Kilkenny supporters in every club and parish in Kilkenny have an opportunity to play their part in the preparation for the All Ireland showdown against neighbours, Tipperary, by taking part in Kilkenny County Board’s ‘Drive For Liam’ Quiz. This new event, run in conjunction with KCLR and Kilkenny Vintners Federation, is sure to attract huge interest from GAA club members and Kilkenny Supporters throughout the county. On Thursday 25th August quiz teams will gather in Kilkenny Clubs and Pubs and take part in a Quiz  broadcast by KCLR. It will cost just €20 for a team of 4. THere are fantastic prizes of All Ireland tickets, tickets to the Banquet in CityWest and accommodation on the night of the All Ireland hurling final.Castlecomer venues are Bollards,Dillons and the Vaults.Please gather a team to support this very worthy event.

Club members can order thier tickets by phoning 056-4400767 between 9-11am Mon-Fri, or at all other times by text only on 086-0456019. Please state your name, contact number,number of tickets required and if for stand or terrace. Please place orders before Saturday 27th.

The U-14s,16s and minors were all in action last week. The U-6s were first up against James Stephens in Ballyragget on Monday. The lads put in a  battling performance, but their city opponents were stronger on the night. This young side have made great strides during the year, well done to all and thanks to the management team of Tommy Buggy, Dinny Brennan and Martin Hawley.

Panel: Sean Buggy, Niall mcMahon, Andrew Dowd, Eoin Walsh, Donal Carroll, Eoin Brennan, Martin Walsh Conor Delaney, Daragh Brennan, Ciaran Wallace, Rian Holden, John Callinan, Richie Healy, Ciaran Healy, Jamie Holohan, Ciaran Coogan, Emmet Coogan, Stephen Dowd, Paul Ring,Shane Rice, David O’Neill.

 

The Minors travelled to Palmerstown on Thursday to play Graigue Ballycallan in what turned out to be a titanic struggle. normal time failed to seperate the two sides, extra time was played and the locals dug deep to secure a fine victory and now progress to the next round.

 

The U-14s played Conahy in Freshford on Friday. The boys put in a strong performance, and now have the shield competition to look forward too.

Panel: Richard Brennan, Sean Coogan, David Holohan, James Rothwell, Eoin O’Rourke, Griffin Carroll, Ian Holohan, Shane Feehan, Sean Buggy, John Dowd, Paul Ring, Ross Connolly, Paul Tungstead, Declan Buggy, Eoin Molloy, David Ferris, Alan Mullaly.

Erin’s Own under 10’s travelled the long distance to just outside Galway city on saturday to take part in the Caranmore Hurling trounament. 8 teams took part and the Comer lads went from start to finish unbeaten. The won each of their matches well and went through the whole tournnament without conceding any goals. The met the host team in the Final and won it by 5-3 to 0-2. There was some fantactic individual performances but collectively the team played wonderful throughout. Team captain for the day, Christopher Korff, accepted the cup on behalf of his team mates and collected the player of the tournament award for great individual displays throughout. Thanks in particular to Comer man, Liam Slevin, for the invitation and to all the parents who drove the long distance to support the lads.

 

The panel on the day was as follows;

Jamie Meagher, Nicky Connolly, Dan Coogan, Kealin Ring, Kevin Holland, Jack Buggy, Shane Coogan, Conor Clarke, Ashley Kerr, Billy O’Neill, Conor Dowd, Christopher Korff, Killian Hogan, Lee Holden, Luca Downey, Kevin Smyth.

U-8 Blitz

 

Erins Own hosted Under 8’s from James Stephens, St Lachtains and Clara at a warm and dry Ballycomey on Saturday morning. We were beaten in our first game by the Village boys by the odd score in seven in a very competitive match highlighted by some great defending in the first half by James Kenny, Adam Stone and goalie Luca Downey. A draw was missed out on when a 60 yard score from a puckout by Ashley Kerr had to be disallowd under U8 rules. Our second game was against St Lachtains and we ran out comfortable winners with strong midfield play from Shane Coogan and Liam Doyle and good performances from Ciaran Meagher and James Hogan in the forwards. Our final game against Clara was very competitive with the sides level at 2-02 a piece with 5 minutes to go until a quick goal and a point from Luca Downey followed a couple of late goals saw the Comer boys home.

Panel James Kenny, Ciaran Meagher, Adam Stone, Liam Doyle, Luca Downey, Jack Brennan, Dylan Stynes Leigh, Alan Smyth, Ewan Connery, Cathal O’Reilly, Ashley Kerr, Shane Coogan, James Hogan and John Kenny.

