U14 'A' Hurling Final: Congrats to Nenagh Éire Óg who made it three-in-a-row when they defeated Kilruane MacDonaghs in the North U14 'A' Hurling final at Puckane last Saturday evening. This was Nenagh's tenth North U14 title. Philiip Kelly refereed this game.
U14 'B' Hurling: Borrisokane must wait having reached the final with a win over Newport/Ballinahinch in last Friday evening's semi final. Final score - Borrisokane 2-9 Newport/Ballinahinch 2-5. The second semi between Borris-Ileigh v Shannon Rovers Gaels is fixed for August 30.

U16 'A' Hurling: The four Round 7 games resulted in home wins for Nenagh Éire Óg over Borris-Ileigh and Kilruane MacDonaghs over Roscrea. Newport/Ballinahinch had an away win over Moneygall/Clonakenny while Toomevara came from behind to draw with Ballina at Ballina.
This means that Nenagh Eire Og have outright first position with Toomevara clear into second place. However Kilruane MacDonaghs, Newport/Ballinahinch and Roscrea are level on eight points which means a three-way play-off for the final two semi final spots. Those games to be played very soon.
Results - Nenagh Éire Óg W/O Borris-Ileigh Scr; Newport/Ballinahinch 1-11 Moneygall/Clonakenny 1-4; Kilruane MacDonaghs 2-8 Roscrea 1-8; Ballina 3-11 Toomevara 4-8

U16 'B' Hurling: Home wins for Shannon Rovers Gaels over Kildangan and Silvermines over Burgess gives them top position on eleven points following their latest games played last Monday evening. Rovers Gaels have a game in hand.
Meanwhile, Templederry's away win over Portroe gives them a chance of a play-off at least following their eighteen point win over Burgess. Templederry now have to play Shannon Rovers Gaels in their final game.
Borrisokane also had an away win over Lorrha giving them a chance to feature in the play-off. Their last game is against Burgess. They must win. See league table.
Results - Templederry 4-16 Portroe 0-10; Borrisokane 9-12 Lorrha 3-14; Shannon Rovers Gaels 4-4 Kildangan 3-6; Silvermines 3-14 Burgess 4-6
Table - Shannon Rovers Gaels Pl 6 - 11 pts; Silvermines Pl 7 - 11 pts; Kildangan Pl 7 - 9 pts; Templederry Pl 6 - 8 pts; Borrisokane Pl 6 - 6 pts; Burgess Pl 5 - 3 pts; Lorrha Pl 7 - 2 pts; Portroe Pl 6 - 0 pts
Outstanding games- Borrisokane v Burgess; Shannon Rovers Gaels v Templederry Kenyons; Burgess v Portroe. The above games are expected to be played before weekend.
Fogra Eile: Please note that with school days fast approaching and evenings getting shorter plus the involvement of U16 players with minor teams, the final stage of the U16 competitions are reaching a critical stage.