Pádraig Pearses GAA

The Junior C hurlers went down to Clarinbridge yesterday evening in Ballymacward, despite a spirited second half performance. Ultimately though, the half-time deficit (0-13 to 0-3) was too big a lead to pull back.andamp;nbsp; The Bridge started well and opened a three point lead, aided…

Padraig Pearses Junior footballers got their first league win in bad conditions against Williamstown in the newly vested St. Kerrill’s Parkandamp;nbsp;on Fridayandamp;nbsp;evening. This was the first game played in the Grounds since the recent improvements and the management committee of the club are confident that…

Our U10 hurlers topped their Group in the East Galway League (winning 7 of their 8 games), so they have a bye straight to the Semi-Final, where they await the winners of Meelick-Eyrecourt v Mountbellew-Moylough, who play in the one of the two Quarter-Finals (this…

Our Junior A and Junior C hurlers had Championship games over the weekend. The Junior A’s were first up, with a Round 3 game in Ballinasloe on Saturday evening against Kiltormer. Manager Tomandamp;aacute;s Kenny was working from a depleted squad, as most of his absentees…

Well done to the boys of Ballymacward National School. They won the Rionn F (9-a-side) Cumann na mBunscoil Football final on Wednesday, in Loughgeorge. They defeated Claran (Headford) on a scoreline of 3-9 to 2-7. Team captain Ronan Flannery received the cup from County Board…

Our Senior hurlers were scheduled to play Turloughmore in the Preliminary Quarter-Final of Kilbeacanty’s 50th Anniversary 7s Tournament. However, Turloughmore had withdrew earlier this week, so Pearses were straight through to the Quarter-Final where they were pitted against Clarinbridge. John Raftery had selected a panel…

Pandamp;aacute;draig Pearses Senior hurlers play Kiltormer tomorrow (12pm in Loughrea) in their first group game of the Championship. Both teams have qualified via Round 1 of the knockout qualifiers. Kiltormer defeated Tynagh-Abbey-Duniry in Round 1 and are this year under the guidance of former Offaly…

Our U10 hurlers played Mountbellew-Moylough yesterday evening in Mountbellew andamp;ndash; making amends for their only loss of the season to date last weekend – by winning on a scoreline of 3-5 to 3-2. It was an evenly contested game, with Pearses getting the vital scores…

The Junior C hurling Championship is due to begin on 7th/8th/9th of this month (the weekend after next), so below is a list of scheduled fixtures, all TBC of course. There are two groups of 8, so guaranteed 7 games. The top four teams in…