Tracton 4-5, Shamrocks 1-5 Tracton beat Shamrocks by 3 clear goals in Shanbally in the Junior B Football League on Tuesday night last, in what was Shamrocks first game back in this grade in 2 years. Shamrocks played with the strong breeze in the first half in the hope of building up a … Read more
Carrigaline 3-10, Shamrocks 0-3 The result is a lot worse than it looked. Carrigaline had a very strong 15 players on the pitch for this game and led 3-5 to no score at the break. Shamrocks rejigged their team for the second half and did a lot better, losing that half by 5 … Read more
Shamrocks 2-10, Crosshaven 0-7 A bitterly north wind made conditions difficult for the players on duty, but it did not deter Shamrocks from recording their first win in the League. After a slow and difficult first half when the scores were even at 0-5 each, the home team moved up a gear in … Read more
Courcey Rovers 0-18, Shamrocks 0-8 The visitors to Shanbally took all 2 league points on offer on a beautiful evening for hurling at Shanbally Wednesday evening. Courcey Rovers had a strong panel on duty and looked sharp in everything they did and looked to be ahead of Shamrocks in terms of hurling done. … Read more
Ballygarvan 4-7, Shamrocks 1-12. An agonising defeat for Shamrocks in the Semi Final of the B Championship, in a game played in Shanbally on Bank Holiday afternoon last. The players and selectors will be wondering for a long time how they managed to lose this game of football which was played in excellent spirit … Read more
Ballinhassig 3-8, Shamrocks 1-1 Shamrocks opened up their hurling campaign against Ballinhassig on Sunday morning last and suffered a fairly comprehensive defeat to the SE champions. One could argue that the scoreline was somewhat flattering to Ballinhassig as Shamrocks played some good hurling at times, in particular the backs who did very well considering the … Read more
Belgooly 0-15, Shamrocks 0-7 Shamrocks slow start to the football season continued at heavy Shanbally (bottom pitch) on Saturday afternoon last. The players were kept in the dressing room after the poor show against Ballygarvan last time out; this time it was the turn of them being kept on the pitch to listen to the extreme … Read more
Shamrocks 3-9, St Bridgets 0-5 Shamrocks played their first round Under 21 Football championship game at Pairc Tadgh O’h-Ainnlaoi on Sunday morning against St. Bridgets (a combination of Crosshaven and Belgooly). A perfect start saw Shamrocks have the ball in the St. Bridgets net from the throw-in thanks to a great run from centre … Read more
Shamrocks 2-9, Shamrocks 0-5. This was the first league game for both and Ballygarvan opened it up with a comfortable victory over Shamrocks in Ballygarvan on Sunday morning last. From a Shamrocks point of view the managers and selectors expected a bit of rustiness at seasons start but allowing for that, the display was … Read more
There was a players meeting last Tuesday night in the Clubhouse after training (in the Marine College). The various selectors/mentors for the Junior teams were announced to the players by Pat McCarthy and John Twomey (Shanbally). They are as follows – Junior A Football: Pat McCarthy, Tony O’Sullivan, Paddy O’Mahony and Dave O’Flaherty. Junior A … Read more