intercounty Minor Louth played three in the Leinster Shield with the following results At Ringend - August 17th, Wicklow 2-16, Louth 1-9 At Kiltale - August 24th - Longford 4-6, Louth 1-8 At Celbridge - September 3rd - Kildare 8-7, Louth 4-4 Louth Panel James Connolly, Donnacha O'Connell, David McCoy, Mark Hoey, Paul Dillon, Darren O Handrahan, Donal Rafferty, Andrew Macken, Darren McDonnell, Conor Stein, David Kettle, Brian McCabe, Kevin McNally, Garry Rellis, Paddy McCormack, Andrew McCrave, Thomas Cooney, Dominick Maguire, Darren Reid, Stephen O'Callaghan, Paul Grimes, Mark Devin, Stephen Ryan, Chris Lennon, Robert Mulligan, James King, Philip McGovern, Owen McEvoy, Brian Stephenson Overall Scorers in three games Conor Stein 3-2, Kevin McNally 0-10, David Kettle 0-2, Paddy McCormack 1-1, Brian McCabe 0-2, Owen McEvoy 1-0, Thomas Cooney 1-0, Stephen Ryan, Andrew McCrave, Darren O Handrahan 0-1 each. Roinn 'C' U16 Louth played five games with the following results At St Mochta's 19/6/05, Louth 6-8, Monaghan 2-3 At Derrynoose, 16/7/05, Armagh 6-21, Louth 0-6 At Carrickmacross 20/7/05, Louth 4-7, Monaghan 1-4 At St Mochtas, 27/7/05, Louth 9-21, Cavan 1-5 At St Mochtas 3/8/05, Armagh 4-10, Louth 0-6 Louth Roinn 'C' U16 scorers in five games Gavin Kerrigan 7-9, Thomas Cooney 3-7, Peter Brennan 2-6, Brian Stephenson 3-0, Robert Mulligan 0-6, Declan Byrne 0-6, Paul Dillon 0-5, Peter Bannon 0-3, Robert Moynagh 1-1, Philip Englishby 1-0, David Collier 1-0, Andrew Macken 0-2, Robert Crawley, David Clinton, Sam Firman 0-1 each. Under 16 panel James King, Frank McGeeney, Philip Englishby, Rory Kirk, Niall Devlin, Paul Dillon, Donal Rafferty, Declan Byrne, Andrew Macken, Padraig Bannon, Peter Brennan, Robert Mulligan, Gavin Kerrigan, Gavin Kerrigan, Brian Stephenson, Sean Crawley, David Collier, Brian Carolan, John Gernon, Robert Moynagh, Sean Brennan, Gerrard Brannigan, Sam Firman, Robert Brannigan, Gary O'Brien, Sean McFaul, Christopher Carr, Ruairi Kirk, Cathal Ryan, A Finnegan, Niall Meegan, Niall Egan Leinster U16 Blitz This blitz took place in the Carlow Hurling Club Grounds on Saturday May 7th., Carlow 0-6, Louth 0-1 Kildare 0-4, Louth 0-1 Louth 4-18, Roscommon 0-3 Louth 3-5, Wicklow 2-4 Louth Panel Conal Byrne, Paul Grimes, Gerard Brannigan, Paul Dillon, Darren McDonnell, Philip Englishby, Donnacha O'Connell, Darren O'Handrahan, Declan Byrne, Kevin McNally, David Kettle, John Gernon, Gary Rellis, Andrew McGrave, Lorcon Kavanagh, Mark Wallace, Stephen O'Callaghan, Donal Rafferty, Ruairi Murphy, Thomas Cooney, Colm Brennan, Enna McCartney, Cathal Ryan, David Collier, Brian Stephenson, Brian Carolan, Andrew Macken, Niall Egan Scorers in four games David Kettle 6-1, Mark Wallace 1-3, K McNally 0-3, Declan Byrne 0-2, Gary Rellis 0-2, L Kavanagh 0-2, John Gernon, Conal Byrne 0-1 each. Leinster U15 Blitz This blitz took place in Kiltale on Saturday, August 20th. Louth played three games with the following results. Louth 3-7, Meath 1-6 Louth 5-6, Longford 1-5 Kildare 5-5, Louth 1-2 Louth panel and scorers Rory Kirk, James King, Frank McGeeney, Peter Brannigan, Niall Macken, Sean Brennan 2-1, Robert Moyna 1-0, Cathal Ryan, Niall Devlin 1-1, Padraig Butterly, Rory Murphy, Padraig Bannon 0-2, Brian Corcoran 1-2, Philip Englishby, John Gernon 0-1, Christopher Gargan 0-1, Donal McArdle 2-1, Gavin Kerrigan 2-6, M McCartney, Colm Brennan Leinster U15 League At Eire Og (Carlow) October 8th Carlow 2-5 Louth 0-4 Louth Panel and scorers James King, Frank McGeeney, Brian Carter, Tom Reilly, Robert Moynagh, Ruairi Murphy, Declan Mulvihill, Peter Brannigan 0-1, Shane Devlin, Cathal Ryan, Philip Englishby 0-3, Christopher Carr, Devin Deane, Sean Brennan, Niall Macken, Brian Corcoran, Andrew Finnegan, Padraig Butterly, James Carpenter Leinster U12 Festival Six Louth clubs took part in this festival of hurling at seperate Dublin venues on Saturday May 28th. Under 12 Go Hurling Four teams took part in this at Termofeckin on Saturday August 27th. Hurley/Helmet Scheme Monitored by Coiste Iomana who received a grant of E1270.00 from Croke Park. It proved a great success with record sales of hurley and helmets to schools and clubs at subsidised prices. The number of hurleys sold was 1314 and 234 helmets. Tweet

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