By Liam Hogan PRO
Three North Finals Weekend September 14
Senior
The Hibernian Inn North Tipperary Senior Hurling final between Burgess and Nenagh Eire Og will be played next Sunday week September 14 at MacDonagh Park Nenagh throw in at 4.30pm
Intermediate
The Denis Meats North Tipperary Intermediate Hurling final between Ballinahinch and Newport will be played on Sunday 14th September in Dolla throw in at 2.00pm
Junior
The Watch Centre Junior A Hurling final between Kildangan and Nenagh Eire Og will be played on Saturday in Templederry at 4.00pm. Both teams reached the North final as a result of semi final wins over Roscrea and Kilruane MacDonaghs respectively. See result section.
The Watch Centre Junior B Hurling Quarter Finals
Weekend 21st September: Toomevara v Nenagh Eire Og
Weekend 21st September: Kildangan v Newport
Lorrha and Portroe are through to the semi finals.
The Ger Gavin North Tipperary Minor A Hurling
The Ger Gavin North Tipperary Minor A Hurling semi finals and final will take centre stage in the coming days. First of all, the semi finals will be held this Wednesday evening when Newport Gaels face Borris-Ileigh in Dolla and Nenagh Eire Og take on Toomevara in Cloughjordan.
Both Nenagh Eire Og and Toomevara are no strangers to North Minor finals. If Nenagh succeed in gaining a place in the final they will go in search of a historic eight win a row and in the process take their 18th title. On the other hand, Toomevara will want to make amends for the defeat to Nenagh in last year’s thrilling final and should they succeed in reaching the final they will hope to bridge a sixteen year gap since they last won. Neither Newport Gaels or Borris-Ileigh have ever won a North A minor title but both sides have produced enough goods to reach the penultimate stage and
Next Saturday is the date planned for the North Minor A Hurling final and Dolla will be the venue with a 3.00pm throw in.
The Ger Gavin North Tipperary Minor B Hurling Championship
Similar to the A Grade, the semi finals will be played this week. On Tuesday, Silvermines take on Portroe at Toomevara, throw in 6.00pm and on Wednesday, Kildangan face Templederry at Nenagh also at 6.00pm.
The final will be played next Saturday in Cloughjordan, irrespective of the teams involved. Throw in 3.00pm
Junior Football
Four of the ten teams entered in this year’s North Tipp Junior Football championship will be involved in a play-off to see what teams will take part in the County championship. They are Lorrha v Inane Rovers and Ballina v Shannon Rovers. The remainder, Ballinahinch, Burgess, Newport, Portroe, Silvermines and Borris-Ileigh will rejoin the quartet for the North championship proper at a later date.
Under-21 Hurling
To commence at a later date.
Best of luck
To Tipperary senior hurlers next Sunday in the All-Ireland final against Kilkenny.
