Weblog of Brendan

monday may 30th 2005: kilrossanty vs st. brendans (senior challenge) kilrossanty lose out with two sloppy goals being the difference. poor performance with the comeragh outfit failing to convert numerous chances. full time: kilrossanty 0-9 st.brendans 2-9

tuesday june 7th 2005: junior hurlers take on carrick swans in a challenge down in leamybrien. the bots were doing well until one of the best hurlers in the county, mikie kirwan, had to retire with broken ribs after going into a 50/50 ball. hopefully we will have him back on the field soon.

wednesday june 8th 2005: kilrossant vs stradbally - minor challenge: this was a very entertaining game with the lads really putting it up to title contenders, stradbally. a late penalty by fintan walsh put a nice polish on the scoreline. kilrossanty 1-9 stradbally 2-12: team: stevie raher, oasis, fintan, wayne, tommy, willie, collie, hayes 0-2(1f), kennedy, doiler, geary 0-1,conor foley 0-1, houli, cunnigham, davey 0-4(1f). subs: barron 0-1, killian, krusty.

sunday june 12th 2005: kilrossanty played stradbally in the first round of championship in stradbally. thr reds started sharp clocking up early pionts and kilrossanty could only respond with 3 pts before the break. the second half was much closer with a late penalty by froggie ensuring a nail biting finish.full time: kilrossanty 2-8 stradbally 1-14. team: stevie raner, pj, crotty, kenny, binge, jr, paul flynn, bull coffey, willie, colin dee, kio 0-1, tom o brien 0-2, richi, froggie2-3(2-2f), davey 0-2(2f).

monday may 16th 2005: u-14 hurlers who are already western division 2 champions took to the field to play kilmac in their opening game of the county dividion 4 championship. it was a tough game with the boys just winning by one goal.

friday may 20th 2005: junior hurlers played their second championhip game of the season and although they lost (kilrossanty 2-5 ballysaggart 2-11) it must be said a big improvement was made and the lads can all be happy with their performance.

tuesday may 24th 2005: the countdown vs ballinacourty. team news: unavailable - barry pender (in america) david pender (flu) miheal veale (doubtful) probable line up: steven raher, fintan walsh, conor hayes, willie raher, danny kennedy, mark pender, paul flynn, steven pender, sean crotty, niall kennedy, oisin doyle, michael walsh, michael geary, tom o'brien, kio ryan. opposition news: unavailable - tiernan murray, pudge hurney(doubtful), sean hehir, joey mullin.

wednesday may 25th 2005: western A final in fraher field: kilrossanty after some terrible wides were first to raise a flag through steven pender but playing with the wind did not find their feet quick enough and at the break found themselves trailing 4 pts to 3. some dodgy refereeing desicions and an early second half goal should have rocked the green and gold but they kept their heads up and kio ryan remained cool to slot home a goal for comeragh almost immediately after. although the momentum had now swung to our favour the scoring boots didnt and ballinacourty began to dominate and with ten minutes to go it was all over. final score: ballinacourty 2-9 kilrossanty 1-4.

friday may 27th 2005: junior football championship match vs stradbally cancelled to the death of colin dee's mother. rip.

sunday may 29th 2005: kilrosanty u-14 hurlers defeat stronghold ballyduff upper in leamybrien to remain unbeaten. alan quinn, pa cunnigham and conor morrissey impressed.