The juvenile club hosted the Division 2 finals of the All-Ireland Feile competition last weekend. St. Martin’s of Wexford, Thomastown of Kilkenny, Clonlara of Clare and Ardrahan of Galway were based in Clonmore while Brackens were joined in Pairc Shileain by Eire Og of Cork, Glenroe of Limerick and Passage of Waterford. Both the pitches and the grounds were in pristine condition and great credit is due to all who prepared them. The weather Gods smiled on us as the sun shone all day. St. Martins and Ardrahan came through in Clonmore and were joined in the semi-finals by Brackens and Eire Og. The Galway boys saw off the Rebels in extra-time while Brackens set up a Tipp/Galway final by taking care of the Wexford champions. In a tight final Ardrahan claimed the spoils on a 1-5 to 1-3 score line. It was a great day's entertainment with all the matches played in a very sporting manner. On a busy day for the club our U-11 footballers took part in the Michael Hogan festival of football. Team 1 retained the Division 1 title they won last year when they beat Moyle Rovers in the final while Team 2 lost out to Rosegreen in the Division 7 final. Once again well done to all those who take the time out to look after these teams. Our weekly 50/50 draw took place in the Templemore Arms hotel on Saturday night. Tommy O’Connor from Drom was the lucky winner of €473. It capped off a mighty weekend for Tommy who married Emma Kirwan from Clonmore the day before. Good to see Emma’s brother Paddy home from Singapore for the big day. Our Junior B footballers travel to Boherlahan this Tuesday evening for the opening round of the Mid Junior B football championship (7.30pm) with Round 2 against Loughmore in the Park on Saturday evening at 7pm while our Senior footballers also have home advantage as they face Ardfinnan at noon on Sunday in the County League semi-final. Ballyporeen are at home to Clonmel Commercials in the other semi-final on Sunday evening at 6.30pm. In juvenile action we wish our U-15 A footballers the best of luck in the Mid Final as they take on Durlas Og in Dr. Morris Park on Tuesday evening (7.30pm).
JK Brackens.
Winners of the Michael Hogan (Dv. 1) festival of football 2022.
Back Row: Danny McGuinness Ross Dorrity Eoin O'Connell Daniel Mason Robert Myles Pierce Deegan Charlie Hennessy
Front Row: Rory Ryan Dylan Fennell Dara Naughton Mackenzie Quinlan Karl O'Mara Luke Duggan.
Runners Up (Div 7 ) Michael Hogan 2022
Back Row: Paudie Noonan Evan Corpez Lee Loughnane Paul Clarke Charlie Scully Sinead Delaney Barney Murphy
Front Row: Charlie Doyle Wajid Ghani John Higgins Orlaith Percy Alistair Coady Caoimhe Percy.
