Dunhill 0-10; Tourin 1-6 Eddie KirwanAfter 13 years in the Intermediate ranks, the hurlers of Dunhill returned to the Senior Championship when they saw off the stern challenge of Tourin in a Walsh Park replay last Saturday afternoon. Dunhill had to win this game the hard way as the heavy underfoot conditions appeared...
Author: Eddie Kirwan
Ballygunner retain crown despite sending-off
Ballygunner retain crown despite sending-off
Ballygunner 0-8; Passage 0-7 ■□■ View More Photos The Rugby World cup final was not the only game to finish 0-8 to 0-7 last Sunday. Several hours after proceedings finished in Eden Park, Ballygunner and Passage served up the exact same score when they met in the Eastern Under-21 hurling final. On a day when...
Brilliant Bennett sends Saints marching to title
Brilliant Bennett sends Saints marching to title
St Carthage’s 2-17; De La Salle 2-14 St Carthages took the Waterford minor hurling title after defeating De La Salle in a superb final at Walsh Park last Sunday afternoon. The men from Lismore, Ballysaggart and Tourin won this game the hard way as two first half goals from De La Salle corner-forward Dylan Foley...
Gunners complete their Deise dozen
Gunners complete their Deise dozen
Ballygunner 1-19 Tallow 0-6 Ballygunner took their 12th Waterford senior hurling title with comparative ease against Tallow on Sunday, consigning last year’s final reversal against De La Salle to history. As the scoreline suggests, the result of this game was decided from a long way out as Ballygunner swept Tallow...
Clonea take the spoils against gallant Brickeys
Clonea take the spoils against gallant Brickeys
Clonea 0-13; Brickey Rangers 1-9 Clonea claimed the Junior B County Hurling title in Walsh Park last Saturday afternoon after a tense one point win over a gallant Brickey Rangers outfit. Few, bar this writer in The Munster Express last week, gave the Brickeys’ any hope in this final but in the end, it was a great...
Gunners complete their Deise dozen
Gunners complete their Deise dozen
Ballygunner 1-19; Tallow 0-6 Ballygunner took their 12th Waterford senior hurling title with comparative ease against Tallow on Sunday, consigning last year’s final reversal against De La Salle to history. As the scoreline suggests, the result of this game was decided from a long way out as Ballygunner swept Tallow...
A welcome return to glory for a great hurling club
A welcome return to glory for a great hurling club
Erins Own 2-13; Abbeyside 2-5 After several years out of the limelight, the good times may well be on the way back to Erins Own following victory over Abbeyside at Walsh Park on Saturday last. On the day it was a superb team performance which was the key to Erins Own’s victory with several players, including county...
Two times a charm for mighty Mitchels
Two times a charm for mighty Mitchels
John Mitchels 0-10; Portlaw 0-8 For the second successive year, John Mitchels proved too good for Portlaw in the Eastern Intermediate Football Championship as they ran out winners by two points in Kill last Saturday. Despite the relatively low scoring, this was a very entertaining game and when Portlaw took the lead,...
Sion and Tallow to meet again after exciting draw
Sion and Tallow to meet again after exciting draw
Mount Sion 1-13; Tallow 1-13 Mount Sion and Tallow will have to meet again to decide after playing out an exciting draw in Walsh Park last Saturday afternoon. Tallow started in a whirlwind fashion and were four points up inside the first 10 minutes thanks to William Murphy (2), Michael Curley and Luke McCarthy....
Gunners dethrone champs after ill-tempered affair
Gunners dethrone champs after ill-tempered affair
Ballygunner 2-10; De La Salle 0-11 County and Munster champions De La Salle were dethroned last Sunday in Walsh Park after an ill-tempered clash with arch-rivals Ballygunner. Although De La Salle played the majority of this game with 14 men, following Paidi Nevin’s sending off in the fifth minute, they still produced...
Butlerstown in for the ‘Kill’ in sodden final
Butlerstown in for the ‘Kill’ in sodden final
Butlerstown 2-9; Kill 1-6 Butlerstown claimed the Eastern junior hurling title in a wet and sodden Walsh Park last Saturday afternoon when they came from behind to see off 2009 champions Kill. An inspired substitution by manager, Ray Barry which turned this game in his side’s favour as just before half-time when...
Casey’s late late show breaks Tannery hearts
Casey’s late late show breaks Tannery hearts
Dunhill 2-12; Portlaw 0-17 Once again, the Eastern Intermediate championship did not let us down as it served up yet another cracker last Saturday in Walsh Park. In the final minute, Shane Casey fired in a 21-yard free which earned a one-point victory for Dunhill, thus breaking the hearts of a Portlaw side which had...