Well done to the under 10s and 8s girls football teams who recently played a Munster blitz in Rathkeale, Co. Limerick. There were some great individual performances from the girls on both teams. The girls played teams from Cork, Kerry and Limerick and had some great wins. Thanks to all the coaches and parents who travelled on the day. The future is looking bright for Clerihan Ladies football Club.

 

 

 

 

 

Back row:

Robyn Flynn, Niamh Laste, Kayleigh Flannery, Aoife McGrath, Samantha Buckley, Kate McCarthy, Makayla O’Donnell

Front row:

Abbie Conran, Sophie Boyle, Caoimhe Mulcahy, Megan O’Donnell, Zoe Power, Leah Clancy

 

Our under 8 boys enjoyed a great day of football at Fethard on Saturday where our skill was tested against Commercials, St. Pats and hosts Fethard who organised a great afternoon for the boys where the Danagher Cup was up for grabs and all the boys were presented with winners medals, a big thanks to Fethard for the organising the day.

 

Our under 12 hurler’s had a super win on Sunday against Mullinahone to become South County winners and the boys displayed a tremendous amount of skill, the first half was very demanding as the heavens opened but Clerihan held their composure, with the wind at their backs they managed to score 4 points to Mullinahone’s 3 and started the second half playing into the wind but they kept the pressure on their opponents with 3 successive wides and eventually  hitting the jackpot with a fantastic goal from Shane Buckley , Mullinahone tried to pick up the pace of the game but the brilliant Clerihan backs prevented them from scoring that badly needed goal, 2 points put Mullinahone back in the game and a free to Clerihan put them 3 points ahead with minutes to go , the final whistle was music to their ears as Clerihan become South County winners for the second time ,well done to all the boys involved and Jerry, John and Liam who put in all the hard work to achieve success. Final score Clerihan 1-5 to Mullinahone 0-5.

Clerihan under 8’s are going from strength to strength after their fantastic performance on Saturday morning last where they challenged Fethard in a football and hurling match, the boys are putting in a great effort and all the hard work and training is beginning to show so keep up the great work boys and dont forget to practice daily, football blitz coming up on saturday.
Our under 12 boys hurling team are through to the south final , the game will be played in Clogheen on the 16th September and all our club members should make an effort to attend the game if possible as all the support would be greatly appreciated.

Our ladies were in action over the weekend when our under 12 squad took on Slievenamon in a home game ,Clerihan were the under dogs in this game and went out determined to prove otherwise , playing into the wind in the first half was to their advantage  but with five wides they began to drift behind with Slievenamon not missing any opportunity to snatch a score,
Clerihan drifted 2 points to 4 at the half time whistle and the wind advantage was given to their opponents for the second half, the girls fought tirelessly to keep the ball in their own half scoring 2 points and  hitting the crossbar twice but Slievenamon had snatched 2 goals and began to slip away, a goal from Cleriahn put them back in the game with Slievenamon  to clinch a late goal to finish 3-4 to 1-4 , well done to all the girls from  both clubs for the big effort they put in , scorers were Amy Higgins 1-2, Hollie Corcoran 0-1 and Catriona Rice 0-1.