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1 for S Fennell, Stephen Kettle for B Dunne, James Costello for G Kerrigan. Finishing runners-up meant that Knockbridge would play in the Leinster Junior Special Championship. After defeating Clonguish of Longford, the Louth side lost to Mountmellick of Laois in the semi-final to bring the season to an end.
Knockbridge Hurling Club continue to be very active at juvenile level with a number of promising players coming through the ranks. Once again they enjoyed plenty of success over the year with the following teams providing some of the highlights. Darver was the venue on Saturday September 14 for a very successful U12 O Broin Shield (A+B) hurling blitz which saw over 100 boys and girls representing the six clubs who took part. O Broin Shield 'A' group results: Knockbridge 4-2 Naomh Moninne 0-1; St Fechins 5-5 Knockbridge 0-1; St Kevins 2-2 Knockbridge 1-3 Knockbridge: Adam Plunkett, Ciaran Brennan, Daniel McArdle, Michael Belton, Conor Quigley, Ewan McEntaggert, Ross Murnaghan, Dara Toner, Neil Thornton, Ben Goss Kieran, Cathal McElroy, Jake McNamara, Jack McCaughey. O Broin Shield 'B' group results: Mattock/Glen Emmets 6-0 Knockbridge 'B' 0-1; Pearse Og 6-5 Knockbridge 'B' 1-0 Knockbride 'B': Brendan Molloy, James Kieran, Colin Marry, Conor Brennan, Niall Quigley, Mark Brady, Robert Gray, Gerard Carmody, Cormac McArdle. Meanwhile, the U-14 hurlers of Knockbridge/Geraldines lost out to a strong Naomh Moninne team at Dowdallshill April 30 on a scoreline of 5-8 to 1-1. Padraig Cunningham struck over a free and got a goal for Knockbridge/Geraldines from close range but it wasn’t enough to kick start a rally. Knockbridge/Geraldines: Conor Quigley; David Lait, Darren Bailey, Ciaran Brennan; Ben Goss McTiernan, Padaig Cunningham (1-1), David
The U14's that reached the Feile na nGael final
Hayes; Thomas McDonagh, Liam Rooney; Niall Thornton, Philip Tynan, Bernard Lafferty; Michael Belton, Tiernan O’Malley, Adam Plunkett. Subs used - Cathal McElroy, Brendan Molloy, Mark Hilliard. Knockbridge also competed well at U-16 and Minor level only to lose out to St Fechins in both championship finals.
KNOCKBRIDGE UNDERAGE
Feile finals to a strong Naomh Moninne side but five of our team had the honour of winning All-Ireland C medals with the victorious Louth squad. The Club were represented in Feile by Ronan Murphy who travelled to Limerick to take part in the Skills competition. Ronan faced the cream of Irish hurlers but did the club proud, Finishing nineteenth out of thirty two participants. Ronan also won the club U.14 skills competition with Adam Plunkett winning the U.12 event. Our minor hurlers suffered defeat at the final hurdle to St.Fechin’s while our U.16’s are due to face the same opposition in the county decider. A new addition this year was the inclusion of players from the neighbouring Geraldines club at U.14 and U.16 level. This was a boost to both squads as well as keeping more lads involved in hurling. All this activity could not take place without the help of mentors, parents and friends of the club. A big thank you also goes out to St. Bride’s for the use of the field and to Colm Smyth for facilitating matches. Roll on 2014.
The juvenile section of the club had a very busy year fielding teams from as young as Under 6 all the way up to minor level. The Bride’s field was a hive of activity every Friday evening, filled with the sounds of ash clashing and of boys enjoying our wonderful sport. Our U.8’s had an eventful year playing in many regional blitzes throughout the county while our U.10 hurlers participated in the Louth league. This team improved all summer long, culminating in victory in the U.11 McCreesh Shield. The final of this competition was a real thriller with the boys coming from five points down to defeat Pearse Og by a single point. A very happy captain Best Wishes To Knockbridge GAA, From Danial McArdle received the shield from a Knockbridge local, Peggy McCreesh. Little Ash, Carrick Road, Dundalk (Just 10 mins from Dundalk Town Centre) Our U.12’s were Telephone: 042 -9374223 | www.cluskeys.ie very successful in winning six out of LUNCH SERVED Mon- Friday 12.30 - 3pm seven league SUNDAY LUNCH SERVED 12 Noon - 4pm matches and losing BAR MENU AVAILABLE From 4.30pm to 9pm Monday-Thursday narrowly in the Friday & Saturday 5.00pm to 9.30pm Sunday 5.00pm to 8.45pm O’Broin Shield. The U.14’s were unlucky ALSO CATERING FOR BIRTHDAY in losing both the PARTIES, CHRISTENINGS ETC Championship and
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