Hats off to our Junior B hurlers who qualified for the Mid Final by defeating Thurles Sarsfields in the Park on Saturday evening. The game started brightly with both teams finding the range early on. Paddy Delaney opened our account with a point from play and quickly followed with another from a free. The Blues kept in touch with two of their own before a fine Eddie bergin point nudged us ahead once more. That trend continued throughout the first half with only a point or two between them at any stage. Points from Eoin Fitzpatrick (3), Paddy Delaney (2) and Brian Roche (2) were matched by the Blues to leave us 0-10 to 0-9 ahead at the break. By now the predicted rain had arrived which made for sticky conditions and the game was up for grabs. The third quarter scoring was very low with Niall Bourke, Delaney and Niall Martin adding three points for Brackens without reply from a fast-fading Sarsfields attack. An excellent line ball from Fitzpatrick and a '65 from Delaney pushed the lead out to six and Brackens never looked like getting caught from here on. Closing points from Fitzpatrick, Delaney and another from Roche sealed the deal and sent Brackens through to face Gortnahoe in their first Mid Final appearance since victory over - you've guessed it - Gortnahoe - in 1999. Best of luck to all in the final.

Team and Scorers: Denis Cody Padraig Meade Peter Burke Ciaran Byrne Radek Natkaneic Aidan Ivers Frank McGrath Paddy Delaney (0-7, 4f, 1 '65) Niall Martin (0-1) Eddie Bergin (0-1) Tommy Deegan Nicky Madden (0-1) Brian Roche (0-3) Niall Bourke (0-1) Eoin Fitzpatrick (0-5, 1 lb). Subs Used: Michael Kennedy Padraic Keely Cian McDonnell.