TONY FORRESTAL TOURNAMENT 2002
Laois U-14 hurlers are in action this
weekend in Waterford City when they make the annual trip to the
Tony Forrestal Tournament which showcases the cream of under 14
hurling talent Ireland has to offer. Laois are currently Division
2 champions and so this year they step up to the Division 1 grade
which has ten teams taking part this year.
Laois are placed in group 3 of Division 1 and here they will play Clare and Dublin. Should Laois win this group they will progress to the semi-final where they will be playing the top team from a group comprising Cork, Galway and Kilkenny. The other finalist will be the top team from Limerick, Tipperary, Wexford and Waterford.
LAOIS U-14 PANEL: Brian Galvin (The Harps), Craig Dooley (Camross), Dan Dalton, John Bergin (Castletown), Brian Stapleton (Borris-in-Ossory), Matthew Whelan, Paul Rice (Mountrath), Diarmuid Flaherty (Mountmellick), Conor Doran (Camross), Sean Mullins (Rathdowney/Errill), John O'Loughlin (Mountmellick), E. Devell (Mountmellick), William Hyland (Clough/Ballacolla), Joe Phelan (Clough/Ballacolla), Kenneth Phelan (Clough/Ballacolla), Zane Keenan (Camross), Ciaran Maloney (Abbeyleix), Enda Conroy (Castletown), John Prior (The Harps) Adrian Kelly (Portlaoise), Gareth Dillon (Portlaoise), Joe Foyle (Timahoe), Damien Houlihan (Rathdowney/Errill), Eugene Herns (Abbeyleix), Pauric Bergin (Borris-in-Ossory), Joe Reddin (Castletown), Richard Downey (Ballyfin) and Daryl Dooley (Camross).
RESULTS/FIXTURES
SAT 31st AUG: Laois 2-2 Clare 5-11 at 1.50pm Venue: Mount Sion
SAT 31st AUG: Laois 3-9 Dublin 4-4 at 3.50pm Venue: Mount Sion
SAT 31st AUG: Semi-final Clare 3-7 Galway 1-4 at 6pm Venue Mount
Sion
SUN 1st SEP: Final Limerick 2-8 Clare 2-4 at 12.30pm Venue: Walsh
Park, Dungarvan
ARABAWN
CO-OP TOURNAMENT 2002
Laois U-16 hurlers are in action this
weekend in County Tipperary when they face the cream of U-16
talent in the Arabawn CO-OP Tournament. This annual tournament
has been running for some time now.
FIXTURES
SAT 31st AUG: Laois V Offaly Venue: Borrisoleigh 10.30am
SAT 31st AUG: Laois V KIlkenny Venue: Borrisoleigh 2.30pm
SUN 1st SEP: Plate and Cup finals in McDonagh Pk Nenagh
LAOIS U-16 HURLING PANEL: Danny Gaughan (Abbeyleix), Damien Bergin (Clough/Ballacolla), Ollie Hally (Clough/Ballacolla), John Delaney (Clough/Ballacolla), Brendan McEvoy (Clough/Ballacolla), Pat McEvoy (Clough/Ballacolla), Ray Cummins (Clough/Ballacolla), Sean Lowry (Ballyfin), James Brennan (Borris-in-Ossory), Noel Delaney (Borris-in-Ossory), James Palmer (Camross), Thomas Suillivan (Camross), James Doran (Camross), Colin Delaney (Camross), Fionán Cuddy (Castletown), Sean Kerr (Clonad), Liam Drennan (Kilcotton), Michael Bermingham (Mountmellick), Brendan Fingleton (Park/Ratheniska), Eoin Fitzpatrick (Portlaoise), Pat Ryan (Portlaoise), Cahir Healy (Portlaoise), Derek Bergin (Portlaoise), Derek Delaney (Portlaoise), James Phelan (Rathdowney), Denis Holohan (Rathdowney), David Guilfoyle (Rathdowney), Aidan Galvin (The Harps), Greg Delahunty (The Harps).
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