All posts relating to U10 news and match reports
Report by Philip Cody
On Monday evening 11/5/2015 GBC U10 White Team welcomed James Stephens to Kilmanagh. In a very entertaining game both sides deserve great credit for their display of hurling skills and determination. GBC opened the scoring with points from Jake O’Brien, Billy O’Neill and Jeff Neary. James Stephens responded with a goal before the industrious Jeff found the net twice. Read more
Report by Niall Egan
Last Thursday, the 7th of May, our boys played Thomastown in an entertaining match in Kilmanagh. The boys started strongly with early goals from Aaron McEvoy (2) and Elliot Teehan. James Casey and Aidan Cahill were solid in defence together with Ryan Corcoran and Donnacha Cleere who dominated midfield. At HT Team Blue led 3-1 to 0-1. Read more
Report by Philip Cody
Team White played Thomastown in Kilmanagh on Thursday 7th May 2015. A strong first half gave the lads a commanding first half lead of 5-4 to no score. Read more
Report by Philip Cody
Sat 25th April GBC U10 White Team travelled to Castlecomer for their first Go Game. Great credit must go to James Brennan and Ryan Cody who both agreed to play one half each with Comer which ensured all the boys got a full game. Read more
Report by Niall Egan
Team Blue played their opening match of Go Games against a John Lockes A on Saturday 25th of April. A strong first half showing from Callan gave them a healthy lead of 4-1 to 1-3 with our scores coming from Aaron McEvoy and James Casey. Read more
Report By Niall Egan
Our U10s took part in the National Go Games last Tuesday the 7th of April at the Kells Road Venue. 25 teams took part with our boys playing Erin’s Own, Barrow Rangers and Kilmacow. We won all three matches, only conceding 2pts all day.
Our U10’s return outdoors to Kilmanagh Saturday 28th March having completed four weeks indoor training in Wallslough. The boys showed little rustiness as they worked on the basic skills and speed during the four weeks. We look forward to a successful year ahead with plenty of training/matches being organised over the coming months. Report by James Cahill
We hosted a very successful U-10 Blitz on Saturday morning 20/09/2014 in Kilmanagh. Teams from Durrow Harps (Laois), Moycarkey Borris (Tipperary) and our own two u-10 teams participated. The teams were split into two groups. Graigue-Ballycallan teams topped each group after some keenly contested games with not much separating the teams. Read more
The U-9 Team recently took part in the Roanmore Tournament in Waterford. They played against teams from Lisgoold (Cork), Carrick Swans and Sacred Hearts (Waterford).
Panel: Charlie Cleere, James Brennan, Sean Dillon, Aidan Cahill, James Casey, Jeff Neary, Ryan Cody, Martin Brennan, Pat Purcell and Billy O Neill.
On Saturday our U-10 team did us proud in the annual Mullinahone Tournament. We paraded through the village with teams from Cork, Tipperary, Carlow, Derry, Antrim, Clare, Galway, Meath, Laois, Limerick, Tyrone, Waterford and Offaly. We were honoured to represent Kilkenny along with Windgap. Charles J. Kickham was born in Mullinahone in 1828 and is famous for his novel “Knocknagow” and the Tipperary Anthem “Slievenamon” which he wrote. Read more
Report by James Cahill
On a sunny Saturday morning Graigue-Ballycallan U-10 teams played four challenge matches against Dicksboro in Palmerstown. They were victorious in three out of the four games which is a great achievement against the city club. Each club divided their U-10 players into two teams. Read more
