U12 Hurling
In A grade, Roscrea & Kilruane have reached the semi finals whilst Ballina and Kilruane have finished 3rd and 4th respectfully following their play off which Ballina won 3-5 to Kilruanes 3-3. Toomevara & Nenagh have opted to toss to decide 5th and 6th place. The quarter finals will take place this Friday determined by the outcome of the toss.
Meanwhile in B grade Silvermines and Lorrha got straight to the semis as Lorrha overcame Borrisileigh in a play off with a score of 5-5 to 1-3. The B quarter finals will be Borrisileigh v Portroe and Borrisokane v Burgess and both will play on Thursday evening.
In C we had the final round of pool fixtures last week which saw wins for Shannon Rvrs, Ballinahinch and Moneygall. This leaves Templederry & Shannon Rvrs joint top and they have agreed to toss for the automatic semi final spot. The toss loser will play Ballina 2 in one quarter final. The remaining quarter finals will be Moneygall v Newport and Ballinahinch v Roscrea 2.
In D grade Toomevara 2 and Roscrea 3 go straight to the semi and Newport 2 have conceded to Kilruane 2 in one quarter. Silvermines 2 will play Nenagh 2 in the other quarter.
Please note that all quarter finals must be played by this Friday and the the semis will be played Friday week.
U14 Hurling
In A grade last week Nenagh beat Roscrea and Kildangan beat Silvermines. This Wednesday we have Nenagh v Kildangan and Silvermines v Toomevara.
Meanwhile in the B grade last week we had wins for Borrisileigh, Burgess, Ballina, Newport and Shannon Rvrs in Rd 6 whilst and this week will see Borrisokane have conceded to Borrisileigh, Ballina v Moneygall/Templederry, Shannon Rvrs v Burgess, Newport Gaels (WO) v Lorrha ( conceded) and Kilruane v Portroe. After Rd 6 , Borrisileigh , Shannon Rvrs and Kilruane, who have 2 games in hand are the clear leaders in B grade with the top 2 going to the semi and the next 4 to quarter finals.
U16 Football
Commiserations go to Newport Gaels who were beaten by Clonmel Commercials last week in Dundrum in the U16A Co Final. Up against it from the start Newport went down on a scoreline of 2-12 to 1-5. Well done to Commercials who have now won the last six U16A Co Finbals. Meanwhile North Tipp was well represented by five Newport boys on the County U16 Football team that took part in the Munster inter country tournament last weekend. In the first game they beat Nth Kerry 2-4 to 0-5. Then in the semi they beat Cork in a thriller which had to go to extra time and then the golden score. Tipp 1-11 Cork 1-10. Then onto the final versus Limerick where Tipp rose to the occasion once more when they overcame the opposition 4-7 to 1-6. Well done to all involved especially Captain Jack Delahunty from Newport ably assisted by Kevin Connolly, Cian Flanagan, Kealan Floyd and Corie Mooney. Special thanks also to coach Cormac McGrath for his trojan effort. For the record the last Time Tipp won this tournament they went on to win the All Ireland Minor Title. Congrats all.
U16 Hurling.
Mon nights A grade Rd 1 results were Tooomevar 2-11 Kilruane 1-22, Kildangan 4-16 Roscrea 1-16, nenagh 1-11 Newport Gaels 1-5. Next Monday will see Kilruane v Kildangan, Nenagh v Toomevara and Roscrea v Newport Gaels. Meanwhile in B Grade we have played 2 Rds already with Silvermines, Monegall and Shannon Rvrs getting off to a winning start in Rd 1. In Rd 2 the results were Borrisokane v Portroe ( play Sat ), Shannon Rvrs 2-14 Ballina 1-4, Burgess 2-18 Silvermines 1-9, Moneygall 4-3 Borrisoleigh 0-8. Next Monday in Rd 3 we have Silvermines v Borrisileigh, Borrisokane v Ballina, Portroe v Ballina and Moneygall v Shannon Rvrs.
