Ahane club notes Well done to Ahane Senior hurlers who have qualified for the County Final against Adare after defeating Garryspillane in the semi on a scoreline of 1-17 to 0-17. The Co.final is scheduled for Sunday, 19th October in the Gaelic Grounds when Ahane hope to win their 20th County title. Team: Tadgh Flynn, Darragh Madden, Declan Fitzgerald, Mike Carr, Cathal O'Reilly, Ollie Moran, Adrian Smith, Johnny Meskell, Fergus Aherne (0-1), David Laing (0-1), Niall Moran (0-9), Seanie O'Connor (1-1), Brian Healy, Sean Madden (0-1), Paul O'Connor (0-3). Subs: Cormac Joyce Power (0-1),Tomas Hayes, Conor Quirke, Clem Smith. Orders for Club Hoodies, Jerseys, Jackets to be with Bernie Quirke by this weekend. Traditional Club flags (green with gold sash), car flags, bunting etc. will be on sale locally. Please support Ahane by proudly displaying your colours. The Junior hurlers will play the County quarter final this Saturday at 3.30 p.m. in Mungret. The Under 21 hurlers will play Doon in the East Championship this Sunday at 4.30 p.m. in Doon. On Saturday last, Ahane Bord na nOg ran a very successful Under 8 hurling blitz. Teams taking part were Ahane, Newport, Burgess, Cappamore, Murroe, Ballybricken. Blessed with a lovely sunny day, all the young players had a thoroughly enjoyable day and well done to Bord na nOg and many thanks to all the parents for providing food and refreshments for the day. The September Club Lotto Draw was held in Herbert's Bar on Saturday last. Numbers drawn: 7, 10, 11, 18. No winner. Members Draw: Ä500 - Miriam Quinn, Newgarden. Ä300 - Michael Hourigan, Ahane. Ä120 each - Clement Smith, Bog Road. Tony McDermott, Castleconnell. Seamus Flannery, Caherconlish. John & Evelyn O'Sullivan, Castlecourt. Linda Joyce, Stradbally. Bobby Sweeney, Mountshannon Road. Joe & Dolores Costello, Belmont View. Anne Madden, Maple Grove. Willie Humphreys, Ballinacourty. Bonus Ä120 - Rosemary Holmes, Clooncommons. Patrickswell Club notes The Junior B footballers have reached the City Final after a superb victory over Na Piarasaigh at Clarina.  The game was played in perfect conditions and there was drama throughout.  Patrickswell were stronger in the opening stages and registered the first point of the contest.  However, Na Piarsaigh established a firm foothold and replied with four points of their own.  The Well were unfazed and scored a goal after fifteen minutes to equalise.  The remainder of the half was keenly contested, but Na Piarsaigh struck a late goal to establish a 1-7 to 1-3 lead. Patrickswell started the second half with great purpose.  Within three minutes, the Well had claimed two goals and turned the match on its head.  Na Piarsaigh eventually stemmed the tide and responded with a goal and point.  However, their resistance faded like the evening sunlight.  Patrickswell were magnificent in the closing quarter and blitzed their opponents with an impressive haul of 1-6.  Na Piarsaigh were unable to launch a late revival.  The final result was a 4-9 to 2-9 victory in near darkness.  Congratulations to Michael Woulfe and his team.  Good luck in the final. The Under 21 hurlers beat Na Piarsaigh by 2-13 to 1-13 in the City Hurling Championship.  The Well will meet neighbours Ballybrown in the final.  The Under 13 hurlers beat Claughaun by 2-8 to 2-7 and maintained their 100% record in Division A of the Brother Burke Cup.  The Under 15 footballers beat Abbey Sarsfields by 5-6 to 1-2 in Division B of the Bobby Byrne Cup. City G.A.A. Board Notes The board is now almost down to semi finals and finals in the final few championships that,Äôs left of the year. Last Thursday evening the Limerick Post Newspaper junior B football championships semi finals took place in Patrickswell we had Claughaun taking on Pallaskenry in a very exciting affair in which both sides will have to meet again after playing out a draw Claughaun hitting three goals and seven points while Pallaskenry scoring tally was two goals and ten points both sides will do it all again on this Saturday evening in Patrickswell with extra time to be played if they repeat a draw again, throw in time is now fixed for 5pm. The second semi final between Patrickswell and Na Piarsaigh produce a classic at Clarina when both sides battle all the way up to the final whistle. The Patrickswell club who had players such as Brien Murray, Barry Foley and Paul O Grady starting in their line up were victories with two goals to spare over Na Piarsaigh 4-09 to 2-09 with the Limerick senior hurling goal keeper Brien Murray banging three goals and also hitting over three points from play for his side playing at centre forward. Na Piarsaigh had good performances from Graham Costello, Liam Halpin, Shane O'Connor, Johnny Quinn and Thomas Quinn. While Na Piarsaigh scorers were Graham Culleton (0-05) Glen Kidney (1-00) Jamie Fox (1-00) Ivan Lancaster (0-02) Joe Laffan (0-01) and Saoirse Laffan (0-01) Patrickswell will now have to wait and see who they will now meet in the final between Claughaun and Pallaskenry. Ballybrown had to wait since 1980 to bring back the Mc Dermott Shield to Clarina following their great victory over Monaleen 3-08 to 0-15 in the Limerick Post Newspaper City junior A football final in Rhebogue last Saturday evening. Ballybrown with Alan O Connor as their top scorer hit Monaleen with (1-03) other scorers on the night for the Clarina men were Leonard Coughlin (1-01) James Hall (1-00) Michael Kiely (0-03) and Ian Bourke (0-01) those who stood out on the night were Even & Kyle Loftus, Des Kenny Declan Normoyle and Greg Crosse. Monaleen had their goalkeeper Gavin Manifold to thank despite concealing three goals and their back line of Garry O Toole and Michael Nicholas also their forwards Alan McEntree, Brian Angue, Padraig Quinn and Dara Bonfield all playing well. City Board chairman Paddy Verdon was on hand to present the McDermott shield to the Ballybrown captain Evan Loftus and who,Äôs father John Loftus was the last captain of the Ballybrown team that won this competition way back in 1980. In the final round of the Nolan Motor Factors Un.21 A hurling championship played last Sunday evening. Na Piarsaigh going into this game needed to win to reach this year final but they had it all to do against the team on form Patrickswell. But on the day the home side Na Piarsaigh never got going in the first half and made it hard for them shelves in the second half, but lost out by a goal 1-13 to Patrickswell 2-13 this now means that Patrickswell will face Ballybrown in the 2008 City final. Two games are down for this weekend on Saturday evening the replay of the junior B football semi final at Patrickswell at 5pm and on Sunday also at 5pm in Monaleen old pitch the quarter final of the under 21 B hurling championship between Mungret and St. Patrick,Äôs will take place. Congratulations to Killulta Gaels on winning both the City/East minor football and hurling division (1) titles also to Na Piarsaigh minor hurling team who has reached this years county minor hurling championship final and to St. Patricks who also have reached the semi finals of the county junior A hurling championship. Best of luck to both Mungret in football and Crecora in hurling who are out in the County quarterfinals this weekend. The City G.A.A. board banquet night will take place at the South Court Hotel on Friday 7th November. Tweet

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