For our Senior hurlers 2014 was a tough year. An injury epidemic dented hopes of returning to a third successive Quarter-Final. Players like Cyril Donnellan, Fearghal Flannery and 2013 Player of the Year, Cormac Ward were missed and Pearses slipped into the relegation dogfight. The…
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2014 Football Review
Our Junior Footballers did well in 2014, reaching the North Board ‘C’ Championship Final. Progress was helped by the availability of more of the Senior hurlers, who were on a break before Relegation games. Meelick-Eyrecourt were Final opponents in Caltra. After a tight game we…
Read MoreNew Hurling C’ship Format
A new format for the Senior Hurling Championship for 2016 was passed at the Galway Hurling Committee AGM in Loughgeorge last week. Please note, the changes do not come into effect until the 2016 Championships. The Ballinderreen motion for a new Senior Hurling Championship format…
Read More2014 AGM Report
The Club A.G.M. took place last Sunday, 30th December in Ballymacward Hall. Club Secretary, Paul Bellew, opened the meeting and thanked all players, team managements (especially outgoing Senior Manager John Raftery), officers, pitch caretakers, sponsors and all who had helped in any way in the…
Read More2015 Galway GAA Season Ticket
The 2015 Galway Club+ Season Ticket @ andamp;euro;190 can be ordered today from the Club Secretary (Paul Bellew, 087-1224273 or secretary.padraigpearses.galway@gaa.ie) or on www.seasontickets.ie. The 2015 Galway GAA Club+ Season Ticket includes all of the following: All Galway’s Allianz League matches plus all Hurling League…
Read MoreJunior B Semi-Final Replay
Kinvara 2-13 Pearses 0-16: Kinvara made it two out of three in the trilogy, in this Junior B Hurling Semi-Final Replay played in Loughrea on Saturday. Pearses looked like they might edge it after recovering from a Kinvara goal before half-time, but another late goal…
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Pearses 0-10 Kinvara 2-4: This Junior B Semi-Final, switched from Loughrea to Carnmore yesterday morning, was played in persistent rain throughout. Pearses looked to have the edge until the 42nd minute, when a second Kinvara goal gave them the lead for the first time. Pearses…
Read MoreJunior B Semi-Final Preview
Our Junior andamp;lsquo;Bandamp;rsquo; hurlers take on Kinvara tomorrow (Saturday), in the Championship Semi-Final in Loughrea at 2.30pm. Clarinbridge await the winners of this game in the Championship Final, having defeated Tynagh-Abbey-Duniry, after a replay in the other Semi-Final. Several players involved in last weekandamp;rsquo;s battle…
Read MoreThanks JR
Senior Team Manager John Raftery has stepped down after three years at the helm. Pearses reached Senior Quarter-Finals both of JR’s first two years. Gort were the opponents in 2012, as Pearses lost out by 3, after a late fightback. In 2013 Loughrea were lucky…
Read MorePearses Secure Senior Status
Pearses 0-14 Kinvara 1-9: Pearses secured their senior status yesterday with a two point victory over Kinvara in the Final Relegation Playoff in wet and windy Kenny Park, Athenry. Pearses led by six at half-time, but a good third quarter by Kinvara brought them level….
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