Clerihan Gaa club are holding a table quiz on Friday the 23rd November in the Park Hotel and tickets are still available, tickets are 50 euro for a table of 4 and there is substantial prize fund on offer for the winners. All questions are on the history of Tipperary senior inter-county hurling and refreshments will be served on the night, for more info contact Mick or Tony on 0863887771, 0862520715.

Our minor girls team had an excellent win on Sunday against Upperchurch to put them into the county final which is a huge success for the club considering it’s the first ever minor  girls team from Clerihan.  The girls got off to a good start going 2 points up but Upperchurch were quick to respond and closed the gap. Clerihan showed some super ball play and responded brilliantly to the pressure. They were neck in neck coming up to the half time whistle and 2 quick goals to Upperchurch gave them the lead and Clerihan trailed 1-5 to 2-4. Clerihan came out blazing in the second half and responded with a volley of points but found it tough  to hold onto the lead, wind and rain couldn’t hamper the spirit of this game  as Upperchurch heaped on the pressure.
The full time whistle loomed and Clerihan 2 points down showed some great strength and pulled out all the stops to snatch a draw, full time 3-13 to 6-4. Extra time beckoned and Clerihan went out wet and cold but they dug deep to heap the pressure on their opponents with a quick goal and point giving them the edge. Upperchurch could only manage 2 points but Clerihan followed this up with an excellent goal and it looked like victory was theirs, the last 2 minutes seemed like an eternity as Upperchurch piled on the pressure grasping at every opportunity they could but it was all in vain. As the final whistle sounded and Clerihan came out on top after a super game worthy of a spot in Semple stadium. Final score 5-15 to 6-6. The club would like to take this opportunity to thank all the girls for the brilliant effort they put in to put them into the final and Paddy Murphy for all the hard work behind the scenes , well done to you all and the scorers were Eilleen Flannery, Emer Lyons, Elaine Butler and Rachel Hennessey  also in the squad Hollie Corcoran, Meadbh Corr, Amy Gillman, Aoife Conway, Kate Cooney, Aishling Barry, Mairead Browne , Mairead O Donnell, Molly Moclair, Aisling Ryan and Roisin Mulcahy.

Well done to Upperchurch who gave us a game to remember but there can be only one winner.

Clerihan Gaa club will be running the very successful hurling quiz again this year The quiz will take place in the Clonmel park hotel and the details will be posted here as soon as they are finalised.
The ladies club would like to announce the winner of the ladies fundraising sports questions, it has been running since the start of the summer and the winner was Billy Acheson. The ticket was sold in Ferryhouse Clonmel and Billy received 200 euro. The promoters prize went to Amy Higgins who received 50 euro so well done to both and spend it wisely.

The ladies club will be running their annual quiz again in the new year so watch this space for more details.

In Clerihan community field on Sunday morning the very first ever Girls minor team took to the field against Ballyporeen although the result was not in their favour they did themselves proud and never gave in all through the game even though they were up again a superior team.Aisling Ryan scored the very first goal and score for the team midway through the first half,  Emer Lyons and Eileen Flannery shared 5 the rest of the scores and Rachel Hennessey scored the last point of the day in a total of 1:06 which was very creditable against such strong opponents so we wish the girls lots of luck for the remaining games and hopefully their first historic win will come in the near future.

Player of the match was outstanding young goalie Holly Corcoran.

Team

H Corcoran, A Gilman,  A Ryan, A Barry, A Conway,  E Butler,  K Cooney,  L Earley , E Flannery, E Lyons, M Moclair, R Mulcahy, A Ryan, R Hennessy.

Clerihan 2.6     Cahir 1.18 AET

A courageous performance from an understrength Clerihan outfit almost got a famous win after Steven Earley had shot what looked like the winning point with time up on the clock but Cahir managed to sweep down the field and equalise 2 minutes later and in extra time the battle that had gone on before took its toll on Clerihan who lost 2 players with serious injuries and simply ran out of steam to their more illustrious and more experienced opponents.

Clerihan shocked Cahir when Jamie Kelly scored an opportunistic goal with an early free, from there to the end Clerihan fought toe to toe with Cahir and the lead swapped hands on several occasions culminating in those final few frantic minutes, Indeed if Clerihan had been at full strength (5 Players unavailable due to injury and work reasons) victory would have been theirs in normal time, but credit Cahir whose extra fitness proved to be decisive in extra time. Instead of singling out any individual player credit goes to the 18 that played on the day and hopefully their day will come soon and winning 6 matches during the year shows an upward trend that hopefully will keep rising the coming years.

Team J Butler D. Kennedy O.O.Dwyer D Walsh. W Kelly S Melbourne M Duggan N Melbourne S Murphy A Kennedy A Flannery J Kelly M O Rourke B Melbourne B Keane (capt) Scorers J Kelly 1..02 B Melbourne 1 goal N Melbourne S Earley B Keane A Flannery 1pt each

Our under 8, 10 and 12 hurling squads  played for the Cooney community shield over the weekend for the harvest festival celebrations  which was a huge success, all the boys really enjoyed the games which were watched over by the eager eyed ref Ciaran Barrett. Presentations were made on Sunday at the festival by the Johnny B and the team captains received the shields and all the boys were presented with medals , well done to all the teams involved, under 8’s were the slievenamon hilbillies v clerihan warriers  , under 10’s were clerihan tigers v clerihan wolves and under 12’s were slievenamon fox’s v clerihan indians . thanks to ciaran for his expertise in controlling the lads and keep up the good work, you are the stars of the future.

photo includes hilbillies v warriers  under 8 , issac mccarthy captain, eoin feehan, ben power, brian mordaunt, rhys o donnell, ryan o sullivan, robbie buckley, archie clements and warriers were christian flannery captian, cian o sullivan, odhran mc grath, sam power, conor cooney, michael o connell jay dunne clarke, mark corcoran and ref ciaran barrett.