Senior: A goal in the fourth minute of injury time rescued Éire Óg and forced a replay after a dramatic Hibernian Inn North Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship final played at MacDonagh Park, Nenagh on Sunday afternoon. The final score read: Nenagh Éire Óg 1-20 Burgess 2-17. The replay is expected to take place on Saturday-Sunday, September 20th-21st. Please keep an eye on the club website and various social media channels for updates. For a full report on this thrilling final please see the club website.
Junior A: An excellent Kildangan team pushed the Blues to the very limit in an enthralling north Tipperary junior A hurling final played at Templederry on Saturday evening. In the end Éire Óg won on a 0-13 to 1-9 scoreline. For a full report on this game please see the club website.
Our thanks go to the management team of Ger Tucker (manager), Donie O’Brien (selector) and Matt Lillis (selector) for leading this panel of players to the Blues’ eighth north Tipperary junior A hurling title. The club previously won the north Tipperary junior A hurling championship in 1953, 1962, 1983, 1999, 2000, 2009 and 2012. The team is expected to be in county quarter-final action next weekend.
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.
Newsletter: The August edition of the Nenagh Éire Óg newsletter is now available to download. 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 €1,400 was not won. The lucky dip winners were: Seán Kelly (c/o the HiB), Sorcha Nagle (Ballintoher - online winner), Eddie Tucker, Juan Leal Sanz, (Sevilla, Spain - online
winner) & Michael Shanahan (Hamilton Drive).
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