Pearses take on Ardrahan in the first round of the Senior Hurling Championship at 6.30pm this Saturday evening in Kenny Park, Athenry. The last time the sides met was in a Relegation Playoff in November 2011. Ardrahan emerged on top that evening, 1-13 to 1-10,…
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Feile Hosts Again!
Following the success of last year’s Toddie Byrne Feile Shield, Ballymacward will this Saturday (26th) play host to four of the six Group C games in the Justin Cheevers Feile na nGael (U14) competition. The Winners of the Group will advance to the Semi-Finals later…
Read MoreMinors Chalk up First Win
Pearses 5-14 Moycullen 3-11: Pearses Minor hurlers got their Championship campaign off to a winning start by defeating the home team in Moycullen yesterday evening. Brian Sweeney, Lee Murphy and Paul Lally were to the fore in helping Pearses to a 4-6 to 0-7 half-time…
Read MoreU14s in Semi-Finals
Our U14 hurlers have been on a unbeaten run of late and following a draw with Mullagh last Monday evening in Round 5, they have now secured a place in the U14B1 Semi-Finals. They still have two games to play in the Group, against Killimordaly…
Read MoreAdult Hurling Update
Our U21 hurlers played Liam Mellows last weekend, in Round 2 of the ‘B’ Championship. Both teams had been defeated in Round 1, so were pitted against each other in this winner-takes-all knockout matchup. Mellows were the better team on the day winning out, 1-17…
Read MoreJuvenile Update
Our U14 hurlers remain unbeaten in their U14B1 Group after defeating Cappataggle (7-9 to 1-3) in Round 4 last Monday evening. Next up is Mullagh, also in Ballymacward, this Monday evening (7th April) at 6.30pm. On the football field, they overcame Kilconly in Round 2…
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Kinvara 1-11 Pearses 0-12: Like the recent Senior League game also played at Carnmore, the wind played a big part in the result of this game on Saturday last. Pearses dominated the opening half with the strong wind at their backs, Kinvara controlled the second….
Read MoreFrank O’Neill R.I.P.
The death occurred last week of Frank O’Neill in London and formally of Garafine, Ballymacward. Frank (82) was throughout his life a fanatical GAA follower and since 1951 he had attended every All-Ireland in hurling and Football, including the replays until 2012 and attended 128…
Read MoreHurling Draws 2014
The Senior, Junior and Minor Hurling Championship Draws were made yesterday evening in the Salthill Hotel. In the Senior (Round 1) draw Pearses have been drawn against Ardrahan, who like Pearses were also defeated Championship Quarter-Finalists last year. The game will be played on Sunday,…
Read MoreSenior Hurling League Rd. 3
Pearses 1-17 Carnmore 0-11: Pearses recorded a second League win in-a-row yesterday against Carnmore, on their home patch. Pearses made better use of a strong wind blowing into the road end and had a wider spread of scorers than Carnmore, who relied heavily on the…
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