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NENAGH EIRE ÓG

Nenagh Eire Ógs Mark Flannery bursts out with the bali safety secured against Ballingarry in the County Minor semi-final.

The North Tipperary minor hurling championship opened with Nenagh Eire Og minus the injured Patrick Murphy draw-ing with Kilruane. Wins over Borris-lleigh, Roscrea and Lorrha saw us qualify for the semi-final. In the semi-final we had a big win over a Borris-lleigh side minus the injured Brendan Maher. The North finał saw us renew rivalry with Kilruane.A good first half performance saw us lead by 0-8 to 0-1 and we were 8 points elear at the finish. The county semi finał against Ballingarry in Tem-plemore was a marvellous gamę of hurling. We trailed at half time by 3 points despite a Mark Grace goal. With 10 minutes to go Ballingarry had extended their lead to 5 points but in a whirlwind finish sub David Cleary grabbed a vital goal and we scored some fine points to win by 3 points.

Nenagh Eire Óg have won five County

Tipperary and Nenagh Eire Óg minor stars Michael Heffeman and Paddy Murphy at tłie homecoming in Thurles with John and Michael 0'Connor from Portroc.

minor hurling titles. Our first title came in 1969 when we defeated Moycarkey Borris. Our next title came in 1977 when we defeated Loughmore and we retained the title by defeating the same opposition. We had to wait until 1991 for our next title and it came by defeating Knockavilla Kickhams. We again retained the title in 1992 which was our last win to datę when we defeated Thurles Sarsfields in the final.There is a link between the 1969 team and this year s team in that Michael Heffernan is a son of Liam (Minnie) Heffernan who played in 1969.

Selectors: Ger Tucker (Manager), Matt Lil-lis, Hugh Maloney, Edward Tucker.

Club Officers: Chairman Jimmy Minogue, Secretary Joe Hanrahan, Treasurer Enda Costello,PRO Sean Minogue,Vice Chairman Ger Gavin, Rory Flannery, Joint Presidents Michael Hynes.Jack Kennedy, Paddy Bourke, John Slattery.