U8 Hurling Blitz – 9/9

  Short journey to Ballinhassig for Hurling blitz on Saturday morning.Again, we had good numbers – 10 players in total and all got plenty playing time. As we near the end of the 2017 Blitz season, Rebel Og has encouraged clubs to introduce “Air Hurling” to the games. This has been very beneficial to us … Read more

U14 HC Semi Final V Lee Gaels – 8/9

  Shamrocks 3-12, Lee Gaels 3-8   Shamrocks qualified for the West Region B2 hurling final with this 4 point win over a battling Lee Gaels team on Friday night at Ballincollig. This game was in doubt up until the very end as Lee Gaels made a great comeback but Shamrocks scored the winning goal … Read more

U14 HC V Ibane Gaels B – 4/9

  Shamrocks 5-17, Ibane Gaels B 4-6   Shamrocks are into the semi final of the B2 West Champiomship after a good performance against Ibanes 2nd team on Monday night in Kinsale. The lead up to the game had been disrupted for various reasons but the lads produced a great second half in particular to … Read more

U8 Football Blitz – 2/9

  Bishopstown GAA hosted the latest U8 Football blitz this morning. We entered one team and had 11 players togged out. We played Crosshaven, Douglas & Ballincollig and had scores been kept, we would have won all games comfortably.   One parent remarked to me how much the boys has grown since the start of the blitz … Read more

U8 Football Blitz – 2/9

  Bishopstown GAA hosted the latest U8 Football blitz this morning. Shamrocks entered one team and had 11 players togged out. They played Crosshaven, Douglas & Ballincollig and had scores been kept, we would have won all games comfortably.   One parent remarked how much the boys has grown since the start of the blitz season. Shamrocks have … Read more

JAFC Semi Final V Belgooly – 1/9

  Belgooly 3-12, Shamrocks 2-11   Shamrocks were knocked out of the championship by Belgooly in Ballygarvan on Friday evening. This was a major shock – Shamrocks were aiming for back to back titles and were eying a run in the county championship. They hammered Belgooly in the first round back in May but the … Read more

JAFC Quarter Final V Ballinhassig – 29/8

  Shamrocks 1-14, Ballinhassig 1-14 (Sun Aug 27th)   The first game ended in a draw in Ballygarvan after Ballinhassig made a strong finish to bring the game to a replay. Shamrocks led 0-6 to 0-1 after 10 minutes after playing some great football but Ballinhassig got right back into it with a goal. Shamrocks … Read more

U12 HL V Whitescross – 28/8

  Whitescross 2-6, Shamrocks 1-3   Our U12 hurlers resumed after their summer recess with an away fixture with Whites Cross. We were very flat throughout this game and the home team deserved their win. Despite that, we had plenty of chances and could have won this game. In fairness to the lads, they kept … Read more

U10 HL v Crosshaven – 26/8

  The under 10 hurling league resumed this Saturday when we welcomed Crosshaven to Shanbally to play an early morning fixture.   Unfortunately the result didn’t go our way as our young lads went down to a strong visiting side. At times we looked very good and put together some great passages of play, but … Read more