Shamrocks were scheduled to play Passage on Friday night in Shanbally but unfortunately, due to circumstances outside our control, the game didnt take place. It was disappointing for all the players, parents and mentors who turned up. However, with 24 Shamrocks players ready and willing, the mentors Seamus O’Flynn, Anthony Meighan and Tim Hayes … Read more
The under 8 hurlers went up to Douglas on last Saturday morning and on what was a beautiful morning, played an excellent hour of hurling against the home side. On this particular occasion, Shamrocks only had 11 players (the only negative) and with Douglas having big numbers, it was decided to split Douglas into 3 … Read more
Shamrocks and Passage played a very worthwhile challenge game in Shanbally on Friday evening last. While we wouldnt have the biggest numbers at this age group, we had 15 players togged out on the night so that was a positive. Passage won the game handy in the end; from a Shamrocks point of view, its … Read more
Carraig na bhFear 1-16, Shamrocks 2-6 Yet another Minor Championship game thrown away by Shamrocks by all accounts. Fell apart in the second half. Full report to follow
Aghinagh 5-18, Shamrocks 1-6 A very frustrating and humbling night for underage football in the club. Aghinagh made the trip to Shanbally and absolutely blew away the challenge of the Shamrocks Minors (a young minor team, down a couple of players on the night it must be said). Still though. The gap between … Read more
Shamrocks played 2 matches this week, beating Crosshaven on Monday night 2-11 to 4-3 in the league before making the trip to Dripsey on Wednesday to play the home team in the championship and were well beaten on a scoreline of 3-13 to 0-5. Hopefully reports on both to follow.
Tracton 1-12, Shamrocks 0-9 Tracton juniors once again got the upper hand on Shamrocks in championship action, this time in the Semi Final of the football championship. This game was played in Brinny (after someone finally came to a decision about the venue) and considering the recent rain that fell, the Valleys pitch was in … Read more
Ballymartle 4-16, Shamrocks 0-12 Shamrocks were dumped out of the championship by Ballymartle’s second team last Tuesday night. Apart from Joe Shanahans first half free taking which was excellent (mostly frees created by himself) and a 10 minute burst in the second half that yielded an unanswered 4 points, Shamrocks were destroyed. The lads … Read more
Shamrocks 3-10, Tracton 0-17 Shamrocks had a deserved 2 point win over Tracton on a perfect sod in Minane Bridge on Friday night last. With the same two teams meeting in the Championship Semi Final on August 21st, it was a chance for both teams to do a little bit of experimenting and … Read more
Noel Crowley (filling in for Martin Coleman GDA) took the under 10 hurlers through their paces on Wednesday night last. Our thanks to Noel and to the underage coaches (also from the Ladies Football) who turned up to observe. The next session will be with Martin Coleman and will involve the coaches actually taking … Read more