Naomh Fionnbarra GAA Club Cabra, Dublin

Last weekends action on the pitch began with 2 games on Thursday night. Out in Ballyfermot our U16 footballer continued their good run in division 3 of the league with a comfortable win against De La Salle. This is never an easy place to win, but the lads stuck to their job and won on a scoreline of 5-16 to 1-6. Also on Thursday night our 3rd hurling team played Faughs in the bogies in our final group game in the Junior D championship. We needed a win to be sure of progressing into the quarter finals, and they didn’t disappoint with a dramatic late victory. Trailing by 1 point in the last minute we managed to create a chance and full forward Killian Donohoe calming finished to the net. We now face St Judes in the quarter final in 2 weeks time. This marks a big achievement for the team and they join our 2nd team who also qualified for the quarter finals in their championship.

On Saturday morning our U8 hurlers got the days action under way against Beann Eadair of Howth in the bogies. The mentors were very impressed with the skill levels from both teams in a very entertaining game. Our U10s followed them up with a good win over O’Tooles  in a close game. Out in Bushy Park our U11 footballers continued their good run by beating Templeogue Syne Street. On Saturday afternoon our U13s beat Ballinteer in the bogies by 2-9 to 2-6 to stay in the hunt for silverware by the end of the season. Our U14′s made the long trip out to Rolestown to face a strong Fingal Ravens team. This is another tough place to get a win and it proved a task too big for our lads, despite a good performance. While they were making one of the longest journeys in the league, our U16 hurlers made the shortest, up the road to play Plunketts in division 2 of the league. Plunketts had beaten us in last years playoff final, but our lads showed the great progress they have made since then, by running out comfortable winners.

On Saturday evening our senior hurlers made another short journey across to Finglas to face Erins Isle. With a team depleted by injuries and suspensions we were unable to match Erins Isle’s intensity for the 60 minutes and they won by 4 points, 1-13 to 0-12. This result leaves our lads with plenty of work to do if we want to make the promotion playoffs. It was then off to Shelbourne Park for the Annual night at the dogs. A good crowd travelled out and enjoyed the evening, and some people were lucky enough to win a few bob too. Great credit must be given to Jerry Kehoe and all his organising team for putting the event together.

On Sunday morning our Junior hurlers and minor footballers faced tricky away games in their leagues. The juniors travelled to Pearse Park in Crumlin and were unlucky to loose out by 2 points (2-9 to 2-7) despite having plenty of the play. The minors also dominated for long periods in their game against Maurs in Rush but could only manage a draw. By all accounts we deserved more from the game.

Our Junior 7 hurling game against Thomas Davis was switched to Monday night at 7.30 in Kiltipper Road.