Author: Pádraig Pearses

This was a lively Championship Round 2 encounter played in terrible conditions in Ballymacward earlier. The wind had its part to play throughout. Pearses were first to score (Gary Hennelly), but Sarsfields responded and moved ahead. Ronan Bellew then pointed a Pearses free before Sarsfields…

Pearses accounted for an understrength Athenry side (short of 5 regulars) in this League clash yesterday evening. Pearses had 3 points on the board after 5 minutes, before the lively Gary Lally struck for the game’s first goal. Athenry then stirred to life, with their…

Gort 1-16 Pearses 1-13: Pearses and Gort renewed their recent rivalry this morning in Gort in the Fourth Round of the Senior Hurling League. The last meeting of the two clubs was of course in last year’s Senior Championship Quarter-Final, which seen Gort prevail despite…

It was a great day of hurling in Ballymacward on Saturday as the club hosted 4 other teams for the Toddie Byrne Shield (Feile) competition. Referees for the day were Sean Moran (Abbeyknockmoy) and Trevor Barrett (Ahascragh-Fohenagh) with the activity being co-ordinated by Michael Hehir…

There were two games played in Pearses’ Toddie Byrne Shield group earlier this evening. Ballinasloe defeated Sarsfields 2-5 to 2-1 and Michandamp;eacute;al Breathnach defeated Tuam 3-3 to 1-4. The rest of the games will be played tomorrow, in Ballymacward. There have been some alterations to…

Pearses 3-14 Killimordaly 3-5. Pearses got their Minor Championship off to a flying start on Monday evening when they defeated our near neighbours and great rivals Killimordaly by 9 points, in Killimordaly. So impressive was Pearses’ first half performance that the home side had failed…

It’s a clichandamp;eacute;, but goals win matches and this was very much the case in Ballinasloe last Saturday. Pearses as they did last weekend against Oranmore-Maree had the better start of the two teams and were 0-6 to 0-3 in front by the 21st minute,…

Our Under 13 footballers were narrowly defeated in the League Final last Bank Holiday Monday in Menlough. They had played 5 games, winning 4-in-a-row, defeating Williamstown, Killererin, Cortoon Shamrocks and Headford, to qualify for the Final. They had lost to Milltown in the first game…