Senior: The Éire Óg senior hurling team face Burgess in the final of the Hibernian Inn North Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship on Sunday, September 14th at MacDonagh Park, Nenagh (5.15pm). This represents the club’s first appearance in the final since 2009. The players have made a terrific effort to prepare for this decider and the players would appreciate your support.
Junior A: On Saturday, September 13th in Templederry at 4pm the junior A hurlers will face Kildangan in the Watch Centre North Tipperary Junior A Hurling Championship final. This represents the club’s first appearance in the final since 2012. During the group stage of the 2014 championship Nenagh Éire Óg drew with Kildangan (1-16 to 3-10) at MacDonagh Park, Nenagh. The players have made a terrific effort to prepare for this final and the players would appreciate your support.
Junior B: Conor Ryan’s junior B hurlers are expected to be in quarter-final action against Toomevara on the week-ending September 21st. The other quarter-final involves Kildangan and Newport while group winners Lorrha and Portroe have already progressed to the semi-final stage.
Minor: Unfortunately our minor A hurlers were defeated by Toomevara in a north semi-final played at MacDonagh Park, Cloughjordan on Wednesday evening last (3-17 to 1-13). This semi-final defeat brings Éire Óg’s campaign to an end and concludes a sequence which saw the Blues win seven consecutive minor A north titles (2007-2013). Between 1992 and 2007 Éire Óg failed to win a title at the grade, but the recent success enjoyed by the club has been down to outstanding work carried out at underage level. For a full report on the semi-final defeat please see the club website.
Congratulations: Nenagh Éire Óg’s John Heffernan, Conor O’Donovan and Michael Cleary were honoured as part of the jubilee celebrations at Croke Park, Dublin on Sunday for the handsome part that all three played in Tipperary’s 1989 All-Ireland final win over Antrim. In ’89 John Heffernan lined out at corner-back wearing the number two jersey which is proudly on display in the MacDonagh Park complex. Conor O’Donovan featured twenty-five years ago at full-back while Michael Cleary played wing-forward with the number ten jersey on his back.
Newsletter: The August edition of the Nenagh Éire Óg newsletter is now available to download from the club website. The newsletter is compiled by Catherine McTiernan and Enda O’Sullivan and this month’s edition features a terrific interview with Christy McLoughlin and a look back at the junior A team which claimed a famous county title in 2000.
Flag Day: The club flag day is scheduled to take place on September 21st-22nd.
Fixtures: Please keep a close eye on the club website and on the club’s various social media channels for all the latest updates on fixtures and results.
Lotto: Last week’s lotto jackpot of €1,300 not won. Lucky dip: Mary Heffernan (Ardcroney), Alice Wallace (Islandbawn), Michael Hynes (Ciamalta Meadows), John Tooher (Belleen), Keelan O’Brien (Tullaheady). Please support the Blues by playing our club lotto - please see our website for more details.
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