 

U-12s

 

Erin’s Own U-12s have been busy over the last two weeks, playing four games against Clara, St Martins, Rower Inistioge and St Lachtains. All bar the St Martins game, were Go Games matches, with the locals running out impressive winners in all. The boys took on our neighbours in the finals of the Callan tournament, putiing in a fine performance to finish comfortable winners on a 10-14 to 1-1 scoreline.

Panel: Richard Brennan, Alan Mullaly, Sean Coogan, Joe Hickson, Adam Brennan, James Brennan, Dan Coogan, Ross Connolly, Thomas Dwyer, David Ferris, John Dowd, Conor Normoyle, Kevin Brennan, Eoin O’Rourke, Liam Kenny, Conor McMahon, Jack Buggy, Peter Carroll, Declan Buggy, Christopher Korff, Nicky Connolly, Billy O’Neill, Conor Clarke, Cathal Holland, Liam Holland, James Buggy.

Erin’s Own Seniors faced Clara in a windy Jenkinstown on Thursday evening. Clara had use of the wind in the first half, ‘Comer worked hard to minimise this advantage and were only three points down entering the final moments of the half, but Clara struck on the double with a Liam Ryan point and Keith Hogan dispatching a rasping 21 to the net, to finish the half ahead by 1-10 to 0-8.

The second half produced some good hurling, but the bulk of the scores came from frees. Erin’s Own reduced the arrears to the minimun, but Keith Hogan finished the scoring with three converted frees. Final score 0-17 to 1-18.

Team: Tom Brophy, James Mullins, Sean Meally, Peter O’Donovan, Padraig Keating, Damien Fogarty, Danny Byrne, Ronan Ryan, Jimmy Byrne, Michael Murphy, Michael Owens, Martin Boran, Dermot Wallace, Peader Boran, Gordon Byrne.

Subs Used: Michael Moran, Stephen Daly.

Scorers: Martin Boran 0-9(5f), Damien Fogarty 0-3(2f,1 65), Ronan Ryan 0-2, Gordon Byrne 0-1, Michael Murphy 0-1, Michael Moran 0-1.

The past week has been a very busy one for the Under 12 team with 3 matches in 7 days. The first was the finals game in The Callan tournament. Comer were paired with local rivals St Martins. It was an excellent all round performance by the Comer lads and they ran out very easy winners.

 

The holiday season is in full spin at the moment and we were short 8 players for the Go Games match v Rower Inistoige, in Inistoige on Wednesday 3rd. Despite all of this, there was another fantastic performance by the local lads as they again ran out comprehensive winners. It was the manner of the victory that pleased all present to see. Lots of lads in new positions and they all responded very well to the challenge.

 

The third match of the week v Freshford away was expected, and proved to be, the biggest challenge. Missing a massive 11 players and fielding the bare 15 players the Comer lads again stepped up to the challenge to run out winners by 4 points. It was an excellent performance from start to finish from all the players with the result being a bonus. Well done to all the players and to the effort they put in through a very busy week.

 

Panel; Joe Hickson, Conor Normoyle, Eoin O’Rourke, Alan Mullally, Ross Connolly, John Dowd, Richard Brennan, Sean Coogan, Thomas Dwyer, Adam Brennan, Liam Holland, James Buggy, Nicky Connolly, Dan Coogan, Jack Buggy, David Ferris, James Brennan, Cathal Holland, Declan Buggy, Conor McMahon, Kevin Brennan, Conor Clarke, Christopher Korff, Billy O’Neill, Peter Carroll, Liam Kenny.

Erins Own hosted Under 8’s from James Stephens, St Lachtains and Clara at a warm and dry Ballycomey on Saturday morning. We were beaten in our first game by the Village boys by the odd score in seven in a very competitive match highlighted by some great defending in the first half by James Kenny, Adam Stone and goalie Luca Downey. A draw was missed out on when a 60 yard score from a puckout by Ashley Kerr had to be disallowd under U8 rules. Our second game was against St Lachtains and we ran out comfortable winners with strong midfield play from Shane Coogan and Liam Doyle and good performances from Ciaran Meagher and James Hogan in the forwards. Our final game against Clara was very competitive with the sides level at 2-02 a piece with 5 minutes to go until a quick goal and a point from Luca Downey followed a couple of late goals saw the Comer boys home.
Panel James Kenny, Ciaran Meagher, Adam Stone, Liam Doyle, Luca Downey, Jack Brennan, Dylan Stynes Leigh, Alan Smyth, Ewan Connery, Cathal O’Reilly, Ashley Kerr, Shane Coogan,
James Hogan and John Kenny.