Pádraig Pearses GAA

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…

Our U21 hurlers put right the wrongs of last weekend, with a Preliminary Quarter-Final victory today, over Oranmore-Maree in Turloughmore. Pearses flew out of the blocks with the first two attacks yielding two Colm Raftery pointed frees. Oranmore responded, but Raftery went low and buried…

Despite a second half fightback against Cois Fharraige yesterday Pearses lost out by the minimum to a last minute goal in Turloughmore. There was a strong wind and it was always going to be a matter of which team utilised it best. It was a…