CCC1 Report – 9^th May2015

U8 Hurling

Great commitment again this weekend, we had 45 players out on a 1st Holy communion weekend after an incredibly bad week for rain where all SDCC pitches continue to be off since early in the week.
As the Green teams match was called off due to waterlogged pitch, we mixed the Green team with the Black and White teams to play in Kiltipper and Bray in what turned out to be a great morning for hurling, dry, warm and sunny!!! 
All our boys played very well with striking, blocking, tackling very prominent. Team play, especially passing making a very strong entrance into the boys skills over the past few weeks but especially today.
We had more volunteers than normal for Goal keeping duties as the boys understood that lifting and striking out of the hand is part of Go Games for goalies, on one team two different goalies narrowly missed goals or points from the puck out (45m).

U9 Hurling

Our under 9 boys played Balinteer St John’s on Saturday in excellent conditions at the 12th lock. There were three competitive games with grest skills on display and our boys came out on top overall. There were notable performances from Chris Hylands, Aaron Malone,the Dolan brothers and Ben O'Keeffe. All the boys competed well and are rapidly becoming a difficult outfit to beat. Keep up the good work.

U11 Hurling

Just two teams out this weekend owing to the torrential rain, so it was off to Balheary to play Fingallians.  Despite the long grass, the lads in the first game got quickly into their stride scoring early on to set the tone for the game.  When called to defend, the high tempo game Sars deployed ensured that defence was changed quickly into attack.  The second game was a slow burner but like most good dishes, it soon came to the boil as Sars started to pick off some fine scores.  Sure what would you rather do after being stuck in with the rain than watching a fine game of hurling!!

Panel: Joey Dunne, Liam Farrell, Eoghan Kilduff, Scott O’Sullivan, Luca Kavanagh, Adam Duffy, Alex Hickey, Eoin Hanley, Jack Behan, Finn Bruton, Conor Hylands, Cathal Doody, Joey McSweeney, Jack Doyle, Matthew Byrne, Conor King, Sam Donohoe, Jack Langan, Jamie Carroll, Matthew Ryan, Niall Carron, Luke Trunk, Alex Kelly, Conor O’Neill