Kinsale 1-23, Shamrocks 2-19 This high scoring encounter played in ideal summer conditions in Kinsale saw the home side steal a one point win in injury time. Though Shamrocks were understrength, the lads on duty gave of their all and recorded some excellent scores in both halves. Kinsale led 1-13 to 0-10 at the … Read more
Shamrocks 4-1, Whitescross 1-5 To follow
Camden pitch was the venue for this year’s John Kerins Memorial Cup qualifiers. Four U11 teams battled it out for two qualifying spots in the semi finals to be held on the 16th June. First round games pitched Shamrocks against Passage and Ballygarvan against Crosshaven. Crosshaven won convincingly against Ballygarvan and Shamrocks had … Read more
Shamrocks U8 hurlers played in Belgooly on Saturday morning May 25th in a blitz. They played Sliabh Rua, Tracton and Crosshaven and all players were outstanding on the day. Well done to them, their parents and to the managers Jason Browne and Stephen Keane. Players on duty: Nicholas O’Driscoll, Michael Dorney, James Dorney, Danny … Read more
Passage 6-8, Shamrocks 2-6 Shamrocks and Passage played in the sunshine in Passage on Friday night and Passage were well worth the victory. They were much the better team in the first half and led 5-5 to 0-2 and never really gave Shamrocks a chance to get into the game. The sleectors asked … Read more
Well done to the 1st and 2nd class pupils from the 3 primary schools in the parish who took part in our Annual Schools Football Blitz on Wednesday in Shanbally in glorious sunshine. All the 120 boys and girls on the day showed great enthusiasm and skill. Our thanks to Coaching Officer Pa Andrews who … Read more
Whitescross 3-11, Shamrocks 2-5 Despite the scoreline, Shamrocks gave a fine display of hurling in this game. We started poorly and conceded a number of soft scores which was ultimately our undoing. We trailed by 11 point at half-time. We started the second half well and with around 10 minutes to go, … Read more
Mayfield 8-5, Shamrocks 1-1 We traveled to play Mayfield in the U12 hurling league on Monday night last. The pitch was very heavy due to the down pours we had on Monday. We struggled in every area to contain this excellent Mayfield side. After a poor start we settled down a bit and … Read more
Shamrocks 5-11, Clondrohid 1-5 Shamrocks travelled to Clondrohid last Thursday evening for their third league fixture of the year. We had a near full squad and most importantly had all our on the age players. We gave our best display of the year. Our hosts were a typically strong, physical team sprinkled with … Read more
19 players showed up in beautiful sunshine for our home game against Whitescross on Wednesday evening. It was great to see some new players joining the squad for what was a great night for football. Whitescross were a skilled and determined side but shamrocks proved too strong and came away with yet another fine … Read